I left Reddit much too late. I guess some habits can be hard to break. Then I spent some time on kbin/mbin/fedia, and I’ll be staying here.
Btw I’m a non-binary trans person [they/she/he].
I understand what you say about the difference of posts and comments.
Reported as a copy/paste of a Mondoweiss article
Not too sure I understand to which rule this report would be based on anyway. And btw Mondoweiss is mentioned at the very top of the article. It’s the same author, different outlets. Not a secret.
I think I see what you mean. Still, I believe the priority is for this Genocide to be stopped and Israeli people have the duty I would say, to act towards this direction. General strikes that last long can be a great tool for political pressure.
It looks like it’s a one-day strike.
I hope many people participate, so that it goes on until a permanent ceasefire is achieved.
Relevant article:
Israeli Assault on Northern West Bank Marks New Phase of Genocide
As Israel escalates attacks, Palestinians are wondering whether the war on Gaza has now expanded to the West Bank.
And another relevant article:
Google DeepMind employees ask the company to stop providing AI tech to the military
Edit: And a podcast No Tech for Apartheid w/ Mohammad Khatami & Gabi Schubiner
As I briefly explained above, I don’t see a point to this hypothetical question and I was not convinced by your arguments, so I will not engage to answering it.
It looks like we see things quite differently. For me all Genocides are evil. I believe it is important to study their differences so they do not reoccur in any way, shape or form. Obviously as humans we haven’t worked on this properly (for many of reasons) and one more is currently happening to Palestinians. In that sense comparing randomly any two of them as to see which one is worst, it honestly doesn’t make sense to me.
Do you regard the Soviets and the Nazis as equally evil?
I’m not too sure how constructive this question is. They have different characteristics for sure and this is enough for me, in terms of analysis.
That is my understanding as well and it is more of less what the article says.
It takes two to make peace.
I think in the case of the Gaza bombings of civilians (I cannot call this a war) the two parts needed for peace are the US and Israel.
Israel has been killing hundreds of Palestinians civilians in refugee centers, schools and hospitals
Just to note that actually, it’s tens of thousands by now. Even during October Israel had already killed many thousands of Palestinian civilians.
I like your clarification, totally on board with that.
I’m this close to being antisemitic bro
Oh do be careful with that. Being anti-zionist is normal, plenty of Jewish people are (see: Jewish Voice for Peace). Antisemitism, is different story since it’s a kind of racism with a dark history, to say the least.
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His take is spot on. It’s totally worth watching and thanks for sharing.
Is this news or commentary?
It’s news.
This article highlights some of the contradictions of the US, between what is said and what is done in relation to the two-state solution. The author including some personal comments does not change its core, which is informative of the current situation.
One biblical verse bans tattoos, but the full story of Christianity’s relationship with body modification is more complicated.
TIL
the Ronald Reagan administration banned transfers of cluster munitions to Israel for several years in the 1980s after it determined that Israel had used them on civilian targets during its invasion of Lebanon.
Gallant’s visit came as Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, repeated his claim that the Biden administration was presiding over a “dramatic drop” in arms shipments to Israel in recent months, a charge that has angered US officials, who have described it as “perplexing”.
What’s that claim of “dramatic drop” in arms shipments?
In the following article I see a dramatic increase. In the budget at least.
U.S. Aid to Israel in Four Charts - Council on Foreign Relations
Since the start of Israel’s war with Hamas on October 7, 2023, the United States has enacted legislation providing at least $12.5 billion in military aid to Israel, which includes $3.8 billion from a bill in March 2024 (in line with the current MOU) and $8.7 billion from a supplemental appropriations act in April 2024.
Am I missing something or Israel bluntly lying again?
[Edit: Within the link above there is another link and the section with the title “What’s paused”. It looks like Biden paused 1 shipment to my understanding]
Ok, tbh the understanding I got from rule 3 is that it was more flexible, in the sense that it says “may be removed”, not “will be removed”, but thank you for taking the time to clarify this.