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Israeli forces shoot at UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, wounding two
(www.middleeasteye.net)
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What the fuck is wrong with these assholes?
Maybe they're using the tried-and-tested strategy of targeting UN forces to make them leave. It happened in Rwanda too, they killed those Belgian peacekeepers and then Belgium and France pulled out. Shortly after that, the Rwandan start their genocide. At least the Israelis seem to have just wounded the peacekeepers, unlike the Rwandan, who hacked the Belgian with machetes. Nevertheless, it doesn't look very promising.
The Israelis did it in 2006 as well. killed 4 UN peacekeepers chilling in their post. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_incidents_during_the_2006_Lebanon_War No real repercussions from it.
They did it during the 6 day war too. Rolled up on some UN peacekeepers trying to leave the sinai and slaughtered them. 15 killed 17 wounded. 14 Indians and 1 Brazilian. TheUN peacekeepers were evacuating at the time and Israel didnt even pretend to not know they were UN.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Emergency_Force No real repercussions from it.
They also attacked the USS Liberty, and American Navy ship in international waters, killing 34 and wounding 171. Israel pretended not to know it was American, but its not a beleivable denial. As always, there were No real repercussions from it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident
Its clearly standard operating procedure to murder some UN peacekeepers. Its not like they are hard to pick out in their bright white painted vehicles and structures, and blue uniforms. Its just plain old murder.
Can you name a settler colonial project that committed a genocide that wouldn't fire at peacekeepers?
More like nationalism.
Porque no los dos? Or rather an inseparable blend of both
Because as usual religion can be used to argue for as well as against a political question. The only self coherent framework that has as its logical conclusion Israeli policy is nationalism.
Edit: plus, a nationalist explanatory framework is least susceptible to the moral hazard of anti-Semitism. Israeli policy is not exceptional, it's as banal as Serbian or Azerbaijani ethnic nationalism, revanchism, jingoism and bigotry.
Religion is rarely a problem until it's conservative, just like politics.
No, it's Zionism
Zionism is a Settler Colonialist Project. Israel has never represented all Jewish people and never will, nor are it's actions done to benefit all Jewish people. The conflation is itself antisemitic. Adi Callai, an Israeli, does a great analysis of how Antisemitism has been weaponized (see 29:01) by Zionism during its history.
Ilan Pappe, an Israeli historian, discusses it more in his book
Dude, stop. Conflating the two is responsible for genuine Antisemitism. Antisemites love the conflation because they can then attribute all the war crimes and political influence of Israel to all Jewish people, in order to justify their own antisemitic conspiracy theories. It is genuinely responsible for a rise in hate crimes abroad. Zionism is a form of Fascism that weaponizes antisemitism as a shield for it's actions.
I take any kind of hate speech seriously. Racism, Antisemitism, Islamophobia, etc. I'm not going to let any of that slide.
Please make sure to flag them next time. I only happened to see their post because a different one was flagged.
Bigotry is not welcome here. Criticism of Israel in any way is fine. Conflating Jews with Israel is not.
Edit: Also, as a Jew who has never supported Israel, their apartheid state or their genocide, I appreciate your defense.
Thank you, FlyingSquid. I only flagged them once I realized they didn't care about the difference.
Some people do change, so I try to give them the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise
Fucking no. Israel does not represent judiasm. Jews everywhere disavow them. Zionism is not Jewish.
Claiming that this is Jewish is antisemitism from both Israel and you.
This is about land, not religion.
Wars always are.
But warring factions almost always use the religion of the people as a strong lever and excuse in order to maintain the support of those people for the war effort.
This is no different. There have been strong and influential factions (on both sides of the conflict) who have claimed that the piece of dirt they're fighting over is holy land to both of the religions represented.