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Israeli soldier who fought in Gaza commits suicide on his wedding day, exposing army’s deep crisis
(www.middleeastmonitor.com)
this post was submitted on 10 Sep 2025
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"It's hard to not be a genocidal colonizer if you grow up that way".
No it isn't. It's just unlikely to actually happen at all because a genocidal colonizer society brings people up in that culture. It is not difficult, and is even a passive thing to do, to simply not support that effort. Even just refusing to join the IDF just nets you a few months in a cushy "prison" and slightly limits a professional networking opportunity (yes, they think that way). Compare that to the alternative, which is actively partaking in genocide colonialism.
Sympathize with the oppressed, not the oppressors.
Cool straw man you were building there.
It's not at all a straw man. They literally said, in reference to settler colonialism and genocide, "Few people have the psychological strength to resist participating."
Look fascist sympathy right in the eyes.