Billy

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[–] Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago

I'll add that from what I've seen, about half of the Israelis get an exemption for various reasons.
(Physical or mental issues, religion - Muslims are exempted by default and almost all ultra-orthodox Jews, pacifists, etc)

[–] Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

You're thinking of right wingers.
You can find quotes of centrists like Yair Lapid decrying harming innocent Palestinians, and calling WB settlers "Jewish terrorists".

And that's without mentioning Israel's left wing politicians.

[–] Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

The ones who were quoted are either center or right wing.
And even the centrists have been calling to get out of Gaza for over a year now

[–] Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 weeks ago

Great.
Next up, Taiwan.

[–] Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 4 weeks ago

He was removed in 2022 and barely got back in the last election (Current gov was elected with 49.5% of the voters). Plus for the last 2 years, the polls show the gov parties don't have nearly enough support to get reelected.
Problem is there's a high chance they'll interfere with the elections.

And this will have to come with some measures or support for deradicalized education and support for joint Palestinian-Israeli organizations that bring people together like Standing Together, Combatants for Peace, etc.

[–] Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Most Israelis are Mizrahi Jews without any connection to Europe

 

EDIT: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-iran-launch-more-barrages-israel-aims-wipe-out-tehrans-nuclear-program-2025-06-13/

A missile fired from Yemen by the Iran-backed Houthi militia, killed five Palestinians including three children in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.

[–] Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

What you originally wrote doesn't imply only leaders.
The current leaders of Zionist parties that are part of the government are, Netanyahu, Smotrich, Ben Gvir and Arie Deri. That's 2 Ashkenazis and 2 Mizrahis.

They voted for the Likud mostly because of the racism they experienced. That resulted in much more Mizrahi Jews in places of power and the shrinking of the gap between Ashkenazi and Mizrahi Jews.
Justifiable or not, that clearly worked in their interest.

But clearly you're just looking to attack people, so I'm wasting my time.

[–] Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

You wrote it again, but do you mean Revisionist Zionism? I didn't pretend, as it's completely irrelevant.
You wrote that the hardcore Zionist tends to be European. You were corrected that it isn't true today.
You should clarify yourself if you meant something else.

The article points out Mizrahi are more right wing.
Likud's voters are still mostly Mizrahi, even if less Mizrahi are voting for them as compared to the past.
And it isn't the only right wing party or the most extreme one. Ben Gvir's party is worse and also has mostly Mizrahi voters.

I haven't managed to find the articles that talked about the last election in the context of Mizrahi Jews, but you can go through the last election result map and see the places where the Likud got the highest percentages are almost all Mizrahi dominated.

And vote against their interests in which way?

[–] Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago (4 children)

You mean Netanyahu's parents.
Where were Ben Gvir's parents from?

The majority of Likud, Shas and Ben Gvir voters are Mizrahi Jews.
Israeli Mizrahi Jews in general tend to be more right wing in general.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2021-08-23/ty-article/.premium/is-likud-still-the-party-of-israels-mizrahi-voters-these-experts-say-otherwise/0000017f-dbf2-db22-a17f-fff38d570000

https://archive.md/HBvfq

 

"Homs must not fall," one of the sources told Reuters, adding that senior officers deployed overnight to oversee some Hezbollah fighters who had been in Syria near the border with Lebanon for years.

A Syrian military officer and two regional officials close to Tehran also told Reuters that elite Hezbollah forces had crossed over from Lebanon and taken up positions in Homs.

[–] Billy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 10 months ago

Arguably the non-PKK Kurds / Democratic Socialist state of Rojava (AANES). But they aren't an active part of the current situation.

Best case scenario for Syrian citizens, is if the Turkey-backed Sunni Islamist forces and the Shia Islamist / Assad regime / Russian / Iranian forces considerably dwindle each other's numbers and capabilities, with the Kurds swooping in at the end to help turn the rest of Syria into a Democratic Socialist state.

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