“While Israel has the right to go after Hamas, Netanyahu’s right-wing extremist government does not have the right to wage almost total warfare against the Palestinian people,” the Vermont senator said in a statement.
Seems like his views on this are pretty much aligned with that of typical israelis.
Senator Sanders is in lockstep with Biden & rest of Democratic caucus’s view here. There is a big push not to lose the path for a two-state solution and to pause West Bank settlement expansion. Wouldn’t be surprised if President Biden’s friend Bernard consulted with him about this beforehand.
If there is one thing I don’t like about Lemmy (and social media in general) its that a majority of people can’t grasp complex sitstuons or solutions and cling to the thing they dislike without consideration for everything else.
It’s still an anti colonial struggles. Right now Palestinians are resisting efforts by Israeli settlers who are using the “war” and the IDF to expand their holdings in West Bank.
It’s also still an open question as to whether Palestinians who left North Gaza will be allowed back in. Several Israeli ministers have said that pushing them out should be the goal and the Prime Minister has publicly said Israel should just keep Gaza after this military campaign.
This is a lot easier to say from the other side where you don’t have to face the consequences for doing something. Americans don’t really have a choice, they can either vote for the Democrats or the Republicans or throw their vote away. Peaceful protest has long ceased to function and is mostly a tool for the opposing powers of the current party in power.
Just look at the people of France, famous for not taking shit, suddenly neutered because the increasingly authoritarian government simply doesn’t care if they burn Paris down. Or the UK and the Tories running rampant. Canada’s rising far right movement. Governments are no longer accountable to the people. In powerful countries, the only things left that people can do lead to imprisonment or death.
And I guarantee you wouldn’t do anything about this either if you were born American. Consider yourself lucky you’re not, and hope your country doesn’t slide into the same position where neither you nor your people will do anything about it either.
Most of the “complexity” comes from the fact that Israel directly funded Hamas while sabotaging every attempt for a moderate, secular Palestinian state, with the deliberate intention to create a propaganda-friendly enemy that they can justify war crimes against and eradicate Palestinians under the guise of collateral damage.
They gonna call Bernard “I got into politics because my extended family literally died in the holocaust” Sanders antisemitic now?
Seems like his views on this are pretty much aligned with that of typical israelis.
And yet that’s the same view that has had people screaming about anti-semitism for the past month.
Dumb people are going to dumb.
Doesn’t change facts though.
Speaking of which:
Senator Sanders is in lockstep with Biden & rest of Democratic caucus’s view here. There is a big push not to lose the path for a two-state solution and to pause West Bank settlement expansion. Wouldn’t be surprised if President Biden’s friend Bernard consulted with him about this beforehand.
It’s almost like it’s a complex problem with no easy solution
If there is one thing I don’t like about Lemmy (and social media in general) its that a majority of people can’t grasp complex sitstuons or solutions and cling to the thing they dislike without consideration for everything else.
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You’re pro echo chambers? And it’s probably just a matter of needing more population and communities.
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So was South Africa and the Native Americans and the racial relations in the US and countless other situations but we still try to inrpove them.
No, come on, don’t be like that. We can do this.
It’s amazing how “westerners” always hide behind “complexity” when it comes to the white supremacist colonialism they’ve helped create…
That was 75 years ago my guy, neither of us had anything to do with it
It’s still an anti colonial struggles. Right now Palestinians are resisting efforts by Israeli settlers who are using the “war” and the IDF to expand their holdings in West Bank.
It’s also still an open question as to whether Palestinians who left North Gaza will be allowed back in. Several Israeli ministers have said that pushing them out should be the goal and the Prime Minister has publicly said Israel should just keep Gaza after this military campaign.
Not many people still alive, but the exact same imperial systems we’re working the gears on today.
Oh… were you running interference for a white supremacist settler-colonialist state today or 75 years ago?
This is a lot easier to say from the other side where you don’t have to face the consequences for doing something. Americans don’t really have a choice, they can either vote for the Democrats or the Republicans or throw their vote away. Peaceful protest has long ceased to function and is mostly a tool for the opposing powers of the current party in power.
Just look at the people of France, famous for not taking shit, suddenly neutered because the increasingly authoritarian government simply doesn’t care if they burn Paris down. Or the UK and the Tories running rampant. Canada’s rising far right movement. Governments are no longer accountable to the people. In powerful countries, the only things left that people can do lead to imprisonment or death.
And I guarantee you wouldn’t do anything about this either if you were born American. Consider yourself lucky you’re not, and hope your country doesn’t slide into the same position where neither you nor your people will do anything about it either.
Most of the “complexity” comes from the fact that Israel directly funded Hamas while sabotaging every attempt for a moderate, secular Palestinian state, with the deliberate intention to create a propaganda-friendly enemy that they can justify war crimes against and eradicate Palestinians under the guise of collateral damage.