Comment by Sporktacular

1 year ago

> "I mean, you could reverse the question and ask "why are the Palestinians occupying Israeli land".

How? The West Bank, Golan. This is not the State of Israel's land. Never was. But it's being taken regardless. Israel's security justification might be taken seriously if it wasn't simultaneously supporting settlers who steal land. Stop them and you will find more international support.

> The Palestinians arent a people, per se. They are the random groups of different arab families that were living in the area at the time of the creation of the state of israel. Some are from iran, some from Syria, some from Jordan, egypt, etc. so we are not "occupying" their land because there is no "them".

This borders on racism and it still doesn't make the land they occupy yours. You need a stronger clam than conquest or an old book.

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nerpderp82  1 year ago

Just put this right on the shelf, "The Palestinians arent a people, per se."

I can't even. Genocide isn't just killing a people, it is also de-peopling them. So many in the entire comment section don't even know they are saying the quiet part.

  • Sporktacular  1 year ago

    It's depressingly common in this conflict. Shows there are environments where it's not even controversial.

  • surume  1 year ago

    Nope. The definition of genocide is: "the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group." We are not doing that. You can see it by the fact that we arent bombing the places that the innocent civilians are escaping to. We only bomb positions where hamas is or is attacking from. They are using human shields, while we are trying to protect palestinian lives even at the expense of our own