Comment by submeta

7 hours ago

Totally disappointing. But coming from Germany, no surprise. German intellectualls and media totally ignore the suffering in Palesine. And fully suppress any solidarity with Palestine. By defunding, by cancelling, by smear campaigns (look up how they--overnight--deligitimised Greta Thunberg), by basically not reporting about what's going on there. And if you are state employed, you can basically bet on it losing your job once you show soliarity with Palestine.

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ks1723  41 minutes ago

This is utter nonsense. I have seen and read many reports and articles about the suffering in Gaza and the West Bank in the mainstream media! And you won’t loose your job when expressing solidarity.

inglor_cz  7 hours ago

Europe also has a non-trivial problem with both Islamic terrorism and cultural clash between indigenous Europeans and newly settled Muslims.

That reduces empathy towards other Muslims quite significantly.

  • fl0id  5 hours ago

    that has nothing to do with it. you can see the same thing in other conflicts. it's just more convenient to look away.

  • submeta  7 hours ago

    Why did muslims have to leave their countries? The "cultural clash" didn't appear out of thin air. Muslims are in Europe in large numbers because of wars that Europe and the West either started, fueled, or failed to prevent.

    To name a few conflicts incited by the West: The Nakba in 1948 displaced 750,000 Palestinians and created a refugee population that still hasn't been resolved.

    The Soviet-Afghan War displaced 6M+ people.

    The US invaded Iraq in 2003, directly creating the vacuum that spawned ISIS.

    NATO bombed Libya into a failed state.

    The US and Israel spent years destabilizing Syria long before the civil war made it the worst refugee crisis since WWII.

    Europe's closest allies armed all sides of Yemen's proxy war.

    => Every single wave of Muslim refugees into Europe traces back to a conflict the West had its hands in. Blaming Muslims for being here while ignoring why they had to leave is not a serious position.

    And now Iran, a country with 90+m population. And noone stops US/israel. What do you think will cause the next flow of refugees?