Mean Trees Posted January 22 Posted January 22 3 hours ago, Aristotle said: Corrupt leaders are bidding for themselves. Unless you believe Mugabe was bidding for the British. OK? They do the bidding of imperialists for their own pockets and self interest. Better statement? Bye!
Both Sides Now Posted January 22 Posted January 22 (edited) I get the sense that Belgium, Ireland, maybe Spain are anticipating a positive interim ruling from South Africa’s case to then fully support SA’s case. Idk, it seems like the murmurs from politicians are anticipating that the ICJ will vote in favour of SA. I really hope so. Worth remembering that the interim ruling is not a ruling on genocide but to order Israel OUT of Palestine. US, Israel, UK etc will legally have to abide since they are signatories to the Genocide Convention. Otherwise, US would have to use its veto on the Security Council (again) which would really fly in the face of international law. On Wednesday, our left-ish opposition parties are bringing a bill to Parliament to support SA’s case. Our parties in govt will be under a lot of pressure to make a decision. Edited January 22 by Both Sides Now 4 1
ClashAndBurn Posted January 22 Posted January 22 2 minutes ago, Both Sides Now said: US, Israel, UK etc will legally have to abide since they are signatories to the Genocide Convention. The US, UK, and Israel will disregard the ruling and continue bombing as usual. They don't believe international law applies to them; only to those whom they can weaponize it. 1
Harrier Posted January 22 Posted January 22 6 hours ago, Communion said: I do have a question for those who think the two-state solution is viable (despite Biden recently saying the two-state solution doesn't have to include two equal states and... well... giving the game away....). Especially when a one state Palestine is framed as likely to lead to ethnic cleansing like @Aristotle says above. This rhetoric is often presented in two different - and often contradicting - ways. I'm reminded of users like @Harrier brushing away comparisons to post-apartheid South Africa or the dissolving of Rhodesia on the basis that whites only made up a small minority in either. That there are simply too many Israeli settlers and their now children and children's children to willingly accept being a ethnic minority in a single Palestine state (especially given their fear of retribution for the treatment of the Palestinians for decades). But then.. the argument above is wheeled out. That decolonization is inherently violent and giving Palestinians retribution for their suffering would inevitably end in bloodshed of the Israelis due to some.. I guess, I don't know? Innate savagery of the Palestinian people? Despite even South Africa seeing an even smaller white minority still enjoying a higher standard of living and rate of property ownership than non-white South Africans? It's presented at the same time that Israelis are both too powerful to contend with and not get their way yet also too weak to be left prey to the innate savagery of Palestinians if allowed to govern both themselves and the total law of the land. It's one thing if someone said they felt the 2SS was the most immediate, pragmatic approach due to Israeli savagery revealing itself as knowing no bounds. That a people who video record themselves dropping bombs on children hospitals while wearing funny costumes are going to take decades and decades of mass forced re-education by the international community to be de-radicalized. Yet it's never "a two state solution with an international body taking over *Israel* to dismantle its settlements and restructure the settler society to make room for Palestine to co-exist*. It's the US and Israel calling for a state that's not really a state but a cage to hold a savage people. So often liberal both side-ism doesn't root pragmatism in acknowledging Israeli savagery. Instead viewing the situation as intentional savage Islamism vs misguided fascism on the part of cornered Israelis now too stuck *by no fault of their own* to walk back their 'mistakes'. Few points here 1) On the bolded point for me personally it is this, though I will concede that it is less likely outcome than Palestinians accepting terms offered to them by the US (with Israel dragged kicking and screaming, hopefully). The dismantling of the settlements is a prerequisite for any peace deal including 2SS and Israel (hopefully under a less right wing government) will have to accept this. 2) On principle, I am not against the one state Palestine the left proposes, and I also do not think that it would result in mass communal violence. My problem is rather that - as you mention - Israel is too powerful and entrenched for this to be a viable option outside of militarily defeating the state & crushing the will of its people, which would require a level of violence and destruction that makes the occupation look like doddle. I feel that many Western leftist activists calling for 1SS and dismissing 2SS haven't really thought through exactly how 1SS would be achieved in comparison to 2SS, and are mostly just running on justice vibes. 2SS has nearly occured more than once - the same absolutely cannot be said for 1SS. 3) On Israeli brutality - this is a point I have made many times, but I suppose it's just I don't frame it in exactly the language that you do, which causes the hostility. When faced with a brutal, ruthless, much more powerful state - is it not better to abandon nationalist fantasies for the sake of people's lives? Especially children's? This is why I fight again and again against leftist rhetoric that I see as a contributing factor to the ongoing violence. Peace over justice. Also, as a lib, I have no qualms about being dismissive of everyone's nationalist ethnostate dreams, including people from the global south. 4) Kicking the French out of Algeria or dismantling Apartheid - to call on two commonly used examples - were both orders of magnitude more achievable than dissolving a 21st century state backed by a strong 6-7 million ethnic majority. 5) Secular 1SS with equal rights and no expulsion (in either direction) has a very small amount of support on both sides here. We've been through that data before. Again, just to reiterate, I am not against it in an ideal world and I feel it would be the just solution. But I firmly believe it is impossible, especially now after this escalation.
Both Sides Now Posted January 22 Posted January 22 (edited) 15 minutes ago, ClashAndBurn said: The US, UK, and Israel will disregard the ruling and continue bombing as usual. They don't believe international law applies to them; only to those whom they can weaponize it. While I definitely don’t disagree with you, I think a positive interim ruling from the ICJ would be a turning point for a lot of the Western fence-sitting nations. For the steadfast supporters, it is basically an Uno Reverse Card. Ignoring the ruling would expose the hypocrisy in the plainest light. The UK/US so often use the ICJ and the ICC to condemn their enemies - sometimes warranted, other times not. So ignoring their own institutions would be difficult to defend even for the most cowardly of Western leaders. This is the problem with getting into bed with genocidal racists - they tend to do genocidal and racist things! Edited January 22 by Both Sides Now
Aethereal Posted January 22 Posted January 22 25 minutes ago, Both Sides Now said: I get the sense that Belgium, Ireland, maybe Spain are anticipating a positive interim ruling from South Africa’s case to then fully support SA’s case. Idk, it seems like the murmurs from politicians are anticipating that the ICJ will vote in favour of SA. I really hope so. Worth remembering that the interim ruling is not a ruling on genocide but to order Israel OUT of Palestine. US, Israel, UK etc will legally have to abide since they are signatories to the Genocide Convention. Otherwise, US would have to use its veto on the Security Council (again) which would really fly in the face of international law. On Wednesday, our left-ish opposition parties are bringing a bill to Parliament to support SA’s case. Our parties in govt will be under a lot of pressure to make a decision. Spain will probably join. They tried to sent Netanyahu to court in 2014 when the number of victims was much smaller, they surely will now. 1
ClashAndBurn Posted January 22 Posted January 22 Brett McGurk attempting to bring the Abraham Accords back on track and sideline the Palestinians again:
Luckitty Posted January 22 Posted January 22 9 hours ago, Aristotle said: I am talking about an equal agreement with more consideration for Palestinians (more than what US or Israel has offered to them) without having to lead to another war in future. If you try to force a one-state Palestine than Israel will rebel or a one state Israel, Palestinians will rebel. And let's not act Israel is entirely depended on US or West, they can fight and resist on their own. It's not always all or nothing even if you are the victim. That's much closer to reality than anything else, it's a statistical fact. Israel would pick to move 400,000 settlers out of West Bank over a one state Palestinian and vice versa Palestine would choose that over a one state Israel. Have certain Muslim countries compensated (even a little) any of their victims throughout history of land loss, genocide and slavery? What about 500,000 Jews that were kicked out of some those countries? Nearly 2/3 of Israeli Arabs and 1 in 3 Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza support the 2 state solution that's not shy a percentage especially for them who have seen their own people get killed in masses. No offense but who are you to oppose this idea as possible scenario for the sake of peace? Do you know better than the majority of Israeli Arabs and a good chunk of Palestinians? They're called Palestinians, not "Israeli Arabs" 1
Aethereal Posted January 22 Posted January 22 14 minutes ago, Luckitty said: They're called Palestinians, not "Israeli Arabs" In a 2017 telephone poll, 40% of Arab citizens of Israel identified as "Arab in Israel / Arab citizen of Israel", 15% identified as "Palestinian", 8.9% as "Palestinian in Israel / Palestinian citizen of Israel", and 8.7% as "Arab";[27][28] the focus groups associated with the poll provided a different outcome, in which "there was consensus that Palestinian identity occupies a central place in their consciousness".[27] According to a 2019 survey by University of Haifa professor Sammy Smooha, conducted in Arabic among 718 Arab adults, 47% of the Arab population chose Palestinian identities with an Israeli component ("Israeli Palestinian", "Palestinian in Israel", "Palestinian Arab in Israel"), 36% prefers Israeli Arab identities without a Palestinian component ("Israeli", "Arab", "Arab in Israel", "Israeli Arab"), and 15% chose Palestinian identities without an Israeli component ("Palestinian", "Palestinian Arab"). 2 1
ClashAndBurn Posted January 22 Posted January 22 9 hours ago, Aristotle said: Israel would pick to move 400,000 settlers out of West Bank over a one state Palestinian and vice versa Palestine would choose that over a one state Israel. One State Israel is functionally what exists already. Palestine is not even recognized as a state by the West, and its people are barely registered as being human. Which is why Joe Biden is more than happy to look the other way while American-manufactured 2,000-lb bunker buster bombs are murdering children... as he supplies them with more without Congressional approval. 4
Luckitty Posted January 22 Posted January 22 2 hours ago, Aristotle said: In a 2017 telephone poll, 40% of Arab citizens of Israel identified as "Arab in Israel / Arab citizen of Israel", 15% identified as "Palestinian", 8.9% as "Palestinian in Israel / Palestinian citizen of Israel", and 8.7% as "Arab";[27][28] the focus groups associated with the poll provided a different outcome, in which "there was consensus that Palestinian identity occupies a central place in their consciousness".[27] According to a 2019 survey by University of Haifa professor Sammy Smooha, conducted in Arabic among 718 Arab adults, 47% of the Arab population chose Palestinian identities with an Israeli component ("Israeli Palestinian", "Palestinian in Israel", "Palestinian Arab in Israel"), 36% prefers Israeli Arab identities without a Palestinian component ("Israeli", "Arab", "Arab in Israel", "Israeli Arab"), and 15% chose Palestinian identities without an Israeli component ("Palestinian", "Palestinian Arab"). your wiki receipts prove that the majority identify as Palestinian 1
rihannafan Posted January 22 Posted January 22 This is slightly off-topic. If you live in a city where it's showing, I highly recommend looking for the new documentary Bye Bye Tiberias. It's about the Actress Hiam Abbas and her Palestinian mother and grandmother and how they were kicked out of their houses. It's super poetic, sad and beautiful at the same time. 2
Jjang Posted January 22 Posted January 22 Israelis are currently losing their minds over the decision to begin treating injured Palestinian children in Israeli hospitals. There’s a current video circling around of a 5 year old Palestinian girl in an Israeli hospital and it’s receiving tens of thousands of negative responses on multiple social medias… a child. a CHILD 2
Jjang Posted January 22 Posted January 22 let me translate some comments on this video for yall https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSF1JNebo/ “once upon we had minimal sympathy for them. no more. out” “why the **** are they in our hospitals??” “this child is our future enemy” “my god. this country keeps making more and more mistakes” “she should draw the Israeli flag instead. we are the ones saving her lives!!” “there’s no hope for this country anymore” “why the **** is she here?? 💀 “ ”Im so angry this filth is in our hospitals” “Hamas member” “continue like this and well get another 7/10” “why is she here????” “this sends waves of anger down my body. WHY!!!” “horrifying” x11 “unbelievable” “future terrorist” “I think I just had a concussion” “this little girl is a ticking bomb” “I would have told her the real truth about her how flag does not exist” “******ed country” x20 “I’m shocked some people here are saying she’s just a little kid. Its NOT her country. period” “shes so horrible for drawing a fake flag” “what in the WORLD??? we have SOLDIERS in these hospitals” (hinting that this little girl will kill them) “absolutely unacceptable to bring her to our holy land” “it hurts my heart to see her alive” “she has evil eyes!!! I can tell she’s gonna commit terror!” “why is she here? kick her out”. “throw her to the sea” “why is this thing in our hospitals” “throw that drawing to the toilet” “I hope she burns” “what a sick sick country” (this one’s a gay too) “son of a thousand *******” “put her in JAIL not hospital” “yeah keep believing that she’s an innocent girl.. idiots” “she shouldn’t be able to physically draw anymore” “give me the name of the hospital and which section and Ill come kill her” “put rat poison in her drink” “tie her to a missile and shoot her” 1 3
State of Grace. Posted January 22 Posted January 22 44 minutes ago, Jjang said: let me translate some comments on this video for yall https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSF1JNebo/ “once upon we had minimal sympathy for them. no more. out” “why the **** are they in our hospitals??” “this child is our future enemy” “my god. this country keeps making more and more mistakes” “she should draw the Israeli flag instead. we are the ones saving her lives!!” “there’s no hope for this country anymore” “why the **** is she here?? 💀 “ ”Im so angry this filth is in our hospitals” “Hamas member” “continue like this and well get another 7/10” “why is she here????” “this sends waves of anger down my body. WHY!!!” “horrifying” x11 “unbelievable” “future terrorist” “I think I just had a concussion” “this little girl is a ticking bomb” “I would have told her the real truth about her how flag does not exist” “******ed country” x20 “I’m shocked some people here are saying she’s just a little kid. Its NOT her country. period” “shes so horrible for drawing a fake flag” “what in the WORLD??? we have SOLDIERS in these hospitals” (hinting that this little girl will kill them) “absolutely unacceptable to bring her to our holy land” “it hurts my heart to see her alive” “she has evil eyes!!! I can tell she’s gonna commit terror!” “why is she here? kick her out”. “throw her to the sea” “why is this thing in our hospitals” “throw that drawing to the toilet” “I hope she burns” “what a sick sick country” (this one’s a gay too) “son of a thousand *******” “put her in JAIL not hospital” “yeah keep believing that she’s an innocent girl.. idiots” “she shouldn’t be able to physically draw anymore” “give me the name of the hospital and which section and Ill come kill her” “put rat poison in her drink” “tie her to a missile and shoot her” genocidal society tingz. 1
Aethereal Posted January 22 Posted January 22 17 minutes ago, State of Grace. said: genocidal society tingz. 1 hour ago, Jjang said: let me translate some comments on this video for yall https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSF1JNebo/ “once upon we had minimal sympathy for them. no more. out” “why the **** are they in our hospitals??” “this child is our future enemy” “my god. this country keeps making more and more mistakes” “she should draw the Israeli flag instead. we are the ones saving her lives!!” “there’s no hope for this country anymore” “why the **** is she here?? 💀 “ ”Im so angry this filth is in our hospitals” “Hamas member” “continue like this and well get another 7/10” “why is she here????” “this sends waves of anger down my body. WHY!!!” “horrifying” x11 “unbelievable” “future terrorist” “I think I just had a concussion” “this little girl is a ticking bomb” “I would have told her the real truth about her how flag does not exist” “******ed country” x20 “I’m shocked some people here are saying she’s just a little kid. Its NOT her country. period” “shes so horrible for drawing a fake flag” “what in the WORLD??? we have SOLDIERS in these hospitals” (hinting that this little girl will kill them) “absolutely unacceptable to bring her to our holy land” “it hurts my heart to see her alive” “she has evil eyes!!! I can tell she’s gonna commit terror!” “why is she here? kick her out”. “throw her to the sea” “why is this thing in our hospitals” “throw that drawing to the toilet” “I hope she burns” “what a sick sick country” (this one’s a gay too) “son of a thousand *******” “put her in JAIL not hospital” “yeah keep believing that she’s an innocent girl.. idiots” “she shouldn’t be able to physically draw anymore” “give me the name of the hospital and which section and Ill come kill her” “put rat poison in her drink” “tie her to a missile and shoot her” I've seen some of the comments but this is a new low. 40% were against humanitarian pause in exchange for hostages without the hostages the percentage would be probably 95%.
brraap Posted January 22 Posted January 22 Why are Palestinians always required to compromise and accept “peace” when majority of Israeli’s think like this 1 hour ago, Jjang said: let me translate some comments on this video for yall https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSF1JNebo/ “once upon we had minimal sympathy for them. no more. out” “why the **** are they in our hospitals??” “this child is our future enemy” “my god. this country keeps making more and more mistakes” “she should draw the Israeli flag instead. we are the ones saving her lives!!” “there’s no hope for this country anymore” “why the **** is she here?? 💀 “ ”Im so angry this filth is in our hospitals” “Hamas member” “continue like this and well get another 7/10” “why is she here????” “this sends waves of anger down my body. WHY!!!” “horrifying” x11 “unbelievable” “future terrorist” “I think I just had a concussion” “this little girl is a ticking bomb” “I would have told her the real truth about her how flag does not exist” “******ed country” x20 “I’m shocked some people here are saying she’s just a little kid. Its NOT her country. period” “shes so horrible for drawing a fake flag” “what in the WORLD??? we have SOLDIERS in these hospitals” (hinting that this little girl will kill them) “absolutely unacceptable to bring her to our holy land” “it hurts my heart to see her alive” “she has evil eyes!!! I can tell she’s gonna commit terror!” “why is she here? kick her out”. “throw her to the sea” “why is this thing in our hospitals” “throw that drawing to the toilet” “I hope she burns” “what a sick sick country” (this one’s a gay too) “son of a thousand *******” “put her in JAIL not hospital” “yeah keep believing that she’s an innocent girl.. idiots” “she shouldn’t be able to physically draw anymore” “give me the name of the hospital and which section and Ill come kill her” “put rat poison in her drink” “tie her to a missile and shoot her” This is literal terrorist rhetoric 1
Jjang Posted January 22 Posted January 22 (edited) 45 minutes ago, State of Grace. said: genocidal society tingz. 25 minutes ago, Aristotle said: I've seen some of the comments but this is a new low. 40% were against humanitarian pause in exchange for hostages without the hostages the percentage would be probably 95%. 19 minutes ago, brraap said: Why are Palestinians always required to compromise and accept “peace” when majority of Israeli’s think like this This is literal terrorist rhetoric "Israel_bidur" on IG is far worse. The page has 1.5m followers and it's full of the most racist, hateful, and genocidal rhetorics you'll read online. Makes the comments I quoted seem tame. Feel free to check that page for yourself. And mind you, that is the biggest entertainment outlet/social media page in Israel. It has reached the point that Israeli Palestinians are being kicked out of universities, and their jobs, and socially outcasted... not even for being pro-Hamas or being political at all. If you say Palestinian children are humans you're in trouble. Their sympathy is being criminalized. A "democratic, progressive" society cannot, at any point, find itself in this position. I have a friend in Hebron that was arrested, beaten, and had his family factory confiscated for "social media incitement". I have another who lives in Jerusalem and is quite known on a social media platform (who carries Israeli citizenship) who was detained from his home and was threatened to have his sexuality exposed if he said anything on his social media platform. Mind you, his platform wasn't even political. Just Palestinian. I swear I have like 50+ more stories like these to share. The fact that this treatment means nothing to casual Israelis is alarming. Like, they really.... really don't care. It's almost more offensive than straight-up being racist. Whatever happens to you, as long as you're Palestinian/Arab - you had it coming. You're inherently guilty of something. That's the mindset. Edited January 22 by Jjang 4
State of Grace. Posted January 22 Posted January 22 24 minutes ago, Jjang said: "Israel_bidur" on IG is far worse. The page has 1.5m followers and it's full of the most racist, hateful, and genocidal rhetorics you'll read online. Makes the comments I quoted seem tame. Feel free to check that page for yourself. And mind you, that is the biggest entertainment outlet/social media page in Israel. It has reached the point that Israeli Palestinians are being kicked out of universities, and their jobs, and socially outcasted... not even for being pro-Hamas or being political at all. If you say Palestinian children are humans you're in trouble. Their sympathy is being criminalized. A "democratic, progressive" society cannot, at any point, find itself in this position. I have a friend in Hebron that was arrested, beaten, and had his family factory confiscated for "social media incitement". I have another who lives in Jerusalem and is quite known on a social media platform (who carries Israeli citizenship) who was detained from his home and was threatened to have his sexuality exposed if he said anything on his social media platform. Mind you, his platform wasn't even political. Just Palestinian. I swear I have like 50+ more stories like these to share. The fact that this treatment means nothing to casual Israelis is alarming. Like, they really.... really don't care. It's almost more offensive than straight-up being racist. Whatever happens to you, as long as you're Palestinian/Arab - you had it coming. You're inherently guilty of something. That's the mindset. That page is the perfect evidence of what a sociopathic and deranged society they are. I've went through some comments once before and it legit sent chills down my whole body. I am really speechless. No one is "safe" there and the fact that we've had several people here confidently say that "Israeli Palestinians/Arabs have equal rights and live in peace!!!" despite the countless stories that you and @welham share or we see on social media is crazy. Shameless Youssef Haddad propaganda in full force. 4
Jjang Posted January 22 Posted January 22 (edited) 28 minutes ago, State of Grace. said: That page is the perfect evidence of what a sociopathic and deranged society they are. I've went through some comments once before and it legit sent chills down my whole body. I am really speechless. No one is "safe" there and the fact that we've had several people here confidently say that "Israeli Palestinians/Arabs have equal rights and live in peace!!!" despite the countless stories that you and @welham share or we see on social media is crazy. Shameless Youssef Haddad propaganda in full force. Yousef Haddad literally had a phase where he goes to campuses and harasses/assaults students who wear kuffiyehs. But no one takes him seriously lol. he’s just a propaganda puppet. He was even for the political reform last year. mind you, not a single leftist, let alone Palestinian, were for the reform. He’s just a glorified Mista’riv. Edited January 22 by Jjang 1
State of Grace. Posted January 22 Posted January 22 5 minutes ago, Jjang said: Yousef Haddad literally had a phase where he goes to campuses and harasses/assaults students who wear kuffiyehs. But no one takes him seriously lol. he’s just a propaganda puppet. He was even against the political reform last year. mind you, not a single leftist, let alone Palestinian, were for the reform. He’s just a glorified Mista’riv. A whole circus
Aethereal Posted January 22 Posted January 22 8 hours ago, Luckitty said: your wiki receipts prove that the majority identify as Palestinian They receive different treatment by the state of Israel and score different opinion in polls and most of them don't view Israeli Arab as an offensive mark as even those who identify as Palestinians call themselves "Israeli Palestinians". I'd call them Palestinians in Israel though, no problem but it's good to distinguish them in poll. They are the same people but the Palestinian identity emerged in the 1960s to distinguish themselves from other Arabs (not just in Israel but also from Syrians, Lebanese etc.) due to the association with Gaza and Apartheid.
Luckitty Posted January 22 Posted January 22 3 minutes ago, Aristotle said: They are the same people but the Palestinian identity emerged in the 1960s to distinguish themselves from other Arabs (not just in Israel but also from Syrians, Lebanese etc.) due to the association with Gaza and Apartheid. Not true, this is zionist propaganda the THIRD Palestinian congress held in Haifa in 1920 Chilean club Palestino, founded in 1920 by Palestinian immigrants Palestinians have been identifying as Palestinian since the zionists were still in Europe, also they can identify as both Arab and Palestinian, they're not mutually exclusive lol 1
playwithme Posted January 22 Posted January 22 The far-left is absolutely hopeless. They will surely help to put Trump back into the White House, and Trump will just let Netanyahu turn Gaza into a parking lot. I don't think that Biden has a path to victory. Trump's comeback would be a huge win for Israel. 1 6
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