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funny to basically imply triple parentheses about israel
the way the mainstream news ignores the suffering of Palestinians is so sad
When they don‘t ignore it they actually tend to justify it…the way the mainstream news ignores the suffering of Palestinians is so sad
They do it every Ramadan to show the Muslims who's boss and discourage Muslims to attend. But frustrating thing for them it's having the opposite effect.Isn't this a tradition at this time of the year? I seem to remember bullshit like this every year around easter.
the way the mainstream news ignores the suffering of Palestinians is so sad
It always seems to be front page on the largest mainstream media outlets. Or do you mean more the media doing the both sides thing or just taking the Israeli side?
It's ridiculous isn't it? And this is during the technalogical age we live in. Not the South African apartheid era of print.
Another terrorist act in Tel-Aviv happened just now which means even more escalation from Ben Gvir which means... I wouldn't expect much, sadly.It's apartheid plain and simple and it is so cruel. Hurts my soul. I went to the protests last year and it felt like the tide was changing slowly. Hopefully this year more can be done. the image of the soldier walking on the prayer mats and pushing the worshippers was very hard to watch - I'm not even religious but I know how offensive that is. It just shows how they see Palestinians as less than human (or are taught to from a young age in the IDF)
Another terrorist act in Tel-Aviv happened just now which means even more escalation from Ben Gvir which means... I wouldn't expect much, sadly.
Yeah. There were so many people there tonight. I was like ~200 meters to the South and we didn’t really realized what was happening until police started arriving from all over the city.A tourist from Italy died, unfortunately. And I fear many more will. This will only get worse, for both sides.
Israeli soldiers physically pushing a praying congregation in the mosque compound. This is sickening and very, very offensive.
I‘m dreading Israeli’s retaliation move now
It always seems to be front page on the largest mainstream media outlets. Or do you mean more the media doing the both sides thing or just taking the Israeli side?
The way European mass media covers it is so ridiculously biased in favour of the occupying regime. It’s insane how we are all still calling it a conflict when one side has been occupying the other for 50 years and imposing the most brutal segregation system in recent history.
And even when they dare tell about some of Israel’s crimes once in while no one is getting close to calling out the fascist rulers of Israel for what they are.
You will not even see something like this in western media…
I see it's that time of year again, when this conflict becomes more emotional than usual for a couple of weeks. And people still discussing who has the moral high ground in this millennia old killing streak, that will never end as long as people allow religion to seperate them? Okay.
This isn’t the clever post you think it is.I see it's that time of year again, when this conflict becomes more emotional than usual for a couple of weeks. And people still discussing who has the moral high ground in this millennia old killing streak, that will never end as long as people allow religion to seperate them? Okay.
I would recommend you delete your post because it looks very stupid.I see it's that time of year again, when this conflict becomes more emotional than usual for a couple of weeks. And people still discussing who has the moral high ground in this millennia old killing streak, that will never end as long as people allow religion to seperate them? Okay.
How can you possibly divorce religion from this, especially at this time of year? Right now couldn't make that point more clear. It all distills down to three different religions having one of their holiest sites on the same land as you say, but the main differentiator / agitator IS religion. To not get down to the essential issue is to be completely disingenuous to the actual problem at hand.This isn’t the clever post you think it is.
It’s not an issue of religion, it’s an issue of land. You have Christian Zionists, and Palestinian Christians on both sides. You have anti-Zionist and pro-Zionist Jews on both sides. You have Arab Israeli politicians and Palestinian politicians on both sides.
And whilst you can probably trace the land issue back, you only really need to drop a pin in the last 100 years to get a pretty resolute idea of why this is happening today.
Yep. It all distills down to religion.I see it's that time of year again, when this conflict becomes more emotional than usual for a couple of weeks. And people still discussing who has the moral high ground in this millennia old killing streak, that will never end as long as people allow religion to seperate them? Okay.
I wouldn’t deny religion being a factor, but it’s not the overriding point, especially in modern times. You’ve had cohabiting religions living there in (relative) peace for considerable stretches of time in the past. The last 100 (maybe 150) years has seen a considerable shift in this issue from a religious one to a geographical one. The point is there are powerful groups that believe the land itself belongs to them based on a tenuous historical claim, and the current owners, be they Muslim, Christian, Sabian or even anti-Zionist Jew, don’t.How can you possibly divorce religion from this, especially at this time of year? Right now couldn't make that point more clear. It all distills down to three different religions having one of their holiest sites on the same land as you say, but the main differentiator / agitator IS religion. To not get down to the essential issue is to be completely disingenuous to the actual problem at hand.
Yes, and those groups differentiate from each other by the definition of their religion. Sure, there's crossover now that one might not expect, but the 'battle lines' are drawn through religion. It's become potentially approaching a critical mass in recent years, but that emotion is fomented by religion.I wouldn’t deny religion being a factor, but it’s not the overriding point, especially in modern times. You’ve had cohabiting religions living there in (relative) peace for considerable stretches of time in the past. The last 100 (maybe 150) years has seen a considerable shift in this issue from a religious one to a geographical one. The point is there are powerful groups that believe the land itself belongs to them based on a tenuous historical claim, and the current owners, be they Muslim, Christian, Sabian or even anti-Zionist Jew, don’t.
Yes, we can demarcate groups based on their religious affiliation, I’m not denying that, but the fundamental issue is on land. One group that used to own the land in the past believe it belongs to them even though it’s owned by a different group. The Zionist lobby would behave the same way if it was a group of atheists living there. Hell, I’d anticipate they’d behave this way if there were some territorial house cats living there. So there’s a religious element to it, of course, but it’s not the main facet of the conflict.Yes, and those groups differentiate from each other by the definition of their religion. Sure, there's crossover now that one might not expect, but the 'battle lines' are drawn through religion. It's become potentially approaching a critical mass in recent years, but that emotion is fomented by religion.
No religion & we'd see something akin to Cold War Berlin in the contested area(s) with potentially far less abhorrent issues like the Palestinian camps, settlers displacing Palestinians, etc. That's virtually impossible now due to religion. My opinion anyways.
This isn’t the clever post you think it is.
It’s not an issue of religion, it’s an issue of land. You have Christian Zionists, and Palestinian Christians on both sides. You have anti-Zionist and pro-Zionist Jews on both sides. You have Arab Israeli politicians and Palestinian politicians on both sides.
And whilst you can probably trace the land issue back, you only really need to drop a pin in the last 100 years to get a pretty resolute idea of why this is happening today.
What an ill-informed post. First of all, what, in your opinion, is a fanatical Islamist? It’s a made up Western term but how are you inferring it? What’s fanatical about the Palestinians being brutalised in Al Aqsa? Have you been to the region or are you just chatting shite? There’s a lot of secular Jews who believe that a non-Jewish presence needs to be wiped from the land. Shedloads in fact.Christians are a tiny minority in this conflict.
The main problem is between Jews and Islam, especially between fanatical Islam and fanatical Jews. And in total numbers, the fanatical Islamists are many more than the fanatical Jews.
This is that Greek guy who's already voiced his very controversial opinions before. Something about it being natural for him as a Greek to line up against Palestine, or whatever. I'd suggest not going into deeper discussions.What an ill-informed post. First of all, what, in your opinion, is a fanatical Islamist? It’s a made up Western term but how are you inferring it? What’s fanatical about the Palestinians being brutalised in Al Aqsa? Have you been to the region or are you just chatting shite? There’s a lot of secular Jews who believe that a non-Jewish presence needs to be wiped from the land. Shedloads in fact.
What an ill-informed post. First of all, what, in your opinion, is a fanatical Islamist? It’s a made up Western term but how are you inferring it? What’s fanatical about the Palestinians being brutalised in Al Aqsa? Have you been to the region or are you just chatting shite? There’s a lot of secular Jews who believe that a non-Jewish presence needs to be wiped from the land. Shedloads in fact.