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[Amir]

Thanks for the insight that makes sense, but how is he balancing this with the economy? My most indicators show the war is hurting the Israeli economy the longer it drags on, is he not risking public backlash over this?

It's hurting, and 2025 brought with it some tax raises which in turn led to prices of just about everything going up. But Israel is quite notoriously expensive to live in so that's nothing new, and the Israeli public is just too tired (since 2019 we've had five rounds of election, Covid, the "judician reforms" and the demonstrations, October 7, the war, people murdered, hostages, people evacuated from their homes and still not back, more demonstrations...) for them to truly react other than complain and move on.

Obviously I don't know how it will all reflect in the results of the next election, which are planned for the back end of 2026, but unlike the United States, here it's rarely "the economy, stupid". It's mostly about security, and plenty of automatic sectorial voting - like the ultra religious and their parties.

 

[berbatrick]

People like him don’t give a feck about antisemitism.

If the IHRA definition is to be taken at face value, most campus activism is anti-semitic. Most (all?) mainstream Jewish organisations support the IHRA definition and its implementation. People who are pro-Palestine in the following ways:

1. Think the foundation of Israel, or the ideology behind it, is racist
2. Advocate for one secular state
3. Think some of the actions of the state of Israel are comparable to Nazi actions
4. (My speculation of one of the IHRA examples, not within the strict wording) Think Israel has too much influence in other countries and institutions

are likely anti-semitic by that definition. (I am, because of 1 and 3, and maybe 2 and 4).

 

[VorZakone]

Arab states adopt Egyptian alternative to Trump's 'Gaza Riviera'

Arab leaders adopted an Egyptian reconstruction plan for Gaza on Tuesday that would cost $53 billion and avoid resettling Palestinians, in contrast to U.S. President Donald Trump's "Middle East Riviera" vision, according to a copy of the plan.

Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said that the proposal had been accepted at the closing of a summit in Cairo.

https://www.reuters.com/world/middl...s-alternative-trumps-gaza-riviera-2025-03-04/

 

[berbatrick]

 

[berbatrick]

Top replies are Hindus celebrating/mocking this news, and then Jews doing the same

 

[berbatrick]

@2cents genuinely unimaginable for any client state to thought-police their sponsor's kids, and universities to accomodate them with new secret procedures.
of course this has been going on for decades, but since 2023 it's reached new heights.

once again, how is the chomskyian view of the us-israel relationship tenable at all? and what is your alternative?

 

[Amir]

Of the 179 petitions that were processed in January, and that dealt with administrative detentions of Palestinians, 179 petitions were rejected.



This independent judiciary is why international law cannot apply to Israel

Israel's supreme court is also under huge pressure from the government, which has been basically trying to take control of it.

 

[That_Bloke]

This is incredible. Great to hear the reaction from a Hollywood audience.

The movie will still not be distributed in the US.

 

[The Corinthian]