As the war in Gaza continues, cheerleading of civilian slaughter and justification of war crimes are pervasive. But they’re not coming from the Left — they’re coming from politicians and commentators defending Israel’s vicious bombing campaign and blockade.
  • Elise@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Could someone please fill me in on how this is related to ‘the western left’, as mentioned several times in the article?

    • Mummelpuffin@beehaw.orgEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Uh… the whole article is discussing how “the western left’s” sympathy for Palestine and criticism of Israel is being criticized?

      • Elise@beehaw.org
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        1 year ago

        I read it and it confused me. Is this a US thing? I really feel out of the loop here.

        I mean in Germany the far right seems to support the Palestinians, but that doesn’t apply to the whole right.

        • rgb3x3@beehaw.org
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          1 year ago

          Yeah, it’s a US thing. For some reason (mostly lobbying), the US has undying support for Israel and criticism of the state gets conflated with antisemitism.

        • t3rmit3@beehaw.org
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          1 year ago

          The US has been very anti-arab for decades.

          They’re also very anti-Semitic, but “white people oppress brown people” is sort of the US right-wing’s mission statement, so they side with Israel on this.