• Babalugats@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    They always deflect and cry anti-Semitism. I think that’s partially why the attempt at genocide has been allowed to go on for so brutally long. It’s like the boy who cried wolf. Most don’t even listen to them anymore. In fact, an anti-zionist group should be set up to double down on them for educational purposes so that they can see why it’s wrong, also to lobby against what they are calling for (in this case, somebody’s livelihood).

    Who should be be replaced by, in their opinion?

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      I think that’s partially why the attempt at genocide has been allowed to go on for so brutally long.

      Also, stopping genocide is easy when some militarily weak African nation does it, or when they’re your next door neighbors.

      When they’re just far enough away to not spill over, and have AA missiles and nukes, it becomes a bit less easy to intervene.

  • Devolution@lemmy.world
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    Zionists are really going out of their way to give fascists legitimacy for the holocaust.

    Fucking disgusting.

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    why is this a leopard situation exactly? he’s definitely not right wing, and i don’t remember him condoning israel. did he?

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      O Brien is actually pretty decent but he tends to do a both sides every so often. He was also in the crowd which attacked Corbyn for "antisemitism when Jeremy Corbyn got piled by the Israel lobby.

      The furious response of right-wing Zionists is unsurprising. But, after James O’Brien’s attitude towards his former colleague, Sangita Myska, there’s not much sympathy circulating for him. As the Canary reported in 2024, speculation was rife that Myska was fired from LBC over her critiques of Israel’s genocide.

      Myska’s remarks are provable: Israel did strike an Iranian consulate, which under international law should have diplomatic immunity from such attacks.

      Regardless, she departed from LBC. However, O’Brien insisted that Myska was not fired because of her stance on Israel but implied that it was due to a low level of listeners:

      As usual with the Israel lobby, once people start capitulating slightly to appease them, or denounce certain language (which is not antisemitic) such as “globalize the intifada”, the Israel lobby will only take more and more. Now it’s O’Brien’s turn.

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      From the article:

      Myska tells Avi Hyman, an Israeli government spokesperson, that:

      What the Iranians, of course, have said is that this is a retaliatory strike after Israel struck its consulate in Syria. Now we all know that the way diplomacy works is consulates and embassies are considered sovereign territory of the government that is concerned. What Israel did by taking that action against Iran was taken was escalate to what is already an incredibly fragile situation.

      Hyman calls her expression of verifiable fact:

      an outrageous framing of the reality.

      Myska’s remarks are provable: Israel did strike an Iranian consulate, which under international law should have diplomatic immunity from such attacks.

      O’Brien insisted that Myska was not fired because of her stance on Israel but implied that it was due to a low level of listeners:

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        whoops, i didn’t realize there was an article. looked like a screenshot to me