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Israel just finished bombing an Iranian embassy on foreign soil and killing senior Iranian officials, so this isn't surprising. Iran is a problematic country, but bombing embassies has never been a great tactic.
Unless, of course, your plan is to draw Iran into a wider war. Which is what both Israel and the neocons have been gagging for, for years
Are the Israelis blood thirsty? Is this what you're alleging to?
The conquering, genocidal government: yes
The people: I would have to ask each individual person
You get the shorter version of the answer I gave to the other person. The longer version might be relevant later.
If Israel is committing genocide (which is not), it's the worst implementation of such policy. They could kill hundreds of thousands of people in a few days, and that never happened.
Also, you conveniently forgot to mention Hamas' massacres on October 7th. That's the only reason for the ground invasion.
And if you did that the world actually would step in.
If you do it slowly by starvation and fear tactics you can achieve your goals over time by them dying and fleeing
The ones in power sure are. They’re literally on a genocide spree right now killing tens of thousands of civilians indiscriminately for the crime of not being born Jewish.
It's clear to me, based on what you've said, that you know nothing about Israelis (Arab and Jews), Jewish culture and history, Israeli politics (foreign and internal) and Middle East geopolitics.
How come you write with such confidence about something you know nothing about?
If Israel is committing genocide (which is not), it's the worst implementation of such policy. They could kill hundreds of thousands of people in a few days, and that never happened.
Also, you conveniently forgot to mention Hamas' massacres on October 7th. That's the only reason for the ground invasion.
Dude they want plausible deniability, they want to have no responsibility in doing so. It's pretty obvious what Israels goal is and has been for the last decades. Steal land, just look at the west bank or even a map.
You've been brainwashed by your own government to support Israel in it's crime spree.
This is also relevant to you. You haven't established any knowledge about any of those issues.
You are spewing out nonsense based on a false narrative. If you want to establish common ground based on actual facts, you are more than welcome.
Here you go!
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-approves-new-parcel-west-bank-land-settlement-2024-03-22/
What facts, that Israel is expanding it's illegal settlements?
It's clear to me you know nothing about it. How can you write with such confidence about something you know nothing about?
They are committing a genocide before our eyes and the attack on Oct 7 does not give anyone the right to commit their own massacre or genocide.
You didn't address this point.
This is also relevant to you. You haven't established any knowledge about any of those issues.
It is correct that 2 wrongs doesn't make a right. And you still haven't demonstrated that there are massacres or a genocide in Gaza committed by the IDF.
It's common knowledge at this point that they are doing a genocide. The the words of the ICJ Israel should do everything to stop doing one
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-68097640
https://www.icj-cij.org/sites/default/files/case-related/192/192-20240126-ord-01-00-en.pdf
Excuse me, can you even read? Please cite a direct quote from the ICJ ruling that clearly states that Israel is committing a genocide. Can you do it? Of course not, because they never did.
You are still avoiding addressing this point.
So the count ruling that it appears to be a genocide and to stop doing the genocidal acts while we continue the case isn't proof enough? What would you need?
I'm asking you what your qualifications are to say no one can talk about the area
Do you get paid per argument? You mentioned a lot of unrelated stuff lol
Why would anyone pay me? I'm just a random guy on the internet.
All the things I've mentioned are relevant. Many people are talking out of their asses without knowing anything about this conflict. They don't make the minimum effort to learn the basic things, they just follow the mob and reuse their words without understanding any of it. Some Israelis do it, some westerners do it, some arabs do it.
And all of these useful idiots are being manipulated by Islamists, radical left people, white supremacists.
Source?
One of a long history of Isreal and republicans screwing with Iran, https://www.thedailybeast.com/neocon-pundit-the-israel-lobby-wants-war-with-iran
Iran going to FAFO just like your friends in Hamas did.
This is what countries with nukes can do to countries without nukes. Thankfully no jihadistic countries have them yet, but Israel sure is giving them good reasons to get some.
Lol you guys do it all over and we have to eat it. Americans love jumping between sides so they don't end up being the bad guys ever
They annually call for the destruction of Israel and burn an israeli flag. I wouldn't put too much thought into their statements.
Also, keep in mind that "foreign soil" is a country that Israel is still technically at war with.
What would really happen is that they will get one of their proxies to fire more rockets or commit more terrorist attacks on Israel.
Oh no not the flag 😭
KEEP MY FLAG'S NAME OUTCHA MOUF! 🤚💥
How am I supposed to explain a burnt flag to my hypothetical children?
Here's yesterday's UN release regarding discussion of the event. "In the ensuing discussion, many delegations asserted that any attack on diplomatic and consular premises violates the Charter of the United Nations as well as the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. They also expressed grave concern that such an incident could further intensify the regional conflict."
Then the usual countries supported/condemned Israel, but even those supporting Israel didn't say it was ok to bomb embassies.
That same link at least properly condemns Iran and their proxies for the escalations leading to this.
Yes. Largely by the same countries who also insist Israel is conducting their war legally, but I won't try to say their points are bad. I agree with criticizing Iran, but bombing embassies is not ok by international agreement. If rules of war only apply when convenient then they are useless, diplomatic immunity is a thing and consulates are not supposed to be targets of war.
Also, switch countries - imagine if North Korea bombed the US embassy in South Korea and killed visiting Pentagon generals. The outrage would be immense and it's unlikely the world would accept the justification that North and South Korea are "technically at war" with each other and the US opposes North Korea.
I'll remind you that north Korea is viewed more favorably in the UN than Israel if you go by number of condemnations annually. I'm talking pre oct 7th here.
Is that meant as a defense of Israel or...? What am I supposed to take from that aside from Israel should stop doing unethical things so regularly that even North Korea doesn't get reprimanded as often? I'll remind you in turn that North Korea didn't -actually- bomb an embassy (so a condemnation wouldn't make sense) - feel free to swap the countries in my comment to whichever you want. That was an analogy to showcase how if it wasn't America's lovechild breaking international law no one would even consider justifying it. It was also a direct rebuttal to your prior "they're technically at war so it's ok" argument. Israel actually did bomb an embassy of one country within the borders of another country.