• bartolomeo@suppo.fi
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      7 months ago

      It’s kind of eerie how none of the protester’s demands address the genocide of Palestinians.

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          7 months ago

          From what I know the biggest concentration of Israeli Palestinians outside of Jerusalem is in the North, so they’re probably scared shitless that if they say anything Bibi will accuse them of being Hezbollah militants and send the police after them

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            7 months ago

            no, I’m asking about Israeli Israelis. Where are the ordinary city-dwellers getting up and marching to protest the ongoing slaughter, as you’ll find in just about every other city in the world?

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          I saw an article about just that last night, but if you can imagine, it’s rather hard to find it under all the other protest news…

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            7 months ago

            I’d expect at least one news report anywhere about it, if there were a significant protest movement.

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                7 months ago

                Did you read that page? Some of the protests were

                • Protest against humanitarian aid

                • Pro-war protests

                The rest were to get the hostages back. Nothing remotely about peace or anti-genocide.

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                7 months ago

                It’s good to hear that there are Israelis who have the courage to protest against what Israel is doing in Gaza. I have not seen this in the news so thank you for the link.

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                  7 months ago

                  Did you read that page yet?

                  Israelis domestically and abroad have primarily called for the return of hostages held by Hamas.

                  Some of the protests were

                  • Protest against humanitarian aid

                  • Pro-war protests

                  Nothing remotely about peace or anti-genocide, or even to protest against what Israel is doing in Gaza, in fact:

                  On 9 November, Israeli police arrested former MK Mohammad Barakeh in Nazareth for attempting to organize an anti-war protest.[53]

                  The reason you have not seen “Israelis who have the courage to protest against what Israel is doing in Gaza” in the news is that it’s not happening.

                  Jews, on the other hand, have been getting locked up in droves (and since the beginning of the latest offensive) protesting Israel’s actions.

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    7 months ago

    I’m starting to think this Netanyahu character isn’t popular and shouldn’t be in charge of watching a bee, much less a country.

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    Somehow, I find it interesting he lives in Caesarea. The site of the martyrdom of Palestinian Jews. I wonder how Bibi spells irony.

    During the Bar Kokhba revolt of 132–135 ce, the Romans tortured and killed the 10 greatest leaders and sages of Palestinian Jewry, including Rabbi Akiba. Caesarea was almost certainly the place of execution of Rabbi Akiba and the others according to tradition (c. 135 ce). The death of these Ten Martyrs is still commemorated in the liturgy for Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement).

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    7 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    Thousands of Israelis joined protests over the weekend calling for a deal to bring home hostages still held in Gaza by Hamas, early elections and the immediate resignation of Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister.

    The large protests came amid renewed fighting in Gaza, where Israeli troops have advanced for the first time towards the centre of Rafah, the territory’s southernmost city, and launched operations in several northern areas where fierce clashes have previously taken place.

    In the northern city of Haifa, protesters marched behind a banner reading “May every Israeli parent remember they put their child’s life in the hands of Netanyahu, who fails them”, while hundreds gathered outside the prime minister’s private home in Caesarea, 25 miles (40km) away.

    Many Israelis say no one has taken responsibility for the failures that allowed militants to break through Gaza’s $1.1bn perimeter fence and hunt down civilians in their homes or at a music festival for hours before the army arrived in sufficient strength to protect survivors.

    In a recent poll in Ma’ariv newspaper, more than half of respondents said Netanyahu, who could face a lengthy prison sentence if convicted in ongoing corruption trials, had prioritised his own political survival over the fate of the hostages.

    Respect the families’ request: Don’t come,” Eyal Eshel, whose daughter, Roni, was killed at an army base stormed by Hamas militants in October, told Israeli Channel 12.


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