• Linkerbaan@lemmy.world
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      Bribing Democrats and Republicans to give you weapons is a hell of a lot cheaper than buying weapons.

    • slimarev92@lemmy.world
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      I’m not at all supportive of Israel, but are you really defending Hezbollah bombing civilian targets almost exclusively - the very thing you (mostly rightfully) accuse Israel of doing?

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        No. That’s a ridiculous whataboutism strawman.

        Sporadic terrorist attacks are in no way acceptable but responding with a full scale invasion that would increase civilian casualties many times over would be even worse.

        Decrying the latter ≠ defending the former

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          Where did I say I support a full scale invasion or an invasion of any kind (I don’t)? Also the attacks are not sporadic. We’re talking about daily rocket attacks on the entire northern region of Israel (mostly targeting population centers, not military targets).

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          Sporadic? They’ve been bombing Israel daily since the 8th of October. Some of those leading to fires all over the north of Israel.
          Just yesterday they launched over 200 rockets plus drones.

          Hezbollah has already started a war with Israel.

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        You definitly are supportive of israel. You didn’t critisize israel a single time

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        Hezbollah attacks military bases almost exclusively (granted their high-tech drones strapped with a bomb don’t always land where intended). Even Hezbollah’s recent attacks deep into israel targeted military bases.

        Hezbollah attacks Israel military sites near Lebanon border

        Hezbollah footage ‘shows successful attack on Israel’s Iron Dome’

        Israel attacks civilian targets almost exclusively is what you meant to say. It’s an official israeli military strategy called the Dahiya-Doctrine.

        Israel uses catapult to shoot fireballs into Lebanon

        Video footage shows Israeli soldiers on the Lebanese border using a medieval trebuchet catapult to shoot fireballs into southern Lebanon. It has been reported that the army is using the weapon to set fire to vegetation on the Lebanese side of the border in order to clear it in a low cost manner.

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgJmAK-MxhQ

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    They have nothing left to bomb in Gaza, so they need another target to avoid a ceasefire.

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    “Oh shit, we’re finally getting backed into a corner to end the conflict I was using to remain in power. Now, hold on a second…”

    Someone should tell Netanyahu that picking fight after fight to solve your own domestic issues has an ever growing chance of you ending up in the hospital. Or the morgue.

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        it’s not only this government but every single one since 1948

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          Don’t forget Yitzhak Rabin. He worked towards peace while prime minister. Which is why Netanyahu and Likud marched calling for his death, almost certainly inspiring or at least encouraging Rabin’s assassination.

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    Israel needs to be stopped, by force as they’ve refused any other attempts to stop their genocide, terrorism, and crimes against humanity through diplomacy.

    The terrror state of Israel likewise needs to be disbanded in it’s entirety and its leadership trialed at The Hague.

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      And what’ll be after the disbandment? Hamas who train children with guns and parade naked bodies? Or the PLO who fund families of suicide bombers?

      The world either needs to treat Israel as Russia (risking them thinking “we’ve got nothing to lose” and actually genociding Gaza) Or to take the security role off of Israel, and manage Palestinians instead of Israel, who prefer dead Gazans over dead Israelis.