I hope I will not get downvoted because I’m genuinely wondering

Lemmy almost has no users from neither Israel or Palestine, however most of communities filled with Anti Israel content, I even tried muting all news related communities, but now I see anti Israel content in completely unrelated communities, like !android@lemmy.world and !memes@sopuli.xyz

Is there a reason why Lemmy is so fixated on Israel/Palestine? Neither of other world conflicts get even close in terms of attention. It’s neither a case on my microblogging Fediverse account or my most “algoritmic” social media, even kbin part of the Threadiverse seems not as obsessed with it, what’s so different about Lemmy?

(Sorry for a bit clickbait-y title)

Edit: I actually might take down this post because half of people in replies completely misunderstood it

  • Fitik@fedia.ioOP
    918·
    1 year ago

    Even if genocide happens as you say, I don’t see any attention to other genocides in the world on there, only to this specific war

    • simple@lemm.eeEnglish
      251·
      1 year ago

      Because it’s the most recent world event. Were you not seeing constant discussions about Russia/Ukraine when that first started?

        • PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world
          3·
          1 year ago

          There’s a very dark joke in the international community.

          How do you move an article about 50k people being killed in a natural disaster from the front page to page 15?

          Start the article with “Yesterday in Africa…”

      • Fitik@fedia.ioOP
        211·
        1 year ago

        Lemmy wasn’t as popular back and even tho it had it’s share of users, I wasn’t on it, so I can’t really say how it was on Lemmy

        I have seen discussions about Russia-Ukrainian but I haven’t seen them at all outside of the political communities on Lemmy, and they seem limited to certain communities.

        And is it the most recent world event?

    • voidMainVoid@lemmy.world
      8·
      1 year ago

      People in the US are concerned about this genocide because we’re paying for it. The US sends Israel billions of dollars every year. This is our tax dollars at work.

    • Seraph@kbin.social
      103·
      1 year ago

      This is a logical fallacy. For example just because the Uighur issue receives less present attention (because it’s not NEW) doesn’t make the latest attempt at genocide more acceptable.

      • Maeve@kbin.social
        32·
        1 year ago

        We’re not sure how much is real and how much is Western propaganda. It’s not like our own nations don’t lie to us.

        • Fitik@fedia.ioOP
          23·
          1 year ago

          Western propoganda? I’m surprised you’re on kbin and not on lemmygrad

          • Maeve@kbin.social
            42·
            1 year ago

            You’re so aware! /s because it’s needed. WMD and Iraq. Gulf of Tonkin. Plenty more.