Israel’s far-right finance minister says Israelis who would replace Palestinians would ‘make the desert bloom’.
    • phoenixz@lemmy.caEnglish
      244·
      6 months ago

      Or another one: where?

      Also: “how about this counter proposal: we stay in our homes and you go fuck an umbrella?”

      • zik@lemmy.worldEnglish
        101·
        6 months ago

        we stay in our homes

        70% of their homes have been turned into rubble so I doubt they’ll be returning there.

  • ShroOmeric@lemmy.worldEnglish
    518·
    6 months ago

    I mean, Hitler thought the same about Jews leaving Germany. I’m pretty sure he asked the same question: "why resisting?”

    Is it just me or does it sound like “lebensraum”? I’m counting the day now before they start going around with svastikas…

  • fiat_lux@kbin.social
    4211·
    6 months ago

    “Most of Israeli society will say: ‘Why not? It’s a nice place, let’s make the desert bloom, it doesn’t come at anyone’s expense’.”

    Extremists Jews have become what they swore to destroy. The holocaust was the core justification for the creation of Israel, and while I never expected peace in the Middle East, I didn’t expect them to start committing the same atrocities within living memory while using the same fertile land propaganda metaphors.

    The UN fucked up hard when it formed the country and the Security Council voting system needs to be reformed based on this awful lesson. The world is less safe than ever, and nuclear weapon proliferation is accelerating rapidly, so the UN SC is just not achieving their own goals either.

    This is what a failing civilization and species looks like and I’m not enjoying being on the sinking ship. Happy new year.

  • Hyperreality@kbin.social
    111·
    6 months ago

    It’s this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bezalel_Smotrich

    Right-wing lunatic.

    TBF he was right on one thing:

    In a 2015 interview Smotrich stated that “The Palestinian Authority is a burden, and Hamas is an asset”, noting that, while the PA was harming Israel in international forums, Hamas’ status as a terrorist organization meant that “no one will recognize it, no one will give it status at the [International Criminal Court], no one will let it put forth a resolution at the U.N. Security Council” …