• Sparking@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    You could have said the same thing 70 years ago about the leader if mandatory Palestine who was appointed by the British colonizers and collaborated with Nazis, and that a group like Irgun bravely fought against them. The same Irgun that carried out the Deir Yassin massacre.

    What Israel’s government is doing is wrong, and they should pay for it. And Israel should pay reparations. But the majority of Israeli’s, Palestinians, and American Jews and Muslims just want peace man. This whole thing about who colonized who is silly.

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          The difference is Israel still exists, holding Palestine back, it’s not even about reparations but stopping the actions on-going today, not just about righting wrongs from the past.

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            Reparations are crucial in stopping current unjust policies. That is something I believe anyway. A government can’t actively acknowledge the existence of injustice as simultaneously support policy that perpetuates it. That is one of the reasons why governments are so reluctant to pay reparations in the first place.

            For Israel’s continued existence as a state, it is crucial that they pay reparations. This might mean that a few Jewish American young adults might not get to go on a free vacation to Israel, but so be it.

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        Lol today is the result of 70 years ago. Actions don’t just stop affecting people’s lives because they happened a long time ago. We couldn’t possibly live or do anything if we thought that way.

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        1 year ago

        Yes, Israel has responsibility to pay reparations. I have fought for that tirelessly in many ways. I just don’t like being called a colonizers when I have never even been there.

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            1 year ago

            Read through my post history where I have repeatedly condemned the Israeli govt. And then let me know if you think I “support colonizers”.

            I’m very frustrated that leftists can’t frame evil in the world as anything other than the “forces of colonization”. It’s a very complete and utter misunderstanding of world history and politics.

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          This whole thing about who colonized who is silly.

          This should be whom. Better luck next time!