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      To what end?
      This isn’t something Palestine can fight their way out of, however many weapons they have.

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      Because the very same article shows the EU most certainly doesn’t like Hamas.

      His condemnation of Israel’s behaviour came after three days of EU rhetoric that had focused on the “utterly inhuman … shocking … barbarous” nature of Hamas’ atrocities, while highlighting Israel’s rights rather than its obligations.

      He pledged his staff would conduct a swift review of EU aid to Palestine to make sure no money ended up with Hamas via error or deception.

      Stopping aid to ordinary Palestinians would be “the best present we could give to Hamas and it would jeopardise our interests and partnerships in the Arab world,” he added.

      “We want to make sure that, beyond UNRWA, the EU budget does not get to any organisations which has any ties, any links to Hamas,” he said.

      EU sending weapons is not a matter of who is defending or attacking, only a matter of who they like

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        Of course, i was (rhetorically) asking our resident EU shills which claims EU is follwing some kind of beningn international policy.

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        Probably as much as possible, especially that Netanyahu is known for unhinged hate and slander for Palestinians and Biden now just repeats it after him.

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        EU send incredible amount of weapons to Ukraine, citing repelling invasion. So even if we generously forget how most of their members were participating in invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan, surely they can send at least some weapons to Palestine?

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          1. This is a far messier situation than ukraine being invaded, and 2) this literally just started. And multiple nations have spoken up about defending palestinians already.
        • @[email protected]
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          The invasion of Iraq, bad as it was, never had the aim of annexing the country and destroy their culture language and identity. Never stole children. Etc.

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            never had the aim of annexing the country and destroy their culture language and identity. Never stole children. Etc.

            That is a really stupid goalpost to stand by. The semantics you’ve drawn really do spell out “I only care about the invasion of Ukraine. Iraq and Gaza aren’t that bad.”

      • Grimble [he/him,they/them]
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        Did you know that most modern devices come with a builtin filter app to detect Hamas propaganda, as per Israeli law? Press Alt-F4 to activate it

        • Thordros [he/him, comrade/them]
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          That only works on desktop. On mobile, you need to hold volume up and power, release when the device reboots, scroll to recovery mode using the volume keys, then choose factory reset

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          The IDF isn’t even claiming this. They say there’s no evidence. That means if you repeat this, you are quicker to believe propaganda about Palestinians than the IDF.

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        Just because you 100% bought into western media bullshit about WMD in Iraq and the incubator babies doesn’t mean you have to double down on the next round of obvious bullshit

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    The EU may support Israel, but right now they’re calling them out for this bullshit and I’m applauding them for that. Hurting innocent civilians is never a good idea no matter which side of the conflict does it.

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    No you don’t understand, what is Israel supposed to do when Palestine does that?

    But don’t you wonder why Palestine is doing that in the first place? It’s because Israel did that thing before.

    But Israel did that thing because Palestine did that other thing

    But Palestine had no option but to do that because of what Israel did months before

    But Israel had done that because of years of that

    But how is that Palestine’s problem? They only did that because what else would’ve they done?

    • cricbuzz [he/him]
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      Israel is holding Palestinians in an area without letting them come and go as they please. Israel controls the flow of food, water, electricity, and building materials into Gaza. Israel controls who can travel for life-saving (often simple) medical treatment BECAUSE THE FUCKING HOSPITALS IN GAZA CAN’T GET THE MACHINES/MATERIALS TO TREAT THEIR PEOPLE.

      No but please, GO OFF KING and build up this strawman “Palestinian supporter” that doesn’t understand history and present that as a justification for settler colonialism

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        Agreed. I’m just pointing out how social media discussions are just “but but…” or “why can’t they just…”.

    • nohaybanda [he/him]
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      The neat thing about history is that it exists in the material world. You can actually trace that sequence of events back to a thing that happened. In particular the Original Sin of this conflict is The Nakba. To pretend this great tragedy is somehow transcendental or beyond understanding is pure liberalism and an attempt to whitewash the crimes of the Israeli state. The violence is mutual but far from symmetric. One side is the oppressor and the other - the oppressed. Any pretense that it exists on a flat moral space is a distortion of the actual material conditions that exist.

      Free Palestine palestine-heart

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        Agreed. I’m just pointing out how social media discussions are just “but but…” or “why can’t they just…”. It isn’t worth giving attention to opinions of celebs and influencers when the conflict is ongoing and repercussions of quickly siding with one or the other without paying close attention to the nuances and attempts of white washing are pretty huge.

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    I’m going to be real, I doubt they can even muster the will to write a strongly worded letter with the kinds of members who make up the EU.

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    Obviously illegal. Collective punishment is a war crime and makes Israel a monster. Imagine if there was a murderer in your building and the feds blew the entire building up.

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    Wait! I know what Borrell will do: expel Israel from Eurovision! That will serve them right and start behaving!

    I don’t expect much more from anything leaded by Borrell. We know him well in Spain.

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    Israel’s actions are a direct consequence of what Hamas did," Borrell’s spokesman had said in Brussels earlier the same day.

    Uhh, I think you meant to say “Hamas’ actions are a direct consequence of what Israel has been doing to Gaza”