So what do you say about the Russians occupying Crimea? Would it be ethnic cleansing to deport them? Does Russia own Crimea because they ethnically cleansed it and then sent a few squatters?
Of course, two wrongs don’t make it right! You can’t hold the people living in an area collectively responsible for the actions of their regime (past or present). They are human beings.
I am angry too and I agree that the regime and a majority of the population of Israel has become fascist along with decades of crimes, terrorism and oppression, and should fall and be “de-nazied” like in Germany. But that is unlikely anytime soon. Best we can do is sanction them to collapse and punish those who support this regime.
The issue is that the fascist assault also has an impact on all of us, by making us angry and wish for simple solutions. Don’t play into their hands by validating their claims about the “radical left”.
Returning Palestinians property to them is not collective punishment. And since most Israelis serve in the IDF they are responsible.
Just because their grandfather stole something doesn’t make it theirs. The owners are alive and they are required to return it. Any other opinion is pure racism.
Real justice would require Israelis to pay reparations besides the return of all Palestinian property.
They are drafted, and refusing to serve is not easy, and they are inundated by propaganda. And yeah reparations, land reform, wealth redistribution all would need to happen.
And if you’re taking about the recent settlements (say like up to 20 years ago) and dispossession of Palestinians, yeah I agree. But there is a “statue of limitations”. You can’t unravel history. Humans in general who live somewhere and have build their lives deserve protection - no matter how they got there or what shitty and vile opinions they hold. It’s not a property dispute if you want to apply this to a whole nation.
Personally I don’t see this ending well. There are about a billion climate refugees coming in the next decades and things will get much worse generally. Israel will probably become isolated and eventually loose USA support and use their nuclear weapons. But after than it’s quite possible Israel will indeed end with another holocaust. But I see no reason to hope for or argue in favor of that.
All Israelis have a country of origin they can go back to. These people are ‘dual’-nationality’d up the whazoo. These are not events lost to time. Israelis are still actively participating in the disposession and theft of Palestinian land.
There is no such thing as “reverse ethnic cleansing”. That would be like calling it ‘reverse theft’ when a thief is caught and the wallet is returned to the original owner. Their grandparents doing the theft does not make it any less theft.
So what do you say about the Russians occupying Crimea? Would it be ethnic cleansing to deport them? Does Russia own Crimea because they ethnically cleansed it and then sent a few squatters?
Of course, two wrongs don’t make it right! You can’t hold the people living in an area collectively responsible for the actions of their regime (past or present). They are human beings.
I am angry too and I agree that the regime and a majority of the population of Israel has become fascist along with decades of crimes, terrorism and oppression, and should fall and be “de-nazied” like in Germany. But that is unlikely anytime soon. Best we can do is sanction them to collapse and punish those who support this regime.
The issue is that the fascist assault also has an impact on all of us, by making us angry and wish for simple solutions. Don’t play into their hands by validating their claims about the “radical left”.
Returning Palestinians property to them is not collective punishment. And since most Israelis serve in the IDF they are responsible.
Just because their grandfather stole something doesn’t make it theirs. The owners are alive and they are required to return it. Any other opinion is pure racism.
Real justice would require Israelis to pay reparations besides the return of all Palestinian property.
They are drafted, and refusing to serve is not easy, and they are inundated by propaganda. And yeah reparations, land reform, wealth redistribution all would need to happen.
And if you’re taking about the recent settlements (say like up to 20 years ago) and dispossession of Palestinians, yeah I agree. But there is a “statue of limitations”. You can’t unravel history. Humans in general who live somewhere and have build their lives deserve protection - no matter how they got there or what shitty and vile opinions they hold. It’s not a property dispute if you want to apply this to a whole nation.
Personally I don’t see this ending well. There are about a billion climate refugees coming in the next decades and things will get much worse generally. Israel will probably become isolated and eventually loose USA support and use their nuclear weapons. But after than it’s quite possible Israel will indeed end with another holocaust. But I see no reason to hope for or argue in favor of that.
All Israelis have a country of origin they can go back to. These people are ‘dual’-nationality’d up the whazoo. These are not events lost to time. Israelis are still actively participating in the disposession and theft of Palestinian land.
There is no such thing as “reverse ethnic cleansing”. That would be like calling it ‘reverse theft’ when a thief is caught and the wallet is returned to the original owner. Their grandparents doing the theft does not make it any less theft.