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Re: Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly 'quadruple tap'

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Post by SilverElfin » Sat, Apr 18, 2026, 5:33 AM UTC

DaveFr wrote: post #74

nielsbot wrote: post #65

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The only way Zionism can be moral is if it abandons the idea of a Jewish supremacist nation.

Nobody says this about any Islamic country

Yep, and this is the obvious dishonesty of the people who single out Israel. It’s one country with a Jewish culture, where non-Jewish people also prosper in large numbers. But there are MANY officially Islamic nations where there is a state religion, where laws and religion are mixed together, and where violence/oppression of minorities is normalized and welcomed. Not a single pro-Gaza or anti-Israel activist will acknowledge this. It’s dishonest. Israel is much more egalitarian and frankly, civilized.

Re: Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly 'quadruple tap'

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Post by SilverElfin » Sat, Apr 18, 2026, 5:34 AM UTC

aibrahem wrote: post #56

voxl wrote: post #42

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Part of the problem is the conflation of Zionism with genocidal government. There is no room for nuiance. A Zionist can want Israelites to live in peace where they currently are and not harm others, and certainly not commit horrible atrocities against other people. Yet, even this kind of Zionist is under their own genocidal threat, "from the river to the sea", and instead of their being a sensible perspective of "may…

From the beginning, the founders of the Zionist movement were completely on board with the ethnic cleansing of the indigenous Palestinians from their lands to establish the Israeli state.

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Re: Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly 'quadruple tap'

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Post by happymellon » Sat, Apr 18, 2026, 5:34 AM UTC

DaveFr wrote: post #74

nielsbot wrote: post #65

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The only way Zionism can be moral is if it abandons the idea of a Jewish supremacist nation.

Nobody says this about any Islamic country

Evertone said this about Daesh.

Re: Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly 'quadruple tap'

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Post by chistev » Sat, Apr 18, 2026, 5:40 AM UTC

taylodl wrote: post #34

How long will the world continue to tolerate Israel's egregious war crimes?

What is Israel's reason for all this? Can someone explain their side of the argument, as it is?

Re: Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly 'quadruple tap'

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Post by SilverElfin » Sat, Apr 18, 2026, 5:43 AM UTC

Supermancho wrote: post #58

voxl wrote: post #48

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Revionist history at work.

What part? eg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_the_Ott... ?

All of it? Islam literally calls for violence and oppression of anyone who isn’t a Muslim. It’s literally in the Quran. Islam spread to many of the regions it is now in through invasion and genocidal violence. For example, they colonized India before Europeans did. They have completely erased the previous cultures and ethnic groups of the North African countries. Etc.

Re: Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly 'quadruple tap'

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Post by tomhow » Sat, Apr 18, 2026, 5:45 AM UTC

fzeroracer wrote: post #26

aibrahem wrote: post #19

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In all your comments, you keep referring to the resistance groups fighting the Israeli occupation as terrorists, which I’m guessing makes you either an Israeli or pro-Israel. The IOF has been notoriously lying about killing and torturing civilians. Not only that, but even soldiers caught red-handed on video raping prisoners have not only gotten away scot-free but also been allowed to rejoin the army. Is there a reaso…

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Re: Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly 'quadruple tap'

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Post by tomhow » Sat, Apr 18, 2026, 5:46 AM UTC

chabes wrote: post #67

LorenPechtel wrote: post #55

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How about actually rebutting things rather than attacking me?

How is posting your comments attacking you?

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Re: Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly 'quadruple tap'

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Post by wqaatwt » Sat, Apr 18, 2026, 5:47 AM UTC

SilverElfin wrote: post #132

aibrahem wrote: post #56

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From the beginning, the founders of the Zionist movement were completely on board with the ethnic cleansing of the indigenous Palestinians from their lands to establish the Israeli state.

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> Palestinians are not indigenous

What does that even mean? Just because they converted (or were forced) to another religion?

Even the Hebrew recognizes there were plenty of other people living in territory of what is now modern Israel and that the Hebrews violently subjugated quite a few of them.

> the continuation of Canaanite culture

Well culturally they became mostly European, Arab etc. depending on where they lived.

Re: Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly 'quadruple tap'

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Post by karim79 » Sat, Apr 18, 2026, 5:49 AM UTC

potamic wrote: post #129

karim79 wrote: post #68

For those unfamiliar with the "Dahiya Doctrine"[0] this is exactly that: [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dahiya_doctrine

> The logic is to cause difficulties for the civilian population so much that they will then turn against the militants The beatings will continue until morale improves!

Precisely. Couldn't have said it better myself. +1

Re: Israel escalates attacks on medics in Lebanon with deadly 'quadruple tap'

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Post by tomhow » Sat, Apr 18, 2026, 5:49 AM UTC

LorenPechtel wrote: post #55

fzeroracer wrote: post #26

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How about actually rebutting things rather than attacking me?

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