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i can’t find the english version on haaretz for some reason, so i’m relying google translate

if someone else makes one that would be great, i don’t have the executive function for it atm

This Penn State poll on israeli sentiment was posted to a few subs on reddit, but I haven’t seen it here.

Highlights include:

The survey was conducted by one of the HMs at the request of Penn State University, among 1,005 respondents who constitute a representative sample of the Jewish population in Israel.

To the question “Do you support the claim that the IDF, when conquering an enemy city, should act in a manner similar to the way the Israelites acted when they conquered Jericho under the leadership of Joshua, that is,* kill all its inhabitants*?” 47% of all respondents responded in the affirmative.

…82% of those surveyed expressed support for the forced expulsion of residents of the Gaza Strip, and 56% supported the forced expulsion of Arab citizens of Israel. In the 2003 survey, the positive answers to these questions were “only” 45% and 31%, respectively.

…69% of secularists support the forcible expulsion of Gaza residents, and 31% of them see the extermination of Jericho residents as a precedent that the IDF should adopt.

…66% of those aged 40 and under support the deportation of Arab citizens of Israel, and 58% want to see the IDF do what Joshua did in Jericho.

…It is difficult to find anyone who would refuse clearly illegal orders, such as starving hundreds of thousands, creating extermination zones, or bombing densely populated residential neighborhoods. Only 9% of men under 40, the main group from which regular and reserve servicemen in Gaza come, rejected all the ideas of deportation and extermination that were presented to them.

I wasn’t sure what “Joshua did to Jericho”, and I was unsurprised to find out that the story ends like this: “Following God’s law, the Israelites killed every man and woman, the young and the old, as well as the oxen, sheep, and donkeys. Only Rahab, her parents, brothers and all “those who belonged to her” were spared. They were incorporated into Israel.”

What a repulsive society. Completely irredeemable. A stain on humanity and history.

my heart broke listening to the Palestinian man. All his fear and pain, his desperation to keep his family fed and safe as they’re trapped in the middle of a genocide.

and everything the smug fuck NPR goon was beyond enraging. good fucking riddance.

tbf, the whole media landscape was way different back when Rogue One came out. it wouldn’t be for another 5+ years that cinematic universes connecting tens of movies and multiple tv series would be the norm. Mandalorian was the first live action star wars, and it only started in 2019

so this guy was a Christian Zionist working for the apartheid regime on “how to get aid to Palestinians” and he believes there is “enough food in Gaza”

Filth personified.

We all understand that ideology is a bit like dominos; confidently sharing something that subsequently gets disproven doesnt just make you question that specific fact, it makes you question the ENTIRE ideological framework that led you to believe in that thing in the first place.

I think there’s another effect on how other people perceive that ideology too. Getting caught in a lie (or as you said, confidently sharing something false) is embarassing. It can be humiliating. If someone wanted to embarass, humiliate, or discredit a pro-China movement in the West, what better way is there than to catch them spreading lies that you can point and laugh at?

In a world that pretends to be rational, grounded, and truthful, if you can make someone look gullible, susceptible to manipulation, or (the wrong kind of) idealistic, you can push them to the margins.

The pain behind his words is making me feel all kinds of things.

Fanon was right about violence.

helping israelis means them spending less time in their musty fuhrerbunkers when the rocket alarms go off

Rare news these days that makes sense tbh

… more Death Marches

Yemeni Resistance’s moral resolve when it comes to Palestine is like a top 3 reason for having any hope in the world

who said it’s a good idea? i responded to the question of “why” someone does that kind of thing (because it feels good), not whether it’s a good idea (i don’t think it is, but it feels more good than bad in the short term)

yeah, being nice and friendly is more of a “good idea”, but sometimes the brain can’t inhibit the urge to talk shit or troll

I’d also like to know why OP does this kinda thing

Joe Biden knowingly, intentionally, and shamelessly kept israel’s genocidal man, woman, child, and baby killing machine fuelled and armed to the gills, and all we could do as watch him do it.

In a just world, he would be tried for his crimes and rightfully meet his fate under a prison.

But we don’t live in that world. We’re far from it. So when we get a whiff of justice - a late stage cancer diagnosis that ensures this genocidal monster dies an agonizing death - it feels like a breath of fresh air.

laughing to the bank

I am crudely paraphrasing from this awesome article from November 2023.

“War” (in this case, genocide) guarantees accumulation at two ends:

First, and more obviously, Western capitalists stand to gain billions of dollars via the production, sale, and consumption of military and surveillance technology which are being unleashed across West Asia.

Second, “war” is designed to devalue land and people. Reducing the price of land, labour, and other resources increases profits and accelerates accumulation. Taking over Gaza means that Western capital can freely exploit the productive capacity of the land (including the billions of dollars worth of oil that israel blocks Gazans from accessing) and people (including the >1 million Gazans confined to unemployment by israel’s blockade).

And of course, the genocide of Gaza sends a priceless signal to the rest of the world: Resist US imperialism and cease to exist. Conversely, a Palestinian victory over zionism and the US-israeli genocide proves that America can lose, and therefore, that the Global South can win.

So Trump signing “deals” like this is just a more evil and depraved version of Biden allegedly getting “mad” at Satanyahu

warning for r-word, but this exchange made me lol