•  apis   ( @apis@beehaw.org ) 
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    29 months ago

    I feel like this would need protests well beyond the scale I can imagine any of the populations in these nations mounting, and that they’d have to be backed by widespread blockades & strikes.

    But mostly that very little would slow Israel down, short of the US intervening militarily in the next few hours.

      •  apis   ( @apis@beehaw.org ) 
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        49 months ago

        Of course.

        I guess I’ve become very pessimistic over the years, which is not good.

        Like I’ll still turn out to stuff, but with none of the hope in my heart I’d have had in the past.

        • I understand, today my own nation votes to slap down a hand outstretched in peace and warmth. In my own state police deploy anti terror powers to crack down on anyone attending a rally against Israeli militancy.

          But if we give up nothing will improve, and everything good we have started small and grew into unstoppable movements.

          •  apis   ( @apis@beehaw.org ) 
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            29 months ago

            Am lucky on this one, in that my country is generally supportive of Palestinians and even our neoliberal government has been critical of Israel’s behaviour, now and also in the past. It is unlikely that they’d ban the protests.

            Though if they did, it could easily result in far more people taking to the streets.

            Wishing you all the best in your endeavours, wherever you are.