- cross-posted to:
- australia@aussie.zone
- cross-posted to:
- australia@aussie.zone
- UnfortunateDoorHinge ( @UnfortunateDoorHinge@aussie.zone ) 11•10 months ago
I find it amusing how the ABC commentators dance around the topic with politicians taking the centrist position: “ok but maybe a little genocide?” 🤔👐
- sqgl ( @sqgl@beehaw.org ) 5•10 months ago
politicians taking the centrist position
Labor refused to sign the demand for a ceasefire (resulting in a Greens walkout) because the declaration made absolutely no mention of the October 7 massacre by Hamas.
“ok but maybe a little genocide?”
Maybe the Greens thought Oct 7 was too little genocide to mention?
ABC commentators dance around the topic
ABC Radio news (but not Website news) reported the Al-Ahli hospital attack as being a direct hit by IDF bombs killing 500 people even after evidence that Hamas were bullshitting was available to all of us who cared to look.
- TheHolm ( @TheHolm@aussie.zone ) 8•10 months ago
That war is such a clusterfuck. It looks like something from ancient times.
- ⸻ Ban DHMO 🇦🇺 ⸻ ( @unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone ) English5•10 months ago
It’s probably a continuation of something from ancient times
- NoneOfUrBusiness ( @NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social ) 7•10 months ago
Not really, no. The whole thing started with the Balfour declaration.
- sqgl ( @sqgl@beehaw.org ) 1•10 months ago
Israel had taken land before that. I heard they legitimately bought only 7% of it.
Then there is the issue of whether Jews were driven out by racists thousands of years ago or they left of their own accord.
- NoneOfUrBusiness ( @NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social ) 4•10 months ago
Israel had taken land before that.
Not really AFAIK? There were Aliyahs before then, but Zionism only gained steam when they got the support of the British with the Balfour declaration. That also marks the start of relations souring between Jews and Arabs.
- sqgl ( @sqgl@beehaw.org ) 3•10 months ago
Well if either of us confirms one way or another let’s try to remember to inform each other. There are not many of us who are genuinely trying to understand it all (Lemmy is much better than Reddit).
- nonailsleft ( @nonailsleft@lemm.ee ) 1•10 months ago
First time?
- DirigibleProtein ( @DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone ) 4•10 months ago
Genuine question: do these protests on the other side of the world actually have any influence on the involved parties?
- NoneOfUrBusiness ( @NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social ) 3•10 months ago
Given that Washington basically has veto power on basically anything Israel does outside of its borders, yes.
- Nath ( @Nath@aussie.zone ) 1•10 months ago
Ahh, but does Canberra have veto power?
- NoneOfUrBusiness ( @NoneOfUrBusiness@kbin.social ) 1•10 months ago
I mean I guess no, but pressure from them still matters. The BDS movement tends to have field day with things like these.