• canajac@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    Fuck Israel. It’s time to forget what happened in 1940-45 and realise that Israel is doing the exact thing that the nazis used to do against anyone who they didn’t like. Israel does not like any Palestinian. So let’s be honest here and forget history for a minute and look at what is happening in Gaza. Hamas is rotten to the core but Israel is looking even worse now. Also, why aren’t any Arab countries doing something to end this instead of staying on the sidelines?

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      1 day ago

      I get where you’re coming from, but slow your roll on “It’s time to forget what happened in 1940-45”.

      Understanding history is a vital part of not repeating mistakes.

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          22 hours ago

          Perhaps I was too poetic: that was my point.

          You can’t point to the IDF and say, ‘Hey! Look! See how they’re doing the same shit Nazis did??’ if people aren’t well informed about all the shit that Nazis did.

      • Bennyboybumberchums@lemmy.world
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        Jesus fucking christ, do you really need to have what he meant spelled out to you in fucking crayon???

        He means lets stop allowing them to hide behind 6 million dead people to deflect, or worse, justify, what they are doing today.

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          22 hours ago

          Yes, I understand that. Which is why it would be a mistake to forget it.

          It’s not coincidental that the Holocaust is our most useful case study in understanding and explaining Israel’s crimes against Palestinians. If you want to oppose genocide, it is a mistake to try to do so by “forgetting” about a genocide.

          Remembering previous genocides is an important part of preventing/halting genocides.

    • 0x0@lemmy.zip
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      1 day ago

      why aren’t any Arab countries doing something to end this instead of staying on the sidelines?

      CIA’s hard work.

    • Blackmist@feddit.uk
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      Also, why aren’t any Arab countries doing something to end this instead of staying on the sidelines?

      Because the last time they did, most of the Sinai peninsula ended up under Israeli control.