• talkingpumpkin@lemmy.worldOP
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    3 months ago

    Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir announced that he will raise annexing the West Bank at the next cabinet meeting in response to the the recognitions.

    “The recognition by the UK, Canada, and Australia of a ‘Palestinian’ state, as a prize for the murderous Nukhba terrorists, requires immediate countermeasures,” said Ben-Gvir.

    I don’t even know how to comment this.

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      3 months ago

      Israel’s terrorism needs to be stopped, along with its genocide.

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      3 months ago

      They are trying to make opposition feel hopeless, but the truth is their continued aggression is totally reliant on foreign support.

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      3 months ago

      It might be the right moral decision but was it done for the right reason? The conspiracy theorist in me thinks that the timing of this straight after the Donald Trump state visit to the UK cannot be coincidental, Trump must have Okayed this and there must be a bigger plan. Maybe. Ha.

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        It’s been Labour policy for over a decade that Palestine should be recognised, but that was in conflict with a governmental position that only states that ‘exist’ in some stable sense could be recognised. The balance tipped, I guess, and now the former outweighs the latter. Don’t think it’s quite as suss as made out.

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    3 months ago

    From the river to the sea there will be democracy, human rights, and equal political rights for people of all ethnicities and confessions.

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      They’re probably doing it because they know that Israel will never agree to a 2-state solution. The UK Labor Party can tell their former constituents that actually they aren’t pro-genocide and please support us again pretty please, all without doing anything that would significantly disrupt Israel.

      It’s a way of appearing to be on the right side of history, while also knowing that they’ll never have to put their money where their mouth is.