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[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago (4 children)

When Israelis give a damn about the ongoing genocide, lmk.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

It's kind of eerie how none of the protester's demands address the genocide of Palestinians.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

Many of just against Bibi not the genocide itself

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Well Netanyahu is the one responsible for the entire shitshow.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Israelis are not monolith and certainly many do care greatly.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago (3 children)

So where are the protests about it?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

From what I know the biggest concentration of Israeli Palestinians outside of Jerusalem is in the North, so they're probably scared shitless that if they say anything Bibi will accuse them of being Hezbollah militants and send the police after them

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

no, I'm asking about Israeli Israelis. Where are the ordinary city-dwellers getting up and marching to protest the ongoing slaughter, as you'll find in just about every other city in the world?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago

I saw an article about just that last night, but if you can imagine, it's rather hard to find it under all the other protest news...

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

I’m starting to think this Netanyahu character isn’t popular and shouldn’t be in charge of watching a bee, much less a country.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So did most of the voters, but he was able to get support of enough right wingers to stay in power. He desperately needed to, because there are lawsuits against him, which he can avoid while being in office.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago

Immunity in office is one of the biggest threat that can be inflicted to a republic

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Wouldn't be an issue if the right wing parties didn't keep getting voted in

[–] [email protected] -5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

He just has to do what the conservatives say cuz he’s afraid he’ll be assassinated just like the man he replaced.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago (1 children)

He marched to encourage people to do said assassination. So, knows first hand.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Yup. He’s a puppet leader.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

Look at all these anti-Semites! Thousands of them!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Somehow, I find it interesting he lives in Caesarea. The site of the martyrdom of Palestinian Jews. I wonder how Bibi spells irony.

During the Bar Kokhba revolt of 132–135 ce, the Romans tortured and killed the 10 greatest leaders and sages of Palestinian Jewry, including Rabbi Akiba. Caesarea was almost certainly the place of execution of Rabbi Akiba and the others according to tradition (c. 135 ce). The death of these Ten Martyrs is still commemorated in the liturgy for Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Thousands of Israelis joined protests over the weekend calling for a deal to bring home hostages still held in Gaza by Hamas, early elections and the immediate resignation of Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister.

The large protests came amid renewed fighting in Gaza, where Israeli troops have advanced for the first time towards the centre of Rafah, the territory’s southernmost city, and launched operations in several northern areas where fierce clashes have previously taken place.

In the northern city of Haifa, protesters marched behind a banner reading “May every Israeli parent remember they put their child’s life in the hands of Netanyahu, who fails them”, while hundreds gathered outside the prime minister’s private home in Caesarea, 25 miles (40km) away.

Many Israelis say no one has taken responsibility for the failures that allowed militants to break through Gaza’s $1.1bn perimeter fence and hunt down civilians in their homes or at a music festival for hours before the army arrived in sufficient strength to protect survivors.

In a recent poll in Ma’ariv newspaper, more than half of respondents said Netanyahu, who could face a lengthy prison sentence if convicted in ongoing corruption trials, had prioritised his own political survival over the fate of the hostages.

Respect the families’ request: Don’t come,” Eyal Eshel, whose daughter, Roni, was killed at an army base stormed by Hamas militants in October, told Israeli Channel 12.


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