Defiant Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu doubled down on opposition to Palestinian statehood, deepening the divide with Israel’s closest international allies, as cracks in his wartime “unity” government became increasingly evident.

Anger with Netanyahu is also increasingly visible on the streets, even though there is broad public support for the war. On Saturday, protesters gathered in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Caesarea and Kfar Saba, some calling for bolder action to secure the release of hostages, and others demanding the prime minister step down.

One in Jerusalem held a placard that read: “Mothers’ cry: we will not sacrifice our children in the war to save the rightwing.”

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  • Aceticon@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Netanyahu knows perfectly well that the US Administration are complete total bullshit masters that talk the talk whilst not walking the walk and that they’re “relaxed about Genocide” as long as it’s commited against non-whites (and for them nowadays Jews are whites).

    It wasn’t that long ago that in her speech in COP28 Kamala Harris said the US was putting pressure on Israel and then less than a week later the US vetoed in the UN Security Council a resolution for a Ceasefire in Gaza which would otherwise have passed.

    (Also, I’m pretty sure that had Russia invaded a Post-Soviet state like Kazakhstan instead of a “white” one like Ukraine, the reaction from the Whitehouse would’ve been barelly audible).

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      10 months ago

      Not important to the main point, but why don’t you consider Ukraine to be a “Post-Soviet state like Kazakhstan”? Ukraine was part of the USSR

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        10 months ago

        I do, hence why I phrased it like “a Post-Soviet state like A instead of one like B”.

        PS: that said, re-reading, that “one” is more likely to be interpreted as going with “white”. Sorry about that.