• jonne@infosec.pub
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    16 hours ago

    Like, why the fuck are they still inviting their football teams to play?

    • mortimer@lemmy.world
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      13 hours ago

      And why the fuck are they in the Europa league? Last I checked Israel was nowhere near Europe. Aren’t they Semitic and from the Middle East? At least they love to use that definition when they shout “antisemitism” at anyone who criticises them. And why are they in the European Song Contest? Anyway, no sympathy. They clearly like violence so let them have it.

      • Something Burger 🍔@jlai.lu
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        10 hours ago

        The Eurovision has plenty of non-European members (Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Turkey).

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        12 hours ago

        And why the fuck are they in the Europa league

        Because it wouldn’t be safe for the Israeli teams to play against teams from all the neighboring nations that rightfully despise the actions of their government.

        They could stop murdering innocent people all the time, but losing to European teams instead of ones from the middle east is easier and more profitable.

        And why are they in the European Song Contest?

        In a word? Corruption. In two words: BLATANT corruption.

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          10 hours ago

          Become a good neighbor? Nah, I’ll go play with my friends in another neighborhood and be an ass to them as well.

          • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world
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            10 hours ago

            EXACTLY. I don’t know if the people downvoting me are salty Zionists or confused fellow anti-zionists lol

        • mortimer@lemmy.world
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          10 hours ago

          Well, looks like it’s not safe for them to play against European teams now too. What a shame.

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            10 hours ago

            On the one hand, innocent athletes and fans shouldn’t be punished for the actions of the government.

            On the other hand, though, odds are that almost all of them support the atrocities or have actively contributed to them up to and including murdering, raping, and torturing innocent civilians. So fuck em.