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Five Liberal members of Parliament are asking 25 Canadian university presidents to say whether calling for a genocide against Jewish people or the elimination of Israel violates their school policies.

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[–] Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (17 children)

Edit: TL;DR: context matters.


For examples:

"I don't like them Jews; fuck them, their space lasers, and the state of Israel" always bad.

"I'm Palestinian and I would very much like my people to stop being genocided; I think removal of the state of Israel is the only feasible way" correct or incorrect, a geo-political statement, not necessarily a genocideal one, but could be with context.

[–] CanadaPlus@futurology.today 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (10 children)

The problematic part starts when you ask what should happen to all the Israelis. Maybe they want a one-state solution, which is fine, but quite often they want a genocide or ethnic cleansing of Jews in order to make space.

Both the actual antisemites (of both white and Arab flavours) and the Zionists want to blur the fact that there's two ways that could be meant. It's really amazing how well people who hate each other can end up coordinating. See also Netanyahu and Hamas.

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

See also Netanyahu and Hamas.

I wish everyone knew about this, and that it was widely reported. Netanyahu has been supporting Hamas (insane terrorists) for decades, and ignoring the PA who want a negotiated peace. He has been deliberately stoking the fires on both sides of the conflict, so he can commit genocide in retaliation.

[–] cozz33@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Check this out: this guy here is Netanyahus grandpa https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Mileikowsky

He is credited with helping start the far right revisionist Zionism movement, which preaches expansionism and use of force https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revisionist_Zionism

Further into that article you will read the Netanyahus grandpa was directly involved in the assassination of this guy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haim_Arlosoroff

Arlosoroff was a very popular socialist Zionist leader who preached pacifism and coexistence with the Arab population.

Netanyahus family and his ilk not only altered the original purpose of Zionism, hence the name “revisionist Zionism”, but permanently changed Israel’s history and led them down a path of violence.

[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 5 points 9 months ago

...Netanyahus grandpa was directly involved in the assassination of this guy ...

Well, at least he's keeping his grandpa's legacy going, by appointing a convicted terrorist who was also involved in the assassination of Rabin to minister of security.

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