this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2023
254 points (91.2% liked)

World News

32285 readers
1076 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Israel has been explicit about what it’s carrying out in Gaza. Why isn’t the world listening?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] masquenox@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Riiiight... that's why the medieval Islamic world was a safe-haven for Jewish communities for hundreds of years - because "their holy book" told them to do genocide. You know... like Christendom was doing?

[–] Airazz@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was never a safe haven, they either had to change religion or pay a hefty tax if they wanted to live there.

[–] masquenox@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

It was never a safe haven

You are absolutely correct... I just read about the horrible massacres Muslim carried out against Jewish people in Jerusalem in 1099. Here's an eyewitness speaking of it...

"...[our men] were killing and slaying even to the Temple of Solomon, where the slaughter was so great that our men waded in blood up to their ankles..."

Oh. Sorry. My bad. That wasn't Muslims. That was (supposedly) "Christian" Crusaders.