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Biden says Netanyahu must change, Israel losing global support (www.reuters.com)

submitted 10 months ago by sqgl@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] bartolomeo@suppo.fi 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Hamas is a blight, no doubt, but it is a response to decades of oppression and harm, harm that Israel is gleefully embracing, even as the world turns against them. the kind of dysfunction that makes a state do what Israel is doing is not worth preserving. the kind of ideology that could justify what is happening right now is not worth fighting for.

Very well put. It reminds me of the quote:

If there were an Oscar for best theatrical performance by a country, Israel would win every year. It's a country based on theater. It's a lunatic state - completely insane.

Norman Finkelstein