On 2019/03/21 19:36, Nasir El-Amin wrote: > I haven’t once mentioned Jews. I’ve mentioned Israelis which are > citizens of Israel. There are Jews worldwide especially of the Orthodox > that 100% condemn the existence of Israel. This isn’t a Jew vs Muslim > issue. This is a Israel vs Muslims issue and the fact that Israel exists > through the theft of land, genocide, oppression and even blockading of > the most basic of humanitarian supplies. Palestinians die everyday at > the hand of Israel. You can’t tip toe around this issue and say there > are Israelis that don’t support what’s happening that’s not true. Every > Israeli supports the theft of land because they are by their presence on > the stolen land complicit in the theft. Every Israeli is complicit in > the genocide to because it’s not some fringe politics but it is the > national political discourse of Israel to treat Palestinians the way > they are treated.
Fair enough re: you not mentioning Jews, it's still unfair to clump all Israeli people together as the same and assume they are all in support of what their government is doing. > You can defend Israel or you can be in the right side of history and > stand with the Palestinians, United Nations, Human Rights Watch, BDS and > countless organizations and human rights officials worldwide who condemn > what’s happened and continues to happen in Israel. > > Israel doesn’t have any right to exist it’s a apartheid and stolen land. > Perhaps Jonathan the reason you defend Israel is because you live in a > former apartheid state that stole land from Black South Africans and > treated Black South Africans similar although much nicer than Israelis > treat Palestinians. You benefited from apartheid in your own country as > a White South African who for decades benefited as Black South Africans > suffered oppression. You must have misread or misunderstood something, since I haven't said anything in defense of Israel whatsoever. -Jonathan -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ Jonathan Carter (highvoltage) <jcc> ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian Developer - https://wiki.debian.org/highvoltage ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋ https://debian.org | https://jonathancarter.org ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ Be Bold. Be brave. Debian has got your back.