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Originally Posted by Pierre
It’s not the calling for a ceasefire that gets my ire. It’s the numbers and type of people marching through the streets calling for it.
As I say, if it was two Arab-Muslim nations at it you wouldn’t get 200,000 in London marching for a ceasefire, you’d be lucky to get 200.
Indigo and Barnaby wouldn’t be marching calling for genocide, “Queers for Palestine” wouldn’t be flying their misconceived flags, Socialist Worker wouldn’t be there.
It’s clear, only the Jews bring out the crowds.
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Similar numbers, if not more, protested the Iraq war.
If Israel are concerned by the numbers protesting around the world then they could abide by the norms and customs that we consider acceptable in war. I’ll pre-empt “why don’t you ask Hamas to?” by answering now - I hold nation states that would claim to be civilised above to a higher standard and it’s only right to. It’s what is supposed to distinguish the two.
If a county wants to discard these norms they will, rightly, be condemned. There’s no requirement to run through every injustice in the world before arriving at the plight of the Palestinian people being massacred and survivors having everything they have taken from them. They have just as much right to live in peace in their own land as Israelis. If Israel, or any of it’s supporters, wants to deny them that fundamental right then there’s well known terms for that.
If two “Arab-Muslim” nations went to war (presuming the CIA isn’t financing at least one side) in the conflict it’d be extremely unlikely to be so lop-sided in outcomes or overtly backed and financed by the US with political cover from the UK or the EU. The value in protesting (questionable anyway, Chris had an excellent post on it) is massively reduced.