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Re:The blackout Palestinians are facing on social media by rayiner on Saturday June 26, 2021 @11:25PM (#27648283)
That’s not what I’m driving at. My point is that there is a reason Bangladeshis all learn about Israel oppressing Palestine but don’t care about other Bangladeshis being worked to death in the Middle East. There’s a reason that’s the thing that gets people’s attention compared to all the other human rights issues out there.
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Re:The blackout Palestinians are facing on social media by mrow84 on Sunday June 27, 2021 @03:11AM (#27649326)
What do you think that reason is?
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Re:The blackout Palestinians are facing on social media by pydry on Sunday June 27, 2021 @05:27AM (#27650009)
Maybe whataboutism. Why Bangladeshi whataboutism is supposed to be of interest to us I'm not sure.

Arab countries also use Israel to highlight the disingenuousness of America's supposed concern for human rights. Ironically not having it as an ally might make military interventions in the Arab world easier.

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Re:The blackout Palestinians are facing on social media by rayiner on Sunday June 27, 2021 @01:06PM (#27653231)
It’s not “whataboutism” to ask what might be motivating people to care about a particular issue thousands of miles away when they don’t pay any attention to human rights issues on their own border.
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Re:The blackout Palestinians are facing on social media by Udik on Sunday June 27, 2021 @12:01AM (#27648473)
There is a reason. Maybe this reason is that the "conflict" has been going on for 70 years? Maybe the reason is that the situation is particularly humiliating for Muslims, who saw the West unilaterally decide to install some Europeans in one of Islam's most historic places? Or maybe the reason is that, different from other injustices, this one is brazenly denied both by the perpetrators and by those who should be witnesses? Because an injustice will upset, but there is nothing more enraging than seeing those in power deny the obvious and pretend that the perpetrators are victims.

So there can be many reasons. Why do you choose the one that, once somehow transferred 5500 km from Bangladesh to Palestine (not sure how much they have in common), puts the Palestinians' struggle in the worst possible light?

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Re:The blackout Palestinians are facing on social media by poisonarena on Sunday June 27, 2021 @04:02AM (#27649561)
Most Israelis come from Arab countries(because they were expelled), this is a common myth that Israeli's are "european", there is many from Eastern Europe, and there are many ashkenazi jewish immigrants from the USA, but this is a fraction. And Jerusalem is the holiest place for Jews, and it has been since before Islam existed
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Re:The blackout Palestinians are facing on social media by luffapi on Sunday June 27, 2021 @10:48AM (#27651993)
What you say is not true:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Israel

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Re:The blackout Palestinians are facing on social media by poisonarena on Sunday June 27, 2021 @11:25AM (#27652300)
yes it is, look at the numbers. 26 percent from europe, 27 percent from "non white" Middle east mainly, would be 28-29 percent but I am not including potential mizrahim from USA/Canada, even though many are probably persian/iraqi origin.
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Re:The blackout Palestinians are facing on social media by luffapi on Sunday June 27, 2021 @12:23PM (#27652855)
From the article, 2015 numbers:

26.26% Europe

4.64% Americas

10.75% Asia

14.3% Africa

So no, “most Israelis“ don’t come from Arab countries.

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Re:The blackout Palestinians are facing on social media by poisonarena on Sunday June 27, 2021 @01:25PM (#27653363)
Look at it carefully, there is no Middle East Continent, look at the countries in the list... Are you saying Iraq is not an Arab country, Because it is in Asia? No arabs in Morocco because it is in Africa? My point is that Israel is not "European Colonials". Argentinian ladino speaking sephardic jews white? An Iranian-American Jewish family moving to Israel is European? You are nitpicking, and more than half of the population is not 'european', also count in the the druze, bedouin, and christian and muslim arabs that live here, with full rights, political representation, and benefits

edit: Looking at your history "Peace is not possible on occupied land or in an apartheid state." seems like anything I can tell you wont matter because you have already drank the koolaid

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Re:The blackout Palestinians are facing on social media by luffapi on Sunday June 27, 2021 @01:34PM (#27653441)
Iraq is included in Asia. Asia + Africa = 25.05% which is less than the 30.9% Europe + America. So you were incorrect when you said the majority of Jewish Israeli’s are from Arab nations.

As for your edit, that’s an ad hominem.

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Re:The blackout Palestinians are facing on social media by poisonarena on Sunday June 27, 2021 @01:47PM (#27653562)
You are still wrong.. when most of the jews were kicked out of Arab countries they went to countries all over the world United States, Europe, Argentina/Brasil.. You are not considering any of this and just pulling census 6 year old census data that doesnt describe ethnicity..

from the article: "About 44.9% percent of Israel's Jewish population identify as either Mizrahi or Sephardi, 44.2% identify as Ashkenazi, about 3% as Beta Israel and 7.9% as mixed or other"

This is from 2013, and there has been a lot more mixing since then.

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Re:The blackout Palestinians are facing on social media by luffapi on Sunday June 27, 2021 @01:51PM (#27653588)
You said the majority of Israeli Jews came from Arab countries. That is factually incorrect.

Your exact comment:

> ” Most Israelis come from Arab countries(because they were expelled)”

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Re:The blackout Palestinians are facing on social media by luffapi on Sunday June 27, 2021 @02:20PM (#27653844)
That says nothing about their country of origin. These people literally emigrated from Western non-Arab countries. Your statement is just incorrect and now you’re moving the goal posts.
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Re:The blackout Palestinians are facing on social media by poisonarena on Sunday June 27, 2021 @04:10PM (#27654840)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_exodus_from_Arab_and_Mu...

I posted proof, im not goal posting, and you are missing the entire point of what I originally said. Mizrahim/sepharidim are jews from arab/meditaranean/african countries.. they are more than 50% the population of jews in Israel. I am not arguing with any more. Your previous comments describe how you feel already.

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Re:The blackout Palestinians are facing on social media by luffapi on Sunday June 27, 2021 @04:34PM (#27655037)
You did not post proof. The numbers directly contradict your statement. More emigration happened from Western countries than Arab countries. No amount of goal post moving will change that your original statement is factually incorrect.
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