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Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by anigbrowl on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @01:56PM (#41583255)
I think you are mistaking your emotional reflexes for objective truth. Weapons on flags historically connote a message of 'don't mess with us'. The IDF's logo is a sword and an olive branch, and is more or less the same as the logo of the Haganah...a pre-independence paramilitary organization that was considered terroristic at the time when Palestine was still a British possession, and which killed hundreds of people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haganah

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Re:Hezbollah pager explosions kill several people in Lebanon by jncfhnb on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @02:22PM (#41583604)
The issue is not that weapons are shown. The issue is that it’s a fist holding an assault rifle. It’s very plainly a call for violent action. And frankly I think it’s kind of stupid to argue otherwise.

Regardless of your opinion of the IDF, their flag is clearly a very different vibe

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