Re:Bertrand Russell on Zionism [video]
by tim333 on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @05:01PM
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You can only put so much spin on the underlying policies of the leaders of the two groups and their associated documents. You've got Israel which is basically trying to run a liberal democracy where people get on and Hamas with - pasting a bit from Wikipedia:
>The charter defines the struggle to be against the Jews and calls for the eventual creation of an Islamic Palestinian state in all of former Mandatory Palestine, and the obliteration or dissolution of Israel. The charter has been criticized for its use of antisemitic language, which some commentators have characterized as incitement to genocide.
Given the only real solution is for the two sides to get on and not attack each other, the Hamas position is unfortunate.
Also re
>not something westeners relate to
the October attacks on a music festival etc in the name of Allah Akbar and that are pretty relateable to westeners as we get that too with Islam enthusiasts flying into the twin towers, blowing up busses in London, mowing down pedestrians in Nice etc and as you say it's not great PR.
>The charter defines the struggle to be against the Jews and calls for the eventual creation of an Islamic Palestinian state in all of former Mandatory Palestine, and the obliteration or dissolution of Israel. The charter has been criticized for its use of antisemitic language, which some commentators have characterized as incitement to genocide.
Given the only real solution is for the two sides to get on and not attack each other, the Hamas position is unfortunate.
Also re
>not something westeners relate to
the October attacks on a music festival etc in the name of Allah Akbar and that are pretty relateable to westeners as we get that too with Islam enthusiasts flying into the twin towers, blowing up busses in London, mowing down pedestrians in Nice etc and as you say it's not great PR.