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Re:Top UN legal investigators conclude Israel is guilty of g... by aprilthird2021 on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @09:14PM (#45270372)
> On the other hand, there is no guarantee that completely cutting off ties with Israel, would make anything better for Gazans.

I agree with everything you said about Biden being practically better for Palestine, but this is nonsense. Israel would be a completely isolated state without US support. Even North Korea has China. The last completely isolated state in the world was South Africa whose apartheid ended as a result. It's not crazy to think Israelis might realize forcing people who have lived in the same country for generations to be stateless and voteless to preserve a "pure", "Jewish" state is not a worthwhile gamble if it costs them any connection to the outside world.

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Re:Top UN legal investigators conclude Israel is guilty of g... by SilverElfin on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @10:06PM (#45270735)
What do you mean by “pure Jewish state”? Israel has a 21% Arab population that is thriving and happy. In addition to 6% other non Jewish groups. So nearly 30% of the county isn’t Jewish.
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Re:Top UN legal investigators conclude Israel is guilty of g... by Aunche on Tuesday September 16, 2025 @10:18PM (#45270815)
Getting the Western world to agree to South Africa style sanctions towards Israel to their response to an attack is another level of unrealism over ending America's military and intelligence partnership. Even if that occurred, Israel is quite friendly with India that has only strengthened with October 7, and is capable of building a similar relationship with China.
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