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0 pointshunterb1234y ago0 comments

If it's any consolation, these comments here do not reflect a general opinion and liberal leaning places seem to have this anti-Israel agenda, and it seems to be more prominent recently. Maybe I'm just paying more attention.

That's not to say everything is perfect, no country is. But in perspective of everyone's actions in the region I support Israel overall.

I don't want to get into a political flamewar, just wanted to offer my support. I disagree with the premise of many opinions here about Israel.

Note that I'm not talking about people that are talking objectively about this specific event, I'm talking about the comments calling Israel an apartheid state, marriage, etc.

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hkt4y ago

RE the apartheid point, this isn't western liberals, it is Israeli human rights organisations: https://www.btselem.org/apartheid

hunterb123OP4y ago

B’Tselem has a history of being unreliable and has an anti-Israel agenda.

https://jcpa.org/article/btselem-less-reliability-credibilit...

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/btselems-lies-468488

I didn't want to get into this like I said, but imo if the left focused more on scolding Palestine and less on Israel we'd be better off.

hkt4y ago

Do you have any international sources on this? I'm a little sceptical of the partisan angle of those posts and note they're essentially from a rival Israeli political outlook. I'm open to the idea that B'Tselem are unreliable, but highly politicised criticisms like those aren't really persuasive.

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FridayoLeary4y ago

Thank you.

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0 pointshunterb1234y ago0 comments

That's not to say everything is perfect, no country is. But in perspective of everyone's actions in the region I support Israel overall.

I don't want to get into a political flamewar, just wanted to offer my support. I disagree with the premise of many opinions here about Israel.

Note that I'm not talking about people that are talking objectively about this specific event, I'm talking about the comments calling Israel an apartheid state, marriage, etc.

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hkt4y ago

RE the apartheid point, this isn't western liberals, it is Israeli human rights organisations: https://www.btselem.org/apartheid

hunterb123OP4y ago

B’Tselem has a history of being unreliable and has an anti-Israel agenda.

https://jcpa.org/article/btselem-less-reliability-credibilit...

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/btselems-lies-468488

I didn't want to get into this like I said, but imo if the left focused more on scolding Palestine and less on Israel we'd be better off.

hkt4y ago

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FridayoLeary4y ago

Thank you.

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