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0 pointssimonask7mo ago0 comments

Because Israel is not engaged in a war against Europe.

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Russia is also not engaged in a direct war with Europe yet we still sanction them because they are by proxy, similar to Israel: Israel's actions in Gaza are creating waves of refugees that Europe has to take in, and then we have the potential terrorist attacks by those people as revenge for Europe's military aid to Israel who see Europe as partly to blame for destruction of their home country.

Israel definitely should be sanctioned till it stops its war crimes because doing nothing will directly affect us.

simonaskOP7mo ago

It takes a lot of mental gymnastics to completely ignore the historical context of these two conflicts. There is no question that Russia's war in Ukraine is a proxy war against the West - they say so directly by justifying it as a defense against "NATO encroachment" and making demands that the Ukraine can never, say, join the EU.

Israel should be sanctioned because of the war crimes and the genocide perpetrated by their government, I agree, but that's a different thing.

zosima7mo ago

Russia has attacked Ukraine. Not Europe.

Neither Ukraine nor Israel is part of EU or NATO.

depressedpanda7mo ago

> Russia has attacked Ukraine. Not Europe.

Ukraine is most definitely a part of Europe.

zosima7mo ago

Yes, and so is big parts of Russia. Attacking one country is not the same as attacking a continent.

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dragonwriter7mo ago

> Russia has attacked Ukraine.

Moldova and Georgia and Ukraine, as relates to its aggression in Europe.

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FirmwareBurner7mo ago

Israel definitely should be sanctioned till it stops its war crimes because doing nothing will directly affect us.

simonaskOP7mo ago

Israel should be sanctioned because of the war crimes and the genocide perpetrated by their government, I agree, but that's a different thing.

zosima7mo ago

Russia has attacked Ukraine. Not Europe.

Neither Ukraine nor Israel is part of EU or NATO.

depressedpanda7mo ago

> Russia has attacked Ukraine. Not Europe.

Ukraine is most definitely a part of Europe.

zosima7mo ago

Yes, and so is big parts of Russia. Attacking one country is not the same as attacking a continent.

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dragonwriter7mo ago

> Russia has attacked Ukraine.

Moldova and Georgia and Ukraine, as relates to its aggression in Europe.

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