While I’m glad the Australian Government had decided to take at least a mild finger-wagging stance of disapproval, blaming this on “settlers” trivialises the situation in an unacceptable way. The Israeli state is perfectly able to keep Jewish extremists from invading the space and forcibly displacing Palestinians, but not only does the state choose not to, but they’re actively participating in the genocide. They’re not “settlers”, the land has been “settled” for longer than written human history. IDF snipers are not some sort of quaint uncoordinated pioneers discovering new land.
I wasn’t previously against Israel’s “right to exist”, but the atrocities the Israeli goveenment are perpetuating are making me take a far stronger stance against ethnostates of all varieties.
I want to add to this some blunt facts that the article leaves out:
Israeli soldiers are routinely participating in these acts of terrorism
Israel’s police minister, Itmar Ben Gvir is a convicted terrorist who vocally advocates for terrorizing Palestinians off their land, and eventually forcably expelling all Arabs - including Israeli citizens - from Israel. He has made one of his primary goals arming settlers.
Finance minister Bezalel Smotrich is to Ben Gvir’s right.
There’s no point in finger wagging. These are international crimes sanctioned and perpetrated by the state.
While I’m glad the Australian Government had decided to take at least a mild finger-wagging stance of disapproval, blaming this on “settlers” trivialises the situation in an unacceptable way. The Israeli state is perfectly able to keep Jewish extremists from invading the space and forcibly displacing Palestinians, but not only does the state choose not to, but they’re actively participating in the genocide. They’re not “settlers”, the land has been “settled” for longer than written human history. IDF snipers are not some sort of quaint uncoordinated pioneers discovering new land.
I wasn’t previously against Israel’s “right to exist”, but the atrocities the Israeli goveenment are perpetuating are making me take a far stronger stance against ethnostates of all varieties.
I want to add to this some blunt facts that the article leaves out:
Israeli soldiers are routinely participating in these acts of terrorism
Israel’s police minister, Itmar Ben Gvir is a convicted terrorist who vocally advocates for terrorizing Palestinians off their land, and eventually forcably expelling all Arabs - including Israeli citizens - from Israel. He has made one of his primary goals arming settlers.
Finance minister Bezalel Smotrich is to Ben Gvir’s right.
There’s no point in finger wagging. These are international crimes sanctioned and perpetrated by the state.
Israel has as much right to exist as Nazi Germany did. Germans need a place to call home, right?