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Benjamin Netanyahu was accused of slander and pursuing a war without end after he claimed the leaders of France, Canada and the UK were stoking antisemitism and siding with Hamas by demanding he end the two-month blockade of food and aid into Gaza.

In what has become an extraordinary standoff with some of Israel’s closest allies, Netanyahu appeared to deliberately raise the stakes on Thursday night by accusing his western critics of abandoning Israel in a war for its very existence.

Israel’s foreign minister, Gideon Sa’ar, also sought to link the killing of two Israeli embassy staff members in Washington to the recent criticism mounted by European leaders.

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[–] talkingpumpkin@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Err.. the term Palestine (or "Palestinian territories", if one swings that way) is appropriate when one wants to reference the Gaza Strip and West Bank together.

The (shocking and extremely worrying) levels of violence and illegal actions from Israel in the West Bank is incomparable with the mass killings the IDF is perpetrating in the Gaza strip (also, I've not heard the term "war" used to describe the situation in the West Bank), hence my specific reference to the Gaza strip.

Trying to say even very sensible things about the Middle east without triggering anyone is sure extenuating... I really respect the (so far fruitless) efforts of those diplomats who have been trying their hardest to get people to make sense of the whole mess of reach some (any!) sensible agreement.

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

It's just like the western media deliberately dances around avoiding calling them Palestine.

Yes, Gaza is Gaza, just like Texas is Texas. But Gaza is a part of Palestine, as Texas is a part of United States.

However, while the media easily put the word United States while writing about Texas, the same cannot be said about Palestine and Gaza.