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[–] arin@lemmy.world 27 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Why would we care about Israel?

[–] Fancy_Gecko@lemmy.ml 31 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

israel is west's imperial outpost in middle east

[–] mynameisbob@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Well I would rather see them die a slow death as they rip each other apart. Israel was on the verge of cival war before the conclict escalated. I like to see the head nazis hang or the country implode and fall apart.

[–] Mojitas@lemmy.world 28 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The Christians of the world care because there is some bullshit in the bible about Jesus returning when the Jews lives there. And that is also probably why the place even exists as it does today.

It is pure fucking madness.

[–] jorge@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

Breno Altman is a brilliant communist journalist here in Brasil. A secular Jew from an influential anti-zionist family, he is a major critic of Zionism. He is under fierce attack by the Zionist lobby.

He explains that Zionism enacted a religious reform: the old Jewish doctrine "Israel will be restored after the Messiah comes" was replaced by "The Messiah will come after Israel is restored". Some Orthodox Jews still oppose this new doctrine.

[–] fodor@lemmy.zip 23 points 3 weeks ago

That depends who you are. Do you mean "the average American" or perhaps "the US government looking to spend some money on private military-related expenses from your friend's company" or perhaps "a politician who relies on pro-Israel funding"? ... Those all have different answers.

[–] athatet@lemmy.zip 22 points 3 weeks ago

I certainly fuckin don’t.