• SaltSong@startrek.website
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    2 days ago

    Are they running out of people to murder in Gaza? Or do they just need someone to fight back, so they can look oppressed?

    • NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de
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      Neither. Internal politics in Israel threatened to break up the government, and starting a war with Iran was the easiest way to stop that. Can’t break up the government now, we’re in a state of emergency!

      Bibi would sooner burn down all of Israel than step down from power.

      • entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org
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        Yep, exactly this. He’d rather destroy the entire country than lose power, in part because as soon as he loses power he’s likely going to prison for the rest of his life.

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      The moment they stop fighting is the moment they have to collectively come to terms with what they have done as a nation. Netanyahoo has to keep it going.

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      The US is obligated by law, to keep sending them weapons in order to maintain a “qualitative military edge” against all potential threats. This unfortunately incentivizes Israel to maintain a high threat level, in order to increase the amount of weapons it receives.

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        “By law”. It’s just a convenient excuse for genocidal immorality. It’s not like words on paper matter to anyone in power in the West, you’d definitely be blind to think otherwise.

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          You had me in the first sentence; not gonna lie. The second one, though, just goes off the rails.