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[–] tortillaPeanuts@lemmy.world 214 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, meanwhile, called for immediate punishment for the Palestinian Authority and expanded settlement construction in the Occupied West Bank as a response.

This is unhinged, wanting to punish the PA for other countries recognizing Palestine.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 125 points 5 months ago

They were gonna do that anyway; they're just seizing upon what Norway/Ireland/Spain did as a fig leaf of an excuse.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 92 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"Look what you made us do!"

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[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 40 points 5 months ago

What did you expect from genocidal maniacs?

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[–] tourist@lemmy.world 184 points 5 months ago (22 children)

Nations who recognise Palestine:

I miss this kind of confidence I got from cocaine

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 77 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I always knew Antarctica couldn't be trusted.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 38 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Those penguins are up to something. You can't trust someone who goes swimming in formal wear..

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[–] diffusive@lemmy.world 36 points 5 months ago (21 children)

Wait! Vatican recognized Palestine?!?

Either way if what Spain said is true and Europe becomes green as well, it would be pretty much US, Australia and Israel to not recognize Palestine

[–] Tryptaminev@lemm.ee 51 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Obligatory note for all the "Christians should support Israel" crowd. The Israeli minister of Security said, that Christians should be spit on. When Christians want to pray for Easter in the Church of the holy sepulcher, Israeli security forces are also harassing and attacking them. Israel is not only an ethnostate, it is also founded on religious and race supremacy, where white european/american Jews are on the top of the hierarchy and anyone else will face discrimination.

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 25 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Hold on, the 1900s british colony Israel has the same name as the kingdom from the bible and is therefore the same because jews or something.

Anyway, we need it to fulfill prophecies. /s

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The UK too. We love to be on the wrong side of history.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And Canada. We love following the US into its mistakes.

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[–] Gigan@lemmy.world 138 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 114 points 5 months ago

Wow I found hamas guys

[–] wolfeh@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

ZOMG ANTISEMITISM

... /s, obviously.

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[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 104 points 5 months ago (21 children)

Maybe we should sanction them.

Yeah. Probably.

“Sorry best we can do is more bombs, officially define antisemitism as calling these guys assholes, and, uh, oh yeah, giving their military benefits packages!”

[–] Vorticity@lemmy.world 52 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Don't forget threatening to sanction the ICC over the Netanyahu arrest warrant.

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 27 points 5 months ago

sooo much shit, it's hard to keep it all in one post.

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[–] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 92 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Russia threatened "severe consequences" for sanctions and supporting Ukraine.

Israel is not doing itself any favours threatening other countries.

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I wish the US would send as many weapons to Israel as it sends to Russia

[–] EmptySlime@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Technically the US is sending lots of weapons to Russia. Ukraine are even being real Bros about it and trying to deliver the munitions first cuz Russia keeps misplacing their stuff. Not their fault Russia is doing a very poor job of accepting their deliveries.

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[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 82 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Israel threatens 3/4 of the world. Lmao.

[–] FlorianSimon@sh.itjust.works 23 points 5 months ago (38 children)

That, and their leverage is pretty weak. Small dogs bark the loudest.

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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 82 points 5 months ago (14 children)

Any retaliation towards Ireland would be antihibernic

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[–] Th4tGuyII@kbin.social 81 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So their punishment to other countries for recognising Palestine is to intensify their Palestinian genocide?

How can anyone see this and not realise that this whole thing was never about Hamas, they were just an excuse to finally get the ball rolling.

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[–] febra@lemmy.world 76 points 5 months ago

So Israel is just being a pariah of the world as usual. Nothing new.

As of now Slovenia, Spain, Norway, Ireland, Malta, Trinidad and Tobago have announced they will soon start recognizing the state of Palestine. That brings the number of countries that recognize the state of Palestine to around 150 countries out of 193 countries in the UN.

Not only that but around four fifths of the world population lives in these countries. So an overwhelming majority both in the UN and on a population scale recognize them.

With that being said, let's go Israel. Be more of a pariah than you already are. Close yourself off from all these countries. Shoot yourself in the foot.

[–] iegod@lemm.ee 73 points 5 months ago

Fuck israel.

[–] problematicPanther@lemmy.world 55 points 5 months ago

What's he gonna do, start a genocide in Spain? Start setting up settlements in Ireland? Get fucked bibi.

[–] Veraxus@lemmy.world 53 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So they are going with North Korea theory of foreign of relations. That’s a bold strategy, Cotton. Let’s see if it pays off for them.

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[–] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 50 points 5 months ago

Hey Israel, China called. They want their “angry threats because someone recognized Taiwan” mode back.

[–] Limonene@lemmy.world 49 points 5 months ago

Palestine has a right to exist.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 47 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Israel's foreign minister Israel Katz said in a public statement that the move to recognize Palestine was a "distorted step" by the countries

Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir also condemned the move Wednesday and said the response from Israel would be to intensify its operations in Gaza—where the ICC chief prosecutor this week alleged war crimes by Israeli forces have taken place—even further. In his remarks, Ben-Gvir called for a "root treatment" for the city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of civilians have fled but many still remain with nowhere go.

That old right-wing refrain: "Look what you made me do!"

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[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 43 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What are they gonna do? Set up "settlements" in Ireland and Spain?

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[–] bill_buttlicker@lemmy.world 34 points 5 months ago

"Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir also condemned the move Wednesday and said **the response from Israel would be to intensify its operations in Gaza." **

That's right! We're gonna genocide harder! That'll show em whose right!

[–] st33lb0ne@lemmy.world 34 points 5 months ago

I recognise Palestine.. wish my country would too :(

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 33 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

The amount of sheer sense of entitlement is just mind boggling.

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[–] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 32 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Can they just shut the fuck up already and end their war? They're just firing wildly and killing Palestinian civilians, hostage Israeli civilians, and even themselves! Occasionally they're getting a member of Hamas.

Just fucking throw in the towel and take the L. Part of me this at this point that Netanyahu is partially prolonging the war because he wants Democrats to be divided and Trump to win so he has an even friendlier US.

Why do the good die young, and the evil live forever?

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[–] Facebones@reddthat.com 31 points 5 months ago (2 children)

"Why yes, we have every intention of starting and starring in World War 3 featuring the USA as our fellow baddies, thanks for asking!"

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[–] StaySquared@lemmy.world 30 points 5 months ago

lol.. Israel is going to end up getting disowned by the majority of the international community. As per usual, all by their own doing.

[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 27 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It used to be, "Who has the biggest penis?"

Now it's, "Who's the biggest cunt?"

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[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 26 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works 29 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

For the unaware:

"China's final warning" is a Russian ironic idiom originating from the Soviet Union that refers to a warning that carries no real consequences.

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[–] ZMoney@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago

I love this. "Israel invades Norway" would be such a great news story to follow.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Theyre not nearly big enough to be talking trash

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[–] FaizalR@kbin.social 20 points 5 months ago

Like killing babies?

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