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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

This isn't a conflict that was going on in the Ottoman period. This is a recent conflict and this attempt to turn it into a thousands year old religious war is bullshit. This is a colonial project where the goal is to take land. Very material in nature. That project has been in place since 1948.