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Iran launches missile attack on Israel (www.middleeasteye.net)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Iran on Tuesday launched a major missile attack on Israel, firing scores of rockets as air raids have sounded off in all parts of the country.

Sounds of explosions were heard in the cities of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. The attack comes several days after Israel killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a massive strike on southern Beirut, and comes amid Israeli cross border raids into Lebanon.

This is a developing story...

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Is this gonna start world war 3?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not likely. How many similar Middle East conflicts have already happened since WWII? Why would this one be different

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They're both nuclear powers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nuclear powers are famous for lobbing nukes, right

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

At least one of them is.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

We've been sliding into it for months.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

No we are not lol the middle east has been fighting for... Most of world history at this point

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This somehow sounds racist. Does world history mean after WW2? Also I'm more inclined to say "middle east has been under attack" instead of fighting.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

On what planet is that racist? That geographical region has been unstable for most of world history. Zero further implication. I'm trying to not be an asshole about this, but accusing someone of being racist is a real dick move when even Wikipedia has to divide its pages on the topic into different eras.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

"List of modern conflicts in the Middle East", wdym world history?

I'm not accusing you and I apologise if it looked like that, I'm just asking you directly. I see a lot of comments like "nuke middle east" from rw nutjobs idk why this reminded me of that. I apologise.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I guess it’s a bit of a lazy summary, because it sort of implies that the region has been fighting among itself just for reasons, rather than the region being conflict prone because of colonialist foreign policy. I wouldn’t say it’s racist though.