World News

36056 readers

226 users here now

News from around the world!

Rules:

Please only post links to actual news sources, no tabloid sites, etc
No NSFW content
No hate speech, bigotry, propaganda, etc

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

215

Yemen declares air blockade against 'Israel' until Gaza genocide halts (www.tehrantimes.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

23 comments fedilink hide all child comments

In response to Israel's escalating aggression and expanded military operations in Gaza, the Yemeni Armed Forces have declared a full air blockade on Israel," YAF spokesperson Brigadier General Yehya Saree said in a statement.

"The Yemeni Armed Forces will enforce the aerial blockade by repeatedly attacking airports, with Ben Gurion Airport, known as Lod Airport in Israel, as their primary target," he emphasized.

The statement called on all international airlines to take this threat seriously from the moment of its issuance and cancel all flights to Israeli airports to preserve the safety of their aircraft and passengers.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Why is Israel in quotes? Is it surprising that Yemen referred to it as Israel and not by some other name?

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Because Iran doesn’t recognize the “Zionist regime” in “occupied Palestine” as a legitimate state.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legitimacy_of_the_State_of_Israel#Rhetoric_of_delegitimization

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I propose doing big air quotes any time you're going to say "Israel". Maybe do a funny voice.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

I'm doing this every time I say israel IRL now.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I have taken to "West palestinian occupation regime" or just "Pissrael"

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

It's odd that it's in quotes in only 2 places in the article, and otherwise not in quotes.

Idk, it bugs me on the grounds that e.g. Palestine is not referred to with quotes by other countries. But if the quotes are helping, I guess it's worth the inconsistency.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Settler colonies are not real countries.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

We refer to non-real things without quotes all the time, e.g. magic, not '"magic".'

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Because it's actually called Palestine and the quotes are like [sic] on them always calling it by a wrong name.

[+] [email protected] -8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

So you're suggesting the headline should read:

Yemen declares air blockade against Palestine

Obviously that's absurd -- Israel is not the wrong name for Palestine. You don't have to recognize Israel as a legitimate state to see these are different concepts. You don't even have to believe it exists to see that's absurd. Though of course, it does exist -- Israel is a real, actual settler colony that is illegitimately occupying Palestine.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

No, I'm suggesting the headline should read "Yemen declares blockade of Zionist-operated airports in Palestine"

Which is a mouthful, could be shortened to "air blockade against Zionists" or "air blockade of occupied Palestine"

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Alright, but why do you permit the word Zionist but not Israel?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Because Zionist is descriptor of a member of an ideology without explicit or implicit respect to any claim to ownership or dominion over anything, while Israel is a term which explicitly gives respect to an unfounded and illegal claim for dominion over the lands of Palestine.