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Google Removes App That Helps People Boycott Pro-Israel Companies::NoThanks was temporarily suspended from the Google Play app store due to a line in its description speaking about Israel.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Reactionary thinking like this is what lets colonizers and settlers continue to do what they're doing even in the modern day. A war 1400 years ago does not justify colonizing and slaughtering natives right now. Surely you can see how fucked up that is?

Theodor Herzl, founder of Zionism, knew this, and did not mince his words. He was simply racist, and saw it as bringing 'civilization' to barbarians as did the rest of Europe when they were colonizing and enslaving Africa and Asia:

"We should there form a portion of a rampart of Europe against Asia, an outpost of civilization as opposed to barbarism. We should as a neutral State remain in contact with all Europe, which would have to guarantee our existence." Source [II]

That is exactly what's happening right now. All for European and US military and economic interests in the region.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Great, then we agree, Hamas killing innocents is in no way justified. Most of Gaza is under 18 years old. Not only were they not alive for the events of 1949, their parents most likely were not either.

Where did I say I support settlers?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Not only were they not alive for the events of 1949, their parents most likely were not either.

You realize Gaza has been an open-air prison ever since, right? And you're trying to use the decreased life expectancy in Gaza from Israeli oppression to deny their right to fight back against colonizers? What the fuck?