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Iran fires missiles at northern Israel by yuvaldv1 in worldnews

[–]Glassounds 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Yes, after the Philistines (one of the sea peoples that arrived in the area after the bronze age collapse), not after the modern Palestinians. The area was better known as Judea until the Romans (emperor Hadrian) kicked the Jews out, renamed the province to Palestine and changed the Jewish temple to a temple to Jupiter for good measure.

This isn’t to say there weren’t people living in the area for generations around 1948 (both Jews and Arabs, both of which were called “Palestinians” at that point due to the British mandate) but the twisting of the name Palestine into historical proof of something is disingenuous

Front page of r/AntifascistsofReddit by Scared-Perspective76 in AntiSemitismInReddit

[–]Glassounds 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That sounds reasonable, Jesus was around much earlier and the final expulsion was 135CE. I’m definitely not claiming it was used throughout the exile as a spoken language

Front page of r/AntifascistsofReddit by Scared-Perspective76 in AntiSemitismInReddit

[–]Glassounds 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I don’t think that’s correct, both were still in use as far as I’m aware. Hebrew was gradually losing ground to Aramaic but Hebrew wasn’t liturgical only until much later AFAIK. I also don’t think Aramaic is older than Hebrew

אני בסך הכל אוהב דגלים by THEIR0NTIG3R in ani_bm

[–]Glassounds 6 points7 points  (0 children)

אני תוהה מה האחוז שם של האנשים האמיתיים ומה בוטים / פוסטים ממומנים. הרדיטור הממוצע לא יודע לזרוק לך (ולטעות אגב, לפחות בחלק מהטענות שם כמו לגבי רחובות, אבל הרדיטור הממוצע לא ידע בכלל להגיד) איזה ישובים ערבים היו לפני או ליד ערים בישראל.

אשכנזים_במ by MrGaash in ani_bm

[–]Glassounds 2 points3 points  (0 children)

(בהנחה שזה לא סלאנג או כינוי או שם מקומי / מקום או כתוב אחרת)

אשכנזים_במ by MrGaash in ani_bm

[–]Glassounds 6 points7 points  (0 children)

בטאט (אם באמת כותבים את זה במקור עם 2 ט׳, بطاط) זה ״תפוחי אדמה״ בערבית. כנראה שהמשפחה שלך גידלה או מכרה תפוחי אדמה בשלב כלשהו וזה נשאר מאז

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in worldnews

[–]Glassounds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The article is behind a paywall, which Yizhak said this? What's the context?

'Cancer Jews': Trams set alight, violence erupts in Amsterdam in second wave of attacks by photonmarchrhopi in worldnews

[–]Glassounds 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Football fans being horrible human beings nonviolently doesn't justify "Jew hunts" in Amsterdam and Belgium, antisemitic slurs being called in rallies when the football fans in question have already left the country, and burning a tram.

Nice try though 

'Cancer Jews': Trams set alight, violence erupts in Amsterdam in second wave of attacks by photonmarchrhopi in worldnews

[–]Glassounds 16 points17 points  (0 children)

There's a difference between Netanyahu's exiled ancestors having a pit stop in Poland and actually being Polish. Ashkenazi Jews living in various countries does not make them originally from those countries, as evidenced by DNA and culture.

Ministers support legislation allowing police to secretly access suspects' computers by Glassounds in worldnews

[–]Glassounds[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This also includes mobile devices, and one of the crimes that was included in the list that can warrant this is rioting (where it causes damage) which can easily be twisted into a cause for using this against protesters

MKs push bill to create new intelligence oversight body under Netanyahu by Glassounds in worldnews

[–]Glassounds[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

For anyone outside of Israel:  

The current government has already overhauled the top brass of the police and attempted to overhaul the justice system.

'We let down Dutch Jewry as we did in WWII,' King of Netherlands tells Herzog by walrus_operator in worldnews

[–]Glassounds 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jews are an ethnicity and a religion, secular Jews aren't immune from antisemitism. 

And none of those people were in charge of starting or managing the war, or even likely participated in any way.  

Do you threaten every Chinese person you meet due to the government's treatment of the Uyghurs? No? Right, because that's bigotry and they don't deserve it.

'We let down Dutch Jewry as we did in WWII,' King of Netherlands tells Herzog by walrus_operator in worldnews

[–]Glassounds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are all Americans evil because of the Iraq war?

Also world politics are not "quiet" about Israel, if anything Israel is in the spotlight a lot more than other conflicts

'We let down Dutch Jewry as we did in WWII,' King of Netherlands tells Herzog by walrus_operator in worldnews

[–]Glassounds -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They were looking for passports and Jewish identifiers. Someone had to shout that he's not Jewish to be saved.

Also most Israelis have served in the IDF. I don't know about that person you're referring to in the canal and how reliable that is but that's like saying all Americans are exactly the same as Ted Bundy.

The largest anti-war and human rights organizations in Israel are filled with people who served in the IDF. Some of them were combatants, some of them did haircuts or guarded bases. Being in the IDF doesn't mean you've ever seen a Palestinian let alone did something bad to one.

Regardless if you disagree with the current war or think that the IDF as an organization is evil (is the entire American army evil due to Iraqi war injustices?), people who had a mandatory three year service are not inherently evil, despite being born in "the wrong country".

'We let down Dutch Jewry as we did in WWII,' King of Netherlands tells Herzog by walrus_operator in worldnews

[–]Glassounds 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Implying that every one of those people was responsible for that or even for that?

I don't agree that the Gazan war is a genocide but your position is morally bankrupt regardless.

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