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[–] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Recent reporting from AP indicates that the Israeli blockade has meant that the primary source of explosives used in Hamas missiles are those extracted from unexploded Israeli munitions fired on Gaza.

Iran is mostly only capable of supporting Hamas through intelligence and through designs/blueprints (things that don't really require transport).

[–] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

China hasn't even supported Russia with weapon supplies. This is fear mongering a what-if that contradicts Chinese foreign policy in the first place. China's foreign policy is one of fierce neutrality for anyone not encroaching on their own sovereignty, often to a fault.

China considers both Israel and Palestine to be strategically important allies in the region, so there's no way they're going to pick a side in this conflict unless that side is in support of one of China's more significant allies (Iran, Saudi Arabia, etc.)

[–] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You're downplaying Israel's resources lol

Israel's occupation of Palestine makes the Xinjiang situation look downright utopian. Education? Jobs? Infrastructure?

[–] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hamas doesn't get it's support because people woke up and decided to be radical Islamists lol

It takes years of oppression, inequality, and discrimination to radicalize most people.

[–] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml -5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Revolutionary groups are almost always operating from a severe disadvantage. They lack the resources of the regime that oppresses them.

You should ask yourself why revolutionaries feel that extremism is the solution. Is it maybe because peaceful protest leads to Zionist forces opening fire on unarmed civilians? Maybe it's because losses in this drawn out conflict have disproportionately affected Palestinians?

[–] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Because the last time Gazans tried a peaceful protest, thousands of people got shot by the Zionist regime: https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2019/02/no-justification-israel-shoot-protesters-live-ammunition

Because Palestine cannot win a conventional war against Israel.

Because Palestine cannot let the status quo continue to oppress them, because the status quo is itself encroaching on Palestinian land and Palestinian rights.

Do you have a better solution? These attacks have caused a massive flight of people from Israel, have forced the Bank of Israel to take very aggressive action to avoid the collapse of the shekel, have mobilized the countries bordering Israel, and have indicated that Palestinian resistance is not hopeless.

[–] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Sounds like it's a problem that could be unilaterally solved by the US limiting military aid to Israel instead of propping up a genocidal regime. It's not Russia's fault that US foreign policy led to their support of genocidal maniacs.

What do people say about Russia and China? That the government and the people are different entities? The same applies here. Not supporting the absolutely batshit crazy Israeli government does not indicate a lack of support for the Jewish people.

[–] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml 27 points 2 years ago (7 children)

People want revolutionaries under constant oppression and inequality to fight a "fair, modern war" against one of the most well-funded militaries in the region.

Are people stupid? Palestine, unlike Ukraine, doesn't have the privilege of fighting an equal war.

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