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A new survey showing that 82 percent of Jewish Israelis support the expulsion of Gazans was met with disbelief among those who stubbornly believe that the extremists are outliers. But these trends are as consistent as they are shocking

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[–] SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

This "issue" has unfortunately been in Israeli controlled media for much longer than a year. They've been indoctrined to hate Palestine since the forming of israel

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Also, part 2:

Israelis tend to get really fucking triggered when you tell them about:

Israel was literally founded by terrorists who bombed and shot civillians in terror bombings... as in, they explicitly targetted civillians for the chaos factor... and they wrote about this in their own journals and memoirs and then went on to lead the government.

The entire USS Liberty incident, which was almost certainly Israel trying to false flag blow up an American ship during the 6 day war and blame it on the Egyptians, to get the US directly involved.

The Apollo Affair, wherein Israeli sympathizers/spies literally stole US nuclear fissile material from the US to aide in the production of their nuclear weapons (which basically every Western government officially, and society generally, denied they even had nukes untill about a year to 6 months ago).

The Samson Doctrine, Israel's take on nuclear detterance... is more or less this:

If Israel feels like it is going to be nuked or completely invaded, they will nuke major cities in all countries within one to two thousand miles, ally, enemy, neutral, who cares, the logic is to throw as big of a shit fit as possible and declare that if they can't have Israel, no one can have anything, and they'll do all that themselves.

And finally, if you just tell them that Hasbara is a real thing that obviously exists and promotes publically that it will pay anyone who will draft themselves into being an online propaganda troll for Israel.

... Conversely, if anybody were to tell me about all the awful shit the US has done and is doing, I have a functioning moral compass and brain and can say, yep, that shit is/was fucking awful, unnaceptable, and in my ideal world, all those responsible would be in jail or tried as war criminals, in the ICJ for crimes against humanity, Luigi'd, etc.

[–] SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They see us Palestinians so poorly, that they'd straight up rather KILL THEMSELVES than be captured.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

When that story broke, or video footage emerged of ... around a year ago now...

Of a 'hostage rescue mission'... involving a fucking Merkava point blank firing a main cannon round into the building they believed the hostages and their captors were in, that was also in a large multi family apartment building, with tons of other civillians inside....

I fucking lost it.

Even from the perspective of US Rules of Engagement in Iraq War 2, which was... lets say highly insufficient at prioritizing noncombatant safety, at best...

That is fucking godamned insane nonsense. If a US tank crew had accidentally put a tank round into a densely occupied civillian apartment building, they would have been fucking court matrialled, or it would have been covered up and a decent scandal when it leaked out later.

To do this intentionally? In a hostage rescue mission? And every pro-Israel person either ignores it or is totally fine with it?

Just fucking insane, like parody super hero 'oops, Homelander was gonna save everyone but he got angry or sneezed and lasered the airplane pilots' fucking insane.

When that helicopter gun cam vid of blowing away suspected insurgents first aired in 04 on ABC, it caused a national debate.

In Israel, the last year or so, we get a video like that every other day, and then people stitch themselves into it making demeaning jokes.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oh I know, its just been dialed up to fucking insane levels lately.

[–] SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Oh yeah it's gone wild, but at least that brings the issue up for people who are willing to be informed and change their view point on the matter (as rare as that may be these days).