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Iran said it launched dozens of drones and ballistic missiles towards Israel on Saturday in a major attack following days of acute tension building up in the region and warnings from the US and elsewhere about a wider conflict erupting.

Air attack warning sirens began wailing over Jerusalem just before 2am local time on Sunday after the weapons were fired a few hours earlier from Iran with US and Jordanian military assisting Israel’s air defenses in intercepting the first incoming barrage.

With weapons believed to be still in the air en route to Israel, Iran’s mission to the United Nations posted on X: “Iran’s military action was in response to the Zionist regime’s aggression against our diplomatic premises in Damascus. The matter can be deemed concluded.”

However, it threatened more severe action in the face of further Israeli aggression and warned the US and Jordan specifically not to assist Israel.

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[-] matcha_addict@lemy.lol 37 points 3 months ago

Painting Israel as a victim just for having a small population / geography... I don't know about that. They've committed far too many massscres since their inception to be portrayed like that.

[-] CanadaPlus 3 points 3 months ago

They were victims of the Holocaust. They were aggressors in the Nakba. They were probably victims one or more times after that, as well as aggressors (I'm a bit fuzzy on that history, honestly), and now they're aggressors doing a "proportionate genocide" in Gaza. And they want to start shit with Iran, which might just be a case of two assholes fighting each other.

[-] beardown@lemm.ee 16 points 3 months ago

Jews were victims of the Holocaust

Zionists were aggressors in the Nakba

Don't conflate Judaism with Zionism

[-] CanadaPlus 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yeah, but Zionism is a Jewish movement, and I doubt there were many Zionists who got through the Holocaust unscathed. It was the major motivating factor for actually doing it, so it is a big part of the picture.

Signed, a (technically) Jewish anti-Zionist.

[-] beardown@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Zionism is a Jewish movement

It's a movement that concerns followers of Judaism. But plenty of Zionists are Evangelicals etc. And Zionism has always had support from Non-Jews, dating back to its 19th century origins

[-] CanadaPlus 2 points 3 months ago

I actually don't know much about the history of non-Jewish support, come to think of it. I should look into that.

[-] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 months ago

Stop giving in to the narrative that Israel equates to Jews. Jews suffered the Holocaust. Israel does not benefit from the suffering endured by a distinct group

[-] CanadaPlus 0 points 3 months ago

Inequivalent, yes, distinct no. The founding of Israel and especially the settlement had a lot to do with the Holocaust. That doesn't justify the Nakba, but if someone is trying to make one side out as always the villain they're basically part of the problem we've had this whole time.

We're all people. Just ordinary people, like you'd meet in a grocery store, but also capable of horrendous things.

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