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by Caitlin Johnstone
Jul 18, 2025

It’s 2025. Israeli soldiers are telling the Israeli press that they’re being ordered to massacre starving civilians trying to obtain food from aid centers. Countless doctors have been telling the world that Israeli snipers are routinely, deliberately shooting children in the head and chest throughout the Gaza Strip. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, and all the leading genocide experts and human rights authorities are saying that a genocide is being perpetrated in Gaza. The New York fucking Times just published an op-ed by a Zionist genocide scholar who’s finally admitting that it’s a genocide.

There’s no way to deny what this is anymore. If you still support Israel in the year 2025, it’s not because you don’t believe Israel is committing horrific atrocities. It’s because you believe those horrific atrocities are good, and you want to see more of them.

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[–] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 82 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Supporting Israel at any time was wrong. Israel is an invader.

[–] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 27 points 4 days ago (2 children)

100% agree.

but want to sprinkle a wee bit of nuance.

Israel had (and still has) a massive propaganda campaign.

given information available, it would be easy for most people to come up with a vague "both sides" issue, or "they are terrorists and Israel is doing what it can to protect civilians from jihadi islamists"... Unless someone tried digging a bit and learn for themselves.

However, after this latest phase of the genocide, everyone has seen dismembered babies, the endless humanitarian nightmares. and it wasn't hiding anywhere, everyone on practically every social media saw it.

After this genocide, the only way anyone could support Israel, is if they have serious deficiency in some basic human emotions.

[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 days ago

Yep. Ignorance is normal, but this genocide has been so blatant, proud, prolonged and prominent in media and institutions (e.g. ICC) that for most people, ignorance is no longer a reasonable excuse.

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[–] absentbird@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago

Even in 850 BCE they were genociding the Canaanites.

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[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Westerners need to realize that this also extents to the countries that support Israel. If you still support the USA, or the UK, or Germany, there is as much something wrong with you as a person as any Israel supporter.

[–] head_socj@midwest.social 3 points 3 days ago

Lol you think the West has just become the baddies?

[–] frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 32 points 4 days ago (1 children)

100% this. it's a pill many people still don't want to swallow. how you could deny there's a genocide and Israel is a bad actor is beyond me. there's literal children who know better

[–] Jikiya@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago

Not after the IDF gets to them...

[–] WatDabney@sopuli.xyz 57 points 5 days ago

Yes.

Or as I prefer to phrase it, anyone who can look at what Israel is doing in Gaza without feeling horror, pity and revulsion is a monster.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 34 points 4 days ago (10 children)

Not gonna lie, I feel like 2025 is way too generous. The only reason so many people are suddenly opposing Israel is because the overturn window has shifted and it is no longer popular to support Israel.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

USA and their puppets murdered millions directly and dozens, perhaps hundreds of millions indirectly since WW2. But they also control the biggest propaganda apparatus in history which specialty is manufacturing consent for all those atrocities. The case of current phase of Palestinian genocide is the first example the apparatus failed, and it can be felt since it still hold for all other atrocities perpetrated by US.

Hell, even in this thread in generally left leaning instance we still have people defending and relativising even this genocide and its direct perpetrators.

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[–] godlessworm@hexbear.net 27 points 4 days ago (2 children)

imo i wouldnt say it’s about popularity and more about israel just being unable to really hide what they’re doing anymore. now its at the point where your average apolitical normie is seeing babies get their limbs blown off on their tiktok feed.

they had a lot more plausible deniability before their genocide was being live streamed.

as long as leftists have known about how fucked up israel is, your average truly “apolitical” person only knew the israel propaganda painted about it. now they see thats not true and thats a good thing

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 13 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (11 children)

'Normies' have been seeing babies limbs getting blown off since 2023. They simply chose to ignore it because the public sentiment opposed it. The average person is a literal NPC who will repeat whatever the media tells them even if the video footage gets shoved in front of their eyes. I've tried it.

Even now, if you ask them if Israel has a right to exist they will answer yes. Knowing that Israel is comparable with Nazi Germany. They would tell you that Nazi Germany has a right to exist if that is what the media told them.

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[–] comfy@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago

your average truly “apolitical” person only knew the israel propaganda painted about it.

Or, were informed that it was just 'a religious war'.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 8 points 4 days ago

Or it might have something to do with the fact they are shooting starving unarmed civilians standing in line for bread, shooting starving unarmed civilians with fucking tanks

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[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Don't make these sweeping generalizations!

Just because I don't support Israel doesn't mean there isn't something wrong with me as a person! /s

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

I mean, there's definitely something wrong with me as a person. But it's not because I don't support Israel!

[–] brachiosaurus@mander.xyz 27 points 4 days ago (30 children)

Israel government is especially bad but i would like to extend this to pretty much any government around the world. The genocide in gaza is possible only thanks to the support and aid of other states.

If you're still supporting your government in 2025, there's something wrong with you as a person, you are most likely too selfish and don't care much about others.

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[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

What 2025?
This monstrosity should've never been created.

[–] appropriateghost@lemmy.ml 39 points 5 days ago

2025? I guess better late than never because no one in their right mind should ever support this violent ethno-nationalist exclusionary apartheid state.

[–] AlHouthi4President@lemmy.ml 13 points 4 days ago (21 children)

Is it still auntiesemitic to say death to israel now

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[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago

Yes, 100%. People supporting genocidal maniacs have no ethics whatsoever.

[–] EverXIII@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Netanyahu must be stopped. And Israel supporters too. Maybe the UK should take all Israelis people and give back the land tho its rightful owners… free Palestine!

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