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[–] NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net 42 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

In related positive news, Iran just hit one of the facilities used to produce white phosphorus

[–] undergroundoverground@lemmy.world 16 points 15 hours ago

That's how you deal with terrorists.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

There being no real pushback from the rest of the World on the present-day version of the NAZIs they will keep on doing ever more NAZI things until they're openly running a modern equivalent of gas chambers and concentration camps (which they're already doing covertly with Gaza and the mass murder of Palestinians there).

The behavior of Western leaders now is way more disgraceful than what Chamberlain did and personally I think that there must be a lot of Western politicians on whom Israel and the US have blackmail material, which for some will be pedophilia-related.

So yeah, Israel has been doing this for literally decades, is doing this right now and will continue to do this in the future because their leadership are ultra-racist ethno-Fascist sociopaths, over 70% their population are ultra-racist ethno-Fascist sociopaths and a lot of Western politician and Press owners are sociopaths and criminals.

Oh, and by the way, The Guardian was one of Israel's greatest cheerleaders and Propaganda partner until recently and still is, now focusing more on whitewashing the attack on Iran rather than the Genocide in Gaza and being a bit less obvious in their pro-Israel propaganda (down from overtly doing it, now they're mostly using Manufacturing Consent techniques like use of the passive/active depending on the side, passing statements from one side as fact whilst those of the other are listes as "claims" and so on).

[–] amateurcrastinator@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Right now it is very difficult to tell who the Nazis are... It is baffling

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 hours ago

Actually it works best if you look at them all as ethno-Fascists (Fascists whose ideas are around ethnicity, rather than nationality like the more traditional Fascists) which is a pretty rare variant.

Obviously Zionists aren't the National Socialist Party of The German Worker.

However they are ethno-Fascists, same as the NAZIs, hence sharing a lot of characteristics such as a race-centric discourse, extreme racist views and extreme sociopathic violence against those they see as "enemy races", all of which explains to an extent why Zionists are so similar to NAZIs except in terms of which ethnicities they see as superior and which they see as "vermin".

Also both ideologies were born at around the same time and were even for a while allied, though NAZIsm was defangued and mainly destroyed after WWII, whilst Zionism was given their own nation and left to spread their racism for 3 generations, which further explains the similarities between NAZIsm and Zionism (especially in terms of the style of propaganda).

This latter part also explains how Israel is a nation dominated by late 19th century white colonialism views who unironically see themselves as having "Western values", whilst most of the West has actually significantly improved beyond such mindset since the 19th century and are nowhere as prone to things like mass murdering of civilians because of their ethnicity.

[–] BillCheddar@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

One quick field test: If the fella is to the right of George Bush, he's a fascist.

You'll miss some of the prep-school Nazis, but catch most of them this way

[–] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Funny how mainstream media won't shut the fuck up about Iran using cluster bombs and then pretend Israel is doing nothing wrong

[–] HereIAm@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

Is the guardian not mainstream now?

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 31 points 21 hours ago

Religious fucking zealots. All religion needs to disappear forever.

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 44 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (6 children)

1940's: Nazi Germany is the most evil country, trying to exterminate the Jews.

2020's: Israel ~~and the Jews~~ are trying to exterminate multiple other groups.

What's the difference between Nazi Germany and Israel? They're both evil fucks who deserves a slow and painful death.

Edit: i was angry and not thinking about what I wrote.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Yeah back in my day we hung war criminals.

[–] tpyo@lemmy.world 23 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

I take umbrage at this statement:

2020's: Israel and the Jews

I hear what you're saying and see the point you're overall trying to make; but please rework it so you're not lumping "The Jews" into the actions of Israel

There are many Jewish people against the actions of Israel and abhor the thought of exterminating anyone/anything

I do agree with your last statement. I had a gossamer support of Israel which has radically changed in recent years. I see the current actions of Israel as no different than their oppressors

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I take umbrage at some things too, but thats the internet for you.

Do you support the existence of a state of Israel?

[–] P1nkman@lemmy.world 21 points 15 hours ago

I 100% agree with you. I should never have written that, and have modified my post. Thanks for pointing it out!

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Both NAZIs and Zionists claim to represent an entire ethnicity.

Both NAZIs and Zionists claim "their" ethnicity is inherently superior to others ("ubermenschen", "God's chosen people")

Both NAZIs and Zionists react to criticism of their actions by saying the critics are discriminating against the ethnicity they claim to represent ("against the Arian Race", "anti-semitic")

Both NAZIs and Zionists openly call those belonging to the ethnicities they see as less than human "vermin".

Both NAZIs and Zionists mass murder those of the "vermin" ethnicity with such extreme sociopathic violence that they'll actually directly and purposefully murder children as a standard practice.

In both NAZI Germany and Zionist Israel it is common for roving bands of members of the dominant ethnicity to attack members of the "vermin" ethnicity whilst the police turns a blind eye or even activelly participates.

Both NAZIs and Zionists openly state that they want to get rid of the "vermin" ethnicity, including both using the expression "Final solution for the [vermin ethnicity] problem" to describe their plan to do so.

And don't get me started on how the Propaganda techniques of both are incredibly similar and how if you grab most things said by Israeli politicians, replace "Jews" with "Arians" and "Muslims/Palestinians" with "Jews" you get something indistinguishable from NAZI statements.

IMHO, the only real difference between NAZI Germany and Zionist Israel is which ethinicities they deem "ubermenschen" and which they deem "untermenschen" and the historical symbol they have chosen to represent the. This is probably why most politicians in Germany - a nation which was never fully denazified - "unwaveringly support" Israel.

Arming and radicalising traumatised people and setting them against people you don't like is quite the American staple.

[–] krimson@lemmy.world 17 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Don't forget Israel has been stealing land and occasionally sniping a random child from across the border for decades now.

[–] kurwa@lemmy.world 18 points 21 hours ago

Occasionally? I think they consider it a national sport at this point

[–] teslekova@sh.itjust.works 7 points 20 hours ago

I wonder if the Palestinians will be doing their own genocide in the future, continuing the cycle. Happens throughout history. The Kurds used to do the fucking, now they're getting fucked. Hutus and Tutsis. Serbs and Croats.

It's hard to stop the cycle, but it can be done. Colonial projects are not the way to do it.

[–] SGGeorwell@lemmy.world 65 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

This is an illegal munition they feel entitled to use, surprise surprise. It melts your skin off! It’ll burn right down to the bone! It’s pure evil.

[–] Bazell@lemmy.zip 7 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

I am certainly sure that they would have used other dangerous chemical as liquid chlorine or any other toxic gasses if only these haven't had drawbacks such as an uncontrollable spread. It is funny how now Zionists do similar actions to other nations as Nazis were previously doing to jews.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 47 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

nearly 250 uses of white phosphorus by Israeli forces between October 2023 and November 2024

It's not a one off or a mistake.

Beydoun said his findings suggested Israel’s military may be using white phosphorus “as a way to maybe start pushing people out” to create a “buffer zone” on the Lebanese side of the border.

“It’s just a practical tool to use to burn fields, I think it’s mostly that,” he said. “It’s mostly for scorching the earth.”

Yay let's destroy nature so our zealots move in later

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

last I checked using Willey Pete is a war crime.

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

This weeks Israeli Wednesday War Crime. Stay tuned for tomorrows daily war crime, from the most moral army of the earth*.

[–] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

White phosphorus is nasty and evil.

https://whitephosphorus.info/ Learned of that from the article, but I guess I need a pc to get it

[–] brachypelmide@lemmy.zip 1 points 11 hours ago

If you toggle desktop mode in your browser the site will work (at leasf it did on my end). The warning is warranted because it is a bit awkward to navigate on mobile.

[–] TransNeko@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Man they really want to hit all of the items on the Geneva ~~Convention~~ Checklist.

[–] Bazell@lemmy.zip 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I am sure that they want to add a few new checkboxes to this list as well.

[–] TransNeko@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

don't you miss when the only country adding to the Geneva Checklist was Canada?

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 10 points 23 hours ago

It's never a war crime the first time. Too bad this wasn't the first or even the second time