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“We were at a village that Israeli settlers had destroyed, they had destroyed the school, they had destroyed that village, and we were just looking at it,” said Khanna, a progressive lawmaker from California in the U.S. House of ​Representatives.

“And these hoodlums come in with machine guns – M4, an American-made machine gun – and they detain us. They block off the road. And then they call the IDF and ​the IDF is on their side, not on the side of the Americans,” Khanna said, referring to the Israeli military.

An aide to ⁠Khanna who was in the group, Cameron Kasky, said they were held for more than an hour and made appeals to the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem for help. A group ​of officers who appeared to be police eventually intervened, leading to their release, Kasky said.

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[–] sportsjorts@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 15 minutes ago)

So this is a fucking act of war at this point. Anyone supporting Israel is a fucking nutsack.

Edit: Ok so it’s not an act of war but some truly egregious fuckery and if you support Israel you’re still a rotten nutsack.

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

Even worse happened to those flotilla activists, who wanted to bring aid and food to palestinians, and then u get raped and tortured by IDF, and trump protects the rape and torture from european sanctions ofcourse... sad world, good this representative is checking it and showing people what happends when u wanna show an objective truth... IDF hates the objective truth, cause they need false narratives for them to have a fake reason to use violence, smh

[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

Not surprised, especially from an apartheid state.

[–] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 22 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Israeli settlers are the worst people on this planet.

[–] PhoreTwunny@lemmy.world 10 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Settlers isn't correct though, more like Israeli raiders. Israeders, if you will.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 8 points 6 hours ago
[–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca -1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] mriormro@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 hours ago

You people are such fucking idiots…

[–] yucandu@lemmy.world 117 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Stop using the word "settlers". It's a propaganda term meant to invoke an image of unclaimed, unoccupied territory.

They're burglars, robbers, and invaders. That's what you'd call someone who came to your house, stole your shit, and said it was theirs.

"Settler" is the word used to protect them.

[–] SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It's not propaganda though? "Settler-Colonialism" is the term for what Israel is doing.

In The Wretched of The Earth by Frantz Fanon, essentially the ur text about anti-colonial movements, he regularly refers to settlers in a negative light.

[–] yucandu@lemmy.world -1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

In The Wretched of The Earth by Frantz Fanon, essentially the ur text about anti-colonial movements,

Do you understand how far detached this is from the average American?

[–] SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

You're right, Americans are all illiterate, and cower in fear, if you show them a book

[–] yucandu@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

So you don't. Step outside your college educated bubble and talk to an average working class person.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 19 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

In North America settler has a very obvious negative connotation.

[–] WanderWisley@lemmy.world 14 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

Native American here: yes they do not like being called “settlers” they prefer “real white Americans”

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[–] yucandu@lemmy.world 9 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

You gotta step outside of your college educated bubble and talk to the average person. There's a reason they use it.

[–] mriormro@lemmy.zip -1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

And you should probably take your head out of your ass.

[–] yucandu@lemmy.world 0 points 3 hours ago

The reason the right is winning right now is because they know propaganda better than you.

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[–] FearMeAndDecay@literature.cafe 12 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

In my mind, bc they always call them Israeli settlers, the word has morphed to mean all the things you listed. Also bc historically whenever a country would “settle” somewhere, it usually meant “colonize.” Like when people came over and “settled” in America

[–] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 20 hours ago

Yeah, but let's think about the couched language here, I can settle into that couch, but if I murder and pillage into the couch I'm not using soft language to placate fucking nazis

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[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 80 points 1 day ago (2 children)

US Congressman KIDNAPPED by Israeli supported terrorists in the West Bank.

God I hate these fucking passive language titles that are only ever used to describe Israeli's crimes.

[–] diablexical@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)
[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 hours ago

Better than being kidnapped from a tank!.

If you know, you know.

[–] AnalogAllamma@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago

Headlines these days are annoying as hell! Constantly using words like SLAMMED, DESTROYED, HUMILIATED, SHOCKED etc. Always passive aggressive AF.

It reminds me of the I opening scene in Space Oddesey 2001. Humans create tools that make life easier, tools then become weapons to go to war against humanity itself.

[–] BillCheddar@lemmy.world 54 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Why the fuck do we tolerate this?

Would it be acceptable for a fucking Mexican Cartel to kidnap congressmen who go to the border on a fact-finding trip?

[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 11 points 18 hours ago

Would it be acceptable for a fucking Mexican Cartel to kidnap congressmen who go to the border on a fact-finding trip?

If this happened we'd probably bomb Cuba or Venezuela again for some reason.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 31 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Because Zionists have money and sway in American politics.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

And lots and lots of blackmail from filming members of the American elites raping children as well as from all sorts of evidence of criminality I'm sure they caught with the smartphone hacking they've been doing over the years.

The Epstein network didn't set itself up and the various companies based in Israel selling hacking of smartphones services for governments don't just appear out of nowhere.

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[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 99 points 1 day ago (9 children)

This is what I expect our leaders to do. People with far less privilege have been putting their lives on the line while congressional chuckle fucks write stern letters.

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 16 points 23 hours ago

Democratic Rep. Khanna says Israeli settlers and IDF soldiers blockaded him in West Bank for over an hour

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