• Laser@feddit.org
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    8 hours ago

    Merz conflates criticism of Israel’s politics (partially backed by the population) with criticism against the country as in a Jewish state per se. You can be pro-Israel and still condemn the genocide in Gaza. Same as you can still be an American patriot and condemn the actions of the Trump admin.

    • PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      5 hours ago

      I don’t like Israel as a Jewish state, but that’s more about my belief that all states should be explicitly secular and ethnicity-neutral.

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      5 hours ago

      It is amazing that some people are still committed to the Hutuness of Rwanda aven after this exact obsession with Hutuness resulted in the Tutsi genocide.