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[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 102 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Sheeran posted this on IG:

I am appalled by the conflict between Israel and Palestine. The suffering and pain caused on both sides is a human tragedy.

But when a side has a 1000:1 kill rate and it's actively trying to remove/cleanse/genocide the other side from its foundation...

Hamas exists because Israel

[–] phx@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago

Yes, Jewish people suffered greatly in the last century. Yes, there people in certain countries/religions who actively want to kill Jews or at least Israelis. Yes, Israel is a majority Jewish state.

But.

No, a past genocide does not give a free pass to execute a new one. No, murdering thousands in collateral to catch the ones who might be dangerous is not acceptable (not to mention the executions etc of obvious non-combatants). No Israel does not speak for all Jewish people nor have justification to excuse their behaviour/crimes as such. Also, yes the Israeli government/leadership is corrupt as fuck, uses war to dodge accountability, and is involved in a lot more terrible acts than "just" the ones in Palestine.

Honestly, when Mossad was blowing up pages and mobiles I thought that was great. It was strategic, effective, and we'll targeted at the actual terrorist leaders/allies rather than causing mass casualties.. they obviously have the capability to be much more surgical in their responses, so mass-bombings etc seem that much more like war/hate crimes. Doing this just creates more hatred, which leads to more terrorists and a continual cycle.

[–] BlameTheAntifa@piefed.social 21 points 15 hours ago

I cannot imagine someone “both sidesing” a brutal fucking genocide. But here we are.

Ed Sheeran is a murder-supporting piece of nazi trash, and he is doing it for money.

[–] decolo@piefed.social 8 points 15 hours ago

Don't forget Bennie Netanyahu's literal suitcases of money he gave them secretly because he needed an excuse to continue the war mobilization

I am appalled by the conflict between Nazis and Jews. The suffering and pain caused on both sides is a human tragedy.

Yeah, sounds quite similar.