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To wonder how anyone thought what was happening in Gaza was ok?

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march10th · 26/03/2024 17:47

I see all these threads popping up about outrage about what's going on, especially now the UN and the US have started acknowledging the situation.
AIBU to wonder how people didn't see this from the beginning??

It's been months and thousands of people have been wiped out. As an Arab with close family links to Palestine, I think this is ethnic cleansing, similar to what Western countries have done to the indigenous people of Australia and America.

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CaterhamReconstituted · 26/03/2024 19:30

It is not ethnic cleansing. Israel are fighting a defensive war against a genocidal enemy. The death toll is appalling but this is because the war is being fought in a densely populated area against an enemy who use their own civilians as human shields.

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march10th · 26/03/2024 19:10

I wish the people thinking IABU would come to the table and talk

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RegretMisery · 26/03/2024 18:36

because they're brainwashed by Israel's government, they see Arab palestinians as less than human.

Treeper22 · 26/03/2024 18:35

And the fact that currently 33% of people think yabu is depressing and terrifying in equal measure.

Treeper22 · 26/03/2024 18:33

I don't understand either OP. But like the pp I try and avoid the threads regarding this now as the justifications of ethnic cleansing I find sickening. Just as I found the slaughter of innocent Israelis sickening.

But people have a curious mindset of 'for or against'. So if you are against the murder of Palestinians you must be pro Hamas and the murder of Israelis and are therefore anti-Semitic.

Luckily in London I see many free Palestine badges and posters in windows and had a lovely chat with an older woman on the tube who had a badge and continued to go on marches despite feeling disheartened.

That channel 4 news piece featuring that starving, emaciated young boy broke my heart and anyone who saw it and wasn't disgusted at Israel's actions have some sort of empathy bypass.

I am not Arab but I want you to know that I support your view whole-heartedly.

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march10th · 26/03/2024 18:00

MotherofGorgons · 26/03/2024 17:58

I think most people are unlikely to change their minds now. Positions have become entrenched.

I just dont understand the other side?

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MotherofGorgons · 26/03/2024 17:58

I think most people are unlikely to change their minds now. Positions have become entrenched.

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march10th · 26/03/2024 17:56

For those who are voting IABU, please explain to me your thought process. Maybe I am biased as these are my people- but I really would like to understand.

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march10th · 26/03/2024 17:55

Also, no one acknowledges how scary it is for an arab in the UK watching this. Not one person in my family or friends groups knows or believes in anything remotely antisemitic... We just know that if we voice our opinions it's what they are labelled as.

Now that the Israeli government is so obvious with how they intend to take everything over and rebuild- I mean even Jarred Kushner is comfortable enough to talk about how valuable this land is now.

I think this will go the way of all people who have been ethnically cleansed. What will remain will be the diaspora that was able to leave as refugees and their descendants. In 50 years western governments will make noise about reparations and how acknowledgement should be made etc.

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MotherofGorgons · 26/03/2024 17:49

I agree with you. And I am not Arab. But I don't discuss it on here anymore as it simply makes me furious. Collective slaughter is never OK.