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Israel’s war in Gaza is chipping away at so much of what we – in the United States but also internationally – had agreed upon as acceptable, from the rules governing our freedom of speech to the very laws of armed conflict. It seems no exaggeration to say that the foundation of the international order of the last 77 years is threatened by this change in the obligations governing our legal and political responsibilities to each other.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Nazis had nothing to do with the Jewish people establishing a homeland in Palestine. Joining those two groups is ridiculous and rude to Jewish people.

The Jewish people began by buying the land legally in the late 1800s as a way to escape persecution. That pissed off the local Arabs (understandably) and both of them started arguing—which was not usually violent until 1920-30ish.

That said, after it became a British Mandate (1917), Israel got a ton of international support. And obviously after WWII, they got whatever they wanted…. Which, was choosing violence.

A lot of the reason the Arabs got little support was because they were fragmented, with no leadership. Each of their revolts were seen as a threat and not a legitimate push back against colonization. And, after the Ottoman Empire fell, England and France “stole” that land, so revolts were more or less terrorism (in their eyes, of course).

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The Jewish people began by buying the land legally in the late 1800s as a way to escape persecution.

This is completely ignoring the boycott and parallel society angle. What Zionists did in pre-mandate Palestine was also forced expulsion of Palestinians; the forcing part was simply delegated to the state. Had they simply wanted to settle in Palestine nobody would've minded, but that was fundamentally not what the Zionist project was.

According to Israeli historian Benny Morris, Zionism was inherently expansionist and always had the goal of turning the entirety of Palestine into a Jewish state. In addition, Morris describes the Zionists as intent on politically and physically dispossessing the Arabs.

The World Zionist Organization established the Jewish National Fund (JNF) in 1901, with the stated goal "to redeem the land of Palestine as the inalienable possession of the Jewish people." The notion of land "redemption" entailed that the land could not be sold and could not be leased to a non-Jew nor should the land be worked by Arabs.[145] The land purchased was primarily from absentee landlords, and upon purchase of the land, the tenant farmers who traditionally had rights of usufruct were often expelled.

-Wikipedia

Nazis had nothing to do with the Jewish people establishing a homeland in Palestine.

Nazism had a lot to do with the German people expanding their homeland to Eastern Europe and Russia and murdering the inhabitants. Starting to see the similarities now? Nazism and Zionism are sister ideologies, both fruits from the same rotten tree that is European settler colonialism.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Anyone could argue that “my people deserve this” is a similar ideology. That’s just false equivalence. You are cherry picking, and ignoring a whole lot of history and intention.

Has Israel moved towards a similar ideology? Yes. But to claim in started out with that intent is just angry jaw flapping.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Anyone could argue that “my people deserve this” is a similar ideology.

"My people deserve this land at the expense of its current inhabitants" is fascism, or at least the underpinning thereof, so you're not wrong there. Nazism, Zionism, Manifest Destiny, it is literally the same thing manifesting in different ways. Look up "blood and soil" and "Lebensraum". Ben Gurion is literally on record saying "we must remove the Arabs and take their place". The Nakba started before the founding of Israel. If you have an argument for how the Nakba was anything but fascism, let's hear it, but so far you're not saying anything of substance.

But to claim in started out with that intent is just angry jaw flapping.

Okay let's try this. Try this online quiz and see if you can get more than 15/21.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It’s really easy to cherry pick similar statements from people and compare them and make a whole website. Anyone could do the exact opposite.

If you’re going to quote people, you need to use dates because as I have said before dates matter.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Ben Gurion's is 1937.

It’s really easy to cherry pick similar statements from people and compare them and make a whole website.

My dude non-fascists don't say "when we settle [region], [group] will have no choice but to scurry like drugged cockroaches" (dated 1983 btw). Also the site has dates and sources for the quotes; most Zionist quotes are recent but a few are from the 20th century with two from before WWI. They even have one by Herzl himself. Zionism was and continues to use and be predicated on downright Nazi antisemitic propaganda about how Jews can never live with non-Jews and how diaspora Jews are sickly and weak and all that shit. That's why they shit on Holocaust victims, for instance.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

1937 is how many years after 1897? Have I not been saying this entire time that the original idea was lost? Yes.. pretty sure I did… yup checked I did.

My dude? Okay have a good day if you’re going to talk like that.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well obviously if you define your "original idea" early enough there'll be nothing to criticize because they'll have done nothing yet. But fine. Is plain antisemitic propaganda in 1904 early enough for you? What about "a land without a people for a people without a land" in 1898?

“A Jew brought up among Germans may assume German custom, German words. He may be wholly imbued with that German fluid but the nucleus of his spiritual structure will always remain Jewish, because his blood, his body, his physical-racial type are Jewish. … It is impossible for a man to become assimilated with people whose blood is different from his own. In order to become assimilated, he must change his body, he must become one of them, in blood. … There can be no assimilation as long as there is no mixed marriage. … An increase in the number of mixed marriages is the only sure and infallible means for the destruction of nationality as such. … A preservation of national integrity is impossible except by a preservation of racial purity, and for that purpose we are in need of a territory of our own where our people will constitute the overwhelming majority.”

-Ze'ev Jabotinsky (né Vladimir Yevgenyevich Zhabotinsky), Revisionist Zionist leader who co-founded the Jewish Legion of the British Army in World War I, on June 06, 1904

‘National Judaism’ will make the ancient soil fertile. It seems miraculous. Everything natural is miraculous. Once the nation which we Zionists are arousing is fully awakened, things will happen swiftly and dynamically. Then the nation will behold its ancient land beautifully situated on the Mediterranean, with regions of cold, moderate and warm climate – a land suited for any kind of cultivation, with long-dormant natural resources.”

-Literally Theodor Herzl, 1896.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

My dude, it’s over. Goodbye.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's over, but not before you were soundly and mostly politely trounced. Grasping on their using "my dude" as justification to duck out is the lamest cope I've seen in years.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

It’s just a back and forth that won’t end. And we both agree that Israel is genocidal assholes, so what’s the point of arguing the chicken and the egg anymore than we have, my dude.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Goodbye, my dude

PS: I have literally never seen anyone complain about this before. Is this not normal internet English?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

You don’t know that “my dude” means “fuck you you piece of shit”? I mean, are you 12 years old? I was saying “my dude” as an insult in 1998. Grow up.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Huh? Okay I'm not a native speaker so I'm not exactly an authority here but I'm 99.999% sure this is either a dialect, extremely local slang or something equally weird. Can someone confirm or deny this? A quick google didn't turn out anything either.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

My dude, chill.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I think you thought you offended some folks with an endearing phrase. My whole life I have heard it used and I've used it myself as a synonym of "friend" or otherwise respectable reference to someone. Quick online check agrees.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are people confused because someone forgot to label their sarcasm?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Classic troll pulls their ripcord as soon as their interlocutor brings receipts.

Thanks for doing that btw. SO many more people will read the actual sources in this thread and come to their conclusion instead of yours.

L debate skills

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

who bombed the king david hotel again and became leaders of israel? was it the palestinians? No?

Gee and its a wonder why they aren't called terrorists. Could it be, could be it be racism and colonialism?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Nazis had nothing to do with the Jewish people establishing a homeland in Palestine

They actually had a huge amount to do with the creation of Isreal, actively encouraging and facilitating the movement of German Jews there.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Herlz also asked support from antisemites

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The result of the persecution against the Jews resulted in an influx of them going down there. However, the persecution was long before World War II and the Nazis did not directly assist that migration and therefore comparing the two groups as a team or descendants is offensive.

Facts:

  • Zionism happened before Nazism.
  • The migration of Jewish people to Palestine began long before WWII.
  • The only thing the Nazis did was speed up that migration and establish international sympathy for the Jewish people.

Now, if you’re saying Israel today is Nazi-like… then yeah I agree completely.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

the Nazis did not directly assist that migration

Dude you have literally no clue what you're talking about.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Zionists are similar tool of oppressiom to nazis

The Jewish people began by buying the land legally in the late 1800s as a way to escape persecution. That pissed off the local Arabs (understandably) and both of them started arguing—which was not usually violent until 1920-30ish

Arab was pissed of when the zionists plan became clear. Owning lands do not give you right to declare a state

There was a group of Yemeni jews who settled in palestine and people was fine with them. Arabs and those jews was going to each other festivities.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The state declaration was in 1948. Zionism was established in 1897.

That leaves 51 years for things to go wrong—and they did.

If things got pretty bad around 1920, that’s just a few years after Britain put its dirty cock in the mix. And I think we can both agree British colonialism has been the cause of a ton of problems.

Zionism was a solution to Jewish statelessness and persecution. In its early conception, Zionism was not a tool of oppression, but rather a form of self-determination.

Did Zionism become a genocidal maniac? Yes.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Zionism was a solution to Jewish statelessness and persecution. In its early conception, Zionism was not a tool of oppression, but rather a form of self-determination.

Zionists had no right to impose a state in any country. Even if the state was in Argentine or Japan or the USA, the population would have not accepted either. Facing a persecution is not a valid argument against imposing a state on the land of people who had nothing to do with the oppression .

No matter how peaceful the ideology started , fact is fact Zionism became violent and is the source of the whole conflicts with the help of the British empire.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I agree with you. Zionism did not start out similar to Nazism, and overtime, with the help of the British government, it became something significantly terrible and has lost all focus of the original intention: to escape persecution.

And… over years there have been more and more Pointless deaths – mostly caused by Israel. And in 2025, I don’t think anyone could argue against it being full on genocide against non-Jewish people in Palestine.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

lost all focus of the original intention: to escape persecution.

They could have escaped percussion and live as normal citizens of Palestine but no the plan of Herzl was always to impose a state and displace the local population

Herzl’s Diary, 12 June 1895

The property owners will come over to our side. According to my conception, the majority of the local population will have to be transferred elsewhere.

We shall try to spirit the penniless population across the border by procuring employment for it in the transit countries, while denying it any employment in our own country. - Herzl’s Diary, 12 June 1895

Both the process of expropriation and the removal of the poor must be carried out discreetly and circumspectly - Herzl’s Diary, 12 June 1895

Nazi was quickly in position of power so they was able to execute their plan very fast at first Nazism exclusion, discrimination, and the removal of Jews from German society then the final solution and the holocaust . Zionism needed more time to do it. Now in 2025 we are in the final stage of Zionism , the complete eradication of Palestinians in Gaza and slowly continuing eating the west bank

The Nazis were doing mass shooting, the IDF did mass shooting and mass bombing. Both the Nazis and the idf are starving people. The Nazis used gas chambers, the idf is shooting at people seeking aids with the new terrorist organization claiming to be an aid organization.

I am not saying both are equally the same and that the genocide in Gaza is worse than the holocaust but i think it is still fair to compare both rhetoric and methods

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

Zionists collaborated with Nazis to help them deport Jews to Palestine.