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[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (31 children)

Edit: Well, as horrifying as it is to see how shallow folks understanding of history is, no one is paying me to be online and screaming against tiktok or whatever isn't that much fun. G'night y'all!

Unpopular opinion but do folks honestly not understand how those borders shifted? Mostly because a bunch of countries tried to murder the Jews and yeah, Israel took part of their land in the counter offensives.

If Ukraine kept Kursk, I can't imagine we'd really be complaining?

Basically, if you launch a surprise war I think you forfeit the right to be surprised or angry when your land gets taken.

Edit: Jesus, are the downvoters confused like the response below and think this is talking about Oct 7 as opposed to say, the repeated wars that actually changed the borders? Does TikTok not cover modern history or what?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, you don't deserve the downvotes (IMO). The article is referencing border changes since Israel's inception. It's a lot more complicated than Gaza and Oct. 7th.

https://apnews.com/article/israel-borders-history-syria-gaza-war-golan-5fdf8fdbe2ec2cee7b9cf7f78fbb1c8c

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I appreciate that! Honestly, it's a little worrying how little historical context folks seem to have.

Don't know why I feel compelled to point it out other than being a glutton for punishment.

Anyway, thanks!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

It's just Lemmy and the knee jerk reactions to the mention of Israel. It's rarely worth engaging on here on that subject.

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