As the war in Gaza continues, cheerleading of civilian slaughter and justification of war crimes are pervasive. But they’re not coming from the Left — they’re coming from politicians and commentators defending Israel’s vicious bombing campaign and blockade.
  • Mummelpuffin@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Uh… the whole article is discussing how “the western left’s” sympathy for Palestine and criticism of Israel is being criticized?

    • Elise@beehaw.org
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      11 months ago

      I read it and it confused me. Is this a US thing? I really feel out of the loop here.

      I mean in Germany the far right seems to support the Palestinians, but that doesn’t apply to the whole right.

      • rgb3x3@beehaw.org
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        11 months ago

        Yeah, it’s a US thing. For some reason (mostly lobbying), the US has undying support for Israel and criticism of the state gets conflated with antisemitism.

      • t3rmit3@beehaw.org
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        11 months ago

        The US has been very anti-arab for decades.

        They’re also very anti-Semitic, but “white people oppress brown people” is sort of the US right-wing’s mission statement, so they side with Israel on this.