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Pototan

(3,103 posts)
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 11:19 PM 7 hrs ago

Israel's PR has been reprehensible

What the Netanyahu government has done, over time, is equate any criticism of Bibi as criticism of Israel. And any criticism of the actions of Israel as antisemitic.

I am a Zionist. I believe Israel has a right to exist. But Israel is a nation, not a religion (even though it is a Jewish state). I should be able to criticize the actions of the Government of Israel without being called "ant-Sematic", just as I can criticize the United States government, whether the President is a Republican or a Democrat, without being called "un-American".

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Deuxcents

(26,736 posts)
4. Both Bibi and TSF don't like being criticized even tho they're both criminals. Too bad..comes with the territory
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 11:39 PM
7 hrs ago

Keepthesoulalive

(2,277 posts)
5. I admire your courage
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 11:53 PM
7 hrs ago

The gaslighting from the Israeli government and the United States is reprehensible. We are moral human beings first and citizens of countries a lot further down the list.

Crowman2009

(3,515 posts)
6. All the PR proved how Israel became as much if not more Islamophobic than America after 9/11.
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 01:20 AM
5 hrs ago

The cringe from their propaganda disguised as entertainment is unbearable.

Old Crank

(6,993 posts)
8. The sad part, for me, is...
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 02:25 AM
4 hrs ago

that have friends from the big three Abrahamic religions. I am a total non-believer.
But the leadership of these countries is an abomination, to me, of what the practices of the religion the people I know believe what their religion espouses.
When leaders of the religions tie criticism of them and their actions to attacks on their religions it makes it hard to separate the good from the evil. I'm beginning to feel that my friends would be better served with no religion than to be tied to many current leaders and the actions there of.

Pototan

(3,103 posts)
9. Exactly. Well said
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 02:36 AM
4 hrs ago

Your post is exactly how I feel. I, too, have friends that are Muslims, Jews and Christian. And I, too, am a nonbeliever.

BurnDoubt

(1,679 posts)
11. Absolutely.
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 02:46 AM
4 hrs ago

And Israelis are tarred with his despicable actions.
Sadly, apparently there will NEVER be Peace and Healing as long as all the players continue to harden their hearts against the innocents in this moral depravity.
Israel is said to have a right to exist.
Then is it also true that their neighbors do too?
It is telling that the body-count is so asymmetric.
It is also telling that a huge majority of Americans would NEVER back returning the lands of the Indigenous Peoples of this continent based upon their Historical Claims.
I weep for the Babies.
Who’s Lives Matter?
And WHO SEZ?

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