• xenomor@lemmy.worldEnglish
    510·
    4 months ago

    You’d think that a “truth, justice and the American way” candidate like Harris would be all over such a straightforward issue like this. However, her DNC speech indicated that she’s likely to perpetuate the policies of the Biden administration that have provided cover to Israel for crimes like these. I would like to think that the international community is powerful enough to overcome US support for these atrocities, but it feels unlikely right now.

      • Antmz22@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        4 months ago

        Not just riots. It very much had the potential to turn into a full coup or civil war. Unfortunately, they gave in to the demands of…being allowed to gang rape prisoners until they require hospitalization…

        https://thecradle.co/articles-id/26171

        Israeli settlers began rioting on 29 July after Israeli military police stormed the Sde Teiman detention center – known for its brutal and inhumane treatment of Palestinian detainees – and arrested nine soldiers behind the sexual assault of a Palestinian prisoner.

        The prisoner had been raped violently by the soldiers to the point where the prisoner required hospitalization, resulting in the opening of an investigation.

        Israeli settlers, far-right activists, and Knesset members broke into the Sde Teiman detention center in defense of the detained soldiers. National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and other officials urged their followers to storm the facility and demand the release of the soldiers.

        Members of the Knesset representing several political parties, including the Likud, also took part in the riots. After the nine soldiers were moved to the Beit Lid base for questioning, settler rioters also arrived at the site.

        Hebrew news outlet Channel 14 reported on 29 July that the soldiers’ arrest warrants were canceled and that military police limited themselves to just an interrogation.

  • ramble81@lemm.eeEnglish
    182·
    4 months ago

    I am seriously asking, was this what the reaction was like in Nazi Germany too? We are literally watching a systematic genocide and torture of an entire group of people and most of the world is doing nothing.

    I thought I heard somewhere that there was a similar parallel back then where as long as it occurred in their country that most everyone else ignored it. It was only when they attempted to expand that there was a larger war?

    • Waveform@lemmy.worldEnglish
      42·
      4 months ago

      I heard that too, but I’m no historian. What certainly is different now is having the internet; everyone who cares is staying informed and seeing what Israel is doing to Palestinians in almost real time. Not that we can do much about it.

      I suggest writing some letters to choice politicians.… Maybe you can get past the thick, dead tissue surrounding what remains of their hearts.