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Palestinians are asking, 'Are you with us?' American Jews are showing we are

www.972mag.com Palestinians are asking, 'Are you with us?' American Jews are showing we are

As a rabbinical student, I am taking action alongside thousands to challenge the idea that Jewish safety must come at the expense of Palestinian liberation.

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Technically this is more US news than world news, but it's World News enough, and has enough up and down votes that I'll allow it.

Rule of thumb:

Event happening somewhere in the world outside the US? - World News.

Article about how Americans feel about an event happening in the world outside the US? - Not world news. Maybe news, maybe politics, would depend on the context.

But Americans reacting to a world event doesn't make it world news.

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- If the poster isn't American then it is world news to them. Lemmy isn't centralized in the U.S.
  
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  It doesn't matter where the poster is from, it's where the story originates.
  
  A bunch of people going to Washington D.C. because they're upset belongs in News, not World News.
  
  If you're at all confused, read the rules in the sidebar.
  
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- Noted, thanks.
  
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- So wait… lemme get this straight; the USA isn’t in the world?
  
  The US is OUTSIDE or SEPARATE from the world.
  
  Ok. Got it.
  
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  When it comes to world news, yes, that's correct. News exists for US news.
  
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Glad this is an opportunity for people to see how nuanced these issues can be.

Good thing this is making more people anti-Zionist and acknowledge that criticism of Israel is not criticism of Jews.

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Some American Jews. Mostly the women.

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Speaking as an American Jew, Hamas should release the hostages. Until they do, a ceasefire feels impossible.

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- Hamas doesn't give a fuck about peace, ceasefires, children, or anything else.
  
  That doesn't mean Israel should get carte blanche to do whatever they want. Let's not forget that prominent members of the current Israeli government have expressed very clear genocidal desires of their own.
  
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  I think we should just shove both leaders into a submersible
  
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- As an american jew, hostages don't justify genocide. Never again means never again.
  
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  Yeah the one genocide of Jews that Hamas charter states as their end goal is never justified and whoever does justify it because it aligns with their leftist ideology can die in a ditch like all the terrorists
  
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- “No talks until you give up your leverage”
  
  Preconditions for a ceasefire mean you aren’t serious about a ceasefire.
  
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  Do you think Hamas cares to “talk” or “negotiate” anything?
  
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- Speaking as another American Jew, killing innocent people should not be the response to a hostage situation.
  
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- The thing is: Their only leverage is the hostages (which Bibi apparently wants to bomb to death). Without leverage you can't really have negotiations.
  
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- In return for the thousands of Palestinians imprisoned without trial, right?
  
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- Yes, and how do you think they plan on negotiating for said ceasefire?
  
  spoiler
  
  with hostages lol
  
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- Are you saying Israel is justified in killing thousands of children because Hamas has about 100 hostages?
  
  Weird how the Palestinians should always be mad at Hamas for Israel's retaliation, but Israelis shouldn't be mad at their government for Hamas' retaliation.
  
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- At this point Israel might have actually killed more Jews in Gaza than Hamas. Hostages too if they don't stop the indiscriminate shelling.
  
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- The fire was ceased on October 6th
  
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