The first hearing in a landmark lawsuit against Israel enters its second day on Friday at the Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ). #EuropeDecoded

The first hearing in a landmark lawsuit against Israel enters its second day on Friday at the Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ).

  • HeartyBeast
    -1•11 months ago

    If it isn’t racism I don’t know what else.

    I think I’ve just told you.

    We spent the last two years with the media and the politicians making a big drama every time a russian bomb hit a building in Ukraine

    I think the level of support for Ukraine you see would be rather different if it had had sent in fighters and killed 12,000 Russian and foreign nationals, including civilians and children - and left 5431 injured as an initial act of aggression. You might even have found substantial international support for a Russian attempt at regime change.

    • @davepleasebehave
      1•11 months ago

      you make a good point. But the Hamas attack did not happen in a vacuum.

      • HeartyBeast
        1•11 months ago

        Absolutely, the Palestinians have suffered, oppression and occupation for decades.

        But drawing parallels, still - if Ukraine had slaughtered that number and pointed out that Russia had illegally occupied the Crimea, with nothing more than a bit of international tutting - I still think the international community would have been sympathetic to retaliation by Moscow.

        • @davepleasebehave
          1•11 months ago

          it’s an interesting idea.

          but we should not forget that Israel kills many people each year in places like the west bank where there is no Hama’s control. so again, we should not forget that this atack was not like 9/11 which came out of the blue. it’s the result of systemic oppression.