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minus-squareralphio@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down2·3 months agoBit of a double standard though, right? They don’t have to affirm Palestinian’s right to statehood. If not saying Israel is a legitimate state is anti-semitism, wouldn’t that make the same stance toward Palestine islamaphobia?
minus-squareFranconian_Nomad@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down14·3 months agoYes. It’s a Double standard. It was born out of history. Namely the genocide on the Jews by the nationalsocialists. Germany doesn’t have a special history with Palestine, so they don’t get mentioned. And yes, I think Germany should recognise a Palestinian state.
minus-squareLinkerbaan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down6·edit-23 months agoWhat does israel have to do with anti-semitsm? You keep intentionally conflating Judaism and Zionism after been corrected. Furthermore you don’t appear to know the history of israel. Zionists had been colonizing Palestine years before Hitler came to power.
minus-squareFranconian_Nomad@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down12·3 months agoYou got me. I do. I know there is a difference, but in my experience it rarely matters.
minus-squareLinkerbaan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down3·3 months agoBut that’s the point. Recognizing israel is absolutely irrelevant to anti-semitism. If anything israel using Judaism as a shield for their war crimes is the biggest cause of anti-semitism. So this move by the German government does not combat anti-semitism. It creates anti-semitism by specifically calling israel a “Jewish” state.
minus-squareFranconian_Nomad@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down5·3 months agoI disagree with you.
minus-squareSkyezOpen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoIt’s not illegal to be wrong on the internet, but don’t feel compelled to keep doing so.
Bit of a double standard though, right? They don’t have to affirm Palestinian’s right to statehood. If not saying Israel is a legitimate state is anti-semitism, wouldn’t that make the same stance toward Palestine islamaphobia?
Yes. It’s a Double standard. It was born out of history. Namely the genocide on the Jews by the nationalsocialists.
Germany doesn’t have a special history with Palestine, so they don’t get mentioned.
And yes, I think Germany should recognise a Palestinian state.
What does israel have to do with anti-semitsm?
You keep intentionally conflating Judaism and Zionism after been corrected.
Furthermore you don’t appear to know the history of israel. Zionists had been colonizing Palestine years before Hitler came to power.
You got me. I do. I know there is a difference, but in my experience it rarely matters.
But that’s the point. Recognizing israel is absolutely irrelevant to anti-semitism.
If anything israel using Judaism as a shield for their war crimes is the biggest cause of anti-semitism.
So this move by the German government does not combat anti-semitism. It creates anti-semitism by specifically calling israel a “Jewish” state.
I disagree with you.
It’s not illegal to be wrong on the internet, but don’t feel compelled to keep doing so.