As many as 700,000 Israeli settlers are living illegally in the occupied West Bank as settler violence surges.

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    8 months ago

    In February, far-right settlers went on a rampage in the West Bank town of Huwara torching dozens of houses and cars. Following the violence, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called for Huwara to be “wiped out”.

    Hmmm, I wonder what happened to the people rampaging in the town.

    Israel’s military called the settler attack on this Palestinian town a ‘pogrom.’ Videos show soldiers did little to stop it

    The IDF said in a statement to CNN that dozens of Israelis had “desecrated Palestinian property” and “acted violently against Palestinian residents” on February 26, but only several were arrested. All were released without charges.

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      8 months ago

      Does this also apply to the descendants of settlers? Does it apply to immigrants who immigrated to settled territories?

      If so, does that also apply to those who’ve settled on and immigrated to the Americas?

      And if so, how far back do we go? Because there are probably very few countries in the world whose current borders don’t encompass former territory of peoples who either have been wiped out or have been (or are currently) discriminated against…or have been erased (or “merged”) into what we now consider to be the people of that region.

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        8 months ago

        And what about… ?!?

        It’s called whataboutism and you’re not even good at it.

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          8 months ago

          You said “settlers are Nazis”, so I was trying to figure out if you meant what you actually said, or if you misspoke.