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Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Lebanese people that they could face “destruction and suffering” like the Palestinians in Gaza if they don’t “free” the country from Hezbollah.

“You have an opportunity to save Lebanon before it falls into the abyss of a long war that will lead to destruction and suffering like we see in Gaza,” the Israeli prime minister said in a video address directed to the people of Lebanon.

"I say to you, the people of Lebanon: Free your country from Hezbollah so that this war can end."

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

It's the exact same playbook as in Palestine.

No doubt there will soon be Israeli "settlers" in Lebanese territory surrounded by enormous areas stolen from the locals "for security".

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Netanyahu is the closest thing we’ve had to Hitler in quite a while.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Watch out, a French humorist has lost his job for making that comparison

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

He is Hitler.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Terrorism is when ones tries to achieve political objectives by putting pressure on a population through attacks on non-military targets.

What Israel is saying here is like Bin Laden hitting the Twin Towers to "pressure their political opponents".

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

That's a tad bit difficult since Hezbollah military rivals that of the Lebanese government. This is pretty much an impossible request and him saying that he's going to cause Lebanon "destruction and suffering"

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

They always claim Hezbollah is terrorist, but surely the IDF have a larger civilian kill count and a larger percentage of civilians killed.

Israel feeling pretty confident there is zero consequences to their actions now.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

This is what I don't get... Hezbollah has seats in Lebanon's parliament. How is it any different than Likud? Aside from the whole, "not being actively genocidal" thing. Should we compare civilian casualties between the two groups?

Why are we only cool with democracy (and "spreading" it) when they vote for the people we like?

Edit: well, I stand corrected. Here is an article today showing Hezbollah committing literal war crimes today... Oh no wait. Hold on a second, that was actually the IDF:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/10/10/israeli-forces-fire-on-un-peacekeepers-in-lebanon-wounding-two

So at what point do they become "terrorists"? Or are we just having a pointless semantic argument at this point?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Likud doesn't maintain a separate army under their own flag.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

A yes, the classic "start a war with the people we don't like or we will start the war for you". Truly sympathetic shit.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We have first genocide, yes, but what about second genocide?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It's looking like the Oprah meme. "You get a genocide, and you get a genocide, and you get a genocide"

I simply can not comprehend how any politicians defend Israel and don't have their reputation in tatters.

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's sort of his plan, to raze it to the ground. What Netanyahu doesn't realize is that all the war money he's burning through is also Israel's defense money, and that it will be some of the last it will ever get even if Trump wins. Biden is getting fed up, and Trump isn't a fan of Israel, he's a fan of money and Russia.

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