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[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago

They relish in committing war crimes, they don't see us as people

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Soooo all orders

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Gee I don't know ... they call themselves the Chosen People and require everyone else to do that too or they levy accusations of antisemitism.

How can a Chosen Person ^TM^ do a war crime ? Unpossible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

They are also indoctrinated during that service to see Palestinians as vermin.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Yeah, I'm sure a soldiers don't normally face reprisal for refusing to follow orders. /s

Maybe... don't issue orders that may be war crimes?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago

I believe it was Chris Browning who showed that German Wehrmacht soldiers, who refused to be in Einsatzgruppen didn't get punished for it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

The only ethical option is to refuse to go when they try to enlist you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Doesn't Israel have required military service?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 16 hours ago

Yet there are still people who refuse to enlist.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yes, it's a very sticky wicket. In Israel's case you can just be a conscientious objector and either make up an excuse for non-service, or take the jail time. In places that don't even pose as Liberal democracies that's not an option, and you're best off trying to defect to someone else. If you can't manage that either, it's basically just time to survive while choosing kindness wherever you can, even if it means some loss and some risk. The soldier in The Pianist giving the guy cake comes to mind.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Israelis concerned about morality should refuse to serve in the IDF at all and take the jail time instead.

For those who didn't, they obviously believe in what they're doing to some extent and I'm not convinced that the incentives are really there to do the right thing. What is the consequence for committing the war crime? It is non existent. Straight up. So if you risk punishment by refusing, why would you?

Again, if you have morals you should lay down your arms and fucking leave Gaza immediately. Refusing one order is pointless when there are war crimes committed every day.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

So if you risk punishment by refusing, why would you?

Moral convictions? Jesus Christ, people...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

If all the people did that you would only have the most bloodthirsty lunatics

[–] [email protected] 13 points 22 hours ago

That may be true, but bloodthirsty lunatics without the numbers to back them up lose much of their effectiveness.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

I think that was their point

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Weve been through that before haven't we?

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

I was going to joke and say they'll have to just stay at home, but those homes are likely illegal settlements

[–] [email protected] 5 points 17 hours ago

Wait till you learn that all of Israel is a settlement on stolen land

[–] [email protected] 85 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's always "ex" and "former," never "current."

[–] [email protected] 15 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Did you see what happened to the Israeli guy who exposed Israel's nuclear warheads?

Spoiler: the Israelis hunted him down and murdered him in Europe. You don't say shit like this while you work for the IOF terrorists, or they'll fucking murder you

[–] [email protected] 7 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Do you have a source for this?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Thanks. I was wrong. They only drugged, kidnapped, tortured, and imprisoned him. He's still alive

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordechai_Vanunu

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

Well that was an adventure.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

That is an interesting article, and not surprising at all.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because if they were current and said that they would become ex very quickly.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As in "the late Dentarthurdent"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

That was the exact phrase going through my mind as I typed that haha

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

Might be. Just a hunch, nothing concrete to report