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Originally Posted by Sleeping in EQ
I love how Ox preempts legitimate criticism of Israeli actions by framing them as "reactions."
It allows things like Israel using 79% of the water from the Mountain Aquifer and 100% of the water from the Jordan Basin (the two water systems in the West Bank), to be seen as simply a reaction to Palestinian violence.
And the bulldozing of over 4,100 Palestinian homes since 2000? Thats just a reaction too. Kind of like how Sadam Hussein's bulldozing of Iraqi homes was just a reaction.
Jewish families setting up the homestead in what is often a war zone? Just a reaction.
Excessive lethal force by the IDF, force documented by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International? Just a reaction.
No Palestinian economy because of the cost of bringing in and manufacturing goods in what amounts to a concentration camp? Just a reaction.
Celebrating the UN charter, but violating UN resolutions with carefree abandon? Just a reaction.
Displacing Palestinians in 1948? Just a reaction. It's not like zionists hadn't been trying to compell the Jewish return to Palestine for decades or anything. No that couldn't possibly be the case.
You can have power without accountability if everything you do is "just a reaction."
Fortunately, plenty of Israelies know better than to frame Israel's activities as "just reactions."
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