I am not pointing the finger at you about this as you weren't at me but I do get a lot of this "Well, what about Russia who are bolstering Assad" etc.
There are two points about this. Firstly, I am pretty much against Syria, Russia and, indeed, Sadi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt etc. I just happen to be talking about Israel.
The other point is that it has just been going on sooooo long and with the tacit approval of the rest of the world. Regardless of whether Israel is an apartheid state or not, this is one area when it is like apartheid South Africa - it has been going on for decades and the rest of the world does nothing due to its geopolitical expediency (see also Turkey and Saudi Arabia). I mean, when we were all being anti-Apartheid for decades, no-one was saying that we were paying too much attention to it compared to other atrocities around the world (although, in truth, we probably were especially, ironically, compared to Israel).
There are two points about this. Firstly, I am pretty much against Syria, Russia and, indeed, Sadi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt etc. I just happen to be talking about Israel.
The other point is that it has just been going on sooooo long and with the tacit approval of the rest of the world. Regardless of whether Israel is an apartheid state or not, this is one area when it is like apartheid South Africa - it has been going on for decades and the rest of the world does nothing due to its geopolitical expediency (see also Turkey and Saudi Arabia). I mean, when we were all being anti-Apartheid for decades, no-one was saying that we were paying too much attention to it compared to other atrocities around the world (although, in truth, we probably were especially, ironically, compared to Israel).
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