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[–] ininewcrow 266 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For anyone wondering, this is an actual photo of Israeli soldiers posing with a Palestinian female prisoner.

For context, here is a link to a France 24 news article from 2010 that references this same photo

https://www.france24.com/en/20100818-idf-soldier-prisoner-photos-facebook-breaking-the-silence-palestinian-prisoners-israel

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago

Good old France 24. Protecting the soldiers right to privacy while representing their government.

[–] [email protected] 206 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Bro got banned for this classic ledddit

[–] [email protected] 102 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oof, the confrontation of cognitive dissonance was a little too strong, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

To be fair, they did make a post with an intentionally incorrect title

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Don't even know why that should be relevant, the sub is MadeMeCry and it's just as sad either way.

The actual rules say "titles should be descriptive" and, well, this one certainly does describe something.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think "ham thoroughly soaked in rum being eaten by a fat drunk man, and a short, bald drunk man" is appropriate either, despite also being similarly descriptive.

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

No need to be fair. Mods choose which rules they enforce based on perceived harm. They're not robots.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 year ago (5 children)

This is backwards. The vast majority of people, certainly here on the internet, support the Palestinians. Especially young people, even when you are looking outside of the internet.

Meanwhile, almost everybody seems to have forgotten about the plight of the Ukrainians.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago (16 children)

Bitch I'm just tired. What the fuck am I supposed to do?

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm not sure if you're right: https://www.reuters.com/world/us-public-support-israel-drops-majority-backs-ceasefire-reutersipsos-2023-11-15/ -- and that's almost 2 months old, support for Israel has probably not gone up.

Ukraine is getting way too little support though from everyone, that's true. I think what they need is weapons and additional financial pressure against Russia, not like angry retweets and memes. Those are pretty much the modern equivalent of thoughts and prayers.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

I don't think support of the Palestinians was that clear even a few weeks ago. At least in relation to current events. Opinions were in a lot of flux

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Eh not sure about that

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[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Those can't be recent posts on Reddit. Reddit got rid of its award system recently. Not that I don't believe these things happen, I do.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago

This is why the "4 days ago" type of timestamp is garbage.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Remember the US government and congress are okay with this organization and send them billions of dollars every year.

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What do you expect when your army is a bunch of 18 year olds doing national service. Ridiculous really. Also how did Hans get into the IDF, amazing.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Grew up in a city in the US with a massive military presence, like a giant frat party constantly going off.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

18-year-olds yeah, national service no

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This image is like 20 years old

[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 year ago (14 children)

You mean this didn't start on October 7?

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