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  • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.caEnglish
    5·
    1 day ago

    There’s been anti-war protests in Tel Aviv every weekend for over a year. You’re not going to hear about that on your alternative media that’s working to dehumanize Israelis.

    • BlackRoseAmongThorns@slrpnk.netEnglish
      5·
      23 hours ago

      The protests are for the release of hostages, and explicitly not to end the wars, the people actually trying to stop the war are a tiny minority that was active in giving aid to gaza, and are portrayed by most of the population as terrorist sympathizers.

    • markko@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      1 day ago

      How many of those protests are about Palestinians?

      The vast majority of them, and the largest of them, are about saving the “hostages” and opposing Netanyahu.

      One of the largest protests so far: https://www.thejc.com/news/israel/israelis-protest-gaza-war-netanyahu-wftw9xpj

      Not a single mention of Palestinians.

      Speaking ahead of the rally, Yehuda Cohen, father of hostage Nimrod Cohen, accused Netanyahu of “blowing up the hostages in Gaza.” He stated: “Netanyahu is killing the hostages and destroying the country.”

      “The hostages’ lives are in your hands, time is running out, the hostages have no time. We’ve seen hostages return. You have the power to do this. So please do it already. Sign phase B and bring my brother back to me. Give me my life back, now!"

      The surge in demonstrations was also partly triggered by Netanyahu’s move to dismiss Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara.

      “The government has launched a direct, violent and unrestrained attack: on us, on our democracy, on our values, on our future, and on the lives of our children. It will not win,” he went on, accusing the government of “turning its back on the law, on the High Court of Justice and on the public.

      “This struggle is not another protest. This is a struggle for the face of Israel. This is a struggle for our home,” he implored.

      • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        1 day ago

        I realized this last year, and it’s really tough to digest. I can’t believe so many people in that country simply don’t care.

        • LwL@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          17 hours ago

          Lots of propaganda. Likely their entire lives. And the lived reality of attacks from hamas over the years to lend credibility to it. It’s sadly not surprising. Whoever controls the flow of information controls the people.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      There’s been anti-war protests in Tel Aviv every weekend for over a year.

      Sure. And you had people handcuffing themselves to the White House fence protesting the US invasion of Afghanistan as far out as 2012. But these have been a tiny, vocal minority. They’re in no way representative of the public (much less the Israeli media or their corrupt plutocracy).