Two Israeli female soldiers died by suicide this week, bringing the number of serving Israeli soldiers who have taken their own lives since the start of the year to 16, amid growing concern over rising suicide rates in the military since the war in the Gaza Strip began.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260729-israeli-army-suicides-rise-again-as-two-female-soldiers-die-bringing-this-years-total-to-16/


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  • BrikoX@lemmy.zip
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    To clarify: celebrating death or even advocating for it when it’s targeted at military personnel is allowed in this community. Violence is the primary purpose behind military so everyone is there with an explicit consent.

    Doing the same for civilians/elected officials is not (even if they are war criminals).

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      This logic is pretty dumb honestly. The elected officials who send soldiers to kill for them are far more culpable than the soldier who is drafted. Civilians with no power? Sure, maybe they shouldn’t be called on for being targeted. The people literally giving the orders though? In my opinion they’re, in effect, part of the military complex. They aren’t literally service members, but they are part of the chain that gives soldiers their orders.

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      Cool. Really fucking weird policy, but I’ll respect it. I would like to state that maybe an exception be cut out for suicide, cause I know if I was struggling with ideation and I stumbled upon a thread of people celebrating people completing suicide, it would absolutely fuck me up.

      “This is what people will say about you” whispers the depression monster. “Just give the people what they want”

      I really don’t want anyone hurting themselves

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      I mean, it’s yalls instance so whatever y’all want to do, but just want to make sure, only allowing this for the pawns of the war but not the ones actually running things and commanding said soldiers really gives this vibe:

      Especially since nearly every government on the planet, whether truly democratic or completely fascist, true purpose is the monopoly on violence. It’s how laws are enforced and control maintained.

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        We would also be happy if satanyahu took his own life or any high ranking israeli terrorists