cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/65021512

Put plainly, Israel is aligning itself with an authoritarian wave sweeping Europe to legitimise its policies of genocidal warfare and democratic erosion, while Europe’s far right increasingly becomes normalised and mainstream.

  • Boomer Humor Doomergod@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Ignoring the behavior of Israel, the whole idea of a homeland for Jews has big “go back to where you came from” energy and the far right loves that shit.

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      But as we know, for a large contingent of Israelis their ancestral link is Europe. And many are dual citizens. So, someone is swinging the

      go back to where you come from

      then that would be Europe. Arguably the Palestinians have deeper routes in The Lavant. With many of their ancestors being Israeli Jews before the majority converted to Islam.