NoneOfUrBusiness

No, but Ben Gurion absolutely was.

Uh… The Nakba was committed by secular atheists. Stop trying to pin this on religion.

I’ve seen this anime before.

We don’t summarily execute people at the president’s say.

Yeah… no.

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/gaza-authorities-accuse-israel-of-stealing-organs-from-released-palestinian-bodies/3719641

Guess again.

Because why not? Seriously that’s it.

You’re being downvoted because The Independent is a news outlet, not a country.

Yeah because those aren’t Western.

Yeah that’s fair, though I do have to note that other than Yom Kippur in none of Israel’s past conflicts was it seriously outnumbered. That’s the image they like to sell, and intuitively it feels like it should be true, but it’s really not. Israel has always been good at raising massive armies relative to their population, and for instance surprisingly way outnumbered their enemies in 1948. Again not contesting your point; I agree that they were much more competent in the past.

Not disagreeing, but “at this point” implies they were ever anything else.

I’m no fan of the Muslim Brotherhood, but yeah “terrorist organization” is nuts. If this word ever had meaning (it didn’t), it sure as hell doesn’t now.

With what?

Uh… The (combined) second largest economy in the world? The only reason the EU isn’t considered a superpower is the chicken shit neoliberals running it; do you seriously think Russia and their “special military operation” can take the full weight of France? Germany? Italy? Really the only thing EU countries are missing is the military production to sustain more aid for Ukraine, which is not exactly a hard problem. You’re talking about Russia like it’s the Soviet Union, but it’s just not.

I disagree that the EU will have to face reality on this. The EU is definitely strong enough to support Ukraine on its own and kick Russia out; the problem is the lack of political will and, frankly, spine. I mean the fact that there are still new sanctions coming says everything that needs to be said.

I mean that would be better for everyone involved, but the EU doesn’t have the balls to make it happen.

True but this sounds more like pissing people off for no reason than cynical self-enrichment.

The word is “Western.” You’re asking about non-Western content, and the answer is: It is if you have more than like three members of your target audience, but that tends to be a tall ask around here.

Um… [Citation needed]?

Not a direct answer to your question, but people misspeak all the time, so there’s no reason that wouldn’t apply to their children. However, hurtful things are still hurtful, so “I didn’t mean it” is more of a statement of fact than a get out of jail free card.

A scam requires someone to make money (or some other benefit) off someone else. That’s the case with modern Christianity, sure, but generalizing that to all religion comes with a hefty [citation needed].