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After Israel killed seven aid workers in Gaza, the US says it has not found any incidents of Israel violating international humanitarian law in the past six months. An Al Jazeera probe concluded the World Central Kitchen vehicles were deliberately hit.

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 230 points 5 months ago (12 children)

Israel, with US backing, is destroying the concept of international law. It's now clear to everyone that the so-called international rules based order isn't real and that the rules only apply to US enemies like Russia.

I think we're seeing a repeat of the League of Nations.

[–] Drinvictus@discuss.tchncs.de 116 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That and brown people don't count as people.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 78 points 5 months ago (2 children)

That's the bigger one. They're happy to enforce the rules on brown people when they attack brown people, or white people on white people, and all hell is unleashed when it's brown on white, but when it's mostly white Israelis on mostly brown Palestinians you get crickets.

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[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 96 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] Thteven@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I wish it was more funny :(

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[–] snooggums@midwest.social 91 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Holy hell, how can he say that with a straight face?

[–] ganksy@lemmy.world 90 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I can't imagine what it takes to stand up there and say that shit with a straight face. Fuck you for representing my country.

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[–] Arelin@lemmy.zip 57 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Thought this was an Onion article from the headline

[–] xor@infosec.pub 53 points 5 months ago (3 children)

i knew biden would be disappointing but fuck... not "incredibly horrible"

so, now the election is between incredibly horrible and unimaginably worse...

[–] Arcturus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 53 points 5 months ago (41 children)

Love that americans are still worried about elections of all things as if anything other than organized violence will stop a capitalist government from committing genocide.

[–] BlackNo1@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago (2 children)

americans are too chickenshit and comfortable to do anything than complain. i wish we were more like the french.

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[–] Facebones@reddthat.com 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The #1 thing I've noticed this go round is how the best even the most dem pundits and supporters can come up with is "Yeah Biden does it but Trump will do it worse"

[–] underisk@lemmy.ml 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (10 children)

I’m not even convinced that’s true when it comes to this issue. Trump, at least, narcissistically cares about what people think of him enough that he could maybe be swayed by public opinion. Biden has been a hardline Zionist his entire career and sees backing Israel to the hilt despite the public outcry as a moral imperative.

Besides, how do you get worse than eagerly aiding a genocide?

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[–] Stanley_Pain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yup :(

I don't envy you Americans. Here in Canada we have our own set of idiots too and it almost always boils down to voting for the least worst person :(

[–] xor@infosec.pub 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

democracy under capitalism = fascism in cosplay

no matter how much you organize, grassroots, and petition... evil bastards will steamroll your movements with cash, and add a little concession to whatever you were riling people up about...

then you get to vote for the guy pandering to you or the guy who isn't, but they'll both do the same shit... give more money to rich people any way possible.

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[–] m13@lemmy.world 52 points 5 months ago (1 children)
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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 51 points 5 months ago (2 children)

the US says it has not ~~found~~ looked for evidence of Israel violating humanitarian law.

FTF them.

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[–] Cryan24@lemmy.world 50 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Brought to you by the same country that invaded iraq for Weapons of Mass Destruction that were never found..

[–] Fidel_Cashflow@lemmy.ml 22 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)
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[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 36 points 5 months ago

Why would anybody think that the US could have beef with settlers killing civilians?

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 32 points 5 months ago

US is an accomplice, so of course they can't admit to Israel violating international law.

[–] init@lemmy.ml 31 points 5 months ago

"We have investigated ourselves and found no wrongdoing"

[–] K1nsey6@lemmy.ml 31 points 5 months ago

Cops investigated themselves and found no wrong doing

[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 31 points 5 months ago (1 children)

US/Europe's support of Israel and condemnation of Russia pretty much just shows the rest of the world what hypocrites they are.

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[–] Boiglenoight@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That spokesperson doesn’t reflect well on his agency, our government or our people.

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[–] CooperRedArmyDog@lemmy.ml 20 points 5 months ago (6 children)

And anyone trusts anything the US says why?

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[–] DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I wish some of the reporters had said to him in the last interview, "so, they've investigated themselves and found they did nothing wrong?"

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[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 19 points 5 months ago

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[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 19 points 5 months ago

Since when is the US government the IC-fucking-J?

[–] istanbullu@lemmy.ml 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

That is because Washington sees white people as human, and everyone else as subhuman.

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[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago
[–] LemonLord@endlesstalk.org 14 points 5 months ago

Axis of Genocide: Washington, London, Berlin, Tel Aviv.

[–] betheydocrime@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago
[–] dan42O@infosec.pub 11 points 5 months ago

Day after day, US gov and ‘Is-not-real’ digging their own graves.

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