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0 pointsdlubarov7mo ago0 comments

> Oslo Accords, earmarked the West Bank exclusively for Palestinians, or more strictly, their state

The two Oslo agreements themselves don't contain this sort of earmarking. There was a sort of informal understanding that Oslo would be a stepping stone toward a real Palestinian state, and that hasn't happened, but it would be hard to put most of the blame on Israel. Arafat walked away from a very serious statehood offer in 2000, for example.

From your comments it sounds like you might have been misled by some questionable sources, which would be understandable considering even top UN officials have spread rather blatant disinformation about Israel [1]. E.g. you also mention a famine against civilians, when we're actually about three orders of magnitude short of the number of starvations required to declare a famine.

[1] https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/debunked-un-off...

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rich_sasha7mo ago

From my research, well, Palestine may have had various shots at statehood, each time below their expectations. It's a negotiation and balance of power which they didn't have. It's hard to argue with power.

But Israel claims far, far more than "we're more powerful so its our way or the highway". Israel asserts they are in a universally morally superior position, thay it went out of its way to accomodate the Palestinians. And I think this is blatantly untrue. The Palestinians were kicked off their land 70 years ago, for complex reasons, and every year continue to be pushed further by Israel. Theres many ccontradictory things happening in Israel, but this one IMO is a clear indication that Israel is acting in bad faith.

As to your source, let's unpick this. Your link states that a UN representative erroneously claimed 14,000 children will die within 48 hours, due to malnutrition. Instead, he should have said over 12 months. Sure, thats a big difference, but either is beastly - while achieving 0 military or diplomatic effect.

Other sources I follow include the B'tselem institute, who recently called the Israeli governments actions clearly genocidal.

dlubarovOP7mo ago

> Instead, he should have said over 12 months.

In addition to ~12 months turning into "48 hours", "children aged between six months and five years" turned in "babies", and "acute malnutrition" turned into "death".

When top UN officials are pushing blatant disinformation like this with no consequences, it's hard to know who to trust for unbiased information.

> B'tselem institute, who recently called the Israeli governments actions clearly genocidal

Considering that it's B'tselem, there was never really a possibility of them reaching a different position. I don't think they've ever pushed back on anti-Israeli propaganda, such as the UN statement above.

rich_sasha7mo ago

You're not convincing me. It's also not like you are attacking pivotal issues. You point out that some of what is said about Israel is not right, and clearly that is true. You point at one fact I didn't even rely on. Calling it "blatantly disinformation" isnt right either - it was one statement, quickly corrected.

In any case, "it's not 14,000 babies dead in 48 hours, it is only 14,000 with severe malnutrition over 12 months" isnt an argument I'd like to rely on when my judgment day comes.

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0 pointsdlubarov7mo ago0 comments

> Oslo Accords, earmarked the West Bank exclusively for Palestinians, or more strictly, their state

[1] https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/debunked-un-off...

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rich_sasha7mo ago

Other sources I follow include the B'tselem institute, who recently called the Israeli governments actions clearly genocidal.

dlubarovOP7mo ago

> Instead, he should have said over 12 months.

In addition to ~12 months turning into "48 hours", "children aged between six months and five years" turned in "babies", and "acute malnutrition" turned into "death".

When top UN officials are pushing blatant disinformation like this with no consequences, it's hard to know who to trust for unbiased information.

> B'tselem institute, who recently called the Israeli governments actions clearly genocidal

rich_sasha7mo ago

In any case, "it's not 14,000 babies dead in 48 hours, it is only 14,000 with severe malnutrition over 12 months" isnt an argument I'd like to rely on when my judgment day comes.

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