Strypey
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Wow, the world is really waking up to the reality of Bibi's New Clothes;

https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/focusonpolitics?share=36b614ea-2ca6-43a1-a900-293694ea3e30

Intriguing to compare the rhetoric that led up to Irish independence with the rhetoric around the recognition of Palestinian statehood. Right down to the way they used the IRA as an excuse to refuse independence. Avoiding talks for handover to a transitional government by accusing people involved of being with the IRA ("we don't negotiate with terrorists")

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#podcasts#RNZ #FocusOnPolitics
Strypey
@strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz replied  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Bibi's denial of starvation among Palestinian civilians really is beyond the pale. But what we need to keep in mind is that he has literally nothing left to lose.

If he blinks over Palestine, he will have to face the domestic discontent that almost sank him before October 7. He will lose the protections of political immunity, and face justice in the courts.

This is is man who will literally commit genocide to protect himself from that. So denying the self-evident isn't so surprising.

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