Dozens have been arrested as Israeli forces stormed Jenin and areas around Nablus.
  • Nakoichi [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
    32·
    11 months ago

    Bombing fucking Bethlehem on Christmas is just such over the top cartoonishly evil shit and pro-Zionist (fascist) liberals still fucking defend this shit.

    • Hegar@kbin.social
      122·
      11 months ago

      Hey! Just for fact’s sake - not trying to minimize Israel attacking Bethlehem on Christmas - the article doesn’t mention any bombing of Bethlehem, it was a harassing raid by ground forces that arrested a few people as part of an intimidation campaign against the west bank.

      Regions in and near Nablus, Jericho, Ramallah and Bethlehem – which Christians believe is the birthplace of Jesus Christ – were also raided overnight by Israeli forces, Al Jazeera’s Hamdah Salhut reported.

      Obviously that’s still vile and again shows how close the army and illegal settlers are. But a raid rather than bombing.

      • Dreamer@lemmy.mlOP
        11·
        11 months ago

        You are right. Within the past few months, Israel has bombed some areas in the West Bank, but Bethlehem is currently not one of them.

    • tegs_terry@feddit.ukEnglish
      21·
      11 months ago

      Liberals support this do they? I doubt anyone getting arrested at the protests for ‘hate crimes’ has come down from Chipping Norton.

    • Jordan_U@lemmy.ml
      41·
      11 months ago

      Considering some humans to be “not humans” is a primary tool of fascism.

      Probably best to avoid de-humanizing anyone if you truly want to end fascism rather than re-create it under a different name.

      Humans can do terrible, abhorrent things. It’s good for us to remember that, as we are also human; And capable of the same atrocities if we aren’t careful and vigilant.

      • TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml
        67·
        11 months ago

        That’s cool, but fascists are not humans because they consider others subhuman. Dehumanising the ones that dehumanise others is fair game, because we know for a fact that Israel recently officially called Palestinians “human animals” and have open goals to make Gaza look like Auschwitz. It becomes worse when Jews (Zionists) are the ones committing genocide.

  • Boff@beehaw.org
    65·
    11 months ago

    Jesus what a trash headline. The article says nothing about Israel attacking Bethlehem or anywhere in the West Bank. The article only says people in Bethlehem are sad about what is happening.

    Yes, there is a lot of bad stuff that the Israeli government does, but don’t blatantly lie about stuff that doesn’t happen like the truth doesn’t matter.

    Edit: The first article was hidden by the way my lemmy app handles links vs comment bodies and i misunderstood what I was clicking.

    • Dreamer@lemmy.mlOP
      38·
      11 months ago

      I love the insinuation being made here. It’s like watching a real-time Holocaust denial unfold.

      Just out of curiosity, what is your definition of a respectable source?

        • Fitik@kbin.social
          317·
          11 months ago

          @NoIWontPickaName

          https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/newsmax-bias-credibilty-reliability/

          Even better then al-jazeera /j

          A questionable source exhibits one or more of the following: extreme bias, consistent promotion of propaganda/conspiracies, poor or no sourcing to credible information, a complete lack of transparency, and/or is fake news. Fake News is the deliberate attempt to publish hoaxes and/or disinformation for profit or influence

          Any other outlets?

          @Dreamer

          • brain_in_a_box@lemmy.ml
            51·
            11 months ago

            A reminder that mediabiasfactcheck is literally just the personal project of a random healthcare worker with no background or qualification in journalism or academic research. It’s just some guy’s personal opinion of sources after a cursory look, and holds no serious weight.

        • Dreamer@lemmy.mlOP
          161·
          11 months ago

          “Media Bias/Fact Check rarely conducts original fact checks as many other sources are faster and do a better job. We primarily rely on fact-checkers affiliated with the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN).”

          Source: Media Bias Fact Check

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          Source: Wikipedia

        • brain_in_a_box@lemmy.ml
          4·
          11 months ago

          A reminder that mediabiasfactcheck is literally just the personal project of a random healthcare worker with no background or qualification in journalism or academic research. It’s just some guy’s personal opinion of sources after a cursory look, and holds no serious weight.

      • Fitik@kbin.social
        13·
        11 months ago

        @Boff

        This article doesn’t specifically say anything about a Christmas day raid though.

        That’s my point, also it talks about Jenin, not Bethelem like Al-Jazeera claims

        @Dreamer

    • Boff@beehaw.org
      25·
      11 months ago

      Al Jazeera isn’t even reporting on it. The article OP linked doesn’t say anything about Israel attacking anywhere in the West Bank, let alone Bethlehem.

      It just says people in Bethlehem are sad that people in gaza are dying.

      The OP is clearly lying to try to drum up anti Israeli support by putting a blatantly false headline and hyping nobody does any research. Disgusting.

      Edit: The first article was hidden by the way my lemmy app handles links vs comment bodies and i misunderstood what I was clicking.