• mannycalavera@feddit.uk
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    It means in the grand scheme of things sending military equipment and giving political cover to Israel to ethnically cleanse Palestinians is a little worse than having a McDonald’s. But apparently for most Europeans it’s not.

    What active steps are Europeans doing to boycott Israeli goods and services. Jack shit. What are they doing to boycott the US? A whole online community and economic movement.

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      I’m not sure if you’re aware, but the major supporter of Israel is the USA. Do you think boycotting Israeli services is going to stop the US from sending them stuff? What do you want to treat, the symptom or the cause?

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        Clearly it won’t stop the US bible thumpers. But who are the next biggest supporters? Germany, France, UK. They provide diplomatic and military cover for the atrocities happening in Palestine.

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          Let’s just do nothing then. Continue as before and keep buying US good, sending our money to the US for them to make billions of dollars worth of weapons for Israel compared to the millions provided by other countries together. Let’s further reduce the issue to “Israel vs McDonalds” and create a nice dichotomy, since everything in life is a choice between two things. There’s never more than that: right and wrong. If you don’t boycott Israel, you are evil and deserve to be thrown into a deep well. Nothing else you ever have done, do, or will do is right. It’s like you’re actually there in Israel putting the gun into the throat of a young Gazan baby and pulling the trigger. And all of that because you couldn’t withstand the temptation of a tasty, tasty McDonalds burger. Filth.