Israeli settlers attack European diplomatic cars in West Bank beat French mayor(www.lemonde.fr)
99 pointsby Betelbuddy4 hours ago6 comments
  • ciconia2 hours ago
    It is important to note that this is not an isolated incident, and this story has only reached the news because the victims are European dignitaries. Those pogroms (there's no better word to describe those incidents) are happening on a daily basis, and the scale (multiple attacks per day) makes it apparent that this not just random violence, but a coordinated campaign to ethnically cleanse the rural Palestinian population of the West bank.

    Edit: language.

    • Betelbuddyan hour ago
      Even the word Settlers is diabolically manipulative. Like in you are going to settle on what there is already an implication ...of something that is yours to settle to...

      "Israeli murderers are called commandos. Arab commandos are called terrorists."

         - George Carlin
    • mschuster912 hours ago
      It's election campaigning, nothing more, nothing less. Can't wait for that to finally be over, maybe then some sense will come back to Israeli politics.
      • grandpajoey2 hours ago
        It's not, this happens constantly in the West Bank. It's also weird that attacking civilians would be considered election campaigning?
  • vander_elst2 hours ago
    Is be very surprised if there is any other action other than some statements condemning the attack. I wonder what's the line that needs to be crossed before some actions are taken against the government of Israel, which constantly allows this. My guess is that even killing some (<10) Europeans still would not cut it.
    • nervai2 hours ago
      >some statements condemning the attack

      Netanyahu's line today is that Arabs and leftist activists are provoking Jewish settler attacks and/or staging the violence.

    • leoh2 hours ago
      Well, you’re not aware of history then. Settlers suck, more needs to be done to manage them, there have been many interventions to deal with them over the years. Less so recently, hopefully that will change. There is an election in Israel next weekend.
      • throw310822an hour ago
        > Settlers suck, more needs to be done to manage them, there have been many interventions to deal with them over the years

        The IDF was present, not only they did nothing to stop the settlers, they shot tear gas at the Palestinians. "More needs to be done", lol. This is state-sanctioned violence, has been going on for decades, and the entire country is complicit.

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  • grandpajoey2 hours ago
    What will the French government do? What does our government do when Americans are attacked by Israelis? Nothing. There can be little more proof that our governments are occupied than that!
  • michaelhillaert2 hours ago
    Imagine the reactions if it would not be Israeli 'settlers' also known as terrorists, but Syrians or Afghan people doing the attacks...
  • vcryan3 hours ago
    The world turns a blind eye to Israeli terrorism.
  • mschuster912 hours ago
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