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submitted 1 year ago by barsoap@lemm.ee to c/world@lemmy.world

26m video interview. Blurb:

"Netanyahu is history, he's done," Ehud Olmert told DW. He called the current Israeli leaders "violent, messianic thugs" and said that long term, Palestinians must be able to "exercise their right to self-determination." The center-right politician and former prime minister added that there was no alternative to the two-state solution with the Palestinians. On the issue of the scores of Israelis taken hostage by Hamas, Olmert said there was "no basis for negotiation" with Hamas — since, in his view, the Islamist militant group was not interested in negotiations. Olmert also told host Tim Sebastian that he thought there was little likelihood of direct military action against Iran, even though Tehran had "coordinated" the attacks and that a derailment of a US-sponsored diplomatic and security accord between Israel and Saudi Arabia would serve Iran's interests.


Not sure whether this counts as "news" in the strict sense but I think it does in the loose sense also I wouldn't know where else to post it.

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[-] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I've heard this crap before.

Edit: I'm sorry, was I too real? This shitbag has been kicked out of government, then dropped right back in once the opportunity was presented. Then proceeded to hijack the rest of the government.

[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Him being corrupt and a sleazebag (is there a Likud politician who isn't both?) is one thing, dismissing what he said as crap without any elaboration another. Also, unlike Netanyahu Olmert actually served the prison time he deserved.

[-] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

That wasn't a dismissal. That was an expression of disgust.

[-] barsoap@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Disgusted by what he said? If this is about the person you'd presumably have said "I've seen this asshole before" or such.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

We need much more nuance on the internet than the weak and overly general punctuation marks of English allow.

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