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Do countries have rights (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 years ago by glans@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

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I have heard that it is anti semetic to "deny israel has a right to exist"

Which makes me curious. Is it a generally accepted premise either in law or just by people that countries have "rights"?

I think of rights as something people have.

If countries do have rights, is exisiting one of them?

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[–] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

iirc some people used to say some kind of kurdistan has the right to exist but nato-cool doesn't care about them anymore so i haven't heard about rojava or anything for several years

none of the more established nation-states act like they're under existential threat as the zionists do, so it doesn't really come up. I think the primary purpose of the argument is to whitewash israel's atrocities and it doesn't have much to say about geopolitics.

[–] nat_turner_overdrive@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

Oh yeah, I think you're right. I'm surprised we don't hear East Turkestan has a right to exist, now that I think about it