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[-] ATDA@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Some of them, others I think uh monster trucked through un facilities with tanks?

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 85 points 1 week ago

It's always "ex" and "former," never "current."

[-] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 37 points 1 week ago

Because if they were current and said that they would become ex very quickly.

[-] cmhickman358@thelemmy.club 18 points 1 week ago
[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

As in "the late Dentarthurdent"

[-] cmhickman358@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 week ago

That was the exact phrase going through my mind as I typed that haha

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 14 points 1 week ago

Did you see what happened to the Israeli guy who exposed Israel's nuclear warheads?

Spoiler: the Israelis hunted him down and murdered him in Europe. You don't say shit like this while you work for the IOF terrorists, or they'll fucking murder you

[-] Saleh@feddit.org 8 points 1 week ago

Do you have a source for this?

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 10 points 1 week ago

Thanks. I was wrong. They only drugged, kidnapped, tortured, and imprisoned him. He's still alive

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordechai_Vanunu

[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Well that was an adventure.

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 1 points 6 days ago

Want another? How about that time the Israeli paramilitaries assassinated a UN mediator in 1948 because they were afraid his peace deal wouldn't be good for the Israeli State?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folke_Bernadotte

The assassination was organized by Yitzhak Shamir, who later was elected as Prime Minister of Israel

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

That is an interesting article, and not surprising at all.

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 0 points 6 days ago

Want another? How about that time the Israeli paramilitaries assassinated a UN mediator in 1948 because they were afraid his peace deal wouldn't be good for the Israeli State?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folke_Bernadotte

The assassination was organized by Yitzhak Shamir, who later was elected as Prime Minister of Israel

[-] OccamsTeapot@lemmy.world 33 points 1 week ago

Israelis concerned about morality should refuse to serve in the IDF at all and take the jail time instead.

For those who didn't, they obviously believe in what they're doing to some extent and I'm not convinced that the incentives are really there to do the right thing. What is the consequence for committing the war crime? It is non existent. Straight up. So if you risk punishment by refusing, why would you?

Again, if you have morals you should lay down your arms and fucking leave Gaza immediately. Refusing one order is pointless when there are war crimes committed every day.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If all the people did that you would only have the most bloodthirsty lunatics

[-] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 13 points 1 week ago

That may be true, but bloodthirsty lunatics without the numbers to back them up lose much of their effectiveness.

[-] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago

I think that was their point

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

So if you risk punishment by refusing, why would you?

Moral convictions? Jesus Christ, people...

[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I was going to joke and say they'll have to just stay at home, but those homes are likely illegal settlements

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 5 points 1 week ago

Wait till you learn that all of Israel is a settlement on stolen land

[-] Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I'm sure a soldiers don't normally face reprisal for refusing to follow orders. /s

Maybe... don't issue orders that may be war crimes?

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yes, it's a very sticky wicket. In Israel's case you can just be a conscientious objector and either make up an excuse for non-service, or take the jail time. In places that don't even pose as Liberal democracies that's not an option, and you're best off trying to defect to someone else. If you can't manage that either, it's basically just time to survive while choosing kindness wherever you can, even if it means some loss and some risk. The soldier in The Pianist giving the guy cake comes to mind.

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 5 points 1 week ago

The only ethical option is to refuse to go when they try to enlist you.

[-] wispy_jsp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Doesn't Israel have required military service?

[-] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 3 points 1 week ago

Yet there are still people who refuse to enlist.

[-] Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 points 1 week ago

I believe it was Chris Browning who showed that German Wehrmacht soldiers, who refused to be in Einsatzgruppen didn't get punished for it.

[-] v4ld1z@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 week ago

Might be. Just a hunch, nothing concrete to report

[-] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Gee I don't know ... they call themselves the Chosen People and require everyone else to do that too or they levy accusations of antisemitism.

How can a Chosen Person ^TM^ do a war crime ? Unpossible.

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

They are also indoctrinated during that service to see Palestinians as vermin.

[-] PanArab@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

They relish in committing war crimes, they don't see us as people

[-] cosmicrookie@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Weve been through that before haven't we?

[-] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Soooo all orders

[-] fuckdenialists@lemmy.cafe 0 points 1 week ago
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