I need more context
this post was submitted on 26 Jan 2026
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People saying Israel has the right to defend themselves is bullshit enough to wake someone from a coma to counter it.
Ah I thought there was more context on why this comic is relevant.
Oh, no, just the standard ongoing genocide of the Palestinians. It might not be in the news cycle as much, but I still like to bring it up.
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I don't think it's bullshit, exactly
However it's a pretty meaningless sentence, that frequently gets used to convey things the words don't convey.
Water is wet, the sky is blue, all lives matter, Israel has a right to defend themselves.
But just because Israel has a right to defend themselves, doesn't give them the right to commit war crimes. And that's the implied interpretation
Saying they have the right to defend themselves implies Israel has the right to exist. It does not, it must go the way of Rhodesia.
Simbabwe had 2% white people. And neither group was interested in killing the other.
Israel has about as many citizens as there are Palestinians in historic Palestine. Both groups want to kill the other.
I don't see them following a similar path
Tough luck for the Israelis.