• kreskin@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    solely removing their influence out of the equation will never change anything substantial

    hard disagree, Israel is one of the greatest impediments to peace across the world. Even not counting the mass misery and mass murder they have committed, Without them in the middle east the place would be transformed and religious extremism would be less attractive to millions of people in many faiths.

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      10 hours ago

      My point is that a large part of what led to Israel being the way it is are the western values and ideals it was established specifically in mind of, namely colonialism, imperialism, and western exceptionalism. Solely getting rid of them doesn’t handle any of the root causes like that.