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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by lwadmin@lemmy.world to c/lemmyworld@lemmy.world

Due to a (now former) admin of the instance anarchist.nexus calling for a member of our team, as well as anyone else they call a zionist, to be murdered, the instance has been defederated.

We're currently discussing how we will proceed with this situation and whether it will affect lemmy.dbzer0.com, which is mostly run by the same admin team, notably excluding the person who used to be on the anarchist.nexus admin team.

We will share further updates once we have them.


Update 2026-04-22 23:25 UTC: anarchist.nexus federation has been reactivated.

We are still discussing this matter, but there is currently no point in keeping anarchist.nexus defederated while lemmy.dbzer0.com is federated.

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[-] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

If the instance in question fails to remove the admin

The post itself admits that the admin in question is no longer in their admin group. I don't know more beyond that, but it sounds like the instance may already be working towards making things right

[-] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net -2 points 1 week ago

I've got a bit more knowledge of the narrative here so I'll explain. Luminous, the admin who said kill all Zionists, has voluntarily resigned as an admin in order to try and get anarchist.nexus refederated. But the prevailing sentiment on anarchist.nexus and its sibling instance is that Luminous did nothing wrong.

Personally, as an anarchist, I think we should only be killing Zionist soldiers, not the civilians. So I'm very concerned by this apparent support for what would likely amount to war crimes. Zionism is bad, but I don't support the death penalty for being a zionist.

Now if you look at the history of Gaza, it gets even worse. Netanyahu funded Hamas in the most recent Gazan election to help them win, because they were more radical and violent than the other parties. Netanyahu wanted Gaza to be governed by people who think killing all Zionists is okay. So I think that Luminous is playing into Israel's hands, and giving them the propaganda they want. Is defederation an appropriate way to keep this propaganda from spreading? Unclear, I'm still on the fence. But I'm definitely not on Luminous' side in all this.

[-] Diva@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

'netanyahu created hamas' is a hasbara talking point that removes palestinian agency and de-legitimizes resistance by framing it as an israeli puppet show.

hamas emerged from the material conditions of occupation and blockade

allowing qatari money into gaza and exploiting hamas/pa divisions is standard colonial divide-and-conquer, not 'creating' resistance.

the 'playing into israel's hands' argument is just more tone policing. colonial powers will paint resistance as terrorism regardless of rhetoric.

respectability politics doesn't stop genocide. if palestinian armed resistance against iof soldiers is legitimate, then saying 'kill zionists' online isn't 'giving israel propaganda', it's just being honest about what legitimate resistance entails.

applying 'war crimes' frameworks to resistance while actual genocide is happening is liberal legalism that judges the oppressed by their oppressor's rules. international law was written by imperial powers to protect imperial interests.

this whole framework of calling on moral realism about death penalty being 'objectively wrong,' insistence on fair trials, tone policing resistance rhetoric, defending zionist family members as 'just misled' is just liberal moralism with anarchist aesthetics. there's nothing anarchist about supporting state institutions (courts, prisons) or prioritizing israeli propaganda concerns over palestinian liberation.

'anarcho anti-realist' my ass

[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

To some extent, none of that matters. There is no justification for calling for the extra-judicial killing of anyone, no matter how much you dislike their politics. That's just murder.

You might say that some people should face trial for their behavior, and you might support the death penalty as a punitive measure, and those statements might be valid and permissible.

Saying that anyone should be killed based on their personal beliefs or political views is fucking heinous, no matter the context.

[-] alzjim@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

extra-judicial

Why should the state have the monopoly on killing? They clearly do a horrible job with it and use it to kill innocent school girls to defend genocide.

What’s legal is not what’s ethical. Legal systems have no basis for justice.

[-] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 0 points 1 week ago

Saying that anyone should be killed based on their personal beliefs or political views is fucking heinous, no matter the context.

[-] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net -1 points 1 week ago

Well, killing soldiers in a war is extrajudicial, and I think there are valid reasons to kill soldiers in a war. I want us to go to war with Israel and blow up their military bases, which would certainly cause the deaths of some soldiers. But soldiers sign up to put their lives on the line for their country, so there's a measure of fairness. Israel's draft complicates that argument a little bit, but not by much.

But I remain opposed to the death penalty. In a war, death is the only way to remove someone from being able to harm others. When we have other options, we should take them. If we manage to get Netanyahu into government custody, we should be keeping him alive so he can face trial for his war crimes. And then he should be put in prison for life.

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