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Palestine-Israel Crisis Megathread (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by jackmarxist@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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Due to the severity of the situation and the fast flowing news cycle, we have decided to create a general megathread for discussion regarding the conflict.

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[-] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 11 months ago

The chance of a World War III happening is significantly higher by escalating the UA-RUS war than this. Palestine has no allies and they have been cornered for years. US just secures a clean genocide.

[-] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago

Ukraine isn't NATO and the West has given every indication that they see it as a proxy war with Russia. Israel is already dragging in the US, and risks dragging in Iran, which would force the Arab World to choose sides.

[-] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 11 months ago

How is Iran joining forcing the Arab world to choose sides? Iran is not well liked in the Arab world. Most of them would probably prefer if Iran goes down with Palestine and wouldn't care much. At least not the Saudis, Iraq and Pakistan. Don't think Egypt is too hot for Iran either.

[-] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml 7 points 11 months ago

Iran-Saudi talked for the first time in forever to align on this

[-] foo2@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Iran, or rather the Iranian government, is one of the major players in this conflict. They are financing Hamas and Hezbollah. It is plainly false to say it was Israel that "risks dragging in Iran".

[-] TheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.id 4 points 11 months ago

Iran is Persian, not Arab. They are also currently engaged in a power struggle by proxy with the KSA, ostensibly to determine which of them will become the region's dominant power. There is no world in which KSA sides with Iran, and as they go (MBS really) so go most of the other big players in the Arab world.