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We must face reality — the Gaza War is now a war of annihilation (forward.com)

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from The Forward
[Jewish publication from USA]
Jay Michaelson
May 28, 2025

"The gulf between Israel’s government and the rest of the world — including its allies, the Trump administration, the Israeli public, and the American Jewish community — is widening into a chasm. And yet some in Jewish leadership are hiding their heads in the sand.

Critics of the Netanyahu-Smotrich regime are no longer just campus protesters, or hostile-to-Israel regimes, or antisemites like the murderer of two young Jews at an AJC event in Washington DC last week. They include former prime minister Ehud Olmert..."

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[-] wildbus8979@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 weeks ago

[-] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 weeks ago

Was about to say… wasn’t that always their plan…?

[-] gonzo-rand19@moist.catsweat.com 20 points 2 weeks ago

The goal has been annihilation since well before 1948. It's so ridiculous that news media keeps pretending that October 7th kicked off a new conflict.

[-] Navarian@lemm.ee 19 points 2 weeks ago

At what point will people realise this genocide is not a 'War' at all.

These murderers should be tried in the Hague.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Only facing reality now?

Better late than never I guess.

[-] thejevans@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 weeks ago

or antisemites like the murderer of two young Jews at an AJC event in Washington DC last week

lol sure

[-] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 9 points 2 weeks ago

And that is why adventurism is bad. I read his manifesto, it was thoughtful, sober, and somber reasoning that made sense in a vacuum, but two zionist staffers getting clapped isn't going to end the war and the media simply buries his own words and paints him as an anti-semite.