It's simply not the BBC's job to tell people who to support and who to condemn, writes the BBC's World Affairs editor.

I guess not strictly news - but with all of the vitriol I have seen in discussions on the Israel situation, that have boiled down to arguments over wording, I feel that this take from the BBC is worthy of some discussion.

Mods, feel free to remove if this is not newsy enough.

  • HelixDab2@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 year ago

    "Arab citizens of Israel" =/= Palestinians.

    Given that Israelis can, and do, burn out Palestinians in the occupied areas in order to seize their land, and Israeli authorities do nothing, and even help the arsonists, I don't think that I'm overstating that. Moreover, the Arab voices in the Knesset are a minuscule minority; I think it's something like a total of 5 seats, while Likud and their far-right allies have 63 seats.