He’s calling for an end to the genocide, and for the Australian government to cease promoting genocide by doing two-way arms trade with the genocidal state.
Anything else is whataboutism.
Comment on ABC pulls interview with Palestine advocate from website and iview
sqgl@beehaw.org 9 months ago
So he is calling for the elimination of Israel? Or is he calling for a one-nation state where a Palestinian majority will supposedly conduct a democracy without misogyny, homophobia continuing the Hamas agenda to expel all Jews?
Am well aware there are a growing number of Jews with an agenda to expel all Arabs from Gaza. I wouldn’t want ABC propagating sloganeering from them either.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Listen to the words he actually said
He said ‘for Palestine to be free, from the river to the sea’.
That is a call for Islamic Imperialism, for the end of Israel and the killing of all Israelis including the 20% of Israelis who are Muslim.
BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 9 months ago
Only Zionists could seriously try to claim that “calling for Palestinians to be free = calling for genocide”
letsgo@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Well let’s have a look at how well Jews are doing in other Muslim majority countries shall we?
Gorgritch_umie_killa@aussie.zone 9 months ago
He qualified what he meant by that statement in his very next breath. And it very much wasn’t a call for imperialism.
It doesn’t do anyone well to ignore the clearly stated intentions behind somebody’s words.
sqgl@beehaw.org 9 months ago
You are right but it wasn’t in the Crikey article of OP so go maybe easy on the commenter.
Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Is it Jewish imperialism when the Likud party in 1977 election manifesto said: “Between the sea and the Jordan there will only be Israeli sovereignty.”?
Or does that not count because whataboutism?
sqgl@beehaw.org 9 months ago
It is a good point however Likud took 5 dud attempted coalitions before coming back in power. Bibi was about to go on trial for embezzlement. They were not that popular.
Unfortunately while Likud are still not popular, political pundits say the Left would be very unlikely to form a coalition government in the next election.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 9 months ago
No, listen to all the words he said that Palestinian freedom needs to come, not at the expense of other people.
sqgl@beehaw.org 9 months ago
Admittedly Crikey accidentally made it sound worse by taking it out of context but they may not have had access to the video (which has since been posted in this thread).
Nevertheless, a one-state solution cannot work because Hamas are not seeking what this guest is talking about.
sqgl@beehaw.org 9 months ago
The Post is literally summarised here with:
During the interview, Nasser Mashni made a pointed remark that it was time ‘for Palestine to be free, from the river to the sea’
That could well be why the interview was pulled. One could argue whether that slogan is sinister or not. If sinister they could have aired it without the slogan (but some would argue against platforming someone with that view).
These are the actual issues it seems, certainly not whataboutism.
Zagorath@aussie.zone 9 months ago
Ah interesting. That edited statement was not there when I first read the article. Frankly, I don’t believe the ABC’s claim. If it were true, that’s an answer that could easily have been provided in time for publication. They’ve come up with a post-hoc excuse after seeing how much play this story was getting. They had initially hoped to quietly acquiesce to the pro-genociders without attracting as much attention as the last time they did so.
sqgl@beehaw.org 9 months ago
And since they went through the bother of “accidentally” uploading it, why did they go through the extra bother to remove it?
They play both sides. Am sure they have their own internal battles of which side to support since they do not seem consistent to me.
gensiderfuckoff@lemmings.world 9 months ago
And yes the genocide was justifies because the genocidee would become genociders jf they had the chance /s