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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/8/ukraines-zelenskyy-and-israels-netanyahu-discuss-israeli-support-for-kyiv

Sad, but not unsurprising that Israel would demand press releases like this for aid.

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Ah so Palestinians are allowed to die by Israeli hands but Israeli are not allowed to die by Palestinian hands in Zelensky’s eyes. Okay, got it.

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Why would he care? He’s fighting a war and his own people are getting slaughtered. He needs to say whatever he needs to get the necessary support to win. Israel is a powerful country and his country needs their support.

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Never said he should care but he shouldn’t complain if people are siding with Russia for their own gains now. He’s doing the exact same thing.

Nonetheless, I hope that Ukraine wins it. What Russia did is fucked.

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Hamas went in and massacred civilians and took hostages. Zelenskyy can clearly emphathize with Israel at this point in time without any further motivation necessary.

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Of course, he’ll complain. Your point is simply illogical. Zelensky is not some smooth brain moral expert wannabe on the internet. He is the president of a country that’s at war. He has his country’s best interests at heart, therefore he will do whatever will help his country. He needs the support of Israel, he needs the support of the US, he needs the support of the UK, he needs the support of the EU. They’re the ones who stood by him in his country’s darkest days and helped Ukraine have a fighting chance against the world’s second most powerful military.

Why would he not return the favor when one of these countries gets invaded to improve relations? Why would he risk support for his own country by not doing so? By the same token, why would he be okay with other countries that are siding with the enemy country? He’s going to have whatever stances helps Ukraine the most. In war you have to do whatever is necessary to weaken your enemy and strengthen yourself.

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No, it’s just that Zelensky has to lick Netanyahu’s behind to beg for aid. Sad but true

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That’s very much not true, Ukraine not yet received any aid from Israel.

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Right, but they want to.

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It was either support Israel, or lose access to their weapons. I’m sure if Palestine was the oppressor with military superiority, he would support them. Of course, whether or not he personally supports Israel’s regime is unknown to us, but we do know he needs their weapons.

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No I think it has more to do with US and EU positions. He will parrot their opinions because he wants to be seen as an ally. Add that to the support he’s already getting from that region and the answer is that he isn’t allowed a real opinion here

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Agreed. That is the more likely scenario.

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I mean from the videos recorded by militants themselves. It is really hard to support them.

Frankly they fucked Palestinians with this move and will be really hard to get international support.

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I’m not sure who you mean regards the support (English isn’t my native language).

However if you meant, it is hard to support Palestinians due to what’s happening now. That’s hypocrisy.

I don’t agree with the murdering and all. However, Israel have been doing that for decades and decades (killing men, woman and children. Stealing homes, closing water, electricity and basic needs) and no one bat an eye to it. Now Hamas striking back and it is all bad?

Certainly is bad however not unsurprising. People will fight back.

EDIT: I think, I have misunderstood what you said. Let me know if that is the case.

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That was bad and this is bad. Two things can be bad and saying the second one is bad doesn’t means the first one is good.

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on the other hand, russia has asked both to cease fire immediately…the irony in that is beyond anything

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Invader proposes to accept the new borders.

Invadee proposes to restore original borders.

Sounds like normal things to say in either position

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Hamas had recent visits with Moscow. Wouldn’t be surprised at all if they had something to do with it, to distract west from Ukraine.

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Meds Now

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What new light?

Zelensky has a take you don’t agree with, so Ukraine is no longer worth supporting?

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All blood doesn’t have the same value. russian blood and that of terrorists like Hamas is less than worthless. Zelensky is Jewish. The only idiots are those that are surprised he has this take.

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“Every life is valuable! We condemn all forms of terrorism”

Zelenski has to walk a fine line … on one end, he needs support from Israel, on the other, he knows Israel is an occupier just like Russia, so he cannot even show too much support. And so, he condemn “all forms of terrorism”, implying that Ukraine, unlike Hamas, is not resorting to (too much) terrorism to fight back … between a rock and a hard place there.

Or he could just condemn Israel and lose their support, in exchange for “the moral high ground” and avoiding hypocrisy, but that never won any war. I don’t envy him.

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Man what a game of political minesweeper eh fucking hell

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I think the implication is rather that he equates invaders with terrorists. Of course Ukraine has the right to fight back, which is not terrorism.

So maybe he drew the parallel differently, placing Ukraine on one side with Israel.

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He calls Russia terrorist because they engage in a war of terror, attacking the citizens of Ukraine purposefully rather than sticking to military objectives.

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Right, he’s not calling Russia terrorists simply for invading and attacking, but for how they do it. Thanks.

I still think the comparison is rather Ukraine/Israel vs Russia/Hamas, especially since both Hamas and Russia purposefully attack civilians.

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Seems like the whole conflict was created by English who promised both Jews and Palestinians the same land when they help them.

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I don’t doubt it, but based on UN resolutions, there is clearly only one country occupying another.

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The English cannot blame the french invaders in 1066 for their land problems. At some point, a generation or so, imo, your problems are your own. You night not have created them but you can sure choose to solve them or not.

The people living in Gaza are not savages, they are capable of sophisticated governance. They choose not to exercise that faculty and instead voted and continue to approve of violence and never-ending revenge.

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