• Zagorath@aussie.zone
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    4 months ago

    Netanyahu is the Prime Minister, not President. The President is more of a ceremonial role, similar to our Governor General.

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        4 months ago

        A war criminal is someone we’re obligated by law to arrest. We are not obligated by law to arrest the president of Israel (only the prime minister).

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          4 months ago

          Yeah, let’s maybe not leave that up to the state/legal system to decide who is and isn’t a war criminal. They’re terribly biased and bad faith arbiters.

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          “Why is Hitler a war criminal he didn’t pull any of the triggers”

          He’s literally the head of state of a country doing a genocide.

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            Hitler was put on the United Nations War Crimes Commission’s first list of war criminals in December 1944, after determining that Hitler could be held criminally responsible for the acts of the Nazis in occupied countries. By March 1945, at least seven indictments had been filed against him.

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            Hitler was actually the one ordering it. That’s Netanyahu’s role in Israel. The President is more like our Governor General, or the King. A largely ceremonial role.

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                  4 months ago

                  cmon man surely you know lemmy by now?

                  Could you elaborate?

                  Israel bad. that’s literally it.

                  I can’t believe you haven’t picked this up seeing some of the most brain dead responses I’ve got

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                    4 months ago

                    Israel bad

                    Well, yes. That’s true.

                    And Israel’s president is, by all accounts, also a terrible person.

                    But he’s a terrible person with limited powers. Not like Israel’s Prime Minister, or America’s President.

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          4 months ago

          my gosh you’re getting downvoted even though you’re right, it’s left on left violence!