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Originally Posted by peter12
This isn't fair. Naga actually says stuff.
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The stuff that Naga says is always, 100% in support of Israeli policies regardless of what they are. I understand the mentality. Israel is possibly the only nation in the world that has been in a state of existential crisis from the day it was formed. Understandably, Israeli's and Jews around the world that see Israel as "their Nation" are defensive, especially when they are being accused of behaving against neighbors who typically do or try to do much worse to Israel and others.
But even so, it's not an objective viewpoint. So, when Naga "says stuff" some of the stuff he says is accurate and some of it is just blind defensiveness of Israel. When it's the latter he should be called out on it as should others when they defend the despicable actions of other bad actors in the region.
I don't think there is any question that Israel has some policies regarding Palestinians that should not be considered acceptable in a liberal democracy. Do we hold the Palestinians, Iranians, Saudi's, etc to the same standard? Of course not, they are not liberal democracies. Unfortunately, a lot of Israelis and a lot of Israeli supporters fail to recognize that their blind, stubborn support of Israeli policies like Settlements likely makes life harder for Israelis and the prospect of peace.