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minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 days agoIt’s easier to condemn one country attacking another country’s territory than a country carrying out attacks on it’s own. Basically, it turns the Gaza crisis from a domestic issue to an international issue.
minus-squareBlackmist@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 days agoWe had no problem intervening in Serbia when they were doing the same thing though. Kosovo wasn’t it’s own country until years later. I suspect the key difference is Serbia was a Russian ally (although even they fell out over this) and Israel is a US outpost.
It’s easier to condemn one country attacking another country’s territory than a country carrying out attacks on it’s own. Basically, it turns the Gaza crisis from a domestic issue to an international issue.
We had no problem intervening in Serbia when they were doing the same thing though. Kosovo wasn’t it’s own country until years later.
I suspect the key difference is Serbia was a Russian ally (although even they fell out over this) and Israel is a US outpost.