The “controlling the media” part is grasping for strings and a bit of a stretch, but the rest is accurate.
It’s not a tiny minority who contribute to the war massacre. The overwhelming majority of Israeli citizens over the age of 25 have served 2+ years in the IDF. Openly ethnonationalist parties have prevailed in the past 4 democratic* elections, and basically have a permanent mandate. The liberal opposition is in agreement with waging the war; their main disagreement is stylistic, just like the controlled liberal opposition in America. A plurality of Israeli Jews support the genocide and believe that Palestinians all need to be exterminated. Since 2023 that has probably become a clear majority. Israeli businesses are maintained with underpaid Palestinian labor. Hundreds of thousands of Israelis live on illegal settlements. All of them live on stolen land. The government and military are part and parcel of Israeli society.
*As much as elections that systematically exclude a large demographic fraction can ever be called democratic.
When people say “death to Israel” they mean the State of Israel that denies human rights to Palestinians. The figurative “Israel”, as in the descendents of the twelve tribes of Hebrew people, is not being targeted. I don’t wish death to Israelis, but I do wish they would move back to the countries they came from so that a sovereign and inclusive Palestine can exist, and eventually welcome Jews back as equal citizens. Until that time, the only Israeli Jews who are good people are the dissidents and conscientious objectors.
The “controlling the media” part is grasping for strings and a bit of a stretch, but the rest is accurate.
It’s not a tiny minority who contribute to the
warmassacre. The overwhelming majority of Israeli citizens over the age of 25 have served 2+ years in the IDF. Openly ethnonationalist parties have prevailed in the past 4 democratic* elections, and basically have a permanent mandate. The liberal opposition is in agreement with waging the war; their main disagreement is stylistic, just like the controlled liberal opposition in America. A plurality of Israeli Jews support the genocide and believe that Palestinians all need to be exterminated. Since 2023 that has probably become a clear majority. Israeli businesses are maintained with underpaid Palestinian labor. Hundreds of thousands of Israelis live on illegal settlements. All of them live on stolen land. The government and military are part and parcel of Israeli society.*As much as elections that systematically exclude a large demographic fraction can ever be called democratic.
When people say “death to Israel” they mean the State of Israel that denies human rights to Palestinians. The figurative “Israel”, as in the descendents of the twelve tribes of Hebrew people, is not being targeted. I don’t wish death to Israelis, but I do wish they would move back to the countries they came from so that a sovereign and inclusive Palestine can exist, and eventually welcome Jews back as equal citizens. Until that time, the only Israeli Jews who are good people are the dissidents and conscientious objectors.
I hope that spells it out for you.