Israeli Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu has extremist rhetoric against Palestinians - Anadolu Ajansı
  • Tricia@feddit.de
    529·
    10 months ago

    The report did forget to mention that the minister was suspended for his first statement in November…

    I really don’t want to defend anyone here but I think it is important to stay as close to the facts as possible

    • ???@lemmy.world
      30·
      10 months ago

      I agree that the article should mention such things.

      However from what I read he seems to have only been “reprimanded” or suspended from meetings for it, not actually suspended as a minister.

    • alvvayson@lemmy.world
      18·
      10 months ago

      So does that make him not a minister (an ex-minister?).

      If he was suspended and not sacked, then I think he is still minister, but I am no expert on Israeli politics.

  • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
    26·
    10 months ago

    Too late … several advocates have already pointed out that Israel have dropped enough munitions in Gaza now to be beyond the level of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima

  • Cyborganism@lemmy.ca
    23·
    10 months ago

    And risk having nuclear fallout spread in Israel? Are they mad?

    Also this would be the first time since Hiroshima and Nagasaki that any nation used a nuclear weapon against another nation.

    If they do that, fuck it, I’m siding with everybody else who believes Israel needs to disappear and the land be given back to Palestinians. They would lose the legitimacy of the existence of their nation in my eyes.

    • Red5@lemmygrad.ml
      8·
      10 months ago

      If they nuke Gaza they’ll lose legitimacy in your eyes?

      Prefer your genocides to be more drawn out?

    • PapaStevesy@midwest.socialEnglish
      211·
      10 months ago

      I mean, Israel is literally right next to it, it would almost certainly make parts of their own country unlivable. Nothing they do seems to be based on logic or morality in any way though, so it’s not that surprising.

    • R0cket_M00se@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      10 months ago

      Depends, modern electronic triggers and airburst munitions can yield smaller nuclear detonations without the fallout of traditional “slap two chunks of uranium together” style nukes.

      Not sure exactly how much room a tactical nuclear device would need but it’s possible to do it without taking out the entire place, yes.

      • filister@lemmy.world
        21·
        10 months ago

        The question is that if they drop atomic bomb the radiation from some radioactive isotopes has a really long half-life, and not sure if you can create a bomb only with isotopes who have short half-life. I am definitely not an expert and now I am curious if someone managed to achieve that.

        For perspective, and don’t tell me that dropping nuclear bombs over civilians was the necessary evil to do during WWII. Because if it was, how would you explain this:

        The atomic bomb that detonated over Hiroshima used Uranium-235, while the Nagasaki bomb had Plutonium-239. The half-life of U-235 is 700 million years, while that of Pu-239 is 24,000 years. In other words, once on the ground, they will be there for a very long time.