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According to ACLED, from 7 Oct 2023 - December 5, 2025, Israel attacked these countries (There have been many more attacks since then): (LINK)
Countries attacked by Russia since 24 Feb 2022 - Ukraine
Sanctions on Russia: 20 Sanction Packages
Sanctions on Israel by EU and HERE (harder to find any) 3 Sanction Packages
Israel war crimes in the war on Gaza. They've cut electricity, fuel, food and water to Gaza’s population and severely curtailed life-saving humanitarian aid, all of which are acts of collective punishment. The ICC has issued arrest warrants naming Israeli leaders and alleging war crimes and crimes against humanity (including starvation as a method of warfare). They have also been accused multiple times of attempting genocide. Israel is accused of the gravest war crimes - how governments respond could haunt them for years to come
I can't find any accusations of Russia using white phospherous
The two wars are different in that The war in Ukraine is a state-to-state conflict, while the one in Gaza shows an asymmetric war in the besieged enclave
FACTBOX - Ukraine and Gaza wars compared
The Israeli wars are just dirtier than anything most have seen or heard of. In the UK you are more likely to be awarded something for protesting against the Russian invasion of Ukraine than anything else. But protesting against the more violent, more aggressive and more illegal wars commited by Israel will likely get you arrested and possibly treated as a terrorist.
Let that sink in.
In the UK if you protest against a genocide in another country, the government have ordered the Police to arrest you.
Petition: End the prosecution of peaceful protestors in the UK)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65506993
Largely agree with what you wrote, but let's not whitewash russia to make isreal look bad in comparison. They have absolutely used/been using white phos munitions on Ukrainian civilians
Not sure where you see the whitewashing of russia there?
Would you look at that, a wild genocide connoisseur appeared!
Go fucking extinct with your comparisons of human suffering. The only thing you prove is your own lack of morals. The only thing you achieve is total disrespect to those suffering.
new label..... genocide supporter. there you go!
I was not comparing the wars for the wars. I was going to explain at the end, I ran out of time, but I naively thought it would be understood. I can only say what was in my head when I posted it. Or you did understand it, and approve of what's happening.
I am not (I thought obviously) condoning any war.
I'm not saying that one war is "better" or "worse" than any other war.
My main point (really, my only point) is that Starmers government compared the two and decided that one is bad and the other is good.
Despite all the atrocities that Israel do (which I was trying to accentuate in the post) - People are getting locked up as terrorists for agreeing with Palestine action.
it's fucking ridiculous
in the UK we can be arrested for protesting against a genocide.
Where is the disrespect? They just point out the moral ambiguity of the west.
Nothing ambiguous about it. Insert family guy skin color swatches meme. You might be looking for the term "hypocrisy" instead.
Would you look at that someone blindly defending Israel.