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"We're seeing the combination of genocidal acts with special intent," said Raz Segal, an Israeli historian.

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[–] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes but have you considered that Arabs aren't white?

[–] masquenox@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

Depends on which arbitrary definition of "white" you are using. I see a lot of white supremacists pretending that Israel can't be white supremacist because either Jewish people "aren't white" and/or Arab people suddenly "are white" - whatever their pretzel-logic demands in the moment, I guess.

[–] UnknownQuantity@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What? Semites aren't white like Semites?

[–] zerfuffle@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

Honourary white

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

"White" is more of an arbitrary label for "guys like us". Italians and Irish were not considered white not so long ago.