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[–] dannoffs@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The West, particularly the US where I am, has way more power to stop Israel than it has to force Egypt to accept refugees. They don't need to "listen to reason" they need to be told to stop or we'll stop propping up your entire economy and defense apparatus.

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ok? They won't stop in the next hour or two, how do we protect the civilians until they do?

[–] dannoffs@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are you suggesting it's quicker to relocate 2 million people than it is to get a dependent colony to stop committing genocide?

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Right now we're moving zero people to safety, both should be done at the same time, moving them somewhere safe AND getting Israel to stop the genocide, what you're arguing in favor of is facilitating the genocide by keeping all the victims at Israel's reach.

[–] dannoffs@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

No, what I'm arguing in favor of is doing something we actually we actually have the power to do. Of course Palestinians who want to leave should be able to do so, but unless you're suggesting that we should send a massive convoy of boats to pick up hundreds of thousands of fleeing Palestinians, we have no power to help them get to safety. Even if we could force Egypt to to accept refugees, we would have to get Israel to open the Rafah Crossing which would take as much time as it would to get them to stop bombing entirely.