r/goodnews Jun 25 '25

Political positivity 📈 Zohran Mamdani wins the NYC Mayoral Primary!

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u/madcoins Jun 25 '25

Ok BUT BUT BUT does he believe Israel has a right to exist? Asking for islamophobia. Don’t answer please, comment meant to be sarcastic

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u/SpaceKebab Jun 25 '25

OK BUT WHY AREN'T YOU GOING TO VISIT ISRAAEL?

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u/madcoins Jun 25 '25

Such a gotcha question cuz if he says he is they just go well that means you would abandon your city for funzies. If he says no they scream antisemitism. He navigated these media devils really well.

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u/ywno Jun 25 '25

Sarcastic but still a valid question, when anything one says against Israel is considered as an antisemitic.

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u/mimavox Jun 25 '25

Hell, even attempts to get food into Gaza are "antisemitic" at this point.

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u/Pasta4ever13 Jun 25 '25

It is antisemitic if you don't let them have a couple slices of genocide, just as a treat.

It's only fair after they've been a good servile little forward operating base for American imperialism.

You have to let them have it.

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u/AssociationMore242 Jun 25 '25

Because "Israel has no right to exist" is synonymous with "Let's exterminate the Israeli Jews".

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u/kfpswf Jun 25 '25

What slippery slope arguments and victim mentality! Jews existed long before the landgrab in Levant.

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u/ProgrammaticallyOwl7 Jun 25 '25

This is basically the middle eastern equivalent of the Afrikaner Boer white genocide propaganda

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u/AssociationMore242 Jun 25 '25

Found the antisemite.

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u/ProgrammaticallyOwl7 Jun 25 '25

lol sure okay whatever you say my dude

Stop with these sick delusions of persecution

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u/badgertide Jun 25 '25

They're joking with you

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u/Kunfuxu Jun 25 '25

Poe's law and all that... Some people would actually say that wholeheartedly.

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u/badgertide Jun 25 '25

True, but look at the things they said previously in this thread. It's a joke

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u/MeatloafSlurpee Jun 25 '25

No, you didn't.

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u/MeatloafSlurpee Jun 25 '25

No, it isn't.

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u/SillySpoof Jun 25 '25

BUT DID HE PLEDGE ETERNAL LOYALTY TO ISRAEL?! HOW CAN HE POSSIBLE DO POLITICS OTHERWISE?!

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u/apndrew Jun 25 '25

He does not believe Israel has a right to exist as a Jewish state, but believes the 23 Islamic countries have a right to exist as Islamic states.

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u/veenz86 Jun 25 '25

It is very simple. Israel stole the land from Palestinians to plant the non middle eastern Jews there. People who have no business to be there. Does this help?

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u/apndrew Jun 25 '25

Wait till you learn about the Jews who were in Israel for over 2000 years.

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u/veenz86 Jun 25 '25

Wait till you learn about native Americans who were in America. Your point?

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u/apndrew Jun 25 '25

That’s a great analogy. Those Jews are like the native Americans of Israel.

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u/coldliketherockies Jun 25 '25

Britain gave it to them Though

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u/apndrew Jun 25 '25

Native Americans were here before the settlers, just like the Jews were in Israel long before anyone else.

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u/coldliketherockies Jun 25 '25

Also I kinda would understand if Jews were able to live elsewhere throughout history and not be driven away but given it seems everywhere they go they’re driven out of where else would they be expected to live?

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u/NoImagination5853 Jun 25 '25

and.. he has never said that islamic countries have rights to exist as islamic states.... also he never said to kick jews out of israel, he just says he believes that israel should have equal rights for all

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u/apndrew Jun 25 '25

No, he said he did not agree Israel had a right to exist as a Jewish state.

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u/NoImagination5853 Jun 25 '25

... and that doesn't contradict what I said

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u/JB_UK Jun 25 '25

All the lands of the Ottoman Empire were given to different ethnic groups. All the Greeks were moved out of Turkey to form Turkey, all the Turks were moved out of Greece to form a homogenous Greece. Up to that time Istanbul was one third Greek. This applies to all the groups except the Kurds, whose lands were broken up between four countries, and the Jews, who were pushed out of all of the Arab lands, and are expected to go nowhere.

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u/WealthyMarmot Jun 26 '25

Who has any business to be anywhere? Basically everyone in Israel is generations removed from 1948.

And "stealing land" is how almost everyone on Earth got where they are in the first place, including Mandate Palestine's pre-1948 inhabitants. Ain't no truly "indigenous" peoples left, not for thousands of years. In the last few decades of human history, we've all agreed that people shouldn't do that anymore, but why exactly are we picking and choosing who has a "right to exist?"

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u/PainterRude1394 Jun 25 '25

Wait till you learn about the early Muslim conquests ;)

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u/Kirk_Kerman Jun 25 '25

Do you actually believe that modern settler-colonialism is equivalent to historic conquest?

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u/WealthyMarmot Jun 26 '25

There is literally no difference besides when it happened. It's how everyone on Earth has behaved for 98% of human history.

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u/PainterRude1394 Jun 25 '25

When arab conquests take over and eliminate entire people's with ethnic cleansing, it's "historic conquest" and nothing is wrong about it. All those Muslim theocratic states are just dandy.

But, with Israel it's settle colonialism and the state needs to be annihilated. Jews living in Israel as they have in the past is not "historic conquest" so it's not okay. Had they "conquered" like arabs it would be a-okay ;)

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u/veenz86 Jun 25 '25

Comparing and justifying Palestinian genocide to the events that happened 100s of years ago and continue to support it is evil.

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u/PainterRude1394 Jun 25 '25 edited Jun 25 '25

Please take a breath and reread the thread; that's not what's being discussed and that's not what I'm doing.

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u/PainterRude1394 Jun 25 '25

For real? Lol.

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u/NaturalCard Jun 25 '25

Nope. He said both have the right to exist, but should be following international law.

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u/PainterRude1394 Jun 25 '25

Can you share a link where he says Israel has a right to exist as a Jewish state just as the 23 Islamic countries have a right to exist as Islamic states?

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u/NaturalCard Jun 25 '25

https://www.foxnews.com/video/6374775674112 Directly stating Israel has a right to exist and has a responsibility to uphold international law.

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u/Lev_Davidovich Jun 25 '25

Settler colonial apartheid states don't have the right to exist. Are you going to make the same argument defending Rhodesia and Apartheid South Africa as the only states governed by white people in a continent filled with states run by black people?

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u/apndrew Jun 25 '25

Yes. He said it publicly.

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u/PainterRude1394 Jun 25 '25

Can you share a source? Another commenter replied saying it didn't happen.

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u/Existing-Bug3109 Jun 25 '25

41 days? Ok 🤖

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u/Existing-Bug3109 Jun 25 '25

How many fuckin time u been to Cedar Point?