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Two UN peacekeepers in Lebanon have been wounded by Israeli fire, the mission said on Thursday, as Israel's military ground operations in the country continued.

In a statement, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) said two of its members were wounded after a Merkava tank fired towards an observation tower at Unifil headquarters in Naqoura, "directly hitting it and causing them to fall".

"[Israeli] soldiers also fired on UN position (UNP) 1-31 in Labbouneh, hitting the entrance to the bunker where peacekeepers were sheltering, and damaging vehicles and a communications system," said the peacekeeping mission.

"An IDF drone was observed flying inside the UN position up to the bunker entrance."

Israeli attacks in Lebanon over the past month, including a bombing campaign and ground invasion, have killed over 1,200 people and displaced one million.

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[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago (3 children)

What the fuck is wrong with these assholes?

[–] pickman_model@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Maybe they're using the tried-and-tested strategy of targeting UN forces to make them leave. It happened in Rwanda too, they killed those Belgian peacekeepers and then Belgium and France pulled out. Shortly after that, the Rwandan start their genocide. At least the Israelis seem to have just wounded the peacekeepers, unlike the Rwandan, who hacked the Belgian with machetes. Nevertheless, it doesn't look very promising.

[–] sorval_the_eeter@lemmy.world 11 points 22 hours ago

The Israelis did it in 2006 as well. killed 4 UN peacekeepers chilling in their post. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_incidents_during_the_2006_Lebanon_War

They did it during the 6 day war too, if I recall correctly. Rolled up on some UN peacekeepers trying to leave the sinai and opened up on them.

Its clearly standard operating procedure to murder some UN peacekeepers. Its not like they are hard to pick out in their blue painted vehicles and structures. Its just plain old murder.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 9 points 1 day ago

Can you name a settler colonial project that committed a genocide that wouldn't fire at peacekeepers?

[–] Zacpod@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Eximius@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Porque no los dos? Or rather an inseparable blend of both

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Because as usual religion can be used to argue for as well as against a political question. The only self coherent framework that has as its logical conclusion Israeli policy is nationalism.

Edit: plus, a nationalist explanatory framework is least susceptible to the moral hazard of anti-Semitism. Israeli policy is not exceptional, it's as banal as Serbian or Azerbaijani ethnic nationalism, revanchism, jingoism and bigotry.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Religion is rarely a problem until it's conservative, just like politics.

[–] Keeponstalin@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

About as accurate a defense as saying religion had nothing to do with the Crusades

[–] Keeponstalin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Zionism is a Settler Colonialist Project. Israel has never represented all Jewish people and never will, nor are it's actions done to benefit all Jewish people. The conflation is itself antisemitic. Adi Callai, an Israeli, does a great analysis of how Antisemitism has been weaponized (see 29:01) by Zionism during its history.

Ilan Pappe, an Israeli historian, discusses it more in his book

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 4 points 1 day ago

Fucking no. Israel does not represent judiasm. Jews everywhere disavow them. Zionism is not Jewish.

Claiming that this is Jewish is antisemitism from both Israel and you.

This is about land, not religion.