As Palestine is a political entity/governing body, yes it has no special right to exist the same way human beings have a special universal right to exist, have a special right to freedom and a special right to be meaningfully represented in the power structures they are enclosed within. These rights extend to Palestinians, Jews and everybody else.
A country is not a living creature, humans are living creatures.
The Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden are the biggest geopolitical powderkeg on earth and you can’t get past how a spark could create a massive explosion as a concept…
The Red Sea is no longer merely a maritime corridor through which trade, energy, and supply chains pass. It has become a strategic space where national security, economic transformation, communications security, digital sovereignty, and the protection of the marine environment intersect. Accordingly, sources of instability in the Red Sea should not be understood solely as attacks against ships or threats to freedom of navigation. Such occurrences represent only the visible manifestation of a deeper imbalance within the broader maritime security architecture. Instead, analysis should begin with a wider reading of the principal drivers of instability that make this region increasingly fragile and vulnerable to escalation.
https://www.cfr.org/articles/conflict-and-cooperation-in-the-red-sea
It is not my responsibility to educate your condescending self on the basics of geography on earth, if you can’t understand how the Red Sea being closed off will massively escalate the Iran War into a more global conflict than you are playing dumb or you haven’t bothered to ever read about the geography of that part of the world in terms of how it impacts geopolitics, in which case stop talking so confidently about the topic.
The point I am making with Franz Ferdinand is that you condescendingly responded with the argument that it is a trivial event and the only impact it could have is narrowly pushing nations to going to go to war with the nation the pirate who stole a ship “represents” which is an absurd and disengenous read of the situation.
A gun has been fired in a very crowded room with a lot of people angry with each other that also have guns and there is a WHOLE LOT of room for unintentional escalation here, it is hard to see it NOT happening.
Look at the Strait Of Hormuz and multiply the impacts and escalation by ten fold and you can get an idea of how catastrophic the Red Sea getting shut down for shipping will be and how much it will push every pre-existing conflict and fault line in geopolitics in the region towards outright war.
Shame on you for pretending to be so much less intelligent and so much more informed than you are.
You might as well condescendingly tell me that in a loud, boisterous bar full of angry people ready to fight each other that somebody throwing a punch across the room at someone else has no bearing on whether the entire bar will erupt into a bar fight… do you not understand politics at a basic level…?
My argument is crystal clear.
Authorities also accused the group of supporting terror, highlighting remarks made by a prominent member who described the 7 October attacks on Israel as a “successful resistance action”. It is unclear when the statements were made.
This is all you have to go on!???
Where have I spoken positively about China?
You are trying to erase any nuance between being highly critical of the US, Canada and Europe and being pro-China or functioning somehow as a propaganda mouthpiece for China which I am not… which was the entire point of my comment on your post.
Looking at your post history, it is clear you are obsessed with China to an unhealthy degree.
Answer my question
I am glad whoever made this meme stopped showing up to social gatherings, the creator of this meme is clearly an antisocial judgemental asshole.
Do you not agree that Canada is far more directly complicit in the Palestinian Genocide and thus has far more agency and leverage to stop it than it does to influence what China is doing?
I think this is continually brought up as a way to distract from the fact that the US and Canada are DIRECTLY complicit in the Palestinian Genocide whereas the situation you are talking about is under the the umbrella of another empire.
It also must be emphasized that saying “Israel has no fundamental right to exist” does not mean that jews living in Israel do not have a right to exist, or live in Israel, what it means is that the theological/ethnic identity of the COUNTRY of Israel that brutally excludes the humanity of others (including christians) living in Israel who aren’t jews, has no special right to exist as a political mechanism.
Countries are political constructions, they have no right to exist and they do not represent the identity of the people who live in said countries. People, countries and religion are THREE DISCRETE CONCEPTS.
What country did the person who shot Franz Ferdinand represent and what were their motives and beliefs?
Do those details matter vs. how that event served as a spark in a gunpowder barrel?
Alex Cosh, the news editor of The Maple, has explained: “First, and most obviously, these contracts use taxpayer dollars to help sustain the profitability of Israeli companies that play key roles in supplying the Israeli military with the tools it needs to carry out the genocide in Gaza. Second, by feeding the growth of Israel’s domestic arms industry, Canada is helping Israel to reduce its reliance on foreign imports, thus weakening the potential impact of current and future arms embargoes on Israel.”
I hope you also support divestment from Israel.
If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck
Where is your evidence of antisemitism?
You aren’t even making a clear and coherent enough argument for me to respond to.
Nope, this is your bias speaking
Because the way the Strait Of Hormuz situation escalates as a flash point is for the Gulf Of Aden/The Red Sea to become part of the conflict.
The Strait Of Hormuz is peanuts compared to shipping closing down in the Gulf Of Aden.
https://sofrep.com/news/trump-took-aim-at-iran-the-houthis-took-aim-at-global-shipping/
In the intricate tapestry of global geopolitics, the interplay of regional conflicts often has wider implications that transcend national borders. Operation Epic Fury, aimed at countering Iranian influence and curbing threats posed by militant groups in the region, has inadvertently exacerbated tensions in East Africa, particularly in Yemen. The escalation of hostilities by Iranian-aligned Houthi rebels along Yemen’s Red Sea coast poses severe challenges not only for regional stability but also for global trade and maritime security. This article examines how the Trump administration’s foreign policies have contributed to this escalating conflict and highlights the significance of the Bab al-Mandeb Strait as a critical global shipping chokepoint.
https://www.newarab.com/analysis/us-iran-war-entering-dangerous-new-phase
https://middle-east-online.com/en/mocha-shutdown-tests-yemen’s-ability-secure-red-sea-shipping
buckle up, this war is about to get so much worse for everyone
How many sailors on that boat do you think have decided to permanently leave the military?
First I re-emphasize this.
Second does calling it a “successful resistance action” mean the person/people believed it was a moral or ethical?
Words matter here.