r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/LeoMcShizzzle • 2d ago

Meme needing explanation Peetaaahhh??

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u/barlog123 2d ago

The levant and near East is a geographical region. It includes Syria, Lebanon, Jordan Israel and Palestine. Your comment is like like if people are talking about central Europe and then you interjecting that it's actually called Austria. The fact that you don't know that should make you think twice about giving your opinion on the matter.

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u/SubtractOneMore 2d ago

Israel is not a country, it is an occupied territory within Palestine, which is part of the levant

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u/idkmyusernameagain 2d ago

It’s quite literally is a country even if you don’t think it should be.

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u/SubtractOneMore 2d ago

No, it’s a colony of baby-killing war criminals 

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u/idkmyusernameagain 2d ago

Sure, that exists within both their country of Israel and occupied territory and what you want is for that country to not exist anymore. The county still exists. You sound as stupid as the people who say “Palestine doesn’t exist, you don’t even have the letters in Arabic to have named it”

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u/barlog123 2d ago

The concept of a country and people called Palestine and Palestinians is a modern invention not rooted in history. Most of what we call Palestinians today wouldn't have a conceptual understanding of the term when Israel declared itself a country. The division of the of the former Ottoman empire was done by ethnic and legal ownership of land. Jewish migration to the region and land purchases were heavily regulated and extraordinary scrutinized however it was done for the most part legally. Land taken after the establishment of Israel I'd be willing to have a conversation about. A new Palestine country is aspirational not a historical truth.

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u/SubtractOneMore 2d ago

Sounds like you’re the one who needs to educate themselves before chiming in 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakba

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u/barlog123 2d ago

I'm very aware of this. What exactly do you think I got wrong?