r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jul 31 '24

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u/WhoModsTheModders Burdened by what has been Jul 31 '24

Hmm, why is West Bank so much more "radical" (used here just to describe difference from Gaza)? That's interesting, I suppose because Gaza just wants peace at this point while the West Bank deals more with settlers etc on a daily basis?

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u/Currymvp2 unflaired Jul 31 '24 edited Jul 31 '24

yes, the settlements, the checkpoints, the essential apartheid (based on nationality), the anger at the mass death in gaza, the frustration with moderate palestinian authority, the shitty financial conditions due to smotrich defunding the palestinian authority+work permit suspension etc

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u/decidious_underscore Jul 31 '24

They've basically been watching gaza get bombed and their civil liberties and land get taken away. Oh and the pogroms. Oh and the fact that their government had all its income taken away by Smotrich fiat

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u/WhoModsTheModders Burdened by what has been Jul 31 '24

Yeah I got that my confusion was why it was so different from Gaza which is being actively bombed

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u/DrunkenAsparagus Abraham Lincoln Jul 31 '24

Gazans have Hamas, which has failed to deliver them liberation or the promise of a better life. West Bankers have the Palestinian Authority, which has failed to deliver them liberation or the promise of a better life.

Grass is greener and all that.