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NYC protesters demand Israeli cease-fire, at least 200 detained after filling Grand Central station (apnews.com)
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[–] alvvayson@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Not true.

Israel is totally dependent on American and European support, but especially American support.

They are basically the last western apartheid style colony, after the West pulled the plug out of South-Africa and Rhodesia, those regimes imploded.

Which is why I don't think Israel is viable as a state in its current form.

European support is rapidly evaporating and concentrated among older voters. We will probably switch to boycotting them within 20 years.

American support will probably last longer, but is also concentrated among older generations.

[–] livus@kbin.social 33 points 1 year ago

after the West pulled the plug out of South-Africa and Rhodesia, those regimes imploded.

This. I don't think most people realize/remember just how supportive governments in countries like the US and UK were towards Apartheid South Africa before the people made it clear we don't want to support that stuff.

[–] geolaw@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

How much monetary support does Israel receive compared to how much does it earn from exports? I'm looking up their industries and Israel is into diamond cutting, which carries its own ethical issues