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Is there any decent major politican in Israel that could become PM or at least have influence? Bennet I have seen him, he is as bad as Bibi if not worse Massive warmonger and also quite racist Ben Gvir and Smotrich we all know what they like Bibi too Maybe Yair Lapid? He seems the least radical and most moderate one I do not like him much either but he seems the most moderate What do you think? I would love some Israeli POV here as I am not very familiar with the country

@Nivsch Who is Zehava, Idan and Yael? They seem to make good comments I am impressed Also thanks for sharing them, it is helpful to check both sides and since many of us do not know much about Israel outside key politicans who are lunatics, it helps paint a more complete picture instead of 1 sided

How come they have such high suicide and especially depression rates? I never understood that I remember a friend from Iran who went to study in Western Europe told me "Even though we have 10000x more problems in Iran than Western Europe, people in Iran seem happier"

Man where are you from exactly in Eastern Europe? Eastern Europe is growing very fast, especially the EU countries Poland at this point is almost on par with the West and will probably reach it in a few years Czechia and Baltics are also incredibly developed first world countries They may not be assss good as Netherlands but on a global scale it is still some of the best

@Nivsch What do you think about this new law they passed? Curious

Russia and Ukraine have been in conflicts for 300 or more years Millions of Ukranians died under Soviet made famines in the 1930s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor There were wars for Ukranian independece before 1930s and even during WW2 certain Ukranian factions fought against the Russians https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_War_of_Independence The Ukraine-Russia conflict and tensions go before Israel and Palestine With much bigger death tolls as well So to blame it on a long history of conflict and tension is not accurate

Well he openly challenged the pro Ukraine narrative in America and even interviewed Putin I slightly disagree with that stance personally but it is a high risk move to do It is much safer to just say Ukraine good and Russia bad as 99% of Western medias do Most Americans see Ukraine=Good and Russia=Bad therefore saying otherwise is not saying something popular. So in this case he does not seem to me to "shift to whatever is popular"Even critique of Zionism has huge risks and costs in USA considering the influence of Israel therefore even if he is a demagogue he for sure takes some risks Desitny would be someone who basically says whatever is considered popular and normal and acceptable Tucker challenges the American empire Ok I had no idea on that, which is why I said on my opening that "if it invovles internal American policies I take it back" I dont agree with him on many topics like his "white christians being opppressed narrative" Just we need someone to critique Israel in the USA from the conversative right He is very useful in that sense If the only people who are critical are libtards or nazis like Fuentes then...

Yes you may have some specific cases but it is not systemic in the thousands That is my point If there were sporadic cases of Israelis torturing Palestinians that is one thing It is another when the cases are in the thousands and it is systemic as the report I sent There are thousands of Russians POWs who were exchanged with Ukranian POWs in prisoner exchanges You can see the Russians being in relative good condition, far better than the Ukranian POWs Also far better than the Palestinian prisoners who got exchanged for the Israeli hostages So yeah, generally Ukraine treats Russians in captivity much better than Israel treats Palestinians in captivity (some of which are even childreen) Why so?

Yes it should be conducted within international laws Ukraine does not widespread torture Russian POWs even though those Russian POWs literally went to Ukraine to conquer, kill Ukranians and many are guilty of war crimes They are treated within all the international law of norms and are not abused We are asking you to behave like Ukraine does Why dont you? If Ukraine can, why cant you?

No we expect you to respect human rights and international law Do not torture people Period https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/03/20/un-expert-says-israel-is-systematically-torturing-palestinians_6751657_4.html I dont care what those people did or what they think about you You do not torture If you torture you are a devil Put them in shitty prison or bad food but no torture. How hard is it to understand this honestly? It feels like talking to a 5 year old

Hello everyone Recently I have been watching some interviews of Tucker Carlson and speeches and to be honest I am starting to like him To be fair, it is mostly involving the Middle East and his arguments are very logical, unbiased and overall coherent I notice on this forumn he is seen as some epistemic ceasepol but at least when it comes to Middle Eastern topics which are his main discussion point these days he seems much more objective to me than most western commentators Much more than Piers Morgan for example or Destiny So why the hate? To be fair, I do not know his internal politics, I know he supported Trump and all and probably I would not agree with him on that Also he seems to have a victim complex about white christians being persecuted which I think it is a bit nonsense Also he is slightly pro Russian (although definelty not Russian agent or some extreme pro Russian as some people claim) But his Middle Eastern position to me is one of the best So why the hate? If it is purely about Trump then ok Although he seems to be mature enough to call out Trump on breaking his word instead of blindly following him like some other clowns do. Thats at least something To be fair I have specific things I do not agree with him about some interventionf of Nato in Europe however, these days when there is insane hypocrisy and shameless gaslighting he seems to me to be slightly better than others. Note, everything I am saying refers ONLY to foreign policy since I do not live in USA I have no idea what he says about American internal affairs and policies If he says nonsense there then please ignore my entire thread It is more for non Americans. This interview for example is excellent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tox2hr4dddM This as well

Best way I can ever describe Israel is a country with very high cognitive and intellectual development and low moral development. One of the few countries where the disparity between cognitive and moral development is so wide.

D-Day, every single campaign in the pacific war, Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, to name a few Their revenues will increase greatly from the war in Iran as oil prices increase Most analysts are saying that including Western ones Not to mention USA removing some sanctions The war with Iran is a god send for Russia economically wise Again, ratios please. Not absolute values. No they cant because their population is not 5 times higher. if they lost 5 times more they would be forced to do the same full on mobilization as Ukraine did and they have not How come then Ukraine needs to do a full on mobilization and Russia doesnt?

Why Israel though specifically? You have many non Muslim nations in the world

Not always, you have cases where attackers had similar losses or even lower. But their quantity is much higher. They outnumber Ukraine in artillery shells for example multiple times. So on a weapons factor Ukraine is struggling to keep up. They have admitted it themselves. Ukraine may have advanced air defenses and all but on the actual front things like artillery shells make a huge difference. So weapons wise in terms of actual front line, Russia has an advantage or at least not an disadvantage. https://english.nv.ua/russian-war/syrskyi-russia-holds-threefold-manpower-and-equipment-advantage-50543134.html And do you know why they did that? Because at first they used an invasion force of around 200.000 which was designed for a quick win in a few days However Ukraine not only didnt fall but they did a full scale mobilization and raised an army much bigger in size, so Russia had to match that It is not that they lost 200.000 it is that Ukraine raised an army much bigger so the 200.000 was not enough anymore, which explains why Ukraine in Autumn 2022 managed to take away huge chunks of Ukrainian territory back Why would you blindly trust sources coming from a party that is actively aiding Ukraine and supports Ukraine? You expect them to be fully objective? And how many has Ukraine raised? My point is not that Russia losses are low, it is that Ukraine losses are not much lower,maybe 20-30% lower I dont really doubt that Russia has like 1 million casualties and all. However when I see how much more desperate Ukraine is for manpower compared to Russia, it makes me believe that Ukranian losses per capita are much higher than Russia. Dont forget Russia losses need to be 3 times higher to have same losses per capita as Ukraine. Personally I think maybe they are 30-50% higher, not 300%