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Nevilledog

(55,083 posts) Sun Mar 13, 2022, 02:59 PM Mar 2022

WTF is Israel doing? [View all]

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Noga Tarnopolsky
@NTarnopolsky
Spokesman for Jerusalem mayor @MosheLion hung up when I asked him to explain why Russia's flag is being displayed on the Old City walls.

Noga Tarnopolsky
@NTarnopolsky
#Breaking: A few yards away from the #StandWithUkraine️ rally, the Old City walls of Jerusalem are lit with the flags of Ukraine AND RUSSIA, the city seal & the prayer "May the one who makes peace in the heavens, make peace for us & all the people Israel"
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11:51 AM · Mar 13, 2022

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WTF is Israel doing? [View all] Nevilledog Mar 2022 OP

Follow the money... dlk Mar 2022 #1

or this malaise Mar 2022 #20

Nothing is ever simple dlk Mar 2022 #28

My precise point n/t malaise Mar 2022 #29

Following the money is usually a good place to start, though dlk Mar 2022 #31

Agree but in this case there are several other factors including demographics malaise Mar 2022 #32

Please tell me this was some stupid person and not the government involved. lark Mar 2022 #2

Their government won't take a side... paleotn Mar 2022 #4

Israel is a nearsighted disaster who only care about themselves. lark Mar 2022 #6

Hedging their bets Demovictory9 Mar 2022 #3

The United States government needs to cut off Israel. sarcasmo Mar 2022 #5

This will never happen, although it should have long ago. lark Mar 2022 #7

I'm almost there with you. Somebody needs to answer for this rockfordfile Mar 2022 #9

The USA has done everything for Israel for decades. Israel needs to pay it forward* OrlandoDem2 Mar 2022 #8

Yup SheltieLover Mar 2022 #11

They're trying to position themselves as the peacemakers between the warring parties. maxsolomon Mar 2022 #10

This is my opinion, also. They want to be able to help get this over with........... secondwind Mar 2022 #12

Rather than consider that possibility DavidDvorkin Mar 2022 #13

TBH, I'll bash Israel - when they deserve it. maxsolomon Mar 2022 #14

Same here DavidDvorkin Mar 2022 #16

At a minimum there has been a very discordant & contradictory policy that is giving wide latitude hlthe2b Mar 2022 #18

Like the cleaning of a house... Behind the Aegis Mar 2022 #36

Honestly, Israel is probably best-situated for that Spider Jerusalem Mar 2022 #19

The world is not made up of US or Western colonies malaise Mar 2022 #15

Yup.... hlthe2b Mar 2022 #21

Precisely malaise Mar 2022 #24

Normalizing a state that invades, occupies and terrorizes its neighbor? WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2022 #17

They also reportedly blocked the U.S. from giving Iron Dome Clearheadsam Mar 2022 #22

Too bad, this could have saved (and could save in the future) a lot of lives n/t AntiFascist Mar 2022 #33

"Very fine people on both sides" dalton99a Mar 2022 #23

Remember now that quote was from the US President malaise Mar 2022 #25

This message was self-deleted by its author malaise Mar 2022 #26

They don't want it to bite them in the ass... Iggo Mar 2022 #27

Israel Sgent Mar 2022 #30

Do they believe the Russian propaganda about denazification of Ukraine? n/t AntiFascist Mar 2022 #34

I don't know Sgent Mar 2022 #35