Yeah tbh I find we are way slower to rock the boat than we should be given the advantages of being a small nation. We've a lot to learn from the Baltics in that regard.
We should have expelled the Russian ambassador and the public would have roundly supported it. If they reciprocated it's not that much of an issue for Irish in Russia because they can use any EU consulate.
Alas, it never happened. I see the same here.
The only meaningful thing that I'm aware we've actually done while watching this slaughter and starvation is join South Africa in their genocide case.
The public push the government but they clutch their pearls and wring their hands instead of taking the moral stances that small nations can.
Declaring recognition of statehood has all sorts of legal implications, it may take a bit to finish settling those now that they've actually decided to do it, and then most likely the decision will be formal/final in July.
That's just as dumb as saying there was never any Native American states because it doesn't fit my/western definitions of what qualifies as a state. Therefore those people have no entitlement to land or life.
There never was a state called Palestine, the British took control of the land from the Ottomans. The Ottomans had controlled the land for centuries and before them the Syrians
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xnx@slrpnk.net · 24 pts · 2y
Wow thats awesome, surprised they did it before Ireland
Edit: write to wow
Muffi@programming.dev · 7 pts · 2y
Are you writing comments using voice commands?
xnx@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 2y
No lol just swiping keyboard on mobile
Blackmist@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 2y
Probably just swipe typing auto correct. Does it all the time.
khannie@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Yeah tbh I find we are way slower to rock the boat than we should be given the advantages of being a small nation. We've a lot to learn from the Baltics in that regard.
We should have expelled the Russian ambassador and the public would have roundly supported it. If they reciprocated it's not that much of an issue for Irish in Russia because they can use any EU consulate.
Alas, it never happened. I see the same here.
The only meaningful thing that I'm aware we've actually done while watching this slaughter and starvation is join South Africa in their genocide case.
The public push the government but they clutch their pearls and wring their hands instead of taking the moral stances that small nations can.
RagingRobot@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y
Why not now? Seems like the same amount of effort it would take to make this announcement
Bernie_Sandals@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y
Declaring recognition of statehood has all sorts of legal implications, it may take a bit to finish settling those now that they've actually decided to do it, and then most likely the decision will be formal/final in July.
NatakuNox@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
This is huge! I know it's just a step to ending the genicide but I'll take anything at this point.
theotherverion@lemmynsfw.com · 9 pts · 2y
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 2y
Fuck Israel.
PatFussy@lemm.ee · -23 pts · 2y
middlemanSI@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
u ugly inside huh?
sbrb@programming.dev · -30 pts · 2y
What state?
EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
What?
joyjoy@lemm.ee · 11 pts · 2y
I believe he is implying Israel removed the state from Palestine.
sbrb@programming.dev · -10 pts · 2y
No, I was implying there never was a state of Palestine, only Palestinians living in Palestinian territories
NatakuNox@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
That's just as dumb as saying there was never any Native American states because it doesn't fit my/western definitions of what qualifies as a state. Therefore those people have no entitlement to land or life.
sbrb@programming.dev · -1 pts · 2y
The post is about recognizing statehood, not entitlement to land and life
NatakuNox@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Yes but you are saying there's never been a Palestine. Which is false
sbrb@programming.dev · -1 pts · 2y
There never was a state called Palestine, the British took control of the land from the Ottomans. The Ottomans had controlled the land for centuries and before them the Syrians
xdr@lemmynsfw.com · 2 pts · 2y
You mean terrorities who issued passports and gave temporary permits to Jews after British brought them there?
sbrb@programming.dev · -5 pts · 2y
There are "Palestinian territories" but no functioning state matching eg the definition of statehood declared in the 1933 Montevideo Convention.
Blackmist@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 2y
And who's fault is that?
sbrb@programming.dev · 0 pts · 2y
Multiple complex reasons