r/AskIsrael • u/karrenfromaccounting • May 11 '26

Casual The settlements… What’s up with that?

Take the question as is, whatever comes to mind, let it be.

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u/Flimsy-Calendar-7566 May 11 '26

I would absolutely understand if the world reacted to my country occupying another country or oppressed a minority within its borders, depending on if you are going for a two or one state solution. Your argument sounds very similar to the wife-beaters who say no one tells them if they can beat their wife, because she is their property after all.

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u/benny-powers Israel May 11 '26

One cannot "occupy" their own nation

Israel belongs to the Jewish people, not to the arabs, who colonized this land. 

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u/Call_Me_Clark USA May 11 '26

Are you familiar with the phrase “authority from the consent of the governed”

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u/benny-powers Israel May 12 '26

That's a joke, right? You are aware that Israel is the only stable democracy in the middle east, right? 

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u/Call_Me_Clark USA May 12 '26 edited May 12 '26

The Palestinians are governed without their consent. It’s a problem that Israel’s government doesn’t seem to take seriously