Ben-Gvir came under fire for pushing for additional restrictions on Palestinian freedom of movement in the West Bank after three Israelis were killed in two terror attacks last week.

The United States is in no position to go after Israel on human rights issues given how its army acted in Iraq and Afghanistan, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (Religious Zionist Party) said.

    • Cleverdawny@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Because there’s a sizable contingent of the electorate which is fanatically in favor of giving Israel aid, mainly for religious reasons, and the opposition to that aid is much more tepid and/or less numerous.

    • Pat12@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Because they’re considered the main ally in the middle east for control of the region. The other two options would be Jordan and Saudi. Mostly everywhere else is too unstable.

  • Heresy_generator@kbin.social
    2·
    1 year ago

    That’s one way to look at it. Another way to look at it is that when even the US is calling out the incredible immorality of the actions of an allied government maybe you should pay attention.

  • HorreC@kbin.social
    01·
    1 year ago

    I am a dumb American here (and yes I should look this up) but was the USA in all of these instances at war with these countries where as I dont recall Israel being at war with country. Seems that should be a hell of a delimiter on when you are committing war crimes with your standing military.

    • JungleJim@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Hey fellow American. Yeah, sorry, we didn’t declare war as legally defined when we went over there. You shoulda probably checked.

      • HorreC@kbin.social
        1·
        1 year ago

        was it one of those dumb police actions again? Iraq we did, I just assumed they did the same with Afghanistan. Thank you for educating me.