Posadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 months agoEnlightened centrists. Threading the needle between "we want to eradicate you", and "we don't like being eradicated."hexbear.netimagemessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1114arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1114arrow-down1imageEnlightened centrists. Threading the needle between "we want to eradicate you", and "we don't like being eradicated."hexbear.netPosadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to the_dunk_tank@hexbear.netEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejoin_the_iww [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·6 months agoIn their perception, Britain turned against the Zionists around 1939 or so (White paper) and sided with the Arabs in opposing a Jewish state after that. So they mean “Independence” as independence from Britain. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_insurgency_in_Mandatory_Palestine
minus-squareSteamedHamberder [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·6 months agoit’s commemoration of a rejection of the UN partition plan and UN mediated conservatorship.
In their perception, Britain turned against the Zionists around 1939 or so (White paper) and sided with the Arabs in opposing a Jewish state after that. So they mean “Independence” as independence from Britain.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_insurgency_in_Mandatory_Palestine
it’s commemoration of a rejection of the UN partition plan and UN mediated conservatorship.