A comparison of active members found more than double may have been in the IDF.
I see we are feeling antisemitic today
Why do you believe this is antisemitic? If more Afghani Canadian citizens were in the Taliban than in Canada’s Army, would that be antiafghani?
It’d be straightforward to make it a criminal offense for Canadian citizens to serve in a military that commits war crimes.
That’d keep 'em out of the US armed forces as well.
As far as I know Israel has two years of mandatory military service for both men and women, so basically every adult Israeli citizen is “in IDF”. So if a good chunk of the Canadian Jews immigrated from Israel, that number doesn’t seem that surprising.
Yes. Every Israeli is a valid target because they are all eventually going to be military personnel.
Or so Israeli logic would dictate.
So we’ve gone full Nazis I see
Maybe let’s not idealize the Holocaust
This is what makes israeli complaints of ‘innocent’ Israelis being killed even full of chutzpah when you consider all young Israelis are IDF personnel. Are they innocent civilians or soldiers? Is Israel occupying Gaza or not? They like to have their cake and eat it
when you consider all young Israelis are IDF personnel
They are only IDF personnel while they fulfill their military service. Afterwards they become civilians again, like in any other nation with mandatory military service.
You say that as if they don’t walk around with automatic weapons even when off-duty.
Then they are civilians running around with guns, thus criminals and rules for combattands don’t apply.
AFAIK you also take your service rifle home when your service is complete. Most adults in Israel at least have very easy access to a firearm. Seems rooted in the “many ‘good guys’ with weapons beats the few that try to use them for evil” mentality. They take pride in always being combat-ready as a populace.
Source: Had an Israeli friend in college. Said a lot of things back then that have made a lot more sense in recent years
After they leave active military service most gravitate towards fields in which they use their knowledge and skills to make life short and miserable for Palestinians and people in neighbouring countries. Fields that include intelligence, military technology and technology geared towards spying and surveillance. The rest carry the view that their nation needs to decide on some form of final solution for the native Palestinians
Ok, but all Israelis serve. So you’re telling me that you believe most Israelis gravitate towards “making life short and miserable for Palestinians”. You’re suggesting that “most” Israelis end up working in the arms or intelligence business?
That’s a fucking insane thing to think. If that were true, who would work at grocery stores? Who would sell insurance? Who would pick mangos? Who would build houses? Who would teach children? There’s simply more work that needs to happen just to maintain any society than you seem to realize.
Like seriously, I’m all for a free Palestine, and obviously something needs to be done about the Israeli government. But that statement was some ignorant as shit.
What is fucking insane that many Americans seem to have shit for brains. 90% of Israelis are genocidal fuckers who are happy to call for the mass killing of children on live TV. They celebrate rapists as entertainment personalities. If you genuinely believe in a free Palestine (which I don’t believe you fucking do), then you should be shouting from the rafters for the current Israeli state to be dismantled and replaced with a democratic state that respects the rights for all. Unless you do that, then please piss right off the stage.
90% of Israelis are genocidal fuckers who are happy to call for the mass killing of children on live TV.
We actually have hard numbers on this one and while they’re bad, they’re not 90% bad. However the Iran war did get 93% support at the start (not sure how it is now) so yeah, not good.
Good thing someone is out there to keep tabs on all these Jews.
