A French hard-left MP sparked a political row Sunday by saying Israeli athletes were not welcome at the Paris Olympics because of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, which one senior minister said had "hints of anti-Semitism".In a post on X, Arfi branded Portes's comments "irresponsible" and accused him of "legitimising Hamas", the Palestinian militant group whose October 7 attacks on Israel sparked the Gaza war.
  • TallonMetroid@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Obviously, because being the target of a genocide 80 years ago gives you a free pass to do whatever you want forever. Russia’s problem is that they’ve never been hit with a genocide themselves, so they don’t get a free pass. /S

    • Aqarius@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      You know, all things aside, it’s kinda sad people don’t even remember anymore that the Nazis weren’t just after Jews.

    • leftzero@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Russia’s problem is that they’ve never been hit with a genocide themselves

      Haven’t they hit themselves with genocides about half a dozen times or so in their history…?

      “And then things got worse” and all that…

      Or do you only get a free pass if the genocide wasn’t self inflicted…?

      • Cryophilia@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        They ironically got hit with a genocide from the same people who did it to the Jews. Twenty-seven million dead at the hands of the nazis.

        • leftzero@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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          2 months ago

          That wasn’t a genocide, though, at least on the Nazis’ part, it was just war… (now, Stalin deciding who to send to that meat grinder could have been a tad genocidal, but if I recall correctly they practically ended up sending anyone available, so probably not…)