3d ago

Refresher On The Rules For Discussing Israeli Wars

caitlinjohnstone.com.au

A funny statement from Caitlin Johnstone about what to expect when west press publish an article of Israel actions.

Rule 1: Israel is never the aggressor. If Israel attacks someone it’s either a response to an aggression that happened in the past, or a preemptive attack to thwart an imminent aggression in the future.

Rule 2: History automatically restarts at the date of the last act of aggression against Israel. If someone attacks Israel it was completely unprovoked, because nothing happened before the attack on Israel.

Rule 3: Anything bad that Israel does is justified by Rule 2. This is true even if it does things that would be considered completely unjustifiable if it were done by a nation like Russia or China.

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3d ago

Refresher On The Rules For Discussing Israeli Wars

caitlinjohnstone.com.au /2025/06/13/refresher-on-the-rules-for-discussing-israeli-wars/

4 comments

Wasn’t Johnstone also saying that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was self-defence against NATO fascist aggression, before the Gaza invasion threw her a credibility lifeline? IIRC, she’s an old tankie propagandist.
- She's still beating that drum
  https://caityjohnstone.medium.com/some-thoughts-on-ukraine-eefabafb6999
  
  There is bit difference between provoked and "self-defense*. We are just being said by Israel that every action they commit is by self-defense, even when they are attacking or doing a f**cking livestream genocide.
  The narrative that Israel apologists uses don't have comparation (well maybe one famous genocide), so equal those terms is just misleading.
  When she said provoked she means that the US do what's doing to Iran, I mean they are pretending to be negotiating crossing red lines that makes that impossible and when they are ready just attack. So, not, she was not saying Ukraine invasion was justified by "self-defense" like Israelis do, she was just illuminating what happens when you cross all red lines in aggression to other country.
They have forgotten a classic lesson
"Choose your enemies carefully, for you become them"
Israel is an illegitimate state, intent on wiping out entire peoples
Born of fascism, and yet embracing it with great enthusiasm