@jeffw@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agoRebuilding Gaza was seen as a ‘Herculean’ task before Oct. 7; six months of bombing has led to crises that will long outlive the wartheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up196arrow-down16
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minus-square@Stovetop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish16•3 months agoNo, they’ll rebuild. That’s prime beachfront property that Israeli settlers could move into.
minus-square@AdamEatsAss@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish9•3 months agoThe word settler is just weird to me. Because the land was already settled. Also I think of colonial settlers with muskets and silly clothes.
minus-square@Stovetop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish11•edit-23 months agoI mean, that’s it exactly. It’s just like colonial settlers of old who (shocking, I know) had an unfortunate tendency to take land that already belonged to someone else. Minus the silly clothes.
minus-square@nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoThey don’t like being called invaders but it probably fits better.
No, they’ll rebuild. That’s prime beachfront property that Israeli settlers could move into.
The word settler is just weird to me. Because the land was already settled. Also I think of colonial settlers with muskets and silly clothes.
I mean, that’s it exactly. It’s just like colonial settlers of old who (shocking, I know) had an unfortunate tendency to take land that already belonged to someone else. Minus the silly clothes.
The hats are still pretty silly.
They don’t like being called invaders but it probably fits better.