sycasey said:

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BearGoggles said:

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sycasey said:

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If the Israeli government does not want people to assume they have genocidal intent, then they should stop saying that they do.

⚡️🇮🇱Israel’s Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich:

"We conquer, cleanse, and stay... On the way, we annihilate everything that still remains.….We're breaking Gaza apart, leaving it as a pile of rubble, total unprecedented destruction."pic.twitter.com/5bDj27gcyQ

— Suppressed News. (@SuppressedNws) August 18, 2025

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Picking an extremist viewpoint/person and suggesting that person speaks for the Israeli government is more bad faith. He represents an extreme (and abhorrent) viewpoint that is not the government's position and not widely held in Israel. Israel has agreed to a cease fire - Hamas has not.

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Seems like he has a pretty high position in the government, though. Him still being there despite saying stuff like this suggests that his views are not actually extreme.

I actually think it's weird that you keep dismissing these guys as not relevant to Israel's positions when it seems pretty obvious that they are.

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oski003 said:

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sycasey said:

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BearGoggles said:

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sycasey said:

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If the Israeli government does not want people to assume they have genocidal intent, then they should stop saying that they do.

⚡️🇮🇱Israel’s Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich:

"We conquer, cleanse, and stay... On the way, we annihilate everything that still remains.….We're breaking Gaza apart, leaving it as a pile of rubble, total unprecedented destruction."pic.twitter.com/5bDj27gcyQ

— Suppressed News. (@SuppressedNws) August 18, 2025

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Picking an extremist viewpoint/person and suggesting that person speaks for the Israeli government is more bad faith. He represents an extreme (and abhorrent) viewpoint that is not the government's position and not widely held in Israel. Israel has agreed to a cease fire - Hamas has not.

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Seems like he has a pretty high position in the government, though. Him still being there despite saying stuff like this suggests that his views are not actually extreme.

I actually think it's weird that you keep dismissing these guys as not relevant to Israel's positions when it seems pretty obvious that they are.

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FINANCE

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sycasey said:

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oski003 said:

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sycasey said:

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BearGoggles said:

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sycasey said:

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If the Israeli government does not want people to assume they have genocidal intent, then they should stop saying that they do.

⚡️🇮🇱Israel’s Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich:

"We conquer, cleanse, and stay... On the way, we annihilate everything that still remains.….We're breaking Gaza apart, leaving it as a pile of rubble, total unprecedented destruction."pic.twitter.com/5bDj27gcyQ

— Suppressed News. (@SuppressedNws) August 18, 2025

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Picking an extremist viewpoint/person and suggesting that person speaks for the Israeli government is more bad faith. He represents an extreme (and abhorrent) viewpoint that is not the government's position and not widely held in Israel. Israel has agreed to a cease fire - Hamas has not.

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Seems like he has a pretty high position in the government, though. Him still being there despite saying stuff like this suggests that his views are not actually extreme.

I actually think it's weird that you keep dismissing these guys as not relevant to Israel's positions when it seems pretty obvious that they are.

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FINANCE

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Yes, a member of the Cabinet. Usually someone who meets with the Prime Minister regularly (as the Secretary of the Treasury would in the US). Am I not supposed to take him seriously when he talks about governmental policy?

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