: "To be 100% clear and for the last time: the idea that the lines drawn on a map between nations by a bunch of (mostly) white diplomats in the 40s and 50s are somehow inviolable is naive, ahistorical, and pretext for violence against ppl w.o states eg Kurds, Palestinians, Western Saharans, and others."

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To be 100% clear and for the last time: the idea that the lines drawn on a map between nations by a bunch of (mostly) white diplomats in the 40s and 50s are somehow inviolable is naive, ahistorical, and pretext for violence against ppl w.o states eg Kurds, Palestinians, Western Saharans, and others.

Jun 14, 2024 at 20:03 UTC

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Rev. Magdalen @revmagdalen.bsky.social
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Israel's inviolability doesn't derive from map lines but from their membership in the United Nations. As anyone can read in their Charter, all states have a right to equal treatment, including the right to protection from attempts to destroy the state.

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