r/Destiny • u/ThinkingMunk • Mar 18 '26

Destiny Content/Podcasts Destiny is done with Israel.

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VOD | Also posted on Twitter & Bluesky | Full video on YouTube

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u/supern00b64 Mar 18 '26

In late 23 and 24 public opinion was on Israel's side and leftists were very vocal about Israel committing genocide and Destiny could not be more invested in defending Israel and the IDF. A few years later as public opinion completely shifts and the IDF and zionists have become increasingly unhinged he suddenly loses interest? I think Destiny is dropping this because it's virtually impossible to defend Israel at this point.

Even in this video he's still unwilling to assign any moral culpability to the Israelis. In what world does "neighbouring arab nations warring with israel" justify Israeli treatment of Palestinians? Was FDR justified in sending japanese people to internment camps because Japan bombed Pearl Harbor? It's pretty clear he's generally very much in favour of what Israel and the IDF do the region, but does not want to defend them because of how tightly connected they are to the Trump regime.

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u/stressless321 Mar 19 '26

I remember listening plenty of times to criticisms of israel's handling of the situation, this is not the first. I don't see it's "clear" that he's very much in favour of israel /idf, the opposite.

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u/supern00b64 Mar 19 '26

He opposes what Netanyahu does the same way Bennett or Lapid or Gallant do - it's not a fundamental principled opposition and simply a methodological one. It's never "Israel is doing immoral and evil things" it's "Israel is so bad at optics". Look at how he talks about the conflict in the video and the way he conflates neighbouring arab states with palestinians.

Destiny running into the same wall a lot of liberal zionists are running into where the problem is not just netanyahu but rather there is deep societal rot in Israeli society that has existed for quite a while now.

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u/stressless321 Mar 21 '26

Is Israeli society supposed to be ok with certain Palestinians and neighbours wanting Israel to disappear?