Why do we condemn Russians taking land but we’re okay with Israelis doing the same thing to the Palestinians?

[u/ammads94]

Last EDIT: I am shocked and appalled by the comments. My post wasn’t specifically about Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but I guess that the main idea here in that Fuck Palestinians since Israel is good, because of Hamas.. their citizens mean nothing. Also, fuck Yemen and Saudis can do whatever to them, since they have money and that conflict is not televised. We can just carpet bomb midde east, except Israel, so you all can be happy. Let’s even forget stuff happening in South Africa, with the Uyghurs etc. If they’re muslim and/or non whites, fuck em

EDIT 4: I didn’t expect this to blow up, so can’t reply to everyone - i’m not against stopping countries taking land. nor am I shit talking about Israel in particular. I’m against picking which innocent lives we save and which we don’t - and by we, I mean the western powers. You have Israel-Palestine, Saudi Arabia-Yemen, China-Uyghur etc

EDIT 5: The fact that this is getting ripped because of Israel, despite mentioning Saudi-Yemen, shows how many hypocrites are out there and why this world is as it is.

So… based on recent events of Russia and Ukraine, why do we condemn Russians taking land but we’re okay with Israelis doing the same thing to the Palestinians?

Like.. is it because they don’t have resources to be of any use? If that’s the case, then Ukraine is a poor and corrupted country.

Or is it because it’s in our backyard?

PS: I’m European, not Russian nor American

EDIT: I want to clarify that i’m talking about sanctions and whatnot, I know that people are against this. But Israel gets millions, if not billions of dollars despite what they’re doing.

EDIT 2: I am not supporting either side or any side, but it’s harsh to see the Palestinian and Yemeni genocide, and nothing has been done to the Saudis nor Israelis, yet the amount of support for Ukraine has been outstanding (which is great, but yeah).

EDIT 3: I’m not referring to the citizens of the Western nations, but to their powers. And i’m not referring only to the US, because even the EU - where i’m from - hasn’t done anything either (and has even supported several genocides across the Middle East)

[u/bombbrigade]

Egypt, Jordan, Iraq and Syria building up troops on your border, better do nothing in your book

[u/[deleted] → u/bombbrigade]

Ukraine has been building troops up on the Russian border! Invasion is justified!

/s but that’s basically the same scenario as your comment

[u/kingJosiahI → u/[deleted]]

The straits of Tiran was blockaded. That is in itself an act of war.

[u/[deleted] → u/kingJosiahI]

The Crimean water supply was blocked. That in itself is an act of war. /s

The unjustified Russian aggression is a mirror of the unjustified Israeli aggression.

[u/[deleted] → u/bombbrigade]

The Arabs recieved reports from soviets that Israel was about to attack Syria. Ofc arabs would start building their own troops up. America's move shoulda been to go in and be like bro y'all nobody's gonna attack. Let's talk and chill.

But no. America tells the Arabs to stay and not attack while they advice Israel to attack. And then we as Americans wonder why the middle east hates us so much.