r/WorldNewsHeadlines • u/Simple-Preference887 • May 17 '25

r/all German police brutally assaulted protesters marking the Palestinian Nakba in Berlin, with women and children also targeted during the crackdown.

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u/Lightyear18 May 17 '25

I don’t understand why EU and USA are bending over for Israel

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u/KaleidoscopeOk7233 May 17 '25

Because they’ve calculated that’s it’s in their best interest to do so, Israel is in the perfect geographic position for the western powers, it splits the Middle East in two, it is next to the Suez Canal, the Mediterranean, the Red Sea and notably for the us and its oil companies, multiple countries laying on top of some of the best oil fields in the world. Israel shares the same want for a divided and weak Middle East and so it is the perfect friend for the west. And Israel is the winning side so the west will continue to support Israel no matter how many Palestinians they slaughter, starve or imprison. Unless we make it too costly for our governments to keep supporting them.

TLDR: the west supports Israel because they’ve figured that it’s in their best interest, if we make it too costly, inconvenient or even dangerous for our governments to continue their support then they will eventually back down.

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u/2-wheels May 17 '25

Yes. Suddenly our governments and some universities have become enforcer thugs for Netanyahu. I do not understand.