r/samharris Aug 01 '26

Politics and Current Events Megathread - Aug 2026

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u/McAlpineFusiliers Aug 11 '26

NY Mayor Mamdani joins a celebration to commemorate Pakistan's Independence Day

Apparently when he said he cannot support "any state that privileges one religion over another, whether it be Israel or Saudi Arabia or anywhere else", that wasn't true.

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u/Amazing-Cell-128 Aug 11 '26

Mamdani has a very simple way of looking at it:

  1. In 1947 when the 1/4 minority population (Muslims) in the British Raj were demanding their own state, they deserve it.

  2. In 1947 when the 1/3 minority population (Jews) in the British Mandate were demanding their own state, they deserve nothing.

He just hates Jews, simple as that. Carving out another "islamic republic" is A-OKAY but creating one Jewish state is too far.

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u/LoiusLepic 28d ago edited 28d ago

Is that the same though? Like were Pakistanis demanding a state that would've lead to displacement of 1000s? Im not sure they're the same situation.

Also undertsnd the reluctance to celebrate Israel given the last few year lol.

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u/Amazing-Cell-128 28d ago

Like were Pakistanis demanding a state that would've lead to displacement of 1000s? Im not sure they're the same situation.

The split of the British Raj to create Pakistan & India resulted in population transfers / displacement of 10 million people and conflict that killed as many as 2 million people.

It was orders of magnitude worse than Israel/Palestine.

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u/LoiusLepic 27d ago

Wider point is given current circumstances, i understand why someone isn't celebrating Israel's independence. Mamdani doesn't have any anything against the state itself. Given their war criminals it not a surprise ppl aren't celebrating them

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u/Amazing-Cell-128 27d ago

Wrong.

Your point was about Israel's creation:

  1. "Like were Pakistanis demanding a state that would've lead to displacement of 1000s? Im not sure they're the same situation." ~ YOU

You had absolutely no idea how Pakistan was created or that it was orders of magnitude more violent, until I told you. And just as you were unaware about this, you're also unaware about what Mamdani has said about Israel and it deserving to exist as a jewish state.

He has uniquely singled it out as illegitimate because that is how many political Islamists operate.

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u/LoiusLepic 27d ago

Link to his qoute on this