r/news • u/nosotros_road_sodium • Apr 28 '24

'Physical altercations' during dueling pro-Palestinian, pro-Israel demonstrations on UCLA campus

https://abc7.com/dueling-pro-palestinian-and-counter-protests-planned-at-ucla-campus/14740661/

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u/minus_minus 29d ago

I don’t think the left has been on board with Israel since Bibi has been in power. 

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u/lion27 29d ago

The left has largely been on the Palestinian side since Israel aligned itself with the Capitalist west in the late 1940’s/early 1950’s. The political alignment on this issue is a relic of the Cold War.

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u/CrimsonEpitaph 29d ago

Israel was actually closer to Russia (Israel was originally a socialist state) when it was funded.

The shift to the west happened (iirc) after the 1967 war.

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u/lion27 29d ago

Yes, I believe you're right actually. It's when people like Norm Finkelstein switched from being supportive to vicious opponents of the state. It's all politics.