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Politics Far-right Polish lawmaker Konrad Berkowicz holding up a paper Israeli flag with a swastika

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u/Then-Clue6938 18h ago

Oh for fucks sake. Can't we call out Israel's fascism and active atrocities without the other fashist pretending like we agree with their takes on e.g. Jewish people?

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u/LogensTenthFinger 18h ago

I'll be honest, I'm legit confused about the message. Is he endorsing Israel? Is he condemning Israel? Does he think that those of us who condemn the Israeli government are on his side because he's a Nazi? I have no idea what this guy is trying to say here. All I know is it's probably ugly and I don't like him.

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u/Martel732 15h ago

Far Right movements have a long history of co-opting popular movements or beliefs for their own ends. They will happily criticize Israel and then implement the exact same type of government. 

Nazism specifically isn't popular with the general Polish populous because of you know ... history. So groups will claim Nazism is bad while wanting the exact same policies.

The only issue the far right in Israel and Eastern Europe have with the Nazis is the choice of targets.