Starmer urges Iran to 'refrain from attacking Israel' in 'rare' phone call with country's president
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The prime minister tells President Masoud Pezeshkian he is "deeply concerned" amid growing fears Iran will retaliate against Israel over the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.

So Israel break international law and then Starmer asks Iran to just suck it up, saying it will put the ceasefire in jeopardy, ignoring the fact that Israel just assassinated the lead negotiator. What in the bloody fuck?

  • whenyellowstonehasitsday@fedia.io
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    3 months ago

    pointing out that when you say “iran and israel should face international justice”, you only mean “iran should face international justice” is relevant, yes

    i’m not insulting you when i call you a hypocrite, i’m just accurately labeling the thing you’re doing, and if you take the word for the thing you’re doing as an insult, that’s maybe a sign you should stop doing that thing

    if you want to take referencing a year’s worth of posts establishing your position on israel as a purity test then i could play my own fun little line drawing game

    • frankPodmore@slrpnk.netMEnglish
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      3 months ago

      pointing out that when you say “iran and israel should face international justice”, you only mean “iran should face international justice” is relevant, yes

      But I don’t mean that. My posting history about Israel suggests nothing of the sort. It’s mostly me talking about what other people have said about Israel. When I do give my own opinions on Israel, they’re 1. To criticise Starmer’s earlier, weak position on Gaza; 2. To criticise Trump moving the US embassy. To characterise those comments as though they represent a year’s worth of pro-Israel comments is ludicrous.

      I’m not interested in talking about this any further with you.

      • whenyellowstonehasitsday@fedia.io
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        3 months ago

        Also, it wouldn’t actually silence his critics on this, precisely because it won’t change anything. The war will continue, so people would just start demanding that [Starmer] demand issuing arrest warrants for Israeli government ministers who come to the UK, or trade embargoes, or whatever.

        i guess defending starmer’s “earlier, weak position on gaza” is more or less equivalent to criticism of it