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The whole world does not revolve around Zionism

It shouldn't revolve around Zionism, but more and more it's clear that if you oppose Israeli military offensives as a Westerner, the powers that be will brand you a terrorist and respond as if you were a threat.

A/I is not a terrorist organization, and they only got branded as such when operatives started taking direct action in response to the Genocide that Israel is committing presently. The cited "terrorist" actions so far have been spray-painting military property with anti-genocide messages: Criminal vandalism, sure. But absolutely not terrorism!

The government designation of A/I as a terrorist organization is https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/20... and I have failed to notice anything about Israel, just your standard left-wing anarchy.

state.gov is not a reliable source, naturally they won’t say the truth or even their actual intention or reasoning. Recall the DHS has made up lies and deepfakes about just about every victim killed by ICE on camera.

I actually don't recall any deepfakes by DHS but please enlighten me.

They posted that one lady crying they arrested which was AI generated. She was not crying.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-photo-minnesota-pro...

Do not trust the DHS or secretary Noem. They lie, routinely. Most government sites are now compromised and cannot be used as sources.

>I have failed to notice anything about Israel

Then you linked to a state.gov document that lists numerous anti-Israel and pro-Palestine activist groups used as justification for a terrorist designation.

Did you even bother to read this document, or did you just CTRL+F "Israel" and miss all the times Palestine was mentioned?

Not sure why you're hyper-focusing on that one section and deciding that that was the motivation for the designation when there are plenty of other bad stuff happening there that more than justifies it. Besides the fact that many of those groups do indeed support terrorism.

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