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Cake day: July 21st, 2024

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  • While the law requires men to request the permit, the [army] spokesperson clarified, it also obliges the military career center to issue it, if "no specific military service is expected during the period in question.”

    "Since military service under current law is based exclusively on voluntary participation, such permissions must generally be granted,” the official added. (…)

    When asked, the ministry spokesperson pointed out that "the regulation was already in place during the Cold War and had no practical relevance; in particular, there are no penalties for violating it.”




  • No it’s not. The title of the article is “Israel Quietly Backs New Gaza Militias Fighting Hamas” (emphasis by me). You might say that that’s a distinction without difference, but I think it matters on multiple counts:

    1. The term “Zionist” refers to people holding a certain set of beliefs. The group therefore contains more members than the government. Which Zionists are backing the group? The original headline answered the question, the new one does not.
    2. Using the term “Zionist” instead of “Israel” implies a motivation for the actions of the government not present in the original title. The new headline misrepresents the reporting it links to. We are talking about the Wall Street Journal here. Do you really think the would argue that the Israeli government funds Arab militias because of Zionism?














  • Replacement with a different stability.

    As the famous quote from Spider-Man goes: “with great power comes great responsibility.” Past WW2 the US acted as hegemon. They where the most powerful country and tried to use this responsibility on the global stage - at least to an extent. NATO, free access to US markets for other countries (though that also benefitted the US because it cemented the USD as reserve currency)

    Now the government wants to keep the power but have none of the responsibility. It’s similar to their position on free speech.

    To put it an other way: They want to be a bully.