I wish for the invention of some lobotomy type cosmetic surgery that stops the brain from being able to process the existence of German people and therefore prevents one from having to read the shit they spew in the papers on a daily basis
-style article titled "Yes, Ukraine has a Nazi problem" in which the author wonders how is it that nobody ever noticed the Nazi symbols the Ukrainian military has been using this entire time, and then explains how that relates to Zelensky's support for the terrorist Hamas terrorists who October 7-ed Israel on October 7.
two state solution is fascist af but this is better than like 99% of western countries and it being ukraine specifically is awesome, so critical support i guess
Yes, Zelensky is doing this because the US is sending money and guns to Israel instead of Ukraine. But Ukraine has already, since 2022, had diplomatic problems with Israel.
In November 2022, Ukraine supported a UN resolution that asked the International Court of Justice to investigate Israel's "prolonged occupation, settlement and annexation of Palestinian territory". In response, Israel summoned and admonished Ukrainian ambassador. Shortly after, in "an apparent act of retaliation", Israel did not vote for a UN resolution calling on Russia to pay reparations for invading Ukraine.
During the 2023 Israel–Hamas war, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry condemned attacks on Palestinian civilians in Gaza and supported a two-state solution to the conflict. More than 300 Ukrainian scholars, activists and artists expressed solidarity with Palestinians in an open letter. Most of the Ukrainian community in Gaza was forced to flee the country because of the war.
On 2 June 2024, Zelensky reiterated Ukraine's support for a two-state solution. He remarked that, while Ukraine has supported Israel's right for self-defence against Hamas during the attacks in October 2023, during the humanitarian crisis Ukraine said that is ready to help Gaza humanitarianly and it "will do everything so that Israel stops and civilians do not suffer."
Do you think it's simply because he sees popular support globally for Palestine and wants to piggy-back some of it?
Honestly, yes, I suspect this is more his motive than being angry that Israel is getting more aid than him. Him recognizing Palestine isn't going to divert any aid to him, if anything the opposite. However his foreign support comes mostly from western Libs, most of whom are at least somewhat Palestinian sympathetic. They've been losing focus on Ukraine so he's hoping this statement wins him some more support from them and gets him back in the news cycle long enough that US public opinion swings back in his direction a bit.
I think it has more to do with the opinions of the global south than the collective west. He’s been trying to court “neutral” nations like Saudi Arabia, Turkey, The Philippines, etc. and get them to come to his peace summit in Switzerland.
This is him saying opportunistic shit to try and get some of them back onside, since basically none of them what anything to do with Ukraine
Someone here has to have the copypasta about calling him Sheikh Zelensky for his role in depleting American weapon stocks and hurting their ability to give the weapons to israel.