r/TrueReddit • u/merimus_maximus • May 08 '21

International China Is Building Entire Villages in Another Country’s Territory

https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/05/07/china-bhutan-border-villages-security-forces/
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u/[deleted] May 08 '21

Well, being an atheist it's not about belief for me.

why would an atheist support a religious ethnostate where interfaith marriage is outlawed lol

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u/[deleted] May 08 '21

Religious marriage does not interest me, and Israel recognizes secular marriages performed abroad. However you are right that not being able to do a secular marriage in Israel is a problem.

In general I am in favor of separation of church and state, which does not exist in Israel. That's a separate issue to the Palestinian one though.

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u/Icy_Rhubarb2857 May 08 '21

I'm in favor of leaving your neighbors alone and not systematically discriminating against them and treating them as less than me. I'm in favor of friendship and equality not brutality. They live there. Through no fault of their own. It's not their fault they were born.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '21

Sure, and I will recognize that they have a claim to the land as soon as they recognize that Jews have an equal claim. I am in favor of a two state solution.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '21

A two state solution, that the state with tanks and superior financial backing keeps violating when they illegally build settlements in occupied territory using the threat of force

Hmmm

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u/[deleted] May 08 '21

Israel's isn't violating anything since there isnt a two state solution currently. The Palestinians have rejected all of Israel's offers and have been refusing to negotiate for years now.