• gonzo-rand19
    16•3 days ago

    Well, I’m sorry that they died; especially the kids. I feel horrible for the aunt since she lost her entire family.

    But the reason Israel needed the anti-missile systems the family was comforted by the presence of in the first place is because they have been inflicting terror in the region for years in the name of theocratic colonialist expansion and need to protect against return fire.

    • sparky@lemmy.federate.ccAEnglish
      2•2 days ago

      I think this is a bit of a simplistic take. They were fleeing war and may not have had a ton of options of places to go. If they were Jewish, then getting citizenship in Israel, a developed country, was probably their quickest and easiest path out of Ukraine. It’s not actually that easy to get a residency visa in another country, and if you don’t have time to wait around what with bombs dropping, you’ll take what you can get, even if you don’t necessarily agree with the government and politics there.