[jjulius]

>There are several major countries that profit off of wars -- America, France, the UK, etc., all are prominent weapons exporters. And all these countries export to "problematic" buyers.

Okay? And that somehow makes Israel exempt here, or something? Two wrongs make a right? We can't discuss Israel without making sure more "major" countries fix themselves first?

Help me out here, I'm not sure I see where you're going with this.

[b215826]

> And that somehow makes Israel exempt here, or something

It doesn't. But it's irresponsible journalism to write an article of this sort without admitting that every single arms exporter sells to autocracies.

[boomboomsubban]

>But it's irresponsible journalism to write an article of this sort without admitting that every single arms exporter sells to autocracies.

Again, it's a book review. The correct thing to do is discuss the books, both of which surely mention that other countries sell to autocracies.

[8note]

It's premature optimization. Why bother with Israel when the main English reading audience likely has much more direct influence over the biggest war profiteer - america.

Blaming Israel, is either anti-Semitism, that's it's only with criticism when people representing Jews do it, or colonialism, that it's only bad when it's not western powers doing it.

It's only a story because it's Israel, and Israel is seen as lesser than France or the USA

[jjulius]

Employing a black/white worldview and insisting that it's only either colonialism or anti-Semitism ignores nuance and is a really bad take.