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Israeli airstrike kills Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah in southern Lebanon, wounds 6 others. (www.cnn.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 11 months ago (3 children)

It’s awful newspeak to say “southern Lebanon”. I’m originally from there and have family there. The entire country is less than 150 miles from tip to tip.

It’s a way of segmenting the country to not sound bad. Israel is again bombing Lebanon. There is no country called “southern Lebanon”.

I’ve seen this language used for years to justify bombing and occupation.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago

Fuck... Thank you for that awful comment, it can't be easy recalling systemic oppression.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

US media seems pretty on board with Israel's expansionist ambitions for a "greater Israel". So messed up.

[–] Ubermeisters 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I don't know man. I get this is a spicy issue right now, as it should be, but even small cities use cardinal direction descriptors.

I'm sure what you're talking about is a very real problem and I've got no experience just say otherwise, but like maybe not this time?