• ToiletFlushShowerScream@piefed.world
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    7 days ago

    The article states that only 24 percent think he SHOULD NOT be arrested, which the title does not imply.

    Even less percent believe Israel did NOT commit war crimes.

    Of course this does not mirror the public sentiments of most of Americas elected officials.

  • mlg@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Netanyahu literally showed up in congress and then berated the US government for not shoving more money into his genocide.

    If that isn’t a sign of a compromised government, I don’t know what is lol.

    Imagine if Xi Jinping suddenly pulled up to the senate as if he has any position in the US government.

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      6 days ago

      Agreed, the US justice system was made to control the rabble. Its not at all functional when it comes to holding the powerful accountable. Arresting Netenyahu is pointless-- it will just lead to his immediate release.

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    7 days ago

    Fucking throw him in an ICE dentition center along will the entire DHS. Those places aren’t even fit for a Nazi. Should be perfect for those ghouls and put trump in there too!

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    7 days ago

    What about the top half? That’s the only half that America seems to give a shit about.

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    7 days ago

    At least half don’t even know who that is, and the half of who do aren’t informed enough to chime in.

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      6 days ago

      I think most people are confused about who Netanyahu is, I keep seeing him incorrectly described as the president of Israel when he’s actually the prime minister of Israel. The president of Israel is Isaac Herzog

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        Enlighten me, what’s the Prime minister do then? Is that like a Catholic role (being minister?)? We don’t have that in the US, but I know Canada and parts of Europe have them. I guess I’ve just never really paid attention to the role.

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          6 days ago

          In Westminster parliamentary systems, the government has a cabinet of ministers responsible for different policy areas, similar to the US presidential cabinet. The leader of the cabinet ministers is the prime minister, the head of government. The closest US analogy would probably be a cross between speaker of the house and house majority leader (the role of the speaker of the house in Westminster parliaments is somewhat different - in Australia the Speaker is a member of the House of Representatives elected by the House, and is responsible for the operation of the house, but does not get to decide what legislation gets put to a vote. That’s up to the governing party). The prime minister is supposed to be “first among equals”, but in reality the PM is the leader of the party and is hence the boss. The PM also de-facto exercises executive power, since the Governor-General who legally holds executive power only acts on the advice of the prime minister.

    • quick_snail@feddit.nl
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      6 days ago

      The purpose of his arrest is because there is a warrant out for his war crimes. To extradite him to the ICC, where he is a wanted criminal

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    6 days ago

    I bet there’s a huge slice of that pie that have no opinion. So the ones that think he should not be arrested are probably very, very few.

    Edit: it’s 27%. Actually much higher than I expected. But that’s roughly the same as the population of Trump supporters at its peak, so I guess it makes sense.

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      6 days ago

      It’s absolutely wild how many in the US and Canada are just completely politically ignorant.

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    7 days ago

    yep, half of the Americans think Berlin is the capital of Belgium too.

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      6 days ago

      I don’t think that’s true. Most US Americans probably don’t even know one is a city and one is a country.

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    7 days ago

    Maybe after that we could politely ask him to stop convincing our stupid president to further embroil us in Middle East conflict.