• Mr_Blott@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    An Israeli bloke was telling me the other day how loads of russian Jewish people had gone to Israel to avoid the war. Actually lol’d

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      9 months ago

      Well if they’re gonna have to participate in fighting, perhaps they’re smart to choose the better equipped army who are “fighting” unarmed and malnourished children in an open-air prison.

      The moral thing would be to not participate in either, ofc.

      I’m just pointing out I can see the logic they used.

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        9 months ago

        Admittedly an horribly flippant comment on my part. He was actually saying how most of the russian Jewish were highly educated and hardworking compared to the average Israeli, and a massive boon to the country

        Not sure how to feel about that given both country’s circumstances