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I did a search in the blog archive to see how much I criticised Israel after all.
January 2009 Called Israel a source of alienation between NATO members and Arab countries
April 2009 Claimed that Israel alienated Western nations with its behaviour for decades
December 2008 Expressed doubts that Israel's self-defence against Hamas/Gaza was proportionate / implying it was excessive.
July 2009 Called Israel's behaviour unacceptable, singling out the bombing of other countries
July 2010 'tail wags the dog' graphic symbolising Israel-U.S. relationship
May 2011 Called Israel a "regional troublemaker"
September 2011 Claimed that Israel has a "usual" disrespect against Muslim nations
November 2011 "Expect a revolt if you run the largest prison on earth." [Gaza]
December 2012 Insisted that Israel is no ally to the U.S., using the concept of an "ally" that's dependent on a signed & ratified two-way alliance, not mere good relations. I repeated this briefly in April 2018.
July 2014 A blog post mentioning the lopsided casualty figures in a Israel-Gaza/Hamas conflict at the time. I also supposed that Israel&Egypt could be pressured into peace with Gaza becoming Egyptian.
July 2014 Criticism of Israel's grand strategy as stupid, drawing parallel to the Crusader states that were dependent on outside support, too.
May 2015 Israel as #5 threat future threat to Germany, but rated "utterly unrealistic"
July 2015 "Israel has earned a reputation for not necessarily letting refugees return"
April 2017 "Israel's attempt to hold on to occupied territories since 1967 in spite of repeated UN resolutions demanding its withdrawal"
August 2018 Claimed that Israel deviated from Western norms and "Apartheid light, routine disregard of international norms"
May 2019 Indirectly called Netanyahu corrupt
October 2020 Called Israel an illegal occupier of the West Bank
June 2021 Linked without comment to an article of HRW and another from The Intercept that were criticising Israel
October 2021 Mentioned Israel hacking, assassination and subversive actions without elaborating
January 2022 Mentioned without elaboration habitual Israeli occupation and bombing of foreign lands
February 2022 Linked to an article about allegations that Israeli police illegally wiretapped Israeli citizens
February 2022 Called Israel and aggressor and occupier since 1967
February 2022 One post that is all about Israel's offences and I called it "unacceptable behaviour"
July 2022 Called Israel 5th most important threat to Germany due to the range of its nuclear-tipped missiles (later quoted this part in July 2024)
October 2023 I wrote that peace in Near East should be pursued by forcing a solution on the regional countries, not by negotiating with them.
November 2023 I wrote "Israel has to leave the occupied territories and go back to its pre-1967 borders. The state of Israel is only legitimate within the pre-1967 borders." and that the naval (longtime) blockade of Gaza by Israel was illegitimate
April 2023 Mentioned that Israel habitually commits wars of aggression
January 2024 Mentioned that Israel demolitions buildings in Gaza outside of combat.Also claimed that Israel "played the victim card too brazenly" (overplayed it).
I did NOT count my comments in the comment sections for economy of effort reason.
Now put these 28 instances in perspective; about 2,500 blog posts were written in total!
Looking back, I think not one of those statements is indefensible.
The "habitual", the #5 threat ranking, the opinion that Near East parties should be dictated/forced into peace rather than negotiation partners are unusual opinions, for sure. Definitely outside of mainstream. Still, in hindsight I still think of them as reasonable.
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