Government attributes decision to war crimes and human rights abuses being committed in Gaza

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    11 months ago

    Basically every country, for the most part, wants to keep regular relations going with every other country. Doesn’t mean they agree with each other or really even engage in trade. They want to remain friendly and have open communications channels. Severing ties in this way means that there is no possible normal interactions between them again.

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      11 months ago

      Good. Only ~215 countries to go. No one should have normal interactions with Israel or anyone who supports Israel.

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          There is probably a place between stupid and ridiculous that you could have aimed for. Amazingly, you managed to hit both of those.

      • BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca
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        11 months ago

        So that iran can just waltz in and do the same thing to Israel that Israel is doing to the Palestinians?

        That’s somehow a better outcome?

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          11 months ago

          I feel like Palestine would have something to say if “Iran” just waltzed in (how?) and decided to setup a concentration camp for jews, since israel as a country would rightfully no longer exist.

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      11 months ago

      Bolivia signed a large defence contract with Iran recently, so it really depends on how it unfolds.

      If it becomes a way for Iran to establish an outpost in South America it may lead to political assassinations and a regime change.

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        Iran establishing relations with socialist regimes with a focus on minority rights is more dangerous for Iran than it is for Iran exporting any sort of ideology. I wouldn’t worry about it. We’re more likely to coup Boliva (again) just because of MAS than any relations with Iran.

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        If Bolivia aligns with BRICS, Russia and China can intervene against NATO forces, the same way USA terrorists were thrown out of Syria.

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    They never did properly renew them after 2009 though, since the reasons for moving to minimal levels never went away, current events kinda just exemplifying why Bolivia never felt the desire to renew them.

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    11 months ago

    Is this mostly symbolic? I wasn’t aware these countries had anything to do with each other.

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      Particularly not after Cast Lead in 2009 when Bolivia broke off relations. Israel hasn’t really shown any reason for Bolivia to want to renew them since either.

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      Yes and no. We live in a global world and generally all countries are seen as “equal” when it comes to international relations. So when a country specifically severs ties with another, it creates friction, normally the rest of the world can provide proxy relations, i.e. Qatar with Iran, or Turkey or Britain/Canada with Cuba or whatever. But if multiple countries stop recognizing another countries sovereignty, that can cause a lot of complications with say citizens of that country traveling and having relations.

      So even if Bolivia doesn’t deal with Israel directly, if there is an Israeli business conducting commerce within Bolivia, suddenly it becomes a lot more complicated if there is any kind of financial dispute, or some kind of international incident involving a country that Bolivia doesn’t have relations with.

      Basically the Israeli company is exposed to a lot more risk then they would be otherwise.

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      How can it be that Muslim/Arab countries talk so much about Israel, yet it was South Africa who went to ICJ.

      I believe even though the Arab/Muslim people care about Palestinian people, but Arab/Muslim politicians don’t. They don’t give a fuck, as Israel also don’t give a fuck.

      PS: Free Palestinians!

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      I’m afraid that most States are addicted to the cyber mercenary services from Israeli corporations (eg NSO Group), and they would be unlikely to issue sanctions against them because they’re unwilling to loose tools like Pegasus.

      Glad to hear that Bolivia and Colombia are on the right side of history but I doubt Argentina or most countries in Europe would join.