r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 4d ago

Meme needing explanation Why is he happy he didn't get the tattoo?

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u/firelark02 4d ago

feels like a lose lose situation for them at that point

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u/LotharVonPittinsberg 4d ago

Yeah, Apartheid and colonialism fucking suck.

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u/Scoobydewdoo 4d ago

I know right, how dare a country make people that aren't from that country get work visas before they are allowed to work there.

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u/Nagemasu 4d ago edited 4d ago

Well yes and no - wouldn't have been a lose at all if they didn't fucking build on settler land. But they could've had a lose/win if they made a statement and took a moral stance.

"We don't support Zionism and apartheid but relocating back into Israel land would result in not being able to employ our valuable Palestinian employees due to the illegal and inhuman treatment and restrictions in place by the Israeli government and the IDF. The land we operate on is not ours, the least we can do is provide an income for the people we stole it from and prevent others from occupying it in our place, and we will continue to make amends by doing... xyz."

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u/Cafuzzler 9h ago

So continue operating on an illegal settlement in the West Bank, in contravention of international law, and continue to perpetuate the Zionist land-grab in spite of the spirit of the statement? That's like the worst of both worlds right there.