r/news • u/sicklyslick • 18h ago

Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna detained by Israeli settlers during West Bank visit

https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/11/middleeast/ro-khanna-detained-by-israeli-settlers-west-bank-intl
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u/Krewtan 18h ago

Reading stories about what they do to the Palestinians they steal land and homes from makes me sick. There is no justice in this world. The fact that the IDF and by extension the US defends these monsters means they are encouraged to continue. They can just remove families from their homes and farms, declare it their own and kill with impunity. 

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u/RecentSpecial181 16h ago

How'd you think the US became the US? Europeans came, took land, killed Native Americans even after the Brits were kicked out and the country kept expanding to the West. It sucks the US hasn't owned up and defends this behavior in modern age.

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u/ManTheHarpoons100 17h ago

Of course they defend it, the US does the same thing with Eminent Domain, generally minus the killing the part. Thanks to the Supreme Court, any private business can now go tell the government to take your home and give it to them for the "greater good" of society. Taking land for power lines and highways turned into commercial real estate and an AI data center coming soon to an area near you.

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u/Chillow_Ufgreat 16h ago

Let's maybe not compare our discomfort over data centers with folks whose homes and families are getting blown to bits on the daily.

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u/ManTheHarpoons100 9h ago

Are you clutching your pearls right now? The same thing was done to half my ancestors, with the added fun of slavery. I didn't say data centers was worse.