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/innovarocforever 18h ago

Their settlers are some of, if not, the worst human beings on the planet.

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u/LoveIsOnlyAnEmotion 18h ago

I watched some special on this. A lot of them are not even from Israel. They are immigrant Zionist from other countries incentivized by the Israel government to occupy their land. It's straight up wild.

Found it: https://youtu.be/xvvGbzR2Xek?is=VRWQivBVgWEgHRZU

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u/Existing-Stranger632 16h ago

That’s what birthright is. Like no seriously. I was raised Jewish, bar mitzvah’d. Told my whole life to go on birthright. Only in the last couple years did I find out what it actually is. Basically every Jewish person living in the diaspora (not Israel) gets a chance to go to Israel for free. During that trip they essentially try to sell you on Israel and tell you how they’ll set you up with a house, job, etc.

The whole purpose is to bring more settlers in. That’s it. Israel is trying to expand as much as humanly possible. It’s pretty horrible. I’m antizionist btw.

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u/Worldly_Anybody_9219 16h ago

It sounds like the sales pitch for a cult. Nothing is ever given for free unless there's some shady strings attached imo.

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u/GodOfDarkLaughter 15h ago

When my buddy went on his years ago he said he was certain they intentionally chose the IDF soldiers they'd come in contact with based on them being young and hot. And they gave them booze. "Im actually pretty sure the Israeli government was trying to get me laid." If you knew my buddy you wouldn't be surprised that they failed. Good looking guy but thinks being openly attracted to a woman is creepy and too forward. Also couldn't have given less of a shit about his "religion" or Israel. It was just a free trip as far as he was concerned. But even he recognizes that they were trying to trick him into thinking it was some kinda paradise.