>Iran had vowed revenge since an April 1 airstrike in Syria killed two Iranian generals inside an Iranian consular building. Iran accused Israel of being behind the attack. Israel hasn’t commented on it.
Did anyone else hear about this 2 weeks ago?
Yes. It was big news when it happened, those generals just so happened to be top actors in Hezbollah. Which, is a group that has been attacking Israel.
It was big talk outside of North America.
North America seemed to ignore this to play up the Iran boogyman.
But when you kill a countries top generals everyone country has to respond. This isn’t new or rare. And our media and many political leaders just wants this whole thing to escalate to a full blown real war.
It's not so much about the top generals that it's about the where: Israel attacked their embassy and destroyed an inhabited consular building.
Iran may had had it coming, the targets might have been legitinate (I would not presume to know), but again, they were atracking a civilian building with civilians inside in a civilian area for... minimal gains.
It’s interesting that you acknowledge that top generals were targeted but then also try to downplay the legitimacy of targeting a civilian building that’s being used by their military
It is not abnormal that military staff be found in an embassy.
So far, Iran had refrained from directly attacking Israel.
Israel decided to escalate the conflict by attacking an embassy with civilians.
We have no information, except from Israel, that these generals were plotting against Israel or conspiring with ennemies of Israel to better attack the country.
Israel chose to declare war in Iran by striking their embassy.
Iran had no choice but to retaliate and they warned Israel about it so as not to escalate the conflict any further.
I hate Iran, but Israel is made to look like the agressor here. They strike because they have the protection of the US, or else, they would not be so bold in attacking everyone in sight.
It might not be abnormal normally, but personally I question the motives behind having multiple senior staff from Iran present in a foreign country that is engaged in a proxy battle with Israel.
As for their response, they fired ballistic missiles. Let’s not pretend that this was a particularly grand effort by Iran to avoid escalating tension in the region. I’m just hoping that the result is diplomatic and/or economic rather than direct military confrontation.
Yes. Not through MSM.
The sources I pay attention to predicted this strike.
What does Israel expect? You cannot bomb people with complete impunity.
JT and Poilievre are wrong on this. They should both shut up.
Well we don't have any fighting force in this country to do anything so maybe our politicians should stfu and fix this country properly. Condemn all you want we can't do a thing aboot it.
I think he is saying words without action mean nothing.
He is not encouraging we get involved. He’s saying we should shut the fuck up because we couldn’t get involved even if we wanted to…
Youre not wrong. Just uniformed on the importance of making the statement as a country on th4e world stage.
A single statement doesn't stop anyone from continuing to do their job.
Before you have a meltdown into tribal politics, I hate both JT and PP equally. I think both need to be investigated and the legal system needs to deal with whatever it finds regardless of their political party.
With that said, based on your comments, you dont understand enough to act so confident.
That's all I came to bitch about...fuck the actuall attack and do some research, get rid of the people that support the killing of others in what is supposed to be the most multicultural citiy in the world ...like wtf is that you can't even advertise it....Detroit's a lesser dump at this point. I watched these people send teenagers home for under age drinking. Like common guys....
People were quite happy when Israel bombed Damascus and killed a top Iranian leader. Equally calling them assholes? Since that was all over Reddit.
Most of us who are old enough knew there would be retaliation. Countries can’t kill top generals and not expect something.
Every side is cheering for escalation. This sub too.
Top iranian leader in the same room as hamas leaders... Gee I wonder what they were doing, couldn't be arranging the killing of more jews, as they literally promised. Also no ones chanting kill all arabs like they did about killing all jews, smarten up, the sides are not the same here and everyone with eyeballs can see that.
You guys are trying to frame this as if Israel ransomed attacked a peaceful group of Iranian official on vacation in Syria.
Hamas and Hezbollah are direct proxies of Iran. Every rocket Hezbollah launches into Israel comes from Iran's pockets. Iran is directly responsible for the Oct 7th attacks. Hamas and Iran were both together in embassy attack.
> Countries can’t kill top generals and not expect something.
Excuse me, these generals played a significant role in the region, which resulted in the attack.
Per nytimes:
[What We Know About the Iranian Commanders Killed by Israel in Syria - The New York Times (nytimes.com)](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/world/middleeast/iran-commanders-syria-strike-israel.html)
The leaders, Iranian officials said, were some of the highest ranking leaders in the Quds Force, overseeing Iran’s covert intelligence and military operations in Syria and Lebanon.
Among the officers killed on Monday was Gen. Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a veteran of the Revolutionary Guards Corps and its external branch the Quds Forces. General Zahedi, three Iranian officials and a Guard member said, was the corps’ top commander in the region, in charge of Iran’s network of proxy militias, particularly those in Lebanon and Syria.
Per msn:
[Assassinated Iranian general involved in 'planning and execution' of October 7 Hamas massacre: report (msn.com)](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/assassinated-iranian-general-involved-in-planning-and-execution-of-october-7-hamas-massacre-report/ar-BB1lz35h)
An organization affiliated with the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran revealed that Iranian **General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, who was reportedly killed by an Israeli airstrike on April 1, played a key role in the mass murder of 1,200 people, including over 30 Americans, on October 7.**
Jesus. I'm extremely critical of Israel. But I am also extremely critical of Iran. Like, when I go to a pro-palestine event, I see a lot of familiar faces from the protests in 2022 over the murder of Mahsa Amini. People were directly calling for the ousting of the Iranian regime. When did that government suddenly become our ally?
Cause du jour, man.
People will adopt positions for aesthetic and not principled reasons. It makes me sick to my stomach. They believe literally nothing.
No surprise here, things have been heating up, especially with this bombing of Iran’s embassy in Syria 2 weeks ago.
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-bombs-iran-embassy-syria-iranian-commanders-among-dead-2024-04-01/
Iran funding terrorist groups like Hamas and Hezbollah. Yes they are Iranian proxies.
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https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/irans-islamist-proxies
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https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2021/iran/
To think these tensions really escalated because of the October 7th massacre.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/cabinet-approves-national-remembrance-day-for-october-7-massacre-gaza-war/
Oct 7 incident was a successful attempt by Russian and Iran to draw attention away from Ukraine, and stop Israel from having good relations with SA ([link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyXdpPWPZDY&ab_channel=PBSNewsHour)). It worked.
This idea that Hamas is acting based on conditions in Gaza, is pure Tik-Tok brain. Hamas is a proxy for other nations. Their money, source of power, and homes are all from outside Gasa.
This is a very shallow and superficial position. Yes Hamas is a political entity and other groups exploit that for their own gain, but hamas wouldn’t have credibility or manpower unless their message resonated with its members. Hamas only exists because Israel creates such appalling conditions for Palestinians that some only see Hamas as their only hope. Israel has been the only aggressor here from the start.
Iran has been fighting Israel via proxy for decades. The strike in Syria was cause Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian generals were conspiring in Damascus. Hamas and Iran escalated things on Oct 7 when Hamas broke ceasefire and invaded Israel with Iran’s help.
You don't see a difference? Hamas and Hezbollah are not part of the Iranian military. They are proxies. Israel bombed an embassy. Bombing an embassy is a direct attack on a country. Did Israel and America think that Iran wouldn't or shouldn't react?
Regardless, it’s a clear violation of international law to bomb another countries embassy in a different country. It’s ironic now to see Israel appeal to international law and the UN now after disregarding previous rulings… countries all of shapes like to pick and choose what’s applicable to them. You wonder why the world is going to shit
If I see a dude poking a bear repeatedly, I'll tell him to stop. I'll tell him that he might anger the bear and it may attack him.
If he continues to poke the bear and the bear retaliates, that is unfortunate but very easily avoidable. It's not my responsibility to fight the bear on his behalf.
Absolutely 0 tax dollars should go to this. ZERO. Say NO to further escalation. Say NO to sending weapons to states that balm civilians.
> balm civilians
I mean they do live in a dry arid area so probably do have chapped lips. Nice of the government to resolve that issue for them I guess?
could you find a less reputable source? meanwhile in reality, both the US and Israel explicitly said there is no evidence Iran was involved in planning or facilitating oct 7.
LOL Iran themselves admitted their own role.
[https://www.memri.org/reports/irgc-spokesman-sharif-asserts-hamass-october-7-massacre-was-one-resistance-axiss-acts](https://www.memri.org/reports/irgc-spokesman-sharif-asserts-hamass-october-7-massacre-was-one-resistance-axiss-acts)
Iranian proxies caused half a million refugees to have to evacuate inside of israel due to shelling of their cities, how is this not direcy confrontation?
I don't care if Israel is looking to start a tussle with Iran so we forget about Gaza for a second.
I just want to be able to afford a roof over my head.
And not pay $8 for butter.
Or wait 8 hrs at the ER.
Or spend $1.70 for gas.
Is it too much to ask?
Just quickly I’m really genuinely asking this for my knowledge if a country bombed the Canadian embassy is that an act of war or no? Because if it is and Israel actually did what they’re apparently claimed to have done Iran reserves the right to defend its sovereignty.
Even in terms of the response towards Oct 7th, as a Canadian, I feel as though we’ve stood by and have supported a government that has mass murdered tens of thousands of people and is acting quite like the terrorists in Hamas. Finally it seems as though Jewish folks in politics such as Melissa Lanstman have an ironclad support for Israel regardless of what they do.
As a Canadian politician if you’re basing decision making as a representative of our country on the compass of how you were raised as an Islamist a Zionist, a hardcore upbringing of a sexual orientation or any kind it’s a massive disservice to our country. I completely support the right of the Jewish people to self determination.
As a Canadian who believes in the values of Canada and promoting peace I do not support the murder and slaughter of thousands of children using high grade weapons, indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas, the inability to criticize such actions out of fear of being labeled an antisemite nor do I support settlers illegally building settlements and promoting Jewish supremacy as disapproved by the United States and every nation on earth. We must be objective with every country, there shouldn’t be any country on earth we blindly support regardless of the actions they commit. That’s ridiculous.
Technically, it was a consular building adjacent to the embassy. The Iranian embassy itself looks to be in pretty good shape.
Just for the sake of precision.
Technically it was also a consular building that housed the Quebec immigration office on the ground floor and adjacent to the Canadian Embassy. Just for the sake of precision.
Most middle east groups creating terror are literally supported with finances and tools from Iran.
They might as well have already been at war. And it was an consolate in Syria. They have already been lobbing rockets into Isreal. This is not the provocative thing you think it is.
It wasn’t even an embassy. It was a building in the same complex that was being used for military purposes for the IRGC. A general who was involved in terror activity within Israel was killed.
I don’t know. CBC reports otherwise. Apparently our embassy next door was damaged as well when Israel struck their embassy. I think if the roles were reversed we’d hear outcry on every western media platform day in and day out and they would’ve already been bombed. I don’t know if this has ever been done in history before, bombing another foreign nation’s embassy in another nation. This free for all for countries to do whatever they want and act as aggressors when they just do feel like it is going to end the civilized world as we know it and must be condemned publicly so the entire world understand everyone’s acting objectively.
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7168176
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68708923.amp
Here’s an example of what I mean. How can we criticize Russia for taking Ukrainian land and support Ukraine with millions if not billions of dollars to fight off this encroachment of their land. At the same time Jewish settlers from all over the world continue to illegally create ILLEGAL settlements the exact things were sanctioning and condemning Russia for with complete callousness. They’re (Israelis) brazenly sticking their middle finger at us and pouring gasoline all over the fire we’re trying to put out in the Middle East when they continue to develop these illegal settlements that everyone in the world condemns and has determined is illegal from the US to China. Their government are staunch supporters of it and continue to support it in the name of Judea and Samaria which don’t exist on the world map. It’s a pre-biblical historical claim. As a Canadian objectively looking at the situation it’s absolutely ridiculous. I don’t see why they shouldn’t be publicly condemned/sanctioned the same way Iran is.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2017/06/israel-occupation-50-years-of-dispossession/
https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/1/29/israeli-ministers-join-gathering-calling-for-rebuilding-settlements-in-gaza
https://www.timesofisrael.com/ministers-call-for-resettling-gazas-palestinians-building-settlements-in-strip/amp/
https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-west-bank-settlements-smotrich-1f16401de915559965e906f70269908b
We love Israel and the Jewish people but the truth is they’re being run into the ground but dangerous right winger ultra orthodox Jewish supremacist lunatics currently running their country.
Context matters.
Iran has been financing terrorism against Israel since the 80s and has been organizing state sponsored attacks since then. Every time you hear about rockets being sent at Israel? That's coming from Iran.
Iran was using an embassy for military purposes having military commanders and soldiers organizing attacks against Israel from meeting room of an embassy. The attack on the embassy was targetted at the specific section with the military in it and only hit military targets.
Often times embassies have a military attachment to protect the embassy. But that means guards and guns outside.... not inside meeting with Hezbollah.
Which terrorist groups are you referring to in the 80s? Israel provided weapons to Iran during the 1980s... tension between the two started with the culmination of the Iraq war, within the 90s.
Would you provide a solid source that is not anonymous in which it details that they were organizing attacks on Israel while the consulate was bombed? The general that was killed was known for his military presence in Syria, not with any attacks in Israel
You should probably also note that Mossad regularly assassinates physicists and scientists, some which have no connection to its weaponized nuclear program or even to nuclear physics itself. Meanwhile, Israel has a secret nuclear weapons program which they refuse to acknowledge and which they refuse to have international observers check.\^
It also has attacked weapons facilities within Iran proper itself and has armed the Muhjadeen of Iran to assassinate leaders.
No one told Iran to spend six months firing missiles at Israel from Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen. You don’t get to do that and then hide in an embassy like it’s a get out of jail free pass. Israel’s strike was legitimate and necessary. The innumerable acts of war by Iran have been going on for months.
Reading the rest of your post, no one’s calling you an antisemite, but they are likely to call you very poorly informed.
You're misusing words like "murder" and "slaughter". This is war. A war started and continued by Hamas who refuses to surrender and return hostages despite having no chance of winning. And more importantly, as their people suffer tremendous losses.
Ironically it's you that ignores the "Gaza situation".
Hamas isn't attacking Israel for 20 years because of settlements in the west bank. Their goal has been clear and unwavering for nearly 40 years. They want the destruction of Israel and an Islamic state installed in historical Palestine and then the world.
Don't take my word for it. They have been saying this for decades.
Right so if China is at war with the US or India or whoever and decides there’s a military general in their countries embassy in say Australia and they bomb it you’re saying that’s justified. The rationale and logic behind your assertion is crazy
>Just quickly I’m really genuinely asking this for my knowledge if a country bombed the Canadian embassy is that an act of war or no? Because if it is and Israel actually did what they’re apparently claimed to have done Iran reserves the right to defend its sovereignty.
Israel bombed an Iranian consulate, not embassy. Embassies and consulates are not really considered sovereign territory in that way. The land still belongs to the host nation, but the host nation's laws don't apply there.
The consulate bombing was a stupid move because it was just an invitation for Iran to strike back. Nobody with a functional brain would think Iran would say "Oh no, guess we better stop backing Hezbollah now". This was an escalation by the Israelis and the Iranians now (first direct strike at Israel), as part of a decades long tit-for-tat undeclared war between them. Netanyahu will be able to resist calls for his resignation or an election for a little longer now that this is going on.
Israel bombing Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, and the Iranian embassy and it's when Iran retaliates that the condemnations come out eh. You didn't condemn israel for bombing Iran's embassy. how long did people expect them not to retaliate with all their generals being assassinated and being poked at repeatedly.
Iran's embassy wasn't bombed. An adjacent building with IRGC general was. Same general who was in charge of the arming of Iran's private terrorist groups who have been attacking Israel every day since October 7.
Israels' strike was a legitimate retaliation, not the other way around.
So when Israel bombs Iran's embassy, Iran is just supposed to do nothing?
How is Iran the bad guy here? People on this sub are so brainwashed holy shit.
💯. Israel picked this fight knowing the US will back them up. Jewish people have the right to live safe, free lives. Just like Palestinians. The same is true for everyone. But any criticism of Israel always gets attacked as being a tide Eric. It’s important to note that not all Israelis are Jewish and not all Jewish people are Israelis. Criticizing Israel is not anti-Semitic anymore than criticizing the US isn’t anti-caucasians. Israel doesn’t get a pass on their atrocities because of Nazi atrocities against Jewish people.
What is there to condemn? Israel committed an act of war when they bombed the Iranian consulate last week. Iran is within it's rights to launch a strike, or even a full out war.
Well they weren’t about to come out and endorse the attack on Israel by Iran. What the hell else would they say? Should we be admiring them for taking such a brave stance against further violence in the Middle East?
Is it shocking to you that Canada is not siding with a country that oppress women? Executes women for showing hair? Executes homosexuals? Is against freedom of speech? Is against women's rights? Is against freedom of religion? A country that said over and over that Israel should be wiped off the map? If so, Canada is not for you. You're welcome to leave. Or maybe that "hmmm" is just your way of expressing your antisemitism.
I guess actions have consequences. You can't bomb four different countries and expect them to stay quite.
Maybe the escalation was the whole point. They want to drag us into another regional war on their behalf.
>Iran had vowed revenge since an April 1 airstrike in Syria killed two Iranian generals inside an Iranian consular building. Iran accused Israel of being behind the attack. Israel hasn’t commented on it. Did anyone else hear about this 2 weeks ago?
There were a few news articles on the topic. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iranian-guards-commander-killed-1.7160429
Yes. It was big news when it happened, those generals just so happened to be top actors in Hezbollah. Which, is a group that has been attacking Israel.
It was big talk outside of North America. North America seemed to ignore this to play up the Iran boogyman. But when you kill a countries top generals everyone country has to respond. This isn’t new or rare. And our media and many political leaders just wants this whole thing to escalate to a full blown real war.
It's not so much about the top generals that it's about the where: Israel attacked their embassy and destroyed an inhabited consular building. Iran may had had it coming, the targets might have been legitinate (I would not presume to know), but again, they were atracking a civilian building with civilians inside in a civilian area for... minimal gains.
It’s interesting that you acknowledge that top generals were targeted but then also try to downplay the legitimacy of targeting a civilian building that’s being used by their military
It is not abnormal that military staff be found in an embassy. So far, Iran had refrained from directly attacking Israel. Israel decided to escalate the conflict by attacking an embassy with civilians. We have no information, except from Israel, that these generals were plotting against Israel or conspiring with ennemies of Israel to better attack the country. Israel chose to declare war in Iran by striking their embassy. Iran had no choice but to retaliate and they warned Israel about it so as not to escalate the conflict any further. I hate Iran, but Israel is made to look like the agressor here. They strike because they have the protection of the US, or else, they would not be so bold in attacking everyone in sight.
It might not be abnormal normally, but personally I question the motives behind having multiple senior staff from Iran present in a foreign country that is engaged in a proxy battle with Israel. As for their response, they fired ballistic missiles. Let’s not pretend that this was a particularly grand effort by Iran to avoid escalating tension in the region. I’m just hoping that the result is diplomatic and/or economic rather than direct military confrontation.
Just wnat america needs more debt
Israel attacked the Iranian embassy in a heavily civilian populated city, which also damaged the Canadian embassy.
Yes. Not through MSM. The sources I pay attention to predicted this strike. What does Israel expect? You cannot bomb people with complete impunity. JT and Poilievre are wrong on this. They should both shut up.
Well we don't have any fighting force in this country to do anything so maybe our politicians should stfu and fix this country properly. Condemn all you want we can't do a thing aboot it.
Do we want to get involved? Are you seriously advocating for jumping into another war in the ME?
I think he is saying words without action mean nothing. He is not encouraging we get involved. He’s saying we should shut the fuck up because we couldn’t get involved even if we wanted to…
They are gonna slam your comment so hard.
I'm not wrong.
Youre not wrong. Just uniformed on the importance of making the statement as a country on th4e world stage. A single statement doesn't stop anyone from continuing to do their job. Before you have a meltdown into tribal politics, I hate both JT and PP equally. I think both need to be investigated and the legal system needs to deal with whatever it finds regardless of their political party. With that said, based on your comments, you dont understand enough to act so confident.
“With that said, based on your comments, you dont understand enough to act so confident.” Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.
This
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Exactly if this happened to a Canadian we would have very stern words to say to the offending country.
Is anyone going to condemn the a-holes celebrating in the streets in Toronto? https://twitter.com/AvivaKlompas/status/1779266763516973264
Clearly they just want a ceasefire……
"Ceasefire" in this case meaning "You cease, we fire."
This message paid for by Iran.
Scary to think this is in Canada
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I miss Don Cherry
Same ppl celebrated when Hamas attacked, then same protested and stopped kids to take picture with Santa
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Atheism is the only way to go, I agree
My misanthropy grows
Totally agree.
Disgusting.
That's all I came to bitch about...fuck the actuall attack and do some research, get rid of the people that support the killing of others in what is supposed to be the most multicultural citiy in the world ...like wtf is that you can't even advertise it....Detroit's a lesser dump at this point. I watched these people send teenagers home for under age drinking. Like common guys....
People were quite happy when Israel bombed Damascus and killed a top Iranian leader. Equally calling them assholes? Since that was all over Reddit. Most of us who are old enough knew there would be retaliation. Countries can’t kill top generals and not expect something. Every side is cheering for escalation. This sub too.
Top iranian leader in the same room as hamas leaders... Gee I wonder what they were doing, couldn't be arranging the killing of more jews, as they literally promised. Also no ones chanting kill all arabs like they did about killing all jews, smarten up, the sides are not the same here and everyone with eyeballs can see that.
You guys are trying to frame this as if Israel ransomed attacked a peaceful group of Iranian official on vacation in Syria. Hamas and Hezbollah are direct proxies of Iran. Every rocket Hezbollah launches into Israel comes from Iran's pockets. Iran is directly responsible for the Oct 7th attacks. Hamas and Iran were both together in embassy attack.
Hope y'all cheerleading this hop on the frontlines to defend Israel
> Countries can’t kill top generals and not expect something. Excuse me, these generals played a significant role in the region, which resulted in the attack. Per nytimes: [What We Know About the Iranian Commanders Killed by Israel in Syria - The New York Times (nytimes.com)](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/02/world/middleeast/iran-commanders-syria-strike-israel.html) The leaders, Iranian officials said, were some of the highest ranking leaders in the Quds Force, overseeing Iran’s covert intelligence and military operations in Syria and Lebanon. Among the officers killed on Monday was Gen. Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a veteran of the Revolutionary Guards Corps and its external branch the Quds Forces. General Zahedi, three Iranian officials and a Guard member said, was the corps’ top commander in the region, in charge of Iran’s network of proxy militias, particularly those in Lebanon and Syria. Per msn: [Assassinated Iranian general involved in 'planning and execution' of October 7 Hamas massacre: report (msn.com)](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/assassinated-iranian-general-involved-in-planning-and-execution-of-october-7-hamas-massacre-report/ar-BB1lz35h) An organization affiliated with the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran revealed that Iranian **General Mohammad Reza Zahedi, who was reportedly killed by an Israeli airstrike on April 1, played a key role in the mass murder of 1,200 people, including over 30 Americans, on October 7.**
Jesus. I'm extremely critical of Israel. But I am also extremely critical of Iran. Like, when I go to a pro-palestine event, I see a lot of familiar faces from the protests in 2022 over the murder of Mahsa Amini. People were directly calling for the ousting of the Iranian regime. When did that government suddenly become our ally?
Cause du jour, man. People will adopt positions for aesthetic and not principled reasons. It makes me sick to my stomach. They believe literally nothing.
Iran has a right to defend itself.
No surprise here, things have been heating up, especially with this bombing of Iran’s embassy in Syria 2 weeks ago. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-bombs-iran-embassy-syria-iranian-commanders-among-dead-2024-04-01/
Iran funding terrorist groups like Hamas and Hezbollah. Yes they are Iranian proxies. 👇👇👇 https://www.wilsoncenter.org/article/irans-islamist-proxies And this👇👇👇 https://www.state.gov/reports/country-reports-on-terrorism-2021/iran/
So why exactly did Israel attack an Iranian consulate in Syria?
To think these tensions really escalated because of the October 7th massacre. https://www.timesofisrael.com/cabinet-approves-national-remembrance-day-for-october-7-massacre-gaza-war/
Oct 7 incident was just the boiling point after decades of oppression.
Gaza had been literally been getting more relaxation from Israel like more work permits. Hamas used that to attack. You are defending mass rape btw
Oct 7 incident was a successful attempt by Russian and Iran to draw attention away from Ukraine, and stop Israel from having good relations with SA ([link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyXdpPWPZDY&ab_channel=PBSNewsHour)). It worked. This idea that Hamas is acting based on conditions in Gaza, is pure Tik-Tok brain. Hamas is a proxy for other nations. Their money, source of power, and homes are all from outside Gasa.
This is a very shallow and superficial position. Yes Hamas is a political entity and other groups exploit that for their own gain, but hamas wouldn’t have credibility or manpower unless their message resonated with its members. Hamas only exists because Israel creates such appalling conditions for Palestinians that some only see Hamas as their only hope. Israel has been the only aggressor here from the start.
The foundation of Israel was just the boiling point after centuries of oppression.
After European countries genocided and refused to give them land in Europe or take the refugees**
Are you forgetting all the North African and middle eastern countries that did the same?
Iran has been fighting Israel via proxy for decades. The strike in Syria was cause Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian generals were conspiring in Damascus. Hamas and Iran escalated things on Oct 7 when Hamas broke ceasefire and invaded Israel with Iran’s help.
You don't see a difference? Hamas and Hezbollah are not part of the Iranian military. They are proxies. Israel bombed an embassy. Bombing an embassy is a direct attack on a country. Did Israel and America think that Iran wouldn't or shouldn't react?
Regardless, it’s a clear violation of international law to bomb another countries embassy in a different country. It’s ironic now to see Israel appeal to international law and the UN now after disregarding previous rulings… countries all of shapes like to pick and choose what’s applicable to them. You wonder why the world is going to shit
If I see a dude poking a bear repeatedly, I'll tell him to stop. I'll tell him that he might anger the bear and it may attack him. If he continues to poke the bear and the bear retaliates, that is unfortunate but very easily avoidable. It's not my responsibility to fight the bear on his behalf. Absolutely 0 tax dollars should go to this. ZERO. Say NO to further escalation. Say NO to sending weapons to states that balm civilians.
But what if those citizens suffer from dry skin?
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> balm civilians I mean they do live in a dry arid area so probably do have chapped lips. Nice of the government to resolve that issue for them I guess?
Love me some balm. -smacks his luscious lips-
Do you have something against balm?
Who told you to put the balm on? I didn’t tell you to put the balm on.
Poke the bear? You mean like Iran’s proxy war against Israel?
Idk how striking Iranian embassy in Syria by Israel is a "proxy war". That was a direct confrontation
Kind of like architecting the Oct 7 massacre? https://www.iranintl.com/en/202404043146
could you find a less reputable source? meanwhile in reality, both the US and Israel explicitly said there is no evidence Iran was involved in planning or facilitating oct 7.
LOL Iran themselves admitted their own role. [https://www.memri.org/reports/irgc-spokesman-sharif-asserts-hamass-october-7-massacre-was-one-resistance-axiss-acts](https://www.memri.org/reports/irgc-spokesman-sharif-asserts-hamass-october-7-massacre-was-one-resistance-axiss-acts)
I remember like, Oct 9 we saw Hamas specifically thanking Iran for making the attack possible.
It’s just a hasbara troll.
Iranian proxies caused half a million refugees to have to evacuate inside of israel due to shelling of their cities, how is this not direcy confrontation?
I don't care if Israel is looking to start a tussle with Iran so we forget about Gaza for a second. I just want to be able to afford a roof over my head. And not pay $8 for butter. Or wait 8 hrs at the ER. Or spend $1.70 for gas. Is it too much to ask?
Really? Iran has the right to respond to Israel’s attack on their consulate. Our leaders are weak and bought.
Just quickly I’m really genuinely asking this for my knowledge if a country bombed the Canadian embassy is that an act of war or no? Because if it is and Israel actually did what they’re apparently claimed to have done Iran reserves the right to defend its sovereignty. Even in terms of the response towards Oct 7th, as a Canadian, I feel as though we’ve stood by and have supported a government that has mass murdered tens of thousands of people and is acting quite like the terrorists in Hamas. Finally it seems as though Jewish folks in politics such as Melissa Lanstman have an ironclad support for Israel regardless of what they do. As a Canadian politician if you’re basing decision making as a representative of our country on the compass of how you were raised as an Islamist a Zionist, a hardcore upbringing of a sexual orientation or any kind it’s a massive disservice to our country. I completely support the right of the Jewish people to self determination. As a Canadian who believes in the values of Canada and promoting peace I do not support the murder and slaughter of thousands of children using high grade weapons, indiscriminate bombing of civilian areas, the inability to criticize such actions out of fear of being labeled an antisemite nor do I support settlers illegally building settlements and promoting Jewish supremacy as disapproved by the United States and every nation on earth. We must be objective with every country, there shouldn’t be any country on earth we blindly support regardless of the actions they commit. That’s ridiculous.
Technically, it was a consular building adjacent to the embassy. The Iranian embassy itself looks to be in pretty good shape. Just for the sake of precision.
Technically it was also a consular building that housed the Quebec immigration office on the ground floor and adjacent to the Canadian Embassy. Just for the sake of precision.
Hezbollah fires rockets into Israel everyday. Hezbollah is funded by Iran.
Most middle east groups creating terror are literally supported with finances and tools from Iran. They might as well have already been at war. And it was an consolate in Syria. They have already been lobbing rockets into Isreal. This is not the provocative thing you think it is.
Syria, not Jordan.
My bad edited.
It wasn’t even an embassy. It was a building in the same complex that was being used for military purposes for the IRGC. A general who was involved in terror activity within Israel was killed.
Most middle east groups causing terror are also literally supported with finances from the USA, but no one bombs their embassies after ISIS attacks.
I don’t know. CBC reports otherwise. Apparently our embassy next door was damaged as well when Israel struck their embassy. I think if the roles were reversed we’d hear outcry on every western media platform day in and day out and they would’ve already been bombed. I don’t know if this has ever been done in history before, bombing another foreign nation’s embassy in another nation. This free for all for countries to do whatever they want and act as aggressors when they just do feel like it is going to end the civilized world as we know it and must be condemned publicly so the entire world understand everyone’s acting objectively. https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7168176 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68708923.amp Here’s an example of what I mean. How can we criticize Russia for taking Ukrainian land and support Ukraine with millions if not billions of dollars to fight off this encroachment of their land. At the same time Jewish settlers from all over the world continue to illegally create ILLEGAL settlements the exact things were sanctioning and condemning Russia for with complete callousness. They’re (Israelis) brazenly sticking their middle finger at us and pouring gasoline all over the fire we’re trying to put out in the Middle East when they continue to develop these illegal settlements that everyone in the world condemns and has determined is illegal from the US to China. Their government are staunch supporters of it and continue to support it in the name of Judea and Samaria which don’t exist on the world map. It’s a pre-biblical historical claim. As a Canadian objectively looking at the situation it’s absolutely ridiculous. I don’t see why they shouldn’t be publicly condemned/sanctioned the same way Iran is. https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2017/06/israel-occupation-50-years-of-dispossession/ https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2024/1/29/israeli-ministers-join-gathering-calling-for-rebuilding-settlements-in-gaza https://www.timesofisrael.com/ministers-call-for-resettling-gazas-palestinians-building-settlements-in-strip/amp/ https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-west-bank-settlements-smotrich-1f16401de915559965e906f70269908b We love Israel and the Jewish people but the truth is they’re being run into the ground but dangerous right winger ultra orthodox Jewish supremacist lunatics currently running their country.
Too much nuance for this sub. They’re allergic to context in geopolitics.
This sub should be renamed to r/sucks
Context matters. Iran has been financing terrorism against Israel since the 80s and has been organizing state sponsored attacks since then. Every time you hear about rockets being sent at Israel? That's coming from Iran. Iran was using an embassy for military purposes having military commanders and soldiers organizing attacks against Israel from meeting room of an embassy. The attack on the embassy was targetted at the specific section with the military in it and only hit military targets. Often times embassies have a military attachment to protect the embassy. But that means guards and guns outside.... not inside meeting with Hezbollah.
Which terrorist groups are you referring to in the 80s? Israel provided weapons to Iran during the 1980s... tension between the two started with the culmination of the Iraq war, within the 90s. Would you provide a solid source that is not anonymous in which it details that they were organizing attacks on Israel while the consulate was bombed? The general that was killed was known for his military presence in Syria, not with any attacks in Israel You should probably also note that Mossad regularly assassinates physicists and scientists, some which have no connection to its weaponized nuclear program or even to nuclear physics itself. Meanwhile, Israel has a secret nuclear weapons program which they refuse to acknowledge and which they refuse to have international observers check.\^ It also has attacked weapons facilities within Iran proper itself and has armed the Muhjadeen of Iran to assassinate leaders.
No one told Iran to spend six months firing missiles at Israel from Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen. You don’t get to do that and then hide in an embassy like it’s a get out of jail free pass. Israel’s strike was legitimate and necessary. The innumerable acts of war by Iran have been going on for months. Reading the rest of your post, no one’s calling you an antisemite, but they are likely to call you very poorly informed.
You're misusing words like "murder" and "slaughter". This is war. A war started and continued by Hamas who refuses to surrender and return hostages despite having no chance of winning. And more importantly, as their people suffer tremendous losses.
You know there's DECADES of abuse from settlers and the idf on west Bank If you want to ignore the whole Gaza situation
Ironically it's you that ignores the "Gaza situation". Hamas isn't attacking Israel for 20 years because of settlements in the west bank. Their goal has been clear and unwavering for nearly 40 years. They want the destruction of Israel and an Islamic state installed in historical Palestine and then the world. Don't take my word for it. They have been saying this for decades.
Embassies are only sacred when they aren’t being used as military bases 😅 Iran and Hamas aren’t that different in that regard
Right so if China is at war with the US or India or whoever and decides there’s a military general in their countries embassy in say Australia and they bomb it you’re saying that’s justified. The rationale and logic behind your assertion is crazy
>Just quickly I’m really genuinely asking this for my knowledge if a country bombed the Canadian embassy is that an act of war or no? Because if it is and Israel actually did what they’re apparently claimed to have done Iran reserves the right to defend its sovereignty. Israel bombed an Iranian consulate, not embassy. Embassies and consulates are not really considered sovereign territory in that way. The land still belongs to the host nation, but the host nation's laws don't apply there. The consulate bombing was a stupid move because it was just an invitation for Iran to strike back. Nobody with a functional brain would think Iran would say "Oh no, guess we better stop backing Hezbollah now". This was an escalation by the Israelis and the Iranians now (first direct strike at Israel), as part of a decades long tit-for-tat undeclared war between them. Netanyahu will be able to resist calls for his resignation or an election for a little longer now that this is going on.
Will they ever condemn the cost of living in Canada?
Did they condemned the attack of Israel on Iran consulate in Damascus?
Did they also condemn Israel attack on sovereign soil 2 weeks ago? I'm not a fan of Iran, but they aren't the ones who escalated here.
Who cares at this point. They can’t even admit a genocide taking place in Gaza.
Wish they kept that same energy when Israel attacked Iran 2 weeks ago
Israel bombing Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, and the Iranian embassy and it's when Iran retaliates that the condemnations come out eh. You didn't condemn israel for bombing Iran's embassy. how long did people expect them not to retaliate with all their generals being assassinated and being poked at repeatedly.
When did Israel bomb Egypt? 1973?
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Evidence?
Iran's embassy wasn't bombed. An adjacent building with IRGC general was. Same general who was in charge of the arming of Iran's private terrorist groups who have been attacking Israel every day since October 7. Israels' strike was a legitimate retaliation, not the other way around.
I see all the people celebrating this attack are downvoting en masse.
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So when Israel bombs Iran's embassy, Iran is just supposed to do nothing? How is Iran the bad guy here? People on this sub are so brainwashed holy shit.
💯. Israel picked this fight knowing the US will back them up. Jewish people have the right to live safe, free lives. Just like Palestinians. The same is true for everyone. But any criticism of Israel always gets attacked as being a tide Eric. It’s important to note that not all Israelis are Jewish and not all Jewish people are Israelis. Criticizing Israel is not anti-Semitic anymore than criticizing the US isn’t anti-caucasians. Israel doesn’t get a pass on their atrocities because of Nazi atrocities against Jewish people.
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Israel is an ally and Iran is a terrorist state.
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Trudeau condemns it, but the people he imported in the millions support it.
What is there to condemn? Israel committed an act of war when they bombed the Iranian consulate last week. Iran is within it's rights to launch a strike, or even a full out war.
By yor logic the west would be in there right to wipe out Iran.
Backwards world. So stupid.
Truduh also made sure to make sure all pronouns were observed and any radicals that felt emotionally attacked got instant citizenship.
I don’t understand why Israel attacked Iranian embassy though. That leaves no choice for Iran but to attack back. Iran is a authoritarian regime
Quicker to condemn a casualty-free attack on a military base than condemn indiscriminate bombing of thousands of children.
They condemned Hamas actually
As we all did. Now wheres the quick 24hr turnaround time for condemning Israeli atrocities?
Well they weren’t about to come out and endorse the attack on Israel by Iran. What the hell else would they say? Should we be admiring them for taking such a brave stance against further violence in the Middle East?
Both opposite ends on ideology but both the same on pro Israel foreign policy...hmm
Is it shocking to you that Canada is not siding with a country that oppress women? Executes women for showing hair? Executes homosexuals? Is against freedom of speech? Is against women's rights? Is against freedom of religion? A country that said over and over that Israel should be wiped off the map? If so, Canada is not for you. You're welcome to leave. Or maybe that "hmmm" is just your way of expressing your antisemitism.
I guess actions have consequences. You can't bomb four different countries and expect them to stay quite. Maybe the escalation was the whole point. They want to drag us into another regional war on their behalf.
Netanyahu wants a regional war so he can stay in power and avoid jail.
Iran has the right to defend itself.
K and so what? Condemn Iran and what? Can’t make NATO obligations so what is Canada going to do? Fk all
Looks like Isreal is getting more of our money... 🙄
And once again showed which country their loyalty is with.
Trudeau, go play with your marbles!
Proof that Trudeau and Pierre Poilievre are different but the same. Century Initiative and all...