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minus-squareTaniwha420@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 days agoI’m not seeing it here, but the other ironic subtext is that Goliath was a Philistine, now known as a Palestinian (same root word).
minus-squaredemesisx@infosec.pubOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·5 days agoI’ll explain: Israel is evoking an image OF David to defend against people that are (as you just said) descendants of the Philistine. If that’s not cruel irony, I don’t know what is.
I’m not seeing it here, but the other ironic subtext is that Goliath was a Philistine, now known as a Palestinian (same root word).
I’ll explain: Israel is evoking an image OF David to defend against people that are (as you just said) descendants of the Philistine. If that’s not cruel irony, I don’t know what is.