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An official atlas of North Korea

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sequoia ◴[17 Nov 25 22:30 UTC] No.45959143[source]▶
What's the source of the particular singling out of Israel here? Is it because they're a US ally, or is there some other history between the countries?

It looks like a singular designation in their atlas that Israel is referred to not as an enemy, but as "nonexistent." Anti-Israeli sentiment certainly creates strange bedfellows.

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tkel ◴[17 Nov 25 22:36 UTC] No.45959202[source]▶
It's anti-imperialism. It's not that complicated.

There's many Israelis who will also claim that Palestine does not exist.

It's colonization, and war. Israelis claim the land. Palestinians also claim the land.

NK is united with Palestine via their anti-imperialist stance.

There are many other countries that also do not recognize Israel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_I...

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erulabs ◴[17 Nov 25 23:07 UTC] No.45959488[source]▶
To be an Empire, wouldn't Israel need to defacto control _some territory_ and then be trying to expand their empire into Palestine? Or is the idea that the US is the Empire?

There is another `anti-` that I would use here instead.

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1. culi ◴[18 Nov 25 05:24 UTC] No.45961693[source]▶
The whole reason Gaza (was) the most densely populated place on Earth was because its full of refugees that got pushed out by israel's violent expansion. Sometimes Palestinian's homes weren't even destroyed but simply kept by Israeli settlers. There's a common picture of a middle aged Palestinian in front of a house that just 30-50 years ago was there's but is now occupied by an israeli