Wasn’t Johnstone also saying that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was self-defence against NATO fascist aggression, before the Gaza invasion threw her a credibility lifeline? IIRC, she’s an old tankie propagandist.
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She's still beating that drum
https://caityjohnstone.medium.com/some-thoughts-on-ukraine-eefabafb6999
There is bit difference between provoked and "self-defense*. We are just being said by Israel that every action they commit is by self-defense, even when they are attacking or doing a f**cking livestream genocide.
The narrative that Israel apologists uses don't have comparation (well maybe one famous genocide), so equal those terms is just misleading.
When she said provoked she means that the US do what's doing to Iran, I mean they are pretending to be negotiating crossing red lines that makes that impossible and when they are ready just attack. So, not, she was not saying Ukraine invasion was justified by "self-defense" like Israelis do, she was just illuminating what happens when you cross all red lines in aggression to other country.
They have forgotten a classic lesson
"Choose your enemies carefully, for you become them"
Israel is an illegitimate state, intent on wiping out entire peoples
Born of fascism, and yet embracing it with great enthusiasm