Onion Explains: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

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How did this brutal ideological conflict begin, and will there ever be peace in the region? The Onion explains the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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[@randomcommenter395]

The KZbin algorithm has an interesting sense of humor.

[@NIHILWR]

Fr lmfao

[@Dickstick]

Maybe AI is more honest than we are.

[@JelqtronZero]

Lol its spot on

[@tsubadaikhan6332]

I was wondering why this came to my feed. Until I watched it.

[@gengis737]

In this case, IA reaches a new level : sense of desperation

[@YersiniaPestisNPO]

This is where I get my up-to-date information on the Israeli Palestinian conflict

[@ballsackfart]

this video aged so well

[@sweatyslapfight7900]

I saw this in my recommended, and was like, “here we go again”

[@themodernfrontiersmen]

I love it when something happens and KZbin starts to recommend the relevant Onion video

[@FelixUmbra]

What's sad and funny at the same time? This is still a video that they could have released today and it would be JUST as fitting.

[@Abrahamlatouche]

@@FelixUmbra which one is that

[@Andoni8833]

”Global leaders worked tirelessly to engineer a conflict so intractable that it could last indefinitely” I see no lies here

[@Patriot-Eaglehead]

Never thought i'd consider The Onion as a legitimate news source, but...reality has become a clownshow.

[@chrismonje6310]

It's funny because it's true 😢

[@tristanmike]

The Onion: The best source of current news from 8 years ago.

[@thedudewhogave0fs]

Holy shit your so right and in a funny way too rofl

[@robertnicholls9917]

lol

[@Malsi-ot-On-Lleh]

So true!!

[@Sephaos]

They even told you about their ability to tell news from the future mane. They weren’t joking.

[@RegebroRepairs]

This is still 100% accurate, and will always be.

[@zd308]

That part about the two sides both sharing "mutual goals" was pure brilliance

[@oosmanbeekawoo]

The same goal but different gods!

[@tobsmonster2]

But they don’t share mutual goals? One side just wants to exist, while the other side wants total control and to steal land and homes without repercussions. Painting them as two sides of the same coin inhumane in itself. The fact one side has the power to cut off food/water/energy whenever they feel like it should make the imbalanced situation quite clear, but do correct me if I’m wrong about this please

[@disappointingperson9162]

@@tobsmonster2 you're definitely right about the power imbalance but it's also true that the ones in power on both sides want to completely eradicate everyone on the other. The international community, including Israel led to the conditions that the civilians in the region are now suffering for

[@fuqbuoy9473]

@@tobsmonster2 "just wants to exist" and also commit genocide

[@adicawidasuparman9144]

@@tobsmonster2 apparently the people who "just wanted to exist" just treated a concert for peace in the middle of the desert as a shooting gallery cum hostage hunting grounds, raped and killed a bunch of innocent tourist who attended said concert (which, again, was held in hope for peace), and then still proceeded to murder children and grandmas just because they're Israeli citizens. one of them even took the time to record a video of the grandma's dead body before posting it on her facebook account. truly the act of people who just wanted to exist

[@HToothrot]

I know that this video is satirical, and makes no factual statements whatsoever, but I find this video to be biased against whatever side I support.

[@mrm2542]

So it's biased against Israel?

[@cageybee7221]

@@mrm2542 careful..

[@brodieclamp5090]

As Lenin said useful idiots

[@fluoridegood4you622]

as voltare said "to find out who rules over you, merely ask who you cannot criticize"

[@halasimov1362]

fluoride Good4You Transgendered people??

[@missScarlatine]

No matter what’s in the news, there’s a decade old onion video about it doing a better job at explaining it that any documentary.

[@DolphinsPlayingInAquaMoonlight]

Careful with so-called documentaries... They can be very biased depending on who made them. I recommmend a 16 minute video by ReallyGraceful called "What Christians Aren't Taught About Zionism"

[@janhenrik4170]

how is it good though, they portray it as if its 2 equal sides meanwhile one stole and still steals the land of the other and is oppressing them for decades

[@brian6101]

@@janhenrik4170yeah yeah

[@SnorriTheLlama]

It gets it wrong on Israel’s goals, as we know Israel can achieve those goals militarily. It hasn’t, therefore we can know that those are not Israel’s goals. Whereas the same is not true for Palestine/HAMAS, which does not have the capability to wipe out Israel, although ideology wise would if they could.

[@time2132]

@@janhenrik4170 Palestine steals land too just look at the current map, both of them are invading eachother. Now, the only reason I support Israel is because another Muslim state won't do the world any good.

[@mikhaelis]

We have reached peak absurdity when the Onion gives the only accurate fair and balanced synopsis of the Israeli- Palestinian conflict.

[@andybaldman]

And this video is 8 years old.

[@treyflorek8592]

Fe

[@ziBloodLite]

no cap

[@nnme576]

thats typically the role of satire

[@ziBloodLite]

@@nnme576no shit sherlock

[@sharrpshooter1]

Its wild when the Onion is now one of the most unbiased news sources there is

[@mushroomman8912]

What strange times we live in. I guess it's not boring?

[@MisterCynic18]

>implying it hasn't always been

[@Sam-sj5hw]

Me when I'm a moron

[@cool-gf6sc]

@@Sam-sj5hw 🤓🤓🤓

[@user-yj9pp4lh6v]

le unbiased le unbiased MOAR LIKE *UNBASED*!!!!!! FUCK UNBIASED REPORTING I WANT FULL TILT DEMAGOUGRY AT ALL TIMES ON MY NEWS MEDIA WHOS WITH ME?????????

[@dog4mike]

I was two and a half minutes into this before I realised it was made eight years ago. It’s comforting to know some things in life are timeless.

[@jamesarnette1394]

Yeah, but life itself is not timeless.

[@thechoephix]

I watched it all. Good thing I looked at the comments to realize this is actually 8 years old.

[@AdamWaltersPDX]

same haha@@thechoephix

[@brentdecker4458]

Because the onion died. Big ripperonis onion, we’ll always miss you

[@silencia08]

@@jamesarnette1394if we remember the people then we can truly say that they are immortal

[@eucalyptcryptid]

I love how the onion avoids controversy by reporting on things 8 years before they happen

[@anisatajy9445]

It's been happening for 75 years, wdym before they happened?

[@ABBCoffical]

This has been going on for decades? What do you mean?

[@Sephaos]

America has always been at war with Eurasia what are you talking about?

[@thechannel7819]

@@Sephaos no, America has been at war with Eastasia

[@chocodawwg]

They joked about 9/11 not even a week after it happened

[@stormtrooper74]

This aged EXCEPTIONALLY well.

[@utopes]

Oh my freaking god. Onion videos are literally a time capsule used to be recommended for all the right reasons... 10 years into the future every single time.

[@sebcw1204]

have you seen the video they released after obama was elected? their coverage of the firey ball of rage that the republicans nominated was spot on.

[@benrickinmarks3639]

Also sometimes Brian Huskey (Regular Size Rudy from Bob's Burgers) is in them

[@brettvogel8418]

They're not a time capsule, things just don't change

[@richardarriaga6271]

​@@brettvogel8418Now there are GoPros with atrocities

[@prebenjaeger]

No you dipsh*t American, the conflict has been the same for decades. Just you who learned about it this week.

[@johnchessant3012]

This is the calmest comment section about Israel/Palestine I've come across this week.

[@TofuTeo]

Please don’t tell the flag emoji people about this video 😩

[@raskolnikov7034]

​@@TofuTeo Save Porn

[@MadRaptor734]

@@TofuTeo kuslims?

[@ABBCoffical]

@@TofuTeo🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@V1VISECT6]

🇪🇭

[@ChrisDeJack]

Weird that a satirical video from 8 years better describe the situation than the actual news

[@ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

The Onion used to be top tier satire. It needs to come back

[@lilramennoodle8056]

Crazy how reality seems more satire than the onion

[@twixter0]

You need to see their latest post exposing the ridiculous lies or the Zionist state its priceless

[@Liliphant_]

Satire is dead unfortunately

[@fkknsikk]

They haven't gone anywhere. That amicus brief alone cements them as legends but they have another banger at least once every month or two.

[@drewmortenson]

Agreed. At first I was happy to see their new tiktok series because it brings them back into the limelight.... but the comedy in those just doesn't hit the same and forcing the short-form content is frustrating.

[@peterjuncker8488]

Was just about to watch a 2 hour documentary on the conflict but this is far more digestable. Thanks for the neutral reporting!

[@granudisimo]

Not just more digestible, but also informative than 80% of mainstream media sources on the conflict.

[@Thawhid]

​@granudisimo right. Not to make this ugly but it was disgusting how the media span a narrative a few days back that babies were getting b□□headed. Later to be revealed it was a lie

[@llamabimii]

Indeed. Straight to the point.

[@DDRWakaLaka]

I'm with Israel, 1000%. When you celebrate things like Pulse, Charlie Hebdo, Bataclan, and 9/11, I have no sympathy. No tears for terror. The sad part? I used to be Pro-Palestine. Until Pulse. I forgave everything else until I realize just how much they consider me less than. The muslim world, including Palestine, celebrated the slaying of people like me. So honestly? I do not care. Israel existing didn't make them homophobic. They did that all on their own. And you know what's funny? No muslims ever refute this unless it's to state that they do, in fact, think I am not a person. Kinda weird, isn't it? 🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃🙃

[@slimal1]

​@DDRWakaLaka I definitely understand you. It was the same event that gave me enough courage to stop living in the closet. I'm now curious though...what is the other side's position on us?

[@Zandonus]

If i pick Israel, i'm an islamophope and a zionist. If i pick Palestine, i'm a neonazi and an antisemite. So I have to ask myself the question...why not both?

[@dahulius]

as in: nuke them both and be done with it?

[@Zandonus]

dahulius It's like picking a sports team to root for in a low league in a sport you don't care about. You want the game to be over already, so it's more entertaining to pick one, root for the losing team, fall asleep, and never find out who won, not that it would matter at all in the grand scheme of things.

[@jcrowley1985]

Zandonus Why not Zoidberg?

[@fredhamlin373]

Zandonus you must be an Israeli settler then(zionazi islamophobe that hates secular and/or moderate jews:)

[@metallipwn]

+hejustleft Yep, the Palestinians need to stop fighting it and just let it happen. Israel seems like an allegory for rape, tbh.

[@geraldmerkowitz4360]

It was really nice seeing you all again, see you in another few years!

[@crazychicken8290]

k

[@coltentackett892]

I was like damn they were quick making this video then i realized they made this 8 years ago and its still perfectly true.😂😂😂

[@venivediwow]

If you are dumb enough to not see the difference between the state of Israel and bloodthirsty terrorists from Gaza, then keep watching onion's bs.

[@user-yl7kl7sl1g]

And it will be just as true in another 8, if not more so.

[@prasadidasi]

This video is now relevant again, and continues to remain very accurate despite being made 8 years ago

[@llamalinguist3250]

Oh my gosh! I totally thought it was new!

[@exoZelia]

@@llamalinguist3250 dude how

[@sunjoean4932]

Bro had no history class@@exoZelia

[@robezy0]

It's still accurate after 8 years because nothing has changed between them since it started

[@Welgeldiguniekalias]

It typically takes about a decade for reality to catch up with the Onion, but this one has been up-to-date for well over half a century now.

[@OuterRimPride]

This could’ve been made at any point in the last decade. Truly timeless fun

[@Escap1st7]

*last century

[@xCorvus7x]

@@Escap1st7 *after 1948

[@cam4636]

@@xCorvus7x *After 1967

[@lickificki]

Like so many Onion videos. Truly visionary

[@theprophetofhate7188]

@@cam4636 Or during 700-900Ce when the islamists started the first genocide against the house of israel because they wanted to upgrade from their mud hits to the homes of the people in the city of jerusalem, or again in 1000-1300Ce when Europe got in on the genocide of the jews for a bit. Then again in the 1930s when europe remembered how the liked genociding jews. Almost like this could have all been avoided if a certain religion didn't exist, you know the one... calls for the death and dismemberment of ALL non believers starting with the jews. Gee I wonder if they ever attacked athiests, agnostics, christians, ect... naw they prolly have no vision of world conquest or anything like that. Oh well, I guess their lgbt program is pretty cool. I mean what gay kid doesn't want to fly?

[@MSimky]

It’s very impressive that they managed to make a funny video out of a topic that people get so angry about

[@LiorVolf]

Only the stupidest get angry

[@nobyra]

That's because it's funny to us only.

[@user-wg2vw3mz1v]

The problem is that you have to be more than mildly retarded to actually see this in such a childish reductionist way as to find it funny.

[@juergen74]

Well I guess a majority of Israelis and Jews wouldn't agree (and maybe call us anti-semitic (Palestinians are semites, too, btw.)). Cynic me, having watched 40 plus years of absolutely useless violence in that region agrees, laughs, but is also very sad.

[@bupkissbananaband3237]

getting angry over tyranny and oppression, yea so silly

[@nobodynoone2500]

Dear god. Onion just gets more accurate every day. Help us all.

[@ShuRugal]

and they're doing it from eight years ago.

[@matthewgagnon9426]

This problem is just another outcropping of the exact same problem that has been going on for nearly a century.

[@janhenrik4170]

how is ti accurate if they portray 2 qual sides, they actually couldve done a good job but theyre American after all

[@Iffy350]

Rising sea levels will have the last laugh.

[@Iffy350]

+Belal DarkneSS if see levels don't get you then the extreme heat, famine, lack of drinkable water and disease will get you, ha. Try again.

[@StrazdasLT]

not really, the israel territory is hundreds of meters above sea level

[@taliakellegg5978]

Same we need to focus on climate change instead of things that don't actually matter it's the end of the world I'm sure of it

[@Adam-wo9ol]

@Belal DarkneSS "Fuck you," says Mother Nature, as every single mountain simultaneously turns into an active super-volcano.

[@masriofnazareth717]

Palestine is a hilly region you losers will be the first to fall

[@ckaz007]

Sarcasm cuts through the propaganda like a razor blade.

[@goofballbiscuits3647]

Satire, my fren.

[@markrotar9955]

​@@goofballbiscuits3647same thing dummy

[@y0h0p38]

​@@goofballbiscuits36477 years late, my fren.

[@mixedtv7083]

I'm just a random person who came to sneak in this comment section. Please ignore me, my fren.

[@f4fcricket]

@@mixedtv7083i ate leftovers tonight, just thought of letting you know mixedtv7083 Be sure to ask me anything tomorrow

[@EdMcF1]

This has not aged at all, unfortunately.

[@howard5992]

Why not ? The two sided struggle continues, just s they foretold.

[@jacquesdemolay5171]

The algorithm knows all.

[@thesupertechie]

I thought The Onion was supposed to make satire, this is just actual history

[@samia6888]

I thought so too, I was confused.

[@TheSuperappelflap]

Sometimes reality is more funny than satire

[@Xeadriel]

Its perfect except I think it fails to say that the palestins existed before israel and that israel only came to be through the support of the west and it for some reason equates both sides civilians with their corresponding leadership. I think its pretty unfair that refugees claimed and conquered a country they took refuge in.

[@yesno7889]

⁠​⁠@@Xeadrielthat’d be way to provocative and one sided a message to keep the satire video neutral. You’d just get hate filled comment sections about both sides claiming their true rights to land instead of a comedy, you can go to any other proper biased news site for that.

[@GooblyWoobly69]

@@Xeadriel You're under an Onion video my guy

[@DrDomich]

"Taking up rollerblading, building a ship in a bottle, negotiating a ceasefire built on 1967 borders - all of these are wonderful ways to keep yourself active and healthy" Onion gives best self-help advice

[@davidl.e5203]

One is not so healthy. You could injure yourself!

[@stepzoinks8474]

@@davidl.e5203 yeah i almost twisted my ankle rollerblading

[@halvorson566]

@@stepzoinks8474 rollerblading?!? Uncultured swine!! You’ve obviously never built any ships in any bottles before….my ring finger cramped up from one I did back in 2017….it’s never been the same since…I still haven’t given up on my passion though.

[@slimal1]

​@@stepzoinks8474lies! That's just Zionist/Islamist propaganda.

[@willlucas2491]

I can’t tell if this aged well or horribly…

[@sinan.1946]

You know something is wrong with the world when satire becomes the purest truth at hand

[@quinnherden]

I'm not sure that's true. The job of comedians is to tell the truth in a digestible format

[@sinan.1946]

@@quinnherden satire often works through exaggeration, and comedy as a whole tends to become biased and fallacious and thus, a destructive force. Just not in this case. And I'm grateful for that. Of course this is my take on comedy, as it's oversimplifications sound ignorant to me.

[@peterbullen4956]

1984

[@plugshirt1762]

I mean that has literally been the point of satire since jesters existed lol. Its meant to tell the truth in a more digestible way that's absurdity makes it easier to understand.

[@gabrielmnv]

"So forget about the ingrained hate and blodlust and just be you: Palestinians and Israelis. You are doing a great job and we couldn't be prouder of both of you!"

[@marsneedstowels]

If Keith David from Community was negotiating with the two.

[@alexanderren1097]

@@marsneedstowelsWere it so easy

[@ALizardThatSings]

could not be prouder of them ❤❤❤

[@obamallama4104]

Thanks, I also saw the video

[@punkrdx9476]

Ong😂

[@Kj16V]

Yet another example of when comedians do a better job of journalism than journalists.

[@tc98826]

not really. Israel has repeatedly offered a two state state solution but Palestinians rejected it.

[@firewhite]

@@tc98826good old propaganda eh

[@tc98826]

@@firewhite wdym? U realise Palestinians democratically elected Hamas, a party whose aim is Jewish extermination. Does that sound like a people who want a two state solution? And that Israel has given land to Palestinians (Gaza), with free water and electricity, and foreign governments have given them billions, and all has been used to buy weapons to attack Israel?

[@erikdeeNOSPELLSNO]

Most comedy seems to be telling the straight-up truth when everyone else is pretending it ISN'T true.

[@erikdeeNOSPELLSNO]

@@tc98826 True. They want it ALL. What a Mess.

[@alexanderren1097]

That face when the Onion explains the situation better and with less bias than the entirety of the “real” news media establishment

[@cereal-agario7705]

Almost as if one side controls 90% of the media…

[@antiochus87]

That's because the "news" establishment just peddles in propaganda.

[@janhenrik4170]

how is this unbiased if they show 2 equals?

[@alexanderren1097]

@@janhenrik4170 What?

[@gatotsu2501]

@@janhenrik4170They show that both sides are run by violent nationalists who want to ethnically cleanse the other and claim dominion from the river to the sea - which is true - not that they have equal resources and military strength, which they don’t.

[@hoplahey]

This video is always up to date. 50 year ago, 50 year into the future, you can always watch this one for an update on the situation.

[@kills26]

Dibs on this video still being accurate in 25 years

[@aepokkvulpex]

@@markmcelroy1872 I literally came here to say this verbatim, shit

[@aepokkvulpex]

Just 22 years to go

[@leonardticsay8046]

21 years left!

[@pleasedontlookforme8036]

Still going strong!

[@danielsolomon6227]

20 more years to go.

[@user-ko9te4jj4u]

For a satirical news outlet, this maybe the most accurate depiction of the current situation in Israel and Palestine

[@cooperlloyd2494]

This is satire right

[@omppusolttu5799]

@@cooperlloyd2494 Yeah it is, but the whole "both sides have a mutual goal" is actually pretty accurate.

[@angelaj199]

no it's not... israel has literally been occupying, terrorizing, and killing palestinian for 70+ years. palestinian's can't even have official citizenship. please do some reading. this is not about religion. @@omppusolttu5799

[@ianstuart371]

​@@cooperlloyd2494dawg

[@andrewgreenwood9068]

​@@cooperlloyd2494satire requires the core of truth.

[@lazrustosadow5880]

Finally, a news source we could trust

[@_Twink]

This is the most honest coverage of the conflict ever. Is that the punchline? Onion delivering the one story so many won't/can't?

[@JoscelinVerreuil]

Give it another 10 years and this video will still be just as accurate.

[@kurayamik1]

Try a hundred

[@Wofulrumble4893]

This depends on if Israeli government goes through with their plan of annihilating Gaza entirely.

[@_blank-_]

​@@Wofulrumble4893 It will still apply to the West Bank then. Israel has no goal to stop its expansion on Palestinian land.

[@itsoktoberight4431]

I think this is the final straw, Israel looks like theyre going all out now till Gaza is destroyed

[@Jimrlst]

Gotta reach the 100 years of war milestone!

[@GreenOnionBrother]

The first few seconds I thought the Onion was doing a legitimate segment O.O

[@JohnPavilonis]

GreenOnionBrother They did. That is as truthful as it gets.

[@linglingjr]

Nothing they said was wrong... kinda

[@brendameistar]

JohnPavilonis i tried to disagree with your comment but i cant... i tried... sorry

[@alexstone5392]

GreenOnionBrother It did.

[@roddydykes7053]

GreenOnionBrother they did

[@vanesslifeygo]

Finally a recommended video from 8 years ago makes perfect sense.. unlike how it usually goes.

[@spookym123]

Best assessment of the conflict I've seen yet.

[@SWOgottaGO]

Why is it that comedians always gets it right?

[@ThePharphis]

SWOgottaGO They don't mask the truth with political correctness

[@tomlxyz]

SWOgottaGO Not all comedians.

[@daviddancuk5026]

+SWOgottaGO Its not hard, they don't say the solution to the problem, they just talk about the obvious lies and stupidity, with sarcasm.

[@tomlxyz]

David Dančuk Seeing the problem is the first step.

[@daviddancuk5026]

tomlxyz True, but most stay there. (I'm not saying anything against The Onion, I absolutely love their videos)

[@theresnothingness]

8 years later, this is still the best summary of the conflict out on the internet.

[@gregoryturk1275]

And It will remain so for all eternity.

[@tc98826]

except that Israel has made attempts towards peace. Theyve given land to Palestinians, and have offered a two state solution which has been rejected by the Palestinians.

[@supertrollfaxnoprinter3329]

@@tc98826your misinformation is laughable. They knew about the Hamas attacks. Do you really believe two of the most morally bankrupt, bankrolled intelligence agencies (cia and mossad) wouldn’t know about the hamas attack? They have been wanting it for years. They needed an excuse to flatten Gaza and continue their genocide.

[@supertrollfaxnoprinter3329]

@@tc98826even people in the IDF are suspicious. You’re a gullible cucklord if you believe Israel ever had any intention of not killing every Palestinian they could get their hands on. That’s why they gave them 24 hours to leave and at the same time bombed the exit.

[@Rollersox]

@@tc98826 how generous of them 😐 you might've forgotten the settlements in West Bank and the complete blockade of Gaza, though

[@haraldisdead]

The real one state solution was the friends we made along the way.

[@16011160]

The ending... is so amazing. "you're doing a great job and we couldnt be prouder"

[@bernardomello842]

"Blood must be shed if we are to have an enjoyable time. There is no alternative". So true.

[@62Cristoforo]

Oddly, satire is probably the best lense through which to observe this conflict

[@iwontreplybacklol7481]

Continuing stupidity at its finest.

[@Dimmary]

The only way to unite both parties on how stupid this war is.

[@andrewgreenwood9068]

If I don't laugh I will cry.

[@craigr4763]

How very apt.

[@whatname4613]

@@Dimmary yeah being thrown out of your home and being subjected to imprisonment and lack of freedom of movement by foreigners is a stupid cause to fight.

[@aperson9603]

WTF its was 8 YEARS ago??? I misread it as 8 MINUTES AGO LMAO

[@hydrophobicwater5843]

posted 8 years ago btw

[@user-fs1lc2cj5s]

As someone who lived in Israel for a year learning both sides and opinions, this is the only accurate video out there

[@beth4893]

Thats what makes it so amusing... lol

[@mahmoudshawkat3500]

you came from europe settling a house who's original settlers were forcibly displaced yet you have the balls to act like you care about peace

[@user-fs1lc2cj5s]

@@mahmoudshawkat3500 wrong video dipshit this is the onion

[@fahimshehzad2113]

"lived in Israel" and "learning both sides and opinions". That doesn't make sense does it. It won't until you see the burnt faces of dead Palestinian children.

[@user-fs1lc2cj5s]

@@fahimshehzad2113 it’s an onion video get a life

[@justbored1730]

The Onion is way ahead of his time in providing up to date information.

[@sir_dragonfly7287]

They report on things that will happen in the future

[@webgpu]

@@sir_dragonfly7287 i thought it was things that will happen in the _past_ ...

[@stevenroshni1228]

What's happening now is nothing new. It's just the size of the initial attack that was bigger

[@_blank-_]

It's been like this for 75 years. Y'all just didn't care.

[@TehCODKingz]

Every time, every fucking time without fail. Old videos get belched up because the subject is relevant again and people are like "omggg this was so ahead of their time!!!" no, dude, this shit was as relevant back then as it is right now.

[@DrTssha]

When an 8 year old video pops up in your suggestions, you know it's both timeless and immediately relevant.

[@DudeWhoSaysDeez]

This popped up in my recommended feed. I don’t regret it.

[@gluesniffer2]

LOL anyone else read the whole paper at 0:46? That's just awesome :)

[@kingslushie1018]

I laughed so hard... The onion never fails to give me a good chuckle and I honestly appreciate that nowadays

[@MrMahir99]

Thank you🤣🤣

[@DanielBjorndahl]

Blood must be shed if we are to have a good time. The Canadians solved this problem with hockey

[@Protester19]

Though thoroughly amused by the endless carnage, i am concerned about the unhealthy levels of interest our politicians are taking in it... don't they know you aren't supposed to pick a side?

[@DBD1665]

Protester19 I agree. They should remain as a neutral spectator and just watch the neverending bloodshead. If they pick a side the effort of UN just goes to waste.

[@terminatorgir]

Protester19 'our' as in American politicians? and the USA hasn't kept out of the business of other countries since WW2. Vietnam, Korea, Iraq, etc, all that crap had nothing to do with the USA and we waste the lives of our military for virtually nothing but for some reason we call that nothing 'freedom'. I respect those with a strong love of our country and who want to represent it via the military but this country goes to war on a whim constantly. The last time America's freedom was in jeopardy was during WW2, ever since then it's about $. I guess the silver lining is we always have experienced and combat trained soldiers since we're constantly at war. I hear a lot of people complaining about how we treat our war vets, well, most of those vets shouldn't even have ever seen war.

[@KevinSmith-qi5yn]

Foxden How can you call Samsung nothing? As we all know Samsung would never have happened under North Korea. Now we can enjoy the functionality of our Samsung S6, while controlling our Samsung refrigerator from our office and making sure the dryness of our linens without actually going to our Samsung Washer Dryer combo?

[@DBD1665]

***** Haven't you been paying attention? After the allies won the war. The UN wanted a longer term amusement. And the video clearly states that won't be possible if politicians keep picking sides.

[@GegoXaren]

+Eddy Weddy at least it provides lots and lots of amusement for the rest of the world. The lizard people and fish people did a great job in orchestrating this conflict for the snake people, bird men and pig men to place bets on. And as a pig man I placed my bets on the wrong side. I will lose half of my planets on this... my wife is not amused... then again she is a lizard, she is never amused by me. 😧

[@glennwith2ns586]

Growing up is slowly watching your world turn into real life onion and South Park skits

[@JohnMushitu]

Better than CNN, BBC, and FOX, combined

[@s4dg]

i thought the onion was supposed to be fake, this is exactly what's happening.

[@tamarbeker1701]

Literally

[@Viewable11]

Satire has been the only reliable news source since many years.

[@eboomer]

This was bound to continue to age like a fine wine...

[@SuperXzm]

Ugh... I still can't choose my team and it's almost over 😔

[@tomerhuss]

Choose Israel, blessed are the ones who bless us

[@tomerhuss]

Read a Bible, blessed are the ones who bless Israel

[@mr._baum153]

Choose humanity, blessed are those who are innocent and don't fucking deserve to die. Blessed are those who literally can't do anything against their death, those who offer an end to conflict and only want peace

[@blastexxplayysyt3920]

@@mr._baum153 So basically be on the side of both

[@mr._baum153]

@@blastexxplayysyt3920 yes, but both people, never support these "governments", don't support the companies that finance Israel and Palestines weapons and don't support the system that allows war to be called "profitable". One of the most disgusting things I've seen on KZbin is videos titled "should we invest in war stock?". Why is that allowed? How is that freedom, being able to invest in killing and war. It doesn't make any sense to me. I don't want to sound like a spooky communist here but we need limits on capitalism because it gives the illusion that war is profitable to companies who simply want to earn more money. In turn the military power grows and grows and war is pushed onto the people, it is never the people who push for war!

[@andrejsasd8904]

I like that this video was suddenly suggested again.. I guess the algorithm picked it up because of the events of last days

[@uhclemuhclem]

Yes, this is perhaps the most impressive AI I've seen.

[@MrBendybruce]

At last, a concise and comprehensible explanation of why this conflict continues to flare up as the decades go by.

[@moonspots01]

Precise and accurate.

[@greasybreads9657]

its almost like this has been going on for thousands of years so this video will never be outdated.

[@SPEEDYxArcher]

I thought this was a new video they made and then I saw it was 8 years old. Its amazing how nothing has changed

[@mojewjewjew4420]

Its not amazing, it was a frozen conflict and no one wanted to end it.

[@theblackvoid]

@@mojewjewjew4420 The international political landscape is quite frozen in some aspects anyways, which is why the Onion's satire somehow keeps ringing true - simply because of the fact that no one (at least no one in power or no cohesive force significant enough to enact change) wants to change this stupid status quo.

[@MrRawrCEO]

@@theblackvoid That's because people in power generally have the same motivations of maintaining power.

[@mojewjewjew4420]

@@theblackvoid thats what I said but in more words, why you feel you have to repeat my words?

[@AwestynJaxxxson]

God fucking damn it algorithm 😂

[@pbetftdi]

Based on the current events, this almost decade old video is the best explanation.

[@KCL81_aw]

You would think this was a recent video lol

[@EdJonesVideos]

KZbin in recommending this to me now has a very twisted sense of humour

[@Raw_Combat]

This video's relevant again

[@phosphor112]

That moment when you realize this video was posted 8 years ago.

[@albertsaffron7582]

Imagine my surprise when I realise this parody is 8 years old, since they got all the details correct…or at least, the same

[@matthewgagnon9426]

Nothing has changed. Bebe is still the leader of Israel, and he is in this video as one of the bloodthirsty warmongers.

[@liamwilson7549]

KZbin algorithm is cooking.

[@Shreddda]

I got this recommendation now, how fitting

[@loudkid9258]

Yeah very fitting

[@marksutton5540]

The Onion is too close. Right there with Babylon Bee

[@lawrencenoctor2703]

The edge of the sword of satire is honed with truth. Alas.

[@Fritz_Haarmann]

Thanks for your quick and up-to-date casting of this horrible tragedy

[@piussebata455]

KZbin algorithm wild💀

[@whiteimposter9304]

This video was 8 years ago and only now people educate themselves, better late then never

[@Xamaza]

and yet one has billions in funding from the US/ weapons/an army, airforce and the other has none of that.

[@emil4786]

Ah I wonder why this is back in my recommended again

[@sploofmcsterra4786]

You know why we're here

[@berniesbend]

Finally someone said the quiet part outloud!

[@ynotsammy]

The Onion always being relevant will never not be funny

[@venivediwow]

It is interesting, you found it funny 2 days ago after the carnage executed by hamas terrorists in Israel. You've got a sense of humor worthy of onion

[@ynotsammy]

@@venivediwow Bro its not that deep

[@user-vo3dn8fi9d]

Thid is is why 15 years ago I didnt find it funny, but ominous. now I find it funny

[@b.f.skinner4383]

Perfect time for this video to pop up in my recommendations )))

[@philmacracken8179]

Sadly, this is the most accurate portrayal of Israel vs Palestine I have ever seen.

[@veramae4098]

Saw a chilling interview. Isreali woman in illegal house in Palestine: "We don't have any problems with them. If we see one we shoot them."

[@L333gok]

I mean, Israel literally gave Palestine up some of its land at the UN’s request, because it wanted this to end and to live side by side with Palestine. Really, it’s Palestine keeping this going.

[@cz_alpha]

@@L333gok What a stupid analysis. As a reminder, Israel was a creation of the West after WWII (1948) and Israel started colonizing Palestine during that same year. They have no right to Palestinian land, the only sensible solution would be the dissolution of the already-illegal Israeli state and to give the land back to the Palestinians who, by all accounts, have lived in the Levant for over 1,300 years. Source: Any history book, google

[@Kumpelkefer]

​@@L333gokThat land was arguably stolen from Palestine not long before that, but I'm no expert. It seems to be very complicated conflict after reading through the whole history on Wikipedia.

[@L333gok]

@@Kumpelkefer Conquest ≠ stealing

[@suzabakingbaked7975]

This still holds true in May of 2024

[@redpilledman00000]

This aged really well.

[@tubbycustard8866]

KZbin recommending this now is wild

[@quantum_psi]

You went straight to the comment section

[@nickmagrick7702]

well that aged well

[@IsmailHussein-OG]

I believe the Onion more than BBC & CNN now

[@spynix0718]

I just talked to my college professor about the Onion and it's satire. Especially how it predicted future events. I then open my phone and find this.

[@OLBastholm]

Be careful about using "its" and "it's" interchangeably. "It's" makes it seem like you just realized, from the conversation, that the Onion makes satire, instead of what you actually meant to say.

[@ralphm4132]

Wait 'til you see Idiocracy.... Camacho 2024!

[@sandenson]

Well, it's wn event that has been ongoing for the better part of a century

[@davidbouvier8895]

​@@OLBastholmOh those pesky little misplaced commas! I used to warn my students that they were one of the things that enrich lawyers by changing intended meanings in contracts.

[@person8064]

​@@davidbouvier8895*apostrophe, not comma

[@zaiz6018]

Naaah no way they recommend this to me now 💀

[@sheassea9320]

KZbin got a sick sense of humor

[@RandomJoeseph]

Crazy how much can (not) change in 8 years. 🤔

[@meat-hook]

Onion videos getting some traction near a decade later! I'm betting that this will come up for everyone again in another eight years.

[@TaeSunWoo]

The algorithm has a weird sense of humor.