[–] 1 point 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah, that's mostly what the population was before the formation of the modern state. Now there are a few other key groups. One massive one is the ~40% of the Israeli population that are Jewish Arabs (who Israel classifies as non-Arab, despite being clearly an Arabic people [many speak Arabic as native language, and most are from MENA]). Another group are the sizeable group of Arab Muslims that identify as Israeli rather than Palestinian. Then of course there are the Christian/Druze/Bedouin groups that identify with the varying states to varying degrees. The thing that makes it tough as that both states (whether legitimate or not, I think its fair to say that both Israel and Palestine are de facto states) refuse to release demographics for people who would identify as a certain ethnicity and a certain nationality (Israel treats all Jews as a single ethnic block, Palestine doesn't count [most] Jews as citizens, both groups are sizeable). Part of the confusion does come from the fact that the Palestinian government (in the West Bank, not Hamas, they're stricter) claims that any non-Jew living in Israel is actually a Palestinian; but that simply is not the case (any more than every Han person in Taiwan being part of the PRC).

In the recent election, Ra'am got a lot of votes from Arabic Jews who would certainly disagree with the idea of being Palestinian. The Joint List has a more Palestinian core voter base, but still attracts support from non-Palestinian groups. Netanyahu would love if everyone would spread the idea that both groups are Palestinians and thus don't have "skin in the game" when it comes to Israeli politics. Thus his constant rhetoric these days that they are.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago (7 children)

    I'd be careful referring to the Arab parties as Palestinian. You're assumption is correct, but backwards. Bibi uses that term to disenfranchise them, saying "they don't believe in Israel, so they shouldn't count". Most of the Arab parties get a lot of support from non-Palestinian Arab Israelis. Eroding that identity is a great way to silence their votes, especially at a time when they could make the difference between continued genocide and progress towards coexistence. Netanhayu would like nothing more than to convince the world that the Arab parties are "just Palestinian". Of note is that Ra'am doesn't even support the dissolution of the state of Israel, but instead formalization of a two-state solution.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    I don't hate Israel as a concept to the degree that most people on lemmy seem to and I still call this a win. His position on Israel is totally acceptable in my opinion. He doesn't unfairly criticize it, but doesn't let it hide behind antisemitism to commit crimes (war crimes, genocide, and other less sexy violations of international law). He still calls out hamas as bad, and doesn't act like Israel isn't real.

    Meanwhile the rest of his policies seem pretty good. Hopefully he can beat the republican!

    As an aside though... Is it just me or does his photo on wikipedia look like "egyptian Zelenskyy"?

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    Moral obligation is a good point. Maybe I'm just lucky that authorities really dont enforce DMCA complaints much where I live, so I dont worry too much about that.

    Has anyone actually had the police come to complain about pirated media?

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah. A lot of inexperienced self-hosters probably don't appreciate how much their ISP has protected them honestly. The first time you open a port on a truly public trunk line at a datacenter is certainly an eye-opening experience!

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 4 months ago

    Fair. I guess what really prompted this question was a chat with a "normie" relative who was self-hosting jellyfin on their main computer, no security (username: user, password: pass, SSL: disabled). I had to explain all the issues (even no fail2ban on their server with an exposed port 22). They thought I was paranoid. But even my suggestions weren't as extreme as many people put.

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    I'm a software developer working in the telecam sector on security related products, so I know a fair bit about system security. Yet I wound secure my own system far less than most people here if I didn't enjoy cybersecurity as a hobby.

    I wonder what you are securing against? Some examples:

    • jellyfin: unless you have home videos on there, what does it matter if someone exfiltrates some movies? Surely you have basic DOS protection and/or region locking to reduce wasted network traffic, right?
    • linux: I assume nobody is using their servers as daily drive PCs, so what does it matter if somehow your system is superficially compromised. You can always reimage. Sure they could mine some bitcoin with your system, but it doesn't have that much PSU headroom to cost you much on your bills, right?

    It just seems like most attack vectors lead to mild annoyance at most for most systems.

    Do you guys just enjoy cybersecurity? Do you actually keep sensitive data on your self hosted systems? Do you self-host on expensive hardware? What am I missing?

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