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Antifar
07/15/18 1:47:10 PM
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/15/israel-turmoil-bill-allowing-jews-arabs-segregated

Israel is in the throes of political upheaval as the countrys ruling party seeks to pass legislation that could allow for Jewish-only communities, which critics have condemned as the end of a democratic state.

For the past half-decade, politicians have been wrangling over the details of the bill that holds constitution-like status and that Benjamin Netanyahu wants passed this month.

The proposed legislation would allow the state to authorise a community composed of people having the same faith and nationality to maintain the exclusive character of that community.

In its current state, the draft would also permit Jewish religious law to be implemented in certain cases and remove Arabic as an official language.

In the Israeli democracy, we will continue to protect the rights of both the individual and the group, this is guaranteed. But the majority have rights too, and the majority rules, the Israeli prime minister said this week.

A vote on the bill is expected next week, although a final draft has yet to be agreed on. The legislation has been compared to South African apartheid by Israeli parliamentarians, and several thousand Israelis protested in Tel Aviv on Saturday.

The Middle Eastern country sees itself as both a democratic and a Jewish state, saying its legal system protects the rights of Arabs, who make up more than a fifth of the population, and other minorities. However, the Israel as the nation state of the Jewish people bill would enshrine the countrys Jewish national and religious character into law.

Our main concern is that it is changing the nature of the state and it changes the balance of Israel as a nation state, said Amir Fuchs, the head of the defending democratic values programme at the Israel Democracy Institute. You can be a nation state and still be a democracy as long as you dont discriminate, said Fuchs. That the state is allowed to create villages that will separate on the basis of race or religion or nationality this is outrageous.

The purpose of the bill, he said, was to change the balance, to make us more of a nation state, more of a Jewish state, and less of a democracy. There is no other way to put it. And this is the biggest problem.

Netanyahu has lashed out at domestic and international critics, ordering the foreign ministry to reprimand the EU envoy Emanuele Giaufret after he was reported as saying the bill was discriminatory.

Both Israels attorney general and president, who holds a symbolic role, also opposed details of the bill. The president, Reuven Rivlin, said it would harm the Jewish people worldwide and even be used as a weapon by our enemies. The segregation clause, he said, could also allow towns that exclude Jews of Middle Eastern origin who have been historically sidelined or homosexuals.

Legislator Miki Zohar, from the prime ministers Likud party, said: Unfortunately, President Rivlin has lost it and had forgotten his DNA.

Many Israeli neighbourhoods and towns are already effectively segregated, with residents either vastly Jewish or Arab. In many places, it is tough for an Arab to move in, although segregation is not legal.

Writing in the progressive-leaning Haaretz newspaper, Mordechai Kremnitzer, from the faculty of law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, said the bill would remove the mask so as to reveal the ugly face of ultranationalist Israel in all its repugnance.

The debate has also opened a rift with the Jewish diaspora, with fears among more liberal American Jewish groups that it would prioritise Orthodox communities over other denominations.

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ScazarMeltex
07/15/18 1:47:50 PM
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But remember guys anyone who doesn't support Israel's agenda is anti-semitic.
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-Van_Zan-
07/15/18 1:48:38 PM
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the guardian tho.
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glitteringfairy
07/15/18 1:49:27 PM
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Sieg heil the fourth Reich!
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Cheater87
07/15/18 1:50:29 PM
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UnfairRepresent
07/15/18 1:52:28 PM
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Cheater87 posted...
The irony of this bill.

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07/15/18 1:53:16 PM
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ScazarMeltex posted...
But remember guys anyone who doesn't support Israel's agenda is anti-semitic.

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hockeybub89
07/15/18 1:58:17 PM
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Axiom
07/15/18 2:06:27 PM
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hockeybub89 posted...
It seems it actually is both sides over there

Unfortunately in this case Trump would never say that
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Hop103
07/15/18 2:10:38 PM
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It' almost a the Jews there are being as bigoted as their Islamic enemies.
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frozenshock
07/15/18 2:12:45 PM
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Hop103 posted...
It' almost a the Jews there are being as bigoted as their Islamic enemies.


Maybe but they're a tiny little country in the middle of a vast ocean of countries that have sworn to wipe them off the map. They can't really afford to be very tolerant
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RE_expert44
07/15/18 2:16:37 PM
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This sounds familiar
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ScazarMeltex
07/15/18 2:17:47 PM
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frozenshock posted...
Hop103 posted...
It' almost a the Jews there are being as bigoted as their Islamic enemies.


Maybe but they're a tiny little country in the middle of a vast ocean of countries that have sworn to wipe them off the map. They can't really afford to be very tolerant

It's almost as if they came stole the land from the people it actually belonged to and then acted surprised when said people weren't cool with it.
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treewojima
07/15/18 2:18:38 PM
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RE_expert44 posted...
This sounds familiar


be quiet, drawing historical parallels is anti-Semitic
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gunplagirl
07/15/18 2:19:54 PM
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They've effectively been an apartheid state for awhile now. This would just seal the deal.
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Zero_Destroyer
07/15/18 2:19:59 PM
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Doe
07/15/18 2:20:24 PM
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Antifar posted...
certain cases and remove Arabic as an official language.

So can we be able to condemn Israel's actions now or is that still anti-Semitic
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gunplagirl
07/15/18 2:21:36 PM
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frozenshock posted...
Hop103 posted...
It' almost a the Jews there are being as bigoted as their Islamic enemies.


Maybe but they're a tiny little country in the middle of a vast ocean of countries that have sworn to wipe them off the map. They can't really afford to be very tolerant

I guess we're ignoring the part where they had the land they currently occupy stolen from native people and despite being an incredibly tiny country, they have one of the most powerful militaries in the world which poses a genuine cause for concern regarding their being there?
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scorpion41
07/15/18 2:25:23 PM
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The Jewish people took the land and developed into one of the most powerful, successful small countries in the world...meanwhile the slew of Muslim countries around them are still poor and underdeveloped. Not to mention the constant terrorism from Hamas and PLO. Why is Israel the problem again?
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Letron_James
07/15/18 2:25:46 PM
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Fuck Israel
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Doe
07/15/18 2:30:11 PM
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scorpion41 posted...
The Jewish people took the land and developed into one of the most powerful, successful small countries in the world...meanwhile the slew of Muslim countries around them are still poor and underdeveloped. Not to mention the constant terrorism from Hamas and PLO. Why is Israel the problem again?

-Kick the people living there out of their homes and take them for yourself
-While getting continuous support from some of the richest countries in the world
-Saying it's okay for Israel to segregate people for not being Jewish just because they're richer than surrounding countries
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ScazarMeltex
07/15/18 2:35:22 PM
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scorpion41 posted...
The Jewish people took the land and developed into one of the most powerful, successful small countries in the world...meanwhile the slew of Muslim countries around them are still poor and underdeveloped. Not to mention the constant terrorism from Hamas and PLO. Why is Israel the problem again?


Yeah the Isrealis only have the backing/funding/military surplus of the worlds most powerful militaries.
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BignutzisBack
07/15/18 2:36:49 PM
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scorpion41 posted...
The Jewish people took the land and developed into one of the most powerful, successful small countries in the world...meanwhile the slew of Muslim countries around them are still poor and underdeveloped. Not to mention the constant terrorism from Hamas and PLO. Why is Israel the problem again?


I always get a kick out of liberals calling the right Nazis while they have been trying to wipe out a Jewish country for years lol. Maybe it's projection?
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Fuparulez
07/15/18 2:36:58 PM
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I'm not quite sure that wanting to live free from those who openly call for your murder and the annihilation of your people is a bad thing.
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Fahren
07/15/18 2:38:21 PM
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Remember goyim race mixing is great and if you don't like it you're a bigot, but only if it's in countries that aren't Israel.
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Antifar
07/15/18 2:39:45 PM
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Fahren posted...
Remember goyim race mixing is great and if you don't like it you're a bigot, but only if it's in countries that aren't Israel.

Fuck off with this anti-semitic bullshit.

- The Israeli government is not the Jewish people; conflating the two only serves to benefit the Netanyahus of the world.
- Race mixing is fine and that belief has nothing to do with some imagined Jewish conspiracy.
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hockeybub89
07/15/18 2:39:58 PM
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There are no lows that some people won't go to white knight Israel.
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gunplagirl
07/15/18 2:40:14 PM
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BignutzisBack posted...
scorpion41 posted...
The Jewish people took the land and developed into one of the most powerful, successful small countries in the world...meanwhile the slew of Muslim countries around them are still poor and underdeveloped. Not to mention the constant terrorism from Hamas and PLO. Why is Israel the problem again?


I always get a kick out of liberals calling the right Nazis while they have been trying to wipe out a Jewish country for years lol. Maybe it's projection?


The right has literal avowed Nazis on several ballots this year

And liberals don't hate Israel because they're Jewish, it's because of the human rights violations and theft of the land through illegal actions funded by other nations.
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ScazarMeltex
07/15/18 2:44:10 PM
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gunplagirl posted...
BignutzisBack posted...
scorpion41 posted...
The Jewish people took the land and developed into one of the most powerful, successful small countries in the world...meanwhile the slew of Muslim countries around them are still poor and underdeveloped. Not to mention the constant terrorism from Hamas and PLO. Why is Israel the problem again?


I always get a kick out of liberals calling the right Nazis while they have been trying to wipe out a Jewish country for years lol. Maybe it's projection?


The right has literal avowed Nazis on several ballots this year

And liberals don't hate Israel because they're Jewish, it's because of the human rights violations and theft of the land through illegal actions funded by other nations.

This. I have several jewish friends. I have 0 issues with Jews, their culture, or their religions (that I don't have with any other religion). What do I have is severe issues with Israel's policies.
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Intro2Logic
07/15/18 2:47:19 PM
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BignutzisBack posted...
I always get a kick out of liberals calling the right Nazis while they have been trying to wipe out a Jewish country for years lol. Maybe it's projection?

The Nazis support Israel because it is the model of what they'd want a white ethnostate to look like: https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/richard-spencer-gives-israel-as-example-of-ethno-state-he-wants-in-u-s-1.5459154
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Webmaster4531
07/15/18 2:47:46 PM
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One of my parents was an non-orthodox Jew. We shouldn't be fine with theocracy, fascism, and apartheid just because Jews are doing it.
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ArchiePeck
07/15/18 2:52:14 PM
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Boycott Israeli apartheid.
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gunplagirl
07/15/18 2:54:57 PM
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ScazarMeltex posted...
gunplagirl posted...
BignutzisBack posted...
scorpion41 posted...
The Jewish people took the land and developed into one of the most powerful, successful small countries in the world...meanwhile the slew of Muslim countries around them are still poor and underdeveloped. Not to mention the constant terrorism from Hamas and PLO. Why is Israel the problem again?


I always get a kick out of liberals calling the right Nazis while they have been trying to wipe out a Jewish country for years lol. Maybe it's projection?


The right has literal avowed Nazis on several ballots this year

And liberals don't hate Israel because they're Jewish, it's because of the human rights violations and theft of the land through illegal actions funded by other nations.

This. I have several jewish friends. I have 0 issues with Jews, their culture, or their religions (that I don't have with any other religion). What do I have is severe issues with Israel's policies.


The whole "I have a x friend" argument rarely holds up

That said, few if any of my Jewish friends (religious and ethnic) support Israel or even believe it should exist given how it arose.
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bover_87
07/15/18 2:57:08 PM
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Webmaster4531 posted...
One of my parents was an non-orthodox Jew. We shouldn't be fine with theocracy, fascism, and apartheid just because Jews are doing it.

A lot of the people who are OK with this are also OK with it when Christians do it. Just not when Muslims do it.

Hmmmmm...
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LinksLiege
07/15/18 3:03:38 PM
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Everything I hear regarding the conflict over there leaves me thinking that neither side is worth supporting.

It isn't even about who has the more legitimate claim. After a certain point the actions being taken render you indefensible. And both sides (durr hurr) have gone well past that point already.
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ScazarMeltex
07/15/18 4:22:04 PM
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gunplagirl posted...
ScazarMeltex posted...
gunplagirl posted...
BignutzisBack posted...
scorpion41 posted...
The Jewish people took the land and developed into one of the most powerful, successful small countries in the world...meanwhile the slew of Muslim countries around them are still poor and underdeveloped. Not to mention the constant terrorism from Hamas and PLO. Why is Israel the problem again?


I always get a kick out of liberals calling the right Nazis while they have been trying to wipe out a Jewish country for years lol. Maybe it's projection?


The right has literal avowed Nazis on several ballots this year

And liberals don't hate Israel because they're Jewish, it's because of the human rights violations and theft of the land through illegal actions funded by other nations.

This. I have several jewish friends. I have 0 issues with Jews, their culture, or their religions (that I don't have with any other religion). What do I have is severe issues with Israel's policies.


The whole "I have a x friend" argument rarely holds up

That said, few if any of my Jewish friends (religious and ethnic) support Israel or even believe it should exist given how it arose.


I just despise that one can't hate Israel's policies without being labeled anti-semitic. Isreal doesn't not equate to Judaism or it's practicing members, it only equates to Israel.
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DarkTransient
07/15/18 4:39:52 PM
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And bam, watch as liberals go back to their pre-2016 attitude of "Jews are included in the groups it's fine to take issue with".
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Webmaster4531
07/15/18 4:44:08 PM
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DarkTransient posted...
And bam, watch as liberals go back to their pre-2016 attitude of "Jews are included in the groups it's fine to take issue with".

Like conservatives loving Israeli fascism, theocracy, and apartheid is better.
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hockeybub89
07/15/18 4:48:18 PM
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"Criticizing Israel means you hate all Jews. Hypocritical, racist liberals!"

"Criticizing specific people doesn't mean you hate black people. Goddamn offended, racebaiting liberals!"
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ScazarMeltex
07/15/18 6:26:23 PM
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DarkTransient posted...
And bam, watch as liberals go back to their pre-2016 attitude of "Jews are included in the groups it's fine to take issue with".

Criticism of Israel is not criticism of jews. It is criticism of a country's positions and behavior. But you would know that if you weren't a dishonest turd.
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TrumpTrain
07/16/18 2:09:36 PM
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Israel is a Jewish state. It is their duty to protect the only refuge that Jews can count on in the world where every one wants them dead.

They have been oppressed long enough and Israel is where they make their final stand.

If they can't maintain the Jewish identity in their own state, their country is as good as gone.
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TrumpTrain
07/16/18 2:31:52 PM
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Arabs have oppressed the Jews since as long as they have existed.

When Arab countries felt like being generous, Jews were only allowed to exist after they paid their dhimmi tax and still be segregated and treated as shit class citizens.

https://imgur.com/WnS226D

And when Arabs don't feel like being so kind? They ethnically cleansed the Jews and expelled the rest into the desert to die. That's why Syrian Jews in New York don't take kindly to SJWs shoving Syrian refugees down their throat in their own community.

And now Arabs have the gall to complain and whine about Jews not treating them well enough in the Jewish state? Why is it only Jews must be tolerant of their oppressors in their own country? Arabs never even paid Jews the reparations for all the crimes they have committed against them.
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Tyranthraxus
07/16/18 2:35:37 PM
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I mean.... uh... like... didn't that Hitler guy or whatever make Jewish-only communities shortly before rounding them up to send to camps?

I don't understand how anyone there is okay with this.
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BWLurker
07/16/18 2:37:19 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
I mean.... uh... like... didn't that Hitler guy or whatever make Jewish-only communities shortly before rounding them up to send to camps?

I don't understand how anyone there is okay with this.

The people okay with it have names like "TrumpTrain" and include people who blame their wife leaving them on Obama. They're not serious people who matter.
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kingdrake2
07/16/18 2:38:52 PM
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TrumpTrain
07/16/18 11:25:27 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
I mean.... uh... like... didn't that Hitler guy or whatever make Jewish-only communities shortly before rounding them up to send to camps?

I don't understand how anyone there is okay with this.

In case you forget, this tiny little piece land of Jewish state is surrounded by every Arab states there are. If Arabs don't like the fact that they can't flex in Israel, they are welcome to leave and go home. Being in Israel is a privilege, not a right for non-Jews.
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