bcg retired software engineer This user account status is Approved Comments Comments Posts Posts I believe it - this has been reported for a long time. No surprise that people with power abuse people without power. But we shouldn't be selective about which reports from HRW we believe, HRW is a serious and credible organization. Not to deflect from the topic here, HRW has put out many reports on human rights in Israel, and we should take those just as seriously - https://www.hrw.org/news/2018/04/24/us-human-rights-report-whitewashes-israels-abuses-against-palestinians The US State Department’s newly released human rights report, designed to be a “factual resource” on human rights abuses in nearly 200 countries and to inform US foreign policy, has numerous problems and omissions – including with the chapters covering Israel and Palestine....The US has for decades failed to sufficiently use its leverage to pressure Israel’s government to end decades of repression, institutionalized discrimination, and systematic abuse of Palestinians’ rights. On New Human Rights Watch report accuses PA and Hamas of using arbitrary arrests and torture And what is Lara Alqasem going to be doing in Israel? "Alqasem is slated to begin a special master’s program at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Law that focuses on “human rights and Western justice.” " Judging by this piece, the Zionists have a special place of hatred in their hearts for Hebe U: https://worldisraelnews.com/opinion-lara-alqasem-wont-learn-to-love-israel-at-hebrew-us-radical-faculty-of-law/ I have this feeling that in the not too distant future Lara Alqasem will be reporting on Israeli society, and not in a way that will make Israeli society happy. Time will tell. On Lara Alqasem’s release is a major win for liberal Zionists and a blow to BDS @Elizabeth Block: Here's an essay on Israel's er, creative approach to international law: https://theintercept.com/2018/10/17/israel-targeted-killings-noura-erakat-palestine-gabriella-blum/ "During the Second Intifada, Israel created an entirely new set of laws of war to govern their relationship with the Palestinians...." On Lara Alqasem’s lawyers ‘optimistic’ after first hearing in Israeli High Court It's so peculiar - in all the stuff he says there doesn't seem to be the smallest mention of those other people - millions of them - who are hanging around the Jewish State, as if they don't really exist. On Malcolm Hoenlein on fostering Jewish power, inoculating 5-year-olds for Israel, and preventing intermarriage @Jackdaw: "Jonathan Ofir needs to do his job, which is to talk to both sides in this conflict. At the very least, this makes for balanced reportage...If Jonathan doesn’t occasionally talk to Arabs, he comes off as a shrill, monotonous ‘shamer’.' So if we need to have both sides of the conflict weighing in on the issue of this article - mixed marriages in Israel - why on earth don't you walk outside your gate, talk to some Palestinians, and tell us what they say? Really. On Israeli politicians condemn marriage of Jewish and Muslim celebrities as effort to ‘hurt our state’ @Jackdaw: On the one hand, “Jonathan. Why don’t you strap on a set, and go find out what Arabs think about this mixed wedding….Jonathan?” On the other hand, "Because I don’t give a fig what anyone thinks about this marriage." I'm thoroughly confused. Can you clarify? On Israeli politicians condemn marriage of Jewish and Muslim celebrities as effort to ‘hurt our state’ @Jackdaw: "Jonathan. Why don’t you strap on a set, and go find out what Arabs think about this mixed wedding....Jonathan?" I've tried to search for news on what the Arabs/Palestinians think about the mixed wedding, but I can find nothing, so I'm tempted to conclude that it isn't an issue in those communities. But if you have some information, could you please post it? On Israeli politicians condemn marriage of Jewish and Muslim celebrities as effort to ‘hurt our state’ @Catalan: "Nothing – I am positive I will accomplish nothing. However, I have always had this weird fascination how some people become true believers – in the good, in “progress”, in “socialism”, in “freedom”. These are all illusions but people are like children. So it’s just a way to pass the time." This is a cartoon characterization of how people think and feel, it's a straw man construction. Try reading David Shulman's new book "Freedom and Despair - Notes From The South Hebron Hills". It's 13 bucks on Amazon. On Lara Alqasem’s lawyer: her detention is part of a larger, more worrying trend @Catalan: "If Israel disappeared tomorrow, the effect on my life would be zero. Same if all the Palestinians disappeared." So what, exactly, do you hope to accomplish by commenting here? On Lara Alqasem’s lawyer: her detention is part of a larger, more worrying trend It's ok to poison the land as long as it's not Jewish Land being poisoned: https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/tamara-nassar/israel-uses-palestinian-land-illegally-dump-toxic-waste "Israel uses Palestinian land to illegally dump toxic waste" On Video: As the olive harvest begins, so do the settler attacks load more comments
