Charlie Sweet
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So pack it in. You wouldn't use some sort of similar insult every time you referred to Islam or Judaism but somehow think one religion is fair game?
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So pack it in. You wouldn't use some sort of similar insult every time you referred to Islam or Judaism but somehow think one religion is fair game?
I'd like to say a lot worse about the Catbolic Church, but as it's causing offence, I'll stop. This ain't the place I guess. Happy to apologise if I've upset you.
Spadge Vernacular
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Jesus H Christ
In their quest to claim the holy lands they've totally effed them up. I can only see them becoming more and more inward looking and hating of "others"
WHen you see this you realise there is no hope for the Palestinians
BigMick
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The video is from Mint Press , a tiny conspiracy, disinformation and antisemitic site that masquerades as a news site.
It's only known source of funding comes from Iran-linked sources, the rest is hidden. It's output is focused on Iran's enemies - Israel, Saudi Arabia and the USA.
On the protests in Iran - complete silence.
On Ukraine - it's the fault of Ukraine, the USA and the west, and, of course, Israel.
Syria - they back Assad.
The video is 2 minutes of old clips, much of it from 9 or 10 years ago, collected together to make a hatchet job. I think it would be easy to do the same for many countries around the world, including the UK. Mint press chooses to do it for Israel only.
I notice it included a few seconds clip of a police spokesman. Do you remember the 'Sus Law' in the UK? In case you don't, here's a link:
https://irr.org.uk/article/fighting-sus-then-and-now/
Played a big part in the Toxteth riots as I remember.
Most of the clips refer to a period when there was an influx of illegal immigrants in Israel. Sound familiar? Our southern coast is being invaded according to our current Home Secretary. We're about 11 times bigger than Israel and you get political leaders spouting nonsense like that! There is racism in Israel against the black population, but it's no worse than many other countries around the world. I'd be more than happy to go into it in greater detail, if requested.
It's a shame a video like that sullies the pristine pages of GOT. It belongs in the sewer. File under G for garbage or A for antisemitic.
Fair enough. I also base my opinion on their treatment of black Jews, ethnic nomadic tribes and of course, Palestinians.
BigMick
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That's fair enough too, We can disagree on those things, with the caveat that there is racism in Israel, much like there is, for instance, in the UK.
BigMick
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Just to add, it was the Ethiopian festival of Sgd the other day - a national holiday for everyone in Israel. Here's a photo of the religious service held in Jerusalem
Just as Mint Press produce a video that gives a false impression, a photo like this might give the impression that everything is copacetic for the community. It's not, of course - there are problems, there is racism, but there are successes too, and organisations working hard to improve things. Such as:
https://www.enp.org.il/en/
https://en.fidel.org.il/
I'm writing these on the day the London Fire Brigade has been declared institutionally racist, and the funeral was held for an innocent black man shot by the police. it would be very easy for an outsider to say, "What a racist country the UK is."
Just as Mint Press produce a video that gives a false impression, a photo like this might give the impression that everything is copacetic for the community. It's not, of course - there are problems, there is racism, but there are successes too, and organisations working hard to improve things. Such as:
https://www.enp.org.il/en/
https://en.fidel.org.il/
I'm writing these on the day the London Fire Brigade has been declared institutionally racist, and the funeral was held for an innocent black man shot by the police. it would be very easy for an outsider to say, "What a racist country the UK is."
Toffeeslam
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scratchnsurf
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Errr... I'm pretty sure we did. See Boris Johnson's comments regarding picaninnies and letter boxes, the disparity in how our government treats Ukrainian refugees compared with those from Syria, Afghanistan etc etc.No one in the UK voted in a racist government mate whilst Israelis did…..
No, sorry, you can’t compare Britain's racists with Israel’s abuse, torment, ghettoisation and general horror treatment of its native people.
Toffeeslam
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Did he ever advocate ethic cleansing or death penalties for anyone throwing rocks ? Did he urge his voters to vote because the ‘left’ are busing in Arabs ?
Did anyone in the dirty conservatives call for expulsion of ethnic minorities from parliament like those in this prospective parliament said about Arabs ?
Has the Tories allowed for non British and non Christian’s to be forcibly removed from their homes ?
I have no love for this Tory government in any guise but don’t compare the two.
Charlie Sweet
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Just shocking that Israel gets away with this.
Like South Africa and Northern Ireland its time will come.
scratchnsurf
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I don't disagree with most of what your saying, but you said we haven't elected a racist government and I do disagree with that.
Spadge Vernacular
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I think you have gone in a bit hard on this, Mick.
If the site mentioned has an agenda then it should be viewed with caution.
If they are using material from multiple issues of Israeli racism then the bigger concern is that the racism exists, and lets be honest, Israel does not have a reasonable reputation in such matters.
Africans in the country having to face of government plans to deport them must have been difficult. It must have been truly shocking to be an African in Israel and hear the leading Rabi referring to Africans as monkeys.
The footage pulled together of Israelis being racist might be poor form but if so it was seemingly looking to capitalise on an existing issue.
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