[The Slim Reaper]

before whatsapping the video to his girlfriend so she can praise him.

Time to end apartheid.

[arista]

Whats the Full Story
was he told to Halt?


And a rubber bullet is Not Death....................

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by arista

whats the full story
was he told to halt?


and a rubber bullet is not death....................

[arista]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

Is he Alive , Though?

[SherzyK]

Originally Posted by arista

Is he Alive , Though?

Regardless of whether he got killed or not, how is this acceptable?

[Ammi]

...as if it were a game, no feeling for humankind at all...all of them just turning and walking away without any care at all...apparently, reading through some of the tweets below...the soldier responsible was kicked out immediately and is under criminal investigation...

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by arista

Is he Alive , Though?

Murder is the only crime in the world.

[SherzyK]

Disgusting.

[Tom4784]

More cruelty from Israel, it's not surprising at this point sadly. So many Palestinian civillians have been victimised and killed by Israel and it's not going to stop anytime soon. The irony of a nation that was essentially born as a result of the horrors of WW2 succumbing to blatant human rights abuse is just really ****ing sad.

[Cherie]

horrific, why are some people so full of hate

[Dogeatdog]

He just shot him in the back like it was nothing. Such disgusting people in the world.

[The Slim Reaper]

[Niamh.]

That's another one again? ^^ Disgusting

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

That's another one again? ^^ Disgusting

That's weird. It's the same incident, but the Israelis have blamed a woman for it, while a guy claimed he did it to his girlfriend.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

That's weird. It's the same incident, but the Israelis have blamed a woman for it, while a guy claimed he did it to his girlfriend.

I didn't watch the videos because tbh I find that sort of thing too upsetting but I just presumed it was a different incident because the first one says it a male Soldier and the second says a female Police Officer weird

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

That's weird. It's the same incident, but the Israelis have blamed a woman for it, while a guy claimed he did it to his girlfriend.

...it did appear to be a female soldier as there was an investigation against her and she was dismissed...So sad that someone else would claim the action as if it was a thing to be proud of...

[The Slim Reaper]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...it did appear to be a female soldier as there was an investigation against her and she was dismissed...So sad that someone else would claim the action as if it was a thing to be proud of...

Whomever it was, being sacked for a hoax must be terrible.

[The Slim Reaper]

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-i...source=twitter

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel’s Supreme Court upheld a government decision to deport a Human Rights Watch (HRW) official accused of backing an international pro-Palestinian boycott campaign, an edict he said was aimed at stifling criticism of Israel.

The court ratified an Interior Ministry refusal to renew the work visa of Omar Shakir, a U.S. citizen representing New York-based HRW in Israel and the Palestinian territories, and ordered him to leave within 20 days.

Israel says he supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement which it has criminalized.

It has lobbied Western powers to follow suit, and Shakir’s case was a test for its anti-boycott legislation.

Shakir contested the argument that his past pro-Palestinian statements, before being appointed to the HRW post in 2016, constituted current backing for boycotts of Israel.

“Israeli Supreme Court upholds my deportation over my rights advocacy,” Shakir tweeted about the unanimous decision by the three-judge court.

He said that if the Israeli government forces him to leave, it will be joining Iran, North Korea and Egypt in blocking access for HRW officials monitoring rights violations.

“We won’t stop. And we won’t be the last,” Shakir wrote.

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Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri said he was happy with the decision. “Anyone who acts against the country should know we will not allow them to work or live here,” he said.

Before the ruling, HRW said Israel’s move against Shakir showed it was seeking to suppress rights criticism.

HRW says it does not support boycotts of Israel.

It has defended Shakir’s statements since joining, including a tweet backing online rental service Airbnb’s delisting a year ago of homes in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Airbnb later reversed that decision after intense criticism from Israel and litigation in U.S. and Israeli courts.

Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Gilad Erdan said Israel granted hundreds of visas a year to rights activists and invited HRW to appoint a replacement for Shakir.

Husam Zomlot, the Palestinian envoy to Britain and adviser to President Mahmoud Abbas, tweeted that the ruling was a “disgraceful but expected outcome because of international inaction”.

Ayman Odeh, a senior politician representing Israel’s Arab minority, added on Twitter that deporting Shakir “only proves to us and to the world the extent to which his work is needed”.

[Livia]

Maybe it's the same kind of story as this:



It's a hoax, as are many stories of violence against Palestinians, but never a mention of Palestinian violence toward the only country in the Middle East where women are allowed to vote.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Livia

Maybe it's the same kind of story as this:



It's a hoax, as are many stories of violence against Palestinians, but never a mention of Palestinian violence toward the only country in the Middle East where women are allowed to vote.

Not according to wikipedia

Women's right to vote in the Arab world


Women were granted the right to vote on a universal and equal basis in Lebanon in 1952,[51] Syria (to vote) in 1949[52] (Restrictions or conditions lifted) in 1953,[53] Egypt in 1956,[54] Tunisia in 1959,[55] Mauritania in 1961,[56] Algeria in 1962,[57] Morocco in 1963,[58] Libya[59] and Sudan in 1964,[60] Yemen in 1967[52] (full right) in 1970,[61] Bahrain in 1973,[62] Jordan in 1974,[63] Iraq (full right) 1980,[62] Kuwait in 1985[64] (later removed and re-granted in 2005) and Oman in 1994.[65] Saudi Arabia in 2015.[66]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_Arab_world

[The Slim Reaper]

Won't somebody think of the occupiers

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Not according to wikipedia

Women's right to vote in the Arab world


Women were granted the right to vote on a universal and equal basis in Lebanon in 1952,[51] Syria (to vote) in 1949[52] (Restrictions or conditions lifted) in 1953,[53] Egypt in 1956,[54] Tunisia in 1959,[55] Mauritania in 1961,[56] Algeria in 1962,[57] Morocco in 1963,[58] Libya[59] and Sudan in 1964,[60] Yemen in 1967[52] (full right) in 1970,[61] Bahrain in 1973,[62] Jordan in 1974,[63] Iraq (full right) 1980,[62] Kuwait in 1985[64] (later removed and re-granted in 2005) and Oman in 1994.[65] Saudi Arabia in 2015.[66]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_Arab_world

Women can vote in Saudi and Yemen and all those other countries... So that's all okay then!

I'm talking about real political freedom.

And quite a few of those countries you mention are in Africa, not the Middle East.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Livia

Women can vote in Saudi and Yemen and all those other countries... So that's all okay then!

I'm talking about real political freedom.

And quite a few of those countries you mention are in Africa, not the Middle East.

What do you mean "that's all OK then"? What's all OK then? I was just pointing out that Israel is not the only country in the Middle east where women can vote.

I actually had no idea if what you said was correct or not so I googled it and pasted the list, those African countries are considered "arab" I guess

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

What do you mean "that's all OK then"? What's all OK then? I was just pointing out that Israel is not the only country in the Middle east where women can vote.

I actually had no idea if what you said was correct or not so I googled it and pasted the list, those African countries are considered "arab" I guess

I didn't say Arab, I said Middle East. And there's no need to be aggressive.

I suppose to understand, you have to know a little bit about the status of women in those "middle eastern" countries. Maybe you could Google that.

It wasn't that long ago that you were surprised when I said about the anti-Semitism I'd experience, you told me that you didn't know that Jew-hate was a thing. You were actually surprised that people hate Jews. So I'm not comfortable continuing this conversation with you.

[Nicky91]

yeah i guess middle-east is correct

but here's something interesting too

The IFA was a member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) from 1954 until 1974, when it was expelled due to political pressure from Arab and Muslim members that refused to play against Israel. From then until 1992, the IFA was not affiliated with any confederation. During this period, the Israeli national teams played only in FIFA competitions and occasionally in OFC, UEFA and CONMEBOL qualifying tournaments.
In 1992, the IFA was admitted to UEFA as an associate member, becoming a full member two years later. Since 1992, Israeli clubs have played in the various UEFA club competitions, while the national teams have played in UEFA championships.

so honestly, football wise Israel was first part of Asia's AFC until they got banned after refusing to play against other Arab/Muslim countries, political pressure thing

and since 1992 they are a part of europe's UEFA

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel...ll_Association

Israel was able to enter the contest as the Israel Broadcasting Authority (IBA) is a member organisation of the European Broadcasting Union

and that being their reason (being able to) participate in eurovision song contest, since they are a member of the EBU prior to their debut in 1973


and here it is arab-israeli conflict ongoing for 71 years, 5 months, 3 weeks and 1 day now since 1948

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab–Israeli_conflict