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Rebel Blob posted:Is it true the other way around? ... If you're looking for a compilation, a quick google doesn't help. (((Elite conspiracies))) obviously. The two common "polite" names that I've actually encountered recently are "quote unquote Palestinians" and "Balestinians". Some people just have the weirdest secular taboo sets, a genuine believe in the power of true names.
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That quote unquote thing is the most mental gymnastics thing ever.
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Oct 24, 2022 17:37
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What does Balestinian mean
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It's being racist about how Palestinians pronounce their 'p' sound. 'Combuter' is another common way to make fun of arabs in Israel
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Is the Bibi prosecution still ongoing or did that fizzle out
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no one could have predicted this! https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/10/netanyahu-within-reach-comeback-israeli-election
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VitalSigns posted:What does Balestinian mean If you say the P it speaks life into the golem and brings the region to life.
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You don't need slurs when "arab" is already a slur in Israeli society. It's not uncommon to hear something like "what are you, an Arab?" when someone does something poorly or in a simple/stupid way. I'm voting today, maybe for the last time for a while (moving next year). Still can't decide between Hadash-Taal (Arab party) and Meretz (leftmost zionist party) Hadash is pro-Russian and Taal is anti-LGBT, and Meretz are milquetoast ineffectual zionists. They're both shite I might innie-minnie it.
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I'm for Hadash since Meretz are never ever going to try changing the broader situation, just improve the social support for the Jewish majority.
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Israel’s never going to be rid of this guy, are they https://twitter.com/jerusalem_post/status/1587577556609503233?s=46&t=U_csCQ6N9iE5wEkbSq3mJA
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I hate that I watched part of Bill Maher's interview with Bibi the other night. What a pair of loving scumbags. Even back when I was young and naive, I found it incredibly suspect that Maher's Religioulous, an ostensibly agnostic film about mocking religion, managed to come across as pro-Israel and vehemently anti-Islam.
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looks like meretz didn't meet the minimum threshold and that this gives netanyahu a landslide victory with 65 seats. not great.
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FlamingLiberal posted:Israel’s never going to be rid of this guy, are they He will die in office.
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What ever makes you think he could die? Horrible blood sucking ghouls are notoriously difficult to permanently dispatch.
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You have to love the absurdity of having 5 elections in 4 years just to end up right back where you started
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There's a name for this dance but its not uttered in polite society.
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FlamingLiberal posted:Israel’s never going to be rid of this guy, are they Is this a coalition within the ruling party, or are there only 62 MKs and Bibi just got a blank check? By popular demand posted:There's a name for this dance but its not uttered in polite society. ...The aristocrats!
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HootTheOwl posted:Is this a coalition within the ruling party, or are there only 62 MKs and Bibi just got a blank check? Likud (Bibi) is forecasted 31-32 seats, meaning that Bibi & Co. are expected to have 62 of 120 chairs in Knesset. Yesh Atid (Lapid) is forecasted 23 seats, meaning that Lapid & Co. are expected to have 53-54 mandates total.
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Say what you will about the tenets of kahanism but at least it's an ethos, leftist zionists? they believe in nothing.
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emanresu tnuocca posted:Say what you will about the tenets of kahanism but at least it's an ethos, leftist zionists? they believe in nothing. https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/sybolvwbo (Use google translate if you're opining in the Israel\Palestine thread yet don't speak Hebrew) The right-wing coalition has a lot more shared values than the center-left parties. Which is why their rule is relatively more stable, even with constant elections.
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Xander77 posted:(Use google translate if you're opining in the Israel\Palestine thread yet don't speak Hebrew) Thank Hashem that you're here to tell us about Google translate. Maybe one day the goyim and fake Jews who don't know Hebrew can learn it, that way we can have an enlightened conversation on genocide in the chosen tongue.
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Internet Explorer posted:Thank Hashem that you're here to tell us about Google translate. Maybe one day the goyim and fake Jews who don't know Hebrew can learn it, that way we can have an enlightened conversation on genocide in the chosen tongue. You good?
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I do feel better with that off my chest, now that you mention it. I find it really common to be accused of not being Jewish enough to weigh in on I/P, but implying that you have to speak Hebrew to have an opinion was a new one!
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That wasn't how I read that, but you do you.
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Internet Explorer posted:I do feel better with that off my chest, now that you mention it. Ah, I see. I had parsed that as a generic irritation for being asked to source news in English to discuss them at all.
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Wow I completely missed that ( ) the first time I read the comment. What a dumb thing to say.
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Seems pretty wild to make potshots about "opining without speaking Hebrew" given that the thread title has Palestine in equal prominence to Israel. Am I missing  where it is a tongue-in-cheek reference to some racist garbage recently said by a candidate during the election?
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If you don't speak Afrikaans shut up (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Driveby shitposting:ContinuityNewTimes posted:If you don't speak Afrikaans shut up Not driveby shitposting: cinci zoo sniper posted:You good? (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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cinci zoo sniper posted:Ah, I see. I had parsed that as a generic irritation for being asked to source news in English to discuss them at all. You good? (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Lol are the two words "you good" really a driveby shitpost unless a mod posts it
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Is that really a thing that people gatekeep discussion about the conflict by whether you speak Hebrew or not? I know a lot of zionism apologists like to trot out the "you don't understand the history" excuse, to which I'd generally reply "I don't need to be a Talmudic scholar to recognize a genocide when I see one."
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VitalSigns posted:Lol are the two words "you good" really a driveby shitpost unless a mod posts it Not quite. My post was meant as a warning that they may be coming in too hot, the subsequent post being intended as a clarification of why I’m open to the possibility. Mocking moderation warnings is not advisable regardless of their text, but that’s about it. Mister Speaker posted:Is that really a thing that people gatekeep discussion about the conflict by whether you speak Hebrew or not? I know a lot of zionism apologists like to trot out the "you don't understand the history" excuse, to which I'd generally reply "I don't need to be a Talmudic scholar to recognize a genocide when I see one." I’d like to learn more about this as well.
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cinci zoo sniper posted:Not quite. My post was meant as a warning that they may be coming in too hot, the subsequent post being intended as a clarification of why I’m open to the possibility. Mocking moderation warnings is not advisable regardless of their text, but that’s about it. As an American Jew I've noted learning Hebrew is less stressed in liberal denominations than it is in conservative ones to the point that as the previous poster said I've seen conservative Jews say "you're not actually Jewish because you can't speak it." This coupled with conservative denominations being more Zionistic (save for the ultra Orthodox that don't believe in Zionism for their own theological reasons) I think implies at least a casual relationship but, I don't know about a direct one I can think of. This could be moot as well outside the US since I know we have a much stronger sense of delineation with respect to denominations here vs elsewhere.
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A pending "judicial reform" in Israel would give parliament the power to annul judicial decisions https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-64173730 This BBC article is several days old but has more specific details about the potential "judicial reforms" than most. Quoted from the BBC article: "Under the plans announced by Justice Minister Yariv Levin on Wednesday evening, a simple majority in the Knesset (parliament) would have the power to effectively annul Supreme Court rulings. This could enable the government of the day to pass legislation without fear of it being struck down." The "reforms" would also give the ruling coalition more power over selecting judges. The balance/separation of powers would be upended. The court would no longer be able to check the power of the legislature, or uphold a criminal conviction, as long as the convict is supported by the legislature - even if the convict is, say, a prominent politician convicted of corruption. There have been protests over Israel's potential slide into a dictatorship https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/01/protests-across-israel-against-judicial-reform-rattle-netanyahu https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israeli-high-tech-workers-protest-judicial-reform-plan/ar-AA16GQod There's fear that Israel's economy will be damaged: https://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en...b31bb253a8.html Quoted from the above article: "On Wednesday, hundreds of Israeli economists published a statement in which they said that "the concentration of wide-ranging political power in the hands of the leadership class, without adequate checks and balances, risks rendering our economy inefficient". Tech companies especially may get out of Israel https://finance.yahoo.com/news/israeli-justice-reforms-spark-tech-125634679.html Perhaps the economic pressure will cause the "judicial reforms" to be abandoned. That might be the most optimistic possibility. I am not at all qualified to speculate about how likely that possibility is, or how likely the more dire possibilities are.
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Is this also a way for Bibi to stay out of jail
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It's just a slower South Africa play through at this point. Unrestrained nationalist conservatism is the pathway drug to fascism, every time.
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Victar posted:A pending "judicial reform" in Israel would give parliament the power to annul judicial decisions https://allisrael.com/proposed-override-clause-is-a-danger-to-israeli-democracy Also about the proposed changes to the Law of Return: https://www.israeltoday.co.il/read/new-govt-could-limit-immigration-to-israel-by-descendants-of-jews/
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Given the far-right nature of the new government, should we expect a serious escalation from the regime following the latest round of tit-for-tat violence? Ben-Gvir certainly seems the sort to intentionally aggravate the situation.Xander77 posted:Oh yeah, we wrote a thing about that: quote:So, what is this "override clause" that renowned American attorney Alan Dershowitz calls a...  "Renowned" probably not the right word for that child-raping, chuddy chucklefuck. "Infamous", maybe?
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FlamingLiberal posted:Is this also a way for Bibi to stay out of jail Possibly, but it's also something the Israeli far-right has been demanding for a while because they think the courts are too liberal and keep overturning far-right policy. For example, the only reason the Israeli government recognizes gay marriages performed overseas is because the Supreme Court said it had to. And the Supreme Court doesn't necessarily play along with the most radical settlement-legalization laws, either. Also, Netanyahu isn't the only member of government who'd appreciate the courts looking the other way on corruption. Last week, the Supreme Court blocked the appointment of Bibi's new Minister of the Interior because Bibi's pick was convicted of tax evasion last year and resigned his seat as part of a plea deal to avoid prison time. Aggravating factors in their decision included the fact that he'd suggested to judges in his case that he would leave politics, and the fact that he had previously been convicted of fraud and bribery while a sitting MK.
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