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Israel/Palestine

Little Tich

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18. Of course I do - It's much better than what the US does with promotion of hate.

Reply to Mosby (Reply #7)

Thu Nov 26, 2015, 09:33 PM

Nov 2015

But that's not what this is about, this has nothing to do with hate speech. It's about a government going crypto-fascist and closing down certain affiliated newspapers for political purposes. These newspapers couldn't be shut down in Europe, simply because they don't promote hate speech. This is more like what Putin does when a newspaper pisses him off.

This is a serious blow to Israels freedom of the press and an attempt to undermine one of the pillars of Israeli democracy. Please don't support this.

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Israeli journalists slam Netanyahu over closure of Arabic media outlets [View all] R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2015 OP

Turkish police raid critical media HQ, shut down live broadcast oberliner Nov 2015 #1

Yay! Israel is only as bad as Turkey! R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2015 #2

Hamas orders closure of Gaza media outlets oberliner Nov 2015 #3

Yay! Israel is as bad as Hamas now! R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2015 #4

40 percent of american millenials would agree with Israel Mosby Nov 2015 #5

Links? And are these millenials also GOP supporters? R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2015 #8

here Mosby Nov 2015 #11

It's the settlers who are doing the inciting. n/t Crunchy Frog Nov 2015 #19

What utter bullshit. grossproffit Nov 2015 #23

So you approve of Israel = Hamas? R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2015 #9

How do you compare the current RW government in Israel to the Palestinian Hamas government in Gaza? oberliner Nov 2015 #24

I didn't. You did R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2015 #25

Shutting down newspapers is not something that democracies do. Little Tich Nov 2015 #6

do you support hate speech laws like in europe? Mosby Nov 2015 #7

Do you support Democracy? R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2015 #10

cant answer the question, can you? Mosby Nov 2015 #12

Oh, I support Democracy. I don't support stupidity, though. R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2015 #13

He's saying Europe is allowed, but not the Jewish state. Got it? n/t shira Nov 2015 #14

I'm saying that Israel is a great country that is not R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2015 #15

Then neither is Europe due to their hate speech laws. n/t shira Nov 2015 #21

If you say so... R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2015 #22

Of course I do - It's much better than what the US does with promotion of hate. Little Tich Nov 2015 #18

Here is you on the Palestinian media incitement Mosby Nov 2015 #16

"How should Israel deal with genocidal incitement?" R. Daneel Olivaw Nov 2015 #17

You seem to be confused; these news outlets weren't guilty of any incitement, they were closed down Little Tich Nov 2015 #20