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Re: We are all Slave now.
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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski
Israel has a well-known history of denying human rights advocates and other possible critics of its policies entry to Israel, even if those individuals only seek to visit and meet with Palestinians—whose borders Israel fully controls.
Israel’s denial of entry to foreign citizens must be seen in the context of its ongoing efforts to repress human rights activism within Israel and Palestine, and its regular denial of entry to Palestinians, including U.S. citizens of Palestinian origin. It has been 70 years since the mass killing and eviction of Palestinians by the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, 50 years of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, and 11 years of its punitive closure of Gaza, whose residents have been shot and killed in nonviolent protests in recent weeks. Meanwhile, Israel continues to expand its West Bank settlements, annex East Jerusalem, and increase attacks on human rights defenders and incarceration of political prisoners.
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Do you think any of those facts are incorrect? If not, is it possible to note those facts in some way those doesn't constitute "hate" in your book? To me, it sounds like you are delegitimizing real concerns about Israel's conduct by labeling it as "hate."
eta: Some of us think the fact that Israel does these things is a problem. You seem to think that the problem is pointing it out.
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Last edited by Tyrone Slothrop; 05-02-2018 at 02:25 PM..
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