You can't now ignore that Israel is the state. And if that is the case, can they treat their citizens like this? How is it different from apartheid?
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#22You can't now ignore that Israel is the state. And if that is the case, can they treat their citizens like this? How is it different from apartheid?
When I took a trip to Canada, immigration asked the guy ahead of me where he was staying and he said “with my girlfriend” and subsequently got grilled for 10 min about the details of his relationship. And if he had refused to answer he would have been denied entry.
You seem to have missed the point completely so let me point it out for you (no pun intended).
> demand on foreigners to inform the Israeli authorities within 30 days of starting a relationship with a Palestinian ID holder.
Most countries grill people who come on a touristic visa to stay with their SOs simply because there is usually a sperate visa scheme for that purpose.
The issue here is that the policy only targets part of the population, hence the outcry.
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#24> The regulations laid out in a lengthy document include a demand on foreigners to inform the Israeli authorities within 30 days of starting a relationship with a Palestinian ID holder.
I hope the lengthy document also lays out the specifics of what constitutes the "start of a relationship" so that all such relationships can be duly planned to comply with the framework. Hopefully it also covers the handling for "in-flight" relationships.
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#25it is funny how american "ally"ness with israel somehow manages to put a cover on the "western" democracy values and "freedoms".... i am pretty sure the moment israel-usa relations turn sour, usa would wake up to the "inhuman treatment" and "apartheid".... right now its all fair and square and under the approval of American interests so its all fine. even EU hasn't had that "woke" moment with Palestinian yet, most pr…
The relationship has been pretty sour since Netanyahu for a lot of Americans. He openly meddled in internal US politics, like Putin but with less gaslighting.
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#26You can't now ignore that Israel is the state. And if that is the case, can they treat their citizens like this? How is it different from apartheid?
When I took a trip to Canada, immigration asked the guy ahead of me where he was staying and he said “with my girlfriend” and subsequently got grilled for 10 min about the details of his relationship. And if he had refused to answer he would have been denied entry.
Given the Canadian government's over the top reaction to the trucker protesters earlier this year I'm not at all surprised to hear they behave like the oppressive Israelis when dealing with foreign travelers. Didn't used to be this way, even a few years ago.
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When I took a trip to Canada, immigration asked the guy ahead of me where he was staying and he said “with my girlfriend” and subsequently got grilled for 10 min about the details of his relationship. And if he had refused to answer he would have been denied entry.
You seem to have missed the point completely so let me point it out for you (no pun intended). > demand on foreigners to inform the Israeli authorities within 30 days of starting a relationship with a Palestinian ID holder. Most countries grill people who come on a touristic visa to stay with their SOs simply because there is usually a sperate visa scheme for that purpose. The issue here is that the policy only targe…
> the policy only targets part of the population
No it doesn’t. Palestinians are outside Israel. It targets specific foreigners, not Arabs or Christians or anyone else.