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Re: Supporting Israel’s “start-up nation”

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Post by klearvue »

eranation wrote: post #8
josteink wrote: post #6

Why would anyone here support a fundamentally racist, oppressive de-facto apartheid occupying state which is about to commit genocide? Especially considering the above average intelligence i presume people here to have. Israel needs to be boycotted, globally. Not supported. Not in any way. Not in the slightest.

No politics in HN, please.

I think the title of the article is unnecessarily provocative considering recent political and military events. It might not be intentional but a little more thought into the title could have resulted in something with less political overtones, say, "Supporting Israel's Start-Up Community".

Re: Supporting Israel’s “start-up nation”

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Post by eranation »

josteink wrote: post #6

Why would anyone here support a fundamentally racist, oppressive de-facto apartheid occupying state which is about to commit genocide? Especially considering the above average intelligence i presume people here to have. Israel needs to be boycotted, globally. Not supported. Not in any way. Not in the slightest.

This is supporting Israeli startups, not the Israeli government. more and more Israeli startups outsource work to Palestinian high tech companies, which is probably a good thing for both sides.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/29/technology/29compute.html?...

http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/israeli-high-tech-compa...

Re: Supporting Israel’s “start-up nation”

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Post by bobinator30 »

josteink wrote: post #6

Why would anyone here support a fundamentally racist, oppressive de-facto apartheid occupying state which is about to commit genocide? Especially considering the above average intelligence i presume people here to have. Israel needs to be boycotted, globally. Not supported. Not in any way. Not in the slightest.

When gaza lays downs its arms (rockets) and picks up its laptops, Israel will be the first one in there with shekels, know-how, and support.

Re: Supporting Israel’s “start-up nation”

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Post by recuter »

klearvue wrote: post #11
eranation wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No politics in HN, please.

I think the title of the article is unnecessarily provocative considering recent political and military events. It might not be intentional but a little more thought into the title could have resulted in something with less political overtones, say, "Supporting Israel's Start-Up Community".

The title is in reference to the book "Startup Nation", nothing provocative about it.

Re: Supporting Israel’s “start-up nation”

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Post by accountswu »

This is ridiculous pink washing of war crimes, apartheid, murder and terror perpetrated by a colonial settler state which is the last such project in which the natives are still not allowed to return to their homes from which European settlers kicked them out in 1948. The population of Palestine was only 3% Jewish in 1905, and the UN plan gave them 55% of land in 1947 (Jewish population still 33% of total population) but the Zionist murderers wanted more. The terrorists massacred hundreds of natives in massacres like Deir Yaseen and drove out 80% of the native population and occupied 78% of the land which is called "Israel" since 1948. The natives have the right to return but he murderers won't let them return even though Australian, Russian, American Jews have the right to "return" even without any link to this land, its culture, or its language in the past 1000+ years.

Let's promote the start up culture of these settlers who continue to occupy the remaining 22% land since 1967 and built Jewish-only settlements on the land stolen every day. Let's kick out the natives, kill them in the concentration camp (Gaza) and build a new startup on their land!

Re: Supporting Israel’s “start-up nation”

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Post by CleanStar »

Petrushka wrote: post #7
josteink wrote: post #6

Why would anyone here support a fundamentally racist, oppressive de-facto apartheid occupying state which is about to commit genocide? Especially considering the above average intelligence i presume people here to have. Israel needs to be boycotted, globally. Not supported. Not in any way. Not in the slightest.

From the guidelines: Please avoid introducing classic flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say about them.

Sorry, this is not yet Gaza where you can just drop a bomb on someone you dislike.

If Israel is a start-up nation, I guess from the Zionist point of view, the newly UN recognized nation of Palestine is a nation to "shut down". Like with Netanyahu's recent shutting off of east Palestine. For daring to show that only nine countries oppose the existence of the Palestinian state - the USA, Israel, and Canada - as well as some US territories in the Pacific with UN votes (Marshall Islands, Palau).

Considering how this posted topic has immediately turned into a flamewar, it is obvious that the "introduction of classic flamewar topics" was done by the original submitter. You start the fire, then point a whiny finger at those who come around - how typical of a Zionist.

Re: Supporting Israel’s “start-up nation”

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Post by new_test »

accountswu wrote: post #15

This is ridiculous pink washing of war crimes, apartheid, murder and terror perpetrated by a colonial settler state which is the last such project in which the natives are still not allowed to return to their homes from which European settlers kicked them out in 1948. The population of Palestine was only 3% Jewish in 1905, and the UN plan gave them 55% of land in 1947 (Jewish population still 33% of total population)…

How is this the top comment?

Re: Supporting Israel’s “start-up nation”

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Post by ucee054 »

I don't know what Google intends by support, but if it were me I certainly wouldn't invest in Israel.

The amorality of it aside, Israel is also a huge intellectual property and espionage risk.

Check out "Spy Trade" by Grant F Smith as an example reference (links below).

http://vimeo.com/31298789

http://www.amazon.com/Spy-Trade-Israels-Undermines-Americas/...

Re: Supporting Israel’s “start-up nation”

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Post by josteink »

new_test wrote: post #17
accountswu wrote: post #15

This is ridiculous pink washing of war crimes, apartheid, murder and terror perpetrated by a colonial settler state which is the last such project in which the natives are still not allowed to return to their homes from which European settlers kicked them out in 1948. The population of Palestine was only 3% Jewish in 1905, and the UN plan gave them 55% of land in 1947 (Jewish population still 33% of total population)…

How is this the top comment?

It's factual?

Re: Supporting Israel’s “start-up nation”

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Post by accountswu »

accountswu wrote: post #15

This is ridiculous pink washing of war crimes, apartheid, murder and terror perpetrated by a colonial settler state which is the last such project in which the natives are still not allowed to return to their homes from which European settlers kicked them out in 1948. The population of Palestine was only 3% Jewish in 1905, and the UN plan gave them 55% of land in 1947 (Jewish population still 33% of total population)…

And yes, the majority of Israelis recognise that the Palestinian citizens of Israel are treated as second class citizens and yes the majority approves of it. The majority of Palestinians are of course in exile since 1948 and more since 1967 (and are in much worse situation such as the refugees who have been living in Gaza) but this poll is about those who survived the European Jewish terrorism in 1948 and ended up as Israeli citizens.

http://972mag.com/poll-israelis-support-discrimination-again... (edit: linkify)

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