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BBC witnesses settlers attack on Palestinian farm in West Bank

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Re: BBC witnesses settlers attack on Palestinian farm in West Bank

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Post by seszett »

clort wrote: post #6
ml-anon wrote: post #3

This has been happening for decades. This is working as expected.

Perhaps what's new is that a mainstream organisation is posting articles where their reporters have witnessed such attacks. I've seen stuff on youtube, I've seen internet articles, I've seen thinly veiled references but this is a respectable organisation reporting what they have seen, on the front page.

I don't know how it is in the UK or other countries, but mainstream information sources in France have been reporting on this for decades, I think mostly everyone is aware. Granted, the opinion in France has always been quite sympathetic to the Palestinian cause (see Chirac with "do you want me to go back to my plane?" in the 90s) although the media and politics have apparently shifted towards more support of Israel in the last few years.

Re: BBC witnesses settlers attack on Palestinian farm in West Bank

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Post by bravesoul2 »

nanna wrote: post #5
crinkly wrote: post #2

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Given that all other problems in the world have now been resolved, it is fair for every news item relating to Palestine to reach the HN front page.

Just some casual kids dying of starvation, shelling. Millions of people displaced. Being shunted around. And a genocide live on social media. Funded by the country most represented on this site.

But yeah there are a lot of problems. I think this one is special as it shows we are going backwards, away from the lessons learned and comventions formed from the Napoleonic and World wars. We are going back to all's fair. And that might come for you or me one day.

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Post by BenGosub »

immibis wrote: post #10
notrealyme123 wrote: post #7

Growing up in germany has lead me to have a somewhat blind-eye regarding this topic. But this is just pure evil.

Be careful. This comment ("pure evil") is illegal in Germany, under the antisemitism law. Many people got arrested for less. Police show up at apartments unannounced and take all electronic devices. You do not mess around with German law.

It may be illegal, but it's 100% true

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Post by _l7dh »

notrealyme123 wrote: post #7

Growing up in germany has lead me to have a somewhat blind-eye regarding this topic. But this is just pure evil.

I’m absolutely baffled by Germans at this point. I’ve been taking to many Germans in the beginning of the genocide and the major feedback I got was « given what we did to the Jews… we can’t criticize Israel ». Now almost two years after, countless of massive crimes and violated international laws later, I really can’t fathom how people are not outside shouting to their government to stop supporting this evil state (which has nothing to do with Judaism as many courageous Jews are currently pointing out). This is deep corruption at the state level and, likely, deep racism at the population level. Dehumanizing the Palestinians is the main explanation for the silent majority in Germany, and not without irony: yesterday they dehumanized the Jews, and instead of learning a general lesson, they keep dehumanizing other semites in the name of their past crimes.

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Post by yetihehe »

_l7dh wrote: post #16

How come every time the Israeli crimes are featured in HN, the corresponding article is flagged?

Pretty easy to explain. Israelis, just like other people read HN too. They don't like such articles, so they flag them. If an article receives several flags, it's marked as flagged.

Also, HN is tech site, not political site, so I'm not surprised by this, such articles may be considered off-topic.

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Post by bell-cot »

_l7dh wrote: post #16

How come every time the Israeli crimes are featured in HN, the corresponding article is flagged?

Theory: Most HNer's are quite aware of the crummy situation, do not like depressing "Day nnn of Horrible Things Happening in Sudan" updates, and know that discussing Israeli/Palestinian issues on HN has a 0.000% chance of improving anything.
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