Stalin
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it looks like "the only democracy in the middle east" does not like being judged by the same standards they hold for germany in ww2
"Dr Ofer Cassif is a member of the Knesset, representing the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash) since 2019
A state that under its basic laws declares one group politically superior to the other cannot be regarded as a democracy, but as an ethnocracy. Since its formation, Israel has been pursuing discriminatory policies towards its own Palestinian citizens in all spheres of life – housing, employment, welfare and education. Even the supposed Israeli bill of rights, the Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty, doesn’t dare to mention the right to equality.
The current government of Netanyahu’s is, however, distinctive among its predecessors, in that there is no pretence of upholding any illusion of democracy. It consists of the worst of Israeli society, more vile ministers, more racist bigots, more messianic settlers, more criminal fanatics. “The Jewish people possess the sole and unalienable right over the entire realm of the land of Israel, ‘Eretz Yisrael’, the government would develop settlements in all its parts, including Judaea and Samaria,” read the first bullet point of its formatting coalition agreement. That was prior to the attacks of 7 October, which my compatriots and I all condemned in the harshest language. We said even the entire atrocities of the occupation cannot justify such horrible massacre of innocents as was committed by Hamas – but by the same token, that horrible massacre cannot justify the genocide committed by Israel in Gaza.
Currently, Israel’s government is forging a more monolithic, more violent and more unashamedly racist state with each passing day. Under the guise of combating terrorism, legislation to shrink the democratic sphere is being passed at an accelerated speed. Teachers, academics, students, journalists, workers are all targeted, censored and silenced. A special bill to bar parties whose main constituency is Arab citizens of Israel from participating in national elections is currently being formulated.
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comrade stalin
gaza famine is still the issue
"Dr Ofer Cassif is a member of the Knesset, representing the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality (Hadash) since 2019
A state that under its basic laws declares one group politically superior to the other cannot be regarded as a democracy, but as an ethnocracy. Since its formation, Israel has been pursuing discriminatory policies towards its own Palestinian citizens in all spheres of life – housing, employment, welfare and education. Even the supposed Israeli bill of rights, the Basic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty, doesn’t dare to mention the right to equality.
The current government of Netanyahu’s is, however, distinctive among its predecessors, in that there is no pretence of upholding any illusion of democracy. It consists of the worst of Israeli society, more vile ministers, more racist bigots, more messianic settlers, more criminal fanatics. “The Jewish people possess the sole and unalienable right over the entire realm of the land of Israel, ‘Eretz Yisrael’, the government would develop settlements in all its parts, including Judaea and Samaria,” read the first bullet point of its formatting coalition agreement. That was prior to the attacks of 7 October, which my compatriots and I all condemned in the harshest language. We said even the entire atrocities of the occupation cannot justify such horrible massacre of innocents as was committed by Hamas – but by the same token, that horrible massacre cannot justify the genocide committed by Israel in Gaza.
Currently, Israel’s government is forging a more monolithic, more violent and more unashamedly racist state with each passing day. Under the guise of combating terrorism, legislation to shrink the democratic sphere is being passed at an accelerated speed. Teachers, academics, students, journalists, workers are all targeted, censored and silenced. A special bill to bar parties whose main constituency is Arab citizens of Israel from participating in national elections is currently being formulated.
I was suspended from Israel’s Knesset for highlighting the tyranny of Netanyahu. Help us to oppose him | Ofer Cassif
I’ve been punished for using the term ‘genocide’ – but hope for peace and justice must be kept alive in Israel and Palestine, says parliamentarian Ofer Cassif
comrade stalin
gaza famine is still the issue
