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Palestinians, as well as some left-wing Jews, are being suspended from studies, fired from jobs, or arrested at night — all because of social media posts.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (17 children)

This article is important highlighting the repressive actions being done in Israel right now.

I want to highlight two things from the article:

cases of students who published words of praise for terrorism

people being summoned to police investigations or questioning simply for “liking” posts on social media — including an Arab teacher working in Tiberias who was suspended because she liked a post shared by the Instagram page Eye on Palestine

I wish the article would put some more emphasis in distinguishing legitimate criticism of Israel's actions on the one hand (which should be considerd protected speech), and incitement to violence and terrorism on the other (which should rightfully be persecuted and banned)

Israel is at war right now, and this causes Israeli instituations to drastically overextend their definition of what constitutes "incitement to violence" and "supporting terrorism".

We must be able understand the nuances and hold Israel accountable for quashing legitimate speech, while still understanding their duty to prevent incitement to violence, which inevitably leads to real violence.

These same criticisms and nuances should also be directed at Palestinian institutions.

Differntiate legitimate speech from incitement to violence

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Toldry, I have spent the past week doing serious research into the Israel/Palestine conflict. I have looked at pro Palestine arguments as well as pro Israel arguments along with third party sources and cross referenced timelines of events and quotes from key players from the 1800s til now. I can safely say both sides are terrible and there’s a lot more than meets the eye going on right now. Thank you for providing nuance and level headedness in a time when people are increasingly feeling pressured to pick a side. Remember people, you can condemn both hamas and Israel. Both have done dirty things to each other from the beginning and both have engaged in deception so often that I feel there is truly no good guy in this situation.

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