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[–] dustyData 228 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Wanna get even angrier? Since the cease fire was agreed, Israel released 150 Palestinian people. In that time, they have also made 133 new arrests of Palestinians for the crime of…celebrating the release of Palestinians.

If this were done by a movie villain, people would criticize it for being too cartoonishly evil and unrealistic.

[–] NAXLAB 46 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Imma need a hardcore source for this. Not because I doubt it, but because I'd like to include it in an essay

[–] Sparlock 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Aljazeera is the first thing to pop up. You can likely use it as a jumping off point.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/11/28/arrests

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's the 'arrested for celebrating' part that we want a source for and I didn't see any in this article about it. Just seems very odd Israel would admit such a thing, so if they did I want a solid source to share with others.

[–] Sparlock 55 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You could literally use google and find lots of stories talking about it. Here is a snippet from just one.

THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT narrative surrounding the Palestinian prisoners being released during this temporary ceasefire is both insidious and dishonest. Interior Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has banned Palestinians from celebrating their release. “My instructions are clear: there are to be no expressions of joy,” he said. “Expressions of joy are equivalent to backing terrorism, victory celebrations give backing to those human scum, for those Nazis.” He told Israeli police to deploy an “iron fist” to enforce his edict. https://theintercept.com/2023/11/26/palestine-israel-prisoners/

That is pretty fuckin clear.

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My instructions are clear: there are to be no expressions of joy,” he said. “Expressions of joy are equivalent to backing terrorism"

Wow. That is cartoonishly dystopian.

[–] Sparlock 10 points 1 year ago

Totally not channeling his inner Nazi... Yet there are still shitbags here twisting themselves in knots to defend everything Israel does.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Sparlock 14 points 1 year ago

Ben Gvir is a special kind of evil, but unfortunately not so uncommon in the Israeli government.

[–] TokenBoomer 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And yet some are still defending it. The propaganda is strong.

[–] thesilverpig 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn't but I guess thanks for keeping me informed. Also distracts me from my problems which are minor in comparison.