CerealKiller01

The op in this thread said: “The Palestinians are getting combatants who were arrested for other attacks by and large."

Right, but you said "The misinformation is calling all the released Palestinians combatants. That seems like the Israeli’s talking point here, which is a fabrication." I have no reason to assume OP is Israeli. But even if he is, he isn't representative of most Israeli sources (to the best of my knowledge).

Is there an index for which apartheid states are better than others? That seems like an interesting index.

I was referring to the The Economist Democracy Index. As of 2022, Israel is in the high end of flawed democracies (between Portugal and the US). Not saying that's the end-all-be-all of democratic Indices, but it is the most widely known and commonly used, so it's a good rule of thumb.

You're right, calling all the released prisoners "Palestinians combatants" would be wrong. Can you please point me to a source calling them that? I only saw something similar in far right Israeli news sites, who call them "terrorists" (all other sites call them "prisoners").

Yes, all of these people are charged by the Israeli state, an apartheid state oppressing the Palestinian people. They can make up whatever charges they want. Who believes them?

If we assume a state-wide conspiracy, any state can make up whatever charges it wants. There's no real way to prove that's wrong. However, there are a few indicators I can think of - what's the democracy index of said state? is that state's judiciary system regarded internationally as being generally good? Do other democratic states believe said state? Has said state been caught in many lies regarding its judiciary system?

Going by these indicators, Israel's status is at least OK. Not perfect, and if you'd like I can point out quite a few issues, especially regarding the treatment of Palestinians, but they do not "make up" charges as a general modus operandi.

Yeah, I'd like to address that.

This message turned out a bit longer than I intended, but I really tried to give the best answer I can.

First off, the video takes statements from the Palestinians released and conveyed them as-is. It's extremely hard to verify things like that, so there's absolutely no basis saying my comment is a "blatant lie" unless you automatically assume every Palestinians statement is the objective truth. If that's the case, feel free to skip the rest of this post as there's nothing I can say to make you re-evaluate your position.

I could just say "If you claim Palestinians have been kidnapped without any evidence or charges and held as hostage, please show me some evidence instead of unsubstantiated claims made by a party who has a vested interest in making false claims". I thing that's a valid claim, but as you can see, I do have a bit more to say. I've actually tried to check her statement when the video was posted earlier (not so I could argue about it, just to be informed).

First off, many of the Palestinians approved for release have been charged with serious crimes (some, though they might not have been release yet, as Israel is trying to release them from least serious to most serious). Even Al-Jazeera said most Palestinians released were charged with "small" crimes such as throwing rocks. So which is it - Are Palestinians being kidnapped without charges, or are they being charged with minor crimes? If some were kidnapped and some were legally arrested, would calling them "hostages" not be as inaccurate as calling them "prisoners"?

There's only one Palestinian who said she was held without charges, not "many" as you claimed. It's also worth noting she said she was "due to be released in October", so I think it's odd calling her a "hostage" (hostages usually don't get released if a certain time has passed. that's more correctly called a "detainee").

Going from her age and arrest date, there's only one 24yo female Palestinian who was detained in October and approved for release. I won't try to write her name in English, as there's 0% chance I'll get it right, but in Hebrew it's רגד נשאת צלאח אל פני (copy-paste the name to find her details, which can be translated via google translate).

Assuming that's her, she was charged with "State security - other", which is a general charge that can include espionage, giving information to the enemy, inciting violence and more. I will admit it's a general charge, and the fact she was due to be released shows the Israeli state wasn't able to make it stick.

So why did she say she was being held without a charge? Don't know. Maybe in her mind "state security" isn't a valid charge. Maybe she was exaggerating. Maybe she's lying (yes, even oppressed people can lie). Maybe she was told her charge would be amended (that makes sense. As I said, "State security" is a general crime). Or maybe I found the wrong person. The point is, I did really try to find more information based on the video, and was unable to substantiate her claims. If you have any other source for similar claims, I'd be very interested to hear about them.

I live in Israel, and I'll agree that a lot of times Palestinians are treated badly. I'm even prone to think the person in the video should have been freed after 3 months instead of 12. That said, there's a far cry from that to saying Palestinians are kidnapped without evidence and being held without trial.

The question was about why are Palestinians in Israel are called "prisoners" and Israelis in Gaza are "hostages", in the context of the people exchanged during the truce. The person I replied to said some "prisoners" in Israel are held without trial, to which I replied they are not called "prisoners", and are not part of the exchange.

So... could you explain the point you're trying to make? If that's just some general point about Israel treating Palestinians unjustly, that's fine (I actually agree with you to some extent), but I don't see how that has to do with the difference between two specific groups of Palestinians and Israelis.

Yes, but also no.

Palestinians who are held without trial are held in administrative detention, that's usually done if the person poses an immediate danger, but the evidence isn't up to the legal standard (a judge still has to approve the arrest). It's also used against Jewish citizens (though admittedly much less. IIRC there are two Jews held in administrative detention right now).

Absolutely none of the Palestinians held in administrative detention are about to be set free, and they aren't regarded as "standard" prisoners (they are always referred as "administrative detainees", never "prisoners").

Hi, Israeli here. You didn't really point out any misinformation, the linked article just gives some (IMO wrong and even misleading) context.

The majority of the rest of the names are of boys aged 16-18. However, there are also boys as young as 14 on the list.

The 14 year old kid was charged for hostile sabotage activity, gathering or association, attacking a police officer under serious circumstances, throwing stones, negligence and general recklessness, maliciously or negligently causing damage to property, arson on nationalistic grounds, weapons/ammunition/explosives. Also, it's worth noting his trial was ongoing.

Prisoners have been convicted of crimes including carrying and manufacturing knives and daggers. Other common offenses detailed in Israel’s list include [...]

Ehh... technically true, but very misleading. Usually, there are a few charges, some more serious than others. The 14yo kid could be described as "charged with negligence and general recklessness", but that wouldn't be the whole picture. Here's a link to a list of 300 prisoners due to be released. It's in Hebrew, but copy-pasting into google translate is good enough to understand the charges:

https://www.gov.il/he/departments/dynamiccollectors/is-db?skip=0

In the first page, there are 2 prisoners charged with carrying and manufacturing knives and daggers. Both are also charged with attempted murder (one is 17 years old, btw).

And regarding "associating with hostile/unknown organisations", from what I could tell, this means that the prisoner was charged with being affiliated with Hamas. Hamas is considered a terrorist group in the US, UK, Canada and Australia (Not to mention they massacred more than 1,000 citizens). So this might be my Israeli bias speaking, but... what's unreasonable with throwing them to prison? Would being affiliated with ISIS or Al-Qaeda not carry a prison sentence?

“The main alleged crime for these detentions is stone-throwing, which can carry a 20-year sentence in prison for Palestinian children,” said a report published in July by children’s rights organisation, Save the Children.

Yes, "can carry". A 20 year sentence is only applicable if the rocks were thrown at a moving vehicle with intent to cause harm. without proving intent, the sentence is 10 years. Children are not explicitly mentioned (though the reality is that most rock throwers are minors). In practice, the courts try to avoid sentencing minors who are charged mainly with rock throwing to prison, and even when they are sentenced to prison it's for a few months.

There's a bit of confusion between owning a company and owning the shares. A company can buy shares of itself, but that does not grant it control of itself. Let's say Cute Puppies inc. has 200 shares (so 200 shares = 100% ownership). You and I have 50 shares each, and the rest is distributed among many other holders (we'll call them "the public"). So, we each own 25% of the company and the public collectively owns 50%. Now Cute Puppies inc. bought all shares held by the public, so it has 100 shares and we each have 50 shares. But a company can't control itself by definition (it still has the shares and can sell them, but it can't use those shares to vote, appoint directors etc.), so now we each own 50% of the company.

Right, so, let's talk naval ships from the age of sail. There's no need for two sailing ships to face each other also, but that's inevitably how ships will meet on the ocean. The HMS Enterprise spots the HMS Defiant. They plot a course towards the Defiant. Defiant will eventually spot the Enterprise, and will alter its course. Both ships will meet with their bows facing each other. Same logic applies with spaceships, with two issues:

1. There's actually no need for two spaceships to meet in order to talk or transfer people. I'll hand wave that away saying that's standard procedure, as the cost in time and energy to go from the beaming range to visual range is negligible, and even in the 24th century it's a good idea for ships in the middle of the vastness of space be as close to one another as possible in case of emergency.
2. While both ships will change their pitch and yaw to face each other, there's no need to change the roll. This can also be hand waved - while there's probably a standard, absolute "up" (say, using the spin axis of the galaxy) altering the roll will allow both ships to use the same subjective "up".

I think the way people talk about themselves vs. the way they talk about others is very telling about their personality. Being positive and humble/making fun of oneself while being positive about others is a huge green flag.

My cat can almost definitely tell time within about 2 minuts. At least for a specific time of day. He gets canned food the same time every day, and will remind me I've yet to feed him at most 2 minuts after (unless he's asleep). The only clocks I have in the house are digital, and none makes a sound. It takes him a few days to adjust moving to and form daylight savings time, and the change is gradual. He does this after changing apartments, so it's not some noise form the outside. I have no explanation other than he can tell time.

Against all flags. Pirates of the Caribbeans is more accesable to the modern viewer, but against all flags stood the test of time for 70 years.

Judaism has two meanings - religious and ethnic. (Nearly) all religious Jews belong to the Jewish ethnicity, but not all ethnic Jews are religious. In Israel, the best indicator if someone supports the occupation in the Palestinian territories is religion. What you call Zionism ("the settler colonialist apartheid") is mainly a religious movement. That's not to say religious Jews = bad. But a huge part of the problem is religious.