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In reply to the discussion: Top House Democrats reject Rep. Jayapal's comments calling Israel a 'racist state' [View all]Beastly Boy
(13,283 posts)to be a poor choice of words. It has been repeated, word for word, for a number of years, by the far left in the US and Europe, and, curiously enough by the far right in Iran, Saudi Arabia and Egypt, aming other countries that are interested in keeping Israel weak and unstable. Same narrative, same intention, same disregard for meaning. Sounds like a very deliberate poor choice of words.
You did change the subject, twice, and I an quoting you here: "I wonder, have we heard anything new about the murdered Washington Post Reporter who by coincidence happened to be Palestinian or is that just being swept under the rug?
It looks like to me like that's exactly what Netanyahu is doing. Unicameral and no constitution so why not neuter the Supreme Court as well?"
Remember, the subject was Jayapal's choice of words, not the fate of the murdered Washington Post reporter (how does that make Israel a racist state, no matter whether it is Pramila or Rashida making this point, whether poorly or intentionally worded?), or Netanyahu's power move against Israel's Supreme Court (how does THAT make Israel a racist state? Remember, the "Israel is a racist state" bullshit precedes Bibi's move on the Supreme Court by years if not decades).
You should really look at the International Court's definition of apartheid before you attempt to use the term in describing Israel. And you should really look at the Fourth Geneva Convention to find out what constitutes a crime on the occupied territories, who is responsible for it, and who is not. And you should really look at the history of the Arab League to understand how the Palestinians lost their state that never was and to whom, how and why terrorism has become so prevalent among the Palestinians and who are the originators of the "racist state", "genocide" and "apartheid" bullshit. And finally, you should look at Israel's Palestinian citizens, their rights protected by the State, and their sentiment towards their Israeli citizenship, to see how none of the above insults are applicable to Israel's treatment of Palestinians as a race, an ethnicity, a religion or a culture.