a case of an anti-semitic doctor who praises terrorists and flouts a visa ban, isn't enough to declare some of the most democratic countries in the world "not democratic".
here's one of the articles by him in arabic praising a terrorist who murdered a rabbi.
fair enough.
added some, will add more later.
plenty of israelis criticize israel all the time.
the existance of media groups like haaretz and 972 in israel, which criticize israel all the time are a good example.
the massive protests are another.
ah ok, some of the most democratic countries in the world aren't democratic.
which countries are then? qatar? north korea?
last part as in 'They also shut down AlJezeera news and Israel claims they are the ''only democracy in the Middle East'''
they have the same laws for all citizens. jews, muslims, druze, etc.
palestinians living in the west bank are citizens of the pa (or jordan), not of israel.
the situation in area c of the west bank is a result of the failed oslo accords and bibi's policy of "status quo".
article by prof mohammed wattad, who is an israeli-arab (his own words)
israel's declaration of independence
basic laws of israel
shutting down a state backed media group that has ties to the muslim brotherhood (hamas is a branch of theirs), from a hostile state that hosts the billionaire leaders of hamas, is similar to the shutting down of rt in europe - which is a state backed media group of a hostile state.
in israel you don't vote for the prime minister, you vote for a party. as part of the coalition creating process, the pm is chosen as part of the agreements between parties.
one of the pm's parties in 2022, naftali bennet, had much less votes than the likud ever had.
basic law: the government
knesset
posting something twice and then replying to someone with a similar link isn't "spamming".
pointing out the reality of this specific action / situation isn't "defending" anything. that's a very black and white view of things.
same as when i criticize a state it doesn't instantly mean i'm against it or hate it.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/eu-bans-rt-sputnik-banned-over-ukraine-disinformation-2022-03-02/
russian state-backed media outlets.
"You can admire Israel’s natural beauty (which is just deserts really?) and still support a two state solution though"
is the first comment i replied to.
i quoted this part "(which is just deserts really?)"
maybe you meant something else, but this is what you wrote.
calling me a liar after pointing out and even quoting exactly what you wrote is so ridiculous, that i have a hard time believing you aren't purposedly misunderstanding.
i wrote most of the south, not most of israel..
and you wrote "just deserts"..
the center and north don't have deserts.
there are meadows and forests. in some places there's snow in the winter.
so again, not "just deserts really". which is what you wrote.
Hamas is a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. It wasn't "invented" by Israel. And Israel didn't fund them, but it's true that Bibi let Qatar money reach Hamas when he could've blocked it.
The belief among some of the ones who supported that, was that better conditions of life in Gaza would prevent them from going to another war - An article about it from 2015