Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:And yet hundreds of billions of dollars of American taxpayers pay fo the Israeli military
And Israelis get free healthcare and education, because we pay for their military.
I don't understand how more Americans aren't livid.
I am livid about it.
I'm fine with it. At least there's one democracy and ally in the Middle East. That's in our self-interest more than the alternatives.
Brookings: Is Israel a democracy? Here’s what Americans think
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Times of Israel: Israel is not a democracy
Israel has several institutions similar to other democracies: Elections, parliament, government and a Supreme Court. But they do not function as independent or equal branches of governments and lack transparency. There are five core reasons why Israel is not a Democracy:
1) Israel does not have a Constitution and is unable to draft one since the concept of a “Jewish State” contradicts democratic principles of pluralism, secularism and equal rights.
2) Israel does not separate religion and government.
3) Israel does not give most of the Palestinians the right to vote.
4) Israel does not separate between the executive and the legislative branch. (No separation of power)
5) Israel does not have an independent supreme court.
Anonymous wrote:i am beyond livid. Israel is a place where even the pious can be truly evil. the rabbis in the Israeli army tell young teenage soilders that it is the religious duty to kill.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:And yet hundreds of billions of dollars of American taxpayers pay fo the Israeli military
And Israelis get free healthcare and education, because we pay for their military.
I don't understand how more Americans aren't livid.
I am livid about it.
I'm fine with it. At least there's one democracy and ally in the Middle East. That's in our self-interest more than the alternatives.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:All this hand-wringing over the self-induced substantial obliteration of Gaza is genuinely comical.
Don't want to be obliterated? Don't make enemies of people who are better able to inflict pain on you than you are on them.
Wouldn’t your point imply 10/7 was retaliatory then? Obliteration doesn’t happen in a vacuum does it
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:And yet hundreds of billions of dollars of American taxpayers pay fo the Israeli military
And Israelis get free healthcare and education, because we pay for their military.
I don't understand how more Americans aren't livid.
I am livid about it.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:And yet hundreds of billions of dollars of American taxpayers pay fo the Israeli military
And Israelis get free healthcare and education, because we pay for their military.
I don't understand how more Americans aren't livid.
Anonymous wrote:So sorry but were these women asked about who assaulted them? They aren’t ever around Palestinian men either? I don’t buy it’s 100% Israel. 0% Palestine. SA is increased and there is only one perp?
Anonymous wrote:Wiki: Sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians during the Gaza war
In its June 2024 investigative report, the UN's Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory (CoI) concluded:
"The frequency, prevalence and severity of sexual and gender-based crimes perpetrated against Palestinians since 7 October across the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) indicate that specific forms of Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) are part of Israeli Security Forces (ISF) operating procedures."
Anonymous wrote:All this hand-wringing over the self-induced substantial obliteration of Gaza is genuinely comical.
Don't want to be obliterated? Don't make enemies of people who are better able to inflict pain on you than you are on them.