Israel declares "rock throwing" as terrorism. kids to face 20 years in jail for throwing stones. /r/worldnews removes the story says it is a local crime story

2452  2015-07-22 by _pennypacker

So, nothing new. business as usual. Story: link1 link2

/r/worldnews's reaction: https://np.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/3e5pep/israel_declares_stonethrowers_terrorist_approves/

Gotta appreciate /r/worldnews mods for such a great job they are doing by keeping irrelevant posts of their sub.

EDIT: someone posted it again to worldnews and this time nobody took it down (we did it /r/conspiracy!) are we done here? maybe. maybe not.

Update: A word from the moderator at /r/worldnews https://i.imgur.com/KUoqsPL.png

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It is local news to the mods running most subreddits.

Underrated comment

only if he commented first is it under rated

What'd it say?

a bad joke about reddit comment layout.

If /u/rated (idk if it's an acount) posted first then the reply would be under rated.

Jidf.

Daaaamn niiice

/thread

Seems to be a particular problem on r/worldnews

https://www.reddit.com/r/isrworldnewsbiased/

Yup. They banned me JUST because of this username. Not my posting.

What is offensive about it?

Goy is hebrew for non-jew. Not offensive in itself I don't think, but some seem to think it's more offensive in connotation than "gentile" (probably depends on tone, I guess like "blacks"). As for why he got banned I have no idea.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goy

Applause for this man.

fuuuuuck me

Shots fired.....err....rocks thrown?

slide it

Well done.

GG

What does that say about reddit if all of the moderation is controlled by Jews, as you're implying?

all of the moderation is controlled by Jews, as you're implying?

You really like reading into things huh? Even if there is an Israel bias in some major defaults, pointing that out is hardly an implication that the subs are "controlled by Jews"

They are run by people who listen to people who have zionistic and israels best propagandas version as a vested interest

Yeah, I think it's much simpler than that.

They're being paid.

It's not about who's getting paid, it's about who's doing the paying.

Accepting money doesn't absolve the action, it's the opposite, it makes the action all the more perfidious.

That's what the guy who he's replying to's joke is... There's no other way to read it and have it make sense. Unless he's saying they are Israeli resident non-Jews.

Uh no...you can have a thousand other reasons to censor your subreddits in what appears to be Israel's favor that don't require you to be a Jew...

Look at the top comment again. That's what I'm referring to...

Edit: he doesn't mention bias. He says a post about Israel is local news for most subreddit moderators. That means he's saying they're Israeli. So that means they're either Jews or non Jewish Israelis. The latter of which doesn't make sense as a joke.

He says a post about Israel is local news for most subreddit moderators. That means he's saying they're Israeli.

Jeez. I can now see how you're totally misconstruing this but the mental gymnastics required are baffling... His statement is a reference to censorship ... not physical location. Claiming something is "local news" is a basis for censorship on /r/worldnews. That's where the reference comes from. By saying something like, "negative press about Israel is 'local news' on /r/pics too" - he's not saying that /r/pics mods literally live in Israel - but that they also have a pro-Israel bias...

Which is hinting at them being Jewish... That's how almost anybody would read that joke.

lol

What does that say about reddit if all of the moderation is controlled by Jews, as you're implying?

I don't know why you would think that all of Reddit's moderation would need to be "under the influence", as your strawman suggests.

However, it is well documented that Israel and her international Zionist support network are heavily involved in recruiting agents - both volunteer and paid - to vote and comment on Israel-related issues on social media platforms such as Facebook and Reddit.

Clearly Israel and her supporters see paying cash to forum participants as a "good investment", as it helps to build their coordinated propaganda network.

Considering this, would in not be far more cost effective to build "relationships" with select groups of moderators in highly trafficked and influential forums? After all, these have the power to actively delete unfavorable comments and news articles, don't they?

Now, I'm not saying that this is actually happening (god forbid!), but you have to ask, where could they get the most "bang for their bucks"?

From a strictly business perspective, it would seem like a no-brainer.

EDIT 2: Aw fuggit!

lol

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Stop this auto mod from doing this. This Shit I could care less what a bot says. But have a robot tell me what to do is some how worse than a human! Fuck you auto mod

There are a group of zionist supporters that are paid to down vote any post critical of israel. It is vote manipulation a clear violation of reddit rules. Yet they claim that because they are real users and not bots, it is completely fine.

Reddit is crawling into it's deathbed. It will only take voat to create an android app, and reddit is going to have MySpace as a neighbor. Reddit executives will have these practices to thank for it.

The problem won't die with reddit.

voat.idf coming to a neighborhood near you...

love this subreddit for people like you

That it's gotten enough mainstream attention that it did either one of two things: 1) got Israel'd or 2) got shut down. Or b) became 4chan.

lol

Moderators aren't admins.

If I was a reddit employee mod/admin this is exactly what I would want everyone to think as well.

Very interesting story and backed up with two links to mainstream sites. It's obviously worldnews. This censorship BS has to stop. Regarding Israel, I'm tired to write about it. See my name and you know my opinion. Thanks for the post :)

I left a comment to that story. Here's what I said:

I seem to remember a story about a guy who threw rocks at people. What was his name?

Oh, now I remember.... King David.

So ironic.

I seem to remember a story about a guy who threw rocks at people. What was his name?

Oh, now I remember.... King David.

BAM!!!

That comment hit right between the eyes.

now lets not all get off to a rocky start.

Remember though... its only terrorism when it is being directed at you and your tribe. If you are doing it then it's obvious freedom fighting.

David did not throw rocks. He used a sling.

So do the Palestinians.

Israel uses rifles, machine guns, grenades, tanks, F-16's, artillery, and naval cannons... and they call the Palestinians "cowards".

I am ashamed that we've supported all the violence against the Palestinians this whole time.

It's disgraceful.

Completely different context. That was a regular army, in an actual war. These cowardly attacks are on innocent motorists, pedestrians.

I think it was one of those stones from the bottom of a riverbed.

Correct.

Then he took his staff in his hand, chose five smooth stones from the stream, put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag and, with his sling in his hand, approached the Philistine.

...

Reaching into his bag and taking out a stone, he slung it and struck the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.

So David triumphed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.

Then you remember that story incorrectly, it was David at whom the rocks were thrown. See 2 Samuel 16:5

Is there a better news sub that doesn't censor?

r/WorldPolitics is the biggest sub that has "pro-Free Speech" mods and has almost no censorship. I highly recommend you to subscribe to that if you haven't already.

I remember this one day when I went to my subreddits and clicked on /r/worldnews. At first, it seemed like something incredible was going on. There were so many hard hitting headlines and stories telling it like it is. Then I realized...

I'd actually clicked on /r/worldpolitics instead.

Damn, what a great sub (at first glance at least). It's like reading reddit of the olden days. /r/conspiracy should do a weekly/monthly subreddit highlight so more of these free-speech subs can get exposure.

Or at least users should share some hidden gems when they find them, so thanks for sharing.

Great idea. I think this deserves its own post so that more people can see.

/r/altnewz is better all round but far too quiet.

Is it really newz with a Z? Thats so hip.

I'm with it

Tuca tuca tuca tuca tuca....aaaaaaaaaahhhh.....aaaaaahhhh

+1 .. though bad font choice.. not that sub design matters.

It's quite a heavy font but it's pretty clear to read to my eyes. The lack of censorship helps though.

sans fonts are better on screen; serif apparently better for reading hardcopy.

voat.co

World politics. Technology is ok. God dam. If only assuradely could do something. Hard to believe tptb would let a conspiracy mod mod worldnews. If only..

voat.co

They put up stories about rape in India but apparently that's world news

This explains why I only find negative articles about Iran and Islam and never about Israel, seemed strange.

The Louis Theraux documentary shines a whole new light on Israel, in complete contrast to how the news portrays the whole situation in the west.

what is the title of this, I wanna watch it tonight

Ultra Zionists. The part that I remember the most is where they admit to being supremacists which explains how they justify the treatment of Palestinians internally. Much in the same way the Nazis looked down on the Jews the Jews look down on everyone else.

about Iran and Islam

and China... and Russia... and Venezuela... and Syria... and the Houthis...

Yeah and they're all allies.

never about Israel

Are we on the same site

if you look at the sub, the majority of the links could be considered local news. Bit of a weird interpretation to take on that story.

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This is all local news

It's not about the rules, it's about finding an excuse the censor what you don't like

Most major subreddits have rather vague rules that the mods can interpret in various ways to justify censorship. Here's the one for /r/conspiracy:

Misleading, fabricated or sensationalist headlines are subject to removal.

iirc reporting a link notifies the sub's mods, one could report all of these links.

All news is local news, somewhere lol

Agreed. This is flagrant censorship. If it is construed as world news on the Al Jazeera website, then it should be construed as world news on Reddit.

Can't throw rocks in Israel, can't speak poorly of Israel in Canada. The old saying "if you want to know who is in charge figure out who you're not allowed to criticize" holds true.

you can criticize Israel, but you will also have to deal with them offended people, I for one, give less than 6 fucks about them.

Except some places actually have laws against speaking out against Israel. It's not just a matter of free-speech causing butthurt, I wish it was.

well, stay away from those places, like you stay away from Florida if you don't like floridaman

Not 6 million?

nope , not even

I said, israel is a fucked up country right there near north korea and the other crappy countries like qatar or saudi arabia.

the amount of human rights abuse is outstanding yet those fucking so called intellectuals and modern philosophers are fucking quite about it

Not to mention their obsession with religion, their religion says nothing about doing unto others and all that jazz?

we try to combat extremism by making excuses for one of the most religiously extreme nations

Some important people are willing to speak the truth (search "Jimmy Carter speaks against Israel" on youtube for example), but I agree -- the TV media is completely silent about anything remotely negative involving Israel.

many would want but they are afraid of the shitstorm that will follow against them. there are numerous examples of public "assassination" against people who were perceive as a threat against israel policies.

So, kids getting 20 years jail time for no good reason shouldn't be considered news to the rest of the world?

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L o l

jews run this site. i hope you all know that

well I mean it was created by some jews, is that what you mean?

I believe it was bought by a Zionist media organization.

Most likely the work of /u/DonTago or /u/EightRoundsRapid. Put ISIS in the title and suddenly it won't be a local crime story. If we all message the admins to complain about it, maybe they will get removed from the default subreddits the same way /r/technology was taken down for censoring topics.

We need instructions on how to message the admins to remove world news

Yes instructions required for the lazy please.

And assholes are not required at all...

Why do you accuse /u/DonTago specifically?

http://i.imgur.com/8BkOKlS.png

The removal had nothing to do with censorship.

It is a local crime story. And a world news story.

Try and find The Day Israel Attacked America. Documentary about the USS Liberty that was posted a few days ago. Within a short time, thousands of comments deleted, only leaving the moderators comment calling everyone antisemitic and children.

The Israeli censorship is strong on reddit

Amazing, and these are the same people who think Jonathan Pollard's life sentence for Treason is to drastic, even though he was spare from facing execution.

Worldjews

Locking up kids for 20 years for throwing rocks seems highly impractical. Do you know how much it costs to keep someone behind bars for that long?

Why not just dump them in Gaza THE BIG PRISON?

They can't hit Jews with rocks from there, and their odds of getting out alive are virtually ZERO.

/S

Ok. Like, is there no one standing back and saying, "uhmm...guys, call me crazy, but if we lock up a kid for throwing rocks, won't that be like a really, really good motivation for his family to lean towards violence against us?"

If your business is war, you always need a willing opponent. Otherwise, NO PROFIT.

So in the David and goliath story, David is the terrorist ?

LOL, apparently so

I guess the irony is lost on them.

Technically almost every world news article could be considered "local news" - what a bullshit excuse to censor

Can there be any honest criticism of Israel without the professional downvote brigade, Accusations of antisemitism and downright censorship? I'm so tired of this shit. They aren't perfect, nor are they the worst or the only violator of human rights.

Let's not mince words. In the U.S. cops kill people for anything, including boredom.

As that terrorist David reserves a special hell for these people

Which is why I think Israel is cracking down so hard. They--really--don't like the comparison.

Haw! Silly Isaelis bothering with judicial process. In the US the police just kill people outright for carrying stones if they feel threatened.

Hey! I feared for my life!

I wonder how many paid for downvotes and paid for complaints to mods it took (we've all seen the recent news on that), or if it's so bad that the mods did this on their own. This is repulsive.

They should build fewer glass houses

it's a deadly weapon.

How is it not world news?

Reading the comments attached to that article... the JIDF is strong in numbers.

See, now anything can be "Terrorism"

YOU could be a terrorist RIGHT NOW and not even know it!

World news is just someone else's local news

local crime story? /r/worldnews located locally in relation to story?

Jews always behind everything...

Do they even have rocks(stones)? Isn't it mostly rubble?

It's local news if it's about Israel

hey in america, 1/4 grain of black powder is a weapon of mass destruction.

I read this on a book! Shadow of the Hegemon!

Someone has to put a stop to all the rock throwing. I just hope terrorism like that never comes to the states.

Can't wait for Harper's Canada to follow suit with this.

sounds a lot like america with the "stop resisting" rubbish. Or the...."he went for my gun"...or..."put your cigarette out, you're disrespecting me"....

only a matter of time before /r/conspiracy gets brigaded by the zionist downvote bridge, its what happend to /r/worldnews

Reddit is a joke. They cater to big business advertisers through deletions the same way mainstream media injects bias directly into content.

Rock =/= WMD

Then it will be throwing balls of paper, then just looking like you are throwing something, then just looking like you are going to throw something, then....

Why don't just gas them all Israel.

And suddenly, the populous living in glass houses takes a collective sigh of relief.

/s

If stone throwers are terrorist then, my friend, some countries are ruled directly by Satan, Skeletor and Munra.

Local? Isn't every news story a local news story somewhere?

Ever been hit in the face with a rock? It can kill you.

Same thing happended to me, an article about two lovers in India attempting suicide cause of their religions clashing, and the mods decided it wasnt appriote, despite it being a BBC world news article, and it got 100 upvotes in 1 hour. Fucking hell, the mods there act like newsroom editors.

In Dubai there was a man catching a flight connection from South Africa back to Europe. In south Africa he had been on a hemp plantation and had a barely visible fragment stuck between the treads of his shoes. He's doing 15 years in prison.

The Middle East sucks.

Assault in the US can carry a penalty up to 20 years in some states. That isn't as much a defense of Israel as a statement of how terrible US sentancing laws are.

go fuck yourselves mods.

i may be an ignorant american, but how many times have there been ppl getting arrested/ shot for not throwing rocks?

edit: also how would u feel if they threw rocks at u or ur children?

im not taking sides but all i know is i would be pissed if anyone regardless of religious/ political beliefs threw rocks at me or my kids

rocks hurt

both sides should just stop and realize an eye for an eye only makes things worse. cant we all just get along?

This is not the problem. The problem is the possible 20-year sentences for throwing rocks.

20 years is way too much that much I can agree with. It can seriously hurt people though so I think doing "some" prison is ok (but like... months maybe, 20 years is ridiculous)

If I throw rocks at NYPD and it hits them in the head I'll get 20 years too. . .

and THEN it will be a local story and you can happily post it in /r/news. but when its an israeli law about palestinians in a disputed territory about which there a numerous UN resolutions...well, guess?

no, you wont get 20 years.

Sigh.

yeah you would. They would charge you with like 20 things. Including inciting a riot, inciting violence against an officer, assaulting an officer, assault with a deadly weapon, attempted murder of a peace officer.

TIL trowing a rock = inciting a riot, inciting violence against an officer, assaulting an officer, assault with a deadly weapon, attempted murder.

now lets take a deep look on that.

INCITING A RIOT - because you trowed a rock at a cop. Do you know what a riot is?

INCITING VIOLENCE AGAINST AN OFFICER - you are not INCITING violence. You are acting violently. You incite violence by calling an urge against something. You trowed a rock, just that.

ASSAULTING AN OFFICER - ok.

ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON - yeah... questionable.

ATTEMPTED MURDER OF A PEACE OFFICER - yeah... extremely questionable.

But nice try.

Didn't say that is what you are guilty of. I said that is what they would charge you with, or at least definitely threaten to charge you with while you are in custody and they want a plea deal.

In any court of law, a rock, when used to inflict harm on another person IS a Dangerous Weapon. That is the law! Rocks have been used by Mexicants to injure our Border Patrol! Yep, 20 years ought to do it. Good on Israel!!

this comment would start an interestig discussion if only this thread were allowed on /r/worldnews why wasnt it? why /u/EyewashPresident why?

I don't know penny, I don't know. Served on a grand jury not to long ago, learned a little. Even bought the ORS, Oregon revised statutes to know more!

i wish we had met during better times. not in this war. not fighting each other. these conflicts have turned us into deviants and monsters.

How's Mammy doing? I miss Mammy. I miss her.

Unless rocks have become fuzzy and soft I say it is a threat on your life and needs to be responded to with deadly force! Unfortunately, if your internal voice tells you that throwing dangerous weapons at someone full well knowing you could possibly kill or injure them is ok, you probably deserve what comes next. Start throwing rocks at me= deadly force to preserve my life. Natural selection is at work here!!!!

Where is the conspiracy?? When did this place become /r/subredditdrama lite?

in censoring reddit a part of global Zionist conspiracy?

I really don't think censoring reddit has anything more to do than the people who own reddit wanting to monetize it and knowing that the dark corners of this site would turn a lot of advertisers off. Not really a conspiracy there.

Haha like advertisers have moral standards!

Not personally, probably, but certainly when it comes to protecting their brand.

/r/worldnews isnt exactly a dark corner. and this story fits perfectly with their stated rules. this is not child porn son.

Red herring. This is not the case with OP. There is no way you can describe that censorship scenario as something 'dark' and 'unpleasant' to advertisers.

Unless the advertisers are jewish..but that is another issue.

The point is that there are way too many posts in this sub about shit getting taken down in other subs. We get it. Reddit censors. Tell me something interesting.

/r/subredditdrama is for people who want to complain about the censorship of FPH. /r/conspiracy is for people who notice blatant political censorship throughout reddit. That's a conspiracy.

/r/conspiracy has been tracking intra-reddit censorship trends since before I got here. In every enforced silence, there's a conspiracy.

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who gives? just stop throwing rocks. how may of you have actually been hit by a flying rock or had your windshield smashed by someone you never met? None. But it happens daily. I hope anyone that resorts to rock throwing goes to jail. Why? Because then less rocks will be thrown. Welcome back to Kindergarden.

What about people who resort to throwing white phosphorus on neighbourhoods? What do they get? A medal and a state pension?

If its Israel they sure do!

They get military aid from the US.

Who gives? Just stop murdering/stealing /executing civilians. How may of you have actually been murdered.... Ah fuck it you are a moron.

You don't lock people up to get rid of the problem, you have to fix it through education and rehabilitation. This is why your country is stuck in the dark ages and while you'll always be behind the west.

Ok. It is true the only thing that has hit my windshield were a few rocks off a construction truck, so perhaps my personal experience is limited. But consider the following scenario...

You have a Palestinian family, who have had to relocate 3 times due to violence and unrest. Prior to this they had a plot of Olive trees that has been in their family for at least 4 generations, but one day a bulldozer shows up and plows right through the middle of their land, and a fence is put up preventing the family from accessing their land like before.
Now the Father has to go a checkpoint and ask for permission to access the land. Sometimes access is granted, sometimes it isn't. When access is granted he has to travel an extra 2 miles around 3 villages and double back just to get to his land.
The Father is extremely upset, he feels at the end of his rope, because that olive grove that his family has worked so hard to cultivate, and depend on so much is now being taken away, albeit directly. The Father feels desperate and wants to do something to change his situation but he has no other viable options and does not encourage armed resistance because he has already lost 3 family members to resistance causes. The Father tells his Son to just help him cultivate the farm and learn from him. He would love to send his son to school, and there is an excellent school with a nice playground, and good food at a nearby settlement. But because his son is Palestinian, he can not attend that school. He has to travel 3 miles, getting on buses that are arbitrarily stopped and searched, in addition to walking through 5 checkpoints and hopping over the wall in several places, so sometimes he simply doesn't go because the family can't afford his bus fares. His son sees his father's anger, and wants to fight back, but his father tells him to NEVER use violence to fight and do not accompany the kids who throw rocks at the military. One day his son is walking back home and is stopped by the IDF. Earlier 4 kids threw rocks at the soldiers but got away running in the opposite direction of where the son is coming from. The soliders are frustrated with the kids constantly throwing rocks and so arrest the son even though he never threw a rock at all. He is arrested, questioned, force to sign a false confession statement, and under the new classification of law is considered to be a terrorist. He is sentenced to 9 years in jail.

Now, his Father was already at the end of his role and full of anger and frustration. So he reasons that he would rather die fighting, than to live his life being pushed around and abused and because he has lost his means of sustenance and his son, he joins a local resistance faction and sells a deed to his olive grove to someone using the money to purchase a rocket launcher, which he intends on using to strike against whomever he thinks locked up his son.


Your comment was that such an extreme law would be good because it would be less rocks being thrown. So perhaps it would be LESS rocks, but would it not perhaps create MORE missiles?!

Laws like these are EXACTLY what contribute to terrorist acts (and don't confuse the term cause and contribute, as I didn't confuse the use of). Obviously not every situation can be represented by that hypothetical situation. But considering the events that ARE documented, and that HAVE been reported, one has to see the connection between excessive laws and more violent acts of resistance!
For goodness sakes.

You have a Palestinian family, who have had to relocate 3 times due to violence and unrest. Prior to this they had a

I hear you. I simply feel it is an act of terrorism, based on the definition. Will they get 20 years in prison? no. Will it fix the problem? no. Will people ever actually look at the history of the region to see that Jews were kicked out of their ancestral homes and forced to move to Israel by all the arab countries? no. Will people look and see how much aid that Israelis give to Palestinians despite the fact that the leaders constantly undermine a peaceful agenda? no. Will people open up their eyes and see it is corrupt leadership tactics by terrorist organizations that brainwash Palestinians to hate the only people who could help them? No, but I hope people will open their eyes, and that day is coming soon. The reason rockets are fired into israel in the first place is corrupt leadership. The Palestinians need to fight against their leaders that are screwing them. Information needs to be spread about putting away weapons. Rocks included. If you were the average Israeli citizen and you had to deal with the threat of being pelted with rocks every day, that is considered terrorism from a political perspective. Until they learn to stop barbaric acts and stand up to their leaders like civilized men, they will continue to have problems and G-d will continue to make it harder for them. I wish for peace in the entire region and pray for it 3 times a day. Rocks hider progress.

Well my implication is not that Israel alone is at fault. There are VERY corrupt and twisted elements in the Palestinian community as well, not just limited to Hamas.
My illustration was just to emphasis how those laws will not hinder those acts, it will increase them. There is NO doubt that the Jews have faced harsh persecution in many places of the world. But realistically the idea that Israel is the "only" safe place for Jews on Earth is rather diluted and fictitious to me. Perhaps Jews may feel safer in Israel, but it's not like Jews are being dismantled all over the Earth. American Jews are doing just fine, the own businesses, are heads of banks, the make movies and pharmaceuticals etc. They don't live in constant fear of reprisals because people here dislike them. Your average person here could care less about who is a Jew and who isn't. Because of the vast mixture of people here, outside of the Orthodox Jews who wear the traditional garb, there is literally NO physical indication that identifies who is a Jewish person. Now that is not to say that there are no anti-Semites in existence in America because there are. But a person who disagrees with Zionism, a person who dislikes certain Jewish people and a group of powerful people who wants to destroy the entire Jewish population are three different things. I do agree that historically there is a direct connection between the Biblical history of Isreal and Jerusalem and its modern day implications of desired inheritance. However, what is the difference between a Muslim who says, "my holy book says drive out the infidels", and a Jewish person who says, "my holy book says clear the land of alien residents and take possession of the land of your forefathers?". On the surface there is NO difference.
Obviously it is a wider issue than that. But the idea that the Jewish people MUST go to Israel because it's the only "safe" place to go is simply not true. Not only that but the reasoning is actually very detrimental. Look at Israel now. Is it "safe"? Well not really. So if the idea is that Israel is the only safe place for the Jews but yet it still isn't safe, that concept will inevitably lead to more war because the cause of any attack will always be attribute to and OUTSIDE force.
My personal opinion is that the Jewish people have been manipulated and conditioned to thinking that 1) A Jewish state is the ONLY hope for peace. 2) Israel (the greater) is the ONLY safe place for Jews to exist. And 3) anti-semitism can be equated to any and all forms of criticism against the policies and practices of the Israeli government. Furthermore, I'm surprised that there isn't more critical talk of Israeli government in the political sense.
If a Jewish person came to let's say Wetumpka, Alabama back in the 1950's they would have very likely received persecution and discrimination from extremist organizations like the KKK simple because they would have been viewed as not part of a "pure" race. This same cruel philosophy was practiced against Black people. Now fast forward to the year 2015. There are currently Sudanese refugees who are running to escape the harsh violence in Darfur, and they come to Israel to seek refuge. However, they are not welcomed, and in fact there are efforts being made to drive them out, because they are not Jewish. If an Israeli Jewish person came to the U.S. right now and tried to find suitable living in say, Wetumpka Alabama but was denied because a religious leader told the people to not rent houses to Jewish people, the ADL would go absolutely bananas and the cries of anti-semitism would be heard far and wide and a 20 minute special would be on CNN the same day.
How can that be justified? How can some people so effortlessly recall the Holocaust when it comes to the justification of Israel living in fear and having their own "safe" place to live, but yet so quickly forget that they were ALSO refugees and were accepted into other countries? The Israel government wants a pure Jewish state based on democracy, but also want other people in America to support it. But could a Black American also settle in Israel? Could a Mexican American? To my knowledge, no, because they are not Jewish. But if a Mexican American community rejected an Israeli person looking for a place to go because he wasn't Mexican American it would be anti-semitism. Perhaps I'm missing something, but that just doesn't add up to me.

Jews who wear the traditional garb, there is literally NO physical indication that identifies who is a Jewish person. Now that is not to say that there are no anti-Semites in existence in America because there are. But a person who disagrees with Zionism, a person who dislikes certain Jewish people and a group of powerful people who wants to destroy the entire Jewish population are three different things. I do agree that historically there is a direct connection between the Biblical history of Isreal and Jerusalem and its modern day implications of desired inheritance. However, what is the

I want to finish reading your reply but I'm super busy right now. I made it up to the Biblical part that you mentioned. One main issue I have always dealt with is the idea that Muslims are supposed to drive out the infidels. The problem with that even if it was true, is that Jerusalem is never mentioned in the Koran, not once. It is only considered a holy site because it is where Muhammed ascended to heaven. I know that sounds a little harsh, but it is fact. Jerusalem isn't mentioned, it's just where someone died. America is nice to jews, but unfortunately it is the modern day Egypt, as mor ethan half the jews have assimilate into america society and are no longer recmotely observant or religious. Heritage gone. G-d's will is just being kicked around by most unfortunately. It is unfortunately what happens to Jews when they stop learning and keeping mitzvot (commandments). It says Jews are not supposed to adopt the lifestyles of our neighbors in the Torah, and it the only thing that allowed the nation to leave egypt in the first place. 4/5 of all the Hebrews died during the plague of darkness in Egypt (most people arent aware of this). These are people that were so heavily assimilated that they would not turn back to G-d's laws. America has been a nice haven for Jews, but we are nearing the End of Days, and it is time to return Home. they allow nonjews to live there and always have. The common person, including settlers just want peace. They need to move where it is afforable. Nobody is kicking anybody out, just moving in. It happens in the US all the time. People come into a place and the scene changes, that isn't bad, that is just life. I know it's over simplified, but these are just people. If it was really such a problem and not more of a political propaganda issue, then the actual palestinian state (JORDAN) should be taking care of all these people. Jews take care of other jews, of all kinds, black white, yemenite, iranian, american, south african...it's just what they do. If the muslims really cared about peace and their brothers, they would show it by not killing eachother. I will gldly discuss this less bluntly when i havemore time, cuz i am curious to the other side, and i know life isnt fair for everybody. I want to end this with some base info on the start if islam: http://kenspiro.com/article/history-crash-course-42-rise-of-islam/

MOHAMMED REACTED WITH ANGER WHEN JEWS REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE HIM AS THE LAST OF THE PROPHETS....check it out. it is a short and easy read, very interesting

Fucking right. Throwing rocks is a crime. Too bad they took this long.

throwing rocks was already classified as crime, as it is in most country. this news is about classifying "throwing rocks" as terrorism, with 20 years in prison.

Seems fair to me

Stop polluting my air with carbon dioxide or I will call the police!

Carbon dioxide is not pollution. At least by my opinion.

Similarily throwing stones actually isn"t terrorrism.

niiiiiiiiiiiice segway!

I didn't say that. I approved the crime aspect (throwing rocks isn't terrorism), although the punishment is a bit too much.

Excuse me then. This is a misunderstanding.

You were not specific enough for me.

And by that stands unicorns do exist.

Hey hey I like your house. It's mine now ...

I don't get it

Exactly, That's the point. Let me explain why you don't understand. Its because nobody taught you how to think, what they did do is teach you how to memorize and repeat. And what you memorize is a very narrow view of the world , a very sad narrow view.

Who taught me? I'm an autodidact. And I'm generally opposed to governments. Corruption in my country is everywhere, and I couldn't care less.

Is that sarcasm ?

It's what happens when you go full retard.

I regret that I have but one downvote to give to that guy's cuntry.

I am ashamed that we've supported all the violence against the Palestinians this whole time.

It's disgraceful.

20 years is way too much that much I can agree with. It can seriously hurt people though so I think doing "some" prison is ok (but like... months maybe, 20 years is ridiculous)

Stop this auto mod from doing this. This Shit I could care less what a bot says. But have a robot tell me what to do is some how worse than a human! Fuck you auto mod

And assholes are not required at all...