The problem is that people is unable to find where to put their despair (in this case, support for Palestine) to real and concrete action. So, instead of joining Red Cross or something, they come here to fight the moderation team (i.e. calling us Nazis or assuming we support EU nations giving weapons to a state that's been accused of genocide). This is because we happened to draw a line as to "how" you should criticize Zionism.
Since I can't pin @[email protected]'s comment:
The article is new. However, it is about ESC 2024 rather than yesterday's event.
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@[email protected] Please add a source URL for the map (rules 2 & 10). Thanks!
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@[email protected] Given the circumstances, could you editorialize the title a little, i.e. "EU preparing to impose much higher tariffs on imports from Ukraine" or similar?
Ftr: The original FT article that gives a bit more detail.
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shrugs Either not answering or answering in English seems like an option. I do understand that the latter feels weird though. But helping/allowing threads of German-only comments to form, unrestricted, is going to make this place markedly worse for anyone who does not speak German.
This is an English-language community (rule 1). ( @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @Don_[email protected] )
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@[email protected] Please add a English (auto-) translation, as per the rules.
Did you forget to provide a link here? Seems like it's only a picture and a teaser. (You can freely edit your post.)
A belated clarification:
Under German law (ianal), comparing Israel's actions to the Holocaust may be considered a criminal offence, i.e. Israel-related antisemitism (German explanation). We are trying to follow German law here - the servers are in Austria, the mods are not necessarily though.
It also makes sense to avoid these comparisons for basic common decency and piety reasons.
As such, I'd urge you to steer clear of these comparisons. Thank you. /f
In European democracies, variations of a modernized anti-Semitism remain predominant, using various ciphers and allusions, among other things. Two aspects stand out here: (i) On the one hand, new conspiracy myths stand out alongside forms of subtle Holocaust relativization and trivialization. Ultimately, these almost always identify Jews as the "string-pullers". This is no coincidence: anti-Semitism is the historical conspiracy narrative of all. One prominent example is the claims that the Jewish patron George Soros is behind either a global "great population exchange" or the coronavirus crisis: Corona crisis is the Jewish patron George Soros - although his Jewish identity is often not explicitly mentioned. (ii) On the other hand, an aggressive hostility towards the Jewish state acts as an important medium for articulating and spreading contemporary anti-Semitism: Israel - the internationally "most important and succinct symbol of Jewish life and survival" (Schwarz-Friesel & Reinharz 2013, 172) - as well as against "the Zionists" (a now almost universally used cipher for "the Jews"). Link has preview pop-upInternal link: Anti-Semitic conspiracy myths and hostility towards Israel often end up appearing together.
(BPB, DeepL translation)
Then again, the fascists are only part of the government at this time. And while Netanyahu's policy is expansionist, he is unlikely to be entirely on board with this idea. And outside the government, the idea also does not seem to enjoy wide support (cf. the months-long protests against the new government.) In short, I still think you should not write "Israel wants ..."
Is there a source for that?