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submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

In case of paywall: https://archive.ph/ER5B3

Communications Minister Karhi is promoting regulations that would allow him to direct police to arrest civilians, remove them from their homes, or seize their property if he believes they have spread information that could harm national morale or served as the basis for enemy propaganda

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[-] [email protected] 61 points 2 years ago

A government using war to revoke civil liberties and oppress their citizens? Color me surprised.

[-] [email protected] 51 points 2 years ago

Oh fuck.

This kind of news feels like it just keeps coming. I don't know quite what there is to say. I think most Americans adding "I stand with Israel" to Facebook profile pics don't know that the people in charge of Israel are authoritarian ethnonationalists.

Jailing people for sharing truthful information that is critical of the government is just miles away from what anyone considers acceptable, democratic behavior.

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

Everything just keeps getting worse. Every time one side screws up, the other side doesn't capitalize on it -- they try to outdo it

[-] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago

He's planning on imprisoning himself, right?

Right?

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

ONLY DEMOCRACY IN THE MIDDLE EAST /s

[-] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

Don't worry, they'll be harassed into retracting anything that suggests Palestinians are human beings by ultranats long before the government has to step in. /s

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

So how does this work in an ethnostate?

[-] [email protected] -3 points 2 years ago

It should be noted that the draft regulations, as formulated by the communications minister, fully contradict Israel's democratic values and are unlikely to be approved by the government's legal counsel.

It's no different than US Republicans trying to push for federal abortion ban, yet here we are everyone immediately condemning Israel.

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