Israel/Palestine
Related: About this forumBBC admits it was wrong to suggest Israel had responsibility to vaccinate Palestinians
The BBC has admitted it was wrong to suggest Israel has a responsibility to vaccinate Palestinians against Covid-19 under the terms of the Oslo Accords.
In an interview with journalist Jonathan Sacerdoti for the programme Dateline London, presenter Shaun Ley suggested the peace agreement meant Israel should vaccinate all Palestinians.
Mr Sacerdoti insisted that it was the responsibility of the Palestinian Authority, whose own health ministry said it would seek vaccine supplies through the World Health Organisation.
The BBC, following a complaint about the exchange from the public about the programme, which aired on the BBC News Channel on January 16, has since issued a correction and admitted it was wrong.
https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/bbc-admits-it-was-wrong-to-suggest-israel-had-responsibility-to-vaccinate-palestinians-1.511873
DumpTrump20202020
(109 posts)"Trendy justice" is the reason why we can't progress.
SWBTATTReg
(24,033 posts)Seems like some in Israel (from what I've seen on DU earlier) don't want to come to the aid of others in getting all vaccinated, a critical thing so this deadly disease can be stopped in its tracks. Maybe some on the other side feel this way too.
The disease doesn't know if someone is an Israelite, or a Palestinian...it sickens and kills equally.
Israeli
(4,290 posts)Ref : https://www.972mag.com/covid-vaccine-palestinians-undocumented/
We are vaccinating everyone inside our borders including illegal workers as long as they are not Palestinians .
SWBTATTReg
(24,033 posts)know the 1/2 of it...I so agree w/ that remark, but I don't think it's due to a lack of knowledge, it's a deliberate stifling of news due to either their internal censors thinking this piece of information isn't worthy of reporting, or they had to cut the article down in size and / or scope to fit sizing issues, e.g., only 1 column available in newspaper, etc. (which w/ today's sizing of media shouldn't be a concern being that the Internet is basically unlimited.)
Take care and be safe!
Israeli
(4,290 posts)but personally I believe its because they dont want to face charges of antisemitism again .
Read this : https://www.972mag.com/snl-michael-che-israel-covid/
Given this context, it should be obvious that Ches joke was not aimed at Jewish people, as figures like Mayer, Erdan, and Nitzan whose job it is to shield Israel from criticism would have us believe. It was directed at a regime that does very little to hide the immense privileges it affords its Jewish citizens at the expense of the rest of the population under its control.
But with the Trump era at its decrescendo, many of us can now breathe, albeit momentarily. Michael Ches brisk joke on Saturday night was a collective sigh of relief air rushing back into the lungs after years of being in a stranglehold.
SWBTATTReg
(24,033 posts)Perhaps one day, these raw negative human emotions relating to race, to religion, etc. will abate and let in an overall consciousness of all in one, one for all, all for one. All hands on deck, after all, we are all on the same planet.
Take care!
Israeli
(4,290 posts)our movement post zionism ......equality for all no matter race , religion , creed or gender .
See :https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-Zionism
Mainly after the Oslo Accords, a new movement started amongst a large section of left-wing Israelis who believe that the State of Israel should no longer declare itself to be a Jewish democratic state and should rather focus on its democratic aspects. This movement seeks to create social equality in Israel.
under the Geneva Convention, if you have a society under illegal military occupation, you are responsible for their care.
Mosby
(17,393 posts)It's an agreed upon arrangement per the Oslo accords.
it's an illegal military occupation. Read many UN resolutions?
Diraven
(1,021 posts)The Oslo accords said that was supposed to happen, but 25 years later it still hasn't.
Mosby
(17,393 posts)The Oslo accords called for a negotiated settlement, that didn't happen. Suicide bombers happened.
Israeli
(4,290 posts)had nothing to do with the end of the Oslo accords ......right Mosby ?
Israel hasnt learned the lesson of Rabins assassination, slain PMs son says
Quarter-century after his father was slain by Jewish extremist, Yuval Rabin worries about history repeating itself, but takes solace in growing anti-government demonstrations
By RAPHAEL AHREN
1 November 2020
Israeli society hasnt learned the lessons of prime minister Yitzhak Rabins assassination a quarter century ago, his son Yuval Rabin said Sunday, lamenting the level of public discourse and political leaders persistent attacks on their opponents and the legal establishment.
At the same time, he said he was heartened by a growing number of Israelis who are unwilling to accept the current state of affairs and have been taking to the streets to protest against it.
Source : https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-hasnt-leared-the-lesson-of-rabins-assassination-slain-pms-son-says/
The basic premise of maintaining democracy is that the rule of law must be supreme. And where the leaders themselves on an ongoing basis challenge the validity and the legitimacy of the [justice systems] decisions because they dont like them, it totally breaks the structure, he said.
But while there are many reasons to be concerned, Rabin also noted what he described as a positive change since the tense days of the early 1990s.
The Israeli public appears to show increasing resistance as a wide range of constituencies are saying: No more, and more and more people are protesting and demanding that the law applied to everyone equally, he said, apparently referring to the weekly demonstrations against Netanyahu and his government.