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Eugene

(62,629 posts)
Tue Dec 28, 2021, 08:40 PM Dec 2021

An Israeli leader criticized Jewish 'settler violence.' Now he has 24/7 protection after extremist t

Source: Washington Post

An Israeli leader criticized Jewish ‘settler violence.’ Now he has 24/7 protection after extremist threats.

By Amy Cheng
Today at 3:39 a.m. EST

Israeli Public Security Minister Omer Barlev said Monday that he will receive round-the-clock protection following threats of harm from extremist Israeli Jews.

The news comes amid a sharp increase in attacks targeting Palestinians living in the occupied West Bank, which Barlev had criticized in recent discussions with a visiting U.S. State Department official. His remarks drew the ire of right-wing politicians in the country, including members of the coalition government in which he serves.

“Jews are stabbed and shot in the streets, because they are Jews, on your shift, and you dare to talk about settler violence?” Simcha Rothman, an ultraconservative Israeli lawmaker, tweeted in response to Barlev this month.

Israeli authorities also arrested a man accused of threatening Barlev on Facebook by saying that he hoped to see the minister “lynched,” according to the Times of Israel newspaper. At least one other senior official has also reportedly received increased protection as the coalition government pushes ahead with changes that threaten privileges long enjoyed by Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/12/28/israel-omer-barlev-threats-jewish-extremist/

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An Israeli leader criticized Jewish 'settler violence.' Now he has 24/7 protection after extremist t (Original Post) Eugene Dec 2021 OP
So the fascist racist zionist right wing extremists are threatening a cabinet member of Beastly Boy Dec 2021 #1
Not all of our Gov is " fascist racist zionist right wing extremists " Israeli Jan 2022 #3
Nothing new here Eugene Israeli Jan 2022 #2
Gone from bad to worse Eugene Israeli Jan 2022 #4

Beastly Boy

(11,098 posts)
1. So the fascist racist zionist right wing extremists are threatening a cabinet member of
Tue Dec 28, 2021, 10:06 PM
Dec 2021

the fascist racist zionist right wing government because the said representative of the fascist racist zionist right wing government is critical of the violent attacks by the fascist racist zionist right wing extremists on the West Bank Palestinians who are under the occupation by the fascist racist zionist right wing regime ...

That's very fascist racist zionist right wing of him!

Oh, and just in case theree is any misunderstanding of my intentions, here comes the sarcasm smilie!

Israeli

(4,290 posts)
3. Not all of our Gov is " fascist racist zionist right wing extremists "
Mon Jan 3, 2022, 05:57 AM
Jan 2022

Nor are all of us Beastly Boy.

Just for you :

Rabin murder. Only Jews on the Right are violent — never liberal or left

As we approach the 20th anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, and right after the attempted stabbing of Rabbi Arik Ascherman, head of Rabbis for Human Rights, by a right-wing Jewish extremist, we are reminded of the fact that practically all Jewish violence over the past many decades has come from the Right.

It has never come from liberals. And never come from the Left.

Beginning all the way back to Menachem Begin’s and Yitzhak Shamir’s Irgun and Stern Gang times.

Ref:https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/only-jews-on-the-right-are-ever-violent-never-liberal-or-left-jews/

The only solution to this conflict is a Two State Solution the only ones who dont agree and are ready to threaten, murder and assasinate are our " fascist racist zionist right wing ".
Notice I missed out the word " extremists ".
Once they were extremists .....sadly today they have become the norm .



Israeli

(4,290 posts)
2. Nothing new here Eugene
Mon Jan 3, 2022, 05:14 AM
Jan 2022

he is a MK from Avoda , same party as Yitzchak Rabin .
If you can assasinate a standing PM whats a few threats to anyone who dares
to criticize the settlers .

Israeli

(4,290 posts)
4. Gone from bad to worse Eugene
Mon Jan 31, 2022, 07:24 AM
Jan 2022
Dozens of masked settlers violently attack Israelis, Palestinians in West Bank
There were 496 attacks by settlers and or Jewish extremists against Palestinians in 2021, of which 126 resulted in physical harm.

Source : https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-694187

Masked settler extremists assault Palestinians and left-wing activists in West Bank

https://www.timesofisrael.com/settler-leaders-horrified-as-dozens-of-jewish-extremists-carry-out-w-bank-assault/

Settlers Attack Left-wing Activists in West Bank, Set Their Car Ablaze

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/settlers-attack-activists-in-west-bank-set-their-car-ablaze-1.10555798

These are all Israeli credited news sources , from Right to Center to Left , so please leave out the howls and hints of antisemitism
and Jewish self loathing from the usual subjects
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