Not too sure about that, maybe it’s Northern Ireland weighing too heavily on my mind. Even if the army hit the streets with the very best intentions (not guaranteed) I think they’d still struggle to stay neutral, and you’d risk bringing occupation-style conditions to Israeli cities.
Yea, I see where you're coming from here. But it has to be better than the lynching, even if the optics are worse. Those scenes honestly send a shiver down my spine, especially the idea that the police are being complicit.
I really worry for your mental health as I fear you are delusional. Private citizens are not allowed to own weapons in Israel, and AK-47 is not even in our army's arsenal, let alone a citizen. I dont know where you have been to, I dont know what you think you saw.
I live here, I grew up here, I worked with arabs my entire life, i go out on Fridays with arab friends. Is everything perfect? No. Are there crazy extremists? Yes, on both sides. But the picture you are trying to paint here is so distorted and not connected to reality that its actually frightnening.
This isn't true. There is strict gun control and ammunition limits, but self defense is a valid reason for a private weapon application, as is private security guard etc. Not to mention the thousands of people in 'grey' state security roles.
Well indeed. Let's look at Smotrich for instance, a man who is in the knesset and represents 5% of Israelis by vote. "We cannot allow ourselves to take part in violent acts' yet agrees with segregation of Jews and Arabs in hospitals, that people should be allowed to not sell houses to Arabs, that it is acceptable to shoot to kill Palestinian kids who are throwing stones and that price tag attacks are not terrorism.
Or the chief rabbi, who has previously said that gentiles should be sent to Saudi if they don't want to follow a certain set of laws or that even people who' ve been subdued should be shot, though this was at least retracted later I believe.
Also, the army is the people in Israel? Most of those people lynching will have been in the IDF at some point. Having worked and lived in North London for a good portion of my career, I've worked with and enjoyed many a good time with British Jews, some of whom have gone on to do aliyah or birthright.
Other than one who became a reform rabbi (interesting career move!) or one that's very religious but always found it ridiculous that as a Brit, he can rock up in Israel and buy a home, live there whilst a Palestinian lives in either occupation or blockade...the others have come back from their time there, especially if they did some time in the IDF with some....interesting views let's say.
I can't disagree. Some of them are plain racists, only crying now that it's out of control for their own people. They are directly responsible, to me at least.
As to the bolded, the military are likely experienced and professional enough to not discriminate and follow orders. Military punishments for misbehaviour are generally pretty stiff. But then, the police should be too, so I get your point. I've known a good few too, and I can't think of any who would allow a lynching. But then perhaps I don't know them well enough. If anybody I knew participated in it, I'd report them and never speak again.
by the way: asylum/immigration to Israel (at least pre Netanyhu) has always been pretty loose. For example, they generally take more African non Jewish asylum seekers every year than the USA take total. I think that as long as you're *not* arab, you have a pretty easy time getting in. Don't quote me on it though. Could have changed in recent years at least.