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Itamar Ben Gvir, Israel's far-right national security minister, has called for the execution of Palestinian prisoners to ease overcrowding in the country's jails.

Writing on social media, he welcomed a decision by the Israeli army to build 936 additional prison places for "security prisoners". "The additional construction will allow the prison service to take in more terrorists, and will bring a partial solution to the prison crisis that exists in the Shabak," he said, referring to the Israeli Prison Service.

"The death penalty for terrorists is the right solution to the incarceration problem, until then - glad that the government approved the proposal I brought."

During a visit by members of the Public Defender’s Office, squalid conditions were noted, including "intolerable overcrowding", with less than three square metres of space per person, poor sanitary conditions, pest issues, inadequate ventilation, and a lack of basic necessities for the incarcerated.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

fucking ghoul

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

Geez they're literally talking like nazis, no? Aren't they actually doing things like the nazis did too? This is all like a sick horrific joke. The jews are now like the nazis were. How oxymoronic can you get.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

I'm sure I'm late to the party but... clearing throat.

I did Nazi that coming.

Israel (the govt) is acting gross.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

The war made possible for us the solution of a whole series of problems that could never have been solved in normal times.

  • Joseph Goebbels
[–] [email protected] 22 points 6 months ago

Such little respect for human life is disgusting. Killing in the name of overcrowding is not valid reason to murder.

[–] [email protected] 62 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Israel is going to build camps to concentrate their prisoners.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

Western Rulers: Listen, just cause they are building camps and moving Palestinians into them in large quantities just highlights the danger that the poor Israelis are in!

Israel: Starts ordering suspiciously larges quantities of a certain pesticide

Western Rulers: Obviously they are just trying to treat their fields, absolutely nothing wrong here. Nothing to see here, No Criticisms, we Veto the right to criticize or cover this further!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago

Nazionists, nazionists everywhere

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (5 children)

This ass hat is a complete troll. He's like Israel's Lauren Boebert. Both need to go.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The difference is Bobo is a powerless rep that will lose her seat and can't stay in coalition with anyone while this guy is a minister who if I recall correctly has the portfolio of overseeing all the police in Israel.

It's a mistake to discount cabinet ministers.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Contrary to Boebert Ben Gvir is a convicted terrorist. In fact he has been indicted 53 times and convicted 7 times.

The real problem: Ben Gvir is a critical part of the coalition that keeps Netanyahu in power, meaning his has significant influence over israel law.

More fun lore:

Ben Gvir has faced criminal charges of hate speech against Arabs and was known to have a portrait in his living room of Israeli-American mass murderer and Jewish extremist Baruch Goldstein, who massacred 29 Palestinian Muslim worshipers and wounded 125 others in Hebron, in the 1994 Cave of the Patriarchs massacre.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

just call it an Israeli.

took a really runny Israeli earlier.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I could live with this.

"I'm going for a banging fascist ethnostate!"

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

seriously I'm trying a newdiet, and its a lot rougher abd fattier, less refinement fewer carbs, those mostly in soup,and its making my Israelis super, like... not something I can handle on my own time as much as I'm used to, and runny to the point of kinda splashing in the bowl?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

So he's trying to be Himmler.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

no, rohm, he's the popular guy to be in this government. they all worship the man.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Imagine if Boebert was the director of national security. This guy isn't just a troll, he is in one of the most powerful political positions in Israel. He has called for the extermination of Palestine and his views are not fringe within Israeli politics.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This ass hat is a complete troll.

Very real chance he gets what he wants. Boebert's a bomb-flinging dick-sucking freak, but she's more a part of the theatrical wing of the Republican Party. The MTGs and Ben Sasses are much closer to the center of the party and hold exactly the same views.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Hey hey hey, let's not throw shade at dick suckers, they provide a valuable service

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

They could make gass champers!

SMH

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

i think we should execute him

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Baah Weep Granah Weep Nini-bong.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

"Human Shields"

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

The U.S. needs to cut ties with Israel and back away from them. They are not allies. They have been using the U.S. for decades due to our gullible myth-obsessed politicians being heavily lobbied by them. If money were removed from politics, the relationship would dissolve almost immediately.

We get absolutely nothing of value from our relationship with Israel. There is no special strategic advantage as we have bases, NATO countries and allies nearby as well as multiple carrier groups in the Med. Our commerce with them is not special in any way. So, why give them billions a year and stand by their side as they commit genocide and start fights with their neighbors?

We should have no business there except, perhaps, to protect innocent people from genocide.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Good luck running for political office while telling constituents you won't be supporting Israel.

That's just how bad things have gotten. We're not even allowed to fight for what we believe in in a 'democracy.'

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think many voters' positions have evolved on Israel now that the world is watching them commit genocide. Voters will now be able to choose which side of genocide they are on.

Obviously conservatives (including neoliberals) will be pro-genocide. But we need to start running candidates that appeal to non-conservative and progressive voters.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

https://www.pewresearch.org/2024/03/21/majority-in-u-s-say-israel-has-valid-reasons-for-fighting-fewer-say-the-same-about-hamas/

38% in favor 34% opposed 26% "undecided voters"

But the questions are framed as support for what they are doing right now, not whether they think Israel should still be a US ally. Or resource leech.

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