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Israel will imprison migrants if they dont leave

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  • #102
    markodaly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,009 ✭✭✭✭markodaly


    Grayson wrote: »
    Israel does have a lot of problems. It's a democracy but hardly a liberal one.


    See the democracy index stat I linked. It is 'more' of a democracy than Poland, Belgium and the Czech Republic according to that.


  • #103
    Grayson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,325 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    markodaly wrote: »
    All states have a past. Sweden, the benchmark for many when it comes to liberal democracies forcibly sterilised some of its citizens.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_sterilisation_in_Sweden



    We in Ireland have a dark past as well when it comes to treating illegitimate children, unmarried mothers and the mentally disabled.

    I don't know if you can refer to it as the "past" if it's very recently. This was only 4 years ago. That's pretty current. They still have the same people in power.


  • #104
    Odhinn
    Registered Users Posts: 8,140 ✭✭✭Odhinn


    markodaly wrote: »
    Oh I know that. Israeli citizens vote in their national elections just like Irish citizens vote in their national elections. I just think EOTR thinks that only Jews are allowed to vote, when in fact any Israeli citizen, Jew, Muslim, Arab or Christian is allowed to vote.

    Palestinians vote in their own elections, well in the West Bank anyway. Those in Gaza are not so lucky.

    As the West Bank is, essentially, under Israeli control thats really not that relevant.
    markodaly wrote: »
    All states have a past.

    That article is just 4 years old. The occupation and its associated evils are on-going.


  • #105
    markodaly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,009 ✭✭✭✭markodaly


    Odhinn wrote: »
    As the West Bank is, essentially, under Israeli control thats really not that relevant.

    The Palestine Government actually has lots of control in the West Bank. Day to day running of the region is up this authority who exert executive powers over many aspects of daily life such as local taxation, education, health, utilities and so on.

    Israel generally keeps a hands off approach, so yes, it is very relevant.


  • #106
    [Deleted User]
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    markodaly wrote: »
    The Palestine Government actually has lots of control in the West Bank. Day to day running of the region is up this authority who exert executive powers over many aspects of daily life such as local taxation, education, health, utilities and so on.

    Israel generally keeps a hands off approach, so yes, it is very relevant.

    Area A (under the governance of the PA only) is about 18% of the WB region, so in reality they have control of sweet f**k all of it.


  • #107
    zell12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,107 ✭✭✭✭zell12


    Did Israel's proposed arbeit macht frei for asylum seekers not work out then?


  • #108
    Odhinn
    Registered Users Posts: 8,140 ✭✭✭Odhinn


    markodaly wrote: »
    The Palestine Government actually has lots of control in the West Bank. Day to day running of the region is up this authority who exert executive powers over many aspects of daily life such as local taxation, education, health, utilities and so on.

    Israel generally keeps a hands off approach, so yes, it is very relevant.

    I'd suggest you need to do a bit of reading.


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