7 comments

  • collabs 48 minutes ago
    > In the town of Abu Falah, near Ramallah, at least 80 settlers, some of whom were carrying firearms or clubs, gathered to stop Palestinians from harvesting their olives, using slingshots to hurl rocks at the farmers in view of Israeli military vehicles. When some of the Palestinians then picked up rocks to defend themselves, the Israeli military fired teargas in their direction.

    This has become beyond ridiculous. I have personally gone from full support for Israel to now not even supporting Israel's right to exist. And I can't be the only one. I feel sorry for the (clearly increasingly rare) "normal" people of Israel but they will soon need to move out of Israel to not be bundled in with the crazies.

    • za3faran 1 minute ago
      > This has become beyond ridiculous

      It always was, but things are now coming to light because their war crimes are being broadcast live for everyone to see from first person point of view.

      Thank you for siding with the right side of history.

  • grey-area 54 minutes ago
    This is a pattern for Israel. Settlers attack, harass and kill Palestinians with impunity and have done for decades. It’s wrong.
  • bozdemir 47 minutes ago
    Flying cars, Super Duper Intelligence, AGI and yet we can't even stop these, we can't even have peace on earth, we can't avoid conflicts. What good these technological advances are if we can't prevent ourselves being violent apes?
  • thefz 55 minutes ago
    Clearly defending themselves from Hamas.
    • raincom 49 minutes ago
      Hamas doesn't rule the West Bank though.
    • pbiggar 50 minutes ago
      i think you're being sarcastic but for others reading this without context:

      - Israel has used "Hamas" as a get-out-of-jail-free card with people in the West - Hamas are not in the West Bank (which is physical separated from Gaza, where Hamas operated)

      • thefz 49 minutes ago
        Yes I was being sarcastic.
  • quietbritishjim 52 minutes ago
    This is a terrible issue and completely unacceptable. But do I really need to read about it on Hacker News? This is not the place for that.
    • s5300 50 minutes ago
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  • drnick1 47 minutes ago
    HackerNews not the place for leftist, Islamist propaganda. That sort of stuff should stay in the Guardian, and die there.
    • grey-area 40 minutes ago
      Reporting facts is not propaganda.