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German parliament backs bill that criminalizes denial of Israel's right to exist (www.haaretz.com)

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Germany's Bundesrat, the upper house of parliament, backed a bill to criminalize the denial of Israel's right to exist on Friday, a motion that constitutional experts said could jeopardize freedom of expression.

According to the bill, anyone denying Israel's right to exist or calling for its abolition would be punished with a prison sentence of up to five years under the regulation. The bill will be examined by the Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, after its summer recess.

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[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s so interesting that Palestine as a whole is responsible for a terrorist attack, but the Israeli government spending decades stealing Palestinian land and currently enacting a genocide is blameless. I’m sure that has nothing to do with racism.

[–] TheFonz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

It's both. Hamas enjoys broad support by Palestinians. We have to recognize the reality. Before you jump on me with your narrative about the noble liberator hold that thought for a second. Right now they both are guilty of comitting attrocities. The difference is the US gives endless money to Irael so they have the upper hand. But dont be naive in thinking the Palestinians are eager for a two state solution. There wont be peace in this region for a very long time until either side is willing to come to the table in good faith.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 hours ago

But dont be naive in thinking the Palestinians are eager for a two state solution

Why should they be or even need to be eager to legitimize the settler colonial state that has been killing their families and stealing their homes for nearly a century? A two state solution isn’t the only peaceful solution. One state where Palestinians actually have rights and control over their own governance doesn’t break the laws of physics, people have just decided (based on religious beliefs) that European Jewish people have more right to control the land there than people whose ancestors have lived there for thousands of years.

But people love their Abrahamic religious ethnostates and are propagandized as hell, so I don’t expect people to accept any of that any time soon.