Israel's Liberals Face State Prosecution

[Purveyor]

Demand for proof of loyalty is no longer confined to Palestinian citizens, but directed at the Jewish ones, who speak out against Tel Aviv's atrocities

The most widely mentioned text in Israel over the last few weeks has been the famous quotation by Pastor Martin Niemller from 1946, which begins: ‘First they came for the Communists'.

The quotation serves to communicate one idea: the increasing persecution of Palestinian citizens has led to verbal threats against Jewish radical left activists, and is now directed at proposed laws against Zionist-left activists, university professors, journalists, artists and others.

The warning from the quotation is clear: ‘Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak up for me'.

The use of Niemller's emotive words reflects the increasingly bitter national debate around loyalty and patriotism. The populist language of bigoted media consumers is now pervading official legislative bills, pending parliamentary approval and with a reasonable chance of turning into law.

Israel Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, whose 15 Knesset members cement the coalition government, is in the process of upgrading his successful election slogan, ‘no citizenship without loyalty'. He demands that the Kadima party acquiesce to his "loyalty bill", as a precondition for its admission into the coalition government. The bill would coerce all citizens to declare allegiance to the state of Israel as a ‘Jewish and democratic' state.

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[ArcticFox]

2. Don't they consider every Jew everywhere a citizen of Israel?

Does that mean there will be Israeli squads roaming the Earth to obtain all the Jews' oaths of allegiance?

[azurnoir]

4. short answer is nope Israel does not consider every Jew to be a citizen

and in fact id you are a Jew and speak out against Israeli policy too loudly you may not be allowed to even visit the country Noam Chomsky was barred quite recently

[DeSwiss]

3. They are fast becoming "The Monster" of which Nietzsche spoke. -- n/t