Reply #32: Lior was arrested and you're arguing his rantings are state policy the GOI promotes/supports?

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You can't possibly be serious.

Israeli newspapers are also free to criticize this Rabbi's rantings.

In the PA led territories, the PA runs the media (it's not a free press) and pays ministers to preach hate and incitement vs. Israelis as well as the destruction of Israel. The PA actually publishes maps of Palestine replacing all Israel and its leader Abbas is routinely photographed in pictures proudly displaying those maps.

Israel is not making state policy of Lior's rantings and is sending a message that his writings are incitement worthy of jail time. That's to be commended, not twisted around as if the GOI is promoting and cheering on Lior's ramblings. Maybe the UK should arrest Gilad Atzmon and the UN should fire Richard Falk in order to send the same type of message the GOI is sending WRT hate speech and incitement. Israel is way ahead of the UK and UN on this. Compared to Britain and its BNP, at least Israel banned Kach. It's foul to twist this around as though Israel is in the same league with the PA.

Nevertheless, you managed once again to divert attention away ("look over there") from the PA's acts and deeds which prove the PA does not accept Israel's right to exist. If the PA accepted Israel's right to exist, it wouldn't pay hate preachers and direct its own media and other government organs to incite hate vs. Jews and Israel's destruction, and it certainly wouldn't allow its party leader and dictator Abbas to ever be seen in photos laughing it up with maps of Palestine replacing all Israel.