[kennykartman]

> dozens of heavily armed settlers under the protection of the police and the army invaded Ras al-‘Ain and stole at least a thousand, and possibly as many as 1,500, of the villagers’ sheep and goats

This is the issue: Israeli settlers are getting weapons and money from the government (backed by the US) to systematically infringe human rights, in particular of Palestinian families.

People should stop to think that Israel is a democratic and civil country: it is not. Proofs are plenty.

[rickydroll]

It was a democratic and civil country until the right-wing Israeli version of MAGA took over. Our right-wing takeover is only slightly behind them. I haven't yet figured out if our West Bank will be Greenland or Canada.

[Georgelemental]

No, it never was. It had an important faction that believed in democracy, but that faction also held other beliefs that are fundamentally incompatible with it. The Haganah worked with Irgun and Lehi, because deep down the liberal Zionists knew they needed the hard right