[tylerkahn]

Huh and yet here, as per your links, we have mainstream media reporting on it.

Have those journalists been subjected to 'extreme retaliation'?

Perhaps we don't hear about it frequently not because there is a conspiracy among 'Israeli supporters' (we all know what you mean bro!) but because the issue is not so pressing or widespread as you would have us believe?

[pavelrub]

I don't see anything at all in your comment that doesn't contribute to the discussion. The fact that you are downvoted on HN for just for stating an uncommon opinion is disgusting and extremely disappointing.

[DanBC]

> conspiracy among 'Israeli supporters' (we all know what you mean bro!)

This line clearly links "anti Israeli" with "anti Semite". It's a vile tactic and does not belong on HN.

[pavelrub]

Right. So that's why he was downvoted. And that's why every pro-Israeli comment in this discussion is being downvoted.

[DanBC]

The current top post in this thread makes some claims that are disputed. It is possible to vigorously dispute those claims without having to accuse the poster of being an anti-Semite.

If you're asking why those posts are being down-voted: I can't tell you. There probably are Jew-haters who downvote anything pro-Israeli; I'd be surprised if there were enough of them to counter the corrective upvotes.

But the post you responded to accuses anyone who makes a post that is not fully in support of everything that Israel does as an anti-Semite. That's a poisonous tactic; it's one reason why political discussion is strongly recommended against on HN and I stand by my claim that it is why that individual post was down-voted.

Here are two pro-Israeli posts that are not currently downvoted...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8610988

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8610951

...So even your claim that every Pro-Israeli comment is downvoted is incorrect.

[the_rosentotter]

I think people are very tired of the extremely preferential treatment Israel is getting in general. Can I say that without offending anybody?

[pavelrub]

Well in that case I guess it's ok to downvote all those "tiring" comments.