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    7 months ago

    I believe in giving people many second chances, and obviously I’m talking primarily about the German government, not about all individual Germans- many are absolutely against Israel’s actions.

    But Germany as a State has had more than “many” chances to wrestle with their unquestioning support for Israel, and has always doubled-down on it, or even made it less legal to even raise the question. And it is a reflection of the dominant mindset there, whether I like it or not.

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        7 months ago

        Not even just vicariously, they’re getting in on the action themselves:

        Abed, the lawyer who is also representing Michael, says the police “chased people through the streets of Neukölln, rounding up anyone wearing a Palestinian headscarf (keffiyeh), holding a flag or displaying any symbol related to Palestine.”

        There is so much more in that article, but suffice it to say that oppression of people based on a specific religio-ethnic background is making a comeback in Germany.