You gotta love the hysteria over a "proud homophobe" of those who won't even utter a word about gays being actually executed in public under Palestinian law. Sometimes it seems the Israeli right is not extreme enough for the left's taste to be idealized, because if Smotrich was an Arab he'd be called a "moderate" and receive Nobel for peace.
- Freedom of expression for LGBT marches in Jerusalem is welcomed but not for those who want to protest? Not in Israel, the LGBT can march and Smotrich can say he wants sex to be a private thing for home and even express his disgust, mind You in our Knesset sit Islamists, people who describe our soldiers as terrorists, and even those who went on Marmara. If of all these Smotrich is the extremist, then Haaretz is no less an extremist publication, in fact the protest was called "the eagerness and humility", and Smotrich apologized for it, Haaretz didn't apologize for calling them beasts, they just look for the most grotesque ways to insult any conservative voice or the Haredi community as default neurosis.
- He suggested segregation in hospitals was not racism, it definitely is in my opinion he should know better, and then it's only half truth, because that's not the only thing he said.
The article is full of false assumptions and half truths that it would take a full page to untangle all the madness and exaggeration. I'll try to be as short as I can, but first and foremost - MK Bezalel Smotrich is not Hiltop Youth because he is govt and his father's village in Judea was a govt project, Hiltop Youth are not, they're far from it as moon from sun.
As far as "Jewish terrorism" goes, Smotrich is correct it's all smoke and mirrors, especially when relied on Duma as we see the police admits flaws in investigation and clear evidence of the many occasions of fires being set among the Dawabshe clan at that period, none of which lead to where media would like real evidence to lead, all documented, no evidence a Jew did it. The whole "Jewish terror" craze is based on this incident, and since then tens of mostly vegan teenage rebel campers with guitars and Torah books have been portrayed as the worst and most violent people in the entire middle east, by local and foreign media, by certain people in the govt, and foremost by the entire international community. In fact their supposed "leaders" haven't been convicted of anything neither, just had their names smeared to appease the international public obsession...sorry their "opinion".
Then the whole thing about "private Palestinian land" and the formalization bill is a lip service, because it's the correct solution to a complicated issue of land registry that is entangled in 3-4 different legal systems that are anything but as black and white as "either state or private". There can be only claims and pieces of documents from periods of short rule, or total lack of them and nothing more than a claim of association to some 9th cousin who might have, or says he does, or reads from some NGO script that was financed by the international community that in the meantime makes sure to pressure Israel without giving any real evidence other than "because they say so and we can", or even acknowledging that there cannot be any reliable database, when survey is based on registry at times of great disturbances and periods of varied rule.
Given that power and opinions change, and governments can end up doing only half the job set forth, or totally contradict itself between different sets of parliament, causing mess, as seen in the disengagement and among those who are interested in having the ability to sell their property; the correct thing to do is to establish a mechanism, where regardless of parliament change, allows for alleged landowners to be compensated or provided with other viable alternatives. The other option is You get nada, not that I'm convinced Your 9th cousin bearing the same name as Your 11th grand-cousin who could barely sign their names weren't just landless falhas of the feudal Arab bourgeoisie who already sold it twice since the 30's, but I still want to make this gesture of generosity, in spite that my people lost much more.
What the bill eventually says is that Jews will AGAIN acquire the same slot of land for the 111th time, at a price higher than 100%. Not the first time we insist on paying more, when really we don't have to.
In essence the bill sets stage for the Emirates.
As for death penalty, it exists since establishment of the state, against treason at wartime and nazis, was implemented twice: once against a Jewish commander in 1948 by mistake, and Eichman.
In my opinion Shin Bet, instead of chasing young Judeans citizens of Israel, should go back to hunting down the Jihado-nazi brides who have set to murder every last Israeli between the river the the sea with all the govt backing and international funding and support.
By the way Jewish law is already part of most western countries jurisprudence, You just got used to accepting it as given. Accidentally.... It was always a part of Israeli jurisprudence, and the internationally accepted "G-d given rights" refers to our Hebrew books as well, so You teaching us about religion and state is a nice joke as well, shame on hypocrisy it never reached such heights.Take a seat back and watch, You might actually learn something new from the original source, again.
But who am I to suggest proportions, as I've already stated, for the Israel-haters it seems this position is not extremist enough to live by when we see what is acceptable and idolized by international community.
