Comments on: ‘Only Democracy in Middle East™’ Criminalizes Speech

By: “Only democracy in the Middle East” cracks down on free speech

“Only democracy in the Middle East” cracks down on free speech — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 18:20:03 +0000

[...] to Richard Silverstein of the Tikkun Olam blog for pointing out the original [...]

By: mary

mary — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:24:20 +0000

I’m wondering why the editorial focuses on the Israeli Police as the source of this abuse of civil rights, when it is obvious to me that this kind of thing starts at the top. Do the police operate autonomously, or are they given their marching orders from higher up on the food chain? Is the right wing government of Israel using the police as one of its means by which it stifles dissent and maintains power?

Another instance of the collective insanity of Israel, or in this case perhaps it is better described as amnesia. They should remember how Hitler’s regime took hold of German society. It began with the stifling of dissent.

By: kylebisme

kylebisme — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:04:54 +0000

Not that it excuses Israel’s actions in any way here, but we have our own issues with respecting the right to peaceful assembly. For example sake:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etv8YEqaWgA

By: Bessan

Bessan — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:54:38 +0000

heh.
Rabbi Ken Spiro on the AISH website says “Israel is the moral leader of the world.”
Guess Iran was following Moral Leader Israel in squelching dissent.
Difference is: Iranians by the tens of thousands rose up to oppose the government’s actions; Israelis? not so much.