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It's a shit fight. You'd think Israel could have backed off on the funeral day

"[...]The murderer(s) of this journalist should be punished - I used to be an accredited
journalist so am sensitive to this issue. But the Middle East is a labyrinth of false narratives.
“In war, truth is the first casualty.”"

Israeli police attack funeral procession for shot journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh
"Palestinian family threatens to burn Sheikh Jarrah home in eviction standoff[/i]
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Israel forbids public displays of Palestinian flags and often prevents people from hoisting them at rallies and protests in the city.

Rima Baqleh, a Palestinian sociologist from Jerusalem who attended the same church as Abu Aqleh, said: “This is unacceptable to attack her coffin and to disrespect the funeral. Shireen had covered the story of Palestine since she was a girl and she wanted always for Jerusalem to be liberated. I think today Shireen managed to liberate Jerusalem – to carry the Palestinian flag in the hands of thousands of people down the road to her burial.”
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The EU said it was appalled by the “unnecessary” force used by the Israeli police, while the White House described footage of the scene as “deeply disturbing”.
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Darn right apartheid state fit then for Israel then. Still does.. Israel & the Palestinians
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Riots Shatter Veneer of Coexistence in Israel’s Mixed Towns
"A House Divided: A Palestinian, a Settler and the Struggle for East Jerusalem
"Israel's ethnic cleansing - The untold story of Sheikh Jarrah"
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Is Judaism an ethnicity? A race? A nationality? Trump signs an order and provokes an identity crisis.
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It’s a religion, yes — but then again, many who identify as Jews aren’t religious. It’s passed down from parents to children and bears recognizable genetic characteristics — but then again, Jews come in all colors and racial backgrounds.

Ethnicity? Nationality? Faith? Culture? Heritage? Even Jews don’t agree on just what Judaism is. And President Trump has thrown that eternal question into sharp relief by signing an executive order meant to strengthen protections against anti-Semitism on college campuses, where the debate over Israel and Palestinian rights has grown increasingly toxic in recent years.
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Trump’s order, which he signed at a White House Hanukkah party last week, says anti-Semitism is punishable under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act — a clause that deals only with race, ethnicity and nationality, not discrimination on the basis of religion. The order says Jews can be considered to have been targeted on the basis of their nationality or race as Jews.

Jewish Americans, who are presumably the beneficiaries, are deeply torn about what it all means.
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Calling Judaism a racial or ethnic identity inappropriately erases Jews of color, some say. And suggesting that the federal government considers Judaism to be a nationality or ethnicity can add to confusion that Jews already face in their schools and workplaces.

“I’m worried now that the incorrect belief will be that I’m Israeli or that I’ve even been to Israel,” said Zoe Terner, 19, a leader in the Reform movement and a student at the University of Florida in Gainesville. “My family’s from Russia, I’m pretty sure.” (She said she doesn’t see Russian as her nationality, either — nor Austrian, another place from which her relatives fled, facing religious persecution — but just American, based on the place where her family found safety.)
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I made a post which said neither Israel nor Palestinian leaders wanted peace, but can't find it. So for now have settled for

Israel Doesn't Want Peace With the Palestinians, John Kerry Says
By Carlos Ballesteros On 11/19/17 at 12:02 PM EST
https://www.newsweek.com/israel-palestine-conflict-john-kerry-netanyahu-peace-716257

In conclusion an opinion from Haaretz

Opinion | We Don’t Want Peace, but We Want the World to Keep Funding the Occupation
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Nine years later, Israel’s government proclaims from every stage that its vision does not include any intention to march down the path of peace. Yet, it is nevertheless demanding that the world keep serving as the Palestinian Authority’s private charity – that is, that U.S., European and Japanese taxpayers continue to fund the occupation.
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