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How much farther down can we slide? Oh, I fear there’s still a long way down from here. After all, so far, our skin heads and settlers only beat up Arabs. Lots more to look forward to, no?
A. Nice week we had, huh? The sun was shining, in Jerusalem we discovered dozens of skin heads with Rabbi Kahane shirts who attack Arabs, an ifantry soldier’s cell phone revealed photos and videos documenting abuse of Arabs, including children: The soldiers forced them to dance and sing children’s songs – “I put my hands up, on my head, on my shoulders, and clap one two three.” Settlers continued to exact price tag after price tag from Palestinians. Dozens of cases in only the last several days. They throw stones, they beat people up, and not only with their hands but with iron rods too. They stab, they uproot trees, they burn cars, they light sheep on fire. Yes, you read that right. And not only in the occupied territories, but throughout the country. And not only settlers, by the way.
E. How much farther down can we slide? Oh, I fear there’s still a long way down from here. After all, so far, our skin heads and settlers only beat up Arabs. After all, in the meantime people like me and you can still speak their minds – not that it does anything – but we can still speak it. There’s still plenty of room for us to slide down into. And it seems like we’re heading in that direction. Lots more to look forward to, no? How great that daylight savings time has begun and now there’s an extra hour every day to destroy this country.
Then there's the 21 Arabs fired, for no reason other than being Arab from Kimat Hinam (“Almost Free”). Will anyone act? No, because in Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East®™, "companies have no reason to fear any public reaction for being perceived as discriminatory against Arabs. In fact, the opposite is true, as can be seen in the disgusting attempts at boycotting Rami Levy, another retail chain, for its employment of Arabs, which jeopardizes the racial purity of its Jewish employees..."
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