God bless the Isreali Supreme Court. As I get more and more angry as a member of tribe about what Nutiyahoo and his band of crazy Russians and biggots are doing to turn Isreal from a democracy into a nationalist state, it is nice to have the Supreme Court around to remind us about what was - and should be - different about Isreal compaired to the Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Syriaâs of the region.
What is it about the early part of a century that causes fascism to come back in vogue again?
It would be nice if we could get past this latest patch without killing tens of millions of people again. Though even assuming we avoid an apocalyptic world war, looks like theyâll get their mass slaughter by other means by setting off a mass extinction event.
If you read the article, the supreme court did not disavow the thoughtcrime law, but instead said the evidence was too weak to invoke it in this particular case. Hardly a ringing victory for democracy.
âWe donât like you and we donât want you hereâ is something a sovereign state can totally tell a foreign national at the border under most circumstances, but then maybe donât issue that person a visa.
The court accepted Alqasemâs appeal, saying her desire to study in Israel undermines the premise of her alleged support for a boycott. It said that if her deportation was based on her political opinion, then the stateâs order was âa radical and dangerous stepâ that could erode Israeli democracy.
Respectively disagree with 
occamscoin.
Not a lawyer, but the second line above clearly is a signal that the SC is curbing an unfounded and biased law that encroaches on the freedom of expression rights of foreigners, and Israeli citizens alike.
Edit: âRespectively disagreeâ
That is not how I read media reports. The Supreme Court did not strike down the law (which I donât think they could) they made it very clear that it could not be enforced without a LOT of evidence.
That is an important ruling.
P.s. and if evidence apart from political beliefs, race etc exists that someone is a threat, then they can be kept out of a country. Certainly, being a âthreatâ can keep you out of the US. The issue is what level of evidence/threat is needed.
Israelâs Interior Minister Aryeh Deri likewise lamented the courtâs decision, calling it a national embarrassment. âWhere is our national pride? Would she also have dared in the United States to act against the state while demanding to remain and study in it?â he wrote on Twitter.
Yes.
And it is, in fact, a matter of national pride.
It would seem to me that if someone asks to enter a country in order to live, go to school, and travel (and pay for all this in some manner), thatâs not much of a boycott of that country.
But what do I know?
I had exactly the same reaction to the Interior Ministerâs comments.
âAct against the stateâ!
She was alleged to belong to a group that advocated boycotting hummus.
âNever again!â I say!
Israelâs Interior Minister Aryeh Deri likewise lamented the courtâs decision, calling it a national embarrassment. âWhere is our national pride? Would she also have dared in the United States to act against the state while demanding to remain and study in it?â he wrote on Twitter.
Hey, Aryeh, we have a President of the United States who acts against our interests on a daily basis.
Disappointment that the new millennium didnât bring on the Rapture, or Armageddon, or whatever fairy tale theyâre pining for?
Seems to fit. Gotta find those folks something useful to doâŚ
Answering the question âwho are the brain police?â
Spot on. Minister Aryehâs ignorance about the fundamental rights enshrined in the Bill of Rights is rather alarming.
Itâs good to see that her university, Hebrew University, is backing her on this.
Whatâs happened to Israel under the criminal Netanyahoo, is happening to us, under the criminal Trump.
So, IsraelâŚhow about you do some humane things that make BDS a thing of the past
Boycotts exist to change things, usually for the better.
As I see it, Israel, under Likud and Netanyahu, needs some changing for the better.
Every hundred years for the past 500, thereâs been a major realignment of the European-centered world order beginning more or less in the second decade of the century. The Reformation and Ottoman victories in the 1500s, Thirty Yearsâ War in the 1600s, Great Northern War in the 1700s, Napoleonic Wars in the 1800s, WWI in the 1900s, and now. Curious.
Israelâs Interior Minister Aryeh Deri likewise lamented the courtâs decision, calling it a national embarrassment. âWhere is our national pride? Would she also have dared in the United States to act against the state while demanding to remain and study in it?â he wrote on Twitter.
Is this just a complete lack of understanding of America, or a challenge to push Trump deeper into fascism?