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Misunderstandings

mardi 6 décembre 2016 à 01:00

Arabs in Israel can be prosecuted for sarcastically condemning crimes such as arson, "because someone might misunderstand".
Yes, there is a chance someone might misunderstand. I've sometimes asked people to rewrite certain statements to avoid the risk that someone will misunderstand them and draw a meaning that is the opposite of what was intended. I've also occasionally written statements that some people have misunderstood, because I didn't make them clear enough.
Suggesting clarification is one thing; prosecution is another.

Schoolyard settlers

mardi 6 décembre 2016 à 01:00

Israelis that have taken houses in Hebron have now started building in a Palestinian school's yard.
If they keep going, they will eventually force all the Palestinian students to leave the school, on the grounds that some of them might someday attack Israeli colonists.

Secret interrogations

mardi 6 décembre 2016 à 01:00

Israel will keep interrogations of accused terrorists secret, which means the thugs can get away with doing anything whatever to the accused.

White-supremacists

mardi 6 décembre 2016 à 01:00

The Associated Press has decided to explicitly identify US white-supremacists as such, rather than let them use "alt-right" as a mask.

New York Times obituary

mardi 6 décembre 2016 à 01:00

A private meeting with the heads of the New York Times, who described making deals with US and foreign politicians about how their coverage would read.