• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    One of the few Israelis that the IDF actually said “this dude is too much, he doesn’t have to do military service”

    Like, he was a full blown terrorist decades ago, then Netenyahu put him in charge of the Israeli police and shits only gotten worse.

    Days before 10/4, he was spending his time defending the “Jewish tradition” of spitting on Christians.

    However, Itamar Ben Gvir, Israel’s national security minister, who oversees the police, said in an interview with Army Radio that spitting at Christians was “not a criminal case” and that not everything “justifies an arrest”.

    He said the incidents were “deserving of every condemnation” but urged people to “stop slandering Israel”.

    Ben Gvir had previously defended the act of spitting on Christians as “an ancient Jewish custom”.

    The claim was echoed on Tuesday by Israeli settler Elisha Yered, who is suspected of involvement in the killing of a Palestinian teenager in August.

    Yered said on X, formerly known as Twitter, that “spitting near priests or churches is an ancient Jewish custom”.

    “Perhaps under the influence of Western culture we have somewhat forgotten what Christianity is, but I think the millions of Jews who suffered in exile from the Crusades, the torture of the [Spanish] Inquisition, blood libels and mass pogroms – will never forget,” he added.

    https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-spitting-christians-jerusalem-not-criminal-ben-gvir

    That’s why they’re ok with a temporary alliance with trump and Christian extremists. Both sides are well aware that they hate each other and any alliance is temporary. They hate each other as much as they hate Muslims, they all hate anyone who isn’t the exact same as themselves.

    And that’s true within the groups too, it’s true for every group of religious extremists, that’s why it’s been 2,000+ years and the fight is still happening. Even if one group “wins” they’ll immediately start ostracizing fringe members of their own groups if no one from another group is there.