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Israel’s Defenders Say Legal Equality Would Bring Repression and Bloodshed

JL;DR SUMMARY The discussion questions the argument by some defenders of Israel that achieving legal equality for Jews and Palestinians would lead to authoritarianism and violence. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CommunityPalestineAuthoritarianismViolenceMiddle East ConflictLiberal DemocracyLegal EqualityCurrent SituationPalestinians' Rights

Places mentioned

New York City, New York, United States
"The Jewish candidate for New York City comptroller who wants to divest from Israel bonds."
Israel
"A minority of Palestinians, so-called Arab-Israelis, have a kind of second-class citizenship where they can vote."
Deir al-Balah, Palestinian Territories
"Most of the Palestinians who live under Israeli control, those in the West Bank and Gaza and East Jerusalem, dont hold Israeli citizenshipa very small number in East Jerusalem, but generally, vast majority in the West Bank and Gaza and East Jerusalem live under the control of the State of Israel."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"Most of the Palestinians who live under Israeli control, those in the West Bank and Gaza and East Jerusalem, dont hold Israeli citizenshipa very small number in East Jerusalem, but generally, vast majority in the West Bank and Gaza and East Jerusalem live under the control of the State of Israel."
Jerusalem, Palestinian Territories
"Most of the Palestinians who live under Israeli control, those in the West Bank and Gaza and East Jerusalem, dont hold Israeli citizenshipa very small number in East Jerusalem, but generally, vast majority in the West Bank and Gaza and East Jerusalem live under the control of the State of Israel."
France
"Which means that Israeli Jews are going into bomb shelters, right, all the time in a way that Jews in the United States, in France, in Australia, in Britain, in Canada, no matter what you think of the dangers of antisemitism, those places are simply not doing at all."
Australia
"Which means that Israeli Jews are going into bomb shelters, right, all the time in a way that Jews in the United States, in France, in Australia, in Britain, in Canada, no matter what you think of the dangers of antisemitism, those places are simply not doing at all."
United Kingdom
"Which means that Israeli Jews are going into bomb shelters, right, all the time in a way that Jews in the United States, in France, in Australia, in Britain, in Canada, no matter what you think of the dangers of antisemitism, those places are simply not doing at all."
Canada
"Which means that Israeli Jews are going into bomb shelters, right, all the time in a way that Jews in the United States, in France, in Australia, in Britain, in Canada, no matter what you think of the dangers of antisemitism, those places are simply not doing at all."
Lebanon
"Israelis have continued to die and be wounded in the wars in Israels assault on Gaza, in fighting against Hezbollah."
Iran
"Whether, like, Hezbollah or Iran, to come in on the Palestinian side, and also use violence against Israeli Jews."

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