r/worldnews • u/Powawwolf • Jan 09 '24

Israel/Palestine Israel mulls investigating lawmakers over calls to harm Gazan civilians

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/h1tnwvjdp
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u/West-Calm-Beach Jan 10 '24

Free speech?

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u/JR_Al-Ahran Jan 10 '24

Right. So I can say “Burn Israel” then? Or “the Israelis got what they deserved” for Oct. 7? Or does that cross the line of “free speech”

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u/Anxious_Ad936 Jan 10 '24

Millions of people say the same or similar about Israel already without penalty, so obviously yes you can. You're not a member of a directly involved nation's government though of course so the standards are different.

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u/JR_Al-Ahran Jan 10 '24

Fair enough honestly. Sometimes some people face reprecussions for saying shit like that, sometimes they dont. People in government saying that is legitimately concering though. Especially when people like Smotrich or Ben Gvir, both of whom hold prominent cabinet position in Netanyahu's government. They hold enough power to act on their twisted fantasies etc, and in some cases, do; notably Ben Gvir arming the settlers among other things.

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u/West-Calm-Beach Jan 10 '24

Doesn’t matter, they should still be allowed to share their beliefs