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| Israeli FM Sa’ar hails German court conviction of woman who made ‘from the river to the sea’ Instagram post |
| 2024-11-10 |
| [IsraelTimes] Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar welcomes a decision by Berlin’s Regional Court this week to convict an Iranian national and graphic designer for incitement for writing “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” on her Instagram. Following the October 7 massacre by the Hamas terror group, the 42-year-old woman expressed identification with Hamas along with the slogan on her social media account, media reports say. The court said she had made use of terror and unconstitutional symbols. She was fined 1,300 euros and her phone was confiscated, the reports say. Sa’ar writes on X that “the new antisemitism based on denying the right of the Jewish state to exist must be uprooted.” Unless Germany plans to punish every person who posts something like that, I don’t see how it will have an impact. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 The "precedent rule" doesn't apply here - if only because her kind (Nazis, leftists, Muslims etc...) don't need precedents, just power. The "golden rule" is what applies here. |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-11-10 11:17 |
| #2 ^ Agreed. Bad precedent. Mock and cancel her, publicly, but keep the State out of it. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-11-10 10:21 |
| #1 The only thing more detestable than anti Semitism is censoring people who have detestable beliefs. If the Germans can silence her, they can and will silence anyone that the government finds objectionable. We came very close here in the US and if Harris had won we'd see more people thrown in prison for exercising their First Amendment rights. |
| Posted by: EMS Artifact 2024-11-10 09:43 |