The Israeli human rights group B’Tselem has published a major new report documenting how the Israeli prison system has become “a network of torture camps,” where physical, psychological and sexual abuse of Palestinian prisoners is normalized and routine.
The report, titled “Welcome to Hell,” collects the testimony of 55 Palestinians who were detained by Israeli authorities since October 7 and later released, almost all without charges. This comes as a group of U.N. experts condemned the widespread torture of Palestinians and as Israel’s Channel 12 News aired shocking footage of Israeli soldiers sexually abusing a prisoner at the Sde Teiman army base, where thousands of detainees from Gaza are held.
Sarit Michaeli, the international advocacy lead for B’Tselem, says the abuse in Israeli prisons is “systemic, ongoing and state-sanctioned,” reflecting the cruelty and thirst for revenge among a growing number of Israelis. “They would like to have a completely open field in terms of what they can do to Palestinians,” says Michaeli.
You can find the full report of testimonies here
My argument is nobody cares about apartheid or even potential apartheid countries Japan is not the only one. They act like there is no problem it’s all normal. You don’t see a single person here going hey yeah Japan should chill out everyone is just going “no it’s not”.
What are you talking about “in general, no.”
It is how it works since the year 2000. If you are born there yes, you can get citizenship, given your parent live there for 8 years.
There are generations of zainichi who have not got citizenship.
I’ve shown they have different sets of laws that apply to them. They are prohibited from working various jobs.
They act like there is no problem it’s all normal.
I mentioned several things Japan should change. How is that “acting like there’s no problem”?
What I’m saying it’s not Apartheid. Because it isn’t. Apartheid is a specific thing with a specific definition.
What are you talking about “in general, no.”
I mean “in general, no”. If a pregnant couple travels to the US on a tourist visa and gives birth there, the child will be a US citizen. That’s not the case in Germany or for that matter most of the rest of the world. Korea itself doesn’t have Ius soli.
It is how it works since the year 2000. If you are born there yes, you can get citizenship, given your parent live there for 8 years.
Living here doesn’t suffice, you need permanent residency – though if you’re here for that long, that should generally be the case. And it’s not “you can become a citizen” but “you are a citizen”. If you don’t grow up in Germany with that kind of Ius soli citizenship you’ll have to choose with 21 whether you keep your foreign or German citizenship.
That kind of regime is btw what I proposed Japan introduce in my previous comment. You might want to start reading what I write.
There are generations of zainichi who have not got citizenship.
And Japan should make the procedure easier for them. I have said that already. But that doesn’t mean that they’re treated any differently from any other non-citizen. They in fact do enjoy some rights not afforded to other permanent residents. So, yes, those “different laws” exist, but they’re in the favour of Zainichis.
Go and have a look at actual Apartheid regimes. The degree of discrimination, the complete impossibility of leaving second-class citizen status, the lot of it. Noone is going to listen to your demands for better citizenship laws if you keep on pretending Zainichis can’t shop in the same 7/11s that the rest of Japan shops in.
The degree of discrimination, the complete impossibility of leaving second-class citizen status
20% of the Israeli citizens are Palestine descent. 2 million Palestinian citizens of Israel.
So, yes, those “different laws” exist, but they’re in the favour of Zainichis.
Yeah, their laws I pointed out to you on how schools operate realllly favour zainichi Koreans. /s Incase you need it
20% of the Israeli citizens are Palestine descent. 2 million Palestinian citizens of Israel.
What about the occupied territories? They’re applying martial law there, and people have no prospect of citizenship. Then there’s plenty of Palestinans living in Israel who don’t have Israeli citizenship, or realistic prospect of citizens, e.g. in Jerusalem.
You have no idea how bad it is in Israel if you think it’s in any way comparable to Japan.
Yeah, their laws I pointed out to you on how schools operate realllly favour zainichi Koreans. /s Incase you need it
I’m sorry are you saying that Japan should introduce Korean native-level lessons in their state school curriculum or what’s your actual issue here. What would you change. I’ve yet to see any actual policy proposal from you: No solutions, just “Japan bad”.
You admitted they have several things to change after 2 days of arguing with you about it. Lol.
Point me at a state and I’ll find several things that they should change. Do you e.g. really want to get me started on Korea with their rampant gerontocracy and misogyny.
Crucially, though, and this should make you think, none of what I said Japan should change actually came from an argument you made.
