Posted by “Blind belief in authority is the greatest enemy of truth.“
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Epistemology: The importance of education, knowledge, question, experience…Google allows the access, all you need is technology. Visit Israel and the people who live there.
2016: Pew Research. Israel’s Religiously Divided Society Link
…”But alongside these sources of unity, a major new survey by Pew Research Center also finds deep divisions in Israeli society – not only between Israeli Jews and the country’s Arab minority, but also among the religious subgroups that make up Israeli Jewry….”
…”In fact, the survey finds that secular Jews in Israel are more uncomfortable with the notion that a child of theirs might someday marry an ultra-Orthodox Jew than they are with the prospect of their child marrying a Christian…”
...”Overwhelmingly, Haredi and Dati Jews (both generally considered Orthodox) express the view that Israel’s government should promote religious beliefs and values, while secular Jews strongly favor separation of religion from government policy…”
…“Haredi (9% of Jews, 8% of all Israeli adults)
Though often translated as “ultra-Orthodox,” the Hebrew word Haredi literally means trembling or fearing God….” Challenge to Israel President Netanyahu. Most men do not engage in military service, they are dependent on the state, they State pay them to study the Torah, the women work, they have large families (8 children on average)
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2,118,571 views Apr 14, 2022 ISRAEL In the modern State of Israel, the ultra-Orthodox – or Haredi – communities live a world apart. Rejecting the secular, they live according to ancient religious principles. Many Haredi men spend their days in religious schools studying the Jewish bible.
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Free State with Joe Brolly & Dion Fanning
13th November 2023
Tomorrow on ‘Free State’ podcast a brand new episode on the current situation in #IsraelPalestine to Joe below on what to expect.
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Bodies are piling up in Shifa hospital – Israeli snipers firing on anyone that moves – what barbarism you support
@UrsulaVanDerLeyen
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Dr. Mustafa Elmasri
@Gaza_Psych
13th November 2023
Hey world Z war on hospitals continues Bodies are pilling up in Shifa hospital, the number increased due to snipers firing on anything that moves Carpet bombing started in the safe south
13th November 2023
Joe Biden has long been, and continues to be, one of the most devoted, stalwart and unflinching supporters of Israel in all of DC, in either party — not just being pro-Israel but adamantly advocating that the US fully arm and fund it. Pure consistency over many decades:
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12th November 2023
Was she a “HAMAS TERRORIST” too?
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13th November 2023
Gil Dikman’s relatives were kidnapped and murdered by Hamas on October 7th. Today he went to the Knesset and heard Likud MK
call for Gaza to be annihilated. Please listen to his response.
13th November 2023
In 2010, U.K. PM David Cameron said, “Gaza cannot and must not be allowed to remain a prison camp.” He strongly condemned Israel after their soldiers attacked Turkish emergency relief shipments destined for Gaza killing 9 aid workers.
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Ukrainian Community in Ireland
13th November 2023
Roughly the size of the entire population of the Republic of Ireland is internally displaced within Ukraine. Just let that sink in. #RussianWarCrimes
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DW News
@dwnews
Nov 12
About 4.9 million people are known to be displaced within Ukraine, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk has said. More than a million had been displaced because of Russian aggression even before Moscow launched its full-scale war in February 2022.
13th November 2023
The
officially includes American Jewish groups marching against Israel’s war in Gaza as “hate groups” and as “anti-Semitic.” (Also, remember just a few weeks ago when conservatives spread the #BanTheADL hashtag and were accused of anti-Semitism?)
13th November 2023
Names being taken now, lets get the numbers out on Saturday in Dublin.
#GazaGenocide #PalestineProtest #CeasefireNowInGaza
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Included yesterday: Al Jazeera 10 years ago. Note link to Qatar.
But a reminder to watch 4 episodes
Who Watches the Watchers? 