Comments on: Airports Authority withdraws hiring ban on Arab cab drivers http://972mag.com/airports-authority-withdraws-employment-ban-on-arab-cab-drivers/46529/ Independent commentary and news from Israel & Palestine Sun, 19 May 2013 21:44:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Maor http://972mag.com/airports-authority-withdraws-employment-ban-on-arab-cab-drivers/46529/comment-page-1/#comment-62864 Maor Thu, 24 May 2012 13:19:28 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=46529#comment-62864 Joe, this is a website that reports only negative events from Israel and from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in which Israel or Israeli authorities or Israeli settlers or Israeli individuals are allegedly the wrongdoers. It does not report any event in which the wrongdoers are not Israelis, whether in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict or within Israeli society. It does not report any positive event in which Israelis or the Israeli authority are "good-doers". And I'm asking, for what purpose? for what purpose would you concentrate articles that show Israel or Israelis in a negative light in all kinds of situations that are not necessarily related? And for what reason would you also prefer to do that in an international language? Joe, this is a website that reports only negative events from Israel and from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in which Israel or Israeli authorities or Israeli settlers or Israeli individuals are allegedly the wrongdoers. It does not report any event in which the wrongdoers are not Israelis, whether in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict or within Israeli society. It does not report any positive event in which Israelis or the Israeli authority are “good-doers”.

And I’m asking, for what purpose? for what purpose would you concentrate articles that show Israel or Israelis in a negative light in all kinds of situations that are not necessarily related? And for what reason would you also prefer to do that in an international language?

]]> By: Joe http://972mag.com/airports-authority-withdraws-employment-ban-on-arab-cab-drivers/46529/comment-page-1/#comment-62822 Joe Thu, 24 May 2012 09:13:52 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=46529#comment-62822 Well, the fact is that there were racist policies carried out by the Israeli Airport Authorities. Not only this, but they were also illegal under Israeli laws. I don't see how reporting these events here can be considered an action fruit of hate towards anyone. Well, the fact is that there were racist policies carried out by the Israeli Airport Authorities. Not only this, but they were also illegal under Israeli laws. I don’t see how reporting these events here can be considered an action fruit of hate towards anyone.

]]> By: Maor http://972mag.com/airports-authority-withdraws-employment-ban-on-arab-cab-drivers/46529/comment-page-1/#comment-62793 Maor Thu, 24 May 2012 03:12:31 +0000 http://972mag.com/?p=46529#comment-62793 Yet again you here on 972 took a case of an individual racist act and made it a state official policy. Then you present the condemnation of the individual act as a "withdrawal" of the state authority from its alleged racist policy (on which it did not know about, apparently). 972 is a unique project: it is dedicated to "criticism of Israel", i.e. to presenting Israel and Israeli society in a negative light. It collects issues and events that are of negative nature to affirm and confirm Israel's evil/immoral/racist character, even when the events are the exception, even when they are condemned by society members and by the authorities. The goal is simple: "We told you so". This is a common tactic among haters and bigots of all kinds: to manipulatively use what is often unrelated occurrences, exaggerate them, take them out of context and proportion, in order to support and justify an inclusive perspective on a group of people. The racists did it in Tel-Aviv yesterday: they used cases of crimes by immigrants to justify hate toward Africans. And you do it here everyday: you use cases of crimes or wrongdoing by Israelis to justify hate toward Israel. Yet again you here on 972 took a case of an individual racist act and made it a state official policy. Then you present the condemnation of the individual act as a “withdrawal” of the state authority from its alleged racist policy (on which it did not know about, apparently).

972 is a unique project: it is dedicated to “criticism of Israel”, i.e. to presenting Israel and Israeli society in a negative light. It collects issues and events that are of negative nature to affirm and confirm Israel’s evil/immoral/racist character, even when the events are the exception, even when they are condemned by society members and by the authorities. The goal is simple: “We told you so”. This is a common tactic among haters and bigots of all kinds: to manipulatively use what is often unrelated occurrences, exaggerate them, take them out of context and proportion, in order to support and justify an inclusive perspective on a group of people. The racists did it in Tel-Aviv yesterday: they used cases of crimes by immigrants to justify hate toward Africans. And you do it here everyday: you use cases of crimes or wrongdoing by Israelis to justify hate toward Israel.

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