Itamar Ben Gvir, Israel’s far-right national security minister, has called for the execution of Palestinian prisoners to ease overcrowding in the country’s jails.
Writing on social media, he welcomed a decision by the Israeli army to build 936 additional prison places for “security prisoners”. “The additional construction will allow the prison service to take in more terrorists, and will bring a partial solution to the prison crisis that exists in the Shabak,” he said, referring to the Israeli Prison Service.
“The death penalty for terrorists is the right solution to the incarceration problem, until then - glad that the government approved the proposal I brought.”
During a visit by members of the Public Defender’s Office, squalid conditions were noted, including “intolerable overcrowding”, with less than three square metres of space per person, poor sanitary conditions, pest issues, inadequate ventilation, and a lack of basic necessities for the incarcerated.
Soon they’ll start sending them to the showers. We’ve seen this before. Fascists never change
What a dick.
A dick is a person who steals candies from kids. This one doesn’t qualify. He is one among the worst human beings possible.
I wonder if they will concentrate all of the prisoners in one spot before they implement Ben’s solution
They will if they’re from his camp
With so many prisoners it’s gotta be hard to process all of those death penalties. I wonder if there is a fast and efficient way to apply the death penalty. Maybe they can do it in groups
They could look into repurposing farming equipment and supplies given all the shortages they’re experiencing
Everyone knows that gases are the most convenient option, too. None of the logistical issues of solids and none of the messiness of liquids.
Take em to the Zyclon B Bathouse
He just wants a bit more Living Space.
בית גידול?
When the Nazis were invading Eastern Europe prior to WWII they told the other European powers they only needed “lebensraum”-“living space.” This comment thread is pointing out the similarities between the actions of contemporary Israel against Palestinians with the actions of Nazi Germany against Jews and other groups they considered “undesirable.”
I know very well what it is. I just wrote the same thing in Hebrew. Why translate Lebensraum to Living Space instead of בית גידול?
I can’t read Hebrew and it got translated to “habitat.” I assumed the question mark indicated a genuine request for clarity.
Me neither. One translator gave me that word.
Another gives me גידו.
Just want to add that I’m a native German speaker as well.
hallo, wie ghets
Why translate Lebensraum to Living Space instead of בית גידול?
Most people here don’t speak Hebrew or German.
The war made possible for us the solution of a whole series of problems that could never have been solved in normal times.
- Joseph Goebbels
Such little respect for human life is disgusting. Killing in the name of overcrowding is not valid reason to murder.
Fascists gonna fascist.
That’s hardly a good reason to tolerate scum like these anymore.
What are you some kind of antifa-cist‽
Israel is going to build camps to concentrate their prisoners.
Western Rulers: Listen, just cause they are building camps and moving Palestinians into them in large quantities just highlights the danger that the poor Israelis are in!
Israel: Starts ordering suspiciously larges quantities of a certain pesticide
Western Rulers: Obviously they are just trying to treat their fields, absolutely nothing wrong here. Nothing to see here, No Criticisms, we Veto the right to criticize or cover this further!
Nazionists, nazionists everywhere
They could make gass champers!
SMH
This ass hat is a complete troll. He’s like Israel’s Lauren Boebert. Both need to go.
This ass hat is a complete troll.
Very real chance he gets what he wants. Boebert’s a bomb-flinging dick-sucking freak, but she’s more a part of the theatrical wing of the Republican Party. The MTGs and Ben Sasses are much closer to the center of the party and hold exactly the same views.
Hey hey hey, let’s not throw shade at dick suckers, they provide a valuable service
Contrary to Boebert Ben Gvir is a convicted terrorist. In fact he has been indicted 53 times and convicted 7 times.
The real problem: Ben Gvir is a critical part of the coalition that keeps Netanyahu in power, meaning his has significant influence over israel law.
Ben Gvir has faced criminal charges of hate speech against Arabs and was known to have a portrait in his living room of Israeli-American mass murderer and Jewish extremist Baruch Goldstein, who massacred 29 Palestinian Muslim worshipers and wounded 125 others in Hebron, in the 1994 Cave of the Patriarchs massacre.
So he’s trying to be Himmler.
Wow what a piece of shit.
just call it an Israeli.
took a really runny Israeli earlier.
I could live with this.
“I’m going for a banging fascist ethnostate!”
The difference is Bobo is a powerless rep that will lose her seat and can’t stay in coalition with anyone while this guy is a minister who if I recall correctly has the portfolio of overseeing all the police in Israel.
It’s a mistake to discount cabinet ministers.
Imagine if Boebert was the director of national security. This guy isn’t just a troll, he is in one of the most powerful political positions in Israel. He has called for the extermination of Palestine and his views are not fringe within Israeli politics.
i think we should execute him
No.
He means “hostages”.
“Human Shields”
The U.S. needs to cut ties with Israel and back away from them. They are not allies. They have been using the U.S. for decades due to our gullible myth-obsessed politicians being heavily lobbied by them. If money were removed from politics, the relationship would dissolve almost immediately.
We get absolutely nothing of value from our relationship with Israel. There is no special strategic advantage as we have bases, NATO countries and allies nearby as well as multiple carrier groups in the Med. Our commerce with them is not special in any way. So, why give them billions a year and stand by their side as they commit genocide and start fights with their neighbors?
We should have no business there except, perhaps, to protect innocent people from genocide.
Good luck running for political office while telling constituents you won’t be supporting Israel.
That’s just how bad things have gotten. We’re not even allowed to fight for what we believe in in a ‘democracy.’
I think many voters’ positions have evolved on Israel now that the world is watching them commit genocide. Voters will now be able to choose which side of genocide they are on.
Obviously conservatives (including neoliberals) will be pro-genocide. But we need to start running candidates that appeal to non-conservative and progressive voters.
This person is such a big piece of shit.
Never thought I’d see the ‘cycle of abuse’ play out with the fucking Holocaust, jfc
Hurt people hurt peopleGenocided people genocide people.Learning from other peoples’ mistakes/crimes against humanity has never been our strong suit.
