• Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    I’m pretty sure this article is one big lie,

    the school soon faced political pressure from Israeli ambassador Ron Prosor

    This sounds like complete bullshit, the Israeli ambassador has zero power over a school, and outside interference would be regarded as intolerable.

    and Berlin’s conservative mayor Kai Wegner, who demanded that its leadership “cancel the event

    This does not sound right at all, this would be a major attack on freedom of speech, which is protected in Germany not only by German law but also by EU requirement to observe human rights.

    The university then did call off the talk, vaguely citing “security concerns.”

    There is no way a school would just give in to such obviously illegal pressure. If true this would be a huge scandal in Germany.

    Yet many people here seem to swallow the story with zero critical thinking. 🙄

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        7 days ago

        They passed a new law that suspends freedom of speech when it’s against Israel

        You might have missed in your study of law and the news that what passed is not a law, but merely a resolution. It’s the equivalent of a press release.

        extra-judicial extradictions without an accusation against pro-Palestine protesters, which a judge eventually blocked.

        So it wasn’t extra-judicial.

        I’d be much more inclined to listen to you if you didn’t make such glaring mistakes.

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        7 days ago

        Israel lost the PR war. Everyone needs to just accept this and just move the fuck on rather than continuing to dig in their heels. Defending genocide and trying to suppress opposition is a really bad look.

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        7 days ago

        I admit that is very bad, but I doubt you can’t criticize Israels war crimes and oppression and illegal settlements in Gaza.