The PLO and Fatah both recognise the state of Israel and its right to exist, have given up armed struggle, and signed the Oslo Accords with Israel, accepting a peaceful political pathway to a two state solution.

I don’t think burying this and pretending it didn’t happen is helpful when Jews around the world are telling us right now that they are terrified and under attack

Why does Russia think anyone cares what it says at this point? Until the war ends, nobody is required to do anything for Russia.

Nothing but respect for my country deciding to impose economic sanctions on itself 🫡

Classic Mastodon moment

I think we’re all capable of recognising the important differences between burning a flag representing a particular state, or some aspect of its government or policies, and burning a Torah in front of a Synagogue, as happened frequently in Nazi Germany, or in this case burning a Qur’an in front of a Mosque.

It’s a hateful act designed to encourage hatred with the intention of turning that hatred into acts.

The person burning the Torah in front of a Synagogue is not saying “I disagree with the Torah’s rulings on x”, they’re saying "those who follow this religion are disgusting and we should do something about it."

The person who burns a LGBT pride flag is not saying “I think this movement oversteps the legitimate reach of the state”, they’re saying "those who are part of this group are disgusting and we should do something about it."

Same with the Qur’an.

It needlessly inflames tensions, encourages hatred and horrible acts towards Muslims, and both makes Muslims feel unsafe and directly contributes to making them unsafe. It’s not the sort of thing a decent, civilized society should tolerate.

Even when it both makes Jewish people unsafe and encourages an atmosphere of racism, which only ever results in one thing?

I just basically finished Tears of the Kingdom. 150 hours, all shrines, almost all the armour, and pretty much all the side-quests done, plus the main quest. Probably my favourite game ever. Once my internet starts working again, I’m probably going to be playing Okami HD

Does that right extend to burning a copy of the Torah outside of a Synagogue?

They want to burn a Qur’an right outside Stockholm’s main Mosque. How is that not incitement to violence or racial hatred?

If I burned a copy of the Torah outside a Synagogue, would that just be an expression of ‘free speech’? Or would I not be giving a pretty unambiguous signal of both what I think of the people inside and the way that we should treat them?

This absolutely should not have been allowed to go ahead. It is incitement to violence and racial hatred.

Paris: Macron calls police killing of teen ‘unforgivable’ (BBC)

French police officer detained for voluntary manslaughter after fatally shooting teen driver (France24)

Adolescent tué par un policier à Nanterre : Elisabeth Borne parle d’une intervention « qui ne semble manifestement pas conforme aux règles d’engagement » (Le Monde)

certified gamer moment

I don’t think he’s completely wrong. A lot of people felt similarly. I know SkillUp felt similarly that if you had a really good PC and could overlook the (unforgiveable, admittedly) bugs, it had a lot going for it.

Yeah I’m waiting on a Switch version too. Looks super cool

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Ban, defederate, whatever, I don’t mind the method – I do not want this server to have these “people” on our server and able to interact with/see us.

Definitely. About two years ago, I read Michel Houellebecq’s Soumission. And it’s still just sort of constantly in my head. I don’t read it as a kind of reactionary book at all – in fact it’s a strangely utopian book, pessimistic about the possibility of secular politics to rectify deep metaphysical questions in our societies, but strangely curious and probing about whether Islam could in fact at least answer them. The ambiguity at the heart of that novel still puzzles and interests me.

I should read it again…