Israel is preparing legal action against The New York Times after the newspaper published an article describing the rapes of Palestinian prisoners in its custody.
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) announced its decision to sue on X on Thursday, after the paper doubled down in its defence of the report.
“Nicholas Kristof’s deeply reported piece of opinion journalism starts with a proposition to readers: ‘Whatever our views of the Middle East conflict, we should be able to unite in condemning rape,'” a spokesperson for The New York Times said.
Kristof’s story contained harrowing testimonies of the rape of Palestinians by Israeli soldiers, which included accounts of prisoners being mounted by dogs, penetrated by carrots, and rectums torn by batons.
‘Zionist’ is separate from ‘any religious fundamentalist’. Creative interpretation supports your statement. :)
It’s rabid nationalism. Most Jews (and most Israelis) are secular, though they might light a candle once a year.
Zionism is not grounded on Nationalism, it’s grounded on Ethnic Supremacy.
This is why it’s far more calously violent towards those they see as being from lesser races (openly called “vermin” by some Zionists).
Traditional Fascism, like in Italy or Spain, is grounded on Nationalism so is way less likely to do things like activelly target and murder children like Israel did in Gaza (were, for example, they had snipers killing children playing at home).
If you want a present day example of this kind of thing “just” anchored on rabid nationalism, look at Russia - murderous, but they generally don’t go around mass murdering Ukranian civilians, much less calously murdering Ukranian children. For all the shit Russia does, they’re not actually trying to wipe out a people, they’re trying to conquer it.
Zionism is in a different class of ideology: the same as NAZIsm.
(Israel itself is openly an ethnic supremacist country, with its Constitution explicitly saying that Jews and only Jews can be Israeli Nationals, so non-Jews born in Israel if they do manage to get it - as it’s not an inherent right for those born there - can get Israeli Non-Jewish Citizenship, which is not the same as Nationality in Israel and does not grant the same rights. Maybe your confusion comes from there - Zionist is not about the Nation, it’s all about the Race, and as it just so happens the nation of Israel is also all about the very same race)