'They sang about my family's death': Father's anger exposes divide in Israeli society

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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7vr51pzvm0o

An Iranian missile killed Kasem’s family in an Arab-majority town in Israel. The response shone a light on deep social issues.

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BrikoX@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Minutes after their deaths, a video emerged online. It showed the Iranian missiles streaking through the sky overhead. As they descend on Tamra, a voice can be heard shouting, in Hebrew: “On the village, on the village.”

“May your village burn,” a group of others then say, singing, whooping and clapping.

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- possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  That is terrible in many different ways
  
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martin4598@lemm.ee ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Racism in Israel? Nooooo… Can’t believe it.

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- possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  It is kind of horrifying what both sides say and due
  
  Why can’t we agree that killing innocent people isn’t ok? It doesn’t matter if they are Israelis, Jewish, Arab Palestinian or anything else
  
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Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
The Americans and Israelis love claiming how free and empowered arabs are in Israel. Yeah sure.

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