Poll: Majority of Israel's Jews back gag on rights groups
[Photo: Young Israelis enjoying an afternoon up in the the hills overlooking Gaza. They're smiling and having a good time watching the the Israeli air force dropping bombs on Palestinian civilians in Gaza, presumably enjoying every minute of it.] More than half of Jewish Israelis think human rights organizations that expose immoral behavior by Israel should not be allowed to operate freely, and support punishing journalists who report news that reflects badly on the actions of the Israeli military establishment. Another 82 percent of respondents said they back stiff penalties for people who leak illegally obtained information exposing immoral conduct by the defense establishment. The survey, commissioned by the Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research at Tel Aviv University, will be presented Wednesday at a conference on the limits of freedom of expression. The pollsters surveyed 500 Jewish Israelis who can be considered a representative sample of the adult Jewish population. PressTV: Gaza and the rise of the Fourth Reich.
[Editor's Comment:] This shocking disconnect between accepted, normal and civilized standards & values, on the one hand, and the callous, unempathic Zionistic mindset on the other, is typical of Israel's Jewish population. When around 82% of them take the notion that it's ok for their own military to commit immoral acts because the army in question is their own, then this would point to a very deeply ingrained tribalism and amorality on a collective level. -No wonder it has proven almost impossible to achieve some measure of peace in the region!