HN Israel Criticism Flagging
This cluster centers on complaints about the flagging, downvoting, and moderation of comments critical of Israel on Hacker News, with accusations of pro-Israel bias and suppression of pro-Palestine views.
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Everything questioning Israel is getting flagged:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38475473
Why is there an Israel exception to politics on HN?
you wrote why. it's not anti-Israel so it's of no interest
Wow criticizing Israel gets you suspended?!
Why is this flagged? Uncomfortable point of view for Israel?
All discussion that isn’t pro Isreal gets flagged on HN.
From past experience I know HN folks don't like to discuss the Palestinian Israeli issue but I wonder how you feel about the growing public discomfort with the Israeli states actions. Do you think it may cast a negative light on your start up? Particularly with respect to a growing call to boycott Israel as was sone in South Africa, regardless of whether you agree with such calls or not.
are you trying to say something about israel?
is doing something like this considered a political statement against israel?
I've got mixed feelings with regards to Israel and Palestine (in Facebook parlance, "It's complicated"), but this action seems just as politically motivated as the actions it seeks to ban, only on the other side of the spectrum.