Palestinomania is a horrible disease

[eumelia]

"Israeli academia apparently suffers from 'Palestinomania,' a mild psychological illness whose symptoms include self-hatred, an affinity for Israel's enemies, Jewish anti-Semitism and/or anti-Zionism," Shamalov Berkovich said in the Knesset. "The spread of 'Palestinomania' demands the immediate and painful treatment for all of our sake, and the sooner the better."

From Education minister vows to punish Israeli professors who back academic boycott.

And you Yanks thought your Teabaggers were bad. These are Israel's elected officials talking.

I swear, you don't need political satire to make this shit up.

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[silveradept]

That is bad. I don't think we've gotten to elected officials being this blunt about it, but there's a strong streak of it in our politics and on the radio and talk shows.

I think you answered this before, what with the no constitution and all that, but are there laws supposed to protect speech and assembly and the like in Israel?