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This reminds me of the Jewish Sabbath. Here in Tel Aviv, Saturday means no shops, much fewer restaurants, less programming on TV, gyms/etc open late/close early
by almogo 4mo ago
This reminds me of the Jewish Sabbath. Here in Tel Aviv, Saturday means no shops, much fewer restaurants, less programming on TV, gyms/etc open late/close early.
The parks and beaches are full of people just existing.
- pocksuppet 4mo agoThat sounds nice. Not sure I'd like to live in a war zone, but it sounds like it has its perks. But wait, isn't that just weekends?
- sdellis 4mo agoReminds me of my friends in Gaza, where every day means no shops, no restaurants, no home, no medicine, no food, no water, no hope. The beaches are full of people just trying to exist.
- mannanj 4mo agoThe UN classified it a genocide. Is the latest to call that a marketing ploy or Russian disinformation and say it's not OK or hip or fashionable to question our allies? Evil productized?
- almogo 4mo agoVictimhood stopped being a valid excuse on the 7th. I hope your friend over there is doing well, and hopes for peace as much as we all do over here. Maybe then we'll see an end to all this.
- fugalfervor 4mo agoThe person you are talking to did not personally commit genocide in Gaza. Just as I, an American citizen, did not declare war on Iran. In fact, I think the war in Iran is a stupid and immoral thing to do. It's possible that the person you are responding to feels the same about the Israeli government's genocidal actions in Gaza. However, you did not bother to find out. When you judge someone before knowing them, it is called "prejudice". Pre-judging.
- Moomoomoo309 4mo agoDid the comment you replied to actually accuse them of any of those things? I don't see them doing that. They juxtaposed the two situations, but they made no accusations nor casted any blame. There isn't even any prejudice I can see. Was the comment edited or something? I don't see how your comment makes sense as a reply to its parent.
- solumunus 4mo ago> I don't see how your comment makes sense as a reply to its parent. But you can see why the Gaza response made sense? It was completely irrelevant to this discussion. I’m not sure how you’re missing the heavy sub text here.
- PoignardAzur 4mo agoFriendly reminder that, for all that I despise Israeli politics, "existing in Tel-Aviv" isn't a crime or an aggression against Palestinians. We can think ill of the Israeli state without jumping to "fuck you for living in Israel and having nice things" as soon as someone mentions their city name.
- solumunus 4mo agoA ridiculous response.
- gamblor956 4mo agoMaybe next time Gaza won't break a ceasefire, invade, and kill and rape over a thousand people.
- bawis 4mo agoYou need sources for this one, specifically the killing and raping claims.
- gamblor956 4mo agohttps://www.cnn.com/2026/05/12/middleeast/report-sexual-violence-hamas-oct-7-attacks-intl https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/12/middleeast/report-sexual-viol... The report notes that both Hamas fighters and regular Gazan males participated in the rape and mutilation of Israeli hostages.
- bawis 4mo agoThe report is done by an Israeli organization, find another neutral, credible source for these claims.
- HDBaseT 4mo ago[flagged]
- dang 4mo agoYou can't post slurs to HN, no matter how strongly you feel about $topic. We ban accounts that do, so please don't. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- ViktorRay 4mo agoIn the Miami area it is similar. On Saturdays, in the town of Surfside, I would frequently see many Orthodox Jewish people at the beaches and cheerfully going for walks and so on. A pleasant and wonderful atmosphere.