Comment by vladgur
6 days ago
But what GP said is true - we can see UNRWA educational materials.[0]
Im not sure what is being taught in orthodox jewish schools in Israel, but I’m pretty certain that in secular Israeli public schools, death of Arab neighbors is not glorified, terrorism and martyrdom is not glorified. [1]
Unlike that of UNRWA.
In other words, one side promotes violence, the other does not
[0] https://www.cfr.org/articles/teaching-hate-palestinian-schoo...
[1] https://www.impact-se.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/ArabsPa...
HN flagged a post that pointed out that Palestinians continually attack Israeli civilians. One can listen to any news article to point out each night’s rocket attacks and confirm them.
It’s not surprising they would also flag a post pointing out UNRWA curriculum.
Because people flag facts, this site is essentially a cesspool when it comes to discussing anything political. The moderators have recently been manually un flagging political posts, and then writing their own comments about people they dislike such as Dan’s recent comment about Elon Musk.
It’s a cliche that everyone thinks a site is going downhill, but Hacker News is absolutely going downhill.
> HN flagged a post that pointed out that Palestinians continually attack Israeli civilians
I think the people might have chosen to downvote it for omitting the critical context that israelis continually attack Palestinian civilians, more frequently and in greater numbers.
Personally, I don't think that critical omission was done intentionally. People make mistakes! It's how we respond when those mistakes are pointed out, which defined us. Do we acknowledge the mistake, correct ourselves, maybe apologize? Or do we double down and complain when people point it out?