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  You're looking at it wrong. People exercising their freedom makes others dislike how they are doing so. "Don't be free like that!" That's when the authoritarians step up to stop it, as a reactionary response.
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  JERUSALEM - Over 1,000 senior Israeli air force veterans, including a former Israeli chief of staff, on Monday urged the country's top legal officials to stand tough against the incoming government.
  In a letter to the chief of Israel's Supreme Court and other top officials, they said the alliance of religious and ultranationalist parties threatens Israel's future.
  Among the nearly 1,200 signatories were Dan Halutz, who served as military chief from 2005-2007; Avihu Ben-Nun, a former commander of the air force and Amos Yadlin, a former head of military intelligence.
  
  
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  Yup. Because this ultra far right govt will fuck shit up now. Two state ~~solution~~ discussion is dead and things will be bad for next few years, esp for Palestinians. >
  
  I tip my hat to the Israeli air force. Feel the same way you do about it, and that is not a fun feeling. >
  
  Funny how democracy suddently becomes "not fun" when it doesn't go your way. >
  
  I don’t know. Two far right parties promise to pass a law that will retroactively protect Netanyahu from his corruption case. 
  I’d say it the opposite of democratic. >
  
  
  Over 1,000 senior Israeli air force veterans, including a former Israeli chief of staff, on Monday urged the country’s top legal officials to stand tough against the incoming government.
  
  Netanyahu, someone who belongs in jail, is leading one of the most right-wing, terroristic governments Israel has ever seen. Opposing these violent, genocidal bigots is an intelligent and rational position. >
  
  Whatever happened to that indictment? >
  
  The trial is ongoing (Israel doesn't have "defendant has the right of speedy trial"). 
  How it's going? Let's put it this way: in the last 6 months media that opposes Netanyahu avoids reporting on it, while the media that supports Netanyahu reports constantly. I don't think there is a need to spell out why... >
  
  Nah dude, I follow it on opposition and independent media all the time. They are actually quite optimistic and keep saying the prosecution is winning, even in the battles the pro Bibi media claims as detrimental to the prosecution, usually there's a legal win that was ignored in the pro Bibi article. As an Israeli lawyer I tend to agree with the "prosecution is winning" narrative, as the legal case is substantial and they are gaining most of their legal goals, but they are suffering great losses in the public opinion battle.
  Bibi is gonna be Israel's OJ.
  For most people, their political belief will determine how they feel about the results of the trial. >
  
  I don't see any chance of this being "Israel's OJ". We are not talking about some comedian being on trial. When one puts on trial a politician that gets as much support of the people as Netanyahu does, the public opinion battle is critical. When the public opinion battle is lost, then it is not accused who is on trial, but the judges.
  I did a very simple exercise. After one witness testimony, I read the coverage in anti-Bibi media, the coverage in pro-Bibi media and then took the actual protocols of the testimony and read them start to finish. There was only minor difference between the pro-Bibi media coverage and reality, while there was 180 degree difference between anti-Bibi media coverage and reality. To put it simply, anti-Bibi media ignored cross interrogation, that actually nullified everything that the witness claimed in her initial testimony.
  Edit: BTW, all the protocols are freely available on "tolaat ha-mishpat". >
  
  So it is not just the US with this problem >
  
  Best I've heard is it just always swings back n forth. A period of freedom will lead to people wanting more rules, then those rules will eventually drive us to want freedom again. Can't break the cycle. >
  
  Freedom doesn't make people not want to be free.  That sounds like an excuse written by fascists for why they are supposed to get their turn now.