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Part of it is also that we have higher expectations of Israel as a purported liberal democracy than we do of Turkey or China. I expect Turkey and China to be dirt bags that oppress people. But if Israel’s a true democracy, I expect better of them.
The article states that the motion has little chance of being passed by the city council. This is just click bait. >

Also, in 2 months, city council elections will be held. Actual major has little chances to continue in charge >

If Barcelona prefers to be twin city of Gaza instead of Tel Aviv then it says more about Barcelona than it does Israel. >

Gaza’s government explicitly calls for ethnic cleansing of Jews from the region, and they kill gay people. Shit’s wild with the double standards on Israel >

"The move from the city's mayor follows pressure from pro-Palestinian, feminist, immigrant and LGBT+ organisations"  
Lol, organizations which could not exist (openly) in palestine, except the ones that are just pro-palestinian. >

I’d love to see all of those LGBT+ activists take a goodwill trip to Gaza and see what happens when they engage in a little PDA. >

I’m gay and traveled to the West Bank with no issues. I didn’t go to Gaza for the same reason I wouldn’t travel to Mississippi, those bitches are crazy. >

Yeah the West Bank is much more reasonable. They do still execute gay people, but that’s more community-driven and extralegal. There are entire organizations devoted to assisting gay Palestinians in escaping the West Bank to Israel because they fear for their lives. >

So do you condemn the United States for its right wing anti trans crusades? Or only condemn Muslim countries and give a pass to everyone else? >

I wasn’t aware that the United States government was executing trans people. 
So far the “worst” thing our right wing has proposed in any viable way is restrictions on trans access to specific gender-segregated spaces, and/or restrictions on how early in one’s life one is allowed to hormonally/medically transition - with no restrictions on social transitioning for adults. 
Fascists, I know. >

The book banning of LGBT content is indeed an extremely fascist thing to do. >

That's wild.  What country is the first one from? >

Saudi Arabia >

Barcelona’s other sister cities include: 
-Shanghai, the financial capital of a country currently engaged in the ethnic cleansing of millions of Uyghurs; 
-Istanbul, the [edit: cultural] capital of a nation that invented modern genocide, has made the teaching of that genocide illegal, currently supports ethnic cleansing in Artsakh, and is actively suppressing indigenous Kurdish language and culture;


Gaza, a state whose government explicitly calls for ethnic cleansing of their neighbor, murders gay people, and who regularly launches rockets at civilian targets; 


Dubai, where being gay is illegal, and where hundreds of thousands of migrant workers exist in conditions described as “modern day slavery” 


Whenever people say that “criticism of Israel is anti-Semitic”, they don’t mean that the act of criticizing Israel is anti-Semitic - most American JEWS don’t support the actions of the Israeli government. What they mean is, “we can see who you hold accountable, and who you don’t. And based on history, we can guess why.”