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cross-posted from: https://news.abolish.capital/post/69464

An Israeli court has temporarily blocked a plan, cooked up by far right minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, to construct a moat full of crocodiles around a notoriously abusive prison that holds Palestinians. The injunction was issued on Sunday against the transfer of crocodiles to the facility in response to a petition filed over concerns that the crocodiles would be harmed or mistreated.

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[–] DillDough@lemmy.zip 7 points 12 hours ago

Every time a country becomes arguably more vile than the US it turns to just be them copying the US...and still Americans won't see the issues with their behavior.

[–] CyroSignal@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago

As far as this court is concerned, crocodiles are more important than Palestinians...

[–] metermatic26@lemmy.world 11 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Jesus christ, what the %#* is wrong with these people?

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 10 points 20 hours ago

Apparently so. This was only blocked because it was deemed cruel to the Crocodiles.

[–] aarch0x40@piefed.social 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We can’t send these poor crocodiles to this concentration camp for Palestinians! It’s a concentration camp for Palestinians!

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

Sort of yes?

The crocodiles would also be an invasive species in the area.

It's wild that that is the main concern here.

It's all just comically evil. Like 80s cartoon evil, but as part of a genocide.

[–] JailElonMusk@sopuli.xyz 8 points 22 hours ago

Next attempt: Sharks with freaking laser beams....

[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 2 points 17 hours ago

Literal Crocodile Tears

[–] boydster@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The word "for" makes up nearly a third of the headline. This is merely an observation, but also a slight annoyance.

[–] nycvin@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

I'm a native English speaker and I took me three tries to parse this headline. You can use "for" 3 times, but can't use "is" once?

"Israeli Plan for Crocodile Moat for Prison for Palestinians IS Blocked for Animal Welfare"

The headline still sucks but at least it's now clear that the prison is the subject being blocked.

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago
[–] Wataba@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 day ago

Alligator Auschwitz 2.0

Israelis are Nazis.

[–] lookitsjustin@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And you're telling me this isn't an Onion article

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 1 points 18 hours ago

/s. Jeez people!

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz -2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I imagine that when Israelis mention animal welfare they mean those palestinians, those animals.

[–] Apocalypteroid@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I expect the crocodiles have more rights and will be treated better.

[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 4 points 16 hours ago

This judgement proves it. Their concentration camp plans were forced to change because it would harm the crocodiles...not because it's a concentration camp