Gal Gadot to produce movie based on "Borderlife", banned novel in Israel about Israeli/Palestinian romance
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It's an interesting choice. Hopefully it turns out positively but her previous statements make this... curious. I have no familiarity with the source material.
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Odd that the Deadline article doesn't mention her previous support for IDF soldiers.
Wonder if this is her possibly being more empathic of Palestinians, will only know with the end product.
Wonder if this is her possibly being more empathic of Palestinians, will only know with the end product.
Interesting that someone that says "we are right" in regards to the horrible treatment of Palestines would do this.
Interesting idea, but Gal Gadot has also highlighted her support of the IDF and what they are doing to Palestinians previously.
I guess it can't be exciting if it isn't some "forbidden romance" after all.
I guess it can't be exciting if it isn't some "forbidden romance" after all.
Yeah fuck off Gal. You've made your opinions on the Humanity status on Palestinians already. Not human enough for your standards. So fuck off into the sun.
Not a huge fan of the book.
It will probably piss some of the worst and dumbest people in Israel, so at least there's that.
Edit: just a small note, the book is not banned in Israel, it was removed from the mandatory high school reading list due to political pressure.
It will probably piss some of the worst and dumbest people in Israel, so at least there's that.
Edit: just a small note, the book is not banned in Israel, it was removed from the mandatory high school reading list due to political pressure.
Jews can't marry Muslims in Israel and it is the official policy of the Israeli government that this is something that should be prevented even abroad.
Eventhough I'm innately familiar with the Israel-Palestine situation. I'll never stop getting surprised by the irony of their racial bias considering how the country started.
The basic idea of Zionism is to create an ethnostate in a part of the world where there were very few people of that ethnicity.
I think those issues were there from the start.
I'm not familiar with her previous statements, how long ago were they? But more importantly, and I'm being sincere and not trying to start something, cant her opinions change though to be more empathetic? I'm honestly very ignorant on her comments and the situation, and just looking for info
But these two are married...
Lucy Aharish & Zachi Halevy:
Is their marriage not legal in Israel? Because nothing from what I've read indicates that it isn't legal. They've even been supported and defended by quite a number of Knesset members, and members of the public.
Also, holy shit at this article.
I follow Lucy on social media, so I remember when the news broke of her marriage. It was wonderful seeing all the support and love people were sending her. Hopefully with the two being high profile, it starts a change in people's attitudes to inter-faith marriages.
That's why I'm asking you, because it doesn't mention that their marriage was done over seas. I know they had Knesset members denounce their marriage, I literally quoted it from the article I've posted. Also, where did I paint a picture that inter-faith marriage is the norm in Israel. The last sentence in my post even states that I hope those two being public figures changes the attitudes to inter-faith relationships. Did you read my entire post?
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So... Did she actually said anything about the IDF other than that old tweet with her daughter?
Cause if that's really the only thing then people need to chill...
That tweet was a big nothing... Especially considering that she actually used to be in the army. I saw it the same way as an American vet tweeting support for the US Army...
Of course there could have been other instances of her support that I am not aware of.
Cause if that's really the only thing then people need to chill...
That tweet was a big nothing... Especially considering that she actually used to be in the army. I saw it the same way as an American vet tweeting support for the US Army...
Of course there could have been other instances of her support that I am not aware of.
Again, if you've read my entire post, you would see I did not do that. Where exactly did I say what you're saying I said?
That sounds to you like I believe inter-faith marriage is something that is common in Israel? I asked you a question about how one particular couple managed to get married in Israel, and then posted an article talking about all the shit they went through (once their marriage was public, and also shit Lucy goes through for simply making a greeting in Arabic on her news show), and you're here coming at me for misleading people on inter-faith marriages legality and support in Israel. I'm confused.
Ps. I'm going to pretend something is getting mixed up between us, so I'm going to let the bit where you suspect that I'm ok with the status quo in Israel in regards to this issue slide. Hopefully we're just misunderstanding each other.
If the book mentions real problems fairly and doesn't turn a blind eye towards Palestine's mistreatments then I wonder how well the book will do in Israel.
Gal Gadon't pretend you were always cool about this.
But also, maybe let's wait and see how this plays out. I wouldn't be shocked if it's a neoliberal orientalist fantasy that whitewashes Israel's racial supremacist ethnostate reality, but maybe it'll surprise. maybe.
But also, maybe let's wait and see how this plays out. I wouldn't be shocked if it's a neoliberal orientalist fantasy that whitewashes Israel's racial supremacist ethnostate reality, but maybe it'll surprise. maybe.
I had no idea. How can this be a thing in a modern society. I know most Muslim countries have similar laws but they don't actually pretend to be democracies.
That's the only thing she's ever said. That one post. In 2014.
Meanwhile, more recently, there's this:
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Yeah people really need to get the fuck over that tweet. It was already a big nothing when she originally posted it and it is even less a thing now 6 years later.
Ah but see, apartheid states and dictatorships are ok when they're on our side!
And not a mention of Palestine or Palestinians anywhere.
And for those who are telling me to get over it, no.
When she wrote that tweet she expressed sympathy to those who were committing atrocities at the time and leaving out the victims of fucking war crimes, context matters.
This weak statement that conveniently doesn't even mention the victims in this is not enough.
Fuck Gal Gadot.
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Are you American?
Do you "support the troops"?
Well there you fucking go.
Nope, and she doesn't live under a regime where she has to profess her support for the troops. She's not in China. Americans don't have to publicly support their troops like she did. This is whataboutism and disingenuous.
Yeah fuck this. She is last person Who should be involved with this after her gross defense of genocide.
Anybody defending the IDF is a piece of shit in my book.
Anybody defending the IDF is a piece of shit in my book.
This feels like a Berenstain Bears situation
I am not sure I understand. Googling it leads me to a children book.
There was a whole Mandela effect thing where people were split on how the name of the bear family book was always spelled. Here, she seems to be super pro IDF and also not a big deal at the same time.
I haven't tead the book, but it's a best selling Israeli book from an Israeli author. I don't trust it to represent Palestinians fairly or even alleviate the negative image of Palestinians in the media. But it's already boosting, former IDF soldier and warcrime supporter, Gal Gadot's image as seen very clearly in this thread.