Law Professor Decries Hatred Towards Kiryat Shmona Residents Over Political Choices
Translated & summarized from Arutz Sheva by baba
Law Professor Yuval Albashan strongly criticized what he sees as hatred and racism from left-wing individuals towards residents of Kiryat Shmona for their political choices. He highlighted a social media post calling for the city's destruction due to its support for the Likud party. Albashan argued that political choices are judged based on voter identity rather than logic, warning against discrimination.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Law Professor Yuval Albashan condemned hatred and racism towards Kiryat Shmona residents for their political choices.
- He cited a social media post calling for Kiryat Shmona's destruction due to its support for the Likud party.
- Albashan accused left-wing voters of hypocrisy in judging political choices based on voter identity.
- He warned that political disagreements should not lead to discriminatory treatment of population groups.
- Albashan stated that racism uses anger as an opportunity to emerge.
Professor of Law Yuval Albashan expressed shock and sharp criticism regarding the hatred directed at residents of Kiryat Shmona due to their political affiliations, condemning what he described as arrogance and racism towards right-wing voters. Albashan specifically called out left-wing voters for their anger towards cities impacted by the war that still showed a relative majority for the Likud and the right-wing bloc. He shared a post from X, formerly Twitter, by an individual identified with the left, stating, "Kiryat Shmona can be destroyed to its foundations as far as I'm concerned." This comment was made in light of the broad support for Likud among the city's residents.
Albashan accused the left of hypocrisy, contrasting reactions to different voting patterns. He argued that when residents of Kiryat Shmona vote for Netanyahu after the October 7th devastation, they are dismissed with condescending remarks like "primitive tribal voting" or "battered woman syndrome." However, he contended, when residents of Kibbutz Be'eri remain loyal to a party seeking an alliance with Osama Saadi, whom Albashan characterized as celebrating as a "proud representative of noble Gaza and its imprisoned terrorists," their choice is lauded as "rational and value-based."
Albashan asserted that the differing judgments on political choices stem not necessarily from the content of the vote itself, but from the identity of the voters and their political camp. He concluded by warning against transforming political disagreement into a basis for discriminatory treatment of population groups, stating, "This is how it is: racism doesn't wait for anger to be born, it simply uses it to break free."
