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[–] venusaur@lemmy.world 45 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (8 children)

All Israeli’s have to do military service and they get a bonus afterwards that they often use for travel. Thailand was full of Israeli kids when I went. Would be awesome if Thailand did the same.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago (6 children)

Some of them come to India too and from what I've heard, they're pieces of shits.

[–] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 months ago (5 children)

It's funny how often in these threads people mask off with their antisemitism so clearly

[–] Sheldybear@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Jew here, and travelled through SE Asia. Israelis have always had a terrible reputation in parts of India and Thailand because after completing military service of 2-3 years, these kids get a lump sum before heading off to careers or university. They spend that money on booze and drugs and get off their faces before heading home to start their lives properly, and this is true of the Israeli Arab kids who serve too, as they are also no longer under the watchful eye of their parents or the military.

It's not uncommon for youth hostels in Thailand not to allow Israelis in groups to stay there, with signage saying so. Always "Israelis", never "jews". I saw a lot of this backpacking maybe 8 years ago.

[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

So what you're saying is that hate speech against people because of their ethnicity or religion is off-limits, but hate speech against people because of their national origin is perfectly fine?

Sounds shitty.

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