Newspapers have been reporting the arrest of an arab-israeli businessman for insulting King Abdullah. The headlines read israeli arrested in Jordan but the text eventually mentions that it was an arab-israeli which apparently is a more common occurrence than we're aware of. Most of the arrests in the past have been for grand theft related offences but this is the first for insulting the crown.
I have no doubt that this same arab who insulted the king feels his freedoms are restricted in Israel, albeit will use his israeli identity to harm our national reputation and protect himself from the charges. His family is trying to bring him home to israel by emphasizing that he needs regular medical treatment that he receives, free of charge no less, in Israel.
The entire country would be arrested if there was a law against insulting our political royalty. I love jordan but even Jordan, one of the more liberal arab countries, does not offer the thanksgiving bounty of rights and freedoms that Israel does.
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what is this no insulting nonsense? Ridiculous. If you have power you should be able to take a few verbal jabs. There would be no entertainment industry here if we couldn't insult leadership.
and where would we be without SNL and letterman?
YES! Gotta be able to take the jokes. People are too uptight in those parts of the world.
nah, not uptight but it depends on who the humour is directed at ;-)
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