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Main point missing from the title - said government official was then released for unspecified reasons and is now in Israel.

kotaKat 1y ago
Have to wonder why he was even allowed to flee the country in the first place. They didn’t gank his passport? He ain’t coming back now.
- beardyw 1y ago
  If he did something which hurt the government he wouldn't get away.
  - NomDePlum 1y ago
    Do you mean he will not escape this crime (if guilty), or that if it was a crime the government cared more about that he would not have been allowed to return to Israel?
    - Tostino 1y ago
      I read it as the latter fwiw.
- netsharc 1y ago
  There's a story of the Saudi embassy in the US (correction: it was the Canada-based embassy of this "great" nation) issuing fake identities to suspects of crime (sexual assault) to allow them to flee. A quick search of "saudi arabian rapist fake passport" gives me a lot of hits that Jeffrey Epstein also had a Saudi Arabian passport... huh. But since the Israelis are noble and are the only free democracy of that region, I can't imagine they would do something like that... /S https://www.vice.com/en/article/saudi-arabia-may-have-helped-man-facing-sex-assault-charge-flee-canada/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/saudi-arabia-may-have-helped...
  - NomDePlum 1y ago
    There was no need for fake passports in this case. He was just allowed to return to Israel. It's unclear whether this is because of the individual or whether accused paedophiles are regularly allowed to leave the country.
- dkiebd 1y ago
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  - mindslight 1y ago
    No, it's not. There are certainly real dynamics that make popular "conspiracy theories" resonate. The problem is such theories are overly simplistic tripe that play to people's gut feelings. They actually prove way too much, and mainly serve to obscure the real complexity of situations.
    - bbqfog 1y ago
      So why would you say this guy was released?
      - mindslight 1y ago
        Customary international relations between non-adversarial countries, where the elites scratch each others' backs.
        bbqfog 1y ago
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        mindslight 1y ago
        Maybe the motte, but the bailey can go fuck itself.
jasonvorhe 1y ago
There's a system to it with sex offenders escaping justice in Israel: * https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-jewish-american-pedophiles-hide-from-justice-in-israel/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-jewish-american-pedophiles-... * https://www.humanium.org/en/exposing-pedophilia-and-legal-failures-in-israel/ https://www.humanium.org/en/exposing-pedophilia-and-legal-fa... * https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/ByBkeexEI https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/ByBkeexEI

kotaKat 1y ago

Have to wonder why he was even allowed to flee the country in the first place. They didn’t gank his passport? He ain’t coming back now.

beardyw 1y ago
If he did something which hurt the government he wouldn't get away.
- NomDePlum 1y ago
  Do you mean he will not escape this crime (if guilty), or that if it was a crime the government cared more about that he would not have been allowed to return to Israel?
  - Tostino 1y ago
    I read it as the latter fwiw.
netsharc 1y ago
There's a story of the Saudi embassy in the US (correction: it was the Canada-based embassy of this "great" nation) issuing fake identities to suspects of crime (sexual assault) to allow them to flee. A quick search of "saudi arabian rapist fake passport" gives me a lot of hits that Jeffrey Epstein also had a Saudi Arabian passport... huh. But since the Israelis are noble and are the only free democracy of that region, I can't imagine they would do something like that... /S https://www.vice.com/en/article/saudi-arabia-may-have-helped-man-facing-sex-assault-charge-flee-canada/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/saudi-arabia-may-have-helped...
- NomDePlum 1y ago
  There was no need for fake passports in this case. He was just allowed to return to Israel. It's unclear whether this is because of the individual or whether accused paedophiles are regularly allowed to leave the country.
dkiebd 1y ago
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- mindslight 1y ago
  No, it's not. There are certainly real dynamics that make popular "conspiracy theories" resonate. The problem is such theories are overly simplistic tripe that play to people's gut feelings. They actually prove way too much, and mainly serve to obscure the real complexity of situations.
  - bbqfog 1y ago
    So why would you say this guy was released?
    - mindslight 1y ago
      Customary international relations between non-adversarial countries, where the elites scratch each others' backs.
      - bbqfog 1y ago
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        mindslight 1y ago
        Maybe the motte, but the bailey can go fuck itself.

jasonvorhe 1y ago

There's a system to it with sex offenders escaping justice in Israel: * https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-jewish-american-pedophiles-hide-from-justice-in-israel/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-jewish-american-pedophiles-... * https://www.humanium.org/en/exposing-pedophilia-and-legal-failures-in-israel/ https://www.humanium.org/en/exposing-pedophilia-and-legal-fa... * https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/ByBkeexEI https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/ByBkeexEI