A lodging facility in Kyoto has drawn a protest from the Israeli Embassy in Tokyo for asking an Israeli man to sign a pledge that he had never been involved in war crimes.
A lodging facility in Kyoto has drawn a protest from the Israeli Embassy in Tokyo for asking an Israeli man to sign a pledge that he had never been involved in war crimes.
Wait, so Israel is not even trying to distance itself from war crimes… Their actual point is “not all war crimes are equal and it’s difamatory to label everyone who commits war crimes with the same ‘war criminal’ label”… Wtf is wrong with those people.
No, their point is you shouldn’t be randomly asking Israelis if they committed war crimes.
The article points out there are ten nations whose citizens they ask this question.
It’s not “random” if they’ve been committing genocide for the last 2 years.
Based on the article there’s nothing random about it and it’s not just any citizen. They ask it of people who served on nations that have active conflicts. So basically, people who might have been in position to commit war crimes.
They are asking random Israelis.
This is of course ignoring Japan’s history and glorification of their war crimes which is ongoing.
There is no random israelis. Mandatory conscription is a thing there.
It’s not random. It targets specifically individuals who recently served in a military which is accused of committing war crimes.
Did you not read the comment above you? They ask people who served in the military.
Israel has mandatory military service for all citizens so that’s probably why “randomly Israelis” may be screened. They’re ex-military.