|  | | Hasidic Jews Protest at Intel's Factory |
Intel's factory in Jerusalem has drawn a lot of attention lately. The Hasidic Jewish population that lives in the Jerusalem area is unhappy with the fact that the factory is operating on Saturday, also known as The Sabbath [the Jewish day of rest]. A protest took place during the weekend with many protestors rioting in front of the factory, throwing stones and using violence against Israeli journalists and photographers. In the past weeks, there have been similar protests by rioters at other places of business for the same reason.
Intel employs around to 6,500 people in Israel. "We at Intel Israel are operating in accordance with our business needs and in accordance with the law." said Intel Israel spokesman Koby Bahar.
Last edited by Regeneration; November 15th, 2009 at 02:25 AM..
| | | | 22 Comments | | | If they want to work let them work! There are other religions in the world that don't require you to rest on a certain day or you'll go to hell. I never understood why people need religion. | | | | Yea I agree, religion causes more problems then its worth, I belive in God but not in religion | | | | I thank god for giving me "Freedom from religion". Ohh wait!  | | | | If they want to work let them work why are they so mad about it I mean it's not like intel making the protesters work on Saturday or are they? there taking this to far. | | | | What a bunch of hypocrite losers. It's wrong for Intel to work on Saturday, but it is OKAY to protest on Saturday.
According to the Jewish religious laws, you can't violate Sabbath, unless it's a matter of life or death. In fact, you aren't even allowed to judge other people.
Most of the Israeli people don't like those Hasidim people, because they refuse to serve in the military and a lot of them are freeloaders (living off social security).
I truly hope Intel won't shut down this factory because of them. | | | | Just round them all up and move them to the settlements in the west bank. That will take care of two problems at one time. lol | | | | As much as I hate Intel's corporate attitude, Hasidim Jews can get fucked as far as I'm concerned.
Regeneration: "Most of the Israeli people don't like those Hasidim people, because they refuse to serve in the military and a lot of them are freeloaders (living off social security)."
This is the SAME here close to where I live. I am in a pretty large town called Laval north of Montreal. On our North Shore there's a town called Boisbriand (phonetically translated to English it means ShinyWood lol). There's actually a Hasidim Jew settlement there. Their streets are full of toys and scrap, they have their OWN POLICE. Everybody hates them, so do I. | | | | I would not even call them Jews. It's it would be the same as calling Christians, Christian Jews....They are so far from each other now. | | | | Geesh i understand the importance of Shabbath, but for Yhwh sake not everybody in Israel is a Jew, here in Mexico the official day off is SUNDAY, so i MUST work on Saturday too... this is everywhere in Mexico, you either like it or not. Unless the Federal laws in Israel prohibit work on Saturday, then Intel is messing up bad... if not, our brothers are making too much of this. | | | | the Jewish law forbids working on Sabbath, but also forbids the throwing or even handeling of rocks on Sabbath as well.
It is true that Intel isn't a Jewish company and isn't bound to no Jewish law, but I really wonder what the Israeli law says about keeping a buisness or a factory open during Sabbath. My Guess is that it contains some referance to the Sabbath and work - after all, Israel is the Jewish state...
As rege sayed above - the only case one can stop keeping the Sabbath is when it's a matter of life or death (like hospitals, soldiers patrols etc.) | | | | Quote: |
It's wrong for Intel to work on Saturday, but it is OKAY to protest on Saturday.
| This was the first thing that went through my mind. Took the words right out of my mouth as we say here. | | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by blindartist  Yea I agree, religion causes more problems then its worth, I belive in God but not in religion | lol don't let them church "leaders" hear you, they don't like people who think like that.
"The Kingdom of God is inside you and all around you,
Not in a mansion of wood and stone.
Split a piece of wood and God is there,
Lift a stone and you will find God." | | | | Let me clear few things.
Israeli low does not prohibit work on Saturday in most cases.
But it does prohibit enforcement of work on Saturday.
That means that if you "religious jew" employer can't force you to work on Saturday.
The employer can't deny your apply for position if you "can't" work on Saturday.
The protest was based on theory that Intel "enforcing" employees to work on Saturday.
I can't say if it's true or not, but this issue usually settled in very simple and fair way in places were is 24/7 work take place.
They (religious) get other shifts like Friday morning and Saturday evening (actual religious Saturday is from Friday's evening till Saturday's evening).
As someone already mentioned, this protesters are usually freeloaders and don't actually work at all. The weird thing is that they feel that the do have some moral right to teach others how to live their lives | | | | When Institutions of religion start acting with hypocrisy and claim that God told them to make a crappy decision, they show that they no longer have the relevant core of beliefs that led them to worship in the first place. | | | | religion... bleh... don't do that stuff anymore.. had my dose of it.. i quited! | | | | lol "Intel's factory in Jerusalem" did ANYONE read that? Its not USA. KNOW the people, country your talking about before you post YOUR views on religion. | | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by mkey lol don't let them church "leaders" hear you, they don't like people who think like that.
"The Kingdom of God is inside you and all around you,
Not in a mansion of wood and stone.
Split a piece of wood and God is there,
Lift a stone and you will find God." | Ive always liked that quote
The way I see it, religion has caused more death and suffering then anything else in human history, hence I believe it is inherently evil, one of my favorite quotes has always been
"The belief in god unites man, religion divides them."
kinda funny story, there used to be Jehova's witnesses that owuld come here all the time, I never had the heart to tell em to get lost and really alot of their views reflect my own, they also believe religion to be evil, they told me once that in their bible god says that he will come down to earth and remove all religion, but here's the thing...their a religion, so if you dont believe in religion why would you be in one and furthermore why would you try to get people to join a religion when your scriptures are against it? They havent come around since lol | | | | I don't accept any religion that comes knocking on your door. | | | | hey some of the biggest ones once came kicking down your door and killing you if you said no thanks lol | | | | Yeah, but that was ages ago, it's not like it counts, it doesn't matter anymore. The important thing is they have learned from their mistakes and moved on from torture to brainwashing techniques. | | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by blindartist hey some of the biggest ones once came kicking down your door and killing you if you said no thanks lol | Quote:
Originally Posted by mkey Yeah, but that was ages ago, it's not like it counts, it doesn't matter anymore. The important thing is they have learned from their mistakes and moved on from torture to brainwashing techniques. | Democracy appears to be the modern religion, and last time I looked they've been going round kicking down doors and killing people if they say "No Thanks". | | | | sure it counts, the jehova's are stil in their infancy compaired to the other religions, their just doing what the others did except they've skipped the killing and went straight for the brainwashing | |
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