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BBC: Israel subjects Thai workers to 'widespread abuse'
Daniel Bettini
Published: 25.11.18, 19:07
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1. Things like that should not be happening in Israel, BUT:make
(11.25.18)
no mistake, BBC is antisemitic par excellence, so their prime goal is undoubtedly to cause maximum harm to the Jewish State.
2. Foreign workers in/and Israel
Sjoerd van der Velde ,   Hoorn Holland   (11.25.18)
If the B.B.C. report is true, then thanks to a free, fair and human press. Iam convinced that police and justice will investigate this for the Israëli government, parliament, people and for those involved and having interest in it. Israel is capable, as a free, human and democratic country, to solve such a phenomenon/issue in the right way.
3. Courage
Ed ,   USA   (11.25.18)
Very courageous of the BBC to do a story on an agricultural problem in Israel! We can imagine how the story would have gone if Israel had refused to let the Thais work in Israel. Of course this could be an issue and if so it should be remedied. But I suspect that the BBC could have found issues with agricultural workers in Britain if it had cared to investigate.
4. Collections of fines
(11.25.18)
Have the fines been collected.
5. ISRAEL HAS STRONG THAIS
MR CYNIC ,   SAFED CYNIC HOUSE   (11.25.18)
6. Not being funny but....
TEL EM STRAIGHT ,   SAFED HONESTY   (11.25.18)
I am not really surprised that Thai workers are taken advantage of and abused in Israel ,they are cheap labour, sorry to say. In addition, the BBC has never had a single good word to say about Israel so has little credibility. Another thing, if thai workers are truly unhappy in Israel they should leave and return home to Thailand. I am not excusing exploitation ,far from it, but am merely being realistic !
7. THE BBC EXAGGERATES
TEL EM STRAIGHT ,   SAFED HONESTY   (11.25.18)
Israeli farms are no luxury vacation resorts for thai workers ,but they are not as bad as depicted.Thais are brought over to work ,they are accommodated in basic conditions ,that is the deal. And they probably have to rise very early in the morning and work hard ,the same kind of abuse countless millions of folk have to endure every day .It is called WORK .By the way ,the BBC are antisemitic bastards.
8. BBC IS OBSESSED
STIGMUND FREUD ,   SAFED GENIUS   (11.25.18)
The BBC clearly has an unhealthy fascination and obsession with the Jewish State !
9. BBC ‘s Real purpose demonization as usual
BBCagendaPureHate ,   Jerusalem   (11.25.18)
The BBC Thai employee said there were over 300
Thai workplaces she visited something lije 20
In case you haven’t noticed the BBC NEVER misses
A chance to find fault and slam Israel see the latest interview with NaftakivBennet their as evil as ever
Note BBC HAS never questioned how Jordan illegally took away Jordanian Citzenshio from West Bank Palestinians against international law
Remember the only two countries that’s recognized Jordan’s annexation of the West Bank were Pakistan and Britain ..hello BBC ..?!!
10. BBC not to be trusted.
Ben   (11.25.18)
We know that the BBC is a cretinous anti-Israel organisation, so nothing that comes out of that cesspit can be trusted.
11. I saw this.Farmers dont give good facilities but workers are
Alan ,   SA   (11.26.18)
also to blame as they dont keep their quarters cleanWhy is their such dirt in toilets and living areas. Also Pesticide handling is BAAAAAD.. There should be an inspectorate of foreign workers who really function and who punish BOTH farm bossezs AND workers. There must be MINIMUM STANDARDS.(dont write about SA farms-I know)
12. It is unfortunately true.
It is true.   (11.26.18)
I lived on moshav Bnei Tzion for about a year and a half, and I saw the conditions the Thais are living and working in, first hand. They live mostly in rusty caravans. They work long hours in the fields and in the greenhouses. The amount of pesticide spraying that goes on there is unbelievable, and I'm sure the reason for the use of so many pesticides is because Israelis won't buy fruit or veg that is marked by insects or worms. One of my dogs died from pesticide poisoning. I also saw dead foxes in the field that had obviously been poisoned. The mice are not only a problem for the Thais. I had field mice coming inside my home too, along with other critters. When you live on a farm, you live close to nature. Someone needs to do an expose of the number and kind of pesticides we are spraying, blowing on the wind into our faces, our homes, kindergartens, and hospitals.
13. The usual anti Israel biase from fake news networks
Dor   (11.25.18)
14. Propaganda
Nice Bloke ,   Rochdale   (11.25.18)
I've watched the "report" and it smacks of pure propaganda. If you looked hard enough in any country in the world you'd find similar worst case scenario conditions. I've seen similar reports about unskilled foreign labourers here in the UK. Another thing that struck me as odd was the autopsy reports were displayed in English. Why would they not be written up in Hebrew or Thai - why English?

Unfortunately the BBC, a once respected institution, has now been infiltrated by leftists with an agenda of spreading their poison.
15. NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED
TEL EM STRAIGHT ,   SAFED HONESTY   (11.26.18)
So Israel offers poor foreigners much need work and income and gets bashed by the BBC ?
16. Not Propaganda
John ,   London   (11.26.18)
I was lived on a kibbutz in the seventies and was told that the pesticides they were using had been banned in America. They used to send me to sleep for a couple of hours after spraying them.
17. GET REAL
MR CYNIC ,   SAFED CYNIC HOUSE   (11.26.18)
There are two types of people in this world : those who take advantage ,and those who are taken advantage of .So decide which you want to be .
18. THE ISSUE
CAPTAIN OBVIOUS ,   SAFED OBVIOUS   (11.26.18)
In Israel ,and in other countries, cheap labour is imported to do the crappy jobs locals do not wish to do .Young people would not be seen dead doing these menial jobs ,which have meagre social status. This is of course far from ideal and not nice, but it is the reality. And this is the situation in Britain and in France and in Germany and in the United States .
19. ISRAEL AND THAIS
TEL EM STRAIGHT ,   SAFED HONESTY   (11.26.18)
Israel is NOT above criticism ,nor should it be ! and ,in my opinion ,Thai workers should be treated better , nicer accommodation ,protection against harmful pesticides, paid more etc .But ,sadly ,when it comes to the good ol' BBC ,we automatically think NOT AGAIN ,because the BBC has a hard time being objective and unbiased when it comes to Israel ,which harms the BBCs' credibility, and they can not blame Israel for that !
20. THE BIG BAD WOLF
HANS XTIAN ANDERSEN ,   SAFED FAIRY TALES   (11.26.18)
Once upon a time, there was an organiztion named The BBC .And this organisation used to give jobs to naughty men who liked to smoke cigars and play with little children and touch naughty parts of the childrens' bodies .Men like Jimmy Savile and others, and the BBC protected these naughty men and kept their secrets. And this naughty organization hated the one country on the earth which is jewish and the BBC liked to cry ' WOLF WOLF WOLF ' all day long, every day.
One day ,a real Wolf came along and the BBC cried " WOLF ! " and nobody believed them. And they all lived happily ever after .......
21. Well, it's a BBC report.
tiki ,   belgium   (11.26.18)
They needed a year to dig up some dirt in a report of a few minutes.

If the situation is so terrible, the report could have been finished in 1 month....for it would have been obvious!

The BBC better start looking in their home towns were people are suffering from poverty and bad living conditions!
22. Why BBC does not investigate New Zealand?
(11.26.18)
Here Indians pay their employers, sleep 20 in one room modified garage and work 7 days a week 80 hours a week. All that for the chance to get a two year work visa and residence eventually
23. If Israelis treat the Thais......
The Archives ,   Kuala Lumpur   (11.26.18)
well, then there must be good testimonies. On the other hand, if there are truths in the ill treatment of Thai workers, they can sue the Israeli goverment for taking lackadaisical action towards the 'crime' of ill treatment of foreign workers.
24. J'ACCUSE
TEL EM STRAIGHT ,   SAFED HONESTY   (11.26.18)
BBC are paedophiles so they distact attention away from their vile perverted activities by blaming ...the Jews .
25. #22 In answer to your question ,
TEL EM STRAIGHT ,   SAFED HONESTY   (11.26.18)
The BBC has no interest in New Zealand. Now ,if was called JEW Zealand the BBC would indeed have every interest investigating it !
26. European Feeding Frenzy time bbc France 24 .....
DyingEurope ,   Jerusalem Israel   (11.26.18)
Both "news" ( propaganda ) channels had numerous anti Israel news items today
Europe is a very small part of our big world and showing signs
of breaking up ....hang on its just "European Jew Baiting Season"
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