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An Israeli high school student was arrested and questioned by police for doing a Nazi salute during a school trip to Auschwitz, Israeli media reported on Sunday.

The teenager from Kiryat Bialik was on his school's field trip to Poland when he did the gesture under the entrance sign to the camp.

He was questioned for two hours by Polish police and was fined approximately NIS 1,500 after security guards observed him performing the salute. The museum also captured the incident on its security cameras; the footage was handed over to the police.

Polish police charged him with promoting Nazism, local media reported. Performing a seig heil is illegal in Poland, and carries a potential sentence of up to two years in prison.

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[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 75 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wonder how bibi is gonna spin this one into being antisemitism on the side of the people who reported the student.

[–] RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works 39 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

"The Ministry of Education said that it had disciplined the student from an educational standpoint and that it would conduct an inquiry into the incident to ensure it did not happen again. "The Ministry of Education takes this serious incident very seriously. This is inappropriate behavior that completely contradicts Israeli educational values and the significance of the trip to Poland," the ministry wrote in a statement, as reported by Channel 13 News. "The student was immediately addressed from both an educational and disciplinary standpoint and will undergo a full inquiry upon returning to Israel. Ministry officials will thoroughly examine the circumstances of the incident and formulate additional educational measures to ensure such incidents do not happen again." Additionally, the Kiryat Bialik Municipality said in a statement that it would also be disciplining the student, Channel 13 News reported. "

Sounds like his school and community are planning on punishment.

[–] in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 hours ago

Nothings gonna happen to that kid. This is the classic Israeli "We will conduct an investigation" response with zero follow through. They do this to get away with genocide, i'm sure they'll be able to get away with a "misinterpreted hand gesture."

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 50 points 1 day ago (1 children)

His punishment will be having to join the IDF and killing palestinian babies.

Nah but nice to see they at least keep up the outward appearance of giving a fuck.

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

That's not punishment. That's a legally required right of passage

[–] Genius@lemmy.zip 3 points 18 hours ago

"Military service teaches young people the values that we as a country believe in. It's very important to our national identity that every adult citizen has murdered a baby. It makes us who we are."

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 day ago

"The Ministry of Education takes this serious incident very seriously

Ya don't say