You're bringing up nasty and controversial politics in a thread where it's basically irrelevant.

Flagged.

If the title was "Apple opens dev center in milwaukee", there would be no headline. Israel, by it's nature, is a political topic.

If Apple was doing business with North Korea would you flag any comments about the regime?

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When you flag something you're not supposed to also comment on it since it is better to shun and ignore spam or offtopic material than it is to try to bring attention to it, according to the site guidelines: If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link. (Not all users will see this; there is a karma threshold.) If you flag something, please don't also comment that you did.

Also, since I'm making a comment on the actual story it is not spam or offtopic.

Comparing Israel to North Korea is a nasty, partisan political statement, not a reasonable part of an HN discussion about Apple.

It might be nasty and political but it is not partisan since both major parties in the US support Israel.

The definition of partisan has nothing to do with the US political system.

OK, but I still don't see how my comment could be viewed as advocating for any political party.

partisan, noun, "a strong supporter of a party, cause, or person"

I meant strong supporter of a controversial cause, not of a particular political party.

> If Apple was doing business with North Korea would you flag any comments about the regime?

Israel is not closed to Western investment. Apple getting this through did not require significant action on the part of local government. In the North Korean case, the regime has to be talked about.

Fair enough.

The reason I brought it up is because the Israel issue affects me personally since I try to maintain an Israel boycott. There is a growing group of boycotters around the world. Things are already hard enough with Intel having a big facility over there. This new facility by Apple is big news to us.

Interesting fact: Omar Barghouti, founder of the BDS movement, is getting his masters degree at Tel Aviv University.