13 minutes ago, animalmagic said:

So, will we see everyone else identifying themselves as, for example, American Mormons, British Protestants, Australian Buddhists or German Catholics?

Yes, when it is necessary to identify both religion and nationality. I don't know where you are trying to go with this, but I'll play your game.

5 hours ago, NorthernRyland said:

This YouTuber in Phuket made a video about this today and has some footage. I don't think you can look at this with your Western WWII narratives and understand how the Thais see the situation, which appears for some at least to be a creeping Jewish colonial project like Israel was.

It are not the the Israeli people only, but whole xenophobic atmosphere at the moment triggered by the government to find al kind of ways to bring foreigners with bad news. I wrote before, a lot of foreigners are doing good, but the wrongdoers are being highlighted so it seems that all foreigners are bad.

Simple examples about the BTS saga of the young Italian students, businesses used for buying land and built a house, and all the other things that are in the news that give foreigners a bad image. Thailand has outdated laws, wants to be a number one destination for retirees and tourists, but with the outdated strict enforcement of these laws on foreigners they reach the opposite.

Laws and rules in a country are for ALL people, locals and tourists and others, and there is need of enforcement, so that visitors see that if they do wrong it is normal to be fined. But as an example, if you hire a motorcycle and don't wear a helmet you will get fined as foreigner, but how many Thai people are driving around without one?? Even the RTP is not wearing them. Compare it to Vietnam or Indonesia were everybody wears a helmet. Enforcement is the word. Now tourists see and think it is no problem, nobody wears so why should we. That is just 1 example and many others can be made.

Israelis however are in aal parts of the world not wanted. It is for many hundreds of years already, and the reason is simple too, they believe they are the chosen people and can do as they want. In every country there is a problem with them. Now they are in Thailand, because Thailand does not enforce laws and rules, and they open businesses, have a big mouth and think they are untouchable, which creates the same attitude for others too. Do as you want as nobody cares.

Phuket is struggling now as they should have taken action a few years ago to prevent it is going out of the hand, but they need money and money counts first and than the rest, and now there is a problem. Thailand can solve it but it will need to change. Visa for 30 days tourists, longer stay possible if you can give a reason, housing and show money why they want to stay in Thailand. After the visa is expired not allowed to come back for 90 days or 180 days or so. It will cost tourists and money, but it will bring back normal tourists and a lot of less problems of people who don't behave

1 hour ago, Evil Penevil said:

Yes, when it is necessary to identify both religion and nationality. I don't know where you are trying to go with this, but I'll play your game.

Why is it necessary to identify nationality AND religion?

You can be a traitor to your country but not your religion; with the exception, I think, of Islam which seems to condemn the apostate to death?

Thank you for the AI input but my choice of pairings was random and simply to highlight that labels can cause problems.

2 hours ago, Evil Penevil said:

Are you saying all 16 million of the world's Jews are evil? Were they born evil or did they become evil? Does that include Mrs. Cohen, my 83-year-old Jewish neighbor and Naomi, her nine-week-old great granddaughter?

I don't think he is saying that.

Are the Israeli soldiers shooting Palestinians kids in the head in Gaza evil? Do you condemn them?

4 minutes ago, animalmagic said:

I don't think he is saying that.

Are the Israeli soldiers shooting Palestinians kids in the head in Gaza evil? Do you condemn them?

They will be terrorists of the future , better they go now .

23 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

They will be terrorists of the future , better they go now .

Wow! So you are advocating the extermination of an ethnic/religious group. Would that be a Final Solution?

31 minutes ago, animalmagic said:

Why is it necessary to identify nationality AND religion?

Exactly. I don't get that either. The only time in the US, Canada, etc., anyone would say they are Italian-American, Irish-American or Chinese-Canadian would be during a festival like St Patrick's Day, Chinese New Year, etc. Otherwise they'd never bring up their ethnic background.

"Phuket recorded a 52.5% year-on-year increase in Israeli visitors in July, with arrivals from Israel also up 1,205% on pre-Covid July 2019 levels, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand's Phuket office."

Slightly awkward figures for some on this forum... haha.

2 minutes ago, animalmagic said:

Wow! So you are advocating the extermination of an ethnic/religious group. Would that be a Final Solution?

Is there any other way for a future peaceful location ?

Only chance for peace is if the Palestinians are gone

6 hours ago, NorthernRyland said:

Israel is a Jewish colony which came from Europe so it's not totally off base to see those same people now coming to Thailand as a similar event. I don't think they have any way to breach Thailand like they did in Israel though so it's mostly hyperbole from particularly irate people.

Jews are colonising Judea ?

Judea was named Jew dea.....................because Jews live there .

How can they be colonising a land named after them ?

12 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

Is there any other way for a future peaceful location ?

Only chance for peace is if the Palestinians are gone

They are going, it is happening.

Is it genocide? Maybe.

Is it Ethnic Cleansing? Most definitely.

No foreigner, no matter from which country, should be permitted to bring in their hate or disruptive behaviour in Thailand.

I noticed although numbers have dropped income not so much i just wondering if this has anything to do with thai policy less customers means higher price and now everyone is a high spending tourist

5 minutes ago, SingAPorn said:

No foreigner, no matter from which country, should be permitted to bring in their hate or disruptive behaviour in Thailand.

What hate and disruptive behaviour are you referring to ?

Just now, SingAPorn said:

No foreigner, no matter from which country, should be permitted to bring in their hate or disruptive behaviour in Thailand.

Okay, great... agree.

Does that include the far-lefties from all countries that hate Israel and attack everyone here for the slightest deviation from their dogma? I hope so.

All morons being political should drop it here in Thailand, regardless of the side that they want to have a tantrum about... learn to STFU and just get on with life. Even the Ukrainians and Russians here aren't making it physical and real... but it's sure the idiots from the Middle East that sadly do too. Thailand is not your space for discourse and nonsense... no-one really cares about your issues here to be honest. Deport political morons.

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41 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

Is there any other way for a future peaceful location ?

Only chance for peace is if the Palestinians are gone

I see. You advocate death to all Palestinians, but doesn't that include other persons of different religions that were born there?

2 minutes ago, animalmagic said:

I see. You advocate death to all Palestinians, but doesn't that include other persons of different religions that were born there?

Palestine isn't a religion , although the way some people worship Palestine , you could easily mistake Palestine for a Religion

9 hours ago, LivingNThailand said:

That's also interesting. I just saw the original photo on a FB page, It definitely says Jewish. Should say Israeli. Jewish is a religion practiced all over the world. Israel is a country, like France. Not the same thing at all. If we are going to be racists let's do it right! (That was a joke )

Protestors can’t even get that right

Then again see the Islamic head dress of one of the protestors you know what’s going on.

4 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Israelis however are in aal parts of the world not wanted. It is for many hundreds of years already, and the reason is simple too, they believe they are the chosen people and can do as they want. In every country there is a problem with them. Now they are in Thailand, because Thailand does not enforce laws and rules, and they open businesses

I was in Phuket recently and there were multitudes of Arab owner businesses , hotels , restaurants and shops .

Middle Eastern Arabs were opening businesses , I didn't see any Israeli owned businesses

We shall conquer Patong as we conquered Gaza. Stay strong brothers. Just value your inner peace. Shalom to us, war to them.

36 minutes ago, GoodieAfterDark said:

We shall conquer Patong as we conquered Gaza. Stay strong brothers. Just value your inner peace. Shalom to us, war to them.

Steady on old chap , there's just been an increase in tourists from Israel .

Patong is safe, God never promised Patong to the Jews

Perhaps ordered to expand the Greater Isreal project to beyond neighboring countries. Alternatively it’s confirming Israelis leaving their hometowns in greater numbers.

On 8/29/2026 at 4:22 AM, Georgealbert said:

Israel was the fastest-growing market among Phuket's 10 leading visitor source countries in July, rising by more than 12 times compared with the same month in 2019.

Given recent events...What (else) could possibly go wrong?

On 8/29/2026 at 9:28 AM, NorthernRyland said:

Israel is a Jewish colony which came from Europe so it's not totally off base to see those same people now coming to Thailand as a similar event. I don't think they have any way to breach Thailand like they did in Israel though so it's mostly hyperbole from particularly irate people.

Israel is not a colony

On 8/29/2026 at 9:14 AM, Evil Penevil said:

Thank you for pointing that out. The signs do in fact say "Jewish."

That's really bad. If the signs said "Israeli," the demonstrators could claim they were protesting the bad behavior of a national group. But to use "Jewish" on the signs points to raw hatred of all Jews.

That said, it does seem to be a group of Muslims and Muslims hating Jews is nothing new, in Thailand or anywhere else.

Good when the racist Jew haters fully come out of the closet. Better to see things clearly than have people seek cover and act as if their hatred is respectable.

On 8/29/2026 at 12:02 PM, simon43 said:

I don't think it was an anti-Jewish rally. It was an anti-Israeli rally, especially against those Israelis (and other nationalities) who don't respect Thai culture. Like many (see previous posts), I associate 'Jewish' with Israel, even though that is incorrect. I'm British, so the number of Jewish people in the UK is small. I guess if you're from the USA, then you're more aware that 'Jewish' doesn't mean Israeli.

Of course it was an anti Jewish rally.

On 8/29/2026 at 2:58 PM, ikke1959 said:

It are not the the Israeli people only, but whole xenophobic atmosphere at the moment triggered by the government to find al kind of ways to bring foreigners with bad news. I wrote before, a lot of foreigners are doing good, but the wrongdoers are being highlighted so it seems that all foreigners are bad.

Simple examples about the BTS saga of the young Italian students, businesses used for buying land and built a house, and all the other things that are in the news that give foreigners a bad image. Thailand has outdated laws, wants to be a number one destination for retirees and tourists, but with the outdated strict enforcement of these laws on foreigners they reach the opposite.

Laws and rules in a country are for ALL people, locals and tourists and others, and there is need of enforcement, so that visitors see that if they do wrong it is normal to be fined. But as an example, if you hire a motorcycle and don't wear a helmet you will get fined as foreigner, but how many Thai people are driving around without one?? Even the RTP is not wearing them. Compare it to Vietnam or Indonesia were everybody wears a helmet. Enforcement is the word. Now tourists see and think it is no problem, nobody wears so why should we. That is just 1 example and many others can be made.

Israelis however are in aal parts of the world not wanted. It is for many hundreds of years already, and the reason is simple too, they believe they are the chosen people and can do as they want. In every country there is a problem with them. Now they are in Thailand, because Thailand does not enforce laws and rules, and they open businesses, have a big mouth and think they are untouchable, which creates the same attitude for others too. Do as you want as nobody cares.

Phuket is struggling now as they should have taken action a few years ago to prevent it is going out of the hand, but they need money and money counts first and than the rest, and now there is a problem. Thailand can solve it but it will need to change. Visa for 30 days tourists, longer stay possible if you can give a reason, housing and show money why they want to stay in Thailand. After the visa is expired not allowed to come back for 90 days or 180 days or so. It will cost tourists and money, but it will bring back normal tourists and a lot of less problems of people who don't behave

A very ignorant post twisting the chosen people thing into a racist Jew hating trope.

On 8/30/2026 at 7:33 AM, AustinRacing said:

Perhaps ordered to expand the Greater Isreal project to beyond neighboring countries. Alternatively it’s confirming Israelis leaving their hometowns in greater numbers.

No.

Israelis always travel

There was just a related social media fueled provocative protest at the Israeli embassy. They acted like it was about bad behavior of all tourists. But then why only bother Israel?

The Israeli embassy refused to accept a letter from them. Good move. Don't feed trolls.

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