Members of Kibbutz Hanita near Israel’s northern border are demanding $11 million from Ballet Vision, the Chinese fund that controls 80% of the Hanita Lenses plant, accusing it of refusing to exercise an option to purchase the kibbutz’s remaining shares, according to a lawsuit filed in Tel Aviv District Court.
In a response letter attached to the lawsuit, the Chinese fund said that since the outbreak of the war in Israel, Beijing has classified Israel as a “high-risk area” and imposed a ban on any new Chinese investments in the country, making it impossible to carry out the option.
According to the lawsuit, in 2021 the kibbutz sold 74% of Hanita Lenses, which manufactures intraocular lenses for medical use, to Ballet Vision for $35 million. Of that sum, $25 million was paid to kibbutz members, with an additional $10 million injected into the company.
You, or at least many of the other commenters that I was responding to, believe a Marxist regime is immune to abuse of power, in particular military strength, and would never enforce its will. I disagree with that, and I don’t need to invoke anything you call supernatural to hold that belief.
You’re right, if this is where we are, I’m not sure there is any discussion I would wish to have. And given the overwhelming animosity I’ve experienced, I’m guessing neither do you or any of the other commenters.
None of you have given me any indication of good faith, and quite a few have in fact made some rather abhorrent claims about me, someone they know nothing about.
We should collectively take this as an indication that there is no discussion to be had here.
I don’t, though, and neither do other communists.
I’d like an example, because I don’t know how to discuss this otherwise.
I don’t see evidence that that’s the case. I understand that you feel attacked by Marxists, but I don’t see what you mean by that practically.
Well I’ll be honest you seem like the only one I can actually having a constructive discussion with, and I urge you to read some of the other replies to me that have insulted my family, suggested I’m a fascist apologist, or even told me to kill myself.
I don’t believe I’ve gone anywhere near that with any of my responses.
I hope you can understand that I’m not really seeing any upside to this anymore.
If you had actually maintained a sense of honesty when reading and replying to the original comments, then it likely wouldn’t have spiraled into this. I can empathize with you feeling attacked, but from the onset you weren’t interested in good-faith discussion based on how you read my comment and refused to accept any clarification.