‘My money built your country’: Israeli tourist sparks Thai outrage
A screen capture from the video shows the Israeli demonstrating how her money “built” Thailand.
Wednesday, 07 May 2025 9:25 AM MYT
BANGKOK, May 7 — A brief video of an Israeli tourist arguing at a cafe in Koh Phangan has sparked widespread backlash across Thailand’s social media platforms.
The 15-second clip, first posted by the Koh Phangan Conscious Community Facebook page, shows the tourist refusing to remove her shoes before entering the cafe, defying a common Thai cultural norm.
When confronted, the woman shouted, “My money built your country,” a remark that many Thais saw as deeply disrespectful.
The incident triggered a strong online reaction, with many users citing it as an example of increasing frustration over the behaviour of foreign tourists, especially Israelis, in Thailand.
It also revived discussions about earlier controversies involving Israeli travellers, prompting reminders of past advisories by the Israeli embassy urging respectful conduct.
Thailand Says Thank You to Israel.
ReplyDelete26,000 Thais work in Israel, around 19% of all Thais working abroad. ONE IN FIVE, second only to Taiwan. So what this Israeli says is quite true.
https://www.nationthailand.com/thailand/general/40033337
Thai FM thanks Israel for ‘taking good care’ of freed hostages
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2023
Thai FM thanks Israel for ‘taking good care’ of freed hostages
Foreign Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara met with Israel’s president in Jerusalem on Tuesday and expressed gratitude to the Jewish state for looking after Thai hostages released by Hamas.
Parnpree, who doubles as deputy PM, is in Israel to retrieve 19 Thais so far freed by the militant group.
Seventeen Thai nationals were released during a five-day ceasefire and two more were freed on Wednesday after the truce was extended for two days.
Parnpree thanked Israeli President Isaac Herzog for “taking good care of Thai people, particularly for providing medical care for those who had just been set free”, said a Thai government press release.
He also asked Herzog to address welfare and labour rights issues facing Thai workers so that they can return to work in Israel when the dispute ends.
Herzog expressed Israel’s condolences over the 39 Thais killed in the October 7 attack by Hamas, as well as those injured or taken captive.
He also assured Parnpree that Israel would take good care of Thai labourers who return to the Middle East country, calling them an asset to its agricultural sector.
Israel hosts the second-largest number of Thai migrant workers after Taiwan, according to the Thai Labour Ministry.
About 26,000 Thai nationals worked in Israel before the war with Hamas, accounting for 19% of Thai labourers working abroad. Some 83% – or roughly 21,600 of them – worked in the agricultural sector.
So, they can be lord -ex over?
DeleteMfer, it shows yr true mfering personality!
Israelis seldomncause trouble in Thailand.
ReplyDeleteThe frequent troublemakers are the Russians, who have been swarming over Thailand as they have a shrinking number of affordable options around the world
causality of inconsequential fart from a know-nothing mfer.
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