Gaza war and College Campus Protests

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Anonymous wrote:It’s just a political lie that Israel has to tell its public “We are fighting to get the hostages back”

“the Israeli government is dedicating to ending Hamas”

No they aren’t. Israel is lying to their public just like the US lied to ours about Iraq.

Why would they want Hamas gone at all?! They shut US suggestions down about Egypt or the Palestinian Authority taking over administering Gaza.

The point for Israel is to ethnically cleanse Gazans like some biblical genocides completely and for Israel to take it back

Then what?
Gaza is unlivable, no water, unexploded shells in the ruins, rotting corpses
Do Israelis have no conscience? Are there really people willing to move on top of a graveyard far away from where the jobs are just to be able to call themselves some kind of religious pioneers?

Israel had been out of Gaza for twenty years. Until Palestinians invaded and committed all those atrocities in a single morning.

Look, Israel spent decades trying for a two state solution. And Palestinians are clearly not interested in two states. They want Hamas and an Islamic theocracy. There's not a lot of space here for some kind of peaceful, common sense negotiation.

Palestinians made their choices. And it's sad and pathetic. It's like the ISIS wives stuck in refugee camps in Syria. I don't know. Maybe don't marry the terrorists. And that's what Palestinians are - the ISIS wives. Absolutely no one wants them, so they are stuck because they made some really stupid choices.

Blockade. Land, sea, air. No matter how many times uninformed voices like yours whisper down the lane with tired, blatantly dishonest propaganda about Israel seeking a two-state solution, the fact is that Zionists have only ever wanted ALL of the land.

Just a heads up. Y'all need to lose the Zionist terminology. 98 percent of Americans believe Israel has a right to exist. And as for those 2 percent? It's usually Charlottesville tiki torch marchers. You should all wear a hood or something so you can find each other. Or maybe a special arm band.

Oh, c’mon now - nobody believes that THAT is what Zionism ideology is actually about. It’s actually about shoving the myth of Jewish supremacy down the throat of everyone in its path (“But we’re the chosen people!”), it’s about relentlessly provoking conflict with Israel’s neighbors for the purpose of expanding the dimensions of the state, and it’s especially about exploiting useful idiots like you to slander anyone who dares to call it like it is.

There ain’t nobody on this planet better suited to wear a white hooded robe than modern day Zionists. Acts of blatant, violent racism and brutal subjugation of others “beneath” them might as well be scenes portrayed on the shekel. As for the tiki torches - ah, makes sense - is that part of the light into nations nonsense we keep hearing about?

Actually, Zionists believe Israel has a right to exist. That's Zionism.

If you actually believe that, I’m frightened to ask you to provide a definition of what the word “exist” means to you.

Exist. Be recognized as a legitimate sovereign state. Beyond that, they have to navigate complex international relations like every other state. Existence means not entertaining wiping Israel from the map or claiming it's an illegitimate occupier.

Existence doesn't define its borders. Personally, I think they need to remove settlements from the West Bank and I'm in favor of a two state solution. Existence isn't about superiority. The "chosen-ness" of the Jewish people is about a particular relationship with God, not one that is necessarily better, just one that is ours.

Anyway, I'm not sure what you expected "existence" to mean?

When pushed to make a sober statement, the one you provided is 100% welcome by me and the kind of sentiment that I could wholeheartedly support.

But to expose the rot, can you tell us how that statement reflects the views of Netanyahu and even the voters whose votes resulted in this Likud-led government? I mean, surely you don't expect anyone to believe that your views - top to bottom - reflect his, right?

I don't like Bibi (I did 15 years ago, but not now). There were multiple attempts at elections that failed to achieve an actual government in Israel before Bibi ended up back in power, and there have been regular protests against him since his election. I see all that and think that, while it's awful that he ended up in power again and has the power to shape Israeli policy, it's hardly because Israelis really wanted him to lead again. Some do, yes, but he's not super popular, even during wartime when nationalism would usually give leaders a boost.

OK, well, I can’t take issue with anything you’ve said in these last two posts. On the flip side, I hope you recognize that not every individual critical of Israel’s policies and actions blames every Israeli, much less every Jewish person, for the Israeli government’s bad deeds.

I'm not one of those people who thinks that all criticism of Israel is automatically antisemitism, though I do think it often blurs very quickly/easily in that direction. There is plenty to debate about Israeli politics/policy. The difference, as I see it, is whether or not that debate/critique comes from a place of recognizing the legitimacy of Israel in the first place. When "Zionist" is used as a slur, it's hard for me to see the person as coming to the conversation openly.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s just a political lie that Israel has to tell its public “We are fighting to get the hostages back”

“the Israeli government is dedicating to ending Hamas”

No they aren’t. Israel is lying to their public just like the US lied to ours about Iraq.

Why would they want Hamas gone at all?! They shut US suggestions down about Egypt or the Palestinian Authority taking over administering Gaza.

The point for Israel is to ethnically cleanse Gazans like some biblical genocides completely and for Israel to take it back

Then what?
Gaza is unlivable, no water, unexploded shells in the ruins, rotting corpses
Do Israelis have no conscience? Are there really people willing to move on top of a graveyard far away from where the jobs are just to be able to call themselves some kind of religious pioneers?

Israel had been out of Gaza for twenty years. Until Palestinians invaded and committed all those atrocities in a single morning.

Look, Israel spent decades trying for a two state solution. And Palestinians are clearly not interested in two states. They want Hamas and an Islamic theocracy. There's not a lot of space here for some kind of peaceful, common sense negotiation.

Palestinians made their choices. And it's sad and pathetic. It's like the ISIS wives stuck in refugee camps in Syria. I don't know. Maybe don't marry the terrorists. And that's what Palestinians are - the ISIS wives. Absolutely no one wants them, so they are stuck because they made some really stupid choices.

Blockade. Land, sea, air. No matter how many times uninformed voices like yours whisper down the lane with tired, blatantly dishonest propaganda about Israel seeking a two-state solution, the fact is that Zionists have only ever wanted ALL of the land.

Just a heads up. Y'all need to lose the Zionist terminology. 98 percent of Americans believe Israel has a right to exist. And as for those 2 percent? It's usually Charlottesville tiki torch marchers. You should all wear a hood or something so you can find each other. Or maybe a special arm band.

Oh, c’mon now - nobody believes that THAT is what Zionism ideology is actually about. It’s actually about shoving the myth of Jewish supremacy down the throat of everyone in its path (“But we’re the chosen people!”), it’s about relentlessly provoking conflict with Israel’s neighbors for the purpose of expanding the dimensions of the state, and it’s especially about exploiting useful idiots like you to slander anyone who dares to call it like it is.

There ain’t nobody on this planet better suited to wear a white hooded robe than modern day Zionists. Acts of blatant, violent racism and brutal subjugation of others “beneath” them might as well be scenes portrayed on the shekel. As for the tiki torches - ah, makes sense - is that part of the light into nations nonsense we keep hearing about?

Actually, Zionists believe Israel has a right to exist. That's Zionism.

If you actually believe that, I’m frightened to ask you to provide a definition of what the word “exist” means to you.

Exist. Be recognized as a legitimate sovereign state. Beyond that, they have to navigate complex international relations like every other state. Existence means not entertaining wiping Israel from the map or claiming it's an illegitimate occupier.

Existence doesn't define its borders. Personally, I think they need to remove settlements from the West Bank and I'm in favor of a two state solution. Existence isn't about superiority. The "chosen-ness" of the Jewish people is about a particular relationship with God, not one that is necessarily better, just one that is ours.

Anyway, I'm not sure what you expected "existence" to mean?

When pushed to make a sober statement, the one you provided is 100% welcome by me and the kind of sentiment that I could wholeheartedly support.

But to expose the rot, can you tell us how that statement reflects the views of Netanyahu and even the voters whose votes resulted in this Likud-led government? I mean, surely you don't expect anyone to believe that your views - top to bottom - reflect his, right?

I don't like Bibi (I did 15 years ago, but not now). There were multiple attempts at elections that failed to achieve an actual government in Israel before Bibi ended up back in power, and there have been regular protests against him since his election. I see all that and think that, while it's awful that he ended up in power again and has the power to shape Israeli policy, it's hardly because Israelis really wanted him to lead again. Some do, yes, but he's not super popular, even during wartime when nationalism would usually give leaders a boost.

OK, well, I can’t take issue with anything you’ve said in these last two posts. On the flip side, I hope you recognize that not every individual critical of Israel’s policies and actions blames every Israeli, much less every Jewish person, for the Israeli government’s bad deeds.

I'm not one of those people who thinks that all criticism of Israel is automatically antisemitism, though I do think it often blurs very quickly/easily in that direction. There is plenty to debate about Israeli politics/policy. The difference, as I see it, is whether or not that debate/critique comes from a place of recognizing the legitimacy of Israel in the first place. When "Zionist" is used as a slur, it's hard for me to see the person as coming to the conversation openly.

Disagree. It's my position that the outdated idea that Zionism is merely "a belief that the State of Israel should exist" is NOT nearly descriptive enough of what most Zionists believe today. If that's the depth of YOUR support for the State of Israel, and you are otherwise disgusted with the policies and actions of the State of Israel (alongside your disgust for Hamas, etc.), that would be acceptable to most people.

Unfortunately, Zionism in 2024 needs to be assessed through a revised lens: as a descriptor for its adherents today, who are far more extremist, hateful, narcissistic, entitled and who unconditionally support a state that does more to jeopardize the idea of world peace than any other country across the globe. They very blatantly value Jewish life above the lives of others, and to them, having the State of Israel kill over 40x (already!) the number of people in Gaza as were killed in Israel on 10/7 is perfectly acceptable. These Zionist shit all over their own biblical justice of "an eye for an eye" and instead demand that the world give them "as many eyes for an eye, until WE decide that enough vengeance has been served". It's depraved, and the history (audio? neural?) books will eventually tell the true story of Israel, the most evil nation in modern times.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s just a political lie that Israel has to tell its public “We are fighting to get the hostages back”

“the Israeli government is dedicating to ending Hamas”

No they aren’t. Israel is lying to their public just like the US lied to ours about Iraq.

Why would they want Hamas gone at all?! They shut US suggestions down about Egypt or the Palestinian Authority taking over administering Gaza.

The point for Israel is to ethnically cleanse Gazans like some biblical genocides completely and for Israel to take it back

Then what?
Gaza is unlivable, no water, unexploded shells in the ruins, rotting corpses
Do Israelis have no conscience? Are there really people willing to move on top of a graveyard far away from where the jobs are just to be able to call themselves some kind of religious pioneers?

Israel had been out of Gaza for twenty years. Until Palestinians invaded and committed all those atrocities in a single morning.

Look, Israel spent decades trying for a two state solution. And Palestinians are clearly not interested in two states. They want Hamas and an Islamic theocracy. There's not a lot of space here for some kind of peaceful, common sense negotiation.

Palestinians made their choices. And it's sad and pathetic. It's like the ISIS wives stuck in refugee camps in Syria. I don't know. Maybe don't marry the terrorists. And that's what Palestinians are - the ISIS wives. Absolutely no one wants them, so they are stuck because they made some really stupid choices.

Blockade. Land, sea, air. No matter how many times uninformed voices like yours whisper down the lane with tired, blatantly dishonest propaganda about Israel seeking a two-state solution, the fact is that Zionists have only ever wanted ALL of the land.

Just a heads up. Y'all need to lose the Zionist terminology. 98 percent of Americans believe Israel has a right to exist. And as for those 2 percent? It's usually Charlottesville tiki torch marchers. You should all wear a hood or something so you can find each other. Or maybe a special arm band.

Oh, c’mon now - nobody believes that THAT is what Zionism ideology is actually about. It’s actually about shoving the myth of Jewish supremacy down the throat of everyone in its path (“But we’re the chosen people!”), it’s about relentlessly provoking conflict with Israel’s neighbors for the purpose of expanding the dimensions of the state, and it’s especially about exploiting useful idiots like you to slander anyone who dares to call it like it is.

There ain’t nobody on this planet better suited to wear a white hooded robe than modern day Zionists. Acts of blatant, violent racism and brutal subjugation of others “beneath” them might as well be scenes portrayed on the shekel. As for the tiki torches - ah, makes sense - is that part of the light into nations nonsense we keep hearing about?

Actually, Zionists believe Israel has a right to exist. That's Zionism.

If you actually believe that, I’m frightened to ask you to provide a definition of what the word “exist” means to you.

Exist. Be recognized as a legitimate sovereign state. Beyond that, they have to navigate complex international relations like every other state. Existence means not entertaining wiping Israel from the map or claiming it's an illegitimate occupier.

Existence doesn't define its borders. Personally, I think they need to remove settlements from the West Bank and I'm in favor of a two state solution. Existence isn't about superiority. The "chosen-ness" of the Jewish people is about a particular relationship with God, not one that is necessarily better, just one that is ours.

Anyway, I'm not sure what you expected "existence" to mean?

When pushed to make a sober statement, the one you provided is 100% welcome by me and the kind of sentiment that I could wholeheartedly support.

But to expose the rot, can you tell us how that statement reflects the views of Netanyahu and even the voters whose votes resulted in this Likud-led government? I mean, surely you don't expect anyone to believe that your views - top to bottom - reflect his, right?

I don't like Bibi (I did 15 years ago, but not now). There were multiple attempts at elections that failed to achieve an actual government in Israel before Bibi ended up back in power, and there have been regular protests against him since his election. I see all that and think that, while it's awful that he ended up in power again and has the power to shape Israeli policy, it's hardly because Israelis really wanted him to lead again. Some do, yes, but he's not super popular, even during wartime when nationalism would usually give leaders a boost.

OK, well, I can’t take issue with anything you’ve said in these last two posts. On the flip side, I hope you recognize that not every individual critical of Israel’s policies and actions blames every Israeli, much less every Jewish person, for the Israeli government’s bad deeds.

I'm not one of those people who thinks that all criticism of Israel is automatically antisemitism, though I do think it often blurs very quickly/easily in that direction. There is plenty to debate about Israeli politics/policy. The difference, as I see it, is whether or not that debate/critique comes from a place of recognizing the legitimacy of Israel in the first place. When "Zionist" is used as a slur, it's hard for me to see the person as coming to the conversation openly.

Don't you dare allow the word "Zionist" to be turned into a slur. It's a definition of a group of people. It's no more a slur than democrat or republican...

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Anonymous wrote:It’s just a political lie that Israel has to tell its public “We are fighting to get the hostages back”

“the Israeli government is dedicating to ending Hamas”

No they aren’t. Israel is lying to their public just like the US lied to ours about Iraq.

Why would they want Hamas gone at all?! They shut US suggestions down about Egypt or the Palestinian Authority taking over administering Gaza.

The point for Israel is to ethnically cleanse Gazans like some biblical genocides completely and for Israel to take it back

Then what?
Gaza is unlivable, no water, unexploded shells in the ruins, rotting corpses
Do Israelis have no conscience? Are there really people willing to move on top of a graveyard far away from where the jobs are just to be able to call themselves some kind of religious pioneers?

Israel had been out of Gaza for twenty years. Until Palestinians invaded and committed all those atrocities in a single morning.

Look, Israel spent decades trying for a two state solution. And Palestinians are clearly not interested in two states. They want Hamas and an Islamic theocracy. There's not a lot of space here for some kind of peaceful, common sense negotiation.

Palestinians made their choices. And it's sad and pathetic. It's like the ISIS wives stuck in refugee camps in Syria. I don't know. Maybe don't marry the terrorists. And that's what Palestinians are - the ISIS wives. Absolutely no one wants them, so they are stuck because they made some really stupid choices.

Blockade. Land, sea, air. No matter how many times uninformed voices like yours whisper down the lane with tired, blatantly dishonest propaganda about Israel seeking a two-state solution, the fact is that Zionists have only ever wanted ALL of the land.

Just a heads up. Y'all need to lose the Zionist terminology. 98 percent of Americans believe Israel has a right to exist. And as for those 2 percent? It's usually Charlottesville tiki torch marchers. You should all wear a hood or something so you can find each other. Or maybe a special arm band.

Oh, c’mon now - nobody believes that THAT is what Zionism ideology is actually about. It’s actually about shoving the myth of Jewish supremacy down the throat of everyone in its path (“But we’re the chosen people!”), it’s about relentlessly provoking conflict with Israel’s neighbors for the purpose of expanding the dimensions of the state, and it’s especially about exploiting useful idiots like you to slander anyone who dares to call it like it is.

There ain’t nobody on this planet better suited to wear a white hooded robe than modern day Zionists. Acts of blatant, violent racism and brutal subjugation of others “beneath” them might as well be scenes portrayed on the shekel. As for the tiki torches - ah, makes sense - is that part of the light into nations nonsense we keep hearing about?

Actually, Zionists believe Israel has a right to exist. That's Zionism.

If you actually believe that, I’m frightened to ask you to provide a definition of what the word “exist” means to you.

Exist. Be recognized as a legitimate sovereign state. Beyond that, they have to navigate complex international relations like every other state. Existence means not entertaining wiping Israel from the map or claiming it's an illegitimate occupier.

Existence doesn't define its borders. Personally, I think they need to remove settlements from the West Bank and I'm in favor of a two state solution. Existence isn't about superiority. The "chosen-ness" of the Jewish people is about a particular relationship with God, not one that is necessarily better, just one that is ours.

Anyway, I'm not sure what you expected "existence" to mean?

When pushed to make a sober statement, the one you provided is 100% welcome by me and the kind of sentiment that I could wholeheartedly support.

But to expose the rot, can you tell us how that statement reflects the views of Netanyahu and even the voters whose votes resulted in this Likud-led government? I mean, surely you don't expect anyone to believe that your views - top to bottom - reflect his, right?

I don't like Bibi (I did 15 years ago, but not now). There were multiple attempts at elections that failed to achieve an actual government in Israel before Bibi ended up back in power, and there have been regular protests against him since his election. I see all that and think that, while it's awful that he ended up in power again and has the power to shape Israeli policy, it's hardly because Israelis really wanted him to lead again. Some do, yes, but he's not super popular, even during wartime when nationalism would usually give leaders a boost.

OK, well, I can’t take issue with anything you’ve said in these last two posts. On the flip side, I hope you recognize that not every individual critical of Israel’s policies and actions blames every Israeli, much less every Jewish person, for the Israeli government’s bad deeds.

I'm not one of those people who thinks that all criticism of Israel is automatically antisemitism, though I do think it often blurs very quickly/easily in that direction. There is plenty to debate about Israeli politics/policy. The difference, as I see it, is whether or not that debate/critique comes from a place of recognizing the legitimacy of Israel in the first place. When "Zionist" is used as a slur, it's hard for me to see the person as coming to the conversation openly.

Don't you dare allow the word "Zionist" to be turned into a slur. It's a definition of a group of people. It's no more a slur than democrat or republican...

DP Speak for yourself. There are few badges of dishonor throughout history, maybe just a handful, that carry a darker stain. It's worse than the generic terrorist label, when you consider it currently commits terrorist acts on almost unimaginably beleaguered human beings that it has been terrorizing for decades. There's a uniquely devious ethos there.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s just a political lie that Israel has to tell its public “We are fighting to get the hostages back”

“the Israeli government is dedicating to ending Hamas”

No they aren’t. Israel is lying to their public just like the US lied to ours about Iraq.

Why would they want Hamas gone at all?! They shut US suggestions down about Egypt or the Palestinian Authority taking over administering Gaza.

The point for Israel is to ethnically cleanse Gazans like some biblical genocides completely and for Israel to take it back

Then what?
Gaza is unlivable, no water, unexploded shells in the ruins, rotting corpses
Do Israelis have no conscience? Are there really people willing to move on top of a graveyard far away from where the jobs are just to be able to call themselves some kind of religious pioneers?

Israel had been out of Gaza for twenty years. Until Palestinians invaded and committed all those atrocities in a single morning.

Look, Israel spent decades trying for a two state solution. And Palestinians are clearly not interested in two states. They want Hamas and an Islamic theocracy. There's not a lot of space here for some kind of peaceful, common sense negotiation.

Palestinians made their choices. And it's sad and pathetic. It's like the ISIS wives stuck in refugee camps in Syria. I don't know. Maybe don't marry the terrorists. And that's what Palestinians are - the ISIS wives. Absolutely no one wants them, so they are stuck because they made some really stupid choices.

Blockade. Land, sea, air. No matter how many times uninformed voices like yours whisper down the lane with tired, blatantly dishonest propaganda about Israel seeking a two-state solution, the fact is that Zionists have only ever wanted ALL of the land.

Just a heads up. Y'all need to lose the Zionist terminology. 98 percent of Americans believe Israel has a right to exist. And as for those 2 percent? It's usually Charlottesville tiki torch marchers. You should all wear a hood or something so you can find each other. Or maybe a special arm band.

Oh, c’mon now - nobody believes that THAT is what Zionism ideology is actually about. It’s actually about shoving the myth of Jewish supremacy down the throat of everyone in its path (“But we’re the chosen people!”), it’s about relentlessly provoking conflict with Israel’s neighbors for the purpose of expanding the dimensions of the state, and it’s especially about exploiting useful idiots like you to slander anyone who dares to call it like it is.

There ain’t nobody on this planet better suited to wear a white hooded robe than modern day Zionists. Acts of blatant, violent racism and brutal subjugation of others “beneath” them might as well be scenes portrayed on the shekel. As for the tiki torches - ah, makes sense - is that part of the light into nations nonsense we keep hearing about?

Actually, Zionists believe Israel has a right to exist. That's Zionism.

If you actually believe that, I’m frightened to ask you to provide a definition of what the word “exist” means to you.

Exist. Be recognized as a legitimate sovereign state. Beyond that, they have to navigate complex international relations like every other state. Existence means not entertaining wiping Israel from the map or claiming it's an illegitimate occupier.

Existence doesn't define its borders. Personally, I think they need to remove settlements from the West Bank and I'm in favor of a two state solution. Existence isn't about superiority. The "chosen-ness" of the Jewish people is about a particular relationship with God, not one that is necessarily better, just one that is ours.

Anyway, I'm not sure what you expected "existence" to mean?

When pushed to make a sober statement, the one you provided is 100% welcome by me and the kind of sentiment that I could wholeheartedly support.

But to expose the rot, can you tell us how that statement reflects the views of Netanyahu and even the voters whose votes resulted in this Likud-led government? I mean, surely you don't expect anyone to believe that your views - top to bottom - reflect his, right?

I don't like Bibi (I did 15 years ago, but not now). There were multiple attempts at elections that failed to achieve an actual government in Israel before Bibi ended up back in power, and there have been regular protests against him since his election. I see all that and think that, while it's awful that he ended up in power again and has the power to shape Israeli policy, it's hardly because Israelis really wanted him to lead again. Some do, yes, but he's not super popular, even during wartime when nationalism would usually give leaders a boost.

OK, well, I can’t take issue with anything you’ve said in these last two posts. On the flip side, I hope you recognize that not every individual critical of Israel’s policies and actions blames every Israeli, much less every Jewish person, for the Israeli government’s bad deeds.

I'm not one of those people who thinks that all criticism of Israel is automatically antisemitism, though I do think it often blurs very quickly/easily in that direction. There is plenty to debate about Israeli politics/policy. The difference, as I see it, is whether or not that debate/critique comes from a place of recognizing the legitimacy of Israel in the first place. When "Zionist" is used as a slur, it's hard for me to see the person as coming to the conversation openly.

Disagree. It's my position that the outdated idea that Zionism is merely "a belief that the State of Israel should exist" is NOT nearly descriptive enough of what most Zionists believe today. If that's the depth of YOUR support for the State of Israel, and you are otherwise disgusted with the policies and actions of the State of Israel (alongside your disgust for Hamas, etc.), that would be acceptable to most people.

Unfortunately, Zionism in 2024 needs to be assessed through a revised lens: as a descriptor for its adherents today, who are far more extremist, hateful, narcissistic, entitled and who unconditionally support a state that does more to jeopardize the idea of world peace than any other country across the globe. They very blatantly value Jewish life above the lives of others, and to them, having the State of Israel kill over 40x (already!) the number of people in Gaza as were killed in Israel on 10/7 is perfectly acceptable. These Zionist shit all over their own biblical justice of "an eye for an eye" and instead demand that the world give them "as many eyes for an eye, until WE decide that enough vengeance has been served". It's depraved, and the history (audio? neural?) books will eventually tell the true story of Israel, the most evil nation in modern times.

The spoils of history go to the victor. Israel already hands their claws in the US government through AIPAC. History books couldn't possibly be bought by schools if they write something bad about our masters.

See the Massie interview with Carlson. Mind boggling that our government seems more focused on Israel than what's happening in the US as far as bills voted on...

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Anonymous wrote:It’s just a political lie that Israel has to tell its public “We are fighting to get the hostages back”

“the Israeli government is dedicating to ending Hamas”

No they aren’t. Israel is lying to their public just like the US lied to ours about Iraq.

Why would they want Hamas gone at all?! They shut US suggestions down about Egypt or the Palestinian Authority taking over administering Gaza.

The point for Israel is to ethnically cleanse Gazans like some biblical genocides completely and for Israel to take it back

Then what?
Gaza is unlivable, no water, unexploded shells in the ruins, rotting corpses
Do Israelis have no conscience? Are there really people willing to move on top of a graveyard far away from where the jobs are just to be able to call themselves some kind of religious pioneers?

Israel had been out of Gaza for twenty years. Until Palestinians invaded and committed all those atrocities in a single morning.

Look, Israel spent decades trying for a two state solution. And Palestinians are clearly not interested in two states. They want Hamas and an Islamic theocracy. There's not a lot of space here for some kind of peaceful, common sense negotiation.

Palestinians made their choices. And it's sad and pathetic. It's like the ISIS wives stuck in refugee camps in Syria. I don't know. Maybe don't marry the terrorists. And that's what Palestinians are - the ISIS wives. Absolutely no one wants them, so they are stuck because they made some really stupid choices.

Blockade. Land, sea, air. No matter how many times uninformed voices like yours whisper down the lane with tired, blatantly dishonest propaganda about Israel seeking a two-state solution, the fact is that Zionists have only ever wanted ALL of the land.

Just a heads up. Y'all need to lose the Zionist terminology. 98 percent of Americans believe Israel has a right to exist. And as for those 2 percent? It's usually Charlottesville tiki torch marchers. You should all wear a hood or something so you can find each other. Or maybe a special arm band.

Oh, c’mon now - nobody believes that THAT is what Zionism ideology is actually about. It’s actually about shoving the myth of Jewish supremacy down the throat of everyone in its path (“But we’re the chosen people!”), it’s about relentlessly provoking conflict with Israel’s neighbors for the purpose of expanding the dimensions of the state, and it’s especially about exploiting useful idiots like you to slander anyone who dares to call it like it is.

There ain’t nobody on this planet better suited to wear a white hooded robe than modern day Zionists. Acts of blatant, violent racism and brutal subjugation of others “beneath” them might as well be scenes portrayed on the shekel. As for the tiki torches - ah, makes sense - is that part of the light into nations nonsense we keep hearing about?

Actually, Zionists believe Israel has a right to exist. That's Zionism.

If you actually believe that, I’m frightened to ask you to provide a definition of what the word “exist” means to you.

Exist. Be recognized as a legitimate sovereign state. Beyond that, they have to navigate complex international relations like every other state. Existence means not entertaining wiping Israel from the map or claiming it's an illegitimate occupier.

Existence doesn't define its borders. Personally, I think they need to remove settlements from the West Bank and I'm in favor of a two state solution. Existence isn't about superiority. The "chosen-ness" of the Jewish people is about a particular relationship with God, not one that is necessarily better, just one that is ours.

Anyway, I'm not sure what you expected "existence" to mean?

When pushed to make a sober statement, the one you provided is 100% welcome by me and the kind of sentiment that I could wholeheartedly support.

But to expose the rot, can you tell us how that statement reflects the views of Netanyahu and even the voters whose votes resulted in this Likud-led government? I mean, surely you don't expect anyone to believe that your views - top to bottom - reflect his, right?

I don't like Bibi (I did 15 years ago, but not now). There were multiple attempts at elections that failed to achieve an actual government in Israel before Bibi ended up back in power, and there have been regular protests against him since his election. I see all that and think that, while it's awful that he ended up in power again and has the power to shape Israeli policy, it's hardly because Israelis really wanted him to lead again. Some do, yes, but he's not super popular, even during wartime when nationalism would usually give leaders a boost.

OK, well, I can’t take issue with anything you’ve said in these last two posts. On the flip side, I hope you recognize that not every individual critical of Israel’s policies and actions blames every Israeli, much less every Jewish person, for the Israeli government’s bad deeds.

I'm not one of those people who thinks that all criticism of Israel is automatically antisemitism, though I do think it often blurs very quickly/easily in that direction. There is plenty to debate about Israeli politics/policy. The difference, as I see it, is whether or not that debate/critique comes from a place of recognizing the legitimacy of Israel in the first place. When "Zionist" is used as a slur, it's hard for me to see the person as coming to the conversation openly.

Don't you dare allow the word "Zionist" to be turned into a slur. It's a definition of a group of people. It's no more a slur than democrat or republican...

DP Speak for yourself. There are few badges of dishonor throughout history, maybe just a handful, that carry a darker stain. It's worse than the generic terrorist label, when you consider it currently commits terrorist acts on almost unimaginably beleaguered human beings that it has been terrorizing for decades. There's a uniquely devious ethos there.

OP. Agreed, but my argument is that once it becomes a slur, it becomes a forbidden word. Forbidden words are designed to stop conversation.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s just a political lie that Israel has to tell its public “We are fighting to get the hostages back”

“the Israeli government is dedicating to ending Hamas”

No they aren’t. Israel is lying to their public just like the US lied to ours about Iraq.

Why would they want Hamas gone at all?! They shut US suggestions down about Egypt or the Palestinian Authority taking over administering Gaza.

The point for Israel is to ethnically cleanse Gazans like some biblical genocides completely and for Israel to take it back

Then what?
Gaza is unlivable, no water, unexploded shells in the ruins, rotting corpses
Do Israelis have no conscience? Are there really people willing to move on top of a graveyard far away from where the jobs are just to be able to call themselves some kind of religious pioneers?

Israel had been out of Gaza for twenty years. Until Palestinians invaded and committed all those atrocities in a single morning.

Look, Israel spent decades trying for a two state solution. And Palestinians are clearly not interested in two states. They want Hamas and an Islamic theocracy. There's not a lot of space here for some kind of peaceful, common sense negotiation.

Palestinians made their choices. And it's sad and pathetic. It's like the ISIS wives stuck in refugee camps in Syria. I don't know. Maybe don't marry the terrorists. And that's what Palestinians are - the ISIS wives. Absolutely no one wants them, so they are stuck because they made some really stupid choices.

Blockade. Land, sea, air. No matter how many times uninformed voices like yours whisper down the lane with tired, blatantly dishonest propaganda about Israel seeking a two-state solution, the fact is that Zionists have only ever wanted ALL of the land.

Just a heads up. Y'all need to lose the Zionist terminology. 98 percent of Americans believe Israel has a right to exist. And as for those 2 percent? It's usually Charlottesville tiki torch marchers. You should all wear a hood or something so you can find each other. Or maybe a special arm band.

Oh, c’mon now - nobody believes that THAT is what Zionism ideology is actually about. It’s actually about shoving the myth of Jewish supremacy down the throat of everyone in its path (“But we’re the chosen people!”), it’s about relentlessly provoking conflict with Israel’s neighbors for the purpose of expanding the dimensions of the state, and it’s especially about exploiting useful idiots like you to slander anyone who dares to call it like it is.

There ain’t nobody on this planet better suited to wear a white hooded robe than modern day Zionists. Acts of blatant, violent racism and brutal subjugation of others “beneath” them might as well be scenes portrayed on the shekel. As for the tiki torches - ah, makes sense - is that part of the light into nations nonsense we keep hearing about?

Actually, Zionists believe Israel has a right to exist. That's Zionism.

If you actually believe that, I’m frightened to ask you to provide a definition of what the word “exist” means to you.

Exist. Be recognized as a legitimate sovereign state. Beyond that, they have to navigate complex international relations like every other state. Existence means not entertaining wiping Israel from the map or claiming it's an illegitimate occupier.

Existence doesn't define its borders. Personally, I think they need to remove settlements from the West Bank and I'm in favor of a two state solution. Existence isn't about superiority. The "chosen-ness" of the Jewish people is about a particular relationship with God, not one that is necessarily better, just one that is ours.

Anyway, I'm not sure what you expected "existence" to mean?

When pushed to make a sober statement, the one you provided is 100% welcome by me and the kind of sentiment that I could wholeheartedly support.

But to expose the rot, can you tell us how that statement reflects the views of Netanyahu and even the voters whose votes resulted in this Likud-led government? I mean, surely you don't expect anyone to believe that your views - top to bottom - reflect his, right?

I don't like Bibi (I did 15 years ago, but not now). There were multiple attempts at elections that failed to achieve an actual government in Israel before Bibi ended up back in power, and there have been regular protests against him since his election. I see all that and think that, while it's awful that he ended up in power again and has the power to shape Israeli policy, it's hardly because Israelis really wanted him to lead again. Some do, yes, but he's not super popular, even during wartime when nationalism would usually give leaders a boost.

OK, well, I can’t take issue with anything you’ve said in these last two posts. On the flip side, I hope you recognize that not every individual critical of Israel’s policies and actions blames every Israeli, much less every Jewish person, for the Israeli government’s bad deeds.

I'm not one of those people who thinks that all criticism of Israel is automatically antisemitism, though I do think it often blurs very quickly/easily in that direction. There is plenty to debate about Israeli politics/policy. The difference, as I see it, is whether or not that debate/critique comes from a place of recognizing the legitimacy of Israel in the first place. When "Zionist" is used as a slur, it's hard for me to see the person as coming to the conversation openly.

Don't you dare allow the word "Zionist" to be turned into a slur. It's a definition of a group of people. It's no more a slur than democrat or republican...

DP Speak for yourself. There are few badges of dishonor throughout history, maybe just a handful, that carry a darker stain. It's worse than the generic terrorist label, when you consider it currently commits terrorist acts on almost unimaginably beleaguered human beings that it has been terrorizing for decades. There's a uniquely devious ethos there.

OP. Agreed, but my argument is that once it becomes a slur, it becomes a forbidden word. Forbidden words are designed to stop conversation.

Thank you for the clarification, completely agreed.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s just a political lie that Israel has to tell its public “We are fighting to get the hostages back”

“the Israeli government is dedicating to ending Hamas”

No they aren’t. Israel is lying to their public just like the US lied to ours about Iraq.

Why would they want Hamas gone at all?! They shut US suggestions down about Egypt or the Palestinian Authority taking over administering Gaza.

The point for Israel is to ethnically cleanse Gazans like some biblical genocides completely and for Israel to take it back

Then what?
Gaza is unlivable, no water, unexploded shells in the ruins, rotting corpses
Do Israelis have no conscience? Are there really people willing to move on top of a graveyard far away from where the jobs are just to be able to call themselves some kind of religious pioneers?

Israel had been out of Gaza for twenty years. Until Palestinians invaded and committed all those atrocities in a single morning.

Look, Israel spent decades trying for a two state solution. And Palestinians are clearly not interested in two states. They want Hamas and an Islamic theocracy. There's not a lot of space here for some kind of peaceful, common sense negotiation.

Palestinians made their choices. And it's sad and pathetic. It's like the ISIS wives stuck in refugee camps in Syria. I don't know. Maybe don't marry the terrorists. And that's what Palestinians are - the ISIS wives. Absolutely no one wants them, so they are stuck because they made some really stupid choices.

Blockade. Land, sea, air. No matter how many times uninformed voices like yours whisper down the lane with tired, blatantly dishonest propaganda about Israel seeking a two-state solution, the fact is that Zionists have only ever wanted ALL of the land.

Just a heads up. Y'all need to lose the Zionist terminology. 98 percent of Americans believe Israel has a right to exist. And as for those 2 percent? It's usually Charlottesville tiki torch marchers. You should all wear a hood or something so you can find each other. Or maybe a special arm band.

Oh, c’mon now - nobody believes that THAT is what Zionism ideology is actually about. It’s actually about shoving the myth of Jewish supremacy down the throat of everyone in its path (“But we’re the chosen people!”), it’s about relentlessly provoking conflict with Israel’s neighbors for the purpose of expanding the dimensions of the state, and it’s especially about exploiting useful idiots like you to slander anyone who dares to call it like it is.

There ain’t nobody on this planet better suited to wear a white hooded robe than modern day Zionists. Acts of blatant, violent racism and brutal subjugation of others “beneath” them might as well be scenes portrayed on the shekel. As for the tiki torches - ah, makes sense - is that part of the light into nations nonsense we keep hearing about?

Actually, Zionists believe Israel has a right to exist. That's Zionism.

If you actually believe that, I’m frightened to ask you to provide a definition of what the word “exist” means to you.

Exist. Be recognized as a legitimate sovereign state. Beyond that, they have to navigate complex international relations like every other state. Existence means not entertaining wiping Israel from the map or claiming it's an illegitimate occupier.

Existence doesn't define its borders. Personally, I think they need to remove settlements from the West Bank and I'm in favor of a two state solution. Existence isn't about superiority. The "chosen-ness" of the Jewish people is about a particular relationship with God, not one that is necessarily better, just one that is ours.

Anyway, I'm not sure what you expected "existence" to mean?

When pushed to make a sober statement, the one you provided is 100% welcome by me and the kind of sentiment that I could wholeheartedly support.

But to expose the rot, can you tell us how that statement reflects the views of Netanyahu and even the voters whose votes resulted in this Likud-led government? I mean, surely you don't expect anyone to believe that your views - top to bottom - reflect his, right?

I don't like Bibi (I did 15 years ago, but not now). There were multiple attempts at elections that failed to achieve an actual government in Israel before Bibi ended up back in power, and there have been regular protests against him since his election. I see all that and think that, while it's awful that he ended up in power again and has the power to shape Israeli policy, it's hardly because Israelis really wanted him to lead again. Some do, yes, but he's not super popular, even during wartime when nationalism would usually give leaders a boost.

OK, well, I can’t take issue with anything you’ve said in these last two posts. On the flip side, I hope you recognize that not every individual critical of Israel’s policies and actions blames every Israeli, much less every Jewish person, for the Israeli government’s bad deeds.

I'm not one of those people who thinks that all criticism of Israel is automatically antisemitism, though I do think it often blurs very quickly/easily in that direction. There is plenty to debate about Israeli politics/policy. The difference, as I see it, is whether or not that debate/critique comes from a place of recognizing the legitimacy of Israel in the first place. When "Zionist" is used as a slur, it's hard for me to see the person as coming to the conversation openly.

Disagree. It's my position that the outdated idea that Zionism is merely "a belief that the State of Israel should exist" is NOT nearly descriptive enough of what most Zionists believe today. If that's the depth of YOUR support for the State of Israel, and you are otherwise disgusted with the policies and actions of the State of Israel (alongside your disgust for Hamas, etc.), that would be acceptable to most people.

Unfortunately, Zionism in 2024 needs to be assessed through a revised lens: as a descriptor for its adherents today, who are far more extremist, hateful, narcissistic, entitled and who unconditionally support a state that does more to jeopardize the idea of world peace than any other country across the globe. They very blatantly value Jewish life above the lives of others, and to them, having the State of Israel kill over 40x (already!) the number of people in Gaza as were killed in Israel on 10/7 is perfectly acceptable. These Zionist shit all over their own biblical justice of "an eye for an eye" and instead demand that the world give them "as many eyes for an eye, until WE decide that enough vengeance has been served". It's depraved, and the history (audio? neural?) books will eventually tell the true story of Israel, the most evil nation in modern times.

Your claim is 40,000 Gazans were killed?

Do you have a factual source for that? (and no, Hamas - a designated terrorist organization - is NOT a factual source.)

Moreover: how many of the alleged 40,000 were Hamas terrorists who died with guns or bombs in their hands? (Hamas refuses to say).

For all we know, every one of the alleged 40,000 was a fighter.

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One kid with one IDF sniper bullet in the head is too many. Multiple kids with multiple sniper bullets in the head/chest is worthy of the gallows.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s just a political lie that Israel has to tell its public “We are fighting to get the hostages back”

“the Israeli government is dedicating to ending Hamas”

No they aren’t. Israel is lying to their public just like the US lied to ours about Iraq.

Why would they want Hamas gone at all?! They shut US suggestions down about Egypt or the Palestinian Authority taking over administering Gaza.

The point for Israel is to ethnically cleanse Gazans like some biblical genocides completely and for Israel to take it back

Then what?
Gaza is unlivable, no water, unexploded shells in the ruins, rotting corpses
Do Israelis have no conscience? Are there really people willing to move on top of a graveyard far away from where the jobs are just to be able to call themselves some kind of religious pioneers?

Israel had been out of Gaza for twenty years. Until Palestinians invaded and committed all those atrocities in a single morning.

Look, Israel spent decades trying for a two state solution. And Palestinians are clearly not interested in two states. They want Hamas and an Islamic theocracy. There's not a lot of space here for some kind of peaceful, common sense negotiation.

Palestinians made their choices. And it's sad and pathetic. It's like the ISIS wives stuck in refugee camps in Syria. I don't know. Maybe don't marry the terrorists. And that's what Palestinians are - the ISIS wives. Absolutely no one wants them, so they are stuck because they made some really stupid choices.

Blockade. Land, sea, air. No matter how many times uninformed voices like yours whisper down the lane with tired, blatantly dishonest propaganda about Israel seeking a two-state solution, the fact is that Zionists have only ever wanted ALL of the land.

Just a heads up. Y'all need to lose the Zionist terminology. 98 percent of Americans believe Israel has a right to exist. And as for those 2 percent? It's usually Charlottesville tiki torch marchers. You should all wear a hood or something so you can find each other. Or maybe a special arm band.

Oh, c’mon now - nobody believes that THAT is what Zionism ideology is actually about. It’s actually about shoving the myth of Jewish supremacy down the throat of everyone in its path (“But we’re the chosen people!”), it’s about relentlessly provoking conflict with Israel’s neighbors for the purpose of expanding the dimensions of the state, and it’s especially about exploiting useful idiots like you to slander anyone who dares to call it like it is.

There ain’t nobody on this planet better suited to wear a white hooded robe than modern day Zionists. Acts of blatant, violent racism and brutal subjugation of others “beneath” them might as well be scenes portrayed on the shekel. As for the tiki torches - ah, makes sense - is that part of the light into nations nonsense we keep hearing about?

Actually, Zionists believe Israel has a right to exist. That's Zionism.

If you actually believe that, I’m frightened to ask you to provide a definition of what the word “exist” means to you.

Exist. Be recognized as a legitimate sovereign state. Beyond that, they have to navigate complex international relations like every other state. Existence means not entertaining wiping Israel from the map or claiming it's an illegitimate occupier.

Existence doesn't define its borders. Personally, I think they need to remove settlements from the West Bank and I'm in favor of a two state solution. Existence isn't about superiority. The "chosen-ness" of the Jewish people is about a particular relationship with God, not one that is necessarily better, just one that is ours.

Anyway, I'm not sure what you expected "existence" to mean?

What about admitting that creating Israel necessitated violent displacement of non-Jews from the land? That the concept of the Jewish state meant a Jewish government and a Jewish majority where none existed originally?

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Anonymous wrote:It’s just a political lie that Israel has to tell its public “We are fighting to get the hostages back”

“the Israeli government is dedicating to ending Hamas”

No they aren’t. Israel is lying to their public just like the US lied to ours about Iraq.

Why would they want Hamas gone at all?! They shut US suggestions down about Egypt or the Palestinian Authority taking over administering Gaza.

The point for Israel is to ethnically cleanse Gazans like some biblical genocides completely and for Israel to take it back

Then what?
Gaza is unlivable, no water, unexploded shells in the ruins, rotting corpses
Do Israelis have no conscience? Are there really people willing to move on top of a graveyard far away from where the jobs are just to be able to call themselves some kind of religious pioneers?

Israel had been out of Gaza for twenty years. Until Palestinians invaded and committed all those atrocities in a single morning.

Look, Israel spent decades trying for a two state solution. And Palestinians are clearly not interested in two states. They want Hamas and an Islamic theocracy. There's not a lot of space here for some kind of peaceful, common sense negotiation.

Palestinians made their choices. And it's sad and pathetic. It's like the ISIS wives stuck in refugee camps in Syria. I don't know. Maybe don't marry the terrorists. And that's what Palestinians are - the ISIS wives. Absolutely no one wants them, so they are stuck because they made some really stupid choices.

Blockade. Land, sea, air. No matter how many times uninformed voices like yours whisper down the lane with tired, blatantly dishonest propaganda about Israel seeking a two-state solution, the fact is that Zionists have only ever wanted ALL of the land.

Just a heads up. Y'all need to lose the Zionist terminology. 98 percent of Americans believe Israel has a right to exist. And as for those 2 percent? It's usually Charlottesville tiki torch marchers. You should all wear a hood or something so you can find each other. Or maybe a special arm band.

Oh, c’mon now - nobody believes that THAT is what Zionism ideology is actually about. It’s actually about shoving the myth of Jewish supremacy down the throat of everyone in its path (“But we’re the chosen people!”), it’s about relentlessly provoking conflict with Israel’s neighbors for the purpose of expanding the dimensions of the state, and it’s especially about exploiting useful idiots like you to slander anyone who dares to call it like it is.

There ain’t nobody on this planet better suited to wear a white hooded robe than modern day Zionists. Acts of blatant, violent racism and brutal subjugation of others “beneath” them might as well be scenes portrayed on the shekel. As for the tiki torches - ah, makes sense - is that part of the light into nations nonsense we keep hearing about?

Actually, Zionists believe Israel has a right to exist. That's Zionism.

If you actually believe that, I’m frightened to ask you to provide a definition of what the word “exist” means to you.

Exist. Be recognized as a legitimate sovereign state. Beyond that, they have to navigate complex international relations like every other state. Existence means not entertaining wiping Israel from the map or claiming it's an illegitimate occupier.

Existence doesn't define its borders. Personally, I think they need to remove settlements from the West Bank and I'm in favor of a two state solution. Existence isn't about superiority. The "chosen-ness" of the Jewish people is about a particular relationship with God, not one that is necessarily better, just one that is ours.

Anyway, I'm not sure what you expected "existence" to mean?

What about admitting that creating Israel necessitated violent displacement of non-Jews from the land? That the concept of the Jewish state meant a Jewish government and a Jewish majority where none existed originally?

This is what I have a hard time grappling with as well. I've read the history and to be honest that's all where it started....but whether or not I believe creating Israel based on a religious group's claim to the land....and forcing/displacing non-Jews...was right ot wrong (although IMHO it was wrong)...it's too late now. What's done is done.

But we also need to stop blindly supporting Israel by giving them billions in military aid. Spend that money on our ducation and helping US citizens.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s just a political lie that Israel has to tell its public “We are fighting to get the hostages back”

“the Israeli government is dedicating to ending Hamas”

No they aren’t. Israel is lying to their public just like the US lied to ours about Iraq.

Why would they want Hamas gone at all?! They shut US suggestions down about Egypt or the Palestinian Authority taking over administering Gaza.

The point for Israel is to ethnically cleanse Gazans like some biblical genocides completely and for Israel to take it back

Then what?
Gaza is unlivable, no water, unexploded shells in the ruins, rotting corpses
Do Israelis have no conscience? Are there really people willing to move on top of a graveyard far away from where the jobs are just to be able to call themselves some kind of religious pioneers?

Israel had been out of Gaza for twenty years. Until Palestinians invaded and committed all those atrocities in a single morning.

Look, Israel spent decades trying for a two state solution. And Palestinians are clearly not interested in two states. They want Hamas and an Islamic theocracy. There's not a lot of space here for some kind of peaceful, common sense negotiation.

Palestinians made their choices. And it's sad and pathetic. It's like the ISIS wives stuck in refugee camps in Syria. I don't know. Maybe don't marry the terrorists. And that's what Palestinians are - the ISIS wives. Absolutely no one wants them, so they are stuck because they made some really stupid choices.

Blockade. Land, sea, air. No matter how many times uninformed voices like yours whisper down the lane with tired, blatantly dishonest propaganda about Israel seeking a two-state solution, the fact is that Zionists have only ever wanted ALL of the land.

Just a heads up. Y'all need to lose the Zionist terminology. 98 percent of Americans believe Israel has a right to exist. And as for those 2 percent? It's usually Charlottesville tiki torch marchers. You should all wear a hood or something so you can find each other. Or maybe a special arm band.

Oh, c’mon now - nobody believes that THAT is what Zionism ideology is actually about. It’s actually about shoving the myth of Jewish supremacy down the throat of everyone in its path (“But we’re the chosen people!”), it’s about relentlessly provoking conflict with Israel’s neighbors for the purpose of expanding the dimensions of the state, and it’s especially about exploiting useful idiots like you to slander anyone who dares to call it like it is.

There ain’t nobody on this planet better suited to wear a white hooded robe than modern day Zionists. Acts of blatant, violent racism and brutal subjugation of others “beneath” them might as well be scenes portrayed on the shekel. As for the tiki torches - ah, makes sense - is that part of the light into nations nonsense we keep hearing about?

Actually, Zionists believe Israel has a right to exist. That's Zionism.

If you actually believe that, I’m frightened to ask you to provide a definition of what the word “exist” means to you.

Exist. Be recognized as a legitimate sovereign state. Beyond that, they have to navigate complex international relations like every other state. Existence means not entertaining wiping Israel from the map or claiming it's an illegitimate occupier.

Existence doesn't define its borders. Personally, I think they need to remove settlements from the West Bank and I'm in favor of a two state solution. Existence isn't about superiority. The "chosen-ness" of the Jewish people is about a particular relationship with God, not one that is necessarily better, just one that is ours.

Anyway, I'm not sure what you expected "existence" to mean?

When pushed to make a sober statement, the one you provided is 100% welcome by me and the kind of sentiment that I could wholeheartedly support.

But to expose the rot, can you tell us how that statement reflects the views of Netanyahu and even the voters whose votes resulted in this Likud-led government? I mean, surely you don't expect anyone to believe that your views - top to bottom - reflect his, right?

I don't like Bibi (I did 15 years ago, but not now). There were multiple attempts at elections that failed to achieve an actual government in Israel before Bibi ended up back in power, and there have been regular protests against him since his election. I see all that and think that, while it's awful that he ended up in power again and has the power to shape Israeli policy, it's hardly because Israelis really wanted him to lead again. Some do, yes, but he's not super popular, even during wartime when nationalism would usually give leaders a boost.

OK, well, I can’t take issue with anything you’ve said in these last two posts. On the flip side, I hope you recognize that not every individual critical of Israel’s policies and actions blames every Israeli, much less every Jewish person, for the Israeli government’s bad deeds.

I'm not one of those people who thinks that all criticism of Israel is automatically antisemitism, though I do think it often blurs very quickly/easily in that direction. There is plenty to debate about Israeli politics/policy. The difference, as I see it, is whether or not that debate/critique comes from a place of recognizing the legitimacy of Israel in the first place. When "Zionist" is used as a slur, it's hard for me to see the person as coming to the conversation openly.

Disagree. It's my position that the outdated idea that Zionism is merely "a belief that the State of Israel should exist" is NOT nearly descriptive enough of what most Zionists believe today. If that's the depth of YOUR support for the State of Israel, and you are otherwise disgusted with the policies and actions of the State of Israel (alongside your disgust for Hamas, etc.), that would be acceptable to most people.

Unfortunately, Zionism in 2024 needs to be assessed through a revised lens: as a descriptor for its adherents today, who are far more extremist, hateful, narcissistic, entitled and who unconditionally support a state that does more to jeopardize the idea of world peace than any other country across the globe. They very blatantly value Jewish life above the lives of others, and to them, having the State of Israel kill over 40x (already!) the number of people in Gaza as were killed in Israel on 10/7 is perfectly acceptable. These Zionist shit all over their own biblical justice of "an eye for an eye" and instead demand that the world give them "as many eyes for an eye, until WE decide that enough vengeance has been served". It's depraved, and the history (audio? neural?) books will eventually tell the true story of Israel, the most evil nation in modern times.

Your claim is 40,000 Gazans were killed?

Do you have a factual source for that? (and no, Hamas - a designated terrorist organization - is NOT a factual source.)

Moreover: how many of the alleged 40,000 were Hamas terrorists who died with guns or bombs in their hands? (Hamas refuses to say).

For all we know, every one of the alleged 40,000 was a fighter.

Say it with a straight face now.

You are opening a can of worms that serves no purpose other than to create further division. The HHSA equivalent in Israel relies on those exact same numbers published by CIVILIAN employees in Gaza.

There is no alternative way to deliver public health services. You act as if they are uneducated militants when the literacy rate in their concentration camp of an existence dwarfs the literacy rate in Israel itself.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s just a political lie that Israel has to tell its public “We are fighting to get the hostages back”

“the Israeli government is dedicating to ending Hamas”

No they aren’t. Israel is lying to their public just like the US lied to ours about Iraq.

Why would they want Hamas gone at all?! They shut US suggestions down about Egypt or the Palestinian Authority taking over administering Gaza.

The point for Israel is to ethnically cleanse Gazans like some biblical genocides completely and for Israel to take it back

Then what?
Gaza is unlivable, no water, unexploded shells in the ruins, rotting corpses
Do Israelis have no conscience? Are there really people willing to move on top of a graveyard far away from where the jobs are just to be able to call themselves some kind of religious pioneers?

Israel had been out of Gaza for twenty years. Until Palestinians invaded and committed all those atrocities in a single morning.

Look, Israel spent decades trying for a two state solution. And Palestinians are clearly not interested in two states. They want Hamas and an Islamic theocracy. There's not a lot of space here for some kind of peaceful, common sense negotiation.

Palestinians made their choices. And it's sad and pathetic. It's like the ISIS wives stuck in refugee camps in Syria. I don't know. Maybe don't marry the terrorists. And that's what Palestinians are - the ISIS wives. Absolutely no one wants them, so they are stuck because they made some really stupid choices.

Blockade. Land, sea, air. No matter how many times uninformed voices like yours whisper down the lane with tired, blatantly dishonest propaganda about Israel seeking a two-state solution, the fact is that Zionists have only ever wanted ALL of the land.

Just a heads up. Y'all need to lose the Zionist terminology. 98 percent of Americans believe Israel has a right to exist. And as for those 2 percent? It's usually Charlottesville tiki torch marchers. You should all wear a hood or something so you can find each other. Or maybe a special arm band.

Oh, c’mon now - nobody believes that THAT is what Zionism ideology is actually about. It’s actually about shoving the myth of Jewish supremacy down the throat of everyone in its path (“But we’re the chosen people!”), it’s about relentlessly provoking conflict with Israel’s neighbors for the purpose of expanding the dimensions of the state, and it’s especially about exploiting useful idiots like you to slander anyone who dares to call it like it is.

There ain’t nobody on this planet better suited to wear a white hooded robe than modern day Zionists. Acts of blatant, violent racism and brutal subjugation of others “beneath” them might as well be scenes portrayed on the shekel. As for the tiki torches - ah, makes sense - is that part of the light into nations nonsense we keep hearing about?

Actually, Zionists believe Israel has a right to exist. That's Zionism.

If you actually believe that, I’m frightened to ask you to provide a definition of what the word “exist” means to you.

Exist. Be recognized as a legitimate sovereign state. Beyond that, they have to navigate complex international relations like every other state. Existence means not entertaining wiping Israel from the map or claiming it's an illegitimate occupier.

Existence doesn't define its borders. Personally, I think they need to remove settlements from the West Bank and I'm in favor of a two state solution. Existence isn't about superiority. The "chosen-ness" of the Jewish people is about a particular relationship with God, not one that is necessarily better, just one that is ours.

Anyway, I'm not sure what you expected "existence" to mean?

When pushed to make a sober statement, the one you provided is 100% welcome by me and the kind of sentiment that I could wholeheartedly support.

But to expose the rot, can you tell us how that statement reflects the views of Netanyahu and even the voters whose votes resulted in this Likud-led government? I mean, surely you don't expect anyone to believe that your views - top to bottom - reflect his, right?

I don't like Bibi (I did 15 years ago, but not now). There were multiple attempts at elections that failed to achieve an actual government in Israel before Bibi ended up back in power, and there have been regular protests against him since his election. I see all that and think that, while it's awful that he ended up in power again and has the power to shape Israeli policy, it's hardly because Israelis really wanted him to lead again. Some do, yes, but he's not super popular, even during wartime when nationalism would usually give leaders a boost.

OK, well, I can’t take issue with anything you’ve said in these last two posts. On the flip side, I hope you recognize that not every individual critical of Israel’s policies and actions blames every Israeli, much less every Jewish person, for the Israeli government’s bad deeds.

I'm not one of those people who thinks that all criticism of Israel is automatically antisemitism, though I do think it often blurs very quickly/easily in that direction. There is plenty to debate about Israeli politics/policy. The difference, as I see it, is whether or not that debate/critique comes from a place of recognizing the legitimacy of Israel in the first place. When "Zionist" is used as a slur, it's hard for me to see the person as coming to the conversation openly.

Disagree. It's my position that the outdated idea that Zionism is merely "a belief that the State of Israel should exist" is NOT nearly descriptive enough of what most Zionists believe today. If that's the depth of YOUR support for the State of Israel, and you are otherwise disgusted with the policies and actions of the State of Israel (alongside your disgust for Hamas, etc.), that would be acceptable to most people.

Unfortunately, Zionism in 2024 needs to be assessed through a revised lens: as a descriptor for its adherents today, who are far more extremist, hateful, narcissistic, entitled and who unconditionally support a state that does more to jeopardize the idea of world peace than any other country across the globe. They very blatantly value Jewish life above the lives of others, and to them, having the State of Israel kill over 40x (already!) the number of people in Gaza as were killed in Israel on 10/7 is perfectly acceptable. These Zionist shit all over their own biblical justice of "an eye for an eye" and instead demand that the world give them "as many eyes for an eye, until WE decide that enough vengeance has been served". It's depraved, and the history (audio? neural?) books will eventually tell the true story of Israel, the most evil nation in modern times.

Your claim is 40,000 Gazans were killed?

Do you have a factual source for that? (and no, Hamas - a designated terrorist organization - is NOT a factual source.)

Moreover: how many of the alleged 40,000 were Hamas terrorists who died with guns or bombs in their hands? (Hamas refuses to say).

For all we know, every one of the alleged 40,000 was a fighter.

Say it with a straight face now.

You are opening a can of worms that serves no purpose other than to create further division. The HHSA equivalent in Israel relies on those exact same numbers published by CIVILIAN employees in Gaza.

There is no alternative way to deliver public health services. You act as if they are uneducated militants when the literacy rate in their concentration camp of an existence dwarfs the literacy rate in Israel itself.

It’s a typical Israeli trick. They used to bomb a crowd of people like mail delivery workers who came to collect their paychecks, and then claim they hit a Hamas gathering. Well duh, Hamas runs public services in Gaza so technically the mailmen and the sanitation workers are “Hamas” but are they okay to kill????

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Eff IsRahEl. I don't believe any genocidal country that snipes children has the right to exist

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Anonymous wrote:It’s just a political lie that Israel has to tell its public “We are fighting to get the hostages back”

“the Israeli government is dedicating to ending Hamas”

No they aren’t. Israel is lying to their public just like the US lied to ours about Iraq.

Why would they want Hamas gone at all?! They shut US suggestions down about Egypt or the Palestinian Authority taking over administering Gaza.

The point for Israel is to ethnically cleanse Gazans like some biblical genocides completely and for Israel to take it back

Then what?
Gaza is unlivable, no water, unexploded shells in the ruins, rotting corpses
Do Israelis have no conscience? Are there really people willing to move on top of a graveyard far away from where the jobs are just to be able to call themselves some kind of religious pioneers?

Israel had been out of Gaza for twenty years. Until Palestinians invaded and committed all those atrocities in a single morning.

Look, Israel spent decades trying for a two state solution. And Palestinians are clearly not interested in two states. They want Hamas and an Islamic theocracy. There's not a lot of space here for some kind of peaceful, common sense negotiation.

Palestinians made their choices. And it's sad and pathetic. It's like the ISIS wives stuck in refugee camps in Syria. I don't know. Maybe don't marry the terrorists. And that's what Palestinians are - the ISIS wives. Absolutely no one wants them, so they are stuck because they made some really stupid choices.

Blockade. Land, sea, air. No matter how many times uninformed voices like yours whisper down the lane with tired, blatantly dishonest propaganda about Israel seeking a two-state solution, the fact is that Zionists have only ever wanted ALL of the land.

Just a heads up. Y'all need to lose the Zionist terminology. 98 percent of Americans believe Israel has a right to exist. And as for those 2 percent? It's usually Charlottesville tiki torch marchers. You should all wear a hood or something so you can find each other. Or maybe a special arm band.

Oh, c’mon now - nobody believes that THAT is what Zionism ideology is actually about. It’s actually about shoving the myth of Jewish supremacy down the throat of everyone in its path (“But we’re the chosen people!”), it’s about relentlessly provoking conflict with Israel’s neighbors for the purpose of expanding the dimensions of the state, and it’s especially about exploiting useful idiots like you to slander anyone who dares to call it like it is.

There ain’t nobody on this planet better suited to wear a white hooded robe than modern day Zionists. Acts of blatant, violent racism and brutal subjugation of others “beneath” them might as well be scenes portrayed on the shekel. As for the tiki torches - ah, makes sense - is that part of the light into nations nonsense we keep hearing about?

Actually, Zionists believe Israel has a right to exist. That's Zionism.

If you actually believe that, I’m frightened to ask you to provide a definition of what the word “exist” means to you.

Exist. Be recognized as a legitimate sovereign state. Beyond that, they have to navigate complex international relations like every other state. Existence means not entertaining wiping Israel from the map or claiming it's an illegitimate occupier.

Existence doesn't define its borders. Personally, I think they need to remove settlements from the West Bank and I'm in favor of a two state solution. Existence isn't about superiority. The "chosen-ness" of the Jewish people is about a particular relationship with God, not one that is necessarily better, just one that is ours.

Anyway, I'm not sure what you expected "existence" to mean?

When pushed to make a sober statement, the one you provided is 100% welcome by me and the kind of sentiment that I could wholeheartedly support.

But to expose the rot, can you tell us how that statement reflects the views of Netanyahu and even the voters whose votes resulted in this Likud-led government? I mean, surely you don't expect anyone to believe that your views - top to bottom - reflect his, right?

I don't like Bibi (I did 15 years ago, but not now). There were multiple attempts at elections that failed to achieve an actual government in Israel before Bibi ended up back in power, and there have been regular protests against him since his election. I see all that and think that, while it's awful that he ended up in power again and has the power to shape Israeli policy, it's hardly because Israelis really wanted him to lead again. Some do, yes, but he's not super popular, even during wartime when nationalism would usually give leaders a boost.

OK, well, I can’t take issue with anything you’ve said in these last two posts. On the flip side, I hope you recognize that not every individual critical of Israel’s policies and actions blames every Israeli, much less every Jewish person, for the Israeli government’s bad deeds.

I'm not one of those people who thinks that all criticism of Israel is automatically antisemitism, though I do think it often blurs very quickly/easily in that direction. There is plenty to debate about Israeli politics/policy. The difference, as I see it, is whether or not that debate/critique comes from a place of recognizing the legitimacy of Israel in the first place. When "Zionist" is used as a slur, it's hard for me to see the person as coming to the conversation openly.

Disagree. It's my position that the outdated idea that Zionism is merely "a belief that the State of Israel should exist" is NOT nearly descriptive enough of what most Zionists believe today. If that's the depth of YOUR support for the State of Israel, and you are otherwise disgusted with the policies and actions of the State of Israel (alongside your disgust for Hamas, etc.), that would be acceptable to most people.

Unfortunately, Zionism in 2024 needs to be assessed through a revised lens: as a descriptor for its adherents today, who are far more extremist, hateful, narcissistic, entitled and who unconditionally support a state that does more to jeopardize the idea of world peace than any other country across the globe. They very blatantly value Jewish life above the lives of others, and to them, having the State of Israel kill over 40x (already!) the number of people in Gaza as were killed in Israel on 10/7 is perfectly acceptable. These Zionist shit all over their own biblical justice of "an eye for an eye" and instead demand that the world give them "as many eyes for an eye, until WE decide that enough vengeance has been served". It's depraved, and the history (audio? neural?) books will eventually tell the true story of Israel, the most evil nation in modern times.

Your claim is 40,000 Gazans were killed?

Do you have a factual source for that? (and no, Hamas - a designated terrorist organization - is NOT a factual source.)

Moreover: how many of the alleged 40,000 were Hamas terrorists who died with guns or bombs in their hands? (Hamas refuses to say).

For all we know, every one of the alleged 40,000 was a fighter.

Say it with a straight face now.

You are opening a can of worms that serves no purpose other than to create further division. The HHSA equivalent in Israel relies on those exact same numbers published by CIVILIAN employees in Gaza.

There is no alternative way to deliver public health services. You act as if they are uneducated militants when the literacy rate in their concentration camp of an existence dwarfs the literacy rate in Israel itself.

You failed to answer my question at all.

OK. So all 40,000 deaths were terrorist fighters. Got it.

Thanks for the confirmation.