Barak Epstein

Big Picture: Philosophy, History, Nature-lover
Professionally: Enterprise Storage, Cloud Solutions, Data Center Sustainability

[SK Tedeschi @skedeschi]

I'm a middle eastern historian. My own family were made refugees. And this is my honest view of the Nakba (“catastrophe”) - the displacement of around 700,000 Palestinian Arabs during the 1947–49 war surrounding the creation of Israel.

A thread. 🧵

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Did you know that @lyft can charge you $150 for 'clean-up' based on the say-so of a driver, and with a very cursory review?
I was sent the attached photos and told that I had made a 'mess'. They seem to show the inside of the car door. Lyft could not explain what this 'mess' was.

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@melissaeweiss @nytimes This is a recurrent trend. In an attempt to hide the fact that antisemitism and antizionism are incredibly tightly linked, they end up justifying hatred of Jews via hatred of Israel.

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@chchchcherrybmb @PodSaveAmerica It's a libel

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@CathyYoung63 @christianjbdev Not sure if it matters whether it's well-known. The claim is just about how the author "feels."

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@NYMag Yes, the "ideological faction" of Jews who want to go to shul without being yelled at about Hamas. @barkan

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@kareem_carr It's worse than that. It's often an attempt to hide a natural preference from oneself.

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@thedragonLML @adammaanit

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@thedragonLML @adammaanit https://t.co/2mANKTkTGt

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@just_whatever

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@RabbiPoupko

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@thedragonLML @adammaanit

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@DBashIdeas @ReynaDorotea @DBashIdeas don't turn out your pockets for these folks. You said nothing to minimize Palestinians suffering.

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@ReynaDorotea @DBashIdeas "I empathize with you but let me bring up something else for which you are not responsible and which was not the topic of this conversation."

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@NicholasAHollis @QueenMab87 With due respect, I think that trying to prove that Jews aren't responsivlbe for violence against them is a misguided venture.

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@chickadi @Bringyotowel You backed off quickly.

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@NicholasAHollis @QueenMab87 Do we really need to build up evidence that antisemitism exists independent of Netanyahu's actions? Who is the audience for this effort?

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@NicholasAHollis @QueenMab87 The lie will manage to justify itself in either scenario.

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@DrCaseyBabb This was before Hannukah but still: https://t.co/GJccRzMMy8

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@KenanPerry @koala_karmic @00001_Agent You are contradicting your own argument by making Israel part of the discussion here.