Josie Wexler

Writer, musician, fan of Hegel, worked on carbon & energy

[Josie Wexler @EuphoricBuffoon]

@avygal @Raniadarwish_Hj It's because UK mass immigration was originally mostly from the West Indies and the Indian subcontinent.

[Josie Wexler @EuphoricBuffoon]

@avygal @Raniadarwish_Hj In the UK those are described as "South East Asian". "Asian" on its own means from the Indian subcontinent.

[alex bronzini-vender @alexbronzini]

The left has absolutely no answer to this

[Josie Wexler @EuphoricBuffoon]

@jessesingal San Cristobal de las Casas - little town in the mountains of Chiapas.

Gorgeous, arty, safe, with lots of interesting surrounding indigenous culture, and not too hot, cos mountains.

[Josie Wexler @EuphoricBuffoon]

Does anyone know of a way to help this Gazan peace activist?

[Omar Abd Rabou @omarabdrabou]

If there is any way to leave Gaza, I implore anyone with reliable information to guide me. The situation is extremely dangerous, and survival seems almost impossible. I have tried every available opportunity, but to no avail.

[Omar Abd Rabou @omarabdrabou]

Please, I am begging for your help. Do not let this post stop with you.

My name is Omar Abd Rabou, a journalist and peace advocate trapped in Gaza. Every day, the danger grows, and my chances of survival grow smaller. I urgently need a way out before it is too late.

Please share my story, amplify my voice, and help me reach anyone who can assist. A simple repost could save a life.

Save Omar Abd Rabou from death in Gaza.

[Josie Wexler @EuphoricBuffoon]

@ggreenwald 10% of Israel is (votes for) Ben Gvir.

And about 30% of Palestinian society is (supports) Hamas.

And they are both feeding each other. And anyone claiming they represent the whole of their societies is helping them.

[Josie Wexler @EuphoricBuffoon]

Whatever you think of Palestine Action, the fact that they are being treated as terrorists is clearly outrageous. Terrorism means violence deliberately targeted at civilians.

I wish more people who DISAGREED with them would say this. Applying principles fairly is a litmus test.

[Shahak Shapira @ShahakShapira]

Before you comment here saying the whole country is like this I invite you to check the current poles of your own country. Looking at you, Germans.

[Shahak Shapira @ShahakShapira]

Itamar Ben-Gvir is an absolute trash can of a human being and has done more to dehumanize Israelis and Jews than all the Qatari hate speech bots the internet has to offer. Every country has its nutjobs, but not every country lets those nutjobs lead it. It’s time to stop this.

[Josie Wexler @EuphoricBuffoon]

@AdarWeinreb I'm not a supporter of Israel, and I'm sure that some rape has happened.

But I'm sceptical of some of the claims in the NYT piece, due to the accusers changing their stories with time. Detailed here. Do you disagree?

https://t.co/xVMFe7Srut

[HonestReporting @HonestReporting]

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The @nytimes just published one of the most serious sets of allegations imaginable against Israel – claims of systematic sexual violence, including a bizarre story about carrots and trained rape dogs. We checked the sources.

What we found is journalistic malpractice. 🧵

[Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib @afalkhatib]

I have no doubt that since October 7 - amid the massive military operations in Gaza and the West Bank and the mass detention of thousands of Palestinians, from militants to civilians swept up in raids - incidents of sexual abuse have occurred in Israeli prisons. Such violations are not unique to Israel; the U.S. committed them in Abu Ghraib, UN peacekeepers have been implicated across Africa, and militaries and armed groups throughout the Middle East, Asia, and beyond have long histories of sexual violence.

What is important to understand in the Israeli context is that in the post–October 7 climate, the scale of dehumanization toward Palestinians, combined with the widespread belief among Israelis that ordinary Palestinians were complicit in the mass rape of Israeli women, created an implicit permission structure for some to ignore rules, bypass oversight, and commit abuses on a larger scale.

It is also fair to scrutinize the sourcing of Nicholas Kristof's NYT opinion article. Some cited entities and individuals, including the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor and Shaiel Ben Ephraim, have troubling records on accuracy, conduct, and associations, and in my own case, have engaged in personal attacks and even doxxed my family. They are not credible sources, even if the article relied on others as well. Many Palestinian testimonies were anonymous due to shame and fear of retaliation for reporting sexual torture, which complicates verification but does not automatically invalidate their claims.

These allegations require a transparent, independent investigation to determine which claims are substantiated, whether they point to systemic abuse or isolated misconduct, and what accountability is warranted. At the same time, this reporting must not be weaponized to stoke antisemitism or collective blame. These are alleged acts by individuals, not an indictment of all Israelis or the Jewish people.

@NickKristof @nytimes @nytopinion

[Josie Wexler @EuphoricBuffoon]

@jessesingal https://t.co/xVMFe7Srut

[HonestReporting @HonestReporting]

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The @nytimes just published one of the most serious sets of allegations imaginable against Israel – claims of systematic sexual violence, including a bizarre story about carrots and trained rape dogs. We checked the sources.

What we found is journalistic malpractice. 🧵

[Josie Wexler @EuphoricBuffoon]

@jessesingal Some of the stories may be true. But I looked into the Sde Teiman one which he reports here uncritically, and some scepticism is required.

There's some discussion of the evidence here: https://t.co/dRRcArpxth

[Cairo Smith @cairoasmith]

There's a common misconception that Brutalist buildings were unpainted, but thanks to microscopic analysis of the exteriors we can now recreate what they looked like in their prime.

[Josie Wexler @EuphoricBuffoon]

@DerekPederson3 If they choose to stay they do so at their own risk. That can be built into an agreement.

They can't be allowed to hold the whole country hostage because of their mad messianic beliefs.

[Josie Wexler @EuphoricBuffoon]

It constantly amazes me how insightful, brilliant people on both sides fail to grasp that the other side reacts to violence exactly as they do.

[Hamza @HowidyHamza]

There's a misunderstanding of how the Palestinian society thinks in Haviv words that should be pointed out: the main reason Palestinians despise Abbas, besides the corruption talk, is the fact that he fails to protect them, be it from the settlers terrorism (which Palestinians face almost on a daily basis) or the non-ending harassment and mistreatment of the Palestinians at the hands of the army in the West Bank. This is actually the main argument Hamas keeps using: Abbas failed to protect the West Bankers with diplomacy and security coordination with Israel, so give us the opportunity to protect you with guns.

[Josie Wexler @EuphoricBuffoon]

@OunkaOnX I'm utterly opposed to the proscribing of Palestine Action, but this is incorrect.

It was for what it did - criminal damage. You can be arrested for speaking in support of it (in other words, supporting those protest methods), not for criticising Israel.

[Josie Wexler @EuphoricBuffoon]

@alaafromgaza92 @ThackerySClare According to Benny Morris, the Palestinian Arabs. The UN voted for partition, but they refused to accept it and attacked. Is that not what you think happened? (Genuine question, I'm interested).

[James Lucas @JamesLucasIT]

Best classroom April fools prank ever

This professor has a policy that if your phone rings in class, you must answer it on speakerphone, so the students arranged to have a friend call on April fools’ day...