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That was a low point. Then, right when it seemed the King was down, the unthinkable occurred. He freed himself from his shackles and became young, vibrant, strongs
@ScottAdamsSays Are you truly suggesting that even with our immense national wealth that we should feel so guilty, so beside ourselves about how few kids we have that we ignore a massive opportunity to save human lives, all for pennies on the dollar? As if its their fault we are DINKs?????
@cenkuygur@NewsMakesMeMad Israel is a place where Jews predominate and still allow Arabs to vote and hold most political positions. Gaza and West Bank are places where Jews are not welcome. If Israel controlled them they would lose power but gain wealth and stability. If they took over Israel - bye Jews
@ChazakVeemet @UpdatingOnRome Tbh Rome still rules the world, in the form of the West that was built entirely from pieces of the Empire. The Empire lives on but the people dont. Its true that Moses would recognize Jews today, whereas Caesar would find no one
Contrary to what conspiracy theorists nowadays claim, JFK was not an opponent of Israel.
On the contrary, he was a staunch supporter of Zionism and Israel. In fact, we can say that he was a Zionist. Here are direct quotes and acts by him in support of Israel. 🧵
I’ve been to a lot of protests over the years — across different sides of the political spectrum.
I’ve also been to far more music festivals and gigs than I can count, covering every genre you can imagine.
I’ve stood in crowds watching some of the most deliberately provocative bands around — death metal, doomcore, black metal, grindcore — whose entire thing is to shock the audience.
And yet, not once, not once, have I ever been asked to chant “death to” anyone. Not at a protest, not at a gig, not even as some twisted bit of irony.
If it had happened, I’d have walked away. I’d have been genuinely freaked out. Because there’s something deeply sinister about that. There’s a line between protest and hate — and when people start chanting for death, that line isn’t just crossed, it’s obliterated.
That’s why what happened at Glastonbury this year has left me chilled. British people, on British soil, waving foreign flags while chanting “death to…” — it doesn’t matter who the target is, it’s unacceptable.
How did we get to this point? How did that become normal at a supposedly progressive, peace-loving music festival?
And what makes it even more grotesque is that many of the people doing this are the same ones who spend the rest of the year lecturing everyone else to “be kind.” They’re the ones banging on about inclusivity, about tolerance — and yet the moment a woman stands up to defend her sex-based rights, they’re the first to call her a bigot, a fascist, a TERF. The hypocrisy is staggering.
It’s not inclusive to chant for the death of others. It’s not kind to silence and vilify women for speaking about their own lives. It’s not progressive to foster a climate where hate is rebranded as virtue, and rage is mistaken for justice.
I don’t know where we go from here. But I do know this: this kind of extremism needs challenging. It needs calling out.
Because if you find yourself in a crowd chanting for death, and you’re still convinced you’re on the side of good — then it’s time to take a long, hard look in the mirror.
The Two-Way Nakba – The Population Transfer That Never Was
People talk about 1948 like it was a one-way tragedy. It wasn’t. Here’s what most never get taught:
•750,000 Palestinians were displaced during the war of 1948. Many fled or were expelled to Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt.
•At the same time, over 850,000 Jews were forced out of Arab countries - Iraq, Egypt, Yemen, Libya, Morocco, and others.
•The Palestinians became stateless refugees, many still in camps - not absorbed, not given citizenship, used as political pawns.
•The Jews expelled from Arab lands? Absorbed by Israel, became full citizens. Today, over half of Israelis are from these communities.
•India and Pakistan in 1947 saw 12 million people displaced. It was brutal - but it ended. Both sides resettled their people.
•The Arab-Israeli displacement? Never resolved. One side absorbed. The other side froze the trauma.
•The real tragedy? Two refugee crises. Only one remained a weapon.
@thomasa56@ScottAdamsSays No id say this falls under the category of a "good analogy" as defined by the OP. It doesnt argue for but illustrates how a seemingly novel situation is really quite similar to what we are familiar with
Haaretz Hebrew: “shoot deliberately in the direction of unarmed Palestinians to drive them away or disperse them”.
Haaretz English: “shoot deliberately at unarmed Palestinians...”
Antisemitic influencer: “ordered to KILL unarmed Palestinians.”
This is sophistry, not semantics.
@EYakoby We need that level of passion defending Gods gift of the land to our people. The State of Israel is flawed and human. God is not. His promise is eternal and we will never get to peace if we cant scream in unison that Jews have a right and responsibility to the Land