This is sheer sophistry. Muslims came from Arabia in the 7th century to invade, conquer, and colonize virtually the whole Middle East. Today, as a result, there are 55 Muslim nations and 21 Arab countries — not one of which the left seeks to decolonize.
As for historic Palestine, 77% of the territory has been a Muslim Arab country devoid of Jews — (Trans)Jordan — since 1921. Israel is the one modest sliver of land ruled by its indigenous people, the Jews, who had been living there for centuries before the Muslim Arabs showed up.
The left doesn't care about "decolonizing" Palestine or anywhere else in the Middle East. If it did, it would be marching in the streets and demonstrating on campuses to restore Kurdistan to the Kurds, Morocco & Algeria to the Berbers, and Egypt to the Copts. No — the only left-wing priority in the region is to strip Jewish sovereignty from the only bit of territory where Jews have ever been sovereign.
Jew-hatred always finds a larger cause to latch onto. In medieval times, antisemites used Christianity as a pretext. In the 20th century, they dressed up their bigotry as racial hygiene. Today their hatred of Jews masquerades as decolonization. In the end it always comes to the same thing: Jews cannot live on the same terms as other people. There is only one Jewish country on earth, but for the likes of Malcolm Harris and his left-wing friends, that is one Jewish country too many.
The Israeli Defense Forces took CNN’s @AndersonCooper to visit the site of the Nova music festival, where 260 people were killed. Watch the report for @AC360:
French journalist confirms Hamas terrorists beheaded babies at Kfar Aza, sourcing includes "courageous journalists from the foreign press who were able to see / agreed to see with their own eyes the bodies." https://t.co/rZ6nqLmcZh
Palestinian National Initiative's @MustafaBarghou1: "Hamas mainly attacked military establishments, military installations. And most of the people they have arrested & taken as war prisoners are military people. I do not accept [they are] attacking any civilian."
It's amazing to me how many center-left intellectuals, who have spent decades making excuses for the rhetoric of "decolonization," are now shocked to see what it means: the targeted demonization and murder of the "oppressor class." This is Frantz Fanon and Paulo Freire in action.
Reporter: “KD, what city needs an NBA team that doesn’t have one already?”
KD: “Seattle.”
Reporter: “What are you naming it?”
KD: “Sonics.”
(via @WorldWideWob)
NEW TOXINS IDENTIFIED—“We basically nuked a town with chemicals so we could get a railroad open,” said Sil Caggiano, a hazardous materials specialist. Rail company Norfolk Southern is paying just $25k to the town, or ~$5 per resident.🧵
HT @therecount
@wopper999@richeisen@Seahawks@GenoSmith3@PeteCarroll Buddy statistically he was a top 5-7 qb in the league this year wdym. 30/11 td:int is pretty damn elite, 4200 passing yards, another 400 on the ground. Ypa hes top 10, and frankly hes passed the eye test every single week. I know its hard to believe but @GenoSmith3 is that guy 💯