Rob Berg ראובן ברג

proud father, Zionist, Bowie fan, Spurs fan, Star Wars fan. Not very fond of racists and antisemites

[Rob Berg ראובן ברג @RobBerg6]

@Wallahi_ibnsane @HenMazzig *not because I say so but …..

[Rob Berg ראובן ברג @RobBerg6]

@Wallahi_ibnsane @HenMazzig Some random quotes highlighted in yellow. Well that sure proves your point! In actual fact, most Palestinians trade their roots back to Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia etc. And because I say so, but because their surnames do!

[The Jewish Chronicle @JewishChron]

No one asks antizionist Jews hard questions. So I did

https://t.co/mssNVYqQjZ

[Rob Berg ראובן ברג @RobBerg6]

@JulietMosesNZ “Shocked” - no one ever said!

[Juliet Moses @JulietMosesNZ]

In shocking news, an Israeli who has worked so hard to prove he’s one of the good ones, finds the self-abnegation isn’t enough.
If the BDS mob was really interested in positive change, co-existence and human rights, they wouldn’t alienate and reject the Israelis who are the most critical of the Israeli government and may act actually wield some influence - the artists. academics etc. But they’re not.
In the end, Lapid is Israeli, and that’s all that matters to BDS.

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

"From my Māori perspective, a key point is that there was always a continuous Jewish presence in the land; they kept the fires burning, and that is what indigeneity looks like to us"

Dr. Sheree Trotter is an indigenous scholar and activist. She spoke at a first-of-its-kind conference called Building Indigenous‑Jewish Friendship, held in Toronto in conjunction with the annual Walk with Israel march.

She called Israel, "the most successful land‑back project, the greatest decolonization project."

“Increasingly, indigenous identity is being treated as a metaphor, a branding exercise, a political strategy. Indigeneity isn’t any of that; it is a lived reality rooted in specific people and place.” Karen Restoule, an Ojibwe from Dokis First Nation, who is director of Indigenous affairs at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, spoke at the conference, too.

Why do Western activists insist they know more about indigeneity than indigenous people themselves?

[UN Watch @UNWatch]

“I do know very well what is antisemitism. It's broader than hate against Jews. It's hate and discriminations against Semite people, including Arab people. Antisemitism is very real against Jewish people and against Arab people.”

— Francesca Albanese, repeating debunked myth

[Juliet Moses @JulietMosesNZ]

“If the party gets registered, it will be using taxpayer funding to parlay this propaganda with the imprimatur of the electoral system.
The hatred that has stalked Jews throughout history, including antizionism, is often predicated on canards of dual loyalty and subversion.
In that accusation lies a confession. For it is not Jews who are subverting New Zealand's democratic system to fund a political party whose raison d'être is the service of a foreign cause.”

[M.A. Rothman @MichaelARothman]

𝐁𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐈𝐑𝐎 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐃𝐄𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐙𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐌 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐈𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐃𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐘𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 “𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈-𝐈𝐒𝐑𝐀𝐄𝐋 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈-𝐉𝐄𝐖𝐈𝐒𝐇” 𝐃𝐎𝐃𝐆𝐄

Ben Shapiro on camera, on the rhetorical dodge that the anti-Israel left has weaponized for forty years:

“𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘡𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘪𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘡𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥. 𝘐 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘡𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘯 1920 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 80 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴.”

𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐨’𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐞: “𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘺 𝘪𝘴 80 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘭𝘥, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 80-𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳-𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘬!𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥.”

What Zionism now actually is, per Shapiro: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭.

Therefore anti-Zionism, on the record: 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐝, that there ought not be a Jewish state in the Middle East, that it ought to be extirpated.

The “𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤, 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪-𝘐𝘴𝘳𝘢𝘦𝘭” line is a category error. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢-𝐈𝐬𝐫𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 “𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭”.

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜. 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐨 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐮𝐧-𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐚.

[Imtiaz Mahmood @ImtiazMadmood]

Iran has just been nominated to preside over the UN Committee for the protection of women's rights, human rights, and the prevention of terrorism.

YES, IRAN. And it was supported by the United Kingdom, Spain, and France.

This is not a joke. It's real.

- @isaacrrr7

[💙 Allison Jane Smith 💙 @AllisonJaneSmi2]

We’re all feeling it 🤞🏼 🇫🇷

[Rawan Osman روان عثمان @RawaneOsmane]

Many Jews — young and old — grapple with the same haunting question: why such persistent, irrational hatred toward such a small minority?

Let’s be clear about one thing upfront: the Palestinian cause is not the root of this hatred. It is, however, its current Zeitgeist — the vessel through which antisemitism expresses itself today. It is worth noting that this conflict would never have become a global rallying cry had Jews not been one of the parties involved. Dozens of far bloodier and more protracted conflicts around the world draw barely a whisper of international outrage. The disproportionate obsession is itself the tell. Antisemitism is far older and far deeper than any modern political conflict, and it has always found a new costume to wear in every era.

Humanity is not inherently kind. We are not all born with pure hearts. Human beings have the capacity to go either way — toward good or evil — shaped by circumstance, upbringing, education, and environment.

Think of the world as a classroom. The Jew is the quiet, high-achieving student who dresses differently and keeps to himself. Around him, several dynamics play out simultaneously: some classmates mock him simply because he stands out, feeding a tribal instinct to ridicule difference. Others — the troublemakers — scapegoat him to deflect attention from their own failings. Still others resent his achievements out of plain jealousy. These groups don’t need to coordinate. Their interests intersect naturally, and so the ganging-up becomes reflexive, dressed in whatever pretext the moment offers.

The truth is that Jews are different — and the hatred flows precisely from that difference. They introduced something radical to the human story: the Torah, the Ten Commandments, a structured moral framework designed to tame the darker impulses of human nature. This was a revolutionary idea — that regardless of culture, geography, or personal circumstance, human beings could be held to a universal ethical standard and steered away from the abyss.

That mission forged a legacy of intellectual and moral leadership. Jews have been trained across generations to question, to learn, to innovate. As a result, they have disproportionately driven ideological movements, scientific breakthroughs, and cultural revolutions. And for that, they are rarely credited — but almost always blamed.

#israel #palestine

[Congressman Mike Lawler @RepMikeLawler]

Yesterday, I led more than 90 colleagues in urging the Administration to dismantle the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and transition its responsibilities to transparent, accountable partners free from ties to terrorism.

The United States must ensure humanitarian aid supports peace, stability, and security in the Middle East, not organizations linked to Hamas.

[Juliet Moses @JulietMosesNZ]

Josephine Varghese, an arts lecturer at the University of Canterbury with a special interest in “critical studies around colonialism and capitalism”, is very excited about NZ’s newest political party. She explains that the purpose of the party is not to “seek power but to raise awareness” because it’s not getting enough attention and that “the Palestinian issue is not an issue just of Palestine” but “it is the tip of the spear of a global working class struggle against a small elite the Epstein billionaire class”.

[UN Watch @UNWatch]

🚨 BREAKING: New report by UN Watch reveals UN “experts” accepted millions of dollars from China, Russia, and Qatar before attacking the U.S., Israel, and the West.

🧵 See the report’s most striking findings:

[Haviv Rettig Gur @havivrettiggur]

But Ihab, this is literally Hamas's view of the war. They genuinely believe that Gaza -- indeed, the entire Palestinian future -- is a worthy sacrifice to lay on the altar of the larger cause of Islamic restoration. Hamas are tyrants; none of this is about freedom.

This is muqawama. And it's the dominant political lens for talking about Israel among a great many Muslim elites.

It's the thing everyone pretends not to see, but that Israelis will never again unsee.

It's a doctrine that needs war to survive, like Nazism before it. A martyrdom cult that looms immense to Israelis and explains why they think they're right even when the whole world tells them they're wrong.

It is why Hezbollah will yet drag Lebanon into the abyss while pretending to "defend" it. It is why Iran is a gutted, broken nation with the nominal GDP per capita of Haiti despite sitting on some of the world's biggest energy reserves. All must be sacrificed on the altar of muqawama.

And this ideology will only go away when it is soundly and decisively defeated. Only then will there be a chance for the kind of rebuilding and future that people like you and me want for Palestinians.

[Ihab Hassan @IhabHassane]

DISGUSTING: Dr. Nawaf Al-Takrouri, head of the Palestinian Scholars Abroad Association: "I don't think a reasonable Muslim can see the fantastic gains all over the world, and still say negative things about [Oct 7th] Al-Aqsa Flood" and that Gaza's destruction is "a natural price for the liberation of Al-Aqsa" — one that "may require 1 million martyrs across the Muslim world."

These disgusting people do not see the blood of our children in Gaza as anything more than a tool for their fantasy of so-called liberation. This is a death cult.

70,000 dead is not enough for them. 150,000 is not enough. They want millions of deaths — and they speak about Gaza's destruction and the killing of our people with excitement.

Absolutely vile.

[Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente]

WE AINT GOING ANYWHERE!!!! GLORY GLORY TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR!