People believe that because 700,000 Palestinians were displaced in an Arab war 80 years ago that today they're entitled to wage massacres, bomb busses, hijack planes, and recruit activists for a global intifada.
People also believe that because 9 million Jews were displaced in WW2 and 6 million of them were exterminated and nearly another million were ethnically cleansed by Arabs, that they're entitled to no self defense or sovereignty and that “their victim card expired."
This is the confluence of the racism of low expectations and raw antisemitism.
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.
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If you call yourself a Palestinian and live in a newly recognized state of Palestine, how can you still be a Palestinian refugee? You can’t be. Starmer and Macron have walked themselves into the end of UNRWA. We should respond accordingly.
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I booked 10 nights at an @Airbnb in Jerusalem. After a 20-hour trip with my daughters, the host left us on the street at night, refused to let us in, and even sent me an external payment link (!).Airbnb’s final answer: “No rules were broken.”
No refund.
#AirbnbFail#Jerusalem
@Airbnb Entonces, @Airbnb, ¿qué defienden?
¿La seguridad de familias y la coherencia en sus respuestas, o dejar a huéspedes vulnerables varados en la calle y después ofrecer cero de reembolso?
#Airbnb#AirbnbFail
Reservé 10 noches en un @Airbnb en Jerusalén. Después de 20 horas de viaje con mis hijas, el anfitrión nos negó la entrada, me negó Wi-Fi para pagar correctamente el IVA, y en su lugar me mandó un link externo de pago (!). Quedamos en la calle de noche.
#Airbnb#AirbnbFail
Algunos embajadores de @Airbnb sí entendieron mi caso y me dijeron que correspondía un reembolso.
Luego otro los contradijo y cerró el caso diciendo: “no hubo infracción”. No hsy reembolso. Caso cerrado.
#AirbnbSupport#AirbnbFail
So which is it, @Airbnb? Do you stand for guest safety and consistency, or for contradictory answers and leaving families stranded?
#AirbnbFail#Jerusalem
Some Airbnb ambassadors actually understood my case and told me I should be refunded. Then another ambassador contradicted them and closed the case, saying “no rules were broken.”
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