@theafroaussie Weird, no one told the many Black Jews in my Israeli Ashkenazi synagogue. (Your propaganda might be more effective if you lied a little less blatantly and frequently.)
@AryJeay No country has a maternal mortality rate of 16%. The rate in Iran is 16–22 deaths per 100,000 live births (0.016-0.022%). In the US, it is 19 per 100,000 live births.
@goddek@AIPAC Dr. Goddek, you could have looked this up. As of now, there is no public evidence that Gomez has received any donations at all from AIPAC or AIPAC-affiliated groups.
@taraliyah@shevereshtus "Hebrew existed before Modern Hebrew" isn't like "Latin existed before English". A better comparison is that English existed before Modern English. And while English speakers today cannot read an Old English text, Hebrew speakers today read Biblical Hebrew with relative ease.
@bassem_youssef9 Nothing says "anti-Zionist, not antisemitic" like referencing a fictional work that plays on antisemitic tropes & claiming "they always want blood". The merchant, btw, was Antonio. And, while it probably wasn't Shakespeare's intention, Shylock can be viewed as a tragic victim.
@AtlasKenobi@cenkuygur It's not that simple. Palestinians in Gaza (and the West Bank) are not Israeli citizens, Israel doesn't want them to be Israeli citizens, and for the most part, they don't want to be Israeli citizens. While Hamas must not remain in power, Israel annexing Gaza isn't the answer.
@raudkennedy@cenkuygur Why are you making this about intra-Jewish ethnicity? Ashkenazi Jews aren't less Jewish than Sefardi or Mizrahi Jews. The vast majority of Jews in all these groups descend primarily from the ancient Judeans and Israel is the homeland of all Jews, regardless of ancestry.
@moymiz@HilzFuld Is there any evidence that the Jewish vote made a difference anywhere? I believe that if every Jewish Trump voter in every swing state had instead voted for Harris, she still would have lost each of those elections, and the Electoral College vote would have been unchanged.
@Zagarna_84@dilanesper The term "Zionism" was coined by Nathan Birnbaum in 1890. It referred broadly to the idea of Jewish national revival centered on the land of Israel, which at the time was occupied by the Ottoman Empire. That is "outrageous" to you? OK, be outraged.
@dilanesper Yep, if I had criticism for the gov't of Vietnam or strongly objected to Indonesian policy or wished to resolve a border conflict between Pakistan & India, I wouldn't conclude that these countries should be dismantled & their citizens dispersed.
@professord70@penemalvado@ZaqoutMe As you say, there's nothing wrong with converts. Converts to Judaism have joined the Jewish people—they are Jews, & as such, they also have a connection to the Jewish homeland. But Jews who lived in Europe are not "traditionally converts." Dude, ffs read some actual history.
@professord70@penemalvado@ZaqoutMe Telling people what they supposedly think while complaining that they allegedly tell others "what is true" is not a great argument. You can "doubt that will happen" but it already did. Zionism already won int'l recognition more than 100 years ago and went on to wild success.
@dilanesper "Proxy reasoning" is an interesting point but not quite adequate. Words like "thug" & "terrorist" are sometimes code hiding racism but are plainly negative terms. But the anti-Zionist typically redefines "Zionist" to mean what it never meant, turning liberation into an epithet.