Hi, I’m Madeline -
I’m a Jew.
I was literally in the studio with @hasanthehun the same day he made the comments everyone is upset about.
Let me be very clear: Hasan got clipped out of context.
These people are full of sh*t.
Hasan was literally advocating for the OPPOSITE of violence against us, as he always has.
He said the exact same thing about how the conflation of anti-Zionism with anti-semitism causes Jewish people - like myself - to become targets. Ezra Klein said the exact same thing previously, and nobody batted an eye.
I spent a full hour with him that same day. Anybody wanna check how his behavior was with me? A whole Jewish lady? I’m sitting right there next to him. Care to see what we talked about and how we talked about it?
I’ll give you a hint: non-violence, deradicalizing people, advocating for the humanity in every single person - Jewish and Palestinian alike.
Please, my Jewish brothers and sisters - moms and dads and bubbies and zaydes - please hear me:
They’re trying to trick us. They’re playing with our emotions and steering us away from the truth so we will abandon our principles and join the other side.
I’m begging you - don’t let them make you abandon what you believe in.
And don’t take my word for it — Please — look for yourself to see who is actually on our side and wants to protect us. Look and you’ll see who is actually speaking the truth.
Chesed v emet - kindness and truth. Please don’t abandon the values our people have carried because you’ve been convinced of something that isn’t even true.
Please.
There is no doubt: Israel is openly trying to escalate tensions with Turkey—not the other way around. The months before the election will be dangerous. Netanyahu and his fascist allies are doing all they can to cause irreversible damage. Turkey should not fall into the trap.
@semioticus Avustralya maci hic olmamis olsa derdim ki "cok sanssizdik". Ama adam ayni taktikle oynadi. Tek fark birkac fazla atak yapmis olmamiz. Calim atan yok, her top yanlarda, uzun boylu adam yok... Rezildi valla.
@kilicdarogluk Rezil ve beceriksiz bir aparatsin sen. Senin gercek yuzunu cok gec anladik. Helal olsun onceden bunu gorup bizi uyarmaya calisanlara. Yeteneksiz oldugunu hep biliyorduk ama hain oldugunu anlamamistik.
This is as good a distillation of one of the principal fascist rationales for total power as you could imagine. "They"? Who, the Democrats? I'm old enough to remember when Joe Biden was president, and I don't recall his masked security forces or attempts to overturn elections.
I have no idea of who the writer is.. which means.. after two decades of observing Turkish foreig policy and knowing most experts in the field personally.. This propaganda piece is not an analysis but a reckless and sinister campaign