Matt Davis

Disabled, struggling Brit, trying to get by during this cost of living crisis. Anti-woke left. Please donate:

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@robertbrynin @JoosyJew @liorp23 Jewish citizens of the British Mandate of Palestine even made posters with the slogan "Free Palestine" meaning free it from British occupation.

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@robertbrynin @JoosyJew I see @liorp23 beat me to it, but it was a Jewish slogan used during the British Mandate, when the Jews of the Mandate were called the "Palestinians" and the Arabs of the Mandate rejected the term - they thought it was a colonial invention; they called the place Southern Syria.

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@FrankChatsBack @aziz0nomics @gidonsaar A slight correction to your last sentence: the Land of Israel is in the Bible. It's the biblical name for the area which is now known as Israel/Palestine. I'm not religious but I remember it from our mild Christian assemblies at school.

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@aziz0nomics @gidonsaar Because the Land of Israel and the State of Israel are not the same thing. Apparently it would be against international law to impose Israeli citizenship on the Palestinians living in the West Bank, but most Palestinians don't want Israeli citizenship anyway.

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@mattheweadie22 There's a mistake in the article. At the start you mention the nation's largest pro-Israel lobbying group without naming it, then go on to talk about AIPAC. But AIPAC is not it. The largest pro-Israel lobbying group in the US is CUFI, with over 11 million members - FAR bigger.

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@AtomicButterfly @RealBababanaras Not every Israeli supports the current government, and most were born there through no choice of their own. Killing people just because of where they were born is not standing up to a state. Targeting state officials would be, though, as they chose to apply for those jobs.

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@AtomicButterfly @RealBababanaras Killing random civilians in their cars is not standing up against the state. To actually stand up against the state, one should target the government officials or military. Killing random people (not even knowing their politics) is not targeting state officials.

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@ddichiera @drtanner4kids @EylonALevy Most Zionists worship Jesus, since most Zionists are American Christians. They pray peacefully in their churches.

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@TheSpecter9 @SocialistVoice @HenMazzig And Israel DID exist, thousands of years ago - two different Kingdoms of Israel, in fact. There's the United Monarchy, then the northern Kingdom of Israel when the United Monarchy split into the Kingdoms of Israel and Judah. https://t.co/jJ3n45FEHb

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@TheSpecter9 @SocialistVoice @HenMazzig And the modern State of Israel may not have existed, but Jews and Christians have called that place the Land of Israel for thousands of years even without there being an actual country called Israel. That region has had many different names for millennia. Canaan's another one.

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@CapservCm @HenMazzig But Eurovision isn't entered by the Israeli government. It's entered by broadcasters that are members of the EBU. Those broadcasters then nominate an act to represent them. Broadcaster, not army or government.

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@AnxnGBP @HenMazzig Most Israelis are Mizrahi. European immigrants are a tiny percentage of Israelis - most were born there. Only 30% even have European ANCESTRY (Ashkenazi), so even fewer are actually from Europe.

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@mufc_hadji @MattOnCdnPoli @SocialistVoice @HenMazzig No, because in order to be in Eurovision a broadcaster has to be a member of the EBU. Any country's broadcasters can join the EBU if they qualify, no matter where they are.

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@TheSpecter9 @SocialistVoice @HenMazzig This isn't even true. Most Israelis are Mizrahi. European immigrants are a tiny percentage of Israelis - most were born there. Only 30% even have European ANCESTRY (Ashkenazi), so even fewer are actually from Europe.

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@Realheadcase1 @SocialistVoice @HenMazzig This isn't even true. Most Israelis are Mizrahi. European immigrants are a tiny percentage of Israelis - most were born there. Only 30% even have European ANCESTRY (Ashkenazi), so even fewer are actually from Europe.

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@Con_Tomlinson But that is not the party's fault. The Telegraph just discovered their readers take a dim view of their attempt to hold Lowe and Restore responsible for views of some of their supporters and/or members. As I said, one can play this game with ALL major parties with bad members.

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@Con_Tomlinson Allegedly, of course, according to various people. Others deny this for their preferred party, of course. My point is that these tired "guilt by association" tactics no longer work. The Telegraph already tried it and was roasted in the comments. OF COURSE some members are bad.

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@Mr_Andrew_Fox About your pinned post linking to your Substack: the link doesn't work properly if it's meant to be a free Substack post. Whether logged in or not, there's a paywall. Please change it to a "gift link" if you intend it to be actually free for everyone! Thanks.