Brian Ross

[Brian Ross @blross18]

@BriannaWu There are so make problems with Trump and his leadership, it seems so weird that there’s so much focus on this nonissue.

[Brian Ross @blross18]

@mattyglesias The point is that giving up on the peace process was understandable given the circumstances. Israel’s stopping articulating a political horizon and Israeli vision of peace (even if you knew the Palestinian national movement are not ready to accept that vision) was harmful

[Brian Ross @blross18]

@mattyglesias Even if they claim to object to “how” Israel fights, they are saying Israel shouldn’t. They don’t use the normal framework (necessity, distinction, proportionality, precaution), they make up their own that only applies to Israel (casualty count, damage, individual deservingness)

[Brian Ross @blross18]

@mattyglesias The backlash to Israel isn’t primarily because Israel gave up on the peace process. It’s because people object to Israeli military campaigns against terrorist organizations that attack Israel and the country that sponsors them.

[Brian Ross @blross18]

@BriannaWu I’m so sorry that Yair is your brother!

[Brian Ross @blross18]

@EylonALevy You forgot Cyprus

[Brian Ross @blross18]

@BriannaWu She liked dozens of posts celebrating the breach of the Gaza-Israeli boundary by terrorists who did so to shoot revelers at a music festival, shoot families point blank in their homes, and take 250 hostages. No innocent explanations. This was not an oversight. It wasn’t a one off

[Brian Ross @blross18]

@StevenGWalker74 @BriannaWu This happened because this man hates Jews and has a really destructive ideology.

[Brian Ross @blross18]

@StevenGWalker74 @BriannaWu The context is someone thought that trying to kill Jewish children in Michigan is acceptable because of conflict 1000s of miles away that they have nothing to do with. No excuses. No innocent explanations.

[Brian Ross @blross18]

@StevenGWalker74 @BriannaWu Nope, the context is that a terrorist group in Lebanon, dedicated to the elimination of the state of Israel, is funded by Iran to attack Israel. Israel is conducting highly targeted strikes to counter that completely egregious and unacceptable threat.

[Brian Ross @blross18]

@PeterBeinart So weird the Islamic Republic calls for Israel’s elimination, funds terrorist proxies, maintains a doomsday clock counting the minutes till Israel’s destruction, launches ballistic missiles at Israeli population centers, and is seeking nuclear weapons. But it’s not a threat.

[Brian Ross @blross18]

@RubenGallego @mattyglesias It’s in America’s interest that America aid its allies when they face existential threat. It’s in America’s interest to not let long time enemy countries cross red lines. It’s in America’s interest to demonstrate resolve against enemies focused on our demise.

[Brian Ross @blross18]

@RubenGallego @mattyglesias It’s in America’s interest to have Iran, a country that chants “Death to America”, not to have nuclear weapons or long range interballistic missile. It’s in America’s interest that Iran stops fund terror proxy groups that disrupt global shipping lanes and destabilize the region

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@CupittMatthew @BriannaWu True. But it’s not only the tactics but the goal that needs to change. Toppling, delegitimizing, and dismantling a nation state is not an acceptable policy goal for a national movement. Independence is.

[Brian Ross @blross18]

@BriannaWu And to the one staters, who think the Palestinian movement wants a single integrated single democracy, Palestinians could allow even a single Jew to attend their universities or live in cities under their control. They could support political factions calling for that. They don’t

[Brian Ross @blross18]

@BriannaWu They could call their ideology Palestinian statism if they wanted to, instead of anti-Zionism to emphasize that they want to build a state, not destroy the neighboring state. Of course they don’t. These are choices.

[Brian Ross @blross18]

@BriannaWu Of course if they wanted a state they could have had one ten times over. They could have spent the past century developing the institutions of that state. At rallies, they could be using the slogan, “We want a state. Get us our state!”

[Brian Ross @blross18]

@chrisgunter79 @BriannaWu The deal explicitly leaves open the possibility of a Palestinian state, provided acceptance of terms and requisite reforms

[Brian Ross @blross18]

@EliStoneForever @BriannaWu Gaza was controlled by Egypt but it was under occupation. It was not annexed by Egypt.

[Brian Ross @blross18]

@RealJoeBonanno @andrewcuomo @ZohranKMamdani Ummm there was a global pandemic. You cannot govern day to day pretending that you’re perennially in a crisis