Christoffer Klemming

Google Marketer + Tech Nerd + Aspiring Musician + Founder of

[Waitwhile @waitwhile]

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[Sean Johnson 🔥 @intentionally]

Spent the weekend reading about Israel-Palestine, being woefully ignorant. I'm still definitely ignorant (where I'm in error, feel free to correct me), but a few things stood out to me:

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The original proposal was to give Israel 1/3 of the land and Palestine 2/3 of the land, attempting to reflect the demographic split at the time. Palestine said no.

The 1948 proposal said 50/50 (partially a result of global guilt around the Holocaust, also because much of the 50% for Israel was desert and uninhabitable). Again Palestine said no. Israel agreed, Palestine and several other Arab nations went to war against Israel. Israel ended up winning, and acquired more land in the process.

After the war, Palestinians said they should be allowed to move back. Israel said no. At the time there were 600k Jews and 750k Palestinians, which again had just attacked them and wanted them to leave. Allowing them back into their fledgling state wouldn't have made sense.

To this day, the Palestinians continue to refuse to compromise on a 2 state solution. In 2000 the Israeli prime minister offered a land compromise, Arafat said no.

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Generally speaking the attacks start with Hamas or other groups, with Israel being forced to respond. The response is often greater than the initial attack, but this is common military strategy and meant to deter future attacks (which doesn't seem to work).

Israel seems to generally follow "humane" practices in terms of conflict (if there is such a thing.) They commonly drop "warning shots" on buildings they plan to destroy to give civilians time to evacuate, and try to limit civilian casualties as much as they can. Relative to their military capabilities their responses seem pretty measured, and they are rarely the aggressors.

Hamas (which to be fair is not representative of all Arab or Palestinian people) does not "fight fair", as the events of this weekend disturbingly made clear. They intentionally shoot rockets from hospitals, schools, etc. And they often they shoot them at civilian targets.

The argument is they can't fight on the same playing field, and that's why they do this. But their charter explicitly says they want to destroy Israel.

Sam Harris years ago had a podcast where he asked what you think each party would do if the other party laid down all their arms. The argument was if Hamas laid down their arms and it was guaranteed they wouldn't fight anymore, Israel likely would seek a compromise of some kind. If Israel did the same, Hamas would likely try to eliminate them.

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In the US, issues are often framed in terms of power dynamics - the powerful are by definition the oppressors. But what happens when the powerless become powerful?

It seems like Israel became powerful over several decades because they had to.

Israel has 7M jews. They're surrounded by 23 Arab states and over 100M Arabs, many of whom don't want them to exist (at least on that land).

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Israel has 1.5M Arab citizens who have had full rights since the 1960s. They vote, sometimes have cabinet members, etc. It's true the people living in the West Bank do not have all these rights. While calling it Apartheid is inaccurate, calling it a military occupation is probably fair.

It doesn't seem like Israel generally would prefer to continue the military occupation in perpetuity. But I'm not sure what practical solution they have. Palestine doesn't want a 2 state solution. If Israel leaves the West Bank, it sounds like Hamas would likely be voted into power, and would continue to attack Israel (again, it's part of their charter), perhaps with greater assistance from countries like Iran, etc.

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In every conflict there are 2 sides. From the Palestinian perspective, the world decided to take away their land and give it to Israel. They believe nothing short of correcting this is tenable. That belief is in some ways understandable.

But I couldn't find an example where they proposed a solution to this that is actually practical. It seems like they refuse to compromise in any way. And groups within them like Hamas use brutal tactics in combat, and ideologically believe Israel should be wiped out.

It's very hard to read the history of the situation and not be sympathetic toward Israel.

[What I Found @WhatIFoundco]

An interview with @cklemming, Founder & CEO of @waitwhile.

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[Christoffer Klemming @CKlemming]

We've come a pretty long way on our mission to crush lines and reduce wait times with @waitwhile and excited to team up with @CRV and @kbakes to go even further!

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[Christoffer Klemming @CKlemming]

@kbakes @CRV @waitwhile Time to crush those pesky lines for good! 👊

[Waitwhile @waitwhile]

We’re happy to see brands like @lululemon successfully bridge the gap between the physical and digital shopping experiences during the pandemic with virtual waitlist and appointment shopping! https://t.co/Q4VQ3sNBuk

[Bertha Coombs @berthacoombs]

Zoom changed the way we meet. Temedecine has changed how do doctor visits. Coming up on @thenewsoncnbc tonight, a look at how firms like @waitwhile are using technology to combat hours-long Covid testing lines and change the way we wait.

[Christoffer Klemming @CKlemming]

@aliwong Is the 3h airport line to put your phone as hostage just to enter your show part of the routine? If so, haha...got us good.

[Waitwhile @waitwhile]

Wahoo! Just released the new Waitwhile Teams to power up your waitlist with your crew. More here: https://t.co/TTWwGsFsdb #waitlist #appweek

[Waitwhile @waitwhile]

Holiday season means food, family, fir trees...and undisturbed code time! Here's 5 merry Waitwhile updates https://t.co/6N2UoetjxK #waitlist

[Waitwhile @waitwhile]

Thanks @Drift for powering our friendly chat at @waitwhile and for the sweet t-shirt!

[Waitwhile @waitwhile]

Yay! New Waitwhile Guest UX focused on what matters: 1) order in line and 2) expected wait. https://t.co/t4OPSGuiad

[Joe Espo @JWEsposito]

@waitwhile you were the silent hero of @Tribeca's Storyscapes! You've made a great tool, hope to see you in sports venues ASAP.

[Wade Foster @wadefoster]

Beyond Social Media: 10 Apps to Directly Promote Your Content https://t.co/hTbSvjtsmw

[Google Small Business @GoogleSmallBiz]

New series: stories of #smallbiz owners with day jobs. First up: @waitwhile https://t.co/BSP3cX0OVV

[Waitwhile @waitwhile]

Bringing on '16 with anticipated Waitwhile releases, like multi-admin support, email alerts and visit history. More: https://t.co/HgpuAcIwQP

[Christoffer Klemming @CKlemming]

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[Waitwhile @waitwhile]

Yay! Just released the new Waitwhile with better design, more customization, 2x faster and much more. Check it out!

[Christoffer Klemming @CKlemming]

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[Christoffer Klemming @CKlemming]

@juarezpaf @mickstevens @Firebase @twilio @zapier Agree! Zapier is key to making it work with pure client-side (and absolutely amazing).

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Learn how to build SMS Notifications with @angularjs, @Firebase, and @zapier. http://t.co/xsejCSoXZn