Darkus

Survived multiple wars and two intifadas, witnessing the third unfold globally. Fighting the unholy alliance.

[Darkus @Marcunmarked]

“You always own the option of having no opinion.”
But “You can also commit injustice by doing nothing.”

[Mark Manson @Markmanson]

A general rule of mental health: the more afraid you are to talk about something, the more it needs to be talked about.

[Jonah Goldberg @JonahDispatch]

So is anybody who lionized this kid for being the Joan of Arc of climate change going to say anything about the fact that she switched to the Gaza attention train so seamlessly? If you’re a serious climate activist or if you’re a serious Israel critic, I kinda think her schtick should embarrass you. Because it highlights the mimetic faddishness of both causes.

[Jon Levine @LevineJonathan]

NEW from me

I attended the second annual Anti-War Action Network conference — held at the Chicago Teachers Union building

Over two days Marxist activists openly celebrated Islamic terrorism, and called on its members to support Iran’s "axis of resistance" and prepare for violence against the United States and Israel.

My dispatch from crazyland

https://t.co/sPcvIne3vV

[Haviv Rettig Gur @havivrettiggur]

Alas, Mr. Congressman, I'm not lying. And I started this line of questioning assuming you were telling the truth. I've written long essays on extremist Israeli violence in the West Bank. I know it happens. I was ready, at first glance, to believe it happened here. But it didn't. This wasn't Israeli violence. This was agitprop for your American audiences.

I said explicitly that I'm not familiar with the details of that area. It took a lot of effort for JPost to find out what it found out -- which was that it was a closed military zone only recently opened.

But if you'd coordinated your visit with Israeli authorities, this would have been sorted out from the start. Those soldiers weren't angry or aggressive, they seemed mostly just confused about the status of the area and how to handle your visit.

Because, you know, there was no coordination.

JPost suggests all that in the article you yourself shared.

And what of the violence? Your group had cameras -- a professional photographer and at least one bodycam -- yet you've produced no evidence that I've seen of the violence you claim to have experienced.

Remember that you claimed the violence was sufficient to demand that Netanyahu order the prosecution of those soldiers.

I've seen that sort of violence before; if you produce that footage, I'll join your demand for prosecution. That's not rhetoric. I really will, wholeheartedly.

But if you don't, I think it's safe to assume you blew up a small inconvenience caused by your own refusal to talk to Israelis.

In a similar vein, you used the word "detained" as if you were unlawfully held against your will -- and hide behind its second meaning, that you were a bit delayed in driving forward into the area. The first is on the spectrum of kidnapping crimes, the second is the sort of problem you'd encounter at the entrance to a federal building as you search your pockets for an ID. Which was it?

Anyway, you were angling for some domestic political brownie points, and congratulations, you got 'em.

[Darkus @Marcunmarked]

בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם אֵין מֶלֶךְ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל אִישׁ הַיָּשָׁר בְּעֵינָיו יַעֲשֶׂה.

[Black Mages Matter(Lit/Fire/Ice) @blackmage1984]

She says this while wearing a shirt that calls for the genocide of Jews.

[Darkus @Marcunmarked]

Still one of the best segments on leftist cognitive dissonance over this war.

[Dan Burmawi @DanBurmawy]

This interview with Dr. Daniel Pipes is the only dissenting chapter in the inaugural issue of the Ideological Defense Institute Journal.

The reason there is only one dissenting chapter is that no one else dared to debate us, even though we reached out to several of the most prominent voices who claim there is a distinction between Islam and Islamism.

Of all those we invited to respond to the journal's central thesis, only Dr. Pipes accepted. Brother Rachid then responded to his arguments in the same chapter.

https://t.co/CliNkVgd8t

[Azat @AzatAlsalim]

lslamist: I love Hamas. I would k*ll Israeli babies. First the baby. Then the mom cries. And then I sh*ot the mom.

Jew: I thought Islam was a religion of peace.

Muslim: Nooo, hahaha.

Jew: Now I understand everything. Finally, the truth comes to light.

[Sovey @SoveyX]

Listen to North Korean defector Yeonmi Park explain how her grandparents were promised much of what Mamdani and the Democratic Socialists of America are promising today:
- Free healthcare
- Free housing
- Free education
- A government that will take care of everyone

In return, they surrendered their freedom.

Tyranny rarely arrives looking cruel. It arrives smiling, speaking softly and promising compassion.

Liberals, I beg of you, don’t listen to conservatives if you don’t want to.

Listen to the North Korean defector.

It will not be different this time.

This is how it begins.

[Elica Le Bon الیکا‌ ل بن @elicalebon]

What is the leftist-Islamist alliance trying to achieve?

[Afghan Girl @Afghana609]

Muslims treat questioning Islam like a crime.

[Ida Turan 🇮🇷 ایده توران @iranidaturan]

It’s so hilarious that regime’s thug don’t even dare to target Israel anymore, instead they bomb Bahrain 😆

[Darkus @Marcunmarked]

⚽️ Fun fact: In Hebrew, an assist in football is literally translated as "a cooking" ("bishul" - בישול).

So saying "Messi really cooked tonight" isn't just a metaphor, it's the actual sports lingo.

[Mark Pellegrino @MarkRPellegrino]

But you have: indoor plumbing. A soft bed. Homes free of vermin. Vaccinations. Medical care that triples your life span. Air conditioning (unless you’re in Europe). Clean running water. Electricity. Computers that give you access to the world. The capacity to go anywhere in the world in a day. A vehicle or transportation that takes you anywhere at your leisure and without injury. Pain relievers. Anesthetic. anti biotics.

I mean the list is endless…

Commies are terrible people.

[Darkus @Marcunmarked]

Intifadas.

[Ambassador Mike Huckabee @GovMikeHuckabee]

The left-wing activist who set up this stunt says "The embassy is involved." That is NOT TRUE. We did NOT know a member of Congress was coming. We would have said don't go to restricted zone. As FACTS come out, it's not helping the desired narrative. Not "held at gunpoint."

[Robert Spencer @jihadwatchRS]

Francesca Albanese ‘Don’t Know Much About History’
by Hugh Fitzgerald

Francesca Albanese, the UN’s “Special Rapporteur for Conditions In the Occupied Palestinian Territories,” is possibly the most famous anti-Israel official in the world. She has nothing good to say about the tiny Jewish state, that she accuses of “apartheid” at home and “genocide” abroad. And she has an unsteady grasp of history when it comes to the Jews in Arab countries, whom she now insists lived happily in those lands until Israel’s “mistreatment” of the Arabs in the Nakba (by winning the 1948 war against those who would destroy it) led the Arabs in response to turn on those Jews to whom they had been so kind. 850,000 Jews were either expelled, or fled, from Arab lands between 1948 and the mid-1950s.

"Albanese’s comments, which took place during a webinar hosted by the anti-Israel group U.N. Staff For Gaza, have not been reported previously. She made the remarks as she compared the Holocaust and what she said is a 'genocide' that Israel is carrying out against the Palestinians."

Ah yes. “Genocide.” Let’s try one more time to drill into Francesca Albanese’s thick skull what “genocide” requires. To wit: “Genocide” requires “intent.” But the IDF has never intended to kill civilians, though it recognizes that, as in all wars, there will unavoidably be some casualties among non-combatants. The IDF makes tremendous efforts to minimize those civilian casualties. To that end, it has dropped millions of leaflets, sent millions of text messages, and made millions of robocalls, all in order to warn civilians away from sites about to be targeted. West Point Professor John Spencer, taking note of the IDF’s conduct, has said that “Israel is applying more measures to minimize civilian casualties than any military in history.” It is Hamas that is trying to maximize civilian casualties, by hiding its combatants and weapons in schoolhouses, mosques, and apartment buildings. But try telling that to Francesca Albanese.

Read more at the link in the next post.

[Hillel Fuld @HilzFuld]

What an epic mic drop!