The US Congress this week came to an agreement to fund our government.
Elon Musk, who became $200 BILLION richer since Trump was elected, objected.
Are Republicans beholden to the American people? Or President Musk?
This is oligarchy at work.
Here’s something you probably never thought would happen:
Nasrallah has been eliminated, and there are more people celebrating it in Lebanon today than at Columbia University.
EVERYONE READ THIS:
Here is where I break with @mehdirhasan.
WE in America did not allow
ANY of this to happen.
HAMAS chose to invade Israel.
HAMAS chose to slaughter over a thousand people through summary execution.
HAMAS built hundreds of km of tunnels, 10,000 hidden rocket sites in schools, mosques & hospitals.
HAMAS abandoned the people above ground to a war they planned YEARS for.
HAMAS chose to withdraw and fight in Gaza & make Gaza Stalingrad. They TOLD US THAT WAS THEIR MISSION.
HAMAS Terrorism & mass murder may get a pass from you, a former Islamic extremist, but not from me. I defended people from terrorists bc they are EVIL humans.
The crime here is on YOU who ignore HAMAS’s sole culpability in this war. No one had to die. Netanyahu did not make HAMAS invade.
HAMAS chose death for all involved. Jewish children and Gaza’s babies. They even told you they needed civilians to die. HAMAS said it on video.
HAMAS said they would do it again if given the chance.
So. Just. Fucking. Stop. Right. There.
Call on HAMAS to ceasefire. Call on HAMAS to surrender their hostages & disarm.
If you cannot then we know you in your heart you side with HAMAS & not to end the suffering of the Palestinian people.
I’ll wait.
One of the Arabs' best-kept secrets, skillfully obscured over the years, is the true reason behind their refusal of the 1947 UN partition plan:
For those less familiar, here's a quick summary:
After WWII, the British, looking to exit the complicated situation they found themselves in in the Middle East, planned to hand back the mandate they had received from the UN.
The UN dispatched the UNSCOP committee to determine the region's future. The committee proposed several plans, with the well-known Partition Plan eventually being accepted by the majority of its members.
The Jewish community accepted this plan, and a majority of UN members voted in favor of it.
However, the Arabs rejected it, similarly to their earlier refusal of the Peel Commission's recommendations (a topic for another post).
So, why then did the Arabs reject the partition proposal?
Primarily, they were confident in their ability to swiftly defeat the Jews, eliminate them, and seize the entire territory.
This conviction also had a significant contribution to the Nakba as it led them to advise many Arabs to temporarily vacate their homes during the conflicts, expecting to return post-victory - a victory that, of course, never materialized.
Yet, this is not the core reason.
Pay close attention now:
The primary reason Arab leaders rejected the UN's partition proposal was their own disbelief in the Palestinian people's right to self-determination. In fact, they were opposed to it! Indeed, that's exactly as it sounds.
Arab leaders never recognized Palestinians as an ethnic group with self-determination rights, but rather as a part of the larger Arab nation.
As those knowledgeable in history (and not propaganda) understand, there were originally no 'Palestinians', only Arabs.
The Arabs' national goal was to create Greater Syria, covering today's Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Israel, a vision outlined in the McMahon-Hussein correspondence of 1915-1916.
Therefore, they rejected any proposal that independently defined the Palestinians, as such a distinction simply did not exist.
(Interestingly, this truth is widely recognized in the Arab world. While not often acknowledged publicly, it occasionally surfaces, as seen in a video I'll share in the comments)
So next time Palestinian history, culture, or their right to self-determination is discussed, remember that while the world, Jews included, were willing to acknowledge this, the refusal came from the Arabs themselves, who recognized the idea of a Palestinian nation as a UN fabrication.
Antisemite.
Rape denier.
Grotesque bigot.
Briahna Joy Gray worked as the press secretary for the Bernie Sanders 2030 campaign.
Imagine if Sanders won and this monster had a seat at the table.
A Ceasefire Proposal:
1- Hamas to free all Israeli and international hostages.
2-Hamas militia to permanently depart Gaza to Algeria with no right to return.
3-The UN to provide ships to transport Hamas militia from Gaza to Algeria within 2 weeks.
4-Israel to allow the return of the Palestinian Authority back to Gaza within 6 months.
Mosab Hassan Yousef 11/11/23
DEPT OF DIDDIGAF:
Many of you are disappointed in the fact that I see the Israel-HAMAS war through the lens of counterterrorism & war but not your misguided ill informed myopia & latent antisemitism. I understand. It’s your first time ever seeing a War … but for many of you just really hate Jews.
But here are the parameters to make sure you Unfollow me properly.
Why have the informed opinion of an expert who worked these MidEast wars for decades? That’s crazy, right? So try this:
1) If you don’t like my opinion on Gaza, Israel or counterterrorism strategies.
-Unfollow me.
2) If you think I’m a war monger who hates the Palestinian people, or a Zionist who loves killing babies, women & hates Arabs. You’re an idiot.
-Unfollow me.
3) If you always followed me & say “Wow I respected him but now he supports the Jews/Zionist/Netanyahu/Genocide/Colonialism/Occupation”please Jesus -Unfollow me.
4) If you think I’m a pig, POS & hate you for your proHAMAS, antisemitic, or patently stupid opinions, You’re right. -Unfollow me.
5) If you cry over the terrible deaths of Palestinian babies but never once mention the dead Jewish Babies executed on 10-7. Or say dead Jewish Babies are fake. Help me God, -Unfollow me
6) If you can’t spell Israel (Isreal) or Gaza (Gazza) without spell check & think about lecturing me on the Middle East … that’s right, - Unfollow me.
7) If you have ever chanted “From the River to the Sea…” be advised, the real ending is
- “Malcolm says Unfollow me”
8) If you completely forgot 10-7 even happened or claim it was fake or don’t even know what happened to start this cycle of violence but but Genocide!
- Unfollow me
9) If you say you will vote for Trump or wont vote or call Biden “Genocide Joe” bc you don’t know the meaning of the word Genocide or if you don’t know the Sykes-Picot treaty did not involve tortillas; the Balfour Declaration was NOT signed by Jefferson: or think that Transjordan was a car featured on Fast and Furious X
- Unfollow me
10) If you are offended by any of the above or are just in doubt about any of the above
- Unfollow me
Let’s see what happens.
I am heartbroken and furious that so many Gazans are dying and will continue to die because Hamas and their allies have decided, for them, that it is their obligation to die as human shields and propaganda pieces. Sick, and evil, and cruel. On brand.