Reporters call him contemptuous. His teammates call him the most genuine superstar ever.
From $8k tips for housekeepers to gifting a teammate the bracelet off his wrist, here is the side of Russell Westbrook that he hides from fans and media:
https://t.co/t0xEobI0Wv
Absolutely extraordinary exchange between Israel and China 👇 I've never seen such a heated exchange come out of top-level forum in China (this is from the 12th Beijing Xiangshan Forum that started yesterday), this normally never happens.
The guy speaking is Yan Xuetong, the dean of the Institute of International Relations at Tsinghua University, the most prestigious university in China.
Speaking for Israel is a military officer apparently called Elad Shoshan.
Yan Xuetong truly doesn't hold back:
- When the Israeli officer tries to bullshit him around how Israel supposedly protects civilians in Gaza, he replies: "You killed more than 70,000 civilians!... The fact is not decided by you... It is not decided by your government. Your government has no legitimacy or the right to decide or defend what is fact"
- And when told that the war will end when Hamas release hostages he replies: "No, this kind of propaganda have too many. No one believe it! Too many! Too much! No one believe it, except a few Israelis"
After watching this video, I genuinely don’t know what to say. It’s disturbing on a level that’s hard to put into words. The way some of these settlers speak and act makes it incredibly difficult to respond with anything but moral disgust. But rather than say anything dehumanizing, I’ll just leave the video here for others to judge for themselves.
Ask yourself: Do these actions reflect the values we claim to uphold? Does this behavior reflect any kind of divine morality? Would a compassionate God choose people who behave like this to carry His name?
I believe in compassion. I believe in coexistence, live and let live. But when I see what’s being done, repeatedly, systematically, and proudly, it becomes clearer why this pattern of resentment and expulsion has followed certain groups through history. If this is the face they’ve always shown, then maybe history isn’t as senseless as we’ve been told.
Make up your own mind. Watch the video. And ask yourself: What kind of people are we looking at? And what kind of people are we becoming if we stay silent?