Written in 2006: “The Muslims had a taste for nationalism, jingoism, and victimology. Their illiterate, oppressed mobs could be whipped up to a fever pitch.”
And yet, we now know that allowing a few jewish ppl from europe to pitch a tent on dirt that has been majority arab for 1000s of years was a huge mistake. after being unfairly blamed and unfairly suffered during WW2, the resulting collective PTSD suffered by the jewish people has rendered them unable to govern and make the difficult choices a national state requires. this inability to govern has caused israel to illegally keep millions of native arab people in an apartheid situation for 55 years, commiting numerous war crimes by denying millions of people normal human rights. israel's only policy solutions to the occupation is to commit even more and greater war crimes = israel is unable to govern. the jewish people's collective PTSD from WW2 causes them to treat every normal crime issue as a major threat. in reality, as tragic as hamas actions are, these actions do not threaten israeli statehood.
its ironic to read someone who is knowledgeable of the gender ideology issue in support of israeli rights violations of the native arab population of palestine. many of the same mechanisms exist between the two issues.
- both israel and gender activists claim they are being threatened with major violence for minor offences.
- both Israeli and gender activists promote collective measures to address their imaginary claims.
- both israel and gender activists have spent decades on a well financed PR and lobby campaign.
- both israel activists and gender activists have morphed into fascist movements that advocate for limits on freedom of speech.
- both israel and gender activists primarily target and harm historically marginalized groups for the benefit of white men who are not marginalized, but pretend to be.
You, sir, are an antisemite if I've ever seen one. Stop talking about "Israel activists", you mean "Jews" and boy do you ever!
But you also don't know or pretend to not know the true history of Israel and demonstrate zero appreciation of the moral calculus for the actions of the Jews vis-a-vis their Muslim enemies. Your disgusting attempt to loop simply being Jewish- which is what this comes down to - in with the Marxist-fueled destructive gender delusional state is as ridiculous as it is disgusting.
the same comments are commonly leveled against those who dont agree with those who think its a good idea that men be allowed into womens restrooms. the mysognists promoting gender ideology call people like me "transphobic". however, the opposite is actually true. i can love ppl who ID as "trans" and who are zionist, while at the same time disagree with their self delusion and wrong choices. the emperor has no cloths. and this friend of the emperor has a duty to tell him.
to quote a former State dept official who resigned today due to Biden's blind pro israel policy
" Paul strongly denounced Hamas' attack on Israel and affirmed Israel's right to defend itself. But he said there are "ways to do that that don't involve dislocating a million Palestinians, that don't involve the death of thousands of civilians."
you sir are the anti muslim, anti arab bigot. not me. plenty of jewish ppl agree with me. are they anti semetic too?
It’s hilarious watching you try so hard to make an effective analogy with transgenderism. I’ve read through your argument twice now and, sorry, it’s just not there.
Look, I’ll say something very simple and straightforward now. Let’s see if you can understand. I have nothing against Muslims or Arabs. I do have a lot against the Koran and am very troubled by the impact it’s had and continues to have in the world.
Have you read it? What do you think? How does Islam significantly differ from Christianity or Judaism? Do you know? - rhetorical question.
sorry, i just cant take anyone seriously who has something against the koran, as if one religion is better or worse than any other. its like claiming blue is better than green. whose to say? have you heard the mormon origin story? dude put his head in a box and saw the secret writing , but the box was destroyed. and then dude was visited by a guy who lived 5000 years ago. not sure if you know this but israel wasnt promised to the jews. the bible says israel was promised to the offspring of abraham, who had an muslim son. christians, jewish and muslims all claim Abraham as their father and part of their spiritual canon. muslims also believe in jesus. probabnly by favorite religioin is hindu. for 1000s of years they worshiped just the sound of the prayers and their priests thought the prayers were too holy to write down. of course this was 1000s of years before Judaism was invented.
You didn’t answer my question about the Koran but then I said it was rhetorical. OBVIOUSLY you haven’t read it. Anymore than you have the history of Israel.
But for some bizarre reason you think that all religions are equally moral or not, defensible or not, all the same. Why? Article of faith?
im just not that interested in arguing about religion. Confucius and the buddha
rarely refered to god at all. most in those days did belive in god. there was just too many things in the world that no one understood not to. but they didnt think god would be intrested in a dialog with man or anything like that. confusous. and the buddha were intrested in helping man out of their everyday dilemma and everyday suffering. religion is anachronistic. its taken out of context. no one alive today can imagine what the world was like 100 or 1000 years ago, when most religions were invented.
I think it is overly simplistic to suggest that Israel is the helpless and undeserving victim of Palestinian terrorism, the latter of which who are merely pawns of a global communist plot. Netanyahu's government is the most right-wing the country has ever known and is committed to Israeli settlement expansion in, and eventual annexation of, the West Bank. Remove the mask and a policy of "de jure annexation" is clearly visible. Coincident with Netanyahu's election victory, 2022 was the deadliest year in decades for Palestinians living under Israeli military occupation. The gloves were off and the violence began. A 15-year-old Palestinian boy in the West Bank town of Azzun, was shot in the back by Israeli military for allegedly throwing fireworks at Israeli motorists. Israeli settlers torched dozens of Palestinian homes and cars in the town of Huwara in response to the killing of two Israelis. An Israeli general, as well as observers within and beyond the country, have since described it as a pogrom. Considering the composition of his government, this should come as no surprise to anyone. According to a PBS article published last December:
"The new government is made up of ultra-Orthodox parties, a far-right ultranationalist religious faction affiliated with the West Bank settler movement and his Likud party.
In the coalition agreement between Likud and its ally, the Religious Zionism party, Netanyahu pledged to legalize wildcat settlement outposts considered illegal even by the Israeli government. He also promises to annex the West Bank “while choosing the timing and considering the national and international interests of the state of Israel.”
Sir, I've read nearly every one of your responses to comments on these history articles by James. It does appear that the second anyone differs from your opinion, they are immediately an anti-semite. This history is extremely complicated and even more so by strong and somewhat fanatical religious beliefs on both sides. I pray for Isreal and I pray for the citizens in Gaza. Innocent people are dying needlessly; all to keep the war mongers in business! How many deaths will be enough?
On another note, if free speech is to be maintained, then we must stand for difference of opinion, regardless of what we believe. I may not like what someone else believes or says, but I strongly stand for their right to believe it and say it.
A discussion that might persuade another to change their view should not include name calling, or it falls on deaf ears and defensiveness rises.
I choose not to pick sides in this war and I would like to see a cease-fire. Would you call me an anti-semite for that wish?
Somewhere in the middle of all this history is the truth. All historical accounts are written by human beings and that in itself lends bias to history.
I do agree with you about the Koran and I follow Gad Saad, so I've seen the videos. That said, there is also a lot of high-school level analysis being posted on social media, when thousands of innocent people are dying and a spreading war could be imminent. That is frightening!
You choose to not pick sides? How precious! Sorry, Kimberly, that’s an extremely weak and morally stunted position. No wonder you don’t like name-calling because that’s how you think you can get away with such a worthless opinion without being criticized. You offer nothing. You just want people to see what a good person you are or think you are. Well you don’t seem so great to me.
Hamas is a death-cult. They want their own death as martyrs to get into Paradise and they want to kill as many Jews as possible to please Allah and get their too. They WANT this bloodshed, Israel has no choice but to fight back. If you can’t see that you’re just another stupid Canadian. Canada “abstained” at the UN. You’re abstaining here. Both disgust me.
There you go - lots of name-calling. Hahaha. You deserve it.
Wow! I could care less whether or not you think I'm a good person or not. What other people think of me is none of my business. I am not at all surprised by your response. Have a good day.
Hahaha - of course you care what people think about you. Everyone does. That’s why you posted your comments to begin with. You want to persuade, question and impress - just like every person on the planet. We care because we’re human. You can’t avoid it.
And in this case, you wanted to represent how wonderfully fair and balanced you are. Sure you did! Don’t deny it. You’re so wonderful you’re above taking sides between this horrific Islamic death cult and the Israelis just trying to live their lives. Cease-fire? There already WAS a cease-fire. This attack was planned for over a year DURING a cease-fire.
Israel pulled out of Gaza almost 20 years ago. So why didn’t the Palestinans turn their little waterfront land into a Mediterranean paradise? What stopped them? All this blockade and security stuff only kicked in after they elected Hamas and started attacking Israel. Of course they left Israel no choice.
And now again they leave it no choice. If you were there in Israel and forced to make the actual decisions on the ground, you’d be saying the exact same thing.
But you’re not. So you post the easy cheap things you can say to feel like you’re superior somehow.
I kinda prefer the anti-semites. At least they’re more up front with their hypocrisy.
Well, you make some interesting points, because in fact this is the most right wing Israeli government ever, but in this particular conflict it would seem the first stone was cast by Hamas, on Oct. 7th.
Written in 2006: “The Muslims had a taste for nationalism, jingoism, and victimology. Their illiterate, oppressed mobs could be whipped up to a fever pitch.”
Nothing has changed.
Excellent article.
And yet, we now know that allowing a few jewish ppl from europe to pitch a tent on dirt that has been majority arab for 1000s of years was a huge mistake. after being unfairly blamed and unfairly suffered during WW2, the resulting collective PTSD suffered by the jewish people has rendered them unable to govern and make the difficult choices a national state requires. this inability to govern has caused israel to illegally keep millions of native arab people in an apartheid situation for 55 years, commiting numerous war crimes by denying millions of people normal human rights. israel's only policy solutions to the occupation is to commit even more and greater war crimes = israel is unable to govern. the jewish people's collective PTSD from WW2 causes them to treat every normal crime issue as a major threat. in reality, as tragic as hamas actions are, these actions do not threaten israeli statehood.
its ironic to read someone who is knowledgeable of the gender ideology issue in support of israeli rights violations of the native arab population of palestine. many of the same mechanisms exist between the two issues.
- both israel and gender activists claim they are being threatened with major violence for minor offences.
- both Israeli and gender activists promote collective measures to address their imaginary claims.
- both israel and gender activists have spent decades on a well financed PR and lobby campaign.
- both israel activists and gender activists have morphed into fascist movements that advocate for limits on freedom of speech.
- both israel and gender activists primarily target and harm historically marginalized groups for the benefit of white men who are not marginalized, but pretend to be.
You, sir, are an antisemite if I've ever seen one. Stop talking about "Israel activists", you mean "Jews" and boy do you ever!
But you also don't know or pretend to not know the true history of Israel and demonstrate zero appreciation of the moral calculus for the actions of the Jews vis-a-vis their Muslim enemies. Your disgusting attempt to loop simply being Jewish- which is what this comes down to - in with the Marxist-fueled destructive gender delusional state is as ridiculous as it is disgusting.
the same comments are commonly leveled against those who dont agree with those who think its a good idea that men be allowed into womens restrooms. the mysognists promoting gender ideology call people like me "transphobic". however, the opposite is actually true. i can love ppl who ID as "trans" and who are zionist, while at the same time disagree with their self delusion and wrong choices. the emperor has no cloths. and this friend of the emperor has a duty to tell him.
to quote a former State dept official who resigned today due to Biden's blind pro israel policy
" Paul strongly denounced Hamas' attack on Israel and affirmed Israel's right to defend itself. But he said there are "ways to do that that don't involve dislocating a million Palestinians, that don't involve the death of thousands of civilians."
you sir are the anti muslim, anti arab bigot. not me. plenty of jewish ppl agree with me. are they anti semetic too?
It’s hilarious watching you try so hard to make an effective analogy with transgenderism. I’ve read through your argument twice now and, sorry, it’s just not there.
Look, I’ll say something very simple and straightforward now. Let’s see if you can understand. I have nothing against Muslims or Arabs. I do have a lot against the Koran and am very troubled by the impact it’s had and continues to have in the world.
Have you read it? What do you think? How does Islam significantly differ from Christianity or Judaism? Do you know? - rhetorical question.
sorry, i just cant take anyone seriously who has something against the koran, as if one religion is better or worse than any other. its like claiming blue is better than green. whose to say? have you heard the mormon origin story? dude put his head in a box and saw the secret writing , but the box was destroyed. and then dude was visited by a guy who lived 5000 years ago. not sure if you know this but israel wasnt promised to the jews. the bible says israel was promised to the offspring of abraham, who had an muslim son. christians, jewish and muslims all claim Abraham as their father and part of their spiritual canon. muslims also believe in jesus. probabnly by favorite religioin is hindu. for 1000s of years they worshiped just the sound of the prayers and their priests thought the prayers were too holy to write down. of course this was 1000s of years before Judaism was invented.
You didn’t answer my question about the Koran but then I said it was rhetorical. OBVIOUSLY you haven’t read it. Anymore than you have the history of Israel.
But for some bizarre reason you think that all religions are equally moral or not, defensible or not, all the same. Why? Article of faith?
im just not that interested in arguing about religion. Confucius and the buddha
rarely refered to god at all. most in those days did belive in god. there was just too many things in the world that no one understood not to. but they didnt think god would be intrested in a dialog with man or anything like that. confusous. and the buddha were intrested in helping man out of their everyday dilemma and everyday suffering. religion is anachronistic. its taken out of context. no one alive today can imagine what the world was like 100 or 1000 years ago, when most religions were invented.
I think it is overly simplistic to suggest that Israel is the helpless and undeserving victim of Palestinian terrorism, the latter of which who are merely pawns of a global communist plot. Netanyahu's government is the most right-wing the country has ever known and is committed to Israeli settlement expansion in, and eventual annexation of, the West Bank. Remove the mask and a policy of "de jure annexation" is clearly visible. Coincident with Netanyahu's election victory, 2022 was the deadliest year in decades for Palestinians living under Israeli military occupation. The gloves were off and the violence began. A 15-year-old Palestinian boy in the West Bank town of Azzun, was shot in the back by Israeli military for allegedly throwing fireworks at Israeli motorists. Israeli settlers torched dozens of Palestinian homes and cars in the town of Huwara in response to the killing of two Israelis. An Israeli general, as well as observers within and beyond the country, have since described it as a pogrom. Considering the composition of his government, this should come as no surprise to anyone. According to a PBS article published last December:
"The new government is made up of ultra-Orthodox parties, a far-right ultranationalist religious faction affiliated with the West Bank settler movement and his Likud party.
In the coalition agreement between Likud and its ally, the Religious Zionism party, Netanyahu pledged to legalize wildcat settlement outposts considered illegal even by the Israeli government. He also promises to annex the West Bank “while choosing the timing and considering the national and international interests of the state of Israel.”
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/netanyahus-government-vows-to-expand-west-bank-settlements-annex-occupied-territory
Perhaps, in Biblical terms, Israel is not without sin and should not be the first to cast stones.
Another anti-semitic idiot. Boy, James, are you trying to collect the whole set? I'm not sure if that's a good idea -- there's a lot of them.
Sir, I've read nearly every one of your responses to comments on these history articles by James. It does appear that the second anyone differs from your opinion, they are immediately an anti-semite. This history is extremely complicated and even more so by strong and somewhat fanatical religious beliefs on both sides. I pray for Isreal and I pray for the citizens in Gaza. Innocent people are dying needlessly; all to keep the war mongers in business! How many deaths will be enough?
On another note, if free speech is to be maintained, then we must stand for difference of opinion, regardless of what we believe. I may not like what someone else believes or says, but I strongly stand for their right to believe it and say it.
A discussion that might persuade another to change their view should not include name calling, or it falls on deaf ears and defensiveness rises.
I choose not to pick sides in this war and I would like to see a cease-fire. Would you call me an anti-semite for that wish?
Somewhere in the middle of all this history is the truth. All historical accounts are written by human beings and that in itself lends bias to history.
I do agree with you about the Koran and I follow Gad Saad, so I've seen the videos. That said, there is also a lot of high-school level analysis being posted on social media, when thousands of innocent people are dying and a spreading war could be imminent. That is frightening!
You choose to not pick sides? How precious! Sorry, Kimberly, that’s an extremely weak and morally stunted position. No wonder you don’t like name-calling because that’s how you think you can get away with such a worthless opinion without being criticized. You offer nothing. You just want people to see what a good person you are or think you are. Well you don’t seem so great to me.
Hamas is a death-cult. They want their own death as martyrs to get into Paradise and they want to kill as many Jews as possible to please Allah and get their too. They WANT this bloodshed, Israel has no choice but to fight back. If you can’t see that you’re just another stupid Canadian. Canada “abstained” at the UN. You’re abstaining here. Both disgust me.
There you go - lots of name-calling. Hahaha. You deserve it.
Wow! I could care less whether or not you think I'm a good person or not. What other people think of me is none of my business. I am not at all surprised by your response. Have a good day.
Hahaha - of course you care what people think about you. Everyone does. That’s why you posted your comments to begin with. You want to persuade, question and impress - just like every person on the planet. We care because we’re human. You can’t avoid it.
And in this case, you wanted to represent how wonderfully fair and balanced you are. Sure you did! Don’t deny it. You’re so wonderful you’re above taking sides between this horrific Islamic death cult and the Israelis just trying to live their lives. Cease-fire? There already WAS a cease-fire. This attack was planned for over a year DURING a cease-fire.
Israel pulled out of Gaza almost 20 years ago. So why didn’t the Palestinans turn their little waterfront land into a Mediterranean paradise? What stopped them? All this blockade and security stuff only kicked in after they elected Hamas and started attacking Israel. Of course they left Israel no choice.
And now again they leave it no choice. If you were there in Israel and forced to make the actual decisions on the ground, you’d be saying the exact same thing.
But you’re not. So you post the easy cheap things you can say to feel like you’re superior somehow.
I kinda prefer the anti-semites. At least they’re more up front with their hypocrisy.
Your comment says much more about you than it does me. If you really want to see an idiot, just look in the mirror.
Well, you make some interesting points, because in fact this is the most right wing Israeli government ever, but in this particular conflict it would seem the first stone was cast by Hamas, on Oct. 7th.