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“‘Rashida Tlaib is either completely ignorant of the history or is a deliberate liar’, charged Prof. Benny Morris, one of the leading scholars of British Mandatory Palestine, the creation of the State of Israel in 1948 and the War of Independence.” haaretz.com/us-news/.premi…
“Both Israeli and Palestinian scholars told Haaretz that they had great difficulty embracing any view of history in which the Palestinians played any part in providing a “safe haven” for Jewish refugees of the Holocaust.”
Lmaaaoooooo “Palestinian historian Dr. Adel Manna, a senior research fellow at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, expressed bewilderment when asked about Tlaib’s “safe haven” reference.
“I don’t know what she meant,” Manna said.”
“I don’t know what she meant,” Manna said.”
“Israeli historian and writer Tom Segev also said he was confused by Tlaib’s “safe haven” description.
“I have never heard anybody say that before,” he told Haaretz.”
“I have never heard anybody say that before,” he told Haaretz.”
Bah-roo-tal
“I really want to give her the benefit of the doubt that she really meant it,” Segev said, “but to me — and maybe I’m cynical — it sounded like an attempt to be ironic or sarcastic.”
“I really want to give her the benefit of the doubt that she really meant it,” Segev said, “but to me — and maybe I’m cynical — it sounded like an attempt to be ironic or sarcastic.”
John King of CNN was the only one to do this here. Haaretz asked leftist historians on both sides and no one—no one—would even pretend Tlaib’s comments were defensible.
In America, we’re arguing over whether ppl were mean to an antisemitic revisionist, ignoring the antisemitism.
In America, we’re arguing over whether ppl were mean to an antisemitic revisionist, ignoring the antisemitism.
A sign of just how degraded the discourse here is: those of us who called her out were 100% right, and yet our mentions were filled with whataboutism and accusations of Islamophobia. As I said yesterday, historical truth is irrelevant to those defending Tlaib.
Anyhoo, apology accepted, partisans who spent yesterday vomiting in my mentions. I forgive you. Next time, when you don’t understand what we’re talking about, just ask.
