These are bad people. These aren't political disagreements, they are moral ones.
If you don't recognize the difference between someone specifically targeting women and children and deaths that result from the targeting of terrorists, you just don't have a moral compass.
NBC actually gave this person a platform to lecture their audience about these topics. This isn't about someone who defends Palestinians, but someone defending a terrorist group that massacres Palestinians and Israelis.
Anyways, like I said, the left now has a clear pro-Hamas wing, including representation in Congress, that has really been publicly outed over the last few weeks.
Israel does not target international media outlets, schools, hospitals etc.
They target terrorists that use those locations and organizations as cover. There is a significant difference that this ignorant and dishonest propagandist pretends to not understand.
What do you think happens when you’re constantly falsely accusing the world’s only Jewish state of trying to murder kids, bomb hospitals etc (while intentionally ignoring the terrorists trying to kill them btw)?
Yes, the coming rise in antiSemitic attacks will be so surprising.
This is what happens...
I would recommend Jews in major cities be prepared and protect their families.
Fine. I don't think the history is the priority here because you have to deal with the reality that's on the ground now, but let's talk about the history for those actually interested.
Around WWI stretching to post-WWII, several European countries controlled most of the ME via a series of colonies/mandates. Among them was a mandate called Palestine in modern-day Israel/Jordan. Those European countries slowly started dividing up the ME into free countries.
That is how most ME countries were formed around that time, not just Israel.
In 1917, Britain released the Balfour declaration committing to eventually form a Jewish homeland within the mandate of Palestine.
Ok. Let's do it. Clubhouse at 9 PM ET where I will do a 10-15 Min summary of the history and context of the current escalation, then open it up for discussion. I will try to record my portion and post it on Patreon later.
Starting in 5 min for those interested in a 15 min summary of the history and discussion of the current situation. Same username as my twitter.
So it appears I recorded the whole thing without volume. I may have to repeat as a Podcast, but really appreciate everyone who joined, asked questions etc.
Notice not one of these outraged responses actually disputes Hamas was using the building. The idea here is that Hamas should be able to use media orgs as shields (the deal those orgs knowingly make with Hamas) without consequences.
Everyone knows the deal in Gaza. Hamas lets those news orgs operate as long as they only report things Hamas approves of and provides cover for them. Those orgs might feel that deal is worth it, but that doesn't mean those trying to stop terrorism should just accept it.
What is Israel allowed to target in response to thousands of indiscriminate rockets?
Can't target the terrorists bc they use humans as shields, can't use disinformation to separate them bc media also fooled, and can't target their buildings bc they share those w news orgs...
Shadi has spent days doing this and it’s rather revealing. His idea of “proportional” is for more Israelis to have been killed and he consistently ignores that death toll includes a lot of Hamas fighters and Palestinians killed by Hamas rockets.
When your main argument is that things would be better if the terrorists indiscriminately firing rockets at civilians had been more successful, it’s probably not a great argument.
One side is protecting their citizens = less deaths. Other side is trying to kill anyone possible.
I try not to be too personal on this account and I am not someone that hates people who disagree with me politically, but it's not easy to watch members of Congress and celebrities openly act as propagandists for terrorists that consistently try to kill my family.
Exactly 30 minutes ago a rocket hit the apartment building where I spent my summers with my grandparents as a kid.
Sorry if I take it personally when someone pretends those rockets are justified and that Israel has no right/obligation to protect the people in that building.
I don't want one innocent Israeli or Palestinian hurt, but it's insane that anyone does not recognize it's the terrorist group using innocent Palestinians as human shields while trying to kill innocent Israelis that's responsible for all of this.