The NYT view of "what it means to be Israeli today: “tensions," "inequities,” “divisions,” “unrest,” “fury,” “ambivalence,” “illegitimacy,” “alienation,” “injustice,” “discrimination,” “bias,” “abuse,” misfortune, “slums” & “shabby” “tired” “garish” towns. camera.org/article/ny-tim…
2/ Israel is consistently ranked among the very happiest in the world. It is home to what Time Out says is the "funnest" city in the world.

No wonder the guy in Time Out's photo looks so sad. #SadSadIsrael

@nytimes @PatrickKingsley Image
3/ A few years ago I had the misfortune of randomly stumbling upon this parade of sadness in the Druze town of Dalyat al Karmel. #SadSadIsrael Image
4/ One Friday afternoon, I stumbled upon these strangers sitting on a hill overlooking Jerusalem's Old City walls, strumming and singing classic songs about the city. I took them up on their invitation to sit with them, and snapped a pic of their tears of sadness. #SadSadIsarel Image
5/ Even the graffiti in Israel is sad. #SadSadIsrael

@nytimes @PatrickKingsley Image
6/ Love to see it!

I mean… this makes me so sad.
#SadSadIsrael Image
7/ Was paging through an old family album, and confirmed that the abject misery documented by the NYT preceded our generation. #SadSadIsrael @nytimes Image
8/ Here is #SadSadIsrael's place at the top of the World Happiness Index.

(Considering how miserable they made Israel appear, I shudder to think how the @nytimes would capture the zeitgeist of the 137 countries ranked lower than Israel. The streets would be flooded with tears.) Image
But in Israel, the sun's rays contain harmful UV radiation. Probably has something to do with their nuclear research. (Right, @nytimes?) @SadSadIsrael.

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It says they're confident enough to laugh in the face of those who misrepresent their reality.
It also says they recognize this isn't one piece" by the NYT.

This week it called Abu Nidal, bombers of synagogues, a "liberation group."
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Here are the replies she "hid" before apparently making it so that the general public can't reply. Image
I guess turning off replies makes it so nobody can point out her favorable citation of Farrakhan, a rabid antisemite. Image
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To the NYT, it's a "Palestinian liberation group."

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I'm even a bit astonished that anyone would think it does make a substantive difference (other than the incidental points mentioned by @ariehkovler in the replies).
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1/
"Iron Dome" means "Preventing Hamas rockets from hitting their Jewish, civilian targets." For clarity, let's replace the proper noun in some of these tweets. E.g.

"Preventing rockets from hitting their Jewish, civilian target perpetuates conflict & injustice."
2/
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3/
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For the sake of clarity, let's put aside anything about the debt ceiling and note:

1) Israel's Iron Dome is a defensive anti-rocket system that saves innocent lives by SHOOTING WAR CRIMES OUT OF THE AIR.
2) As a bonus, the ability to shoot down Hamas's indiscriminate rockets often lessens the need for, or intensity of, an Israeli response to those attacks. The calculations are very different if a random rocket gets shot down vs if a Hamas rocket lands kills a family.
3) This part is mind-reading, but I'll do it: Those certain House "progressives" who made news today in relation to the Iron Dome are opposed to Israel having that ability. If they could push a button and make the Iron Dome systems disappear, they would. That's gross and immoral
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