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Hen Mazzig

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Aug 7

I read Ezra Klein’s interview with Mahmoud Khalil, so you don’t have to.

Here are the most outrageous moments.

Buckle up 🧵

Khalil talks about how Palestinians in Syria have no property rights, even after generations. That’s blatant discrimination.

But Klein doesn’t pause to reflect on what that means.

No curiosity about how other Arab states treat Palestinians. He just moves along. >>

Khalil, who often describes himself as a Palestinian refugee, mentions one grandparent living in modern day Israel: his grandmother lived in Tiveria for 30 years before 1948.

So she must have lived through the Tiveria pogrom, in 1938, when Arab terrorists lit Jewish homes and synagogues on fire and stabbed the people inside, including a baby, to death.

Somehow, the Arab-initiated violence that preceded his family’s departure from Tiveria was never part of the narrative Khalil was taught. He says he was raised to believe that “Palestine was taken from us, was stolen from us.”

I am not saying Palestinians have no connection to the land; in fact I am a loud advocate for peace and their right to live in this land. But as Jew whose family lived in Iraq and Tunisia for centuries, only to be violently kicked out with all of their property stripped from them, I always find the asymmetry in these conversations jarring.

Palestinian identity is inherently tied to Arab identity, the same Arabs who forced my family out of their land. But this is often forgotten in this narrative. >>

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Hen Mazzig

@HenMazzig

Mar 19

Alright, here we go. Let's debunk this:

A Palestinian culture that predates Judaism would also predate Islam and the Arab conquest. The Palestinians today are culturally Arab with little remnants of ancient Levantine culture.

Also, the name Palestine being commonly used does not erase Jewish indigeneity. In the times of the Ottoman Empire many called themselves Palestinian Jews.

The claim is that Palestine was never a state and instead of refuting it you agree that Palestine was never a formal state.

The majority of times I see people say "There was never a Palestinian State" is because someone falsely claimed there was a state, which isn't true. Which you agree isn't true.

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@HenMazzig

May 26, 2024

This weekend, the BBC apologized for mislabeling a Free Palestine protest as a vigil, when it was actually an attempt to shut down a screening of a film about the Nova music festival massacre.

Since October 7th, the BBC has issued FIVE apologies for spreading disinformation about Israel. Despite the apologies, each claim was rooted in antisemitic tropes and libels that caused irreversible damage after being released.

Here’s a recap of them. 🧵

On October 17, 2023, the BBC speculated on air that “an Israeli airstrike” was behind an explosion at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City.

The reality was that the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group misfired a rocket that was meant to hit civilians in Israel, but it landed short in the parking lot of the Gaza hospital.

On November 15, 2023, the BBC claimed Israel was “targeting” medical teams and Arabic speakers in Al-Shifa Hospital.

The reality was that Israel’s medical teams and Arabic-speaking soldiers were ensuring humanitarian aid reached those in need at the hospital.

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@HenMazzig

May 25, 2024

Judge Sebutinde, the first female African judge to ever sit at the ICJ and who opposed all its resolutions, was the sole voice of reason in her dissenting opinion.

She argued that the ICC’s resolution “implicitly orders Israel to disregard the safety and security of the more than 100 hostages still held by Hamas.”

The hostages' abduction is the entire reason Israel is in Rafah in the first place, Judge Sebutinde astutely recognized unfathomable double standards and the lack of empathy displayed by the ICC in ordering Israel to halt their rescue mission. 🧵

Additionally, she stated:

"War inevitably, and tragically, affects the lives of civilians. But this does not make Israel’s war against Hamas inherently illegitimate or unlawful and nor does it transform it into an act of genocide.”

War has always and unfortunately impacted civilians, but unlike in most wars, Israel has taken unprecedented steps to minimize civilian casualties while fighting a terrorist organization that is actively trying to do the opposite.

Judge Sebutinde highlighted the hypocrisy in holding only Israel responsible for the humanitarian crisis in Gaza when Egypt controls part of both the Rafah and Kerem Shalom crossing facilities.

She pointed out what others willfully ignore: “There have also been reports that Egypt has prevented the movement of aid trucks from Egypt towards Kerem Shalom. Without Egypt’s cooperation, Israel alone cannot ‘maintain open the Rafah crossing,’ which would render the Court’s current order, which is directed at Israel but not Egypt, impracticable."

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@HenMazzig

May 21, 2024

THREAD: Reactions to the ICC's decision to request arrest warrants for Israel and Hamas from world leaders 🧵

President Biden: “Let me be clear: whatever this prosecutor might imply, there is no equivalence — none — between Israel and Hamas. We will always stand with Israel against threats to its security.” 🧵

Mike Johnson (Speaker of the House): “Israel is fighting a just war of survival, and the ICC is trying to compare senior Israeli officials with the evil terrorists who carried out the massacre on October 7.” 🧵

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Hen Mazzig

@HenMazzig

Mar 13, 2024

1) Genuine question - Can anyone find a major Holocaust movie made in the past ten years that focuses on Jewish experience during the Holocaust and is played by Jewish actors? 🧵

2) The Zone of Interest is culmination of a disturbing trend - the gradual sidelining and now disappearance of Jews from mainstream depictions of the Holocaust 🧵

3) Jojo Rabbit (2019) focused on a German kid who dreams of Hitler as his imaginary friend. 🧵

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