Hate
Updated 2023-12-02
2023-11-30 The color of pure evil: A commentary on the moral inequalities of Israel and Hamas
[MEK Note: The lies and hatred toward Palestinians expressed in this article are hard to fathom. Israel has mostly released woman and children held in detention without charges, some for years, yet the author calls all of them murders and terrorists. Meanwhile Israel has murdered over 15,000 civilians, mostly women, children and even babies and the author cheers for more of the same! Every Palestinian is a Hamas! Every Hamas a Terrorist! Every Terrorist must be eliminated!]
Each night, Israelis are glued to their television screens, witnessing the return of hostages in a global media event broadcasted by Arab and international networks. The anticipation is palpable as people watch with bated breath, hoping to see innocent Israelis emerge from the clutches of their Hamas captors.
However, labeling the truce as a mere “hostage exchange” oversimplifies the complexity of the situation. Hamas has reluctantly released abducted children, babies, sick, and elderly individuals who suffered in underground terror tunnels in Gaza without adequate medical treatment. In contrast, Israel not only agreed to release convicted murderers and terrorists held in its prisons but also accepted a conspicuously unequal exchange, releasing three terrorists for each innocent Israeli.
Despite the significant concessions made by Israel, the nation’s moral stance remains resolute. The safe return of its citizens takes precedence, even at the high cost of halting military operations and releasing Palestinian terrorists. This underscores the unwavering commitment to prioritizing the well-being of its people over other considerations.
The most glaring difference between Israel and Hamas can be viewed in the fundamental belief in the sanctity of life and the glorification of death. The intrinsic value that the Jewish people place on life has come with a high cost, as evident through the hostage negotiations that have taken place throughout the humanitarian truce that began last Friday. While this has been a matter of significant public and political discourse, and even when faced with such a difficult strategic decision, Israeli leadership has demonstrated its adherence to the Jewish value of the sanctity of life. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-color-of-pure-evil-a-commentary-on-the-moral-inequalities-of-israel-and-hamas/ar-AA1kNSAB
2023-11-28 “Atmosphere of Hate”: AFSC Leader & Palestinian Vermonter on Shooting of 3 College Students We get an update on the three university students of Palestinian descent who were shot Saturday in Burlington, Vermont. Two were wearing keffiyehs and speaking Arabic at the time of the attack. Hisham Awartani, Kinnan Abdalhamid and Tahseen Ahmad are now recovering, though Hisham Awartani, who was shot in the spine, has reportedly lost feeling in the lower part of his body. The FBI is reportedly investigating whether the shooting was a hate crime. “This atmosphere of hate” starts “from the federal level,” declares Wafic Faour of the organization Vermonters for Justice in Palestine, who joins us to discuss the recent history of Vermont’s suppression of pro-Palestinian sentiment. “If you talk about Palestinian rights, you’re going to be called ‘terrorist,’” says Faour, yet although “the attacker is a white supremacist, … we don’t call it as is.” We also speak to Joyce Ajlouny, former director of the Ramallah Friends School in the occupied West Bank, where the three victims were students together. She reads poems they wrote in sixth grade and notes that over the course of the decadeslong occupation, “Palestinians of all faiths … have not been offered the humanity and dignity that they deserve.” https://www.democracynow.org/2023/11/28/vermont_palestinian_students_shooting_wafic_faour
2023-11-24 The hostages’ families should have been jailed to shut them up, says former US citizen who was an Israeli spy. Jonathan Pollard, a former US intelligence analyst imprisoned for spying for Israel, has called for hostages’ families to be silenced and arrested. Pollard told Israeli media that the families of Israeli hostages should have been jailed to shut them up. He also said posters of the captives should never have been hung up. “When Israel declared war, the first thing that the government should have done was declare a state of national emergency and told all the hostages: ‘You will keep your mouth shut or we will shut them for you,'” Pollard said. He said the Israeli government should have prevented the hostages’ families from “interfering” with their management of this war. He implied that the hostages’ families were being “used by the international community” or “by our own leftists” as a weapon against the Israeli government. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/the-hostages-families-should-have-been-jailed-to-shut-them-up-says-former-us-citizen-who-was-an-israeli-spy/ar-AA1ktxTD
2023-11-21 Anti Palestine TikTok In this video we examine a handful of short form content pieces from supporters of Israel, and connect this content to broader Zionist attitudes. this one’s not an easy watch but i hope it gives at least one person some context on what Israel is doing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdlJqlzOGgU
2023-11-20 ‘Annihilate Everyone’: Israeli TV Promotes Genocidal Song The Friendship Song. This really does have to be seen to be believed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV0pEUXMz6M
2023-11-17 Dennis Prager: Supporting Hamas is like supporting Nazis in WW2 Dennis Prager is a conservative thinker, commentator and one of America’s most successful political entrepreneurs; He is most well known for establishing PragerU, one of the largest conservative online platforms. Steven Edginton is joined by Mr Prager to discuss threats to Western civilization. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OudTXT_9CzY
2023-11-14 Alan Dershowitz: Biden Should Be Telling Israelis To Kill MORE People In Hospitals, Not Less Alan Dershowitz accuses President Biden of playing into Hamas’s hands. Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur discuss on The Young Turks. “Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz slammed President Joe Biden for urging Israel not to bomb hospitals in Gaza. On Monday, the president said hospitals in the densely populated territory of 2.3 million people “must be protected” as Israel carries out its response to terrorist attacks perpetrated by Hamas on Oct. 7 that killed 1,200 Israelis. His comments came as Israeli forces approached the Al-Shifa Hospital complex in Gaza City. The hospital is without electricity and fuel. The Israeli government said the hospital houses a Hamas military command center. A U.S. official echoed this claim on Monday, but the person declined to be identified.”* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKaHChaKYtI
2023-11-10 The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Haters and Racists on Both Sides And, no, I don’t believe there will ever be a peaceful resolution to the conflicts in Israel/Gaza, because there are haters and racists on both sides who dehumanize one another. This crap has been going on for a century in Israel, since well before the founding of the current state of Israel in 1948.
And, yes, both sides have plenty of hate and racism to be ashamed of. But we rarely hear about that on the Israeli side. As I wrote in my 2014 article on Zionism: In Israeli society, anti-Arab racism and discrimination is rampant, whether the censors want that known or not. In a previous article I mentioned “Jim Crow” laws in Israel, and separate buses and schools for Israelis and Palestinians. https://www.activistpost.com/2023/11/the-israeli-palestinian-conflict-haters-and-racists-on-both-sides.html
2023-11-08 “That Stupid Smirk On Your Face!” – Israel Apologist SMACKED DOWN By Norman Finkelstein! During a recent segment on Rick Sanchez’s RT show, guest Steve Malzberg suggested that there must be something inherently wrong with the Palestinian people if other Arab countries wouldn’t take them in as refugees. In response, fellow guest Norman Finkelstein offered up a withering takedown of Malzberg and his not-so-thinly-veiled racism toward the Palestinian people. Jimmy and his co-hosting duo of The Convo Couch’s Craig Jardula and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss Finkelstein’s takedown and Malzberg’s pathetic response. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I8Ht4fAKB8
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