The Red-Green alliance used to seem like one of those kooky conspiracy theories, but when I hear explanations like yours, it makes complete sense to me. I can see just how dangerous it is.
As for the UN, I believe this is a hopelessly broken institution that has far outlived whatever value it once had (if any). I'm hoping our current administration will consider forming a new organization to take its place.
David, I loved this great article the first time I read it and now read it again.
Got your book " Failure to adapt" and am reading it now.
If the Jews really run the world, we wouldn't drown in hopeless " explaining" (hasbara)and we would have had our own Al-Jazeera.
Not only they highjacked and perverted so much language, but they messed up with everyone's heads. We still insist in what's " truly true", not understanding how everyone doesn't see it that way, and not realising that " narrative", like any fairy-tale or fiction ,is just as acceptable to most people. No reasoning required.
My second thought is that we must go on the attack, stop defending as a reflex, and expose them for the bastards and idiots they are, using strong language, numbers, images, putting " them" on the defensive.
I remember much missed NYC Mayor Ed Koch saying , decades ago, that we Jews have always been afraid of getting our heads from under the grass.
I think we still think this way, after 2,000 years of hiding, running and dying.
Thank you for the kind words and book purchase. I am honored. What you’re saying is very true. We are not as powerful as they say, even if in some categories of science, philosophy and military advancement we play an outsized role. At least we stick to the truth, but collectively we do a poor job of amplifying our message amidst the cacophony of falsehoods being peddled by our enemies.
The Democratic Party takes Jewish voters for granted. Just takes some waking up and a bit of backbone pushing back. There's no reason to appease any progressives.
Reading this, a more detailed account of what I have learned about the origins of today’s antizionism in the past two years, is like looking into the inner workings of the machine. And it’s both terrifying and invigorating, as you have provided the DNA of today’s monster, so that we can spread the truth.
I think the entire situation would be better understood if it were explained this way (and feel free to correct any small errors here): Way back ca 127 AD, Judea had fought Pagan Rome for years for religious freedom. Rome was getting a bit embarrassed by this tiny country rebelling against Rome. Other countries might think they could do this as well! So Rome sent its most powerful general to fight Judea; and Rome won, and expelled the Jews from Judea.
The Jews went everywhere, to all countries in the Middle East and around the Mediterranean. And many remained there for centuries. Then, ca 1948, the Muslim nations decided to expel all those Jews who had lived within their culture since the Jews had been expelled from Judea. When the Jews were expelled from those Arab Muslim lands, much to the shock of those surrounding Arab nations, about 750,000+ of those Jews moved to the Holy Land. To counter this, and balance that sudden influx of Jews coming back to their homeland, wealthy Muslim nations paid about 800,000 Muslims to move to the land.
But before they could really settle in, Arab/Muslim nations asked them to “do us a favor and just temporarily, move to southern Lebanon, move to Gaza, and move to the West Bank. Then We will push the Jews into the sea, and you can come back and take over everything.” Apparently no one expected Israel to win its War of Independence…but Israel did win it. And it certainly would not have allowed that new, paid population of Muslims to return to Israel since they had been complicit with the deaths of all the Jews who would have been “pushed into the sea.” Israel did displace some Arabs who had been living in key areas of Jerusalem and elsewhere where their presence might have presented a security problem. I can only hope they were properly compensated. If they weren’t, even now that could be taken care of. But interestingly, those many paid new Arab immigrants seemed to have remained in Gaza, Southern Lebanon and the West Bank since the Arab countries found them to be a good source of people they could manipulate against Israel.
You can fill in all the details if you like, but that is, simplified, the essence of the story. And communities within Israel where Arab populations have lived there for ages such as Nazareth — with Christian Arab and Muslim Arab populations —were undisturbed and have lived in Israel and loved Israel and loved living in Israel and served in its army for generations.
Did ANY "Arab" `ask´ what "to be done" with the nearly one million Jews expelled in 1948/49 from Yemen, Iraq, Libya, Algeria, Lebanon, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Saudi-Arabia, Syria etc. where they had mostly lived for (hundreds of) thousands of years ?!? WHAT had they DONE to deserve that ? Did they rape, slaughter, terrorize, bomb like the so-called "Palestinians" ? NO ! but they were expelled completely with NO "mercy" ! WHY is always Israel asked for "mercy", for "a plan" for these oh so innocent Arabs - but Arabs NEVER get asked or DEMANDED to LIVE in PEACE with Jews ?!?
Why is it his job to suggest that? The Arabs in Israel are already full citizens and have a better life than anywhere but maybe the gulf states if you’re their citizen (90% of their residents are _not_).
The Palestinians refused an independent state at least six times or more. Why don’t you ask them why they insist on a genocide of Jews from Israel rather than a peaceful state?
Thanks for the informative essay, Dr. Firester!
The Red-Green alliance used to seem like one of those kooky conspiracy theories, but when I hear explanations like yours, it makes complete sense to me. I can see just how dangerous it is.
As for the UN, I believe this is a hopelessly broken institution that has far outlived whatever value it once had (if any). I'm hoping our current administration will consider forming a new organization to take its place.
David, I loved this great article the first time I read it and now read it again.
Got your book " Failure to adapt" and am reading it now.
If the Jews really run the world, we wouldn't drown in hopeless " explaining" (hasbara)and we would have had our own Al-Jazeera.
Not only they highjacked and perverted so much language, but they messed up with everyone's heads. We still insist in what's " truly true", not understanding how everyone doesn't see it that way, and not realising that " narrative", like any fairy-tale or fiction ,is just as acceptable to most people. No reasoning required.
My second thought is that we must go on the attack, stop defending as a reflex, and expose them for the bastards and idiots they are, using strong language, numbers, images, putting " them" on the defensive.
I remember much missed NYC Mayor Ed Koch saying , decades ago, that we Jews have always been afraid of getting our heads from under the grass.
I think we still think this way, after 2,000 years of hiding, running and dying.
Thank you for the kind words and book purchase. I am honored. What you’re saying is very true. We are not as powerful as they say, even if in some categories of science, philosophy and military advancement we play an outsized role. At least we stick to the truth, but collectively we do a poor job of amplifying our message amidst the cacophony of falsehoods being peddled by our enemies.
This is a great summary of very important topic. But what is the solution? How do we take back the language?
In part, we stop using their dictionary and return ourselves to the place of normalcy: https://www.algemeiner.com/2025/12/05/stop-letting-israels-enemies-write-the-dictionary/
You refuse to use it, you don’t donate to any organization that uses it, you don’t vote for a candidate that does.
Already done, done and done. I hope you’re right, and that there’s a critical mass who understand and are willing to do same.
The Democratic Party takes Jewish voters for granted. Just takes some waking up and a bit of backbone pushing back. There's no reason to appease any progressives.
Reading this, a more detailed account of what I have learned about the origins of today’s antizionism in the past two years, is like looking into the inner workings of the machine. And it’s both terrifying and invigorating, as you have provided the DNA of today’s monster, so that we can spread the truth.
I think the entire situation would be better understood if it were explained this way (and feel free to correct any small errors here): Way back ca 127 AD, Judea had fought Pagan Rome for years for religious freedom. Rome was getting a bit embarrassed by this tiny country rebelling against Rome. Other countries might think they could do this as well! So Rome sent its most powerful general to fight Judea; and Rome won, and expelled the Jews from Judea.
The Jews went everywhere, to all countries in the Middle East and around the Mediterranean. And many remained there for centuries. Then, ca 1948, the Muslim nations decided to expel all those Jews who had lived within their culture since the Jews had been expelled from Judea. When the Jews were expelled from those Arab Muslim lands, much to the shock of those surrounding Arab nations, about 750,000+ of those Jews moved to the Holy Land. To counter this, and balance that sudden influx of Jews coming back to their homeland, wealthy Muslim nations paid about 800,000 Muslims to move to the land.
But before they could really settle in, Arab/Muslim nations asked them to “do us a favor and just temporarily, move to southern Lebanon, move to Gaza, and move to the West Bank. Then We will push the Jews into the sea, and you can come back and take over everything.” Apparently no one expected Israel to win its War of Independence…but Israel did win it. And it certainly would not have allowed that new, paid population of Muslims to return to Israel since they had been complicit with the deaths of all the Jews who would have been “pushed into the sea.” Israel did displace some Arabs who had been living in key areas of Jerusalem and elsewhere where their presence might have presented a security problem. I can only hope they were properly compensated. If they weren’t, even now that could be taken care of. But interestingly, those many paid new Arab immigrants seemed to have remained in Gaza, Southern Lebanon and the West Bank since the Arab countries found them to be a good source of people they could manipulate against Israel.
You can fill in all the details if you like, but that is, simplified, the essence of the story. And communities within Israel where Arab populations have lived there for ages such as Nazareth — with Christian Arab and Muslim Arab populations —were undisturbed and have lived in Israel and loved Israel and loved living in Israel and served in its army for generations.
What do you suggest be done with those Arabs living there?
Did ANY "Arab" `ask´ what "to be done" with the nearly one million Jews expelled in 1948/49 from Yemen, Iraq, Libya, Algeria, Lebanon, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Saudi-Arabia, Syria etc. where they had mostly lived for (hundreds of) thousands of years ?!? WHAT had they DONE to deserve that ? Did they rape, slaughter, terrorize, bomb like the so-called "Palestinians" ? NO ! but they were expelled completely with NO "mercy" ! WHY is always Israel asked for "mercy", for "a plan" for these oh so innocent Arabs - but Arabs NEVER get asked or DEMANDED to LIVE in PEACE with Jews ?!?
Why is it his job to suggest that? The Arabs in Israel are already full citizens and have a better life than anywhere but maybe the gulf states if you’re their citizen (90% of their residents are _not_).
The Palestinians refused an independent state at least six times or more. Why don’t you ask them why they insist on a genocide of Jews from Israel rather than a peaceful state?