When everything becomes about Palestine, nothing is left for Jews — not safety, not dignity, not truth. The obsession with Palestinianism is not about Palestinians; it’s about Jews.
Excellently said. 100% spot on. And the craziest part is that no one can connect the dots but us. To everyone else this is all logical and makes perfect sense.
Don't you feel like the child in the story The Emperor's New Clothes? We are the child, pointing out the obvious (to us) Emperor's nakedness, while the rest of the world smiles and nods and pretends not to see it.
Yes. I am a former Democratic, leftie. Oct. 7 changed all that (for another time). The question is, will there emerge a centrist moderate American faction that calls out the far left woke radicals, isn't afraid to say we should take care of our borders, but protects the first amendment, etc? Where are they? Those Senators that do the latter are too afraid, I think, to address the former.
Fantastic article. Written with knowledge, truth and passion. As if the author were talking to us directly.
As for the fountain of this degeneracy of minds, politics and the entire West, resulting in the Jew-hatred that has blinded billions, my personal belief is that it is a rebellion against our civilisation itself.
Ancient Israel created a system of moral accountability which also contained the seeds of individual thinking and freedom. Judaism was appropriated by two children religions, each vying for their versions of what Jews should be, that Jews never accepted, come what may.
A desire to be forgiven without accountability as well as an acceptance of totalitarianism marked the areas in which the Jews stood in the way of Christianity and Islam, respectively . And then, the Jews also succeeded, mightily exceeding what their minute numbers would normally yield.
Israel's time has not come yet. Evolution is slow. Both Judaism and the original Jewish Christianity entered history thousands of years before human nature could catch up. Even Jesus, before Paul's Christianity, was zealous for what he understood to be the original spirit of the Torah.
But Islam, choosing a regressive path, appeals to a civilisation that lost faith in itself and its ability to prevail, as well as forgotten other massive hoaxes perpetrated on humankind, and has no appreciation for their privileged freedom.
The Jews are not forgiven because they are a symbol, and symbols are supremely powerful. Jews seem supernatural to others, aliens who seeded minds and creeds, inventing the guilt that forges human moral consciousness and thus a burden to those masses who subconsciously imagine the burden would be only truly erased with the physical destruction of the Jews. Then people would " truly" be " free". Free to do as they please.
Any excuse will do. Palestinianism, born of Soviet malicious design and nurtured by a nihilistic Marxism, is just the latest one .
Brilliant. I never realized it but you're right -- Christianity allows for total forgiveness without accountability!! Just say you're sorry. The whole process in Judaism is much more complex, requiring accountability. Wow. I was always kind of disgusted by the idea of someone else dying for other people's sins; a lack of accountability is at the heart of that as well. Thank you.
I'm in conversion right now, getting ready for High Holy days, and I have found Judaism to be beautiful, intellectually rigorous, full of compassion, as well as promoting real accountability and grace in ways that Christianity cannot begin to emulate.
In the weak and anxious minds of Western liberals (most especially their spoiled yet miserable children), I think the pattern of thought goes something like this:
As we are all exactly the same in all ways and want all the same things (a vague and sentimental egalitarianism is what holds our post-national secular societies together), then of course the Palestinians must be totally and brutally oppressed by the wicked Israelis—Why else would they strap bombs to themselves and blow themselves up on buses? Why else would they commit a brutal massacre and cry tears of jubilation as they kill another Jew? Why else would they reject every peace offer and instead pledge eternal jihad?
For the virtual herd that pledges allegiance to the tribe called Social Justice, where the victim is always sacred and infallible, the only possible reason that the Palestinians are this barbaric is the inherent wickedness of Jews. Any other possibility would be too socially and psychologically painful for them, as it would threaten the foundation of their worldview about the sanctity of the victim as well as their gauzy utopian ideas about human brotherhood and equality.
This is why every brutal act committed by the Palestinians only makes their Western supporters hate and denounce Israel more vehemently. As they are oppressed, they are blameless and have no agency or responsibility, it is Jewish power and cruelty that has made these people what they are.
The Palestinians are now the global symbol of the victim and the Jews have resumed their role as the West's eternal scapegoat. This time it's the Social Justice cult that's decided it needs Jews to die in order for its believers to feel righteous and holy, so this is where the fight needs to take place. It's good to know your enemies: first Hamas must go, then the Western Left.
Beautifully written and I find myself almost entirely in agreement except maybe in one key area: “Palestine” is not the central cause around which all others orbit, rather, it is the parasitic imposter, latching on to all other host causes, past and present, feeding off their histories, their narratives, their legitimacy and their popularity as it doesn’t have its own true legitimacy to qualify as a “cause” in the sense that others do. In doing so it gains the power of victim-status, constant prominence and the automatic but thoughtless buy-in from those who want to be politically and ideologically “trendy”. The result is that this ultimately influences foreign policy decisions which weaken Israel’s standing internationally, in aid of the actual agenda - to terminate Israel.
But Jews should not be surprised. For they have had and still have, a unique purpose in God's redemptive plan for the world. Obviously, there will be push back from the world and the forces of darkness.
Sono d'accordo, vorrei solo sottolineare,che,non si tratta in maggioranza di antisemitismo.
Di certo ,nelle città occidentali, gli immigrati mussulmani si sono culturalmente antisemiti più qualche idiota della destra cattolica e laica,ma,la maggioranza che conosco bene è solo grossolanamente ignorante. Per loro è una " causa " come un'altra di quelli che credono di stare dalla parte giusta.
La verità, è, che tutta la terra abitata dai discendenti degli arabi ( a parte la penisola arabica) e terra conquistata di altre popolazioni . È come se gli americani di discendenza europea , dovessero essere considerati più legittimati ad abitare il Texas ,l'Olklaoma, ecc. Degli indiani e ,pertanto, bombardare con razzi le riserve,che, considerano "illegittime".
Excellently said. 100% spot on. And the craziest part is that no one can connect the dots but us. To everyone else this is all logical and makes perfect sense.
Don't you feel like the child in the story The Emperor's New Clothes? We are the child, pointing out the obvious (to us) Emperor's nakedness, while the rest of the world smiles and nods and pretends not to see it.
I feel like the proverbial dutch kid with his finger in the dam, trying to stop the flood
This
Our humanity yes our HUMANITY has been hacked by this mass psychosis of ‘palestinianism’
Yes. I am a former Democratic, leftie. Oct. 7 changed all that (for another time). The question is, will there emerge a centrist moderate American faction that calls out the far left woke radicals, isn't afraid to say we should take care of our borders, but protects the first amendment, etc? Where are they? Those Senators that do the latter are too afraid, I think, to address the former.
I think that day has passed…sadly
Outstanding essay, Adam Hummel! (Along with the previous comments!)
They steal EVERYTHING. It makes my blood boil
Fantastic article. Written with knowledge, truth and passion. As if the author were talking to us directly.
As for the fountain of this degeneracy of minds, politics and the entire West, resulting in the Jew-hatred that has blinded billions, my personal belief is that it is a rebellion against our civilisation itself.
Ancient Israel created a system of moral accountability which also contained the seeds of individual thinking and freedom. Judaism was appropriated by two children religions, each vying for their versions of what Jews should be, that Jews never accepted, come what may.
A desire to be forgiven without accountability as well as an acceptance of totalitarianism marked the areas in which the Jews stood in the way of Christianity and Islam, respectively . And then, the Jews also succeeded, mightily exceeding what their minute numbers would normally yield.
Israel's time has not come yet. Evolution is slow. Both Judaism and the original Jewish Christianity entered history thousands of years before human nature could catch up. Even Jesus, before Paul's Christianity, was zealous for what he understood to be the original spirit of the Torah.
But Islam, choosing a regressive path, appeals to a civilisation that lost faith in itself and its ability to prevail, as well as forgotten other massive hoaxes perpetrated on humankind, and has no appreciation for their privileged freedom.
The Jews are not forgiven because they are a symbol, and symbols are supremely powerful. Jews seem supernatural to others, aliens who seeded minds and creeds, inventing the guilt that forges human moral consciousness and thus a burden to those masses who subconsciously imagine the burden would be only truly erased with the physical destruction of the Jews. Then people would " truly" be " free". Free to do as they please.
Any excuse will do. Palestinianism, born of Soviet malicious design and nurtured by a nihilistic Marxism, is just the latest one .
Brilliant. I never realized it but you're right -- Christianity allows for total forgiveness without accountability!! Just say you're sorry. The whole process in Judaism is much more complex, requiring accountability. Wow. I was always kind of disgusted by the idea of someone else dying for other people's sins; a lack of accountability is at the heart of that as well. Thank you.
I'm in conversion right now, getting ready for High Holy days, and I have found Judaism to be beautiful, intellectually rigorous, full of compassion, as well as promoting real accountability and grace in ways that Christianity cannot begin to emulate.
Good luck with this wonderful thing you are doing!
Thank you!
Free Palestine is the modern version of Heil Hitler
In the weak and anxious minds of Western liberals (most especially their spoiled yet miserable children), I think the pattern of thought goes something like this:
As we are all exactly the same in all ways and want all the same things (a vague and sentimental egalitarianism is what holds our post-national secular societies together), then of course the Palestinians must be totally and brutally oppressed by the wicked Israelis—Why else would they strap bombs to themselves and blow themselves up on buses? Why else would they commit a brutal massacre and cry tears of jubilation as they kill another Jew? Why else would they reject every peace offer and instead pledge eternal jihad?
For the virtual herd that pledges allegiance to the tribe called Social Justice, where the victim is always sacred and infallible, the only possible reason that the Palestinians are this barbaric is the inherent wickedness of Jews. Any other possibility would be too socially and psychologically painful for them, as it would threaten the foundation of their worldview about the sanctity of the victim as well as their gauzy utopian ideas about human brotherhood and equality.
This is why every brutal act committed by the Palestinians only makes their Western supporters hate and denounce Israel more vehemently. As they are oppressed, they are blameless and have no agency or responsibility, it is Jewish power and cruelty that has made these people what they are.
The Palestinians are now the global symbol of the victim and the Jews have resumed their role as the West's eternal scapegoat. This time it's the Social Justice cult that's decided it needs Jews to die in order for its believers to feel righteous and holy, so this is where the fight needs to take place. It's good to know your enemies: first Hamas must go, then the Western Left.
Yes. 100%. Excellent points.
Thanks
Fabulous essay. Sad, but fabulous.
You nailed it, Adam. If only you were wrong, but you're not. Western civilization is in trouble.
Since when do such niceties as history, facts, logic and truth matter the one whit to Jew haters? Never have and never will.
Thank you for your clear thinking and clear statement.
Beautifully written and I find myself almost entirely in agreement except maybe in one key area: “Palestine” is not the central cause around which all others orbit, rather, it is the parasitic imposter, latching on to all other host causes, past and present, feeding off their histories, their narratives, their legitimacy and their popularity as it doesn’t have its own true legitimacy to qualify as a “cause” in the sense that others do. In doing so it gains the power of victim-status, constant prominence and the automatic but thoughtless buy-in from those who want to be politically and ideologically “trendy”. The result is that this ultimately influences foreign policy decisions which weaken Israel’s standing internationally, in aid of the actual agenda - to terminate Israel.
Hysterical cyber silos of psychosis. Social media and Palestinianism.
But Jews should not be surprised. For they have had and still have, a unique purpose in God's redemptive plan for the world. Obviously, there will be push back from the world and the forces of darkness.
The hard racism of impossible expectations
Sono d'accordo, vorrei solo sottolineare,che,non si tratta in maggioranza di antisemitismo.
Di certo ,nelle città occidentali, gli immigrati mussulmani si sono culturalmente antisemiti più qualche idiota della destra cattolica e laica,ma,la maggioranza che conosco bene è solo grossolanamente ignorante. Per loro è una " causa " come un'altra di quelli che credono di stare dalla parte giusta.
La verità, è, che tutta la terra abitata dai discendenti degli arabi ( a parte la penisola arabica) e terra conquistata di altre popolazioni . È come se gli americani di discendenza europea , dovessero essere considerati più legittimati ad abitare il Texas ,l'Olklaoma, ecc. Degli indiani e ,pertanto, bombardare con razzi le riserve,che, considerano "illegittime".
Un amico ,ateo/ progressista/ sionista italiano
Cordialmente