Excellent essay 😊 the world has been successfully dumbed down by a) Palestinian marketing b) the new agers. I found out that a friend was taking part of a pro-palestinian manifestation so I asked her to do more research rather than following the sheeple. She defensively said that she had done research and discovered the Netanyahu government was corrupt and furthermore, that I had offended her by suggesting she was smarter than that. She said, "I know there are some pacifists in Israel. I thought you were a pacifist too." I replied, "do you know the Israeli pacifists were murdered in cold blood?" At that moment I understood that she, like most of the world, cannot fully understand what's going on and what Jews are feeling. I should have replied, "the worst offense against an Israeli or a Jew, is partaking in pro-palestinian manifestations." (Betrayal is worse than being told you're dumb - we're too smart for that). What fake pacifism is doing is dumbing down the systematic process of creating harmony rather than peace (peace is more about spirituality) through educated, non-biased collaborators. Yeah, mission impossible. Fake pacifists are looking for love in all the wrong places. Do we really need their machiavellian "love"? A resounding no! Therefore, let's look at the hate more closely so we can stop feeling unloved by shallow lovers and remember that true, lasting love runs deeper than the usurping of modern technological marketing like match.com. I admit, this "friend's" behavior opened my eyes. She's a complete neophyte to middleeast politics and just jumped on the bandwagon to try to do "good". I, on the other hand, made it clear that she is playing with fire. The fact is that those who cannot feel (or are afraid to be hated), think (without reflecting), and thinking without reflection or proper knowledge means they're going to act on uneducated information, ie propaganda and be carried by the wave of like-minded, uneducated sheeple.
What did Netanyahu do to provide fodder against Israel? Other than simply be a Begin sort of Israeli? Maybe catch the ire of the American Democrats for being closer to Republicans? Or the ire of the socialist leanings of the secularists of Israel, who see Bibi as a threat to their diminishing power? Or be on board with the settlers goals of controlling Judea and Samaria? He's a hero, and an important one unless you got some counter information for me.
Whether Netanyahu is the Messiah, the Anti-Christ or something in between will be decided by history, not us. My point is that there's a lot of people in Israel who don't like him that much, and their complaints against him, justified or not, are being used by Israel haters. My sense is that one cannot survive in Israeli politics for 30 years by being Mr Nice Guy: Netanyahu has played politics brilliantly, and that implies doing things that are at best unpleasant, at worst criminal. So far Israeli courts have not been able to prove the latter. But that's as far as one's judgement of Netanyahu goes, so far. My own personal hope is that Netanyahu is not a criminal, not for his sake, but for the sake of Israel. And my own personal opinion is that he should resign once this war is won, along with the rest of those responsible for allowing 10/7 to happen. Still, my opinion is nearly irrelevant. The Israeli people will vote its judgement when the time comes.
VERY comprehensive and knowledgeable article, which I appreciate. But I still ask, all of the time, what is the actual motivation for the original anti-semitism? What is it about the Jews that drives people crazy? One explanation I've read is that the Jews are the conscience of the world, and that's uncomfortable. Or, is it jealousy? Or something else?
When the U.N. was a glimmer in Eleanor Roosevelt's and other leaders' eyes, it was a good idea: that the civilized world would come together and prevent war. What could go wrong?
That was before the admittance of uncivilized countries with their corrupt dictators and under-educated, and even uneducable, populations, governed by fanatical religions and rank ignorance. Repugnant as Donald Trump is, he is correct in calling these countries cesspools.
One feels sorry for the clear-sighted, well-intentioned people who live in these places, but they are few and powerless against their murderous, venal rulers and yes, their fellow citizens.
The United Nations is drowning in the miasma of Africa and Arabia. It was an idea born of the Enlightenment. It had been an ideal of the West, and it has been destroyed.
Well, Stephen… I’m afraid your comment is too biased, lacks any logic and is driven by presumptions based on bias. You only look at your side and downplay and ignore much. It does seem to me you’re either a bot or not someone that understands either cruelty or antisemitism. In my book 10/7 stands for both.
If your definition of cruelty is the Jews defending themselves, then that is indeed antisemitic. They waged war. We’re responding. It really is that simple.
Excellent essay 😊 the world has been successfully dumbed down by a) Palestinian marketing b) the new agers. I found out that a friend was taking part of a pro-palestinian manifestation so I asked her to do more research rather than following the sheeple. She defensively said that she had done research and discovered the Netanyahu government was corrupt and furthermore, that I had offended her by suggesting she was smarter than that. She said, "I know there are some pacifists in Israel. I thought you were a pacifist too." I replied, "do you know the Israeli pacifists were murdered in cold blood?" At that moment I understood that she, like most of the world, cannot fully understand what's going on and what Jews are feeling. I should have replied, "the worst offense against an Israeli or a Jew, is partaking in pro-palestinian manifestations." (Betrayal is worse than being told you're dumb - we're too smart for that). What fake pacifism is doing is dumbing down the systematic process of creating harmony rather than peace (peace is more about spirituality) through educated, non-biased collaborators. Yeah, mission impossible. Fake pacifists are looking for love in all the wrong places. Do we really need their machiavellian "love"? A resounding no! Therefore, let's look at the hate more closely so we can stop feeling unloved by shallow lovers and remember that true, lasting love runs deeper than the usurping of modern technological marketing like match.com. I admit, this "friend's" behavior opened my eyes. She's a complete neophyte to middleeast politics and just jumped on the bandwagon to try to do "good". I, on the other hand, made it clear that she is playing with fire. The fact is that those who cannot feel (or are afraid to be hated), think (without reflecting), and thinking without reflection or proper knowledge means they're going to act on uneducated information, ie propaganda and be carried by the wave of like-minded, uneducated sheeple.
What did Netanyahu do to provide fodder against Israel? Other than simply be a Begin sort of Israeli? Maybe catch the ire of the American Democrats for being closer to Republicans? Or the ire of the socialist leanings of the secularists of Israel, who see Bibi as a threat to their diminishing power? Or be on board with the settlers goals of controlling Judea and Samaria? He's a hero, and an important one unless you got some counter information for me.
Whether Netanyahu is the Messiah, the Anti-Christ or something in between will be decided by history, not us. My point is that there's a lot of people in Israel who don't like him that much, and their complaints against him, justified or not, are being used by Israel haters. My sense is that one cannot survive in Israeli politics for 30 years by being Mr Nice Guy: Netanyahu has played politics brilliantly, and that implies doing things that are at best unpleasant, at worst criminal. So far Israeli courts have not been able to prove the latter. But that's as far as one's judgement of Netanyahu goes, so far. My own personal hope is that Netanyahu is not a criminal, not for his sake, but for the sake of Israel. And my own personal opinion is that he should resign once this war is won, along with the rest of those responsible for allowing 10/7 to happen. Still, my opinion is nearly irrelevant. The Israeli people will vote its judgement when the time comes.
VERY comprehensive and knowledgeable article, which I appreciate. But I still ask, all of the time, what is the actual motivation for the original anti-semitism? What is it about the Jews that drives people crazy? One explanation I've read is that the Jews are the conscience of the world, and that's uncomfortable. Or, is it jealousy? Or something else?
When the U.N. was a glimmer in Eleanor Roosevelt's and other leaders' eyes, it was a good idea: that the civilized world would come together and prevent war. What could go wrong?
That was before the admittance of uncivilized countries with their corrupt dictators and under-educated, and even uneducable, populations, governed by fanatical religions and rank ignorance. Repugnant as Donald Trump is, he is correct in calling these countries cesspools.
One feels sorry for the clear-sighted, well-intentioned people who live in these places, but they are few and powerless against their murderous, venal rulers and yes, their fellow citizens.
The United Nations is drowning in the miasma of Africa and Arabia. It was an idea born of the Enlightenment. It had been an ideal of the West, and it has been destroyed.
Well, Stephen… I’m afraid your comment is too biased, lacks any logic and is driven by presumptions based on bias. You only look at your side and downplay and ignore much. It does seem to me you’re either a bot or not someone that understands either cruelty or antisemitism. In my book 10/7 stands for both.
If your definition of cruelty is the Jews defending themselves, then that is indeed antisemitic. They waged war. We’re responding. It really is that simple.
You are just another deluded soul who thinks they are entitled to a vote.
You are not.
Prophesy will continue to unfold apace, andtfere is nothing you it anyone else can do to change it.
following I don't get the connection / question
Indeed, all these suicidal looney's cheering on people who want to kill them.
It's pure insanity.