To be honest, I don't like the way that any criticism of Israel is dismissed as "anti-Semitism." Nobody is above criticism, and there's plenty to criticize about the Jewish religion (such as the barbaric practice of circumcision). John Mearsheimer, a distinguished academic at the University of Chicago, wrote a book called "The Israel Lobby," where he lays out an intellectual (not prejudice-based) argument against US aid to Israel.
Having said that, I also don't like how the Left openly supports radical Islamic terrorists, such as Hamas. The sharia state of Hamas is clearly a threat to America and her Middle Eastern allies. The Palestine Authority is a legitimate secular government, but Hamas are religious extremists.
I have plenty of criticisms of Israel, but I got really tired of the both-sidesism regarding Hamas. And it's the Palestinians who keep turning down the two-state solutions according to sources I read because the vast majority doesn't want a two-state solution just like the vast majority votes for Hamas. This is of course the vast majority, not every single Palestinian, but I doubt the Israel lobby controls statistics.
I don't personally criticize Israel's right to exist despite having criticisms of the government etc. If someone criticizes Israel's right to exist the next thing I hope to hear from them is that they're an anarchist, not that they want another Arab state when Palestinians are not even ethnically distinct from other Arabs, they legitimately just seem like it's mostly a population of people who exist to hate Israel and have artificially grouped up that way, plus a smaller number of people who got pulled along for various reasons despite not hating Israel.
Well, when you say "the Palestinians," I think that needs to be qualified. The Fatah Party of Yasser Arafat is a secular organization. They are Palestinian nationalists who (at least in principle) would accept a peaceful two-state solution with Israel. The Oslo Accords were very close to achieving peace in the 90s.
Hamas, on the other hand, is a jihadist state. They impose sharia law, which (I assume) means the death penalty for very minor offenses. Probably, women have no rights and gays are thrown off buildings; apostasy is punishable by torture and death. Although democratically elected, Hamas refuse to hold any future elections. They refuse any two-state solution as an unacceptable compromise. These terrorists definitely hate Israel, and they probably hate America too.
You haven’t actually looked at my reader list, but then, you think computers were a mistake so why would you? You also think coherent arguments were a mistake. It’s no wonder you want to live in a cave.
I’ve installed Linux before, and I’m not sure what that has to do with your argument because you’d rather not use Linux either, you’d rather live in the Stone Age.
You don’t know what ad hominems are and now you’re just spamming multiple replies to my posts. Sure, go back and live in a cave alone struggling to meet your physical needs. That’s not the way I want to live so that’s why I don’t make your arguments.
Thanks for calling me Jewish yet again just for not being an Antisemite! And being urban is such an insult! Wow I am so insulted by the idea of living in a city instead of a cave!
Insulting me instead of making arguments and then telling everyone to go live in the middle of the woods, bombing people they disagree with and growing vegetables with their own manure or whatever is not very convincing. Israel isn’t murdering children. Palestine is using children as human shields which is wrong and that’s one of many reasons I don’t support Hamas.
To be honest, I don't like the way that any criticism of Israel is dismissed as "anti-Semitism." Nobody is above criticism, and there's plenty to criticize about the Jewish religion (such as the barbaric practice of circumcision). John Mearsheimer, a distinguished academic at the University of Chicago, wrote a book called "The Israel Lobby," where he lays out an intellectual (not prejudice-based) argument against US aid to Israel.
Having said that, I also don't like how the Left openly supports radical Islamic terrorists, such as Hamas. The sharia state of Hamas is clearly a threat to America and her Middle Eastern allies. The Palestine Authority is a legitimate secular government, but Hamas are religious extremists.
Good article, thanks for sharing.
I have plenty of criticisms of Israel, but I got really tired of the both-sidesism regarding Hamas. And it's the Palestinians who keep turning down the two-state solutions according to sources I read because the vast majority doesn't want a two-state solution just like the vast majority votes for Hamas. This is of course the vast majority, not every single Palestinian, but I doubt the Israel lobby controls statistics.
I don't personally criticize Israel's right to exist despite having criticisms of the government etc. If someone criticizes Israel's right to exist the next thing I hope to hear from them is that they're an anarchist, not that they want another Arab state when Palestinians are not even ethnically distinct from other Arabs, they legitimately just seem like it's mostly a population of people who exist to hate Israel and have artificially grouped up that way, plus a smaller number of people who got pulled along for various reasons despite not hating Israel.
Well, when you say "the Palestinians," I think that needs to be qualified. The Fatah Party of Yasser Arafat is a secular organization. They are Palestinian nationalists who (at least in principle) would accept a peaceful two-state solution with Israel. The Oslo Accords were very close to achieving peace in the 90s.
Hamas, on the other hand, is a jihadist state. They impose sharia law, which (I assume) means the death penalty for very minor offenses. Probably, women have no rights and gays are thrown off buildings; apostasy is punishable by torture and death. Although democratically elected, Hamas refuse to hold any future elections. They refuse any two-state solution as an unacceptable compromise. These terrorists definitely hate Israel, and they probably hate America too.
You haven’t actually looked at my reader list, but then, you think computers were a mistake so why would you? You also think coherent arguments were a mistake. It’s no wonder you want to live in a cave.
I’ve installed Linux before, and I’m not sure what that has to do with your argument because you’d rather not use Linux either, you’d rather live in the Stone Age.
You don’t know what ad hominems are and now you’re just spamming multiple replies to my posts. Sure, go back and live in a cave alone struggling to meet your physical needs. That’s not the way I want to live so that’s why I don’t make your arguments.
Thanks for calling me Jewish yet again just for not being an Antisemite! And being urban is such an insult! Wow I am so insulted by the idea of living in a city instead of a cave!
Says the guy whose profile says he likes the literal Unabomber.
Insulting me instead of making arguments and then telling everyone to go live in the middle of the woods, bombing people they disagree with and growing vegetables with their own manure or whatever is not very convincing. Israel isn’t murdering children. Palestine is using children as human shields which is wrong and that’s one of many reasons I don’t support Hamas.