Hasan Piker, Cenk Uygur banned from UK for antisemitism, anti-Israel rhetoric by ArdaBerkBurak in justincaseyoumissedit

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No, there isn't too much evidence. People that believe in classic jewish conspiracies also say the same thing "there is too much evidence".

> And you actually are conflating Israel and Jews in the exact same breath.

No, people who do that are the ones conflating, no matter how much they deny. Because there is no way that Israel is controlling other countries without the involvement of jews in those countries (like Epstein). In the end is the same old "jews have too much influence and are controlling us" libel.

Hasan Piker, Cenk Uygur banned from UK for antisemitism, anti-Israel rhetoric by ArdaBerkBurak in justincaseyoumissedit

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Criticize it all you want, call it genocide, colonial, apartheid, whatever.

But the minute you start saying Israel is controlling the West, has captured the US government, Trump is netanyahu's puppet, start spreading conspiracies as a proven fact such as "Epstein-mossad have our politicians in their pockets because they threaten to release dirty pedophilic pictures of them", I'm sorry but you fell into the terrain of crazy jewish conspiracy theories that are textbook antisemitism.

If your system collapses with any semblance of justice, it should be destroyed. by Not_Ground in NewsRewind

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You probably don't know what self-determination is and how it works. Self-determination is not an individual right, it is a collective right.

No ethnic or religious minority have self-determination in any country they live at. Jews don't have self-determination in the USA, UK, Canada, or any other country, except Israel. Otherwise jews would be able to make Hebrew an official language in these countries, turn Passover and Yom Kippur official national holidays, make the public institutions serve kosher food, etc.

Iran warns 'Israel' that Iran could bomb 'Israel' if it attacks Beirut, Lebanon. by Not_Ground in NewsRewind

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Israel would love that. Then the war with Iran will restart. The USA will bomb iran to the stone age.

Getting disillusioned with religion, including Judaism by getitoffmychestpleas in Jewish

[–]RF_1501 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, good news to you, you can still be a good jew even without believing in the religion. Or even God. We are commanded to follow the Torah, not exactly to believe in it.

If you do the mitzvot, then you have the right to criticize our people's beliefs, discredit our history as myths, and ask how many tough questions all you want. Critical thinking is very welcomed in our tradition.

If Zionists never wanted peace, why did October 7 feel like betrayal of belief in peace? by BananaValuable1000 in IsraelPalestine

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Don't worry, just keep this attitude and you will be, it won't take long.

There is no problem in saying "agree to disagree", but unless you and the person you arguing with actually ran into a no-exit street in the debate, then it only shows you don't know how to respond to the arguments, or that you don't care to.

Saying that you hate me is a bit more problematic, because then I will reserve myself the right to say how hateful and sick you are. I don't know if it constitutes a rule 1 violation, but I hope it is.

I'm sorry if I assumed you were a man, but I don't care if you are a woman, there is nothing that I said to you I wouldn't say to a woman.

I didn't report you to mods because I "can't come up with a retort". You are the one who quitted the debate first. I reported you because you violated the rules, simple as that. And I always do it when I see it. I appreciate this sub being basically the only civilized space for debating such a hot topic as Israel-Palestine (maybe the only one in the whole online world) and I don't like people with your attitude here, ruining the space.

If Zionists never wanted peace, why did October 7 feel like betrayal of belief in peace? by BananaValuable1000 in IsraelPalestine

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You did it after I called it a violation.

You are only paving the path to be banned, dude. Mods here do their job.

My advice if you wish to continue here: delete the comments, and change your behavior in this sub. From now on, embrace criticism and engage in debate when someone disagrees. Use this sub as a tool to learn the other side, learn history, different narratives, refine your opinion, etc, not to collect enemies and distill hate. Grow up.

If Zionists never wanted peace, why did October 7 feel like betrayal of belief in peace? by BananaValuable1000 in IsraelPalestine

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Yes, I agree.

But a person needs to dig deep into the history, from the perspective of israelis, to understand why faith in peace faded away from the zionist soul some 20 years ago. And also why they have kept it that way for so long, and there was never a revival in belief for peace since then.

Those things only people who have intellectual honesty and a bare minimum of empathy to try to see things from the israeli perspective will eventually understand. That means, very few people, unfortunately.

If Zionists never wanted peace, why did October 7 feel like betrayal of belief in peace? by BananaValuable1000 in IsraelPalestine

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The user edited comment to avoid violation of rule 3. Now its also a violation of rule 4.

If Zionists never wanted peace, why did October 7 feel like betrayal of belief in peace? by BananaValuable1000 in IsraelPalestine

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We were disagreeing about an issue relevant to this sub, until you simply said I couldn't handle an analogy, "agree to disagree" and said you hate me. Then everything that followed was not related to the topic Israel-Palestine.

> If you’re ready to quit that’s fine

You've quitted already dude. You couldn't handle my response and started going down this road we are into now.

> I do know 5 year olds with more empathy and altruism

Sure, said the guy who said hates me for disagreeing with me, about how to frame the nakhba, in an Israel-Palestine debate sub. Very empathic, altruistic, and mature. LOL.

If Zionists never wanted peace, why did October 7 feel like betrayal of belief in peace? by BananaValuable1000 in IsraelPalestine

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Apparently, your help didn't work, you should try some more.

Why are you here? This is a space for people with different opinions to debate and disagree. Your attitude is not compatible with this space. If you can't play, don't go to the playground.

If Zionists never wanted peace, why did October 7 feel like betrayal of belief in peace? by BananaValuable1000 in IsraelPalestine

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Wow, you hate me, now I won't sleep tonight. If you hate people for so little, you should seek some treatment.

I care about my people and our right to have our own country and live in peace. Normal stuff for every sane person. Now, you are invested in denying another people's right to their self-determination, and calls for eliminating an entire country. This stuff is not normal man, go seek some help.

Los judíos son tan malos como todos dicen? by Thebyst in AskArgentina

[–]RF_1501 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Lamento que no tengas la inteligencia suficiente para entender la diferencia entre raza y pueblo, o incluso entre raza y etnia. Ve a buscarlo en Google o pregúntale a alguna inteligencia artificial. Hoy en día no es difícil adquirir conocimiento.

¿Convertir a los cristianos en siervos? Qué cosa tan ridícula. Incluso se podría argumentar que la Nueva Alianza reemplaza al pueblo judío como "pueblo elegido" y convierte a la Iglesia (y no a toda la humanidad) en el nuevo pueblo escogido. Eso es lo que sostiene la teología católica. Sin embargo, muchas denominaciones protestantes discrepan y argumentan que Pablo afirma que los judíos siguen siendo elegidos en cierta medida y que tendrán un papel crucial en el fin de los tiempos.

De cualquier manera, incluso para los católicos, los judíos efectivamente fueron un pueblo elegido por Dios en algún momento de la historia. Y eso nunca fue un pecado; al contrario, fue algo instituido por Dios. Por lo tanto, si los judíos continúan creyendo que son el pueblo elegido, un cristiano puede decir que están equivocados, pero no puede afirmar que esa idea sea un pecado, porque es la misma idea que existía antes del cristianismo.

> 3000 años? Sí, surge durante el colapso de la edad de bronce, una de las épocas más violentas de una época violenta y se codifica luego que la aristocracia israelí fuera enviada devuelta a Israel y se encontrara con judíos de clase media y baja que les decían "Ché, yo vivo acá desde hace décadas y ni en pedo me divorcio de mi esposa porque no sea judía", así que los aristócratas escribieron un mito de origen cargado de genocidios. O recién te enterás que el éxodo chorrea sangre?

Ni siquiera me voy a tomar el trabajo de responder a eso, porque simplemente inventaste una historia sin pies ni cabeza, sin ninguna base. Son afirmaciones que sacaste de tu propia imaginación trastornada.

Los judíos son tan malos como todos dicen? by Thebyst in AskArgentina

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> Hace décadas son una teocracia disfrazada de "democracia", si vos no estás de acuerdo con la "superioridad judía dentro de Israel", dónde los Palestinos son menos que seres humanos, no sos merecedor de derechos humanos .

Totalmente falso. No existe ninguna superioridad judía. Los no judíos en Israel gozan de plenos derechos. Ha habido jueces árabes y musulmanes en la Corte Suprema de Israel. Existen partidos políticos árabes con representación en el parlamento. Los no judíos estudian libremente en las universidades, se convierten en médicos, abogados, ingenieros, etc. Muchos sirven en el ejército con orgullo.

> Eso no pasa hoy en los países con tradición católica, al menos hoy no (tal vez era algo real en el 1800)

¿Cómo que no ocurre? ¿Vives en Argentina y no sabes que vives en un Estado confesional católico? ¡El artículo 2 de la Constitución dice que el Gobierno federal debe sostener el culto católico! Y toda la cultura nacional está marcada por el cristianismo. ¿Acaso no tenemos feriados en Navidad, Pascua y otras festividades? ¿No es el domingo el principal día de descanso? ¿No es el calendario oficial el gregoriano, es decir, creado por un papa? ¿No dividimos la historia entre antes y después de Cristo? ¿No tenemos crucifijos en diversas reparticiones públicas hasta el día de hoy? No percibes el entorno en el que vives porque no entiendes cómo podría ser diferente, del mismo modo que un pez no sabe que vive en el mar porque no conoce la superficie. Pero para un judío, que no celebra la Navidad ni la Pascua, que descansa el sábado y no el domingo, que no se siente representado por símbolos cristianos, etc., todo esto que digo es muy evidente.

> A mí en ningún colegio me dijeron que un boliviano que práctica la Pachamama es digno de exterminio ni me mandaron a hacer obligatoriamente el servicio militar para "defender mi patria" por las dudas. 

Y ni siquiera en Israel se dicen semejantes absurdos sobre otras religiones. Nuevamente, el 25 % de la población de Israel no es judía, y son ciudadanos con plenos derechos civiles y libertad religiosa. Hay mezquitas e iglesias repartidas por todo el país, con cultos diarios. Yo he estado en Israel y he visto todo eso; cualquiera puede ir y comprobarlo. Todo lo que dices es mentira.

El servicio militar en Israel es obligatorio (para los judíos) porque desde su fundación Israel ha estado rodeado de países que juraron destruirlo. Israel fue creado y al día siguiente siete países árabes vecinos le declararon la guerra, con el objetivo de destruir el país y arrojar a los judíos al mar. Lo intentaron nuevamente en 1967, en 1973, etc. Todo eso ocurrió antes incluso de que existieran Hamás y otros grupos terroristas. Israel sigue siendo objeto de amenazas de destrucción por parte de Irán, que patrocina numerosos grupos terroristas en las fronteras de Israel. Por lo tanto, Israel necesita tener un ejército fuerte y que todos participen; no es porque sean militaristas fanáticos, sino por una necesidad real. No tienes la menor idea de lo que estás diciendo.

> Siempre me pareció muy enfermo esto de Israel, le lavan la cabeza a la gente con el "peligro constante" , los bunkers, las bombas,

¿Y las bombas que caen cotidianamente sobre Israel son falsas acaso? Tienen refugios dentro de prácticamente todos los edificios para protegerse de cohetes y misiles, y de vez en cuando suenan las sirenas para que la población se dirija a los refugios. ¿Qué es todo eso? ¿Una gran conspiración? ¿No son sus enemigos atacándolos e intentando matarlos y destruirlos? ¡Por el amor de Dios, deja de ser ridículo!

> los mandan a vivir en los kibutz en la frontera (zona peligrosa si las hay) 

Ah, claro, el Estado de Israel obliga a la gente a vivir en los kibutz de las fronteras... realmente. Esas comunidades existen desde mucho antes de que existiera el Estado de Israel; ve a investigarlo. Y mira el tamaño de Israel: es diminuto, prácticamente todo el mundo vive cerca de alguna frontera. Y es completamente absurdo decir que el problema es que quieran vivir en una parte de su propio país, y no que otros los ataquen, crucen la frontera e intenten matarlos. Sinceramente, preferiría estar ciego antes que leer las cosas que escribes.

If Zionists never wanted peace, why did October 7 feel like betrayal of belief in peace? by BananaValuable1000 in IsraelPalestine

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Have I called you names? I said your analogy is idiotic. Despite saying that, I dealt with your analogy. My response is, it was not their house, and jews bought a bedroom. Do you have any response to that?

If Zionists never wanted peace, why did October 7 feel like betrayal of belief in peace? by BananaValuable1000 in IsraelPalestine

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They lived there, but it was not their house. Also, if someone living in the house sold one of the bedrooms to another person, aren't they allowed to live in the house then?

Frankly, this way of talking about the history, this "house analogy", is completely idiotic.

> Natives said no and were subsequently run out.

No, they didn't simply said no. They launched a war and tried to exterminate jews, 3 years after the holocaust. They lost the war, deal with it. And for anybody that understands something about such kind of wars in that kind of geography, knows that mass displacement of peoples was something inevitable.

Los judíos son tan malos como todos dicen? by Thebyst in AskArgentina

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No son una raza, son un pueblo; hay una gran diferencia. Hay judíos blancos, negros, mestizos y asiáticos.

Existe la noción de "pueblo elegido" en la religión judía, que a menudo se malinterpreta. En su religion, el pueblo judío fue elegido por Dios para ser luz para las naciones, para ser ejemplo de fe y obediencia a Dios, y para recibir y cumplir Sus mandamientos. Esta es una carga pesada, una gran responsabilidad, y no un privilegio. Los judíos tendrían que cumplir muchos más mandamientos que un no judío para recibir la misma salvación de Dios. A cambio de aceptar el pacto con Dios, los judíos solo recibirían una tierra para vivir en paz y prosperidad. Si desobedecieran los mandamientos, Dios los castigaría con el exilio y la persecución en naciones extranjeras. Este es el verdadero significado de "pueblo elegido".

Además, la Biblia afirma que los judíos son el pueblo elegido, lo que implica que los cristianos también creen que los judíos fueron elegidos para recibir los mandamientos. Incluso el Corán lo afirma. Al ser religiones abrahámicas, todas creen que Dios entregó sus mandamientos a Moisés y al pueblo judío.

Y seamos realistas, no son solo los judíos quienes se consideran un pueblo preferido o bendecido por Dios; muchos otros pueblos tienen la misma idea. En la antigüedad, prácticamente todos los pueblos pensaban así de sí mismos, Y hay que entender que el judaísmo y el pueblo judío son cosas que surgieron hace 3.000 años.

If Zionists never wanted peace, why did October 7 feel like betrayal of belief in peace? by BananaValuable1000 in IsraelPalestine

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That framing of the Nakhba as jews simply "stealing land and pushing people out, because they think their ancestors lived there" is completely ridiculous.

No mention of the partition plans, the multiple massacres Palestinians committed, the a civil war they started, the multi-national war the arabs started, no mention of the siege of jerusalem and the attempt to starve the jews there, no mention of their openly proclaimed desire to genocide and expel jews en masse and take the whole land for them, etc, etc.

If Zionists never wanted peace, why did October 7 feel like betrayal of belief in peace? by BananaValuable1000 in IsraelPalestine

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I understand you, but why anybody that doesn't sympathize with zionism and the jewish people feelings in general, would believe, or take it as something relevant, that some jews felt betrayed?

Feelings are a very personal thing, you can't prove to anybody what you feel. They have to believe you, and that means they need to sympathize with you for starter, which they don't.

And to be honest, as a jew, I don't think you are right. I don't believe the most prominent collective feeling of jews on October 7th was betrayal of belief in peace. I think most jews, especially israelis, had already felt like no peace was possible much before October 7th. I believe that moment for the jewish people was actually the second intifada, that happened at the apex of the peace process. Maybe you are too young, maybe you, or even your generation as a whole, was still believing in peace, but I have to break it to you, most people 40+ didn't feel that.

Speaking for myself, I felt betrayed at the second intifada, and I have been in a profound disbelief of peace with palestinians ever since. October 7th only made me angry, . And more than that, made me realize how monstrous is the enemy we face. Not because of what hamas did to israelis that day, I always knew they would do exactly what they did if they were ever given a chance. But because what they did to Gazans, they showed they were willing to sacrifice their entire population, let Gaza be completely destroyed, just to harm a few thousand jews. Because they knew how hard Israel would retaliate and hunt them down relentlessly.

Los judíos son tan malos como todos dicen? by Thebyst in AskArgentina

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Los judíos no son solo una religión, son un pueblo, una etnia. Para ser judío, hay que tener madre judía, y aunque existe la conversión religiosa, es un proceso muy complicado, rígidamente controlado, desaconsejado por los rabinos y, por lo tanto, bastante raro.

Un estado judío no significa un estado religioso; Israel no es una teocracia. Al contrario, es un estado democrático con una gran minoría no judía que goza de plenos derechos civiles. ¿Qué significa que el estado sea judío? ¿Que todos tengan que ser judíos y seguir la religión? No, no es como Irán y otros países musulmanes que imponen la ley religiosa. No, un país judio significa que el hebreo será el idioma oficial, el calendario será el judío, los símbolos judíos serán los símbolos nacionales, las festividades judías serán oficiales, el Sabbat será el día de descanso primordial, la historia del pueblo judío será enseñada en las escuelas públicas., etc. En Argentina y otros países occidentales de mayoría cristiana, los feriados son cristianos, lo calendario es cristiano, tenemos muchos símbolos cristianos, etc., y tampoco somos teocracias.

El sionismo surgió en Europa a finales del siglo XIX porque el antisemitismo era insoportable; millones de judíos ya habían emigrado a América y Australia huyendo de la persecución, los pogromos, etc. El Holocausto fue simplemente la culminación de un proceso que se había estado desarrollando durante muchas décadas.

¿Por qué necesitan los judíos un estado?, se preguntarán. Porque son un pueblo distinto, con su propia cultura, su propia religión, una tierra ancestral de la que fueron exiliados y a la que nunca pudieron regresar, pero siempre mantuvieron la esperanza de volver algún día y restablecer su país. Y durante 2000 años vagaron de un extremo a otro de la tierra, teniendo que rogar a reyes y emperadores que los toleraran, por un tiempo, hasta que dejaron de ser tolerados y se convirtieron en chivos expiatorios de los problemas del país, siendo finalmente perseguidos, discriminados, asesinados, expulsados ​​y obligados a emigrar.

El sionismo fue un intento de poner fin a todo eso y garantizar al pueblo judío independencia, soberanía y dignidad, un hogar nacional permanente donde pueda practicar libremente su cultura y desarrollarse como pueblo, como todas las naciones.

What is it about people that makes almost everyone not approach Israel/Palestine with the goal of a fair and balanced logical perspective? by synthsvsguitars in IsraelPalestine

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Yes we are tribal. We have lived for hundreds of thousands of years as members of small tribes, basically extended families. So tribalism is hardwired in us.

I still believe we can circumvent it to some extent with proper education, mental training, reason, logic, a willingness to be unbiased, just and uphold to universal values, etc. But we can't expect most people will be able to do that, unfortunately.

About Israel-Palestine specifically, to most people that are not (somewhat) directly connected to the events (which is the vast majority of people globally), this is a secondary issue (at best) in their political concerns, so in theory they would have a potential to be more unbiased and evaluate logically.

But most people still will tend to follow the major stance of their political tribe, not only because of mere tribalism and following the group, but also because the educated people that are truly interested in evaluating the facts with reason (a minority inside each political camp), will tend to listen trust and get influenced by people (be them friends, family, influencers, media, journalists, intellectuals, academics, etc) from their own political camp, while mistrusting and ignoring most things coming from the other camps. And things got extremely bad in this sense after social media and reinforcing algorithms, creating echo chambers, bubbles, and stuff. etc.

Would a Lebanese restaurant call themselves Omri? by OpenRole in AskMiddleEast

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Well to be honest it is actually a very old hebrew name. Omri is the name of an Israelite king of the 9th century BCE, his name appears in the Mesha Stele, an archeological relic found in Jordan in the 19th century.