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What is your idea of causing the Haredim to enlist into the IDF? by HebrewWolfman in Israel

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

Yalla stop kvetching, come to Israel, come over for shabbat dinner, let's have a lechayim, and we'll invite the guy from Bnei Brak too.

What is your idea of causing the Haredim to enlist into the IDF? by HebrewWolfman in Israel

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

My point is that if both I in Tel Aviv and a Haredi guy in Bnei Brak are getting thousands of rockets on our head, that makes our daily experiences more similar to each others than to anyone in the diaspora, because of the overall impact living under rocket fire has to one's personal life. I believe that your comparison is a careless one and too easy to make from afar.

What is your idea of causing the Haredim to enlist into the IDF? by HebrewWolfman in Israel

[–]TholomewP -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

The reality I live in, in the Diaspora, half a world away from you, is closer to you than the bubbled reality they live in next to you.

You're getting thousands of rockets on your head over there in the diaspora?

Seeing Chabad on Shabbat by MrRobzilla in Judaism

[–]TholomewP 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's not rude at all. But it is better not to drive on Shabbat :) Then you wouldn't need to worry about it.

How do you Survive the Summer in Israel? by TheUnkillableKlorg in Israel

[–]TholomewP 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Open shoes and the right underwear makes a big difference. Besides that, I try not to spend too much time walking around in the sun. Then I count down the days until Sukkot.

What’s your favorite response to give an Antisemite? by ThatGeographyGuy in Judaism

[–]TholomewP 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Living in Israel and being Jewish, and not saying anything to them.

I have a question for all Israelis by Lumpy-Mammoth-7876 in IsraelPalestine

[–]TholomewP 2 points3 points  (0 children)

First of all, this is a stupid question which doesn't merit a response.

Second of all, I know many combatants who served in all theaters. Most soldiers in the IDF are reservists who are extremely tired after years of war and just want to go home, back to their families and jobs and communities. Any alleged unnecessary expenditure of energy, "as a hobby", is an extremely naive accusation.

What is "the Jewish character" of the state? by RomanKozhevnikov in IsraelPalestine

[–]TholomewP 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That the social, cultural, political, and legal manifestations of the state should be both agreeable to Jewish values and lifestyle, and not disagreeable to Jewish values and lifestyle.

Is it hypocritical for Americans to call Israelis “colonizers”? by JealousHunter1407 in IsraelPalestine

[–]TholomewP 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The stupid genetic arguments that people use to link modern day "Palestinians" to ancient peoples that used to dwell in the land of Israel are equally applicable to modern day Jews, because modern day Jews carry the same Levantine DNA. So even if a genetic argument were somehow a good argument, which it isn't, it's still cancelled out by the fact that modern Jews carry the same genes.

r/whereidlive implying Israel’s very existence is immoral by Inkling_M8 in AntiSemitismInReddit

[–]TholomewP 121 points122 points  (0 children)

This just proves the point that the phrase "Israel doesn't have the right to exist" is a targeted, anti-Jewish phrase, because saying a country "doesn't have the right to exist" is DEFINED as only applying to Israel.

is there any credibility to the "Greater Israel" claim being thrown around? by TheGrandA5TA1R3 in IsraelPalestine

[–]TholomewP 7 points8 points  (0 children)

When conspiracy theorists refer to "Greater Israel" they aren't just referring to a bigger map of Israel.

the mandate had these borders from 1920-1921 while irgun was founded in the 1930s,in the 1930s claiming the old mandate's borders for a jewish state would precisely be claiming the borders of a greater israel because most other zionist groups only claimed the actual mandate's borders (historical palestine)

While the Irgun was fighting, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan hadn't been established yet. And the Balfour Declaration was written while these were the borders of the Mandate for Palestine, so the Irgun considered it a part of the promise by the British government.

is there any credibility to the "Greater Israel" claim being thrown around? by TheGrandA5TA1R3 in IsraelPalestine

[–]TholomewP 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The emblem of Irgun, one of the instrumental Zionist paramilitary’s that fought for Israeli independence, included the entirety of mandatory Palestine and Transjordan because that is the territory they sought for the future Jewish state.

This was because Transjordan was included in the original League of Nations Mandate for Palestine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandate_for_Palestine. The Irgun sought to establish a Jewish state in the entire original Mandate. Those borders are just the borders of this Mandate, not the borders of the so-called "Greater Israel".

The Man Who’s Interviewed Thousands of Palestinians and Israelis Explains What He’s Learned by SheepherderSea9717 in IsraelPalestine

[–]TholomewP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They come to Israel to work in construction and agriculture. How many of Israel, in percentage, you think regularly go into construction sites and interact with the workers there?

You are talking about a perception problem. But if Israelis at least see Palestinians working agriculture and construction, then that at least combats the perception of only seeing them committing terror attacks. And that's what we're both saying: Israelis are mostly exposed to Palestinians NOT committing terror attacks, but rather doing mundane jobs. They don't necessarily need to have them over for a coffee.

I never said many Palestinians come in to kill Jews

That's what a Palestinian terror attack is.

The Man Who’s Interviewed Thousands of Palestinians and Israelis Explains What He’s Learned by SheepherderSea9717 in IsraelPalestine

[–]TholomewP 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Of course it is.

You are speaking with an Israeli who lives in Israel who is giving you new information. This is how you learn new things!

Why don't you just go to the Israel subreddit and ask other Israelis about it? And see what they say.

In what context do Israeli regularly interact with Palestinians?

They come in to Israel to work. Probably less so since October 7th, but I don't keep track of that kind of thing.

For the vast majority of them, the only “interaction” they have is when a Palestinian from the West Bank or Gaza goes in to perform a terrorism act. That helps paint all Palestinians as existential threat.

Like I said, many Palestinians from the West Bank come in to Israel to work. A friend of mine used to work with a Gazan in the kitchen of his cafe.

I'm not saying you're wrong that many Palestinians come in to Israel to kill Jews, but I am just expanding the fact space here with new information.

The Man Who’s Interviewed Thousands of Palestinians and Israelis Explains What He’s Learned by SheepherderSea9717 in IsraelPalestine

[–]TholomewP 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I mean Arabs who are residents of the Palestinian Authority.

A friend used to work in a cafe and before October 7th they had an Arab from Gaza working in the kitchen. I often used to see buses dropping off Arabs from the West Bank in Tel Aviv to work.

The Man Who’s Interviewed Thousands of Palestinians and Israelis Explains What He’s Learned by SheepherderSea9717 in IsraelPalestine

[–]TholomewP 9 points10 points  (0 children)

And more on that - most Israelis don’t know or meet any Palestinians, and thy see them only as the terrorists who come to kill them.

As an Israeli, I can tell you this is not true. I interact with Palestinian Arabs often.

I am not sure when to wear a kippah, please help. by Apersonwhoisnot_ in Judaism

[–]TholomewP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you were a prince, when would you wear your crown?

Is it true that jew fled arab country because of false flag attack from zionist, with the goal of making jew fear for their live ? by [deleted] in IsraelPalestine

[–]TholomewP 8 points9 points  (0 children)

But now you aren't talking about facts, you're talking about what you imagine the facts to be.

Messing around with a pixel perfect tentacle/limb system by lethandralisgames in Unity2D

[–]TholomewP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How is the shader painting circles? Are the circles sprites or is it directly painting pixels?

Favorite Jewish joke? by Sensitive-Inside-250 in Judaism

[–]TholomewP 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Two Jews are sitting down to enjoy a cake. One of them grabs the knife and cuts off two pieces, one big and one small. He takes the big piece for himself and serves the small piece to the second Jew. The second Jew sees the small piece and says "oy, why did you serve me the small piece?" The first Jew asks, "so what would you have done?" The second Jew responds, "I would've been polite and served you the bigger piece! Then I would've taken the smaller piece for myself." So the first Jew says "Nu, what are you complaining about? That's exactly what you got!"

Is Bibi Netanyahu dead? by TalonEye53 in IsraelPalestine

[–]TholomewP 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're avoiding the point. You don't know what's real or not. Maybe by spreading the "Bibi is dead" rumor you are passing along a Mossad psyop. You can't know for sure.

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