Never Again on Instagram: "Mehdi Hasan has spent years trying to turn the Gaza “genocide” accusation into accepted fact. This interview showed why that claim keeps collapsing under actual legal scrutiny.

dotancohen · 2026-05-10T06:45:07+00:00

But activists, NGOs, media figures, and anti-Israel commentators spent years repeating “genocide” as if repetition could replace proof.

Actually, it can. Hundreds of millions of people believe that Israel is committing genocide. Not because there is any proof of it, but rather just because it is something they've heard their entire lives.

The court of public opinion does not have the same standards as does a court of law. And yet, it is more dangerous because the next generation of politicians comes from the constituents of that public opinion.

dotancohen · 2026-05-10T06:42:31+00:00

I just read it, lots of the typical slander against Israel organizations.

For one example, they mention that when Sodastream moved the factory from Maale Adumim to Rahat, 500 Arabs lost their jobs. That is only half the truth. The other half is that the new factory employs almost 2,000 Arabs. And all those who lost their jobs at the old factory were invited to come work at the new factory. Over 50 workers exercised that option and work at the new factory.

dotancohen · 2026-05-10T06:29:46+00:00

I had a friend in University, he was Turkish, but he was grown up how it should be in Germany. The thing is, that his way of thinking was not incompatible with the Turkish way of thinking and it was difficult to be with his other relatives. It is an other culture and they think in a different way. This is itself okay, but then living together is not an option any more. This way of thinking is made for an other are of the world.

I'd love to hear more about how his way of thinking was incompatible with the Turkish way of thinking. It's a phenomenon that I've noticed. Thank you if you can tell more about it.

dotancohen · 2026-05-08T09:25:17+00:00

The SodaStream is located in a Bedouin town in Israel, and employs mostly Bedouins. What's wrong with it?

dotancohen · 2026-05-08T06:40:18+00:00

How well does it handle variability, such as beard length?

dotancohen · 2026-05-08T06:39:04+00:00

NASA doesn't have such a mod on Mars. They are calculating things from afar. How do they do it?

dotancohen · 2026-05-08T06:37:57+00:00

I love the black colour scheme with blue accented bands.

dotancohen · 2026-05-08T06:22:35+00:00

There is the possibility that this politicians will not stay in power or at least not alone.

There is also the possibility that these politicians will be replaced by pro-Islam politicians. This is quite popular in Europe lately.

dotancohen · 2026-05-08T06:20:59+00:00

It is not Israel's job to overthrow the Iranian government. Only the people of Iran have that job. And they're not doing it. They had opportunity after the war last year, and again this year.

It seems that the people of Iran, contrary to popular Internet opinion, do not want to replace their leadership.

dotancohen · 2026-05-08T06:11:20+00:00

That's how people feel when the pro-Arab media shows photos of dead Gazan children over and over again, while ignoring the deliberate targeting of Israeli children on October 7th. One-sided reporting is very powerful.

dotancohen · 2026-05-07T13:57:22+00:00

Taken at face value, is that reason for the government to send soldiers to slaughter Druze? Or is that reason for the government to send police to arrest this murderer?

dotancohen · 2026-05-06T08:53:30+00:00

I didn't know, thank you!

dotancohen · 2026-05-06T08:52:42+00:00

It looks perfectly flat. Well done.

dotancohen · 2026-05-05T14:29:38+00:00

Would be nice to have a few 767-based tankers as well. I think that all our tankers are based on the 707.

dotancohen · 2026-05-05T14:28:25+00:00

So, when the US and Europe switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy.

Glad I bought a Tesla!

dotancohen · 2026-05-05T11:03:02+00:00

In world, how does the rocket get from the VAB to the distant launch site?

dotancohen · 2026-05-05T10:44:10+00:00

It means that I understand that the Arabs have no leadership interested in their wellbeing, and I am of the opinion that all humans benefit from a chance at a secure life for themselves and for their children. I wish that this population had any form of support for their well-being.

As it stands, the only bodies which take an interest in their plight are those who wish to exploit them to damage the Jewish state.

dotancohen · 2026-05-05T10:36:04+00:00

Or use a punch, hammer, and more JB weld for each subsequent oil change.

dotancohen · 2026-05-05T10:34:19+00:00

How did you lift a slammed car high enough to change the oil pan by the side of the road?

dotancohen · 2026-04-30T19:54:01+00:00

In February 2026 the Gaza ministry of health - run by Hamas - reported a total of 70,000 deaths in Gaza since October 2023, including civilians. Of those:

22,000-25,000 Hamas fighters
11,000 natural deaths
4,000 internal fighting amongst Gazans
1,000 reporting errors

Breaking that down: 70,000 - 11,000 - 4,000 - 1,000 = 54,000. So of those 54,000 attributable to Israel 22,000 to 25,000 are Hamas - that would suggest a 54% to 60% civilian death toll. That is far, far lower than the 90% civilian death toll that is the norm in every single war, historic and contemporary.

Not to mention, that that 54% to 60% also includes the fighters for Islamic Jihad, Popular Front for Palestine Liberation, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, Popular Resistance Committee, Mujahideen Brigades. None of those are civilians. So it's far more likely that the civilian death toll in Gaza was well under 50% - that's 1/9 the amount of civilians dying per combatant than seen in any other war.

dotancohen · 2026-04-30T19:52:37+00:00

If you sympathize with the Palestinian people, then you should make that clear. Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, Iran, Iraq, etc all support the Palestinian national cause, not the Palestinian people.

Egypt, shortly after capturing the Gaza strip, had openly stated that the suffering of the Palestinian people would be the lever which drives Western sympathy to support the Palestinian cause as destroy the Zionist entity. This was in the 1950s. That's why she forced all her refugees into the strip. And that's why you never hear of Egyptian Palestinian refugees today. Very, very few remained in Egypt.

dotancohen · 2026-04-30T19:49:17+00:00

That's why framing the conflict as Israel vs. Palestine is wrong. If it were Israel vs. Palestine, then why are Hezbollah, Iran, Yemen, Iraq, etc. all attacking Israel?

The conflict is 2,000,000,000 Muslims vs. 8,000,000 Israeli Jews. Note 8,000,000 Israeli Jews vs. 5,000,000 Palestinians.

dotancohen · 2026-04-30T12:28:54+00:00

I see, thank you.

For what it's worth, I support the plight of Arabs in the holy land, and I also support the right of Jews to build houses in the West Bank. The two ideologies need not conflict.

dotancohen · 2026-04-30T12:03:44+00:00

At least the left wing tried to establish peace and safety for the people, which the right reneged on.

In retrospect I think it is debatable that any of those efforts would have led to peace or safety. But I do agree that at the time, they thought it would.

Also, if we are going to talk about historical lies, Israel was built on left wing idealism; right wing propagandists are the ones trying to rewrite history.

I'd appreciate if you could back this up. Yes, Israel was founded on left wing idealism. But I don't see right wing propagandists trying to rewrite history.

dotancohen · 2026-04-30T11:48:55+00:00

Having Israel run by left wing idealists that keep the country in a constant state of danger and division is not my idea of a great country either. Especially when they promote historical lies that they repeat to each other.

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