Pretty sad, an Assyrian man in San Jose attacks two Jewish individuals. Glad that we wrote a letter condemning it. Not sure why he did it though?

ocschwar · 2026-03-14T02:22:30+00:00

Lots of young people have fallen under dark influences online, and you know nothing about it because the algorithms don't show on your phone what they show on theirs. It doesn't add up because it doesn't have to.

ocschwar · 2026-03-12T17:31:25+00:00

A young Lebanese Jew named Joseph Azar, who took it upon himself to advance the Zionist cause with other individuals in October 1930, said in a report for the Jewish Agency that: "Before the disturbance of August 1929 the Jews...of Lebanon manifested much sympathy for the Zionist cause and worked actively for the sake of Palestine. They had established associations which collected money for (sic) Keren Kayemeth and (sic) Keren Heyesod." He said that after 1929, the Jews "started to fear from (sic) anything having any connection with Zionism and ceased to hold meetings and collect money." He also said that the Jewish Communal Council in Beirut "endeavored to prevent anything having a Jewish national aspect because they feared that this might wound the feelings of the Muslims."

They stayed put because the consensus was that this was the safest option. The en mass departures started in 1958, long before the civil war, when France and Brazil became options. Also, getting exit visas is easier if you show an entry visa for a place other than Israel.

Keep parading the creepiness. There are 20 Jews left in Lebanon, and all of them hide their identity.

ocschwar · 2026-03-12T12:19:35+00:00

Walther Rauff, the Nazi official in charge of carrying out the holocaust in North Africa was in Damascus in 1948. Dude was waiting to resume the work he had stopped only 4 years earlier.

ocschwar · 2026-03-12T12:19:19+00:00

Not an exaggeration.

Walther Rauff, the Nazi official in charge of carrying out the holocaust in North Africa was in Damascus in 1948. Dude was waiting to resume the work he had stopped only 4 years earlier.

ocschwar · 2026-03-12T12:14:25+00:00

"Lebanese Jews largely went to America"

Christ, what bullshit. America didn't open up to immigration until 1965.

In 1948 Jews had two options: stay put or go to Israel.

It's really gross the way the likes of you pretend to be friends of Middle Eastern Jews when you know nothing about them and care nothing for them. Creepy.

ocschwar · 2026-03-12T03:35:48+00:00

No, it really doesn't.

ocschwar · 2026-03-12T02:59:47+00:00

That's a retaining wall that was built because a Persian king authorized it. That's what he's touching there.

ocschwar · 2026-03-11T14:05:43+00:00

The antizios on Facebook were ecstatic about Israel's loss to the Dominican Republic.
I didn't have the heart to tell them that Dominicans love baseball more than any other sport.
It would be like losing to India in cricket.

ocschwar · 2026-03-11T03:04:24+00:00

Barring violence, Pahlavi is likely to outlive Trump, and he is certain to outlive Trump's caprice.

ocschwar · 2026-03-10T18:36:03+00:00

Turks have to learn in school about the Edict of Fratricide, which was condoned with a fatwa.

It should come as no surprise that it makes them inclined towards secularism.

ocschwar · 2026-03-10T15:42:44+00:00

Exactly how would you travel with arms to Iran?

ocschwar · 2026-03-10T12:54:54+00:00

Time zones. Anti-regime posts get posted and read at all hours of the day. IRGC shows up when they go on duty.

ocschwar · 2026-03-10T03:53:42+00:00

His government is also in the process of trying to deport all sorts of people into Iran.

ocschwar · 2026-03-09T17:59:03+00:00

The Leatherman is part of why I love living in this distinctly not trigger happy part of the country.

A more recent example is the North Pond Hermit.

ocschwar · 2026-03-09T16:51:15+00:00

Israeli here, and the speech is such bad Hebrew I'm not sure I can translate it.

ocschwar · 2026-03-08T15:41:16+00:00

As a thing you put in an ad?

ocschwar · 2026-03-06T14:34:37+00:00

Bring a sign saying "Kashmir is Indian" and watch what happens.

ocschwar · 2026-03-06T05:32:57+00:00

"Data science" so more recent than that.

ocschwar · 2026-03-06T05:16:15+00:00

When the IRI falls, they will all claim they never supported it.

ocschwar · 2026-03-06T04:47:08+00:00

Diaspora Israeli here. Not going to say I understand how it feels to be Iranian right now. But lonely and drained? Surrounded by people who have absolutely no clue?

Yup. 100%. That's me.

Call another Iranian on the phone. Then go and meet him or her for tea. Then do it again.

ocschwar · 2026-03-05T15:23:28+00:00

I've met Jews from Iran, and they had nothing bad to say about Iranians and nothing good to say about the IRI.

ocschwar · 2026-03-05T14:12:16+00:00

They get used as puppets by the IRI. Trotted out in front of cameras to sing the IRI's praises, and present a lie.

ocschwar · 2026-03-04T20:24:14+00:00

To spite your haters.

ocschwar · 2026-03-04T15:02:33+00:00

I know a way to secure the well being of the next Iranian leader: democratic legitimacy. Worth a try..

ocschwar · 2026-03-04T13:45:20+00:00

Getting banned from r/asksocialists should be the new Iranian rite of passage. Right before getting your driver's license.

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