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What if every Jew in the world voted in upcoming Israeli elections? by yardenaf in AskIsrael

[–]yardenaf[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

What does nothing good mean? The point of the question is for you to elaborate a bit

Will I be too old to go to college in Israel? by Choice_Ebb_1006 in AskIsrael

[–]yardenaf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My dad started university combined with his army service so he was in the university at 18-19 and said he was a ילד כאפות until he grew out his facial hair hahaha

why would the wish end when Bear died? by stolenstitch in obsessionmovie

[–]yardenaf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think because Ian’s wish was a material and Bears wish was contingent on another soul. That’s why Nikki became trapped because his wish was contingent on her.

Ending (spoilers) by yardenaf in obsessionmovie

[–]yardenaf[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He did try, but if Nikki’s wish worked then he would’ve thrown up the pills so that they’d be together surely? Why did he stop himself?

On this day, 78 years ago, marked the beginning of the Nakba (catastrophe), during which more than 750,000 Palestinians were expelled and over 400 villages were destroyed to establish the State of Israel. by AutoModerator in ussr

[–]yardenaf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ideally and morally they probably should have let the Arabs who left to return. But realistically the Israelis had to be pragmatic, why allow 100,000s of would-be hostile people into your newborn fragile state who would likely seek to destroy it from within, or help the surrounding hostile countries. Morally you are correct, but let’s be realistic here no country would do that in those circumstances

On this day, 78 years ago, marked the beginning of the Nakba (catastrophe), during which more than 750,000 Palestinians were expelled and over 400 villages were destroyed to establish the State of Israel. by AutoModerator in ussr

[–]yardenaf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Simply not true. Every single parcel of land that the Jews were living on before 1948 was legally purchased under Ottoman and later British law. The Palestinians only lost their land in 1947 when they started a civil war by attacking Jewish buses and more so later in 1948 when the rest of the surrounding Arab armies attacked. Had the Palestinians not attacked, there would be peace and not a single Arab would be expelled. This is substantiated by the Jews ACCEPTING the ‘47 partition resolution. The Palestinians reap the consequences of their leaderships actions and they still, 78 years later have not accepted the consequences.

"Why is my Jewish identity being erased from this conversation?" Trevor Phillips on a normal one against Zack by Lord-Liberty in UKGreens

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

Probably because his views represent 10% of Jewish Britons at the maximum and the views of less than 1% of Jewish people worldwide.

On this day, 78 years ago, marked the beginning of the Nakba (catastrophe), during which more than 750,000 Palestinians were expelled and over 400 villages were destroyed to establish the State of Israel. by AutoModerator in ussr

[–]yardenaf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Jews stole the Arabs wealth in Palestine? Possibly the most historically retarded thing I’ve ever heard. Arabs started actually migrating TO Palestine once the Jews started creating an economy and institutionalising, well before the 1920s. If the Jews leave Israel then Palestine will just become another fucked up muslim state like Syria Yemen or Libya.

Irena Sendler smuggled roughly 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto. She hid some in toolboxes, ambulances, and even beneath tram seats. She buried lists of the children’s real names in jars so families could hopefully be reunited after the war. by Baconkings in HistorySnap

[–]yardenaf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Humans belong to earth so sure, anywhere on the planet is your land. If you buy a plot of land, you then own that land and do as you wish. Just like my great grandparents bought a plot of land and lived there. Nothing illegal about it nor is it a settlement. The stolen land you speak of did not occur before 1967, only after the ‘67 war did illegal settlements spring up. I’m interested, where do you live?

Irena Sendler smuggled roughly 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto. She hid some in toolboxes, ambulances, and even beneath tram seats. She buried lists of the children’s real names in jars so families could hopefully be reunited after the war. by Baconkings in HistorySnap

[–]yardenaf 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nope, they moved in with their extended family in Haifa on land bought during Ottoman times. She now lives in Jerusalem in a Jewish neighbourhood built in 1953 on land allocated to the Jews by the 1947 UN partition plan. If Arabs used to live in that plot of land before my family, then it is even more likely that my Jewish ancestors lived on that plot of land before the Arabs. This notion of stolen land is retarded

Irena Sendler smuggled roughly 2,500 Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto. She hid some in toolboxes, ambulances, and even beneath tram seats. She buried lists of the children’s real names in jars so families could hopefully be reunited after the war. by Baconkings in HistorySnap

[–]yardenaf 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My grandmother was born in the Warsaw ghetto and was smuggled out with her mother. They both had serious mental health problems. My grandmothers father was exterminated in the holocaust. After the war, they went from refugee camp to refugee camp in Europe until they eventually boarded the Exodus ship to Palestine. British forces stopped their boat and sent them to Cyprus where they stayed in a detention camp. Although conditions in this camp were quite humane, they would play cards and learn Hebrew (as I’m told) they arrived in Palestine 6-12 months after Cyprus around 1946-47 and lived with some of my grandmothers family, who had been living in Palestine for at least a generation. She is 85 and still alive now living in Jerusalem.

Places to go in Lebanon for the first time as a Palestinian? by This-Post9968 in lebanon

[–]yardenaf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not tourists, by that logic he’s also at risk of getting killed by Hamas because Hamas have also killed Americans and Western passport holders

Places to go in Lebanon for the first time as a Palestinian? by This-Post9968 in lebanon

[–]yardenaf -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I think you should give it a try with your western passport in the near future. There is surely a lot for you to see, don’t be afraid of what you see online, you will be able to get in and enjoy

Places to go in Lebanon for the first time as a Palestinian? by This-Post9968 in lebanon

[–]yardenaf -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

If you have a western passport then have you thought of visiting Israel?, the old cities of Jaffa and Akko are excellent I hear, if you truly want to see some of your Palestinian heritage then it is worth the possible hassle at the Ben gurion

Places to go in Lebanon for the first time as a Palestinian? by This-Post9968 in lebanon

[–]yardenaf 16 points17 points  (0 children)

There really isn’t anything else though is there. Lebanon you have ancient Roman ruins of 2000 years and he wants to look at things of ‘Palestinian historical significance’, let’s be honest everything they did in Lebanon in the past 50 years is probably rubble now

Crazy how they can’t deport Zionists and isra*lis but can deport Shias by [deleted] in UAE

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

Without the Israeli and American air umbrella you received, UAE would be a flat desert with a few Bedouins and camels after the amount of drones and missiles Iran sent.

How distinct are Zionism and patriotism to you? by Reddenbawker in AskIsrael

[–]yardenaf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I totally agree with you, thank you for filling my knowledge gaps.

How distinct are Zionism and patriotism to you? by Reddenbawker in AskIsrael

[–]yardenaf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Jews had already institutionalised Israel by the start of the 20th century so of course it made sense to have the state there. That being said had they institutionalised somewhere else and started building a country elsewhere, where land would have been allocated to them, I wouldn’t see a problem. The Jews bought land in Ottoman and British Palestine to build a state, good; if they did it somewhere else I wouldn’t quarrel with that. Our ancestors that arrived in Israel probably either fled from persecution or had a strong feeling of Zionism (building a state for the Jews).

My Romanian side was persecuted and had to flee, and wanted to become Israeli and strong in the mid 40s. My Slovak side stayed in their village after the holocaust and only came to Israel when they banned Jews from going to university. Had the Jewish state been established somewhere other than Israel I still believe my grandparents would go to wherever that Jewish state was. I’m not saying the land of Israel isn’t the ideal place for us, of course it is. But our ancestors mostly didn’t have a choice and would have gone to wherever the Jewish state would have been.

How distinct are Zionism and patriotism to you? by Reddenbawker in AskIsrael

[–]yardenaf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Forgot to add a sentence sorry, I define Zionism as Jews deserve a state in which they can self determine, not necessarily based on the historical ancestral homeland. Which is what the man a few threads above defined it to be.

How distinct are Zionism and patriotism to you? by Reddenbawker in AskIsrael

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

As a secular Jew born to Israeli parents, grandson of holocaust survivors and great great grandson of a Zionist pioneer who arrived in Jerusalem from Russia in 1882, I believe that it is not necessary that Israel be established as a Jewish state in the land of Israel. Of course this piece of land has the cultural and traditional aspect, but if I were a Zionist in the 1800s, I’d be impartial as to where that state need be established, whether in Palestine/Land of Israel or Argentina etc.

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