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Yom Tov's avatar

In short , people hate us for who we are and not for what we do. A frequent criticism of Israel is that it does a bad job at Hasbara. I'm not saying Israel should give up on Hasbara but I seriously doubt it will convince anyone; "don't confuse me with the facts"

Smatchum Climpklot's avatar

People hate Israel for slaughtering thousands of innocent children. It's not rocket science. Why you guys wanted to give Hamas the satisfaction of making yourselves the most hated country on the planet I don't know, but well done. The whole world now hates you with unbridled revulsion. Respect to Jews all around the world speaking our against this evil, and fuck Israel to hell.

leon sutton's avatar

You mean, those children that Hamas uses as human shields, when they set up in schools and hospitals? Your hatred of Israel and Jews I'm sure predates by decades October 7. Stew in it...

Smatchum Climpklot's avatar

An Israeli at the start used to tell me how every strike was made with surgical precision to minimise civilian casualties. The most moral army in the world. Now complete destruction and of course he's strangely quiet. Even if what you say is true, which it obviously isn't, you're saying it's ok to shoot through the bodies of innocent babies to kill your chosen targets. The whole world is repulsed by you disgusting murderous scum. Suck on it.

leon sutton's avatar

Where is your proof? You make things up to confirm your hatred, which I'm sure predates Oct 7.

Ted Goldstein's avatar

It’s not worth engaging with these people. I just share Zionist voices more broadly and contribute to my favorite Jewish organizations in their honor.

Smatchum Climpklot's avatar

Yeah, don't engage, because the criticism but has grown from a trickle to a torrent to a tidal wave. You can't engage when you are the most desired people in the

Smatchum Climpklot's avatar

Where is my proof? Your own fucking words, you idiot. You just said yourself Israel is killing innocent children because hamas is using them as human shields. Even if every kid your side has murdered was a human shield, the very best case scenario for you, you are damned.

Scottrj's avatar

Brilliant and truthful writing. What kind of fool would actually engage in a serious argument that they have the right to exist. In a way, you seem to saying that diaspora Jews should be more like Israeli Jews.

Deborah's avatar

Thoughtful article. You have many good points. It’s obvious nothing has worked yet and needs new approaches and paradigms specific to different parts of the world and cultures.

Suman Suhag's avatar

Let’s stop pretending this is stability.

A ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah is not peace. It’s a timeout before the next escalation.

And every time this happens, the world reacts the same way:

Markets shake. Oil spikes. Diplomacy collapses. Then leaders issue statements and move on.

This cycle is broken and dangerously predictable.

Here’s the blunt truth:

If global leaders do not redesign how conflicts are managed, they will keep losing control of the system.

So here’s what actually needs to happen:

First, secure the energy backbone.

Any region that controls critical routes like Hormuz must be placed under a multinational security framework. Not optional. Permanent.

Second, link diplomacy to enforcement.

No more “talks without consequences.” Every ceasefire must come with automatic economic, cyber, and political triggers if violated.

Third, integrate conflicts into one global command view.

Stop treating Middle East, Ukraine, and Asia as separate crises. They are one interconnected risk system affecting energy, food, and markets.

Fourth, build a real-time response mechanism.

Not weeks. Not days. Hours. If escalation begins, coordinated global action should activate instantly across military deterrence, markets, and diplomacy.

Because right now, the system rewards disruption:

A militia can move faster than global diplomacy.

A missile can move faster than markets can stabilize.

And a single incident can derail billion-dollar negotiations overnight.

This is not a regional problem anymore.

It is a systems failure.

And unless leaders act structurally not symbolically

The next ceasefire will break.

The next shock will be bigger.

And the cost will be global.

Russell Gold's avatar

One major difference between racism and antisemitism is that many people who claim to be "anti-racist" are simply being racist in the other direction. The people who condemn affirmative action and DEI might be racist - or they might simply object to the double standards and replacing competence with a different set of bigoted selection.

I've seen nothing like that for antisemitism. There aren't a lot of people insisting on selecting Jews who don't measure up to objective standards.

Greta Cohen goldstein's avatar

Excellent and thought provoking piece. We do indeed need new understanding and approaches to tackle this issue.