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Miriamnae's avatar

Exactly. Jew haters aren’t killing isms. They are killing Jews. So Jews must arm. Rabbi Kahane was right and it is now.

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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"

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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.

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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...

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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.

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leon sutton's avatar

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

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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.

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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

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leon sutton's avatar

You are so right!

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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.

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David Levy's avatar

Well said, we do need to take physical protection seriously. Some people can’t be reasoned with, and we have to defend ourselves from them. But we can’t completely dismiss the importance of ideology in driving people towards violence. Both issues need to be addressed simultaneously.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Greta Cohen goldstein's avatar

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

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