Not a lot of stuff from you guys. Too many political memes, which I am mostly not reading.
This from Dewald. He says it is best to read the fine print.
So true.
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My sister Liz sent me this:
I know you don’t support Bibi, but how do feel about the newest raid? I am totally furious at Israel, and am beginning to wonder what to do about the apartheid and genocide. You should write about it on your blog
Love you and miss you
Well, Liz, I love and miss you too but it is like this; Iran is reaching its tentacles into the West Bank and making connections to Islamic Jihad. Israel went in to the West Bank and took out a major Hamas operative, Muhammed Jaber.
We have both lived in Israel and you do realize that they are involved in a war with neighbors that consider it their religious duty to annihilate them. Not all Palestinians want to do this of course but Israel does not have the luxury of time to figure out who is trying to exterminate them and sometimes horrific actions are taken that kill innocent people.
Rest assured that if the shoe was on the other foot, the people responsible for killing babies, old people and unarmed young folks enjoying a rock concert on October 7th would do far worse, in fact there would probably be no jews left if they had their way. Look at Hamas's charter. I read a recent interview with the new head of Hamas, Yahya Sinwar, he is a cold blooded killer with no interest in peace.
It is easy to armchair quarterback from over here.
Has Netanyahu contributed to the problems and missed opportunities to pursue peace? Yes. Is he a duplicitous liar? Yes. Have the Israelis dehumanized and radicalized many good Palestinians who do not support Hamas and Iran. Unfortunately, yes they have.
But do I, like many of my liberal Jewish friends, think that Israel had October 6th coming to them?
Fuck no.
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Calvanese sent this:
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Another from Terry.
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From Bruce.
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Shawn in Thailand likes this band.
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Singularity is coming soon! From Renee.
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Recent lies and false statements by you know who.
3 comments:
Looking at pictures of the the Tel Aviv and Jerusalem streets this weekend, I am beginning to wonder if there will be a civil war in Israel. If the ultras do not step down and BiBi doesn’t quit it might just happen.
I am still one of those ultra-liberal Jews. Yes, I am scared shitless of the anti-semites, but I have no Zionist feelings at all anymore . It was bad when mom was working with them, but it is becoming so much worse now. One of my closest friends is around my age, and I have discovered that she and her friends agree with me. I have no idea what is going on in younger generations.
You ought to be real happy about the hostage deaths.
Of course I am not. I just think that BiBi caused them. Hamas is evil. That is not a reason to kill Palestinian civilians or take their land. I am afraid of Israel becoming as evil as Hamas. I’m not sure if we ever had a right to Israel. I don’t want this country to become a Baptist country. I don’t want any country’s citizenship to be defined by religion.
I think the entire Middle East is a hell hole for rights. Lebanon used to not be too bad, but by the time I was living in Israel (mid 70’s), people were telling me that Palestinians were inferior and didn’t need the rights of Jews.
What the hell can be done I have no idea.
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