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Lately I’ve been reading far too much about conditions in Israel. It is creating little tears in my soul. I read one book that gave a first-person view of October 7 at one of the kibbutzim that was raided. The book I’m in the process of finishing includes that story, but begins with the riots, or pogrom in Hebron, Israel, in 1929. I’d never heard of that specific incident. I feel deeply wounded by the suffering. I will report on that book later, because I think it clarifies a few things about the relationship between Arabs and Jews.
On New Year’s Eve in New York, one woman was quoted in this way:
Jewish leaders slammed a massive crew of anti-Israel protesters who gathered in Times Square on New Year’s Day to call for ‘intifada revolution’ on the same day an ISIS-inspired terrorist carried out a deadly car attack in the French Quarter of New Orleans. The protest — organized by the Palestinian Youth Movement, the Party for Socialism and Liberation and the People’s Forum — was led in a chant of ‘There is only one solution: intifada revolution.’
On Fox News tonight, there was also a report that people were calling for a “global intifada.”
I think it’s time that we realized that these people are not just talking about Israel. They are talking about the United States. And not just the Jews, but all those who support the Jews.
Witnessing that hatred is bad enough, but I also had nasty comments on this site recently that were clearly anti-Semitic but were cleaned up enough to be passable. The person who spewed this venom has imagined that he is more empowered than ever to attack the Jews. I don't feel threatened; only sickened.
I’m just going to keep counting on my friends.
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I'm going to have to start using the flag button on some of our more decorum-challenged members or I'll end up getting suspended myself. And I put up with the likes of Kenneth., for crying out loud.
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He's very clever at his wording. I don't think they'd okay the flag. But I deeply appreciate the sentiment, Percival!
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I don't worry about the Jews on Ricochet. They can take care of themselves and give better than they get. I object to the folks that quote The Protocols of the Elders of Zion or spout nonsense such as was published by Henry Ford's The Dearborn Independent because Ricochet ain't Stormfront and I want to make sure that even casual readers get that. So I'm not going to try to "win over" antisemites. I'm just going to get as many people as possible laughing at them.
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I almost always forget about humor. It's hard but effective.
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Ridicule can be a very effective weapon . . .
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