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7 years ago @ Cagle Post - Netanyahu Kushner Isra... · 0 replies · 0 points
Relabelling medieval or Nazi antisemitic memes as criticism of Israelis still antisemitism.
Giving support to those who don't bother to hide their intention to kill Jews is antisemitism by proxy.
7 years ago @ Cagle Post - Israeli Gaza response · 0 replies · +2 points
This cartoon is false both factually and conceptually. Clearly Israelis not using either artillery nor machine guns. If it had been the death toll would not be 200 over a period of weeks but 20,000 daily. More than 99% of 'protesters' obey Israel's clear and reasonable instructions and return home uninjured, each day.
7 years ago @ Cagle Post - Ghetto Gaza · 0 replies · +1 points
According to the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazi is a contemporary example of antisemitism. This definition has been adopted by the United Kingdom and the European Union among others. A cartoonist making such a comparison should be very certain of his facts.
1) Gaza is not the equivalent of a ghetto. It has universities, libraries, 5 star hotels and restaurants, shopping malls, swimming pools and a surfing beach. In terms of health and nutrition it meets or beats the conditions of most countries in the Middle East and North Africa and is far superior to sub Saharan Africa.
2) The Jews were not storming the German frontier with the declared intention of destroying Germany and taking over.
3) The Gaza-Israel frontier is surrounded by a relatively flimsy metal fence that looks nothing like the cartoon.
4) Israel uniform looks nothing as illustrated.
5) The Nazis liquidated the Ghettos. Had the Jews behaved as the Palestinians there would have been 20,000 fatalities not 200. The Nazis would have deployed artillery and machine guns not marksmen.
6) Gaza is not burning. The Nazis burnt the Warsaw Ghetto. Gazans burn tyres to make smoke.
10 years ago @ Cagle Post - Siamese Twins · 0 replies · +1 points
Ironically there is a continuing dispute in Israel between the majority of Israelis and the ultra orthodox because people who look like that generally don't serve in the army. In an additional irony they a disproportionate percentage of victims of the current Arab violence come from that sector.
11 years ago @ Eye On The World - Afghan Mother kills 25... · 1 reply · +1 points
I served in the army and became a competent if not sniper quality shot. It was quite a while into basic training before I had mastered the basic shooter’s skills of loading and inserting the magazine; unlocking the safety catch and selecting automatic or semi-automatic; cocking and inserting the first bullet into the barrel; taking the proper firing position; controlling breathing; aiming, firing and hitting the target; coping with recoil, the noise and the smell and then finally removing the empty magazine before beginning the whole process again. Add to these knowing what to do if the gun jams and the vital, secondary skills of taking cover.
Are we to believe that completely without training these women instinctively knew what to do? Not only that but maintained the complex procedures of firing for seven hours, in the stress of emotions and under fire? BTW how much ammunition did they have?
Are we to believe that the Taliban were also so without those skills that in a battle lasting so long a minimum of twenty-five fighters couldn't shoot her or even step back and finish the resistance with an RPG, which is standard Taliban equipment?
I think not.
13 years ago @ Jewish Daily Forward - Looking Past the \'Obs... · 0 replies · +5 points
There is another problem. The moderate Palestinians regard anything that was in Jordanian hands in 1948 as being a settlement. That means expelling about half a million Jews. The extremists (often the same people as the mods but depending on who is listening) regard all Jewish Israel as a settlement and openly talk of the settlement of Tel Aviv.