The Muslims have been eradicating Jews since Islam’s founding. Proof? Just go check on the member of Jews living in Islamic lands ... it’s ZERO. If you want peace in Israel, then tell HAMAS to stop advocating for the genocide of ALL OF ISRAEL and constantly attacking them with the purpose of KILLING CIVILIANS, like they did on Oct 7th. If ISRAEL laid down its weapons, they would immediately be killed. If the PALESTINIANS laid down their weapons, there would be peace. Ask the HAMAS leaders why they spent all the billions in AID money on weapons and missiles and tunnel building (for THEM, not their people) and baked Jew-killing into their school curriculum. Ask them why they shoot from under hospitals, schools, mosques, apartment buildings thus DELIBERATELY and CYNICALLY putting their people in danger (and then using them for photo-ops to gullible people like you). Ask them why they’re blocking their people from moving out of the danger zones like Israel has been warning them to do for weeks?
You are totally on the side of GENOCIDE for the Jews thus fulfilling one of Islam’s deepest desires that they’ve carried out for centuries.
Wake up and stop being a ‘useful idiot’ for Terrorists.
There are few Jews left in Muslim-majority countries because Israel's eviction of the Palestinians made it unsafe for Jews elsewhere. To be certain, it never made sense to establish Israel, since most Jews have no ancestral connection to it. As a result, the Palestinians are paying for what the Nazis did.
Is this a joke? Jews have no ancestral to Israel? Try again. They were murdered, enslaved, and driven out of Israel going back 5,000 years. The first Diaspora occurred under the Babylonians in 586 BCE. The second under the Romans. The Christian crusades killed both Jews and Muslims in the holy land, so it was a slaughter, not a Diaspora. Yet, Jews have lived in the holy land for millennia.
As a Jew I have no love for Netanyahu and his right-wing government. They are just like the religious nut-jobs in our country, and have no place in government, but Hamas is a terrorist organization plain and simple.
As for a Jews living in other Arab lands and the Middle East going back millennia’s. They live in Iran (Persia, not an Arab nation), Syria, Egypt, Morocco Tunisia and Yemen to name a few.
Look that such a ridiculous stance to take 5,000 years. That's right 5,000 years ! The American Indians have had what 3 or 4 hundred years and do they get to declare a country "today" in their home land? This whole Middle East is a disaster all because of this stance Israel has taken. Israelis have every right to exist Israel I'm not so sure about not now 5,000 years later. Besides sooner or later unless your really stike a realistic government arrangement for leadership the Arab population will be the deciding factor.
You miss my point. He said Jews have no ancestral relationship with Israel. It goes back 5,000 years but Jews were always there or returned over time. I gave you an example from the Middle Ages. Jews never left, they were pushed out and resettled in Egypt, Syria, Iran, Iraq, etc... but always came back when they could. That’s my point.
Jews didn’t colonize Palestine. It was given by the UN, the same way Palestine was granted to the Palestinians. There was never a Palestinian country. The land was always occupied by outsiders, except during the Kingdoms of Israel and the Hebrews.
And I agree, there needs to be a two state solution and Netanyahu and his right-wing government aren’t true partners in peace. Yet, either does Hamas want peace.
And the fact remains, the absence of war isn’t peace. It’s the status quo; exactly what we see every two to three years. Hamas attacks, Israel retaliates, and inflicts harder restrictions on Palestinian lives, while the Palestinians recruit even more soldiers willing to die. The only difference is every attack gets more violent and deadlier as technology evolves.
That said, just yesterday In Lebanon, Hamas’s leader said they will fight until Israel is no longer. And do you know when Hamas was formed? In 1994-95, as a terrorist organization that killed Jews and Palestinians during the negotiations for the Oslo Accords.
Hamas originally started as an offshoot to the Muslim Brotherhood; the group from Egypt that assassinated Sadat for negotiating peace with Israel.
See a pattern here? There is no negotiation with this group, whose very existence is to make sure Israel stops existing!
In order for change, Hamas has to go, and Israel needs to support the Palestinian Authority and help them rid themselves of Hamas. And the world needs to force a solution on both parties that neither side may loves, but both sides can live with.
My problem is that the people commenting have no idea, not only of the history of Israel and Palestine, but also make no distinction between Jewish innocents and the right-wing government of Israel.
By that logic, we’re all responsible in the US for Trump and the MAGA mob, white supremacists and the religious wing-nuts destroying this country.
We all should strive for peace, not another ceasefire. Because if Hamas survives this, we’ll be back to square one; rinse, lather, repeat!
i am one of the “most” jews with no connection to Israel.
my ancestors were forced into the roman catholic church and their future generations forced to forget their jewish heritage in order to survive. they were also forced to soldier and murder brown and red and yellow people across the world on behalf of roman kings.
the memory and connection to jewish roots was so erased it was a shock to me to learn from one who worked in the jewish library of congress that our name is jewish with a list of famous jewish rabbis.
You have a connection, it just wasn’t readily apparent. Interesting history though.
The Roman’s not only expelled the Jewish people from Israel; they enslaved over a million of us. Who do you think helped build all those monuments to the Great Roman Empire, as well as conscription into their army of the unwilling...:)
So you do realize that Israel has agreed to a 2 state solution over and over and that Israelis exited Gaza to allow the Palestinians to have their own region and that all the funding they have.received has been used to built tunnels and accumulate weapons
Yes well I attempted to change it last week but it wanted me to pay for a subscription so I let it go. I kinda didn’t want to give my money to another Substack subscription but since you were so upset about it, I paid $5 to come and change it. I think most people knew what I meant as they “liked” it.
ANYONE who is for peace MUST be "shouting from the rooftops" for the release of the Israeli hostages.
ANYONE who is for peace MUST recognize that peace-seeking Palestinians must fight against Hamas, who insist all Palestinians (in fact, all Muslims) engage in Jihad.
From the Hamas Covenant:
"There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through Jihad. Initiatives, proposals and international conferences are all a waste of time and vain endeavors. "
"The day that enemies usurp part of Moslem land, Jihad becomes the individual duty of every Moslem. In face of the Jews' usurpation of Palestine, it is compulsory that the banner of Jihad be raised"
As long as you can talk about Muslims as if they are a cohesive single-minded entity and not individuals with an almost infinitely variable existence, you are part of the problem. It is the primary step in dehumanizing your enemy. And once you make a person into an enemy, it is kill or be killed. And when you step out into your back yard with your weapon in your hand, your enemy must kill you. If you look for the prelude to war, it is easy to see. Any country that is sectarian has already written their prelude to war. And vitriol like “The Muslims have been eradicating Jews since Islams founding…” is what people who are about to kill others say about their enemy. It has no hope for peace.
Perhaps if you could separate the terrorists who use religion as their war banner, from the real religious that want to live peacefully with their neighbors and build a common future, your points would be better made.
I can honestly say that there is no one on the side of any type of genocide. This goes to show how fucked this Israel Palestine issue is. In reference to all the armchair ambassadors on here.
Have you read what is on Wikipedia Islamic-Jewish Relations?
Seems that all the scholars can find no “Kill all the Jews” in the Qur’an. In fact, Islam is based upon Judaism and the Torah and Mohammed saw both Jews and Christians “as "People of the Book" and natural allies, sharing the core principles of his teachings, and anticipated their acceptance and support.” All the bloodshed from Islam’s conception until now is apparently based upon the hate and discontent of leaders and political rivals, NOT the religion. People just can not resist getting their whole congregation up in arms if the people are stupid enough to believe that God told them to kill each other.
I think it’s a lack of education. Biden is trying to get aide to the people of Gaza. But remember, Israel is our ALLY.
This is a WAR that Hamas started. Israel needs to protect itself & demolish Hamas.
Israel is not attacking hospitals, yet Hamas is PURPOSELY attacking hospitals. Israel is trying to attack only Hamas
Putin is a threat to OUR country. He is delighted that the House Republicans denied aid to Ukraine which is so stupid. He is also thrilled with all the chaos in the US House of Representatives.
We had to stop Hitler. We waited too long. We were naive to think we were safe over here in the US. The Japanese woke us up. If we had stopped Hitler earlier, there wouldn’t have been so much collateral damage.
It is right to stop Hamas NOW! What else should Israel they do? Should Israel ALLOW Hamas to continue to kill the Israel innocent victims?
I agree with you. When looking at the international players, Putin has the US dead center in his sights. He is maneuvering our public opinion using the might of Russian technology, our unregulated internet and social media, and our wide open political system. If you think the US Congress is screwed up simply because of the American people, you just don’t know Putin. And the Ukraine simply is a pawn in his chess game with the US. Putin had it made in the shade with Trump as President and is working overtime trying to get Trump back in office. The people of America have no idea how close to the brink they and the rest of the world are. Americans have got to get their heads out of the clouds or corn fields. The whole rest of the world needs us to help them NOW. Only then can they help save us in what is to come. America will not survive without them.
I agree with you. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people who refuse to accept the truth.
I am afraid they will vote for Trump or a 3rd party taking the votes from Biden and we will end up with twice impeached criminal Trump who lies, cheats and plans to destroy our democracy with “Project 2025” compliments of the Heritage Foundation. That would be far more dangerous. All these people protesting would be jailed because we would have a dictatorship.
Y'know which other country was our "ally"? South Africa under apartheid. I should probably note that Israel helped South Africa develop a nuclear weapons program.
The truth is that the US could simply cut off aid to Israel and this would all stop.
Remember, Hamas started this latest bloodbath. Cutting of aid to Netenya-who makes sense but not Israel. Aiding the people of all sides in achieving peace is the goal. But as long as there are men giving weapons to other men with orders to kill “the enemy”, the tragedies will continue. Who is giving these crazy people weapons? They should be at the peace table too.
And there is no way to get them to stop supplying them or to take them to international court as being party to the murders. It always amazes me how the manufacturers of weapons justify their industries…. Nice talking to you.
Thank you for this episode as always, and yes, some of it was hard to hear. What I would love to see is a huge gathering of Jewish and Palestinian people marching while linking arms to show that this isn't an "or" situation; it's an "and.". Yes Isreal was the victim of a brutal terrorist attack AND their response is disproportionate. Slaughtering innocent civilians by the thousands is never acceptable. Netanyahu is the biggest obstacle to peace and he always has been. Regarding Joe Biden, I do get upset that people don't see how much worse it could be. I do believe, regardless of his gaffes, that he genuinely cares about people. He's also walking an incredibly fine line here, and with his experience, I am really glad he's at the helm. Like Hamas in 2006, if Trump is elected , there may not be another election.
As Bill said: "The blame for civilian deaths in Gaza rests on Hamas."
The Palestinian ppl we see during coverage are not the ppl who are behind this, they are Hama's "collateral damage."
Try to access the leader's statements who have been forcibly governing ppl in Gaza since 2007.(that was the last election held in Palestine,a red flag that the ppl do not have a say in their government.) If you listen/watch the hate-filled messaging, propaganda from Hamas, the one common thread throughout their rhetoric refers to killing all Jews and wiping Israel off the map.
The key is where are they giving these messages from? Palatial homes outside of Gaza where there is relative peace. These ppl are Billionaires, funded by Iran /Russia who would rather (out of convenience) keep the war, & the killing on going.
If anyone thinks this terrorist organization wants peace, you are missing the point of why they orchestrated the plan to massacre 1600 Jews at a concert.
They knew what resulted was exactly what they wanted to happen. and, it did.
Massive demonstrations of antisemitism all over the world.
Oh, it's been there for 1000s of years. Ppl like 45, his terrorist cult following, Hamas, rich cowards who promote violence, from a distance, without it directly impacting them, while they set the Palestinian ppl up as pawns, martyrs, to die for THEIR CAUSE, not necessarily the Palestinian cause.
I heard one leader preach to women to martyr themselves for the cause of getting rid of the Jews. Are they asking their own to die, while they live in the lap of luxury?
The solution? Hamas needs to be abolished at any cost. Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and other nations of wealth need to step up, do their part, to rid the area of this Cancer.
Iran & Russia want the same thing as Hamas and will fund their efforts on ad infinitum.
Yes, the Palestinian ppl are the victims here, used & caught in the crosshairs of a never-ending war.
That said, the interview with the young man who said he will "never vote for Biden again,"was disturbing.
Geez, that kid needs to sit down with someone who knows more about what's going on in OUR country today.
WE, THE PPL, IF WE WANT TO REMAIN, WE THE PPL, REALLY DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.
I want to say to him, Seriously? There was a Muslim Ban put on our country after the 2016 election. Not voting for Biden could lead to more of the same.
Perhaps, if he was the parent of a young girl, he might think differently.
Let's put it this way, I'm willing to disclose my story of our loss of a baby with gross genetic abnormalities at 19 weeks. I was told she would die in utero.
What's the alternative, young man, if this happened today and I was living in Louisiana?
There is none.
I'd be delivering a dead baby with having to explain the trauma to my then almost 3 yr. old.
I am crying as I write this. I am so sorry to hear of your loss. There are just enough people in this world that are determined to control the lives of others when they really have no right to, and certainly don’t need to. All the men who want to make decisions for women, the billionaires who want something more than just their money, the boys and men with guns who want to use them on others, the power crazy leaders of countries who think they know what is best for everyone, the religious who use doctrine to oppress and enslave their own people…. It seems endless. If only … we all could just take one step at a time in a direction that would make life better for all of us and not just some of us.
Any religion that calls for either the death of anyone or the extinction of another religion is not a religion. It is an excuse.
Anyone who supports:("Any religion that calls for either the death of anyone or the extinction of another religion") needs to find another religion.
Land, Religion, Power, Control, Winning, Followers of "Might Makes Right," all contribute to the "Dis-ease of MORE & Never Enough." Think about all the wars between countries in our world. They all containat least 1 or more of the ingredients above.
Thank you Jazz. Well put. Let me add to what you just said. If you love history, you will find that unless the book is diving down into just one person’s impact or just one aspect of human existence, history books and their writers follow the wars. Mankind’s history from the very beginning is all about war. And who has been in charge since the very beginning? Men. I would like to see women in charge just to witness the differences. We might still have wars, but I wonder if the men would still be the instigators. If all the current conflicts had all their male leaders removed and replaced by women, what would happen??? I spent 3 years in grad school studying this (Political Science) and a lifetime watching men screw things up. I tried not to contribute to the mess we men have been making but, not all that successfully. When 99% of all gun violence in the US is committed by the males of our society, there must be something there across the whole world of men as well.
I knew I listened to the women in my life for a good reason.
Well David, You said it, not me!!! Ha!!! I've certainly mentioned it in responses to ppl & typically get the "eyeball roll."
It would be an interesting experiment to try and collect data on women in charge, considering the numbers gun violence stat above. I do think men needing to protect themselves (their EGOS) is what's making common sense gun laws, an impossible reach. I also think women are such a threat to men in our society today, that our SCOTUS went to any lengths to keep us home and pregnant!
Yes yes president Carter wrote a book years ago , describing the the situation as Apartheid , that Israel has been imposing on the Palestinians,,,he got a lot of criticism for that , but he did the right thing …
I wholeheartedly support this podcast and you, Michael. We are of one mind. I also support the criticism of President Biden. War and violence have not solved anything. It never will. There is a peaceful solution to this horrible and unjust situation.
They need to find it. By communicating to each other. Starting from scratch and finding a solution where everyone gets what they need. If everyone had what they need there would be no need for violence. Peace would lead to safety and opportunity and community. Peace lovers would outweigh those who aren’t. Money spent on arms could be used to produce food and other necessities. John Lennon git it right.
An inspiring event, a needed witnessing provided. That day I sat in traffic attempting to enter the Manhattan Bridge that was slowed by the closure of the Brooklyn Bridge, I assumed the cause and was overjoyed at the inconvenience! Today I wrote Biden for the nth time, signed a petition from Rashida Tlaib, donated to her, listened to your podcast and shared with my family. All small acts but in my defense, I’m a 78 years old, Jewish Vietnam Vet and a progressive Democrat. We seniors must hold our defensive positions because finally reinforcements are on the way, the youth of our world. I hope we can find a way to elect a Democrat president but not one named Joe Biden. I’m tired of a lifetime of being a captive audience for corporate Dems who stay just to the left of the horrid GOP.
Sorry to see Mike’s apparent bias towards those supporting the destruction of Israel. Liberals (and I am one) want to show they are for the oppressed - but their far left-wing support for Palestinians ties them to supporting the Hamas terrorists. Where is their outrage against the Hamas invasion of Israel? Where is the outrage against the kidnapping of children, the elderly and civilians? Where is their outrage at Hamas for shielding itself in hospitals and residential areas? Where is their outrage against Chinese treatment of their Muslim population? Where is their outrage against the Russian invasion of Ukraine? The far left outrage of Israel’s actions is, simply, selective and anti-semitic. War is hell. Israel did not start this war. Civilian deaths are a terrible consequence of war - just look at the civilian deaths during WWII, and any sane person abhors that. Hitler and the Nazis tried to exterminate the Jewish race and Germans paid the price in our bombing campaigns. Hamas is trying to exterminate the Jewish people and destroy the state of Israel, and Palestinians are now unfortunately paying the price.
I’m proud to see young people support justice for the Palestinians, as I marched 50 years ago in support of the Vietnamese people. We must stand strong for our oppressed brothers and sisters!
The blame for civilian deaths in Gaza rests on Hamas. They slaughtered Israelis. They started this round of hostilities. They are holding hostages. They vow to destroy Israel and kill Jews. Peace is great but Hamas doesn’t want peace. Also, where is the denunciation of Arab countries for all their crimes against humanity? I stand with Israel.
By thumbing his nose at Anthony Blinken and at the Biden administration on their tepid suggestion for a PAUSE to allow humanitarian aid, Bibi Netanyahu is essentially losing 2024 for Biden. Netanyahu and the hardline Zionists (not moderate Jews) are taking the unwavering support of the president for granted and as license to kill. As license to flout international law. How can we call Israel the ONLY DEMOCRACY in the Middle East when it’s a glaring apartheid state as former President Carter wrote in his book “Palestine: Peace, Not Apartheid?” Should we henceforth preface Israel with the Apartheid moniker like we did with Apartheid South Africa, like Apartheid Israel? Wrong is wrong no matter who does it!
Israel is our ALLY. Israel was attacked by Hamas. Should they allow Hamas to continue to attack Israel? This is a war.
Should we have not fought Hitler in WWII? If we hadn’t fought both Japan & Hitler and, we would either be speaking Japanese or German right now under rule of a DICTATOR.
If we don’t support Biden for president, we WILL have a dictator. Trump has already stacked the Supreme Court and removed a woman’s right to an abortion, books are being banned, voter’s rights are being taken away.
We tell allies to be human. Drawing parallels with WWII is false logic. I detest what Hamas did. But Hamas has no tanks, Air Force, or navy. What’s happening is NOT war. It’s daylight massacre of kids. I know we will not agree on this issue. I rest my case.
I am so torn over this issue. The way the Israel was attacked was so horrendous i can understand the reaction. My heart breaks for ALL the civilians that are dying and being injured. There is gonna have to be a point where there is a ceasefire but i dont think thats gonna happen as long as rockets keep flying into Israel and Netanyahu is running things.
That’s a bit naive. Israel and others have been doing all they can to negotiate the release of the hostages. Hamas is a terrorist organization. They won’t negotiate. So, while the sentiment is lovely, the option of peaceful negotiation is non-existent. I support 💯 Israel doing what it must to eradicate Hamas. NOTE, I said Hamas.
Hamas leader Khaled Mashal is worth $5 billion. Yet the people of Gaza are impoverished and used as human shields. An inconvenient truth . There is only one fact here. Hamas at its top levels is a business run by people like this guy Khaled Mashal. Like Trump he could care less about collateral damage. I have no idea what the solution is but endlessly talk about here is not going to solve anything. I am a subscriber to Michael Moore's newletter, but wish he would focus on matters here in the US. The danger from Trump is so great after his NAZI-like language describing what his Presidency would be like. Let the Israelis figure out for themselves how to get rid of Natanyahu, because it Trump wins in 2024, thing in the Middle East will get a lot worse.
First of all there is no Palestine. There are Palestinians. You should really read up on your history. An no one wants collective war against innocents. But it appears you really do not read very much.
The Palestinians were offered a 2 state peaceful solution at least 4 times. Do you understand that HAMAS does not want that. They want Israel gone. That is their dead stop. They have never wanted a 2 state solution. They use their own people as shields and believe they are martyrs to die, so for them, that is OK, if the end result is the total destruction of Israel. They have plenty of food, fuel and medicine, in their tunnels, but that does not " fit " with their cause. Their cause is for more to die and thus more antisemitism. Look around, it is working big time. They are winning this war and you are helping them. How do you look at yourself in the mirror.
Joe Biden is not the President of Israel and stirring up people to not vote for him is absurd. You think Trump will be good to the Muslims in America. He wanted an outright ban! He wants to pull Palestinians visa's or terminate their green cards. This is who you are now promoting.
When 9/11 came, would we have listened to the PM of Great Britain is they said, not to go to war? Were Iraq citizens killed who were innocents. Of course they were. It is the unfortunate issue with all war.
The Israeli people will decide what to do about Netanyahu. But that is their rights in a democracy.
Just curious as an Irish Catholic, what about WW2. Where was the citizens of Poland, Austria, Germany, as 2/3 of European Jews were brutally butchered and burned? They turned the other cheek.
No one is turning the other cheek on Gaza. But the People in GAZA need to rise up and say enough. They need to waiver the white flag to Israel and say, get HAMAS out of our land. But they are not! Hamas recruits them at 5 years old and teaches them to hate all Jews. Teaches them to die as a hero for everlasting life, is the goal.
Hamas got 1 Billion from Qatar. Did it go to their starving people? No, it went to them to plan this atrocity.
And yet, you ask Israel to lay down their weapons and be killed. To be eliminated as a State. To me, that is loud and clear you are an antisemitic. Easy to be when you are Irish Catholic an likely never lost anyone in the Holocaust. You likely never had a moment of someone wanting you dead because of her religious beliefs.
Why not go to Israel if you are so committed to Peace. Go watch the video the IDF is sharing with people on how they burned up children, raped, cut arms off and filmed it with joy while doing it. Do you know there are 400 people they assume dead, but cannot identify as so badly burned? What about that collective brutality.
I used to think you were an intellectual. Now, I think you are simplistic in your logic. List to Tom Friedman, listen to President Obama, listen to the word of the last Simon Perez. Watch the documentary of his life. And most of all, learn history.
Now I know why they did not want you as part of the Film Festival. TC does not support antisemitic's.
Quick history lesson:
1) Before the modern Israel state, there was a British mandate, not a Palestinian state.
2) Before the British mandate
The Ottoman Empire existed, not the Palestinian state.
3) Before the Ottoman Empire, there was a fully Islamic state of Egypt, not the Palestinian state.
4) Before the Islamic State of Egypt, the Empire of Ayubid existed, not the Palestinian state. Gofri IV of Bolansky, known as Godfrey de Bullion, conquered Jerusalem in 1099.
5) Before the Empire of Ayubid there was the Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem, not the Palestinian state.
6) Before the Kingdom of Jerusalem there were Umayad and Fatimid empires, not the Palestinian state.
7) Before the empires of the Umaid and Fatimid, there was the Byzantine Empire, not the Palestinian state.
Before the Byzantine Empire, there was the Roman Empire, not the Palestinian state.
9) Before the Roman Empire, the Hasmone state existed, not the Palestinian state.
10) Before the state of Hashmansk, it was a Selbakid state, not the Palestinian state.
11) Before the Slavic Empire, the empire of Alexander Macedonia existed, not the Palestinian state.
12) Before the empire of Alexander of Macedonia, the Persian Empire existed, not the Palestinian state.
13) Before the Persian Empire, the Babylonian Empire existed, not the Palestinian state.
14) Before the Empire of Babylon there were kingdoms of Israel and Judea was not the Palestinian state.
15) Before the kingdoms of israel and Judah was the kingdom of israel , not the state of Palestine.
16) Before the Kingdom of israel there was a theocracy of twelve tribalism of israel , not of the Palestinian state.
17) Before the the theocracy of twelve generations of israel , there was an agglomeration of independent Canaan cities, not the Palestinian state.
In fact, in this corner of the earth there was everything except the Palestinian state.
Coincidently, I'm also born in 1947. Not so surprisingly, I agree. I don't know the path to peace, but I do feel sure that 'Bibi' is not a part of it. He's got to go ASAP.
The Muslims have been eradicating Jews since Islam’s founding. Proof? Just go check on the member of Jews living in Islamic lands ... it’s ZERO. If you want peace in Israel, then tell HAMAS to stop advocating for the genocide of ALL OF ISRAEL and constantly attacking them with the purpose of KILLING CIVILIANS, like they did on Oct 7th. If ISRAEL laid down its weapons, they would immediately be killed. If the PALESTINIANS laid down their weapons, there would be peace. Ask the HAMAS leaders why they spent all the billions in AID money on weapons and missiles and tunnel building (for THEM, not their people) and baked Jew-killing into their school curriculum. Ask them why they shoot from under hospitals, schools, mosques, apartment buildings thus DELIBERATELY and CYNICALLY putting their people in danger (and then using them for photo-ops to gullible people like you). Ask them why they’re blocking their people from moving out of the danger zones like Israel has been warning them to do for weeks?
You are totally on the side of GENOCIDE for the Jews thus fulfilling one of Islam’s deepest desires that they’ve carried out for centuries.
Wake up and stop being a ‘useful idiot’ for Terrorists.
There are few Jews left in Muslim-majority countries because Israel's eviction of the Palestinians made it unsafe for Jews elsewhere. To be certain, it never made sense to establish Israel, since most Jews have no ancestral connection to it. As a result, the Palestinians are paying for what the Nazis did.
Is this a joke? Jews have no ancestral to Israel? Try again. They were murdered, enslaved, and driven out of Israel going back 5,000 years. The first Diaspora occurred under the Babylonians in 586 BCE. The second under the Romans. The Christian crusades killed both Jews and Muslims in the holy land, so it was a slaughter, not a Diaspora. Yet, Jews have lived in the holy land for millennia.
As a Jew I have no love for Netanyahu and his right-wing government. They are just like the religious nut-jobs in our country, and have no place in government, but Hamas is a terrorist organization plain and simple.
As for a Jews living in other Arab lands and the Middle East going back millennia’s. They live in Iran (Persia, not an Arab nation), Syria, Egypt, Morocco Tunisia and Yemen to name a few.
So get your facts straight!...:)
Look that such a ridiculous stance to take 5,000 years. That's right 5,000 years ! The American Indians have had what 3 or 4 hundred years and do they get to declare a country "today" in their home land? This whole Middle East is a disaster all because of this stance Israel has taken. Israelis have every right to exist Israel I'm not so sure about not now 5,000 years later. Besides sooner or later unless your really stike a realistic government arrangement for leadership the Arab population will be the deciding factor.
You miss my point. He said Jews have no ancestral relationship with Israel. It goes back 5,000 years but Jews were always there or returned over time. I gave you an example from the Middle Ages. Jews never left, they were pushed out and resettled in Egypt, Syria, Iran, Iraq, etc... but always came back when they could. That’s my point.
Jews didn’t colonize Palestine. It was given by the UN, the same way Palestine was granted to the Palestinians. There was never a Palestinian country. The land was always occupied by outsiders, except during the Kingdoms of Israel and the Hebrews.
And I agree, there needs to be a two state solution and Netanyahu and his right-wing government aren’t true partners in peace. Yet, either does Hamas want peace.
And the fact remains, the absence of war isn’t peace. It’s the status quo; exactly what we see every two to three years. Hamas attacks, Israel retaliates, and inflicts harder restrictions on Palestinian lives, while the Palestinians recruit even more soldiers willing to die. The only difference is every attack gets more violent and deadlier as technology evolves.
That said, just yesterday In Lebanon, Hamas’s leader said they will fight until Israel is no longer. And do you know when Hamas was formed? In 1994-95, as a terrorist organization that killed Jews and Palestinians during the negotiations for the Oslo Accords.
Hamas originally started as an offshoot to the Muslim Brotherhood; the group from Egypt that assassinated Sadat for negotiating peace with Israel.
See a pattern here? There is no negotiation with this group, whose very existence is to make sure Israel stops existing!
In order for change, Hamas has to go, and Israel needs to support the Palestinian Authority and help them rid themselves of Hamas. And the world needs to force a solution on both parties that neither side may loves, but both sides can live with.
My problem is that the people commenting have no idea, not only of the history of Israel and Palestine, but also make no distinction between Jewish innocents and the right-wing government of Israel.
By that logic, we’re all responsible in the US for Trump and the MAGA mob, white supremacists and the religious wing-nuts destroying this country.
We all should strive for peace, not another ceasefire. Because if Hamas survives this, we’ll be back to square one; rinse, lather, repeat!
to be clear, the poster said “most” jews...
i am one of the “most” jews with no connection to Israel.
my ancestors were forced into the roman catholic church and their future generations forced to forget their jewish heritage in order to survive. they were also forced to soldier and murder brown and red and yellow people across the world on behalf of roman kings.
the memory and connection to jewish roots was so erased it was a shock to me to learn from one who worked in the jewish library of congress that our name is jewish with a list of famous jewish rabbis.
~ astonished to this day.
You have a connection, it just wasn’t readily apparent. Interesting history though.
The Roman’s not only expelled the Jewish people from Israel; they enslaved over a million of us. Who do you think helped build all those monuments to the Great Roman Empire, as well as conscription into their army of the unwilling...:)
Thank you for the information
Native Americans now have 10% of our geographic area as their sovereign nation.
So you do realize that Israel has agreed to a 2 state solution over and over and that Israelis exited Gaza to allow the Palestinians to have their own region and that all the funding they have.received has been used to built tunnels and accumulate weapons
Please stop saying “the Jews” when you mean Israel. They are not the same.
Yes well I attempted to change it last week but it wanted me to pay for a subscription so I let it go. I kinda didn’t want to give my money to another Substack subscription but since you were so upset about it, I paid $5 to come and change it. I think most people knew what I meant as they “liked” it.
That is completely ridiculous - and fake news - and shows a complete lack of history.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsions_and_exoduses_of_Jews
You nailed it. No need for me to comment on Michael Moore’s blazing antisemitism.
Michael a Moore is not antisemitic. He is trying to be the man of peace.
ANYONE who is for peace MUST be "shouting from the rooftops" for the release of the Israeli hostages.
ANYONE who is for peace MUST recognize that peace-seeking Palestinians must fight against Hamas, who insist all Palestinians (in fact, all Muslims) engage in Jihad.
From the Hamas Covenant:
"There is no solution for the Palestinian question except through Jihad. Initiatives, proposals and international conferences are all a waste of time and vain endeavors. "
"The day that enemies usurp part of Moslem land, Jihad becomes the individual duty of every Moslem. In face of the Jews' usurpation of Palestine, it is compulsory that the banner of Jihad be raised"
~ ~ "See https://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/hamas.asp
Very sad to realize he is blatant antisemitic! And uneducated.
Trolling again?
As long as you can talk about Muslims as if they are a cohesive single-minded entity and not individuals with an almost infinitely variable existence, you are part of the problem. It is the primary step in dehumanizing your enemy. And once you make a person into an enemy, it is kill or be killed. And when you step out into your back yard with your weapon in your hand, your enemy must kill you. If you look for the prelude to war, it is easy to see. Any country that is sectarian has already written their prelude to war. And vitriol like “The Muslims have been eradicating Jews since Islams founding…” is what people who are about to kill others say about their enemy. It has no hope for peace.
Perhaps if you could separate the terrorists who use religion as their war banner, from the real religious that want to live peacefully with their neighbors and build a common future, your points would be better made.
I can honestly say that there is no one on the side of any type of genocide. This goes to show how fucked this Israel Palestine issue is. In reference to all the armchair ambassadors on here.
The two state solution was never used, even though that was the UN suggestion from day one. Would laying weapons down create a two state solution?
Terrorists hiding among the innocent as they always do.
Good-afternoon Mr I Love the Truth, me again.
Have you read what is on Wikipedia Islamic-Jewish Relations?
Seems that all the scholars can find no “Kill all the Jews” in the Qur’an. In fact, Islam is based upon Judaism and the Torah and Mohammed saw both Jews and Christians “as "People of the Book" and natural allies, sharing the core principles of his teachings, and anticipated their acceptance and support.” All the bloodshed from Islam’s conception until now is apparently based upon the hate and discontent of leaders and political rivals, NOT the religion. People just can not resist getting their whole congregation up in arms if the people are stupid enough to believe that God told them to kill each other.
Again, stupid is as stupid does.
I think it’s a lack of education. Biden is trying to get aide to the people of Gaza. But remember, Israel is our ALLY.
This is a WAR that Hamas started. Israel needs to protect itself & demolish Hamas.
Israel is not attacking hospitals, yet Hamas is PURPOSELY attacking hospitals. Israel is trying to attack only Hamas
Putin is a threat to OUR country. He is delighted that the House Republicans denied aid to Ukraine which is so stupid. He is also thrilled with all the chaos in the US House of Representatives.
We had to stop Hitler. We waited too long. We were naive to think we were safe over here in the US. The Japanese woke us up. If we had stopped Hitler earlier, there wouldn’t have been so much collateral damage.
It is right to stop Hamas NOW! What else should Israel they do? Should Israel ALLOW Hamas to continue to kill the Israel innocent victims?
Marlo,
I agree with you. When looking at the international players, Putin has the US dead center in his sights. He is maneuvering our public opinion using the might of Russian technology, our unregulated internet and social media, and our wide open political system. If you think the US Congress is screwed up simply because of the American people, you just don’t know Putin. And the Ukraine simply is a pawn in his chess game with the US. Putin had it made in the shade with Trump as President and is working overtime trying to get Trump back in office. The people of America have no idea how close to the brink they and the rest of the world are. Americans have got to get their heads out of the clouds or corn fields. The whole rest of the world needs us to help them NOW. Only then can they help save us in what is to come. America will not survive without them.
I agree with you. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people who refuse to accept the truth.
I am afraid they will vote for Trump or a 3rd party taking the votes from Biden and we will end up with twice impeached criminal Trump who lies, cheats and plans to destroy our democracy with “Project 2025” compliments of the Heritage Foundation. That would be far more dangerous. All these people protesting would be jailed because we would have a dictatorship.
Y'know which other country was our "ally"? South Africa under apartheid. I should probably note that Israel helped South Africa develop a nuclear weapons program.
The truth is that the US could simply cut off aid to Israel and this would all stop.
Hamas would not stop.
And I don't think Israel would stop either. The eye for an eye rallying cry is just too embedded.
Remember, Hamas started this latest bloodbath. Cutting of aid to Netenya-who makes sense but not Israel. Aiding the people of all sides in achieving peace is the goal. But as long as there are men giving weapons to other men with orders to kill “the enemy”, the tragedies will continue. Who is giving these crazy people weapons? They should be at the peace table too.
Iran is supplying Hamas I believe.
And there is no way to get them to stop supplying them or to take them to international court as being party to the murders. It always amazes me how the manufacturers of weapons justify their industries…. Nice talking to you.
Wishful thinking.
Yes Israel would then be free to defend itself properly.
Thank you for this episode as always, and yes, some of it was hard to hear. What I would love to see is a huge gathering of Jewish and Palestinian people marching while linking arms to show that this isn't an "or" situation; it's an "and.". Yes Isreal was the victim of a brutal terrorist attack AND their response is disproportionate. Slaughtering innocent civilians by the thousands is never acceptable. Netanyahu is the biggest obstacle to peace and he always has been. Regarding Joe Biden, I do get upset that people don't see how much worse it could be. I do believe, regardless of his gaffes, that he genuinely cares about people. He's also walking an incredibly fine line here, and with his experience, I am really glad he's at the helm. Like Hamas in 2006, if Trump is elected , there may not be another election.
I agree MCS. We MUST vote Biden and Democrats for the House & Senate!
As Bill said: "The blame for civilian deaths in Gaza rests on Hamas."
The Palestinian ppl we see during coverage are not the ppl who are behind this, they are Hama's "collateral damage."
Try to access the leader's statements who have been forcibly governing ppl in Gaza since 2007.(that was the last election held in Palestine,a red flag that the ppl do not have a say in their government.) If you listen/watch the hate-filled messaging, propaganda from Hamas, the one common thread throughout their rhetoric refers to killing all Jews and wiping Israel off the map.
The key is where are they giving these messages from? Palatial homes outside of Gaza where there is relative peace. These ppl are Billionaires, funded by Iran /Russia who would rather (out of convenience) keep the war, & the killing on going.
If anyone thinks this terrorist organization wants peace, you are missing the point of why they orchestrated the plan to massacre 1600 Jews at a concert.
They knew what resulted was exactly what they wanted to happen. and, it did.
Massive demonstrations of antisemitism all over the world.
Oh, it's been there for 1000s of years. Ppl like 45, his terrorist cult following, Hamas, rich cowards who promote violence, from a distance, without it directly impacting them, while they set the Palestinian ppl up as pawns, martyrs, to die for THEIR CAUSE, not necessarily the Palestinian cause.
I heard one leader preach to women to martyr themselves for the cause of getting rid of the Jews. Are they asking their own to die, while they live in the lap of luxury?
The solution? Hamas needs to be abolished at any cost. Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and other nations of wealth need to step up, do their part, to rid the area of this Cancer.
Iran & Russia want the same thing as Hamas and will fund their efforts on ad infinitum.
Yes, the Palestinian ppl are the victims here, used & caught in the crosshairs of a never-ending war.
That said, the interview with the young man who said he will "never vote for Biden again,"was disturbing.
Geez, that kid needs to sit down with someone who knows more about what's going on in OUR country today.
WE, THE PPL, IF WE WANT TO REMAIN, WE THE PPL, REALLY DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.
I want to say to him, Seriously? There was a Muslim Ban put on our country after the 2016 election. Not voting for Biden could lead to more of the same.
Perhaps, if he was the parent of a young girl, he might think differently.
Let's put it this way, I'm willing to disclose my story of our loss of a baby with gross genetic abnormalities at 19 weeks. I was told she would die in utero.
What's the alternative, young man, if this happened today and I was living in Louisiana?
There is none.
I'd be delivering a dead baby with having to explain the trauma to my then almost 3 yr. old.
I am crying as I write this. I am so sorry to hear of your loss. There are just enough people in this world that are determined to control the lives of others when they really have no right to, and certainly don’t need to. All the men who want to make decisions for women, the billionaires who want something more than just their money, the boys and men with guns who want to use them on others, the power crazy leaders of countries who think they know what is best for everyone, the religious who use doctrine to oppress and enslave their own people…. It seems endless. If only … we all could just take one step at a time in a direction that would make life better for all of us and not just some of us.
Any religion that calls for either the death of anyone or the extinction of another religion is not a religion. It is an excuse.
Agreed, 100%!And I've heard,
Anyone who supports:("Any religion that calls for either the death of anyone or the extinction of another religion") needs to find another religion.
Land, Religion, Power, Control, Winning, Followers of "Might Makes Right," all contribute to the "Dis-ease of MORE & Never Enough." Think about all the wars between countries in our world. They all containat least 1 or more of the ingredients above.
Thank you Jazz. Well put. Let me add to what you just said. If you love history, you will find that unless the book is diving down into just one person’s impact or just one aspect of human existence, history books and their writers follow the wars. Mankind’s history from the very beginning is all about war. And who has been in charge since the very beginning? Men. I would like to see women in charge just to witness the differences. We might still have wars, but I wonder if the men would still be the instigators. If all the current conflicts had all their male leaders removed and replaced by women, what would happen??? I spent 3 years in grad school studying this (Political Science) and a lifetime watching men screw things up. I tried not to contribute to the mess we men have been making but, not all that successfully. When 99% of all gun violence in the US is committed by the males of our society, there must be something there across the whole world of men as well.
I knew I listened to the women in my life for a good reason.
Well David, You said it, not me!!! Ha!!! I've certainly mentioned it in responses to ppl & typically get the "eyeball roll."
It would be an interesting experiment to try and collect data on women in charge, considering the numbers gun violence stat above. I do think men needing to protect themselves (their EGOS) is what's making common sense gun laws, an impossible reach. I also think women are such a threat to men in our society today, that our SCOTUS went to any lengths to keep us home and pregnant!
Hahahaha! So very nice having you to talk to on this thread!
Yes yes president Carter wrote a book years ago , describing the the situation as Apartheid , that Israel has been imposing on the Palestinians,,,he got a lot of criticism for that , but he did the right thing …
I wholeheartedly support this podcast and you, Michael. We are of one mind. I also support the criticism of President Biden. War and violence have not solved anything. It never will. There is a peaceful solution to this horrible and unjust situation.
What’s this “peaceful solution” Betty? Elimination of the State of Israel?
They need to find it. By communicating to each other. Starting from scratch and finding a solution where everyone gets what they need. If everyone had what they need there would be no need for violence. Peace would lead to safety and opportunity and community. Peace lovers would outweigh those who aren’t. Money spent on arms could be used to produce food and other necessities. John Lennon git it right.
"Nothing to live or die for" Imagine-John Lennon
What she said!!
Hamas leader Khaled Mashal is worth $5 billion. Yet the people of Gaza are impoverished and used as human shields. An inconvenient truth .
An inspiring event, a needed witnessing provided. That day I sat in traffic attempting to enter the Manhattan Bridge that was slowed by the closure of the Brooklyn Bridge, I assumed the cause and was overjoyed at the inconvenience! Today I wrote Biden for the nth time, signed a petition from Rashida Tlaib, donated to her, listened to your podcast and shared with my family. All small acts but in my defense, I’m a 78 years old, Jewish Vietnam Vet and a progressive Democrat. We seniors must hold our defensive positions because finally reinforcements are on the way, the youth of our world. I hope we can find a way to elect a Democrat president but not one named Joe Biden. I’m tired of a lifetime of being a captive audience for corporate Dems who stay just to the left of the horrid GOP.
"Don't let the imperfect become the enemy of the good." At this point we can't be picky.
Sorry to see Mike’s apparent bias towards those supporting the destruction of Israel. Liberals (and I am one) want to show they are for the oppressed - but their far left-wing support for Palestinians ties them to supporting the Hamas terrorists. Where is their outrage against the Hamas invasion of Israel? Where is the outrage against the kidnapping of children, the elderly and civilians? Where is their outrage at Hamas for shielding itself in hospitals and residential areas? Where is their outrage against Chinese treatment of their Muslim population? Where is their outrage against the Russian invasion of Ukraine? The far left outrage of Israel’s actions is, simply, selective and anti-semitic. War is hell. Israel did not start this war. Civilian deaths are a terrible consequence of war - just look at the civilian deaths during WWII, and any sane person abhors that. Hitler and the Nazis tried to exterminate the Jewish race and Germans paid the price in our bombing campaigns. Hamas is trying to exterminate the Jewish people and destroy the state of Israel, and Palestinians are now unfortunately paying the price.
I’m proud to see young people support justice for the Palestinians, as I marched 50 years ago in support of the Vietnamese people. We must stand strong for our oppressed brothers and sisters!
Hamas leader Khaled Mashal is worth $5 billion. Yet the people of Gaza are impoverished and used as human shields. An inconvenient truth .
Hamas leader Khaled Mashal is worth $5 billion. Yet the people of Gaza are impoverished and used as human shields. An inconvenient truth .
The blame for civilian deaths in Gaza rests on Hamas. They slaughtered Israelis. They started this round of hostilities. They are holding hostages. They vow to destroy Israel and kill Jews. Peace is great but Hamas doesn’t want peace. Also, where is the denunciation of Arab countries for all their crimes against humanity? I stand with Israel.
Except that Israel created Hamas to undermine Arafat.
Hamas leader Khaled Mashal is worth $5 billion. Yet the people of Gaza are impoverished and used as human shields. An inconvenient truth .
No more war or fossil fuels!
By thumbing his nose at Anthony Blinken and at the Biden administration on their tepid suggestion for a PAUSE to allow humanitarian aid, Bibi Netanyahu is essentially losing 2024 for Biden. Netanyahu and the hardline Zionists (not moderate Jews) are taking the unwavering support of the president for granted and as license to kill. As license to flout international law. How can we call Israel the ONLY DEMOCRACY in the Middle East when it’s a glaring apartheid state as former President Carter wrote in his book “Palestine: Peace, Not Apartheid?” Should we henceforth preface Israel with the Apartheid moniker like we did with Apartheid South Africa, like Apartheid Israel? Wrong is wrong no matter who does it!
Israel is our ALLY. Israel was attacked by Hamas. Should they allow Hamas to continue to attack Israel? This is a war.
Should we have not fought Hitler in WWII? If we hadn’t fought both Japan & Hitler and, we would either be speaking Japanese or German right now under rule of a DICTATOR.
If we don’t support Biden for president, we WILL have a dictator. Trump has already stacked the Supreme Court and removed a woman’s right to an abortion, books are being banned, voter’s rights are being taken away.
We tell allies to be human. Drawing parallels with WWII is false logic. I detest what Hamas did. But Hamas has no tanks, Air Force, or navy. What’s happening is NOT war. It’s daylight massacre of kids. I know we will not agree on this issue. I rest my case.
Hamas has no tanks, just civilians to hide underneath.
Innocents flee, collaborators stay.
What is YOUR solution?
Instead of using the money to make life better for the Palestinians, Hamas built tunnels underneath.
This is war.
Biden will not lose 2024 as long as ppl here PAY ATTENTION and stay focused on the critical threat to our Democracy we are facing here.
We stand to:
1. have the gov. dictating control over a woman's body in all 50 states with the potential of
a Federal Ban to Reproductive freedom.Our SCOTUS will continue to impose its religious
ideology on the rest of us. (6 people determining family planning for all.)
2. continue to see an escalation of gun violence with no responsible gun control.
3. become a country with no division of church and state.
4. become a country where ppl will not be able to love and marry who they want.
5. become a Nationalistic Christian state where there is one universal religion.
6. become a nation where the "right to vote" will continue to be manipulated & marginalized.
7. become a nation which the gov. will control the literature ppl can read.(Book Banning)
8. become a nation which continues to embrace white supremacy.
9. become a nation which continues to trash Science and Medicine.
IF PEOPLE DO NOT COME OUT TO VOTE, WE WILL PAY A PRICE THAT WILL FAR SURPASS ANY ILLS OUR WORLD IS NOW EXPERIENCING.
OUR COUNTRY WILL NOT BE RECOGNIZABLE AND WE WILL BE LEFT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONTRIBUTING TO THE PROBLEM VS. LIVING IN THE SOLUTION.
Oh what a tangled web we weave
I am so torn over this issue. The way the Israel was attacked was so horrendous i can understand the reaction. My heart breaks for ALL the civilians that are dying and being injured. There is gonna have to be a point where there is a ceasefire but i dont think thats gonna happen as long as rockets keep flying into Israel and Netanyahu is running things.
Hamas leader Khaled Mashal is worth $5 billion. Yet the people of Gaza are impoverished and used as human shields. An inconvenient truth .
I ask everyday: why not demand release of Israeli hostages? It would stop the bombing. Hamas needs to comply.
If Bibi cared about the hostages, he wouldn't bomb Gaza indiscriminately.
Not indiscriminately. If he had, it would be over.
That’s a bit naive. Israel and others have been doing all they can to negotiate the release of the hostages. Hamas is a terrorist organization. They won’t negotiate. So, while the sentiment is lovely, the option of peaceful negotiation is non-existent. I support 💯 Israel doing what it must to eradicate Hamas. NOTE, I said Hamas.
Yes. But it is not necessarily Hamas that is getting bombed, killed, injured, orphaned, loosing their home, etc.
Hamas leader Khaled Mashal is worth $5 billion. Yet the people of Gaza are impoverished and used as human shields. An inconvenient truth . There is only one fact here. Hamas at its top levels is a business run by people like this guy Khaled Mashal. Like Trump he could care less about collateral damage. I have no idea what the solution is but endlessly talk about here is not going to solve anything. I am a subscriber to Michael Moore's newletter, but wish he would focus on matters here in the US. The danger from Trump is so great after his NAZI-like language describing what his Presidency would be like. Let the Israelis figure out for themselves how to get rid of Natanyahu, because it Trump wins in 2024, thing in the Middle East will get a lot worse.
They want the hostages as bargaining chips
Ummm they did ask right from the start and they refused and then released 4
Michael,
First of all there is no Palestine. There are Palestinians. You should really read up on your history. An no one wants collective war against innocents. But it appears you really do not read very much.
The Palestinians were offered a 2 state peaceful solution at least 4 times. Do you understand that HAMAS does not want that. They want Israel gone. That is their dead stop. They have never wanted a 2 state solution. They use their own people as shields and believe they are martyrs to die, so for them, that is OK, if the end result is the total destruction of Israel. They have plenty of food, fuel and medicine, in their tunnels, but that does not " fit " with their cause. Their cause is for more to die and thus more antisemitism. Look around, it is working big time. They are winning this war and you are helping them. How do you look at yourself in the mirror.
Joe Biden is not the President of Israel and stirring up people to not vote for him is absurd. You think Trump will be good to the Muslims in America. He wanted an outright ban! He wants to pull Palestinians visa's or terminate their green cards. This is who you are now promoting.
When 9/11 came, would we have listened to the PM of Great Britain is they said, not to go to war? Were Iraq citizens killed who were innocents. Of course they were. It is the unfortunate issue with all war.
The Israeli people will decide what to do about Netanyahu. But that is their rights in a democracy.
Just curious as an Irish Catholic, what about WW2. Where was the citizens of Poland, Austria, Germany, as 2/3 of European Jews were brutally butchered and burned? They turned the other cheek.
No one is turning the other cheek on Gaza. But the People in GAZA need to rise up and say enough. They need to waiver the white flag to Israel and say, get HAMAS out of our land. But they are not! Hamas recruits them at 5 years old and teaches them to hate all Jews. Teaches them to die as a hero for everlasting life, is the goal.
Hamas got 1 Billion from Qatar. Did it go to their starving people? No, it went to them to plan this atrocity.
And yet, you ask Israel to lay down their weapons and be killed. To be eliminated as a State. To me, that is loud and clear you are an antisemitic. Easy to be when you are Irish Catholic an likely never lost anyone in the Holocaust. You likely never had a moment of someone wanting you dead because of her religious beliefs.
Why not go to Israel if you are so committed to Peace. Go watch the video the IDF is sharing with people on how they burned up children, raped, cut arms off and filmed it with joy while doing it. Do you know there are 400 people they assume dead, but cannot identify as so badly burned? What about that collective brutality.
I used to think you were an intellectual. Now, I think you are simplistic in your logic. List to Tom Friedman, listen to President Obama, listen to the word of the last Simon Perez. Watch the documentary of his life. And most of all, learn history.
Now I know why they did not want you as part of the Film Festival. TC does not support antisemitic's.
Quick history lesson:
1) Before the modern Israel state, there was a British mandate, not a Palestinian state.
2) Before the British mandate
The Ottoman Empire existed, not the Palestinian state.
3) Before the Ottoman Empire, there was a fully Islamic state of Egypt, not the Palestinian state.
4) Before the Islamic State of Egypt, the Empire of Ayubid existed, not the Palestinian state. Gofri IV of Bolansky, known as Godfrey de Bullion, conquered Jerusalem in 1099.
5) Before the Empire of Ayubid there was the Christian Kingdom of Jerusalem, not the Palestinian state.
6) Before the Kingdom of Jerusalem there were Umayad and Fatimid empires, not the Palestinian state.
7) Before the empires of the Umaid and Fatimid, there was the Byzantine Empire, not the Palestinian state.
Before the Byzantine Empire, there was the Roman Empire, not the Palestinian state.
9) Before the Roman Empire, the Hasmone state existed, not the Palestinian state.
10) Before the state of Hashmansk, it was a Selbakid state, not the Palestinian state.
11) Before the Slavic Empire, the empire of Alexander Macedonia existed, not the Palestinian state.
12) Before the empire of Alexander of Macedonia, the Persian Empire existed, not the Palestinian state.
13) Before the Persian Empire, the Babylonian Empire existed, not the Palestinian state.
14) Before the Empire of Babylon there were kingdoms of Israel and Judea was not the Palestinian state.
15) Before the kingdoms of israel and Judah was the kingdom of israel , not the state of Palestine.
16) Before the Kingdom of israel there was a theocracy of twelve tribalism of israel , not of the Palestinian state.
17) Before the the theocracy of twelve generations of israel , there was an agglomeration of independent Canaan cities, not the Palestinian state.
In fact, in this corner of the earth there was everything except the Palestinian state.
Coincidently, I'm also born in 1947. Not so surprisingly, I agree. I don't know the path to peace, but I do feel sure that 'Bibi' is not a part of it. He's got to go ASAP.