Good Thursday morning, Threaders, Threadheads, and all in between. Must have more coffee today.
There is a perception among many who are against Netanyahu’s war strategy in Gaza that denouncing it equals antisemitism. As if you can’t express any criticism about the war. They are outraged that their speech is being censored and their voices silenced. There’s a reason for it.
I talk about it all the time, from Bibi’s dreams of a theocratic Israel to his unwillingness to adapt his strategy to what should be the priority. With very few exceptions I was never mistaken for being antisemitic. The ones who called me that are on the fringes of the religious Zionist movement and are not voting for Kamala Harris, by the way. So why can I speak freely against the way Bibi is managing this war and they can’t?
Why can I mention the suffering of Palestinian Arabs without being called an antisemite and they can’t? Well, for starters I attribute the suffering of the Palestinian Arabs living in Gaza to Hamas. Let’s start there. On 9/11 a lot of those people were in the streets of Gaza and the West Bank celebrating the horror inflicted upon America and the West and on 10/7 they got to be a part of it. Many of the atrocities committed that day were executed by them.
Following the initial wave of Hamas terrorists on 10/7 many Gazans followed in their footsteps and were responsible for countless acts of terror against innocent civilians themselves. Many of them exulted in their streets as the ones involved in the attack returned with bodies and hostages, parading them for their viewing pleasure. By then it was a celebration and if there were any Palestinian Arabs in Gaza who were appalled by this I didn’t see any. I am sure there were some, though.
You can finally see them in the streets of Gaza demonstrating against Hamas, risking their lives and their families in the process but they aren’t many. The truth is most of the Arab population in Gaza support Hamas and are actively engaged in its efforts to destroy Israel. It’s safe to say most of them were taught to do so since they were toddlers. Failing to recognize this AND denounce it is part of the reason why those “pro-Palestinian” people are so upset they are being “cancelled”.
That’s another rich argument: for “cancelled” people they sure talk and write a lot. No one is cancelling them. What is happening to them, finally (and we need more of it), is their hatred is not being tolerated anymore. So that is one of the reasons they are treated differently than I am. Their disingenuous notion all Palestinian Arabs are good and peaceful people. They’re not. Admit that and your life will be much easier. Then there is the “Israel” approach.
Everything under the sun is “Israel’s fault” and everything Zionist is worse than Nazism itself. They have zero understanding of Zionism, they know nothing of its multiple political expressions and they ignore every single one of the 750,000 Israelis protesting Netanyahu’s government is a Zionist, “recruiting” them to their cause. Following well established propaganda guidelines they accuse those criticizing them of “cosplaying” the pain for Palestinian Arabs. Talk about projection.
They usually issue a short blanket statement about “the tragedy of 10/7”, condemning violence, and then proceed to declare “resistance is justified” and “death to Israel”. Oh, and to America as well. So who’s cosplaying what? Speaking of which there’s the matter of masking their identities during protests just like their pals in the Klan did. And that’s the other reason they are getting the cold shoulder treatment: they are not peaceful; they call for their own glorified genocide.
The reason these people are being targeted at last and feeling the heat is all of the above and more of the same. And when placed in the hard spot they carved for themselves they suddenly become “humble” and “victims”. They appeal to the “humanity” and “understanding” of those who stopped tolerating them in “heartfelt” declarations of “compassion”. They avoid the hateful rethoric they shout in the streets in their “common sense” letters of appeal. It’s not working.
They did not utter a word of compassion for the hundreds of hostages taken by Hamas or the ones they execute periodically. They embrace Tehran’s support and endorsement without a word for its people. They ignore every other ongoing conflict where Islamic fundamentalists are killing far more people than those who are killed in Gaza. And then they say “being pro Palestinian is not antisemitic”. Really?
They either spew hatred in the street, calling for the death of Jews, or barely help themselves to show it in their letters, calling for the condemnation of Israel. Occasionally they mention Bibi but they proceed to chant “from the river to the sea”. They also ignore Jordan and Egypt and not one of them organized ANY demonstrations when Jordanians and Egyptians were pounding Palestinian Arabs to dust while in control of Gaza and the West Bank.
The reason why they can’t express their “solidarity with the Palestinian people” without being called out as antisemites is because they recognize most Palestinian Arabs want Israel gone at the same time they pretend not to understand what that means. And that, my thriends, is antisemitism. Period. They are the ones “cosplaying pain” when they ask for help to keep their jobs, talk in national forums or not being thrown out of colleges.
That’s the price they pay for their intolerance when it becomes too extreme to be tolerated anymore. We will NOT tolerate it. They should show the courage of their convictions and accept the consequences for actions in defense of beliefs they wish to impose on us, along with their keffiyeh wrapped simps. They are the ones selectively showing pain for everyone but the Jews. They are the ones trying to push all those 750,000 protesting Israelis to the sea while using them as cover.
We’re not buying it. We see them. They are paying the price for their antisemitism and I hope it’s as high as possible. If they care about the Palestinian Arabs let them condemn Hamas; if they care about humanity let them demand the immediate release of all hostages; if they care for peace let them demand Iran to stop fomenting war. After they do that they will be able to protest Netanyahu without being called antisemites. Until that time they will be going through some shit.
So excuse me for not breaking a sweat when I call them out as the antisemitic pieces of shit they are and wish they find out what their fucking around got them. I suggest they should go enlist in one of the many “freedom fighter” organizations or go find jobs in Iran or Yemen or Afghanistan. Go on then and do Allah’s bidding. Until then do us all a big favor: vote for Jill Stein and shut the fuck up already. Enough.
Akharai!
