If you can't see the causal link between the Israeli abuse of generations of Palestinians and Hamas' crimes, then you have no insight into human nature. You don't even understand yourself
I have written each of my Senators and Congressman. (all of whom have taken AIPAC money) I have asked them why:
1. Israel is not designated a foreign country and as such is allowed to give money to politicians whereas all other countries are not? (They prosecuted Paul Manefort for FARA violation)
2. Why they continue to send money to Israel when congress (rightfully) sanctioned South Africa for their Apartheid government?
3. Why they have turned a blind eye to Israel's slaughter?
4. Since each of my three congressman are evangelical Christians, I asked them to please cite in any of Christ's words in the new Testament where he encourages slaughtering other humans?
The problem in the USA is that in the late 19th and early 20th century, a new bible version appeared (The Scofield Bible, by Cyrus Scofield who abandoned his first wife and children and left them impoverished...'God uses imperfect vessels to do his work') which emphasized Jews being God's chosen people. If you are God's chosen people, anything you do in service to those people and anything done by those people should be pleasing to God. This kind of logic is pretty hard to penetrate. The Christian Zionists in the USA are THE reason Israel has been able to do what they have done with the help of Europe's genocide guilt.
What's even worse is the US is busy pouring weapons into more horrors right now, and thinking nothing about that is the inevitable blowback from being party to a genocide.
Muchas gracias Sr. Jonhathan Cook por traer la verdad a la luz. Yo he llegado hasta aquí por la mención de vuestro colega, el Sr. Rafael-Poch-de-Feliu. Es increíble como acá en Occidente, en donde nos jactamos de valores tales como "Democracia" y "Justicia", luego vemos que indivíduos tales como el inefable ''Bibi'' Netanhyahu, ahora con el triste apodo de "carnicero de Gaza", responsable directo del genocidio de 50 mil mujeres y niños palestinos y sobre el cual pesa una orden de arresto internacional emitida por el Tribunal Internacional; sin embargo este sujeto anda suelto y paseándose por Estados Unidos y la Unión Europea sin que nadie haga nada, sin que nadie le arreste y le entregue a la justicia. Es una verguenza como está el mundo, es una verguenza Occidente, la vara del doble rasero y la falsa moral de los gobernantes... Todo esto quedará en los anales de la Historia como otro episodio vergonzoso de nuestra civilización occidental.
Well, Jonathan, you have succeeded in getting the attention of a whole gang of white supremacist apologists who are dutifully if not mindlessly regurgitating the disinformation they've been groomed to spew. This is the hallmark of excellent independent ethical reporting, which you've been delivering tirelessly and flawlessly without fail.
I am observing in the comments all the cheap tricks, koolaid-drinking disinformation, and dismissals. It is old and tired and baseless as usual, and we see it repeated again and again whenever occupiers and their supporters continually try to keep hold of the mountain of lies used as foundational material to build a colony or colonies. From the US to South Africa to Australia... wait, the list would be far too long. You get my meaning. Well done!
Yeah, well... here’s my response, Jonathan - this is just the first part because, let’s face it, there’s a lot to unpack. And after reading the comments here, I’m astonished at how many people have fallen into your trap!
This is a worthwhile article, but I object to the association of Islam with "extremism" and "Islamism". Neither of these have a place in Islam, which long before the Geneva Conventions laid down humane ways of fighting war and oppression. Whether Hamas follows this or not is another question.
In this particular conflict the concept of kill or be killed is a valid one. It has been proven you cannot negotiate with anyone who ultimately seeks your extermination, so why would you? (Accepting that Israel actually has tried).
This is so well written. Thank you. This is exactly the form and the words I need to share with the people I know who choose to not just close their eyes, but shield themselves with a veil of social discomfort…as if it’s other people they are trying to protect with their complicity in silence.
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This is worth listening to again in March 2025😫
I have written each of my Senators and Congressman. (all of whom have taken AIPAC money) I have asked them why:
1. Israel is not designated a foreign country and as such is allowed to give money to politicians whereas all other countries are not? (They prosecuted Paul Manefort for FARA violation)
2. Why they continue to send money to Israel when congress (rightfully) sanctioned South Africa for their Apartheid government?
3. Why they have turned a blind eye to Israel's slaughter?
4. Since each of my three congressman are evangelical Christians, I asked them to please cite in any of Christ's words in the new Testament where he encourages slaughtering other humans?
The problem in the USA is that in the late 19th and early 20th century, a new bible version appeared (The Scofield Bible, by Cyrus Scofield who abandoned his first wife and children and left them impoverished...'God uses imperfect vessels to do his work') which emphasized Jews being God's chosen people. If you are God's chosen people, anything you do in service to those people and anything done by those people should be pleasing to God. This kind of logic is pretty hard to penetrate. The Christian Zionists in the USA are THE reason Israel has been able to do what they have done with the help of Europe's genocide guilt.
What's even worse is the US is busy pouring weapons into more horrors right now, and thinking nothing about that is the inevitable blowback from being party to a genocide.
Muchas gracias Sr. Jonhathan Cook por traer la verdad a la luz. Yo he llegado hasta aquí por la mención de vuestro colega, el Sr. Rafael-Poch-de-Feliu. Es increíble como acá en Occidente, en donde nos jactamos de valores tales como "Democracia" y "Justicia", luego vemos que indivíduos tales como el inefable ''Bibi'' Netanhyahu, ahora con el triste apodo de "carnicero de Gaza", responsable directo del genocidio de 50 mil mujeres y niños palestinos y sobre el cual pesa una orden de arresto internacional emitida por el Tribunal Internacional; sin embargo este sujeto anda suelto y paseándose por Estados Unidos y la Unión Europea sin que nadie haga nada, sin que nadie le arreste y le entregue a la justicia. Es una verguenza como está el mundo, es una verguenza Occidente, la vara del doble rasero y la falsa moral de los gobernantes... Todo esto quedará en los anales de la Historia como otro episodio vergonzoso de nuestra civilización occidental.
Well, Jonathan, you have succeeded in getting the attention of a whole gang of white supremacist apologists who are dutifully if not mindlessly regurgitating the disinformation they've been groomed to spew. This is the hallmark of excellent independent ethical reporting, which you've been delivering tirelessly and flawlessly without fail.
I am observing in the comments all the cheap tricks, koolaid-drinking disinformation, and dismissals. It is old and tired and baseless as usual, and we see it repeated again and again whenever occupiers and their supporters continually try to keep hold of the mountain of lies used as foundational material to build a colony or colonies. From the US to South Africa to Australia... wait, the list would be far too long. You get my meaning. Well done!
And thank you.
Thank you for keeping people informed of the reality of what's happening in Palestine and of the West turning a blind eye to it.
Yeah, well... here’s my response, Jonathan - this is just the first part because, let’s face it, there’s a lot to unpack. And after reading the comments here, I’m astonished at how many people have fallen into your trap!
https://morethanleisure.substack.com/p/the-truth-shall-set-you-free-eventually
This is inedible well done! And i love the reading, too. Thank you.
What a repulsive take.
Not true
This is a worthwhile article, but I object to the association of Islam with "extremism" and "Islamism". Neither of these have a place in Islam, which long before the Geneva Conventions laid down humane ways of fighting war and oppression. Whether Hamas follows this or not is another question.
https://open.substack.com/pub/itsallaboutlogic/p/israel-vs-palestine?r=p5po3&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
In this particular conflict the concept of kill or be killed is a valid one. It has been proven you cannot negotiate with anyone who ultimately seeks your extermination, so why would you? (Accepting that Israel actually has tried).
This is so well written. Thank you. This is exactly the form and the words I need to share with the people I know who choose to not just close their eyes, but shield themselves with a veil of social discomfort…as if it’s other people they are trying to protect with their complicity in silence.
They don't look emaciated to me. They look remarkably well fed.