#Hamasisisis

[humusboii2thereturnoftheking]

Palestine is Ruining the Left

I've taken this from Reddit because I've found it an interesting read, I did not write this myself, a user named u/ u/TooLittleNuance did. Feel free to reply and engage in converation.

I'm an Israeli-American leftist who has been active in American and Israeli politics for a number of years now. I have always advocated for human rights, equity, and self-determination for Palestinians who are oppressed(to different extents) under Israel, a nation that commits itself to Jewish domination of institutions. I always voted and campaigned for progressive Democrats and I assisted with the Israeli Meretz party from abroad. This is why I think the current Palestinian-sympathetic movement is ruining the left:

Abandonment of Pragmatism - Just like the 2020 George Floyd protests("Defund the Police"), the Western left has completely embraced a suicidal strategy of idealistic radicalism. Many of those on the left insist the solution to the conflict is a one-state solution consisting of Palestine "from the River to the Sea". Unfortunately, they've appropriated the Palestinian mythology in their ambitions to magically destroy Israel and the ideology of Zionism by BDS somehow or supporting Palestinian "armed struggle". It doesn't take a lot of thought to see how both of those methods are incredibly ineffective and immoral to advocate for and implement. So, instead of a pragmatic approach, like empowering the Israeli left through donations and advocacy, supporting a reasonable solution(two-state or one-state under Israel), or calling for the ultimate humanitarian end to the war of a unilateral Hamas surrender, the Western left insists on a dream scenario that will never happen. This is the most egregious behavior of the left and it's their most common mistake(i.e. Vietnam). This is due to the fact that Palestinians, especially in Gaza, are suffering under disproportionate Israeli force with no Western movement to realistically end it. In fact, these Western leftists, due to these tactics, are assisting in empowering and legitimizing the far-right of Israel. They are the perfect strawman to turn people off to the left in Israel, which, in turn, results in a lengthened Palestinian suffering.

Maximalism - There's a tendency on the left to outcompete each other in radicalism. It's not catchy or sexy to say "The war tactics that Israel uses are disproportionate and don't consider enough of the humanitarian cost", it has to be "genocide" or "ethnic cleansing" in order to provoke an emotional reaction from uneducated Westerners. It's not "the security policy of Hafradah has resulted in reduced human rights of Palestinians compared to Israelis", it has to be "Apartheid"(with the only legal precedent being South Africa). These maximalist statements immeasurably hurt the movement for true progress on Palestinian human rights. It results in a boy-who-cried-wolf situation: If Israel decides to transfer the entire Gazan population to the Sinai, what is that called? A "genocide"? Due to the present labeling of the war, nobody will believe it. What if Israel permanently transfers or kills 100,000 Palestinian civilians? 200,000? 1 million? What will that be called? How can it get worse than "genocide"? This Maximalist rhetoric is not only inaccurate, but it's incredibly damaging to describe the proportionate extent of Palestinian suffering, which is vital to any movement that faithfully advocates for an upliftment of Palestinian life and identity.

Normalization of Bigotry - Explicit or latent Jew-Hatred is being increasingly embraced by radical sections of the Western left. Tropes such as "Zionist"(a euphemism for "Jew" for many) control of governments or blood libel. Wishing "Death to Zionists" or equating them with Nazis is, in most cases, latent Jew-Hatred. Regardless of your thoughts on the definition of Zionism(there is no definition, it is a meaningless term), it's clear that many believe that "Zionists" are just uppity Jews. Of course, this is genuinely believed by a small portion of the left. However, a substantial part of Western leftists has repeatedly failed to condemn this Jew-Hatred and to stop mirroring the language of these latent or explicit Jew-Haters. This is 1000x worse in the case of Israelis. For Western leftists, it's normal to call Israelis "colonizers", "demons", "rapists", and "child-murderers" on their social media without repercussion or introspective irony. As somebody belonging to the Israeli nationality, I have been desensitized to the insane amount of bigotry from those that I formerly respected. However, many Israelis or Jews aren't as depersonalized as I am, and they definitely take the bigotry to heart. What do you think results from that? Usually, a vote for Likud(Netanyahu's Party) or a donation to AIPAC. Thus, propagating a cycle of bigotry and continuing the suffering of Palestinians.

Propaganda - This war has sparked the largest disinformation campaigns in human history. Multiple state entities (Israel, U.S., Russia, Iran, Qatar) and numerous private entities are pumping out loads of propaganda in order to manipulate uneducated Westerners into supporting their interests. Since October 7th, known Russian disinformation propagator, Jackson Hinkle, has skyrocketed in followers due to his ability to mislead Western leftists on the war. I have seen an unfathomable amount of reposts from Al Jazeera and MiddleEastEye, known Qatari state propaganda and major propagates of misinformation. I have always appreciated the value of institutional skepticism that embodied many of the historical and academic leftist leaders. However, right now, those values are completely thrown out in favor of Russia or Iran's geopolitical advocacy of "everything the West does is bad". The previous three points of behavior are certainly emboldened by the paid disinformation and bots that propagate anti-Western sentiment to destabilize Western democracy. Meanwhile, the basic interests of Palestinian civilians are left unregarded while these state operatives kill their only lifeline.

Reactionary Resurgence - One of the main factors that attracted me to the left was its rejection of reactionary ideology(the establishment of traditional institutions from the past). For Israelis and Palestinians, reactionary rhetoric is normalized and encouraged in many cases. However, this reactionary ideology that has plagued those who share my nationality has spread to Western leftists in their advocacy for Palestine. Western leftists constantly appropriate the far-right and reactionary talking points that many radicalized Palestinians spout. An example would be the insistence on the exclusive indigeneity of Palestine from the River to the Sea, which abandons the progressive values of anti-nationalism and intersectionality. Another example would be the appropriation of Palestinian Martyrdom, in which many of them embraced the idea that human life can be inherently reduced to a political or national cause by their manner of death. This is a clear rejection of the values of individualism, secularism, and anti-nationalism.

Historical Negligence - Those who are even a little bit informed on the Israel-Palestinian Conflict understand that the conflict is too complex to be treated as a soccer match of Israelis vs. Palestinians. Many Israeli and Palestinian leaders set roadblocks to an equitable peace, while many others progressed the conflict to a more positive state. Even more than the historical complexity of this conflict, evaluating the moral complexity requires a graduate degree in a relevant field with hundreds of hours of research. I typically advise not to trust anybody's commentary of the conflict with any less credibility than the previous sentence. However, the Western left has instead decided to follow the historical and moral analysis of demagogues. There's constantly factually wrong or misleading historical information on many of these Palestinian-sympathetic accounts. An example is the map of a "disappearing Palestine" that millions have reposted, a blatantly misleading map meant to depict "Zionist colonization", meanwhile, neglecting the historical borders of the conflict. There are many other forms of historical negligence that they commonly employ that are extremely damaging for understanding the conflict.

In conclusion, Western leftists are keeping up with the Western traditions of white saviorism and interfering with this particular trendy foreign conflict. I could have written a few more grievances that I have of the Western left(including the embracement of far-right Islamist groups) but I wanted to keep the post relatively short. In several months, Western leftists will forget about the Gazans suffering under the disproportional force of the IDF. Nobody will self-criticize the ideas or tactics that they engaged in, meanwhile, the Israeli left-wing and reliable non-Hamas Palestinian advocacy organizations are left in the dust by an ineffective white-savior-esqe Western movement. Not only that but due to all of these factors making the left look like lunatics, Biden and the Democrats are being affected in the polling, which may result in Trump being elected, a terrible outcome for Palestinians.

[girlactionfigure]

remember7.10

Yariv Mozer, the director of We Will Dance Again, a documentary film about the #Nova festival, said that he had to agree with the #BBC to not describe H@mas as a terrorist organization if he wanted it to air, according to an interview with The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday. The film, which is set to broadcast on the BBC on Thursday, contains unseen footage of the H@mas massacre at the festival on October 7. It was commissioned by BBC Storyville. “It was a price I was willing to pay so that the British public will be able to see these atrocities and decide if this is a terrorist organization or not,” Mozer said. This comes amid claims of anti-Israel bias in the BBC since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war, including a scandal caused last week by British Lawyer Trevor Asserson’s report that the BBC breached its own editorial guidelines for news coverage more than 1,500 times since the beginning of the war. Additionally, the BBC refuses to call H@mas a terrorist organization. The BBC calls H@mas a proscribed terrorist organisation, but has been reluctant to go further for fear it could be seen to be taking sides in the conflict. In a statement after meeting the Board of Deputies of British Jews in October the BBC said it “does not  … use the word terrorist without attributing it, nor do we ban words”.

[al-kol-eleh]

EDIT: Hen Mazzig

[eretzyisrael]

jewbelong

But that’s exactly what Hamas did on October 7th, 2023.  Hamas has been designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. department of state for their targeting of civilians since 1997.

[secular-jew]

BDE Yehudit Weiss 😭😭😭

[wanderrnest]

Hamas Is ISIS

Are you defending the acts done against Israeli people? You are justifying kidnapping and slaughtring children and babies. You are excusing the mass rape of women and the parade over dead bodies. You are pro-Isis. There is no symmetry to be made, israel doesn't do things like that, period. Just so you know who you're promoting. And also stop, because what the actual fuck

If you don't believe me go watch the videos, or better don't and spare yourself the truama. Some people don't have the privilege of unseeing or unknowing the horrors.

This is not about your thoughts on Israel. I can't believe I have to say this, but please don't be pro-Isis.

[liniest]

[byfaithmedia]

Benjamin Netanyahu gave a warning to the US that if it has to, Israel will strike Iran to make sure it cannot develop and use a nuclear weapon against it.

[rantingfactory]

I have never in my life heard, during any wartime coverage from media, that one country has to respond to an attack with proportionality. Only the Jewish state gets this response and it is rooted in Jew hatred. This would mean Israel would have to rape and torture and murder and kidnap the same amount of civilians that were attacked on October 7. That’s disgusting and if that is the proportionality that people are asking for they really need a morality check and maybe some critical thinking skills.

[humusboii2thereturnoftheking]

"Israel targets Journalists"

The IDF is constantly accused of targeting 'journalists' in Gaza by the pro-Hamas crowd. These same people recognize that Hamas never acknowledges its combatants’ deaths and instead labels everyone as a civilian, yet they never stop to ask why so many casualties are also labeled as 'journalists.'

In the following photo, are these journalists or Hamas members?

Does holding a camera make you an untouchable civilian, even if you're wearing a Hamas uniform? Even if you're working alongside Hamas? Even if, say, your such close buds with Hamas that the leader of Hamas in Gaza himself, Yahya Sinwar, is giving you a kiss on the cheek?

On the left, Hassan Eslaiah is seen reporting from inside Israel after joining Hamas fighters in their invasion on October 7th. On the right, he’s being kissed by Yahya Sinwar. He’s believed to have had prior knowledge of the attack. Before October 7th, Eslaiah won an award for his journalism. He was a freelancer who worked with AP and other media outlets.

Mohammed Fayq Abu Mostafa, another freelancer working for Reuters, described on October 7th what he saw at the border and deep inside Israel, in Sderot. He detailed breaking into a room where Israelis were hiding before they were taken by Hamas terrorists. Later, he went live on Instagram, saying, 'Advice: whoever can go—go. This is a one-time event that will not happen again.'

This live broadcast featured another so-called freelance "journalist" named Ashraf Amra, who worked for AP and Reuters, among others. In the broadcast, Amra can be seen laughing and smiling as Abu Mostafa recalls his experience invading Israel, even joining the call for Gazans to invade Israel by adding, 'Really, it [the invasion] will not repeat itself.'

His connection to Hamas leadership is obvious—Ismail Haniyeh, a senior Hamas leader, was even filmed visiting him in the hospital and kissing his injured hand.

It's clear that anyone can be called a journalist these days. All it takes is selling your photos to a news outlet, and suddenly, you're not a proud Hamas member but a valuable journalist who must be protected!

This post isn’t meant to label every journalist in Gaza as a Hamas member, nor is it an attempt to justify the deaths of journalists in war. It’s about exposing how the title "journalist" is blatantly misused by Hamas and its supporters. I'm tired of people pushing this asinine yet convenient argument—most of them don’t even know what they’re saying. They just know it sounds good.

If you're worried that Gazans won’t have their voices heard because fake journalists are being targeted, don’t be. Go on TikTok or Instagram and see the endless stream of videos and images Gazans upload every single day. The deaths of Hamas members holding cameras have no effect on the actual news coming out of Gaza.

[girlactionfigure]

Hamas gunmen steal entire trucks of humanitarian aid as they enter the Gaza Strip.

This is precisely what Israeli cabinet members warned about.

By pushing Israel to let more aid into Gaza, Western leaders aren't helping the local population.

They are prolonging the war.

Hamas is now resupplied to withstand the IDF siege of its tunnel network for weeks, if not months to come.

[israelfightsback]

WE DEMAND DEATH PENALTY FOR TERRORISTS NOW!

[eretzyisrael]

[marinalor]

https://nitter.net/KintsugiMuslim/status/1721151858398351451#m

https://www.docdroid.net/fa9h/the-luntz-report-the-israel-projects-2009-global-language-dictionary-pdf

what are you trying to say? I didn't have time to read what was written in the second link, but regarding the first link, yes, we want to delete Gaza (not everyone wants it, but many) The Palestinians massacred us on October 7, they kidnapped over 200 people. What do you want, that we don't want to destroy or erase Gaza after this? The Palestinians have been murdering us slowly over the years and now it was a huge and surprising attack that no one expected. Yesterday we had an alarm, I have family members who are fighting at this moment and I don't know what will happen to them. We will not give up and we will destroy Hamas. This is our home, we are not going anywhere.

[avidroyalfan]

Ohad's turning 9, while being held captive by Hamas, terrorists known for beheading babies, raping women & burning people alive.

Ohad wanted to celebrate watching soccer and cheering his favorite team. Instead, he's in captivity with a gun pointed at him.

[guybracha]

Bring our captives home

שתפו בכל הכוח, שכל העולם יידע שמעל 100 אזרחים חפים מפשע (חלק מהם בעלי אזרחויות זרות) נחטפו בכוח לעזה על ידי ארגון רצחני, מסוכן ואנטישמי. תנו לצה"ל לפעול על מנת לשחררם ולהחזיר אותם הביתה בשלום. Please share it with everyone, and let the world know that there are over 100 hostages who have been abducted by murderous, antisemitic, and extremist Hamas. Let IDF forces free our captives and bring them home!