israeli-palestine conflict

Overall, Israel, like all countries, has committed some crimes and many mistakes. But it has offered more opportunities to the Palestinians than the Palestinian leaders have. And it has proven less tyrannical than any of its Arab neighbors would be if they’d had the same military might and were subjected to the same 75 years of constant existential... See more

DAY 4: THE WAR ON ISRAEL - BARI WEISS REACTS Fear grows as Hamas threatens to execute hostages, says they will show online. 1,000+ killed and 3,400+ wounded. A must watch interview with the founder of @TheFP - @bariweiss - on the atrocities coming out of Israel. We promise… Show more

When I was a clueless young leftist I too believed Israel was the oppressor and Palestinians were the oppressed, because that’s what everyone around me was saying, and my empty mind was a vacuum that sucked it all up. Once I escaped my echo-chamber, and began to objectively assess the facts, I realized just how unfairly Israel has been demeaned —... See more

Yemen, my poor country, has decided to bomb Israel. My poor country is more concerned with killing Jews than feeding its starving population. This is the problem with the Arab world. Blind unforgiving hatred. Wrong choices. And psychopathic... See more

It’s amazing how perfectly this conflict encapsulates the spiritual deficit of modernity, how every action may only be taken if it is in compliance with the ‘opinion of the world’, and how both sides only exist still because the mustered the support of actual kinetic powers by making those powers feel sorry for them or ethically appeased by helping... See more