Thoughts and not beliefs, with the occasional wild speculation
“If universal moral principles are applied, Zionism’s implementation—especially in its displacement and oppression of Palestinians—renders it morally indefensible.” – ChatGPT4o Below is an unedited response by ChatGPT4o to the prompt: “Discuss Zionism in moral and ethical terms.” Bearing in mind that ChatGPT constructs its responses from commentary and data gleaned over a vast range of …
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An enterprising mind has recently issued an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. And why not? After all, if history has taught us anything, it’s that established names are merely placeholders until someone with enough power decides otherwise. Which is exactly the lesson journalists from the Associated Press learned …
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In a recent episode of Bad Hasbara, a ground breaking podcast that describes itself as the “world’s most moral podcast”, hosts Matt Lieb and Daniel Mate discuss Jewish anti-Zionist support for Palestinian liberation, together with guest and fellow Jewish anti-Zionist activist, Sim Kern. Kern, author of upcoming book Genocide Bad: Notes on Palestine, Jewish History, …
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In advocating for Palestinian freedom, it is not necessary to argue the justness of Palestinian resistance directly. Rather than appealing to Palestinian suffering or justifying their resistance, a more compelling approach is to highlight the criminality of Zionism through the lens of Jewish dissent. This perspective not only confronts Zionists and pro-Israel lobbyists with the …
They cut Late Junction and amplify Israeli hasbara. That may seem like juxtaposing the apparently trivial with the deadly. But it is a good metric for describing the priorities of BBC management. At any rate, one cannot imagine Raffi Berg listening to the subversive strains of Late Junction whilst he waters down Israel’s atrocities. In …
I object strongly to those who claim Israel is not a democracy. It is a democracy! But it’s an apartheid democracy. That’s the finer point they are missing. It’s a system where democratic rights and representation exist for some while being denied to others. Consider the nation-state law, differential rights between Jewish and Palestinian citizens, …
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“Next year in Jerusalem”, is a phrase that is often sung at the end of the Passover Seder and at the end of the Ne’ila service on Yom Kippur. It expresses the desire of Jews to return to Jerusalem. May every Jew understand that “next year in Jerusalem”, in peace and with the willing acceptance of …
Once upon a time only the fittest survived. And once upon a time fittest equated to strongest. Since the beginning of time more or less, only the strong, violent, and fearless, who did not recoil at the sight of blood, torn flesh and shattered bone – who may positively have thrived at the sight of …
According to Benny Morris, who at one time described himself as one of the “New Historians” that had arisen in Israel in the 1980s, one’s perceived needs are justifications for the injustices one might commit trying to fulfil them. Speaking in a 2005 interview with Haaretz, Morris presents his justification for the establishment – some …
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Jewish Terror Has Exploded, and Nothing Is Standing in Its Way. It May Bring Israel Down Israel Will Collapse Within a Year if the War of Attrition Against Hamas and Hezbollah Continues The Brutalization of Israel Is Well Underway. If We Do Not Act, Its Collapse Is Only a Matter of Time In my youth, …