THANK YOU!!! Well stated and God bless you for saying it! I have been called anti-semitic and Jew hater for simply pointing out the genocide happening in Gaza. Genocide is the most heinous crime. No exceptions!!! It is pure evil in the eyes of my God and Lord Jesus. It breaks my heart because every person on this planet is God's beloved child and my brother or sister.
THANK YOU!!! Well stated and God bless you for saying it! I have been called anti-semitic and Jew hater for simply pointing out the genocide happening in Gaza. Genocide is the most heinous crime. No exceptions!!! It is pure evil in the eyes of my God and Lord Jesus. It breaks my heart because every person on this planet is God's beloved child and my brother or sister.
Genocide is a word with a specific meaning. Either it isn’t happening, or Israel is the worst at it in history. Conversely, if you want to get technical and say Israel is trying to kill all of Hamas, how is that different than the Hamas charter which calls for killing all Jews? And how is it unjustified to want to kill an enemy that has sworn to destroy you?
This is a 3 thousand year conflict which the USA is not solving (with or without competent leadership). I favor getting out of the foreign aid and influence game altogether.
Thank you for sharing that article. I agree with you Bluebird. I was uninformed but generally supportive of Israel until 2018, when their snipers held target practice on Gazans standing 300 yards away from the border fence over several weeks. The Gazans were protesting the 60th anniversary of the creation of Israel and what the arabs call the Nakba. This led to increasing popularity of the BDS movement which led to several GOP governors signing laws forcing state government employees and contractors to sign 'loyalty oaths' to Israel in order to quash the BDS movement. (In other words, it was the right who invented 'cancel culture'.
Teachers who refused to sign were fired.)
I disagree with Mike on who to vote for, but people need to prepare themselves for when pollsters start including the libertarian candidate in polls. None of the polls showing Trump ahead include even a generic LP candidate. People like Mike have had their fill of the GOP, and it's possible the LP candidate gets more than usual support from Republicans because of what's going on in Gaza. Trump has apparently been invited to speak at the Libertarian Party Convention and has accepted and I'm not sure what to make of that.
I listen to cspan in the mornings, and they occasionally bring on well-informed guests. From what I have learned there are 2 aspects to genocide and the ICJ is reportedly 'about to release indictments' (I have in single-quotes because that could be just rumors). While people might not like to hear it, my understanding is the case against Israel for the crime of genocide is straightforward. Their government officials have made numerous genocidal statements, specifically Netanyahu with his diatribe about the Amalekites. They have openly stated they want every Gazan removed from "their land" dead or alive. So the genocidal intent is a clear open-and-shut case. As for the current death toll, It is simple to determine if Israel's bombings have been indiscriminate as claimed. If the demographics of the dead closely match the demographics of the population at large, then the bombings are indiscriminate. These are basic, unemotional facts. While a sizable % of Americans (disproportionately older ones) choose to ignore them, the rest of the world does not. Largely because of Biden, we no longer have the $ or the clout to buy off the rest of the world or even Israel's neighbors anymore if we wanted to. Right now, Israel is it's own worst enemy. I don't think pointing out any of these things is antisemitic.
THANK YOU!!! Well stated and God bless you for saying it! I have been called anti-semitic and Jew hater for simply pointing out the genocide happening in Gaza. Genocide is the most heinous crime. No exceptions!!! It is pure evil in the eyes of my God and Lord Jesus. It breaks my heart because every person on this planet is God's beloved child and my brother or sister.
Genocide is a word with a specific meaning. Either it isn’t happening, or Israel is the worst at it in history. Conversely, if you want to get technical and say Israel is trying to kill all of Hamas, how is that different than the Hamas charter which calls for killing all Jews? And how is it unjustified to want to kill an enemy that has sworn to destroy you?
This is a 3 thousand year conflict which the USA is not solving (with or without competent leadership). I favor getting out of the foreign aid and influence game altogether.
Perhaps this article will give you some insight. https://www.naturalnews.com/2024-04-26-how-both-israel-and-the-gop-completely-lost-my-support.html
Thank you for sharing that article. I agree with you Bluebird. I was uninformed but generally supportive of Israel until 2018, when their snipers held target practice on Gazans standing 300 yards away from the border fence over several weeks. The Gazans were protesting the 60th anniversary of the creation of Israel and what the arabs call the Nakba. This led to increasing popularity of the BDS movement which led to several GOP governors signing laws forcing state government employees and contractors to sign 'loyalty oaths' to Israel in order to quash the BDS movement. (In other words, it was the right who invented 'cancel culture'.
Teachers who refused to sign were fired.)
I disagree with Mike on who to vote for, but people need to prepare themselves for when pollsters start including the libertarian candidate in polls. None of the polls showing Trump ahead include even a generic LP candidate. People like Mike have had their fill of the GOP, and it's possible the LP candidate gets more than usual support from Republicans because of what's going on in Gaza. Trump has apparently been invited to speak at the Libertarian Party Convention and has accepted and I'm not sure what to make of that.
I listen to cspan in the mornings, and they occasionally bring on well-informed guests. From what I have learned there are 2 aspects to genocide and the ICJ is reportedly 'about to release indictments' (I have in single-quotes because that could be just rumors). While people might not like to hear it, my understanding is the case against Israel for the crime of genocide is straightforward. Their government officials have made numerous genocidal statements, specifically Netanyahu with his diatribe about the Amalekites. They have openly stated they want every Gazan removed from "their land" dead or alive. So the genocidal intent is a clear open-and-shut case. As for the current death toll, It is simple to determine if Israel's bombings have been indiscriminate as claimed. If the demographics of the dead closely match the demographics of the population at large, then the bombings are indiscriminate. These are basic, unemotional facts. While a sizable % of Americans (disproportionately older ones) choose to ignore them, the rest of the world does not. Largely because of Biden, we no longer have the $ or the clout to buy off the rest of the world or even Israel's neighbors anymore if we wanted to. Right now, Israel is it's own worst enemy. I don't think pointing out any of these things is antisemitic.