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I am not ignorant of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, nor the extreme Leftist positions that are posited upon propaganda that created the Palestinian Myth. I encountered these claims years ago, and have been countering them even moreso since October 7^th. Here are some more refutations of false claims:

Regarding the checkpoints, these are in place to prevent the infiltration of terrorists. For every successful terrorist act in the past over the years, there have been at least ten others that have been foiled. Who is to blame for the check points? It is necessary for the safety and the protection of Israelis, two-million whom are Arab. Incidentally, case in point, there is no apartheid in Israel. Jewish, Christian, Arab and Druze Israelis all live side by side with each other, work together, and eat together. There are Arab members of the Knesset. The Israeli-Arabs are not second-class citizens.

Regarding the Palestinians, consider the following: Palestinian workers in the kibbutzim – the southern communities, that were decimated by Hamas on October 7th gave strategic information to the terrorists, concerning the Israelis. The very same Israelis who were peace activists and some of these Palestinians worked for them on the Kibbutzim, others were given rides by the Israeli peace activists to work inside Israel, and hospitals when necessary. Additionally, these past two years, before October Seventh Israel was pressured to permit more Palestinian workers to enter Israel. It has been discovered that this was a ruse; they were in Israel collecting information.

Furthermore, there is no genocide on the part of Israel toward the Palestinians. This is easily refuted in consideration of the treatment that has been shown to Palestinians over the years, prior to October Seventh. Truckloads of humanitarian aid had been entering Gaza over the years. No country intent on the destruction of another people would also give them humanitarian aid. Nor, would that country warn civilians by dropping leaflets, making calls on phones (texts), or dropping warning signals that make a loud noise, yet, do not harm – all done before targeting Hamas operative in the area. Yet, Israel has been approaching the situation in this manner for years.

Israelis treat Palestinian men, women, and children in Israeli hospitals, when they can not get treatment elsewhere. Incidentally, Jews and Arabs work side by side with each other in the hospitals. Yet, it is Hamas who uses its own people as human shields. It is Hamas who calls for genocide against Israel, and its supporters in the streets who shout out the slogans. A recent study done by the Arab world for Research and Development found that only 13% of Palestinians opposed the massacre on October 7^th.

Shame on those who spread lies. There are both ideologues, who deliberately promote false claims, and distorted viewpoints. Then, there are the naive person on the fringe of the pro-Palestinian movement, as well as the wider social justice movement that includes the former cause. May the truth about the Israel be brought out into the light for all to perceive.

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October Seventh changed everything for most people with a conscience and some semblance of humanity. Israel is united against an existential threat; many Leftists are disillusioned; they realize that peace is not favored by most Palestinians. Yet, if it has made less of an impression on Jewish Leftists outside of Israel, and even less on non-Jewish social justice warriors.

I write extensively on the intersectionality of the Pro-Palestinian cause within the social justice movement. Progressive Jews are being marginalized by their peers because they are Jewish; this serves as factual evidence of the equation: anti-Zionism equals antisemitism. (The Woke movement is not about the individual; it is about the ideology; individuals who differ are cast out).

Israel is under existential threat from five fronts: Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Yemen, Syria; in addition, the social-media “front” promoted by organizations such as I.M.E.U. (Institute for Middle Eastern Understanding). The Leftist propaganda incites others to parrot the lies and slogans that many do not even understand. This furthers the invective and vitriol against Jewish people. Yet, when confronted, the naïve have changed their position, that had been based on ignorance.

One of the big lies rests upon colonialism; yet, the Jewish people are indigenous to Israel for several thousand years. There were no Arabs referred to as Palestinians until after 1967, when it became convenient for them to use the name for nationalistic reasons. There has never been a so-called Palestinian state. They are intransigent; they rejected every partition and peace plan from the Peel Commission to the Oslo Accords and continue to do so to this day.

There is graffiti on a wall in Ramallah, wherein David is depicted with a slingshot aiming at IDF soldiers. So, the Palestinians are the oppressed who were resisting their oppressors? This turning around of the narrative began years prior. Israel was attacked in 1948 by the greater powers of five Arab armies. Not until 1967, did the narrative shift as a deliberate ploy, by Yaser Arafat’s KGB advisors, who instructed him to present his cause in light of resistance of the oppressed versus the oppressor.

This is also part of the larger narrative, promoted by the so-called social justice movement today, that decries the ills of Western society. Many Leftist activists are pro-Palestinian, because it is one of the many causes raised up against the establishment of Western values. It is about the revolution for them, not the cause; so, facts don’t matter to them, as long as their lies support the revolution.

Most people in the Woke Movement that divides all peoples into only two categories, the oppressed and the oppressor do not know of its origins or deep-rooted Marxist ideology. They are being lured into an oversimplification of issues. And, the indigenous Jewish people of Israel, who have suffered oppression for 2 thousand years, are still suffering.