What I can't get beyond myself is just how baked anti-Semitism is in Islamic culture. No matter where you go, there it is. I have had a few Islamic friends since I move to Canada, and sooner or later, no matter how progressive, they say something blindingly stupid about Jews. Like "How come no Jews died on 9/11?" and casual comments about running the world. Hating Jews is part of the Islamic religion, if you've ever read the Koran (I have one). I'm not sure Palestinians can ever move to a point where they can be like the Japanese or the Vietnamese, because those others are two very different cultures based on very different religions. There's plenty good I could say about Islam, but its greatest fault is its built-in requirement to hate Jews. They can't even question it today the way more progressive religionists question some of the inhumane crap in the Bible (the Old Testament of which testifies to just what ratbastards the Israelites were back in their day). We don't support slavery, or stoning women anymore, or murdering kids for making fun of a bald man, and God himself doesn't seem to have the yen for child sacrifice he had back in the Ancient of Days. So why can't Muslims move past their love affair with terrorism and anti-Semitism? I know there are some genuinely progressive Muslims in the world - those are the people who become my friends - but I avoid talking about Jews with them because I know, given the opportunity, that anti-Semitism will emerge sooner or later. It won't be "REally, we need to kill them all," it'll just be some stupid conspiracy horse shit or casual anti-Semitism that doesn't lead to Charlottesville, but it does perpetuate global hatred of Jews.
Israel fucked up in protecting Jews at the Gaza-Israeli border with insufficient IDF in order to save money. The electronic surveillance failed. It took several hours for sufficient IDF to respond to the threat. Furthermore, Israel provided millions of dollars monthly of quiet money to Hamas which eas used to fund the October 7th carnage. Netanyahu supported this. I'm wondering about the nature of Netanyahu's pending corruption charges that came before the October 7th carnage. Furthermore, Netanyahu never supported a separate state solution for the Palestinians.
You're exaggerating. I was recently in Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai. I didn't witnessed any overt anti-Semitism. All I heard was pride in Muslims living in harmony with the Jews, Christians, Hindus, etc. In Turkey, I noted Mosques and Synagogues next to each other, along with cemeteries. The UAE has over 200 nationalities.
What I can't get beyond myself is just how baked anti-Semitism is in Islamic culture. No matter where you go, there it is. I have had a few Islamic friends since I move to Canada, and sooner or later, no matter how progressive, they say something blindingly stupid about Jews. Like "How come no Jews died on 9/11?" and casual comments about running the world. Hating Jews is part of the Islamic religion, if you've ever read the Koran (I have one). I'm not sure Palestinians can ever move to a point where they can be like the Japanese or the Vietnamese, because those others are two very different cultures based on very different religions. There's plenty good I could say about Islam, but its greatest fault is its built-in requirement to hate Jews. They can't even question it today the way more progressive religionists question some of the inhumane crap in the Bible (the Old Testament of which testifies to just what ratbastards the Israelites were back in their day). We don't support slavery, or stoning women anymore, or murdering kids for making fun of a bald man, and God himself doesn't seem to have the yen for child sacrifice he had back in the Ancient of Days. So why can't Muslims move past their love affair with terrorism and anti-Semitism? I know there are some genuinely progressive Muslims in the world - those are the people who become my friends - but I avoid talking about Jews with them because I know, given the opportunity, that anti-Semitism will emerge sooner or later. It won't be "REally, we need to kill them all," it'll just be some stupid conspiracy horse shit or casual anti-Semitism that doesn't lead to Charlottesville, but it does perpetuate global hatred of Jews.
Israel fucked up in protecting Jews at the Gaza-Israeli border with insufficient IDF in order to save money. The electronic surveillance failed. It took several hours for sufficient IDF to respond to the threat. Furthermore, Israel provided millions of dollars monthly of quiet money to Hamas which eas used to fund the October 7th carnage. Netanyahu supported this. I'm wondering about the nature of Netanyahu's pending corruption charges that came before the October 7th carnage. Furthermore, Netanyahu never supported a separate state solution for the Palestinians.
Yup! All of that. Netan-yahoo: The George Bush II of the Middle East.
You're exaggerating. I was recently in Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, and Dubai. I didn't witnessed any overt anti-Semitism. All I heard was pride in Muslims living in harmony with the Jews, Christians, Hindus, etc. In Turkey, I noted Mosques and Synagogues next to each other, along with cemeteries. The UAE has over 200 nationalities.