Why are American students protesting about a country far away, saying its inhabitants should "give back the stolen land" when they should be saying it about themselves?
A crucial point that distinguishes Israel's circumstances from all the others cited here is that the Jews are the indigenous inhabitants of Israel. They are a dispossessed people who were driven off their land by the Romans after residing there for more than a thousand years. And they are the only example of a native people who managed to preserve their core identify through two millennia of wanderings and to reestablish their dominion in their own native land. Their extraordinary achievement should be proclaimed loud and far by everyone who claims to care about the fate of First Nations people.
It's real pretty simple: Jews are from Judea--that's why they're called "Jews." Arabs are from Arabia. Palestinians are the descendants of Arab laborers who came to Israel after the Jews in the 19th century had managed to develop sufficient infrastructure to bring the land back to life.
The "Palestinian people" did not exist before the 1960s when they were invented by the Soviets for political purposes during the Cold War. The "Palestinian people" are not mentioned in a single history book written before the 1960s—there is no trace of them: no Palestinian language, no art or architecture, no famous battles or generals, no music or literature. No nothing. They can't even pronounce the letter "P." Think about that for a moment. Meanwhile, the Jews managed to preserve a book over the past two millennia which documents their ancient adventures in rich detail. And everywhere you dig in Israel you'll find artifacts with Hebrew writing.
Yet, today, your typical undergraduate student believes that the Palestinians are the native peoples of Israel who were invaded and subjugated by the imperialist Jews. It's amazing what propaganda can do to historical fact. For anyone who wants to get anchored in the real world story, one of the best resources remains Joan Peters' classic, "From Time Immemorial."
Good write up, amazing thing is that the USA cannot see the hypocrisy, equally who will say to Pakistan and Bangladesh give the land back to India whom it belonged to, the West sometimes have crap between their ears
There has been an unbroken Jewish presence in Israel for more than 2000 years since the destruction of the second Temple by the Romans and sending most of the Jewish population into exile. The term Palestine was the renaming of Israel (Judea) by the Romans following their victory in an attempt to wipe out the Jewish culture and presence. In fact a coin was minted in celebration of the victory which said "Palestia Captor". So the original Palestinians were, in fact, Jews, Not the made up nation invented by the KGB and their Egyptian recruit, Yasser Arafat may he burn in hell. For exquisite documentation of the modern Palestinian fraud, see "From Time Immemorial" by Joan Peters.
Great piece Karen. And feck Jennifer Garner, typical HollyWeird asshat.
Such an excellent essay, well-researched and absolutely on-point. "Selective restitution," I'd call it. That plaque is a JOKE. Can you even imagine the outcry if the descendants of those indigenous people actually demanded their land returned from Harvard, MIT, etc.?
Cain't agree more--an' THANK YOU so much Karen fer fiercely tellin' folks whut they should know if they wuz usin' their noggins. I'm gonna say somethin' (I'm a' gonna post' bout it too hopefully soon) -- On nearly every substack where they'ze talkin' 'bout freedoms (vs free dumbs) an' bein' all anti-jab there are smart, loud voices declarin' that the jews are the enemy of all "good people"--turnin' on every jew from here ta the moon.
Recently a "fine truthteller" with THOUSANDS of foller'erz (I won't name names) decided that Jane Ruby--after these few years of speakin' out bravely against mandates, jabs, an' specifically the blood clots (not ta mention bein' sued by Robert Malone) HAD TO BE controlled opposition b/c they discovered she wuz a jew--wink wink / snark snark Jane "Rubenstein" (wuz that 'er name? not sure but who gives a hoot? many've us had fambly name changes long 'fore we wuz born fer just that reason... discrimination!)-- I couldn't believe they'd go after Jane Ruby but yup--an' Stew Peters too (formerly where she had he show). Everywhere we hear -- in Alt Mee-Dia--that in WWII Americans took the wrong side (like Patton said--egads)--
I find it the ultimate irony that "journalists" that 're sellin' Z-Stack on their websites are hippo-critically condemnin' all Jews ('specially all that support Israel gawdferbid) an' seem to have cognitive dissonance b/c Z-Stack's inventor Dr Zev Zelenko (a hero in my book) developed that protocol. Yes a jew---an' nope, he didn't help "only" Jews or even only fellow Orthodox ones! He helped EVERYBUDDY an' when he sawr that Israel wuz usin' their own people as guinea pigs--he risked his life (he had death threats) an' traveled to Israel ta help folks there, beggin' the Orthodox there to not jab the children'. Heck, he helped the President of the USA (The Donald fwiw), he helped many members of congress (the majority of 'em not "chews") an' folks all over the world that owe their recoveries to him but all that is "vergotten"
Thing is if they dissolved Israel, nobuddy would want literally half the Jews in the world (young men from other countries, sure but NOBUDDY would sanction absorbin' Jews). Heck "we" ain't wanted here 'er anywhere an' that makes me sad. Ya know that when they lifted the early 20th C quotas on chews at Harvard--in 1918--it wound up 25% of Harvard student body waz chewish. They dropped that quick--a few years later it went down ta 18% with new quotas ta keep jews out. (Some've these folks were in my fambly--all hardworkin' non-rich young men an' one woman! whose parents had escaped the tzar's purges, all came here with nuttin' but a samovar, but they studied HARD... an' worked hard too! a long story but many chews have the same one! an' none hold a dang thing against Russians--I love Russians...). anywhoo...
I never thought I'd need ta speak up 'er even talk' bout bein' a Jew as other issues seemed SO important--but I do now... cuz I dig my ol' heels in harder ruther than bend ta such baloney. An' BLESS YA Karen fer stayin' strong too as an advocate fer Israel an' the Jews. Sure we know there are corrupt Jewish leaders an' some folks that are not thinkin' straight--but re the double standard even with the USA (an' our own land grab) all ya say is SO true--an' I'm always learnin' from ya--had no idea about the "a-Morrill" Act of 1862. BTW I jus' learned the Mayflower was OWNED by the British East India Tea Co. an' arrived on a profitable mission (colonial) havin' nuttin' ta do with "freedom." Interestin'....
Gonna add a couple quick points--ya mentioned that this plagiarism thing JUST came up--but that warn't so--ta my surprise too! Folks now 're sayin' it wuz ONLY b/c "supposed" antisemitism an' "rich jews" speakin' up LOUDLY (read: obnoxiously) 'bout Gay that they ousted 'er but that ain't so either.
The "chews" didn't out her at all--THREE journalists (as ya wrote), all non-jewish did so BUT the hidden story is that they had been workin' on it fer TWO YEARS!
Also many don't know that Elise Stefanik is a Harvard alum--so she had a right ta be upset as an individual too!--what's a degree mean from a place that allows stealin' an' lyin?!
So, Christopher Brunet & Aaron Sibarium an' Christopher Rufo too (none chews) wuz all diggin' inta the egregious plagirism AND lack of qualifications Gay had b/c of DEI (not at all jewish -related)--so THAT wuz how they dug up all that "doit" so fast on Miz Gay when her statement ruffled some feathers--they wuz already publishin' on this fer 2 years! Thus, this laydee wuz already in their crosshairs an' it had jack-all ta do with anti-semitism
Funny thing iz, as ya wrote, she's still claimin' "unfair treatment" & racism. Tawana Brawley all ovuh... dang. (Doubly funny ya depicted race-card-dealer Sharpton who put the "brawl" inta Brawley...)
Last story tyin' inta the Native American hippo-crisy.
Our fambly went ta a history-cull society ta see some Gingerbread display an' walkin' in the door the FIRST thing fer the eyes wuz an apology poster (about 4' x 6'!) to the "indigenous peoples" whose land the buildin' wuz settled on (like duh, the entire region wuz so should every store an' bakery have these 4x6' signs too?). It wuz such a cringey-knee-jerk meaningless, vomitous lengthy woke apology I didn't have the stomick ta read it all--nor did my girls as we passed on to the mercifully old (non-woke) outdated historical displays that conveyed meanin'ful info. to us about hardworkin' folks (includin' a lotta Irish imigrants) that worked the Erie Canal an' the white men that built the thing. The site had jack-all ta do with Native Americans from whom--we KNOW the land wuz stolen an to whom, we KNOW, that moo-see-um ain't gonna give nuttin' back.
All gesture an' show but guiltin' folks ain't helpin' anyone learn or appreciate the moo-seum. What're folks thinkin'??? Obvious answer--they ain't! Anywayz, grattytude fer bein' so outspoken about the ugly truths we all must grapple with--nearly every land in the world's been taken by force at some point...
"...nearly every land in the world's been taken by force at some point..."
Yes, indeed. And that the crucial point that I wish that they would teach the little ones in school. It begin didn't with the white man who came across the ocean to oppress people of color. It's been going on for tens of thousands of years everywhere on earth as every people dominated their weaker neighbors while trying to avoid being enslaved themselves by more powerful forces. Irony of ironies, it was the chewish preacher Isaiah who first proposed in the 8th century BC that we should try another approach to the game of life. You would think that the chews would get some appreciation for trying to teach the barbarians next door about a better way to live. But instead, people seem to want to just get in line for a chance to kick 'em. That's something I've observed since I was knee-high to a bagel.
Jammed packed with historical evidence! Great article Karen. Just last night I was watching American Buffalo by Ken Burns. The US government behavior towards Native Americans and the slaughter of the Buffalo is horrific. I hope Ken Burns is a trustworthy source.
Yes, I agree "horrific." But, now what? If we judge and condemn what was done, then how should we move forward? I was born here. I was guilty of no injustice to Native Americans. Technically I am indigenous. I love our free market capitalistic society that our Constitutional Republic has formed. More blessings have been wrought on the face of the earth by the USA than any other government/nation in the history of the world. Yet, I admit of late the US government has gone rogue and has become the greatest terrorist organization on planet earth, a change engineered by the atheistic globalists. Bush Sr. was its outspoken prophet proclaiming the coming of a new world order. Bush Jr. took the first major step to implement the plan by using 911 as the justification for regime change wars beginning with Afghanistan, then Iraq, they Libya, then Syria, and ultimately Iran. Obama and Biden have been faithfully carrying out the plan. At this point I have no idea how to sort out the mess that we have become.
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This is on point and is extremely well argued with facts - something most college students from Harvard or anywhere else don't really do. The phrase 'Menonite terrorist' incited a small chuckle, so surprising was it to see those two words together. The photo of Jennifer Garner and her daughter however, was not even remotely surprising. Can we be done with Hollywood? Ever? Don't go away mad, just go away irrelevant.
Excellent and informative piece! You skillfully wove the hypocrisy our country holds in numerous areas into one well researched article! I have to say that I was a bit awestruck.
I also love that you read it. I always get so much more from an article when the writer reads their work. The intent and emphasis becomes crystal clear.
Thank you. I’d write more (I did actually) however, my comments kept disappearing right before I was going to send them.
Additionally every area you covered happens to be a plight, belief and concern that I also carry deeply in my heart. When listening to your article, I felt that I was hearing from a rare kindred spirit.
Although it’s terrible that you have been de-platform by many of the social media outlets, count yourself among the elite of warriors in this country at this time. Thank God that subs-tack exists! Of course the entire action of de-platforming is a demonstration of the loss of our right to freedom of speech.
I plan to catch up on the rest of your articles in the next few days.
Thank you for your courage and continuing to state the truth, no matter who it offends.
Actually, the Truth should not be offensive, yet tragically it has become so to many. People do not want to even entertain the idea that they may not be “right.” They’re so fragile in “their truth” (I detest that express: your truth my truth..) that when confronted with something that logically proves that they are caught in a sci-op lie or brainwashed they must retreat to their “safe space.”
I think that we’re in the midst of a battle that goes far beyond “left” and “right.”
The further I delve into this the more I realize it is a spiritual battle. Weird how your comments kept disappearing. I know I am censored; I will keep speaking out as long as I can. I'm always glad to find kindred spirits! We need to support one another. God bless.
Excellent article on the hypocrisy surrounding all of us. I’ll share this article but doubt it gains traction as most people don’t care about anything but the tic toc in their hands
Jennifer Garner’s high speed mask says it all and what tribe she pledges allegiance to. I don’t get the young kids and the science they can justify wearing the masks. They think they are so smart. It’s annoying as hell.
The problem w Israel right now is that it is killing thousands of civilians, which should be unacceptable to any human being. Oct 7 was bad and what Israel has done since then is worse. If you can’t see those basic facts, you are a lost soul.
I don't know anyone who supports Israel's right to exist who is without a soul and who celebrates the killing of innocent civilians. If you start comparing and saying one thing is worse than another, then you must take into account other wars, where far more innocent people are being killed at this very moment and ask yourself why there is not the same outcry over those lives. As I said in my essay, no matter what topic is being discussed, when it comes to Israel, those who oppose its existence always come back to "it is Israel's fault". That's why facts and real history are so important to point out. If you believe that about Israel, then you should first correct the wrongs in your own country, or maybe raise the same complaints about all the other countries. That is the point of this essay.
But there are a lot of frankly bogus arguments and comparisons used to cover Israel’s grotesque conduct. Fact is, Israel is killing civilians in entirely unacceptable numbers for no acceptable reason. If Israel wants to rid itself of Hamas, fine, then Israel should go directly to the Four Seasons Qatar and take out Hamas’ billionaire leader, Haniyeh, who lives there, notoriously and unmolested; but Israel does not bother Haniyeh, after all he is a billionaire and perhaps he is in fact useful to a cynical Israeli government (or tell me why). No one ever answers this question, ever, ever. But it’s always easier to kill powerless children, women, and other civilians than to take out the true source of power.
The failure to condemn Israel’s slaughter of civilians is in fact inexcusable, inhuman, indefensible, wrong, sad, and a devastating indictment of US. The fact that Western powers carpet bombed Dresden during WWII, or seized land from Native Americans, or starved 500,000 German soldiers after they surrendered after WWII, provides no justification for watching the same thing happen today (all of those were wrong then); and, not only do we say nothing, but we also now defend it, fund it, and provide arms to facilitate this.
I agree with what you are saying. That's why we need to debate these issues rather than just cutting each other off. If you read my piece World at War, https://khmezek.substack.com/p/world-at-war I do not spare the US or Netanyahu:
"This war came along at a convenient time for the Biden Totalitarian Regime. The funding for Ukraine was drying up but now, a new floodgate has opened. The Biden Administration and leading members of Congress are crafting an American aid package of roughly $2 billion in supplementary funding to support the nation’s war effort against Hamas.
The means the powerful will go to in order to justify their greed and corruption is staggering. Watch out for the new term “moral clarity”. It is being repeated over and over and I have heard friends say it, without realizing where it came from. It must have started with the speeches of Netanyahu and Blinken."
I have remined my readers a number of times of how the US betrayed Afghanistan:
"For all the promises of taking care of our own, as many as 15,000 Americans were abandoned in Afghanistan after the Taliban's takeover of the country. Not only that, but the United States evacuated only about 3 percent of Afghans who worked for the American government, leaving behind an estimated 78,000.
What happened to all these people? Nobody knows and nobody seems to care. But I will wager that many more terrorists were born of these acts.
In testimony before the House Committee in 2021, Blinken defended the withdrawal by saying that the end of the almost 20-year war marked a "new chapter of America's engagement with Afghanistan," one "we will lead with our diplomacy."
No such new chapter of diplomacy happened. Rather, it led to war in Ukraine and now war in Israel."
I also discuss three Hamas leaders, Ismail Haniyeh, Mohammed Deif, and Yahya Sinwar, and ask exactly that question, why are they allowed to prosper?
"NEVER has a presidential promise failed more abysmally than this one. Instead of ridding the world of terrorists, they have multiplied. Just like the “war on drugs”, the “war on terror” has proved too lucrative for the politicians, the drugs/arms dealers, the billionaire’s club to consider ending it.
When it comes to Hamas, leaders in the United States and Israel should take their share of the blame for creating this monster, although of course they never will. For years, the United States and Netanyahu’s government gave billions of dollars in “humanitarian aid” to Hamas, which was then used to amass military supplies and build a network of tunnels beneath Gaza where more than 200 hostages from nations all over the world now languish. Meanwhile, the leaders of Hamas live luxurious lifestyles in Qatar and Turkey, far from the bloodshed of the people they claim to represent. Deals are made in Qatar between men who love war for the power it gives them, just as deals have always been made down through history and I am not sure why anyone is surprised that this is no different.
When I think of our ‘fearless’ leaders, the image of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani always comes to my mind. As the United States abandoned hundreds of its own people when it exited Afghanistan in 2021, Ghani fled the country with four vehicles and a helicopter so stuffed full of cash that a trail of money was left lying on the tarmac.... Ever since 9/11, the government has relentlessly made sure that terrorism looms large in our minds. Without the threat of terrorism, most of the recent wars we’ve engaged in would not have been justified. Wars are a way to push totalitarianism and surveillance as a means to keep people “safe”. Wars are a way for unpopular leaders to increase their ratings in the polls, even as they fleece citizens for every last dime, telling them it’s for the cause of freedom.
Many people would be surprised to learn that terrorism is not only a much rarer cause of death than non-communicable or infectious diseases; it is also a rare cause of violent death: more than 4 times as many people die in armed conflicts, and more than ten times as many dies from homicides”. Etc.
Anyway, I think when you take all of my essays together and look at the big picture, I do my best to dig into the causes and spare no one.
Nothing that America is currently doing makes any sense in terms of helping the country prosper. Not the open border admitting millions of unvetted immigrants; not the wanton printing of trillions of dollars; not the forced vaccine mandates; not the mail-in ballots; not Rachel Levy in charge of the Navy; not the deliberate destruction of our energy independence. The list goes on... It only makes sense when you recognize that it's all part of an effort by those have have seized power to "fundamentally transform" America. And not for the better.
The best explanation of America's disastrous, bumbling and treacherous withdrawal from Afghanistan was offered by Lara Logan during her interview with Tucker Carlson: "They did it in exactly the way they did just to show us that they could. And that there was nothing we could do about it."
It's appalling. And then immediately into the war in Ukraine and then, poof, gone with the country left in ruins. Zelensky had his moment in the limelight and his days are numbered. Well, I won't go into it all here because I've written so much about it already. But definitely, everything is being torn down to be rebuilt and it feels very much like it's foretold and there's nothing we can do about. There is a deeper battle, a spiritual one and that's what we need to fight.
Douglas Murray (UK journalist) has spoken eloquently on this--all nations (includin' sadly our own) git a pass when actin' (however they choose, often sadly havin' civilian casualties) ta defend their borders--but not Israel (tho' arguably Putin took it on the chin hard too...)
Murray makes a point that if Israel wanted ta just wipe out Gaza an' all it's humans they could'a done that--an' did not. By choice. I cain't stand Net'An'Yahoo but there's no way Israel should have just taken this in stride and/or that the nation "deserved it" -- who wants ta cast the first stone? (AmeriKans sadly...)
You seem to be a level-headed person playing with a full deck, whose heart, so far as I can tell , is in the right place. So I hope you won't mind me asking you why you can't stand Netanyahu. My theory is that Netanyahu Derangement Syndrome is just a Jewish variant of TDS, but caused by the same nefarious forces. So, my diagnostic question is: Can you tell me two things that Netanyahu has done or failed to do which have caused you to despise him?
Yes, indeed. There's no argument here. My own take is that Netanyahu got snookered. I think he trusted Bourla completely. I can picture Bourla sharing with him the fact that his own parents were Holocaust survivors, and that the well-being of the Jews in Israel was his highest priority. Before anyone really understood that it was all a fiendish scam, compliance with the agenda was hardly unreasonable.
It seems inconceivable to me at this point that Bourla didn't know he was peddling poison. Which leaves only the conclusion that he is a self-hating Jew whose moral monstrosity puts him in the lowest, darkest, foulest circles of Hell.
Netanyahu, on the other hand, makes my short list of Most Admirable and Capable Defenders of Israel and the Western world.
With what is happening now (September 2024), I am inclined to agree with you. I am bewildered by his actions during Covid - the mandates, the “vaccine” passports, etc., but I have to say that the past week, with terrorists being taken care of left and right, Bibi’s speech at the UN, and other things going on … well, I’m starting to hope he WAS just snookered on the Covid stuff. I don’t see how people could say the harsh comments above about Israel’s response to being attacked. Apparently 6 other groups have joined in since Hamas’ October 7 attack, slaughter, kidnapping event almost a year ago. Hezbollah started lobbing rockets in large numbers on October 8. Until recently, Israel mainly just tried to intercept them and put out the fires they started. I’m not sure which groups are being included in that number besides Hezbollah, the Houthi’s, and Iran, but I’ve seen presentations and maps showing attacks from 7 directions. I don’t see how Israel could do anything other than what they are doing.
Some of the sources I’ve been listening to for news from Israel are: TBN - Israel, J*TV, and The Israel Guys.
To anyone who thinks Israel should “back off,” I say - Hamas should give back the hostages first, before anyone tries to pressure Israel in any way.
I’m mystified by the people who are so harshly criticizing Israel and wonder what sources they are listening to and believing.
“And that the crucial point that I wish that they would teach the little ones in school. It begin didn't with the white man who came across the ocean to oppress people of color.”
Thanks Karen. I sort of know all this from protests with the AIM people back in the "olden days" but it nice to be reminded of how nasty US has treated the Natives and have all the facts in one place. It's a keeper.
You can not see, that the killing of any people to steel their land is wrong. It's too late for USA, You and me were not alive at the time to stop it. but we are today and we should do Avery thing to stop the genaside of the Gaza Strip. This killing is worse than what Hitlar did to the jews, and if the jews can not see that than they deserve exactly what they got with Hitlar.
How convenient to say it's too late for the US, can't do anything g about that so lets turn around and judge the Jews. What's the sudden obsession with Gaza? Dissidents like Hamza Howidy would like to know where everyone has been all these years when they were suffering under Hamas, and now suddenly thanks to Hamas propaganda everyone "cares". Why not the Kurds? They are the largest displaced people, why don't you care about them? How about the Armenians or the Yazidis or the Christians who are being butchered as i write this by jihadists in Nigeria. It's all happening right now. Maybe try actually reading my essays. Maybe listen to the people who live there. Maybe some Iranian dissidents, ask them why they support Israel. Maybe you should leave it in the hands of the people who live there who are fighting for their very existence instead of listening to western propagandists.
By the way, Israelis don't really care what people think on the other side of the world who have never faced what they are facing. They will fight for.their homeland, which they have every right to possess.
1. subjected the ENTIRE country of Israel to forced "experimental" injections that have harmed, killed, an' maimed too many ta list! 2. subjected the ENTIRE country ta "green pass" AND personal / genetic data sharin'--not only duz CCP have all their genetic info but the country itself has ALL the data, fambly health history, bank balances, shoppin' habits... These two alone are enuf ta make me hoppin' mad 'bout the man. Much more but those two 're lines in the sand... whut he did ta the Israeli people (frum an' secular both) is no better than IBM collectin' data and Mengele (experimentin'...) The death toll from the jabs-bad is WAY worse than the 1500 murdered by Hamas... that's an ugly thing ta think about... An' no, "mistakes were not made"--profits were tho'!
ps Orange Man didn't apologize fer Warp Speed either. I ain't gotta lick've TDS but I hold both've 'em responsible fer a lotta deaths... preventable ones....
A crucial point that distinguishes Israel's circumstances from all the others cited here is that the Jews are the indigenous inhabitants of Israel. They are a dispossessed people who were driven off their land by the Romans after residing there for more than a thousand years. And they are the only example of a native people who managed to preserve their core identify through two millennia of wanderings and to reestablish their dominion in their own native land. Their extraordinary achievement should be proclaimed loud and far by everyone who claims to care about the fate of First Nations people.
It's real pretty simple: Jews are from Judea--that's why they're called "Jews." Arabs are from Arabia. Palestinians are the descendants of Arab laborers who came to Israel after the Jews in the 19th century had managed to develop sufficient infrastructure to bring the land back to life.
The "Palestinian people" did not exist before the 1960s when they were invented by the Soviets for political purposes during the Cold War. The "Palestinian people" are not mentioned in a single history book written before the 1960s—there is no trace of them: no Palestinian language, no art or architecture, no famous battles or generals, no music or literature. No nothing. They can't even pronounce the letter "P." Think about that for a moment. Meanwhile, the Jews managed to preserve a book over the past two millennia which documents their ancient adventures in rich detail. And everywhere you dig in Israel you'll find artifacts with Hebrew writing.
Yet, today, your typical undergraduate student believes that the Palestinians are the native peoples of Israel who were invaded and subjugated by the imperialist Jews. It's amazing what propaganda can do to historical fact. For anyone who wants to get anchored in the real world story, one of the best resources remains Joan Peters' classic, "From Time Immemorial."
100% factual.
Gay was hired based on the color of her skin and fired based on the content of her character.
Sometimes I realize how wordy I am, I could just have written that LOL.
I’ve been contemplating the ridiculousness of DEI for awhile now. I’ve never seen anyone TRULY benefit.
Good write up, amazing thing is that the USA cannot see the hypocrisy, equally who will say to Pakistan and Bangladesh give the land back to India whom it belonged to, the West sometimes have crap between their ears
There has been an unbroken Jewish presence in Israel for more than 2000 years since the destruction of the second Temple by the Romans and sending most of the Jewish population into exile. The term Palestine was the renaming of Israel (Judea) by the Romans following their victory in an attempt to wipe out the Jewish culture and presence. In fact a coin was minted in celebration of the victory which said "Palestia Captor". So the original Palestinians were, in fact, Jews, Not the made up nation invented by the KGB and their Egyptian recruit, Yasser Arafat may he burn in hell. For exquisite documentation of the modern Palestinian fraud, see "From Time Immemorial" by Joan Peters.
Great piece Karen. And feck Jennifer Garner, typical HollyWeird asshat.
Such an excellent essay, well-researched and absolutely on-point. "Selective restitution," I'd call it. That plaque is a JOKE. Can you even imagine the outcry if the descendants of those indigenous people actually demanded their land returned from Harvard, MIT, etc.?
Cain't agree more--an' THANK YOU so much Karen fer fiercely tellin' folks whut they should know if they wuz usin' their noggins. I'm gonna say somethin' (I'm a' gonna post' bout it too hopefully soon) -- On nearly every substack where they'ze talkin' 'bout freedoms (vs free dumbs) an' bein' all anti-jab there are smart, loud voices declarin' that the jews are the enemy of all "good people"--turnin' on every jew from here ta the moon.
Recently a "fine truthteller" with THOUSANDS of foller'erz (I won't name names) decided that Jane Ruby--after these few years of speakin' out bravely against mandates, jabs, an' specifically the blood clots (not ta mention bein' sued by Robert Malone) HAD TO BE controlled opposition b/c they discovered she wuz a jew--wink wink / snark snark Jane "Rubenstein" (wuz that 'er name? not sure but who gives a hoot? many've us had fambly name changes long 'fore we wuz born fer just that reason... discrimination!)-- I couldn't believe they'd go after Jane Ruby but yup--an' Stew Peters too (formerly where she had he show). Everywhere we hear -- in Alt Mee-Dia--that in WWII Americans took the wrong side (like Patton said--egads)--
I find it the ultimate irony that "journalists" that 're sellin' Z-Stack on their websites are hippo-critically condemnin' all Jews ('specially all that support Israel gawdferbid) an' seem to have cognitive dissonance b/c Z-Stack's inventor Dr Zev Zelenko (a hero in my book) developed that protocol. Yes a jew---an' nope, he didn't help "only" Jews or even only fellow Orthodox ones! He helped EVERYBUDDY an' when he sawr that Israel wuz usin' their own people as guinea pigs--he risked his life (he had death threats) an' traveled to Israel ta help folks there, beggin' the Orthodox there to not jab the children'. Heck, he helped the President of the USA (The Donald fwiw), he helped many members of congress (the majority of 'em not "chews") an' folks all over the world that owe their recoveries to him but all that is "vergotten"
Thing is if they dissolved Israel, nobuddy would want literally half the Jews in the world (young men from other countries, sure but NOBUDDY would sanction absorbin' Jews). Heck "we" ain't wanted here 'er anywhere an' that makes me sad. Ya know that when they lifted the early 20th C quotas on chews at Harvard--in 1918--it wound up 25% of Harvard student body waz chewish. They dropped that quick--a few years later it went down ta 18% with new quotas ta keep jews out. (Some've these folks were in my fambly--all hardworkin' non-rich young men an' one woman! whose parents had escaped the tzar's purges, all came here with nuttin' but a samovar, but they studied HARD... an' worked hard too! a long story but many chews have the same one! an' none hold a dang thing against Russians--I love Russians...). anywhoo...
I never thought I'd need ta speak up 'er even talk' bout bein' a Jew as other issues seemed SO important--but I do now... cuz I dig my ol' heels in harder ruther than bend ta such baloney. An' BLESS YA Karen fer stayin' strong too as an advocate fer Israel an' the Jews. Sure we know there are corrupt Jewish leaders an' some folks that are not thinkin' straight--but re the double standard even with the USA (an' our own land grab) all ya say is SO true--an' I'm always learnin' from ya--had no idea about the "a-Morrill" Act of 1862. BTW I jus' learned the Mayflower was OWNED by the British East India Tea Co. an' arrived on a profitable mission (colonial) havin' nuttin' ta do with "freedom." Interestin'....
Gonna add a couple quick points--ya mentioned that this plagiarism thing JUST came up--but that warn't so--ta my surprise too! Folks now 're sayin' it wuz ONLY b/c "supposed" antisemitism an' "rich jews" speakin' up LOUDLY (read: obnoxiously) 'bout Gay that they ousted 'er but that ain't so either.
The "chews" didn't out her at all--THREE journalists (as ya wrote), all non-jewish did so BUT the hidden story is that they had been workin' on it fer TWO YEARS!
Also many don't know that Elise Stefanik is a Harvard alum--so she had a right ta be upset as an individual too!--what's a degree mean from a place that allows stealin' an' lyin?!
So, Christopher Brunet & Aaron Sibarium an' Christopher Rufo too (none chews) wuz all diggin' inta the egregious plagirism AND lack of qualifications Gay had b/c of DEI (not at all jewish -related)--so THAT wuz how they dug up all that "doit" so fast on Miz Gay when her statement ruffled some feathers--they wuz already publishin' on this fer 2 years! Thus, this laydee wuz already in their crosshairs an' it had jack-all ta do with anti-semitism
One link about it all:
https://unherd.com/thepost/claudine-gay-my-part-in-her-downfall/
Funny thing iz, as ya wrote, she's still claimin' "unfair treatment" & racism. Tawana Brawley all ovuh... dang. (Doubly funny ya depicted race-card-dealer Sharpton who put the "brawl" inta Brawley...)
Last story tyin' inta the Native American hippo-crisy.
Our fambly went ta a history-cull society ta see some Gingerbread display an' walkin' in the door the FIRST thing fer the eyes wuz an apology poster (about 4' x 6'!) to the "indigenous peoples" whose land the buildin' wuz settled on (like duh, the entire region wuz so should every store an' bakery have these 4x6' signs too?). It wuz such a cringey-knee-jerk meaningless, vomitous lengthy woke apology I didn't have the stomick ta read it all--nor did my girls as we passed on to the mercifully old (non-woke) outdated historical displays that conveyed meanin'ful info. to us about hardworkin' folks (includin' a lotta Irish imigrants) that worked the Erie Canal an' the white men that built the thing. The site had jack-all ta do with Native Americans from whom--we KNOW the land wuz stolen an to whom, we KNOW, that moo-see-um ain't gonna give nuttin' back.
All gesture an' show but guiltin' folks ain't helpin' anyone learn or appreciate the moo-seum. What're folks thinkin'??? Obvious answer--they ain't! Anywayz, grattytude fer bein' so outspoken about the ugly truths we all must grapple with--nearly every land in the world's been taken by force at some point...
Dr Zev Zelenko was an amazing and very courageous man. Greatly missed. Always love you comments, thank you.
"...nearly every land in the world's been taken by force at some point..."
Yes, indeed. And that the crucial point that I wish that they would teach the little ones in school. It begin didn't with the white man who came across the ocean to oppress people of color. It's been going on for tens of thousands of years everywhere on earth as every people dominated their weaker neighbors while trying to avoid being enslaved themselves by more powerful forces. Irony of ironies, it was the chewish preacher Isaiah who first proposed in the 8th century BC that we should try another approach to the game of life. You would think that the chews would get some appreciation for trying to teach the barbarians next door about a better way to live. But instead, people seem to want to just get in line for a chance to kick 'em. That's something I've observed since I was knee-high to a bagel.
Jammed packed with historical evidence! Great article Karen. Just last night I was watching American Buffalo by Ken Burns. The US government behavior towards Native Americans and the slaughter of the Buffalo is horrific. I hope Ken Burns is a trustworthy source.
Yes, I agree "horrific." But, now what? If we judge and condemn what was done, then how should we move forward? I was born here. I was guilty of no injustice to Native Americans. Technically I am indigenous. I love our free market capitalistic society that our Constitutional Republic has formed. More blessings have been wrought on the face of the earth by the USA than any other government/nation in the history of the world. Yet, I admit of late the US government has gone rogue and has become the greatest terrorist organization on planet earth, a change engineered by the atheistic globalists. Bush Sr. was its outspoken prophet proclaiming the coming of a new world order. Bush Jr. took the first major step to implement the plan by using 911 as the justification for regime change wars beginning with Afghanistan, then Iraq, they Libya, then Syria, and ultimately Iran. Obama and Biden have been faithfully carrying out the plan. At this point I have no idea how to sort out the mess that we have become.
This is on point and is extremely well argued with facts - something most college students from Harvard or anywhere else don't really do. The phrase 'Menonite terrorist' incited a small chuckle, so surprising was it to see those two words together. The photo of Jennifer Garner and her daughter however, was not even remotely surprising. Can we be done with Hollywood? Ever? Don't go away mad, just go away irrelevant.
Excellent and informative piece! You skillfully wove the hypocrisy our country holds in numerous areas into one well researched article! I have to say that I was a bit awestruck.
I also love that you read it. I always get so much more from an article when the writer reads their work. The intent and emphasis becomes crystal clear.
Thank you. I’d write more (I did actually) however, my comments kept disappearing right before I was going to send them.
Additionally every area you covered happens to be a plight, belief and concern that I also carry deeply in my heart. When listening to your article, I felt that I was hearing from a rare kindred spirit.
Although it’s terrible that you have been de-platform by many of the social media outlets, count yourself among the elite of warriors in this country at this time. Thank God that subs-tack exists! Of course the entire action of de-platforming is a demonstration of the loss of our right to freedom of speech.
I plan to catch up on the rest of your articles in the next few days.
Thank you for your courage and continuing to state the truth, no matter who it offends.
Actually, the Truth should not be offensive, yet tragically it has become so to many. People do not want to even entertain the idea that they may not be “right.” They’re so fragile in “their truth” (I detest that express: your truth my truth..) that when confronted with something that logically proves that they are caught in a sci-op lie or brainwashed they must retreat to their “safe space.”
I think that we’re in the midst of a battle that goes far beyond “left” and “right.”
The further I delve into this the more I realize it is a spiritual battle. Weird how your comments kept disappearing. I know I am censored; I will keep speaking out as long as I can. I'm always glad to find kindred spirits! We need to support one another. God bless.
Excellent article on the hypocrisy surrounding all of us. I’ll share this article but doubt it gains traction as most people don’t care about anything but the tic toc in their hands
Sadly true.
Jennifer Garner’s high speed mask says it all and what tribe she pledges allegiance to. I don’t get the young kids and the science they can justify wearing the masks. They think they are so smart. It’s annoying as hell.
The problem w Israel right now is that it is killing thousands of civilians, which should be unacceptable to any human being. Oct 7 was bad and what Israel has done since then is worse. If you can’t see those basic facts, you are a lost soul.
I don't know anyone who supports Israel's right to exist who is without a soul and who celebrates the killing of innocent civilians. If you start comparing and saying one thing is worse than another, then you must take into account other wars, where far more innocent people are being killed at this very moment and ask yourself why there is not the same outcry over those lives. As I said in my essay, no matter what topic is being discussed, when it comes to Israel, those who oppose its existence always come back to "it is Israel's fault". That's why facts and real history are so important to point out. If you believe that about Israel, then you should first correct the wrongs in your own country, or maybe raise the same complaints about all the other countries. That is the point of this essay.
Thoughtful answer thank you.
But there are a lot of frankly bogus arguments and comparisons used to cover Israel’s grotesque conduct. Fact is, Israel is killing civilians in entirely unacceptable numbers for no acceptable reason. If Israel wants to rid itself of Hamas, fine, then Israel should go directly to the Four Seasons Qatar and take out Hamas’ billionaire leader, Haniyeh, who lives there, notoriously and unmolested; but Israel does not bother Haniyeh, after all he is a billionaire and perhaps he is in fact useful to a cynical Israeli government (or tell me why). No one ever answers this question, ever, ever. But it’s always easier to kill powerless children, women, and other civilians than to take out the true source of power.
The failure to condemn Israel’s slaughter of civilians is in fact inexcusable, inhuman, indefensible, wrong, sad, and a devastating indictment of US. The fact that Western powers carpet bombed Dresden during WWII, or seized land from Native Americans, or starved 500,000 German soldiers after they surrendered after WWII, provides no justification for watching the same thing happen today (all of those were wrong then); and, not only do we say nothing, but we also now defend it, fund it, and provide arms to facilitate this.
I agree with what you are saying. That's why we need to debate these issues rather than just cutting each other off. If you read my piece World at War, https://khmezek.substack.com/p/world-at-war I do not spare the US or Netanyahu:
"This war came along at a convenient time for the Biden Totalitarian Regime. The funding for Ukraine was drying up but now, a new floodgate has opened. The Biden Administration and leading members of Congress are crafting an American aid package of roughly $2 billion in supplementary funding to support the nation’s war effort against Hamas.
The means the powerful will go to in order to justify their greed and corruption is staggering. Watch out for the new term “moral clarity”. It is being repeated over and over and I have heard friends say it, without realizing where it came from. It must have started with the speeches of Netanyahu and Blinken."
I have remined my readers a number of times of how the US betrayed Afghanistan:
"For all the promises of taking care of our own, as many as 15,000 Americans were abandoned in Afghanistan after the Taliban's takeover of the country. Not only that, but the United States evacuated only about 3 percent of Afghans who worked for the American government, leaving behind an estimated 78,000.
What happened to all these people? Nobody knows and nobody seems to care. But I will wager that many more terrorists were born of these acts.
In testimony before the House Committee in 2021, Blinken defended the withdrawal by saying that the end of the almost 20-year war marked a "new chapter of America's engagement with Afghanistan," one "we will lead with our diplomacy."
No such new chapter of diplomacy happened. Rather, it led to war in Ukraine and now war in Israel."
I also discuss three Hamas leaders, Ismail Haniyeh, Mohammed Deif, and Yahya Sinwar, and ask exactly that question, why are they allowed to prosper?
I recently wrote my first "Big Picture" essay on Anthrax and the "War on Terror" where I hold the US highly responsible for where we are now. https://khmezek.substack.com/p/the-big-picture-how-anthrax-and-the
"NEVER has a presidential promise failed more abysmally than this one. Instead of ridding the world of terrorists, they have multiplied. Just like the “war on drugs”, the “war on terror” has proved too lucrative for the politicians, the drugs/arms dealers, the billionaire’s club to consider ending it.
When it comes to Hamas, leaders in the United States and Israel should take their share of the blame for creating this monster, although of course they never will. For years, the United States and Netanyahu’s government gave billions of dollars in “humanitarian aid” to Hamas, which was then used to amass military supplies and build a network of tunnels beneath Gaza where more than 200 hostages from nations all over the world now languish. Meanwhile, the leaders of Hamas live luxurious lifestyles in Qatar and Turkey, far from the bloodshed of the people they claim to represent. Deals are made in Qatar between men who love war for the power it gives them, just as deals have always been made down through history and I am not sure why anyone is surprised that this is no different.
When I think of our ‘fearless’ leaders, the image of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani always comes to my mind. As the United States abandoned hundreds of its own people when it exited Afghanistan in 2021, Ghani fled the country with four vehicles and a helicopter so stuffed full of cash that a trail of money was left lying on the tarmac.... Ever since 9/11, the government has relentlessly made sure that terrorism looms large in our minds. Without the threat of terrorism, most of the recent wars we’ve engaged in would not have been justified. Wars are a way to push totalitarianism and surveillance as a means to keep people “safe”. Wars are a way for unpopular leaders to increase their ratings in the polls, even as they fleece citizens for every last dime, telling them it’s for the cause of freedom.
Many people would be surprised to learn that terrorism is not only a much rarer cause of death than non-communicable or infectious diseases; it is also a rare cause of violent death: more than 4 times as many people die in armed conflicts, and more than ten times as many dies from homicides”. Etc.
Anyway, I think when you take all of my essays together and look at the big picture, I do my best to dig into the causes and spare no one.
Nothing that America is currently doing makes any sense in terms of helping the country prosper. Not the open border admitting millions of unvetted immigrants; not the wanton printing of trillions of dollars; not the forced vaccine mandates; not the mail-in ballots; not Rachel Levy in charge of the Navy; not the deliberate destruction of our energy independence. The list goes on... It only makes sense when you recognize that it's all part of an effort by those have have seized power to "fundamentally transform" America. And not for the better.
The best explanation of America's disastrous, bumbling and treacherous withdrawal from Afghanistan was offered by Lara Logan during her interview with Tucker Carlson: "They did it in exactly the way they did just to show us that they could. And that there was nothing we could do about it."
It's appalling. And then immediately into the war in Ukraine and then, poof, gone with the country left in ruins. Zelensky had his moment in the limelight and his days are numbered. Well, I won't go into it all here because I've written so much about it already. But definitely, everything is being torn down to be rebuilt and it feels very much like it's foretold and there's nothing we can do about. There is a deeper battle, a spiritual one and that's what we need to fight.
Douglas Murray (UK journalist) has spoken eloquently on this--all nations (includin' sadly our own) git a pass when actin' (however they choose, often sadly havin' civilian casualties) ta defend their borders--but not Israel (tho' arguably Putin took it on the chin hard too...)
Murray makes a point that if Israel wanted ta just wipe out Gaza an' all it's humans they could'a done that--an' did not. By choice. I cain't stand Net'An'Yahoo but there's no way Israel should have just taken this in stride and/or that the nation "deserved it" -- who wants ta cast the first stone? (AmeriKans sadly...)
You seem to be a level-headed person playing with a full deck, whose heart, so far as I can tell , is in the right place. So I hope you won't mind me asking you why you can't stand Netanyahu. My theory is that Netanyahu Derangement Syndrome is just a Jewish variant of TDS, but caused by the same nefarious forces. So, my diagnostic question is: Can you tell me two things that Netanyahu has done or failed to do which have caused you to despise him?
I will make a suggestion of a search you could do. Put “netanyahu covid shot” into your search bar and do some looking around.
Then there were the lockdowns. And the vaccine passports. Israel was one of the worst in these regards.
Yes, indeed. There's no argument here. My own take is that Netanyahu got snookered. I think he trusted Bourla completely. I can picture Bourla sharing with him the fact that his own parents were Holocaust survivors, and that the well-being of the Jews in Israel was his highest priority. Before anyone really understood that it was all a fiendish scam, compliance with the agenda was hardly unreasonable.
It seems inconceivable to me at this point that Bourla didn't know he was peddling poison. Which leaves only the conclusion that he is a self-hating Jew whose moral monstrosity puts him in the lowest, darkest, foulest circles of Hell.
Netanyahu, on the other hand, makes my short list of Most Admirable and Capable Defenders of Israel and the Western world.
With what is happening now (September 2024), I am inclined to agree with you. I am bewildered by his actions during Covid - the mandates, the “vaccine” passports, etc., but I have to say that the past week, with terrorists being taken care of left and right, Bibi’s speech at the UN, and other things going on … well, I’m starting to hope he WAS just snookered on the Covid stuff. I don’t see how people could say the harsh comments above about Israel’s response to being attacked. Apparently 6 other groups have joined in since Hamas’ October 7 attack, slaughter, kidnapping event almost a year ago. Hezbollah started lobbing rockets in large numbers on October 8. Until recently, Israel mainly just tried to intercept them and put out the fires they started. I’m not sure which groups are being included in that number besides Hezbollah, the Houthi’s, and Iran, but I’ve seen presentations and maps showing attacks from 7 directions. I don’t see how Israel could do anything other than what they are doing.
Some of the sources I’ve been listening to for news from Israel are: TBN - Israel, J*TV, and The Israel Guys.
To anyone who thinks Israel should “back off,” I say - Hamas should give back the hostages first, before anyone tries to pressure Israel in any way.
I’m mystified by the people who are so harshly criticizing Israel and wonder what sources they are listening to and believing.
“And that the crucial point that I wish that they would teach the little ones in school. It begin didn't with the white man who came across the ocean to oppress people of color.”
See “the Frankfurt School.”
Thanks Karen. I sort of know all this from protests with the AIM people back in the "olden days" but it nice to be reminded of how nasty US has treated the Natives and have all the facts in one place. It's a keeper.
You can not see, that the killing of any people to steel their land is wrong. It's too late for USA, You and me were not alive at the time to stop it. but we are today and we should do Avery thing to stop the genaside of the Gaza Strip. This killing is worse than what Hitlar did to the jews, and if the jews can not see that than they deserve exactly what they got with Hitlar.
How convenient to say it's too late for the US, can't do anything g about that so lets turn around and judge the Jews. What's the sudden obsession with Gaza? Dissidents like Hamza Howidy would like to know where everyone has been all these years when they were suffering under Hamas, and now suddenly thanks to Hamas propaganda everyone "cares". Why not the Kurds? They are the largest displaced people, why don't you care about them? How about the Armenians or the Yazidis or the Christians who are being butchered as i write this by jihadists in Nigeria. It's all happening right now. Maybe try actually reading my essays. Maybe listen to the people who live there. Maybe some Iranian dissidents, ask them why they support Israel. Maybe you should leave it in the hands of the people who live there who are fighting for their very existence instead of listening to western propagandists.
By the way, Israelis don't really care what people think on the other side of the world who have never faced what they are facing. They will fight for.their homeland, which they have every right to possess.
https://khmezek.substack.com/p/why-doesnt-anyone-stand-up-for-the
Its obvious you have read or understood nothing of what Karen has written.
1. subjected the ENTIRE country of Israel to forced "experimental" injections that have harmed, killed, an' maimed too many ta list! 2. subjected the ENTIRE country ta "green pass" AND personal / genetic data sharin'--not only duz CCP have all their genetic info but the country itself has ALL the data, fambly health history, bank balances, shoppin' habits... These two alone are enuf ta make me hoppin' mad 'bout the man. Much more but those two 're lines in the sand... whut he did ta the Israeli people (frum an' secular both) is no better than IBM collectin' data and Mengele (experimentin'...) The death toll from the jabs-bad is WAY worse than the 1500 murdered by Hamas... that's an ugly thing ta think about... An' no, "mistakes were not made"--profits were tho'!
ps Orange Man didn't apologize fer Warp Speed either. I ain't gotta lick've TDS but I hold both've 'em responsible fer a lotta deaths... preventable ones....