Well, being we all know what antisemitism and hate is when we see it, and thankfully there is absolutely none to be found anywhere, especially in this thread...
I been thinkin', ...there is so much more to Israel than politics, I'd thought I'd change the subject and focus on things more pleasant, ....like the advances made at Hebrew University of Jerusalem...

Medical cannabis may be effective for young epilepsy patients
Hebrew University team completed the first-ever meta-analysis of pediatric patients treated with medical cannabis


CBD oil is seen displayed at The Cannabis World Congress & Business Exposition (CWCBExpo) trade show

Medical cannabis could prove to be a highly effective way to treat severe epilepsy in xxx, a team of researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has found.
To get a better understanding of the potential risks and benefits of medical cannabis in young patients, researchers recently completed the first-ever meta-analysis of pediatric patients treated with the plant.
Led by Hebrew University Ph.D. candidate Nir Treves, the research was carried out under the auspices of Prof. Ilan Matok at the university’s School of Pharmacy.
The team examined seven clinical studies of roughly 500 xxx. From the meta-review, the team was able to uncover both positive and negative effects associated with medical cannabis use in this age group.
Importantly, they found a marked improvement in seizure rates for xxx suffering from uncontrolled epilepsy.
“For some [with epilepsy] the improvement was very significant,” Treves told The Media Line. “It reduced seizure rates for a lot of xxx by more than 50%.”
According to Treves, CBD – one of the prominent compounds in cannabis – specifically was found to be effective at alleviating epileptic symptoms in many but not all cases.
However, these improvements also came at a cost.
“This treatment is also associated with events of decreased appetite, which might be a little bit alarming for xxx,” Treves revealed. “It’s also a little bit surprising because what we knew until now is that cannabis [usually] increases the appetite.”
If not carefully monitored, this decreased appetite could negatively impact xxx's physical development. Cannabis products were also found to adversely affect xxx’s mental state, causing lightheadedness, fatigue and lethargy.
“All of these side effects were associated with all kinds of cannabis and cannabinoid products,” Treves said, specifying that even non-psychoactive cannabis elements caused adverse effects.
Treves and his team will be presenting their findings this week at the 31st Annual International Cannabinoid Research Society Symposium (ICRS), which will be held in Jerusalem for the first time. The Hebrew University’s Multidisciplinary Center for Cannabinoid Research (MCCR) – a leading research center on cannabinoids, endocannabinoids, and medicinal cannabis – is hosting the conference.
As part of the meta-analysis, Treves and his team also found that medical cannabis may effectively curb some of the harmful side effects of chemotherapy in pediatric patients, such as nausea and vomiting. Nevertheless, because the sample size for this part of the research was very small, the results are not conclusive.
Overall, medical cannabis research is still in its infancy and much more remains to be done before scientists can fully understand the impact of the plant on xxx’s health.
“There is almost no research,” Matok told The Media Line. “There are only seven or eight randomized clinical trials on medical cannabis in xxx. That’s it! The numbers recruited in those are very small so there’s not a lot of data.
”We talk about associations and not causality because this is a meta-analysis,” he added. “Each trial has its own settings, its own patients and its own cannabis [strains].”
Xxx react differently to drugs than adults do and thus require their own separate clinical trials, Matok said. He believes that the dearth in serious medical cannabis research is partly linked to its association with negative connotations. Even in adults, the research is severely lacking.
“Whereas Pfizer and Moderna were able to conduct clinical trials for their COVID-19 vaccine on xxx, few top-notch clinical trials exist for cannabis use in xxx,” he said. “This is why it is not approved as a drug.”
The Hebrew University is planning to publish the findings of their meta-analysis shortly. In addition, Matok’s next research project will examine whether medical cannabis raises the rates of depression, cardiovascular incidents and involvement in car accidents in young patients.

 

The Israelis are not stealing land; they are taking back what is theirs. The Palestinians are squaters.

 

This is interesting... Although CBD doesn't control epilepsy completely, it sounds like it can be use in conjunction with commonly used medications like Keppra...

Keppra also known as Levetiracetam is pretty good at controlling epilepsy but it comes with it's own side effects.... The higher the dose, the worse the side effects are.

Here are some of the side effects of Keppra.

Common side effects of Keppra include: infection, neurosis, drowsiness, asthenia, headache, nasopharyngitis, nervousness, abnormal behavior, aggressive behavior, agitation, anxiety, apathy, depersonalization, depression, fatigue, hostility, hyperkinetic muscle activity, personality disorder, emotional lability, irritability, laceration, and mood changes.

 

Probably the only gay flag flying in the mid east, Israel has always stood for tolerance, brotherhood and freedom for all

Israel's Foreign Ministry waves LGBTQ Pride flag for first time
“The Foreign Ministry and its workers are leading a message of tolerance, brotherhood and freedom,” Foreign Minister Yair Lapid tweeted.


Foreign Minister Yair Lapid instructed his ministry to raise an LGBT pride flag outside its Jerusalem headquarters in honor of Pride Month for the first time on Monday.
“The Foreign Ministry and its workers are leading a message of tolerance, brotherhood and freedom,” he tweeted.




Deputy Foreign Minister Idan Roll (Yesh Atid), who is gay, said raising the rainbow flag was “important news domestically and abroad.”
“I remember myself as a 16-year-old boy with worries about the future, and I hope that this moment reassures young men and women throughout Israel and the world and sends a message of tolerance and acceptance to all of Israeli society,” he said.

In response, the far-right Religious Zionist MK Itamar Ben-Gvir said the flag was a “cheap provocation” that “insults religious sensitivities.”
“I don’t have a problem with LGBT people; we are all brothers,” he said. “But at the same time, waving the flag doesn’t serve them. Rather, it hurts them and turns them into pawns in Lapid’s hands. The central problem is the extroversion and provocation to which Israeli xxx are exposed.”Religious Zionist MK Avi Maoz, the head and sole Knesset representative of the far-right anti-LGBTQ Noam party, appealed on Monday to Culture Minister Chili Trooper, who serves as the chairman of the Committee on Symbolic Affairs, demanding that an investigation be opened into the matter of hanging the "controversial" flag.

 

And assholes in the US tear down statues of Hero's, to replace them with statues of drug addicts passing funny money ! The nation is going to hell in a handbasket, and it has been said it for years !

 

https://archive.org/stream/pdfy-iWpQLGz5TzZJDxxw/Israel's Sacred Terrorism_djvu.txt

 

It sounds like Israel has the right idea. A friendly government in Syria would be in Israel's interest. Syria was part of the empire conquered by King David.



I would welcome a restoration of David's Empire, in which the Jews would subdue the Muslims with the help of indigenous Christian populations. However, I think that should only be created in response to victorious wars against future acts of Arab aggression. I do not believe that Israel should take the initiative.

In the meantime I do not want a two state solution. I want the Israelis to continue to pressure the Palestinians to leave land Israel conquered in the 1967 Six Day War.

I would like for the Jews to rebuild the Temple of Jerusalem, but only if the Arc of the Covenant is discovered, brought to Israel, and verified using carbon 14 dating.

 

Israeli research is always on the cutting edge of technology, making advances coveted throughout the world!


Technion, IAI to partner on building, launching nano-satellite to moon
"We are working to promote close research cooperation and to turn the Technion into a hub for many diverse industries, a platform where industry and academia meet."


A computer-generated redition of the nano-satellites in orbit

Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and Israel Aerospace Industries' (IAI) Space Division are partnering to literally reach for the stars by developing and launching a nano-satellite to orbit the moon.
The project, which is to be carried out by Technion students with the help of IAI space engineers and facilities, will begin at the start of the 2021/22 academic year in October and will progress until it finishes in a few years' time.
The project is also being assisted through a major effort by the Technion Faculty of Aerospace Engineering to balance aeronautics and outer space.
"While in the past only about 10% of the faculty syllabus was dedicated to space, in the past few years there has been an effort to change this and reach a more equal balance between the two fields," Faculty dean Prof. Tal Shima said in a statement.
"To achieve this. we updated the faculty curriculum and we are currently in the process of hiring new staff members with expertise in outer space. Cooperation with IAI's space facility will allow us to expose students to additional joint projects with IAI focused on space. This is a fascinating field where activity in Israel and the world is stepping up and I hope to see as many students as possible focusing on it."
The project will be headed by Prof. Gil Yudilevitch for the Technion, and by Technion alumnus and current IAI space engineer Niko Adamsky for IAI."The project will allow students to become partners in a project with the industry and help them reach the end of their studies prepared to be integrated into Israel's developing space industry," Yudilevitch explained."The interface between academia and industry is changing fast and the Technion is investing great efforts in being established in Israel and internationally," Technion president Prof. Uri Sivan said at a signing ceremony."We are working to promote close research cooperation and to turn the Technion into a hub for many diverse industries, a platform where industry and academia meet. We are quickly working to commercialize technologies that originated on campus."

"As an alumnus of the Technion, accompanying projects and different mentoring programs over the years, I am excited by the existing and future cooperation between IAI and the Technion," IAI president and CEO Boaz Levy explained. "We must strengthen cooperation with the Technion, especially the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, which is unique to its kind in Israel, and which holds a leadership position among similar faculties worldwide. Increasing our cooperation with the Technion produces added value to both sides and will help us strengthen and integrate in creating groundbreaking, challenging, and leading technology in Israel and abroad. To this end, it is important we formulate together the image of the engineer we envision – an involved engineer with system-wide perspective and deep business understanding and research capabilities."
This is not the first time IAI and Technion have collaborated together for nano-satellite technology. In August 2020, Technion and IAI collaborated to develop an advanced and unique innovative receiver and a satellite computer as part of the Adelis-SAMSON project. Said project saw Technion launch three autonomous nano-satellites called CubeSats on March 20, 2021. The satellites were launched from Kazakhstan onboard a Glavkosmos Soyuz rocket, and each 8 kg. satellite came equipped with sensors, control systems and navigation tools.
This was not the Israeli university's first foray into space. In 1998, Technion launched the Gurwin-TechSat II. Eleven years later, that satellite is still in orbit.
However, this is not the first time an Israeli university has launched nano-satellites. In February, a nanosatellite designed, developed, assembled and tested by Tel Aviv University was launched from a NASA launch facility in Virginia.
The development and launching of nanosatellites is seen by some experts as being a part of the the "Civil Space Revolution." Also called New Space, this term refers to how the field of satellites is no longer limited to just massive, well-funded companies. This is especially notable, as many experts believe the nanosatellite field will be critical in maintaining high-speed Internet and communications in the future.
Technion had already joined New Space with the Adelis-SAMSON satellites, and now this new project could see them go a little farther.

 

Khaled Meshall said this at an address at the Al-Murabit Mosque in Damascus in 2006. The Palestinians are the only nation in history that demands unconditional surrender and dismemberment of the nation that has defeated them time and time again. Sympathy for the Palestinians encourages them to persist in their genocidal fantasies.



I do not think there is any point in trying to negotiate with the Palestinians.

 

The United States needs to make sure that Israel has the weapons they need for the next round of fighting.

 

Israel forces target Palestinian demonstrators in East Jerusalem
At least 20 injured after Israeli police fire teas gas, rubber-coated bullets at Palestinians during brawl with settlers in Sheikh Jarrah.

Israeli police used stun grenades and sprayed skunk water on Palestinians overnight in the flashpoint occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah.

There were clashes between Jewish settlers and Palestinians earlier Monday evening with Israeli media reporting stones and chairs were thrown between the opposing sides.

The Palestine Red Crescent said 20 Palestinians were wounded in the fighting and reports said several were arrested. Those hurt included 16 who suffered from pepper spray and tear gas-related injuries, and an elderly person who was hit in the head.

The medic service also said several of its ambulances were targeted by Jewish settlers who hurled stones at its vehicles.

Meanwhile, dozens of Israeli settlers on Tuesday forced their way into the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem, according to the Islamic Endowment Department.


About 44 settlers broke into the compound under the protection of Israeli police, and more settlers are expected to enter the site later in the day, it said in a statement.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021...fter-israel-attacks-palestinians-in-jerusalem

 

So according to the definitions on this thread Albert Einstein was also a Jew-hating antisemitic. Who knew? I bet Einstein himself would be surprised by that.

The 'final' downfall of Israel was predicted by Einstein

June 4, 2021 at 10:00 am | Published in: Article, Israel, Middle East, Opinion, Palestine

Einstein’s letter

It doesn't take a genius to see that the failing Zionist project called Israel is coming apart at the seams. It was a genius, though, who predicted the demise of the fledgling state when he was asked to help raise funds for its terrorist cells.

Ten years before the state declared its "independence" in 1948 on land stolen from the people of Palestine, Albert Einstein described the proposed creation of Israel as something which conflicted with "the essential nature of Judaism." Having fled Hitler's Germany and eventually becoming a US citizen, Einstein needed no lessons in what fascism looked like.

One of the greatest physicists in history, and supported by some other high profile Jewish intellectuals, Einstein spotted the flaws and fault lines in 1946 when he addressed the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry on the Palestinian issue. He couldn't understand why Israel was needed. "I believe it is bad," he said.

Two years later, in 1948, he and a number of Jewish academics sent a letter to the New York Times to protest against a visit to America by Menachem Begin. In the well-documented letter, they denounced Begin's Herut (Freedom) party, likening it to "a political party closely akin in its organisation, methods, political philosophy and social appeal to the Nazi and Fascist parties."

Herut was a right-wing nationalist party which went on to become the Likud led by Benjamin Netanyahu. As the leader of the Zionist Irgun terrorist group, a breakaway from the larger Jewish paramilitary organisation, the Haganah, Begin was wanted for terrorist activities against the British Mandate authorities. Even when he became prime minister of Israel (1997-1983) he never dared to visit Britain, where he was still on the most wanted list.


It was the violence in the run up to the birth of Israel that particularly revulsed Einstein, and no doubt this was foremost in his mind when he turned down the offer to become Israel's president. This offer was put to him in 1952 by the state's founding Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion. Polite as his rejection was, Einstein believed the role would conflict with his conscience as a pacifist, that and the fact that he would have to move to the Middle East from his home in Princeton, New Jersey where he had settled as a German refugee.

While researching Einstein's views I came across another of his letters, less well known but probably far more revealing than any other he had penned on the subject of Palestine. As brief as it was — just 50 words — it included his warning about the "final catastrophe" facing Palestine in the hands of Zionist terror groups.

This particular letter was written less than 24 hours after news filtered through about the Deir Yassin massacre in West Jerusalem in April 1948. Around 120 terrorists from Begin's Irgun and the Stern Gang (headed by another terrorist who went on to become prime minister of Israel, Yitzhak Shamir), entered the Palestinian village and slaughtered between 100 and 250 men, women and children. Some died from gunshots, others from hand grenades thrown into their homes. Others living in the peaceful village were killed after being taken on a grotesque parade through West Jerusalem. There were also reports of rape, torture and mutilation.

A month later the British ended their Mandate rule in Palestine and Israel came into being. The legitimacy claimed by its founders was the November 1947 UN Partition Resolution which proposed that Palestine be divided into two states, one Jewish and one Arab, with Jerusalem administered independently of either side.



Einstein's typed letter was addressed to Shepard Rifkin, the Executive Director of American Friends of the Fighters for the Freedom of Israel, based in New York. This group was originally launched to promote the anti-British ideas of the Stern Gang, and raise money in America to buy weapons to drive the British out of Palestine. Rifkin was appointed its executive director, although he later referred to himself as "the fall guy". He had been told by Benjamin Gepner, a commander visiting the US, to approach Einstein for his help. Rifkin duly obliged, but in the wake of the Deir Yassin massacre he received a blistering response from the physicist, crafted in just 50 words:

Dear Sir,


When a real and final catastrophe should befall us in Palestine the first responsible for it would be the British and the second responsible for it the Terrorist organizations build [sic] up from our own ranks. I am not willing to see anybody associated with those misled and criminal people.


Sincerely yours,


Albert Einstein.

The letter was authenticated and sold at auction when it resurfaced and has since been described as one of the most damning anti-Zionist documents attributed to the genius.

It couldn't be more different in tone and content from the letter he wrote to the Manchester Guardian in 1929, when he lauded the "young pioneers, men and women of magnificent intellectual and moral calibre, breaking stones and building roads under the blazing rays of the Palestinian sun" and "the flourishing agricultural settlements shooting up from the long-deserted soil… the development of water power… [and] industry… and, above all, the growth of an educational system… What observer… can fail to be seized by the magic of such amazing achievement and of such almost superhuman devotion?"

Einstein based his views on when he had visited Palestine for 12 days in 1923 giving lectures at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. It turned out to be his one and only visit to the holy land.

As a lifelong pacifist he endeared himself to global peace movements when he wrote the "Manifesto to the Europeans" to ask for peace in Europe by means of the political union of all states across the continent. Little wonder that he never visited the state of Israel, formed as it was from the barrel of a gun, dynamite and the blood of the Palestinians.

There have been many "Deir Yassins" since Nobel Laureate Einstein condemned outright what he saw as Jewish terrorism. Today, with Gaza still smouldering from Benjamin Netanyahu's latest brutal military offensive against the largely unarmed civilian population, the future of the Zionist state has never looked more precarious.


We are told that all political careers end in failure, and Netanyahu's is just one example. We are also told that societal collapse is inevitable with the continual downfall of governments and the increase of violence often brought about by war and catastrophes.

Israel has held four General Elections in just over two years, which have been unable to produce a stable government. Netanyahu's way to maintain his grip on power is to demonstrate that he is the strongman that the country needs to "defend" itself from Palestinian "terrorists".

Moreover, it is under his watch that the Jewish Nation State Law was passed, legislation which contradicts the claim that Israel is a liberal democracy.

No wonder, then, that increasing numbers of Jews around the world — in whose name Israel claims to exist and act — are, as Einstein was, revulsed by the "Nazi and Fascist" political philosophy of Herut which seems to have been reincarnated under Likud and parties which are even further to the right of the political spectrum. Indeed, decent people of all faiths and none are appalled that right-wing extremism appears to be on the verge of engulfing mainstream Israel society as a whole.

The most famous Jewish scientist in history knew from its bloody conception that an Israel created and run by right-wing, gun-wielding zealots was not viable. It shouldn't have taken a genius to tell us that, but it did.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20210604-the-final-downfall-of-israel-was-predicted-by-einstein/

 

Israel is an ancient land, and the Jewish peoples attachment to it goes back over 3000 years.
Archeology is discovering all sorts of evidence of people and events mentioned in the bible.
This stele mentions an Egyptian pharaoh who was aligned with Judah and other nations against the Babylonian Empire,
The Babylonian's eventually conquered the area known as the Levant, destroying Israels first kingdom, the first Temple, killing several 100,000 Jews and sending the survivors into exile.

Biblical-era Egyptian stele discovered by farmer
The stele is accredited to the reign of the pharaoh Apries and may discuss a military campaign of his. One campaign saw him try to fight the Babylonians as they sought to destroy the First Temple.



An ancient slab depicting the pharaoh Apries (Illustrative). (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

A farmer living near Egypt's Ismailia Governate made the discovery of a lifetime when he accidentally found a stele dating back 2,600 years which may shed light on important biblical events, Live Science reported on Friday, citing the Egyptian Tourism and Antiquities Ministry.
Adorned with a carving of a winged sun disk often associated with the god Ra at its top, the stele dates back to the rule of the pharaoh Apries, who ruled from approximately 589 BCE to 570 BCE, and of whom a cartouche of is present on the slab accompanied by 15 lines of hieroglyphics, the news site reported.

The sandstone slab was discovered on the farmer's land almost 100 km. northeast of Egypt's capital Cairo, and measures 230 cm. long and 45 cm. thick, according to Live Science.
It is currently unclear what the hieroglyphics say. However, it is currently estimated that it relates to a military campaign the pharaoh carried out east of Egypt, according to Supreme Council of Antiquities secretary-general Mostafa Waziri, the site reported.
The details of the military campaign are hazy.
The pharaoh Apries, also known as Wahibre Haaibre and identified in the Bible as Hophra, was the fourth ruler in the 26th dynasty.During his reign, Apries had conflicts in the Levant, east of Egypt. In one such occasion, he led a campaign to Jerusalem to defend it from the Babylonian Empire's Nebuchadnezzar II. This was unsuccessful, however, and the Babylonians would eventually breach Jerusalem and destroy much of the city, including the First Temple. These events were described in the biblical Book of Jeremiah.

It is unclear if this is the campaign discussed in the stele. However, the slab does have the potential to shed light on biblical events, most notably the events surrounding the destruction of the First Temple.It is also possible it could refer to another event, specifically a civil war. According to ancient Greek historian Herodotus, a coup took place in Egypt and a general named Amasis was declared pharaoh. Apries supposedly gathered Babylonian allies to help him retake the throne, but this ultimately failed, as recounted in Herodotus's Historie.

 

The Jews cannot live peacefully with people who feel this way about them,



And that is the way most of the Palestinians do feel about the Jews.

 

I am proud to be on the long list of the vast number of people you hate, 69magpie. Ours is an august assembly.

How can my racism reach across the ocean to harm you?

Violent hatred puts us beneath those we hate.

- La Rochefoucauld, Maxim #345

Passionate hatred can give purpose and meaning to an empty life.

- Eric Hoffer, from The True Believer

 

Scoop: After U.S. pressure, Israel joins statement criticizing China

Israel supported a statement criticizing China at the UN Human Rights Council after being pressured to do so by the Biden administration, U.S. and Israeli officials tell me.

Why it matters: This is a significant policy change from Israel's newly inaugurated government. Under former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel refrained from voicing any criticism about human rights violations in China — pushing for closer ties with Beijing and resisting pressure from the Trump administration to limit Chinese investments in Israel.

Driving the news: More than 40 countries signed the statement expressing "grave concern" about human rights violations by the Chinese government against the Uyghur minority in Xinjiang and civilians in Hong Kong and Tibet.

• The statement called on the Chinese government to allow UN human rights commissioner Michelle Bachelet and other independent observers "immediate, meaningful and unfettered access" to Xinjiang.
• There has been a diplomatic duel at the council over China's human rights record over the last few years, with democracies in Europe and elsewhere signing statements criticizing China and a bloc of largely authoritarian countries backing statements defending China's record.
• Last October, 38 countries criticized China and 45 defended China. Israel was on neither list.

Behind the scenes: Several days ago, the U.S. embassy in Israel issued a formal request to the Israeli foreign ministry asking it to support the statement against China, U.S. and Israeli officials tell me. A similar request was passed by diplomats from the U.S. mission to the UN in Geneva to their Israeli counterparts.

• The Israeli foreign ministry debated the request and several officials raised concerns about backlash from Beijing, Israeli officials say. The issue was presented to foreign minister Yair Lapid who decided to accept the U.S. request and support the statement.
• Israeli officials hoped that the decision would not attract much attention.
• But Chinese officials pressed their Israeli counterparts not to support the statement and protested after the statement was published.

What they're saying: Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Lior Hayat confirmed Israel supported the statement but declined to give any further details.


https://www.axios.com/israel-joins-...den-be6330b6-69e5-4c25-b1f6-4f4d92d91849.html

 

Just feel like kickin' my heel for Truth, Justice and the American way

 

LOL, I read this on California Political Review....


Joe Biden Hates Israel and Jews—Proves it by Israel Policy and Personnel Appointments
May 28, 2021 By Stephen Frank

Obama and Biden for eight years did all they could to protect terrorists and destroy Israel. Now, Biden has dumped the peace process that created peace in the Middle East—and caused Hamas and Iran to try to militarily destroy Israel.

Worse he appoints someone to represent him to the Jewish community, who believes that Jews should hide being Jews like in Nazi Germany.

“Aaron Keyak, Jewish Engagement Director at Biden for President, said Friday, “take off your kippah (head covering) and hide your magen david (star of David)” if you fear for your life as a Jew.

Keyak’s comments follow a major increase in antisemitic incidents:

Jewish and non-Jewish Twitter users criticized Keyak’s recommendation to hide Jewish identity. One woman replied to Keyak, “I wore my Magen David today. It’s a little on the small side. I need a bigger one. And I do fear for my safety in the ‘current climate.’”

This is hate speech. Instead of denouncing anti-Semitism, Biden protects it and makes Jews the problem. Why would anyone vote for a Democrat that supports Biden and his hate Jews agenda?

Biden Campaign’s Jewish Engagement Director Tells Jews to Hide Their Judaism

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Madelaine Hubbard, Breitbart, 5/26/21

Aaron Keyak, Jewish Engagement Director at Biden for President, said Friday, “take off your kippah (head covering) and hide your magen david (star of David)” if you fear for your life as a Jew.

Keyak’s comments follow a major increase in antisemitic incidents:

Jewish and non-Jewish Twitter users criticized Keyak’s recommendation to hide Jewish identity. One woman replied to Keyak, “I wore my Magen David today. It’s a little on the small side. I need a bigger one. And I do fear for my safety in the ‘current climate.’”

One man asked Keyak, “Should I hide my eyes to avoid being targeted for being Asian?”

Comparing Keyak’s statement to victim-blaming, another Twitter user said, “She was wearing an awfully short skirt….”

Breitbart News’ Joel Pollak encouraged self-defense over fear:

The Biden Administration passed executive orders in support of gun control. Keyak has made several comments online in support of gun control in the past:

Despite receiving backlash from his statement, Keyak doubled down on his position, saying, “It’s important that those who wear kippot (head coverings) don’t feel more pressure to put our lives in unnecessary actual danger.”

In September 2020, Keyak blamed former President Donald Trump for antisemitism in the United States, saying, “We know that Donald Trump’s use of antisemitic tropes has emboldened all those who hate Jews.”

Keyak still serves as the Jewish Engagement Director for Joe Biden for president, according to Bluelight Strategies, the company he c0founded.

President Joe Biden took days to condemn the rise in antisemitic attacks, only doing so on Monday.

As reported by Breitbart News, ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said while his organization called out former President Donald Trump at times, “‘none of the people committing’ recent antisemitic attacks ‘were wearing MAGA hats,’ rather, ‘we have people waving Palestinian flags and then beating Jewish people.’”

Antisemitic incidents are on the rise globally. According to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), “During the two weeks of military conflict between Israel and Hamas in May 2021, antisemitic incidents in the U.S. reported to ADL increased by 63% compared to the two weeks before the fighting began, from 126 to 205, according to preliminary data.”

A Twitter analysis by the ADL revealed more than 17,000 tweets between May 7 and May 14, 2021, contained a variation of the phrase “Hitler was right.”

Recent antisemitic incidents reported by Breitbart News include a group in London yelling, “F*** the Jews,” and “Rape their daughters,” as well as a masked pro-Palestinian mob allegedly attacking Jewish diners in Los Angeles and a pro-Israel walk in Illinois being disrupted by protestors yelling “Kill the Jews.”

 

Its about time a US president stood up to Israel.

Hamas denounces Israel ‘blackmail and arm-twisting’ over Gaza aid
Palestinian groups reject idea of linking the reconstruction of Gaza to a prisoner exchange deal with Israel.

 

The president of a "shithole country" you mean?