I’m not a lawyer, but I am an expert in antisemitism, and it is crystal clear to me that what is due to take place at the Hague this week will be nothing short of a festival of antisemitic hate.
It would be funny if it weren’t true. The world’s biggest human rights offenders, who among them, respect the rights of no religions other than their own, no free speakers, no rights of women, no rights of LGBTI+ persons, or anyone different are sitting in judgment on the only Democracy in the Middle East. These absolute demagogues who hate Jews and want Israel gone have said nothing about the rights of the hostages Hamas has taken or its crimes. Funny they don’t count. One sided justice prevails again and it’s only the Jews who get punished.
When I graduated in '95, I joined the army. For a few years prior, the Bosnian Muslims had been taking a beating from their Greek orthodox Serbian neighbors. Genocide and ethnic cleansing like no one in Europe had seen in their lives. The UN had tried to put a stop to it with a peace keeping force, which was promptly captured by the Serbs. Only American boots on the ground ultimately saved the Bosnian Muslims and Croats from destruction. Nothing has changed since. The United Nations excels in hypocrisy and little else. It makes my blood boil to see nations like South Africa (which has been a staunch supporter of Russia before and during the Ukraine invasion) talking down to a civilized nation like Israel about human rights. I wish my country would evict the UN from their posh NYC digs, yank the billions in funding we provide (which they seem to just pass directly to the enemies of civilization) and send them on their hateful way. Keep shining your light Eve.
Spot on, Eve. Total inversion. Inversion with a cause - the cause the extinction of a small, but grand country that makes every effort to look after its own, not only because that's a survival instinct but because its people's history demands it. The Dreyfus case writ large, with all the willing believers contributing their ignorant tuppence worth and becoming giddy with the power of it . . Kafka would be rolling in his grave because even his penchant for the surreal in human nature is made to look insignificant in comparison with this.
It is gob-smacking. It is, as you say, upside down, turned on its end, and so far from the truth that the truth has slipped away as if never to be confronted. And in flabbergasted disbelief at the way in which so many human beings behave, we will fight it.
Well done Eve. This really grips provide us all with things to say when uninformed people we know spout anti Jew propaganda. I’ve been doing a lot of educating lately. And I’m meeting with the rabbi of the synagogue I’ve been attending this morning! I was thinking probably some part Jewish all along as my identification with the Jewish community has always been profound but what has happened in the last three months has made it clear to me that my spirit is jewish no matter what my ancestors were or were not.
It’s deja vu all over again. Uncanny how your reporting and observations echo this excerpt from a 1911 article by Vladimir Jabotinsky about Jews defending against charges of ritual murder :
“Instead of turning our backs on our accusers because we have nothing to apologize for and no one to apologize to, we swear again that we are here for no reason….[O]nce again we have taken on the role of prisoners on trial: we press our hands to our hearts, with quivering fingers we leaf through old stacks of supporting documents that no one is interested in, and we swear right and left that we do not consume this drink [then, blood from a ritual murder, today, genocide], that never has a drop of it passed our lip's. . . .How much longer will this go on? Tell me, my friends, are you not tired by now of this rigmarole? Isn’t it high time, in response to all of these accusations, rebukes, suspicions, smears, and denunciations—both present and future—to fold our arms over our chests and loudly, clearly, coldly, and calmly put forth the only argument which this public can understand: why don’t you all go to hell?
What kind of people are we that we have to justify ourselves before them? And who are they to demand it of us? What is the point of this whole comedy of putting an entire people on trial when the verdict is known in advance? …What is the point of reacting to all of this shrieking and barking with sworn statements, reassurances, and pledges? There is no point, and it should be unthinkable to behave thus. As soon as we rebut one argument, another is born. There are no limits to human spite and stupidity.
Justifications are worth making only at those rare, exceptionally important junctures when there is full certainty that a court really does have equitable intentions and appropriate competence [In other words, not the UN or ICJ].
But to make apologies into a way of life…that means humiliating ourselves and bringing ourselves down to the level of barking dogs.”
I truly wish anyone in the corrupt South African government gave the slightest bit about the truth. They do not. Everything you said is truth but means nothing to most of the world. Listen to a meeting of the European Parliament. Scottish and Irish liberals especially like Claire Daly. They are fucking insane. Hate Israel. Hate Jews. I am convinced this is a major us against them war. There are amazing American gentiles standing up for Israel and against anti Semitism. They are brave and we are not alone but Israel needs to finish the job all the way as they might not get another chance. Scapegoating is going to be legions as the world drifts into a depression and potential world war. Fuck em all. Israel is not perfect and there are a lot of people that need to be held accountable for 10-7. There is no fucking way that happens in a vacuum. Someone knew something. But they will be handled in time. For now, fuck South Africa and Russia and the rest of these cunts. Wipe out the enemy while we still can.
Brilliant writing as always, Eve. If only it were being read by the people who disagree and/or need some education about the facts. I applaud your courage and honesty.
The articles written by Eve inspires readers to offer incredibly cogent and intelligent comments. Part of the benefit I derive from reading Blacklisted, aside from learning something and seeing thoughts and feelings put to paper by Eve as if taken from my heart and mind, is hearing from other readers and getting comfort through community of mind and heart.
Why, oh why, can't both we and Israel just tell the UN, f--k off, we're outta here?
Take your multiple levels of corrupt drones in your sclerotic layers upon layers of useless Departments of Assistance to the Assistant Director of Assistant Assistants; your toothless, bribe collecting "inspectiors"; your producers of meaningless, politically correct jargon laden "research"; your bad performance art drama productions that pass for meetings; and go to Hell.
Pack up your tents, your mistresses, and your assorted collections of butt-kissing hangers-on and bugger off to Brussels. NYC will redevelop the waterfront into something useful and, oh, by the way, we'll use whatever dues the US supposedly owes to pay NYC back for all of your "diplomats" unpaid parking tickets and fines.
The ultimate goal is to undermine Jewish historical reality for the purposes of maintaining control over all indigenous people. How could Jews have been victims in the Holocaust/ Inquisition/ Pogroms/ Expulsions if they are not still victims today? How can the Jews say "Never Again" and yet not just be peace-loving hippies who personally stop every. single. genocide that happens in the entire world? Like all indigenous people, our purpose is to remain forever static in our stereotypes, reliant on sympathy from the colonizing classes, and available for slaughter as different political regimes see fit for their own ethno-nationalistic purposes. We've already seen this strategy in-action with various Indigenous groups, for example, Indigenous North Americans who bent their necks to the progressive trope metamorphosizing from being actual, complex humans and deeply ingrained warrior cultures to racist stereotypes of being peace and nature-loving environmentalists in order to maintain the levels of passivity and victimhood necessary for their genocides to continue to be recognized by their colonizers. There is a substantial amount of political rationale for this which applies to the oppression by most nations of their various indigenous groups, and Jews are genuinely the best target, as we have not only reclaimed our land and reestablished our nation, but - more dangerously - we also reclaimed our warrior culture. This is partially why the BDS movement has spent considerable time and money to utilize already existing western racist beliefs in order paint Jews as colonizers and Palestinians as "Indigenous" in an attempt to isolate us from other indigenous groups for whom we could serve an inspirational purpose. This charade is another brick in the wall of upholding colonizing religious-cultural institutions while separating and oppressing indigenous people.
More than ever Eve, your writing is true, honest, and haunting. It captures the despair we feel when the world closes against us, willing to sacrifice its institutions, history, morality, and very humanity just to hate Jews. I feel hopeless as I cannot even see a way forward since there is no common ground, common values, or even commonly recognised facts. The existence of people like you, who are willing to speak out, is a beacon of light, but so few are brave.
There's a blob that has been spreading its tentacles these past few decades, trying to undermine and reverse every advancement in human relations. Men and women living their lives, families raising their children, women in the west choosing a life's path, gays and lesbians finally able to live in peace in the west, skin pigment obsession becoming so passe, women in the Middle East starting to inch their way to self-determination. The enraged worshippers of the stone age who want to obliterate those advances finally exploded when the Abraham Accords were signed. The fuse was lit, the fight is on.
A despicable allegation it’s the Dreyfus Affair alright. Very well articulated as usual Eve, I just wish the only subject you need to write about is music. Very depressing state of affairs.
It would be funny if it weren’t true. The world’s biggest human rights offenders, who among them, respect the rights of no religions other than their own, no free speakers, no rights of women, no rights of LGBTI+ persons, or anyone different are sitting in judgment on the only Democracy in the Middle East. These absolute demagogues who hate Jews and want Israel gone have said nothing about the rights of the hostages Hamas has taken or its crimes. Funny they don’t count. One sided justice prevails again and it’s only the Jews who get punished.
Reminds me of an old joke: if the UN had a soccer team, who would they play?
Israel.
That would be funny if it wasn’t so true 🙃
Likely the Spurs, and they would be chanting the Jew-hating chants with lusty abandon.
When I graduated in '95, I joined the army. For a few years prior, the Bosnian Muslims had been taking a beating from their Greek orthodox Serbian neighbors. Genocide and ethnic cleansing like no one in Europe had seen in their lives. The UN had tried to put a stop to it with a peace keeping force, which was promptly captured by the Serbs. Only American boots on the ground ultimately saved the Bosnian Muslims and Croats from destruction. Nothing has changed since. The United Nations excels in hypocrisy and little else. It makes my blood boil to see nations like South Africa (which has been a staunch supporter of Russia before and during the Ukraine invasion) talking down to a civilized nation like Israel about human rights. I wish my country would evict the UN from their posh NYC digs, yank the billions in funding we provide (which they seem to just pass directly to the enemies of civilization) and send them on their hateful way. Keep shining your light Eve.
Spot on, Eve. Total inversion. Inversion with a cause - the cause the extinction of a small, but grand country that makes every effort to look after its own, not only because that's a survival instinct but because its people's history demands it. The Dreyfus case writ large, with all the willing believers contributing their ignorant tuppence worth and becoming giddy with the power of it . . Kafka would be rolling in his grave because even his penchant for the surreal in human nature is made to look insignificant in comparison with this.
It is gob-smacking. It is, as you say, upside down, turned on its end, and so far from the truth that the truth has slipped away as if never to be confronted. And in flabbergasted disbelief at the way in which so many human beings behave, we will fight it.
Well done Eve. This really grips provide us all with things to say when uninformed people we know spout anti Jew propaganda. I’ve been doing a lot of educating lately. And I’m meeting with the rabbi of the synagogue I’ve been attending this morning! I was thinking probably some part Jewish all along as my identification with the Jewish community has always been profound but what has happened in the last three months has made it clear to me that my spirit is jewish no matter what my ancestors were or were not.
It’s deja vu all over again. Uncanny how your reporting and observations echo this excerpt from a 1911 article by Vladimir Jabotinsky about Jews defending against charges of ritual murder :
“Instead of turning our backs on our accusers because we have nothing to apologize for and no one to apologize to, we swear again that we are here for no reason….[O]nce again we have taken on the role of prisoners on trial: we press our hands to our hearts, with quivering fingers we leaf through old stacks of supporting documents that no one is interested in, and we swear right and left that we do not consume this drink [then, blood from a ritual murder, today, genocide], that never has a drop of it passed our lip's. . . .How much longer will this go on? Tell me, my friends, are you not tired by now of this rigmarole? Isn’t it high time, in response to all of these accusations, rebukes, suspicions, smears, and denunciations—both present and future—to fold our arms over our chests and loudly, clearly, coldly, and calmly put forth the only argument which this public can understand: why don’t you all go to hell?
What kind of people are we that we have to justify ourselves before them? And who are they to demand it of us? What is the point of this whole comedy of putting an entire people on trial when the verdict is known in advance? …What is the point of reacting to all of this shrieking and barking with sworn statements, reassurances, and pledges? There is no point, and it should be unthinkable to behave thus. As soon as we rebut one argument, another is born. There are no limits to human spite and stupidity.
Justifications are worth making only at those rare, exceptionally important junctures when there is full certainty that a court really does have equitable intentions and appropriate competence [In other words, not the UN or ICJ].
But to make apologies into a way of life…that means humiliating ourselves and bringing ourselves down to the level of barking dogs.”
Jabotinsky always x
Amen
I truly wish anyone in the corrupt South African government gave the slightest bit about the truth. They do not. Everything you said is truth but means nothing to most of the world. Listen to a meeting of the European Parliament. Scottish and Irish liberals especially like Claire Daly. They are fucking insane. Hate Israel. Hate Jews. I am convinced this is a major us against them war. There are amazing American gentiles standing up for Israel and against anti Semitism. They are brave and we are not alone but Israel needs to finish the job all the way as they might not get another chance. Scapegoating is going to be legions as the world drifts into a depression and potential world war. Fuck em all. Israel is not perfect and there are a lot of people that need to be held accountable for 10-7. There is no fucking way that happens in a vacuum. Someone knew something. But they will be handled in time. For now, fuck South Africa and Russia and the rest of these cunts. Wipe out the enemy while we still can.
Brilliant writing as always, Eve. If only it were being read by the people who disagree and/or need some education about the facts. I applaud your courage and honesty.
The articles written by Eve inspires readers to offer incredibly cogent and intelligent comments. Part of the benefit I derive from reading Blacklisted, aside from learning something and seeing thoughts and feelings put to paper by Eve as if taken from my heart and mind, is hearing from other readers and getting comfort through community of mind and heart.
Why, oh why, can't both we and Israel just tell the UN, f--k off, we're outta here?
Take your multiple levels of corrupt drones in your sclerotic layers upon layers of useless Departments of Assistance to the Assistant Director of Assistant Assistants; your toothless, bribe collecting "inspectiors"; your producers of meaningless, politically correct jargon laden "research"; your bad performance art drama productions that pass for meetings; and go to Hell.
Pack up your tents, your mistresses, and your assorted collections of butt-kissing hangers-on and bugger off to Brussels. NYC will redevelop the waterfront into something useful and, oh, by the way, we'll use whatever dues the US supposedly owes to pay NYC back for all of your "diplomats" unpaid parking tickets and fines.
I long ago tired of the UN and wish that the United States and Israel did exactly what you said.
The ultimate goal is to undermine Jewish historical reality for the purposes of maintaining control over all indigenous people. How could Jews have been victims in the Holocaust/ Inquisition/ Pogroms/ Expulsions if they are not still victims today? How can the Jews say "Never Again" and yet not just be peace-loving hippies who personally stop every. single. genocide that happens in the entire world? Like all indigenous people, our purpose is to remain forever static in our stereotypes, reliant on sympathy from the colonizing classes, and available for slaughter as different political regimes see fit for their own ethno-nationalistic purposes. We've already seen this strategy in-action with various Indigenous groups, for example, Indigenous North Americans who bent their necks to the progressive trope metamorphosizing from being actual, complex humans and deeply ingrained warrior cultures to racist stereotypes of being peace and nature-loving environmentalists in order to maintain the levels of passivity and victimhood necessary for their genocides to continue to be recognized by their colonizers. There is a substantial amount of political rationale for this which applies to the oppression by most nations of their various indigenous groups, and Jews are genuinely the best target, as we have not only reclaimed our land and reestablished our nation, but - more dangerously - we also reclaimed our warrior culture. This is partially why the BDS movement has spent considerable time and money to utilize already existing western racist beliefs in order paint Jews as colonizers and Palestinians as "Indigenous" in an attempt to isolate us from other indigenous groups for whom we could serve an inspirational purpose. This charade is another brick in the wall of upholding colonizing religious-cultural institutions while separating and oppressing indigenous people.
Maybe Eve's most indispensable essay since October 7, and that's saying something.
More than ever Eve, your writing is true, honest, and haunting. It captures the despair we feel when the world closes against us, willing to sacrifice its institutions, history, morality, and very humanity just to hate Jews. I feel hopeless as I cannot even see a way forward since there is no common ground, common values, or even commonly recognised facts. The existence of people like you, who are willing to speak out, is a beacon of light, but so few are brave.
There's a blob that has been spreading its tentacles these past few decades, trying to undermine and reverse every advancement in human relations. Men and women living their lives, families raising their children, women in the west choosing a life's path, gays and lesbians finally able to live in peace in the west, skin pigment obsession becoming so passe, women in the Middle East starting to inch their way to self-determination. The enraged worshippers of the stone age who want to obliterate those advances finally exploded when the Abraham Accords were signed. The fuse was lit, the fight is on.
So so ashamed of the country of my birth.
A despicable allegation it’s the Dreyfus Affair alright. Very well articulated as usual Eve, I just wish the only subject you need to write about is music. Very depressing state of affairs.