In this article, when you reference the sick ideology of the antiemetics in our midst, it struck me how hypocritical so many of the social justice warriors are in reality. I'll put aside my personal feelings, ideology and values about this and look at something they can't argue about: the numbers.
These so-called kings and queens of diversity, equity and inclusion who claim to fight for the minorities in our society are so full of shit and here's why.
The last 2024 estimate puts the US population in and around 345,426,571. That's a lot of people.
The estimated black population in the US is roughly 41,000,000.
The estimated Asian population in the US is about 21,000,000.
The estimated LGTBQ+ population in the US stands at around 24,000,000.
The estimated Jewish population in the US is 7,500,000.
(The estimate of people identifying as Jewish is only 15,000,000 in the entire world; let that sink in.
So, why aren't these social justice warriors standing up for one of the smallest minorities in the United States, and why aren't the other nations of the West standing up for one of the smallest minorities in the world?
The Arabs falsely identified as Palestinians (If anyone can show me where Palestine is on a modern map, I'd be grateful) are part of a massive population in the Middle East alone, with the 22-nation Arab League population standing at around 462,000,000 (bigger than the US, also let that sink in if there was a war between them) and with a combined land mass over 5,000,000 square miles.
Now, Israel is impressive, but that is more down to its people and not its size. The state of Israel, the only Jewish nation, is roughly the size of New Jersey at 8,500 square miles (very small indeed).
People like to call Israel the bully and say that Gaza is only the size of a postage stamp with 2 million people. What they forget is that the Arab League that surrounds them supplies Gaza with weapons, fighters and resources with groups like UNRWA and secretly via the Philadelphi Corridor. Gaza, since the Israelis left in 2005, has, in reality, been turned into the staging ground or jumping-off point for the organized attacks on Israel by Iran and its proxies. Iran, by the way, should be condemned by the Western DEI enthusiasts among us just for the mere fact that it is almost 90,000,000 people strong compared to Israel's only 9,500,000 people. It's ten times the size of Israel! Doesn't this make Iran a bully in their eyes?
Make no mistake, Israel is the minority in this, no matter how you look at it, and the sheer fact that it has survived this long and thrived in this extremely hostile environment should be celebrated and not condemned by the world.
In retrospect, it would have been better for Israel if they had seized Jerusalem and left the rest of Judea and Samaria in the hands of Jordan and Gaza to the Egyptians. Then they would be responsible for keeping a lid on this crap. The "Palestinians" wouldn't be worth risking a war over.
I agree with your comment about seizing Jerusalem but not the rest. Actually, it's not that I disagree with you, but I would do more if I were Israel. I am a daily reader of history, especially early Roman, Greek and religious history, which naturally includes Judea and the Jewish people.
It seems to me that Israel is the only country on earth that is punished for winning a war it didn't start. By now, most of us know about the ongoing Arab attacks on Israel since its (modern) inception in 1948. Israel, on many occasions, gained ground and then gave it back, for example, the Sinia peninsula, largely due to international pressure.
I believe that Israel, especially after the Yom Kippur War, where they were attacked by a larger coalition of Arab states that even included Cuba, of all places. Israel won and humiliated the Arabs, and they have never forgiven Israel.
At that time, if I were Israel, I would have seized all of Jerusalem, including the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Gaza and the West Bank, entirely and expelled any Arabs not loyal to Israel to the surrounding nations that attacked them. The Arabs had already attacked and lost, and Israel had little to lose. Egypt wanted the Sinia back, and Jordan it's seized territory, so they had a bargaining chip as well.
We'll never know, of course, what could have happened or whether it would have been better for Israel or not, or safer or not since that war ended in 1973. In my opinion, it is due to the meddling of outside forces, which repeatedly think they know better than the Israelis how to manage the conflicts and aftermath, which have contributed to the ongoing and repeated strife in the region. If Israel were trusted to make its own decisions for the safety and security of Israel, I believe the Middle East would be a safer place for the Jews than it is today.
I’m going to say something a bit perhaps unpopular. The idea that Hersh’s parents had that they ‘didn’t do enough’ for him is incorrect. It is delusional. We do not have agency against pure evil like Hamas as much as we wish it. There was no way he was getting free of the savages who kidnapped him. The ‘deals’ offered by Hamas were not deals. Western nations didn’t care about him or the others. This reminds me of Jews blaming Jews for the Holocaust. In the face of evil we can be helpless. Because we are. The only answer is to destroy Hamas.
Eve you stated it perfectly. We are experiencing an existential threat to our ppl. Where are all those by standers who reassured themselves that during WWII that they would have done the right thing and stood up for the Jews? They are in lock step behind the Palestinians. They have found the cause celebre . It take guts to be a person of principle and risk being in the minority. Hersh was an American. A victim of terror. He deserved to be mourned as any American terror victim. He deserves all of us to acknowledge his parents’ pain. It is a national loss. An attack on all of us. But bc he is a Jew and it happened in Israel at the hands of Hamas, we sweep it under the rug. Jews are expendable.
We have learned the hard way over the last 11 months that hatred of Jews on the left is every bit as toxic and lethal as hatred of Jews on the right. We have also learned that even in the United States, to which so many our ancestors fled from Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, hated of us is every bit as venomous and alive as it was a century ago in Europe.
The day after the the American Hersh Goldberg and the other five Israeli Jews were murdered by hamas, I saw baseball players wearing yellow ribbons on their jerseys. I thought my eyes were deceiving me, but it wasn't just one player. I haven't read anything about this gesture in the press, but to my eyes it could only mean one thing. We find little to comfort us in these times and such gestures mean alot.
Bravo Eve. You pull no punches. Of course you never do. Israel and Jews throughout the world along with our friends of other religions and none MUST remain totally united against the barbarism and terror of our enemies. That is the greatest weapon we have in order to survive and flourish. The message to Iran and their proxies......ISRAEL, THEY SHALL NOT HAVE IT.
Tragic days seem to accumulate. Lets hope something breaks very soon in our collective inability to grasp the existential danger we all face in our freedom loving lives. Never again is now.
Eve this is so well said, thank you. I said the same thing last night to my husband about George Floyd.
Can anyone imagine if after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor there had been celebrations in the streets of NY and waving a Nazi flag? There is a collective consciousness now that goes beyond antisemitism and has destroyed American patriotism. I listened to Rachel Maddow's podcast about the pervasive antisemitism in the U.S. government during WW2, the difference being that they were trying to hide it then. I also spoke yesterday with the author of "Lone Wolf in Jerusalem", Ehud Diskin, after a chance meeting. He said that the West truly doesn't understand the ideology of what goes on in the Middle East. It is true. I pray it's not too late when they open their eyes. Please keep writing. We love you!
This has been such a hard argument to have and what the past several months that laying any of this at Bibi's feet exactly what Hamas wants, to destabilize Israel, to undercut it support from the United States, create any cracks in the foundation and have Jews themselves wide in those cracks. They use our love, they use our rules of humanity against us. Every war, every engagement has a set of rules. Against the enemy that operates by no rules, it game on.
I agree. Netanyahu is in an impossible situation, but anyone who has any sense whatsoever realizes that if Hamas is publically putting out statements (like yesterday) regarding the removal of Netanyahu, then he must be doing something right. The Nazis hated Churchill because he would not back down, and I suspect Hamas hates Netanyahu for the same reason. He is steadfast in his intention to rid the world of Hamas, as he should be.
In this article, when you reference the sick ideology of the antiemetics in our midst, it struck me how hypocritical so many of the social justice warriors are in reality. I'll put aside my personal feelings, ideology and values about this and look at something they can't argue about: the numbers.
These so-called kings and queens of diversity, equity and inclusion who claim to fight for the minorities in our society are so full of shit and here's why.
The last 2024 estimate puts the US population in and around 345,426,571. That's a lot of people.
The estimated black population in the US is roughly 41,000,000.
The estimated Asian population in the US is about 21,000,000.
The estimated LGTBQ+ population in the US stands at around 24,000,000.
The estimated Jewish population in the US is 7,500,000.
(The estimate of people identifying as Jewish is only 15,000,000 in the entire world; let that sink in.
So, why aren't these social justice warriors standing up for one of the smallest minorities in the United States, and why aren't the other nations of the West standing up for one of the smallest minorities in the world?
The Arabs falsely identified as Palestinians (If anyone can show me where Palestine is on a modern map, I'd be grateful) are part of a massive population in the Middle East alone, with the 22-nation Arab League population standing at around 462,000,000 (bigger than the US, also let that sink in if there was a war between them) and with a combined land mass over 5,000,000 square miles.
Now, Israel is impressive, but that is more down to its people and not its size. The state of Israel, the only Jewish nation, is roughly the size of New Jersey at 8,500 square miles (very small indeed).
People like to call Israel the bully and say that Gaza is only the size of a postage stamp with 2 million people. What they forget is that the Arab League that surrounds them supplies Gaza with weapons, fighters and resources with groups like UNRWA and secretly via the Philadelphi Corridor. Gaza, since the Israelis left in 2005, has, in reality, been turned into the staging ground or jumping-off point for the organized attacks on Israel by Iran and its proxies. Iran, by the way, should be condemned by the Western DEI enthusiasts among us just for the mere fact that it is almost 90,000,000 people strong compared to Israel's only 9,500,000 people. It's ten times the size of Israel! Doesn't this make Iran a bully in their eyes?
Make no mistake, Israel is the minority in this, no matter how you look at it, and the sheer fact that it has survived this long and thrived in this extremely hostile environment should be celebrated and not condemned by the world.
Well said. Well said
Bravo👏👏👏
In retrospect, it would have been better for Israel if they had seized Jerusalem and left the rest of Judea and Samaria in the hands of Jordan and Gaza to the Egyptians. Then they would be responsible for keeping a lid on this crap. The "Palestinians" wouldn't be worth risking a war over.
I agree with your comment about seizing Jerusalem but not the rest. Actually, it's not that I disagree with you, but I would do more if I were Israel. I am a daily reader of history, especially early Roman, Greek and religious history, which naturally includes Judea and the Jewish people.
It seems to me that Israel is the only country on earth that is punished for winning a war it didn't start. By now, most of us know about the ongoing Arab attacks on Israel since its (modern) inception in 1948. Israel, on many occasions, gained ground and then gave it back, for example, the Sinia peninsula, largely due to international pressure.
I believe that Israel, especially after the Yom Kippur War, where they were attacked by a larger coalition of Arab states that even included Cuba, of all places. Israel won and humiliated the Arabs, and they have never forgiven Israel.
At that time, if I were Israel, I would have seized all of Jerusalem, including the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Gaza and the West Bank, entirely and expelled any Arabs not loyal to Israel to the surrounding nations that attacked them. The Arabs had already attacked and lost, and Israel had little to lose. Egypt wanted the Sinia back, and Jordan it's seized territory, so they had a bargaining chip as well.
We'll never know, of course, what could have happened or whether it would have been better for Israel or not, or safer or not since that war ended in 1973. In my opinion, it is due to the meddling of outside forces, which repeatedly think they know better than the Israelis how to manage the conflicts and aftermath, which have contributed to the ongoing and repeated strife in the region. If Israel were trusted to make its own decisions for the safety and security of Israel, I believe the Middle East would be a safer place for the Jews than it is today.
Fwiw Governor Glen Younkin of Virginia ordered flags at half mast. Fully meaningful gesture I've seen by a United States politician
It’s overwhelming and disheartening how many enemies Israel faces and are to blame. You’ve captured it all. Thanks Eve.
I’m going to say something a bit perhaps unpopular. The idea that Hersh’s parents had that they ‘didn’t do enough’ for him is incorrect. It is delusional. We do not have agency against pure evil like Hamas as much as we wish it. There was no way he was getting free of the savages who kidnapped him. The ‘deals’ offered by Hamas were not deals. Western nations didn’t care about him or the others. This reminds me of Jews blaming Jews for the Holocaust. In the face of evil we can be helpless. Because we are. The only answer is to destroy Hamas.
Eve you stated it perfectly. We are experiencing an existential threat to our ppl. Where are all those by standers who reassured themselves that during WWII that they would have done the right thing and stood up for the Jews? They are in lock step behind the Palestinians. They have found the cause celebre . It take guts to be a person of principle and risk being in the minority. Hersh was an American. A victim of terror. He deserved to be mourned as any American terror victim. He deserves all of us to acknowledge his parents’ pain. It is a national loss. An attack on all of us. But bc he is a Jew and it happened in Israel at the hands of Hamas, we sweep it under the rug. Jews are expendable.
We have learned the hard way over the last 11 months that hatred of Jews on the left is every bit as toxic and lethal as hatred of Jews on the right. We have also learned that even in the United States, to which so many our ancestors fled from Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, hated of us is every bit as venomous and alive as it was a century ago in Europe.
At this point of time, I would feel more safe and comfortable in a group of right leaning antisemites than leftist, progressive thugs
Ditto
Pick your poison, I guess.
The day after the the American Hersh Goldberg and the other five Israeli Jews were murdered by hamas, I saw baseball players wearing yellow ribbons on their jerseys. I thought my eyes were deceiving me, but it wasn't just one player. I haven't read anything about this gesture in the press, but to my eyes it could only mean one thing. We find little to comfort us in these times and such gestures mean alot.
Bravo Eve. You pull no punches. Of course you never do. Israel and Jews throughout the world along with our friends of other religions and none MUST remain totally united against the barbarism and terror of our enemies. That is the greatest weapon we have in order to survive and flourish. The message to Iran and their proxies......ISRAEL, THEY SHALL NOT HAVE IT.
Tragic days seem to accumulate. Lets hope something breaks very soon in our collective inability to grasp the existential danger we all face in our freedom loving lives. Never again is now.
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Eve this is so well said, thank you. I said the same thing last night to my husband about George Floyd.
Can anyone imagine if after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor there had been celebrations in the streets of NY and waving a Nazi flag? There is a collective consciousness now that goes beyond antisemitism and has destroyed American patriotism. I listened to Rachel Maddow's podcast about the pervasive antisemitism in the U.S. government during WW2, the difference being that they were trying to hide it then. I also spoke yesterday with the author of "Lone Wolf in Jerusalem", Ehud Diskin, after a chance meeting. He said that the West truly doesn't understand the ideology of what goes on in the Middle East. It is true. I pray it's not too late when they open their eyes. Please keep writing. We love you!
This has been such a hard argument to have and what the past several months that laying any of this at Bibi's feet exactly what Hamas wants, to destabilize Israel, to undercut it support from the United States, create any cracks in the foundation and have Jews themselves wide in those cracks. They use our love, they use our rules of humanity against us. Every war, every engagement has a set of rules. Against the enemy that operates by no rules, it game on.
I agree. Netanyahu is in an impossible situation, but anyone who has any sense whatsoever realizes that if Hamas is publically putting out statements (like yesterday) regarding the removal of Netanyahu, then he must be doing something right. The Nazis hated Churchill because he would not back down, and I suspect Hamas hates Netanyahu for the same reason. He is steadfast in his intention to rid the world of Hamas, as he should be.
That’s it! I just upgraded to founding tier subscription. I can’t do what you do but I can at least support it.
Let’s go people! 👏👏👏
So still no half mast flag at Harris White House?
Don’t hold your breath. Biden blames Bibi for this. Blames Jews for their own murder.
Please they call us Jews
Then call them Muslims....