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Mosby

(16,158 posts)
Tue May 17, 2016, 11:33 AM May 2016

The Next Anti-Israeli Temper Tantrum

Some two dozen well-known novelists are writing a book about Israel's occupation of the West Bank that will lack context, ignore reality, give Palestinians a pass for their terror and Jew-hating, and do nothing to end the very occupation they deplore.

The occupation is "the most grievous injustice I have ever seen in my life … the worst thing I have ever seen, just purely in terms of injustice," the Pulitzer Prize-winning American Jewish author Michael Chabon said after touring the West Bank city of Hebron in late April with his wife, the novelist Amy Ayelet Waldman – who are jointly leading the project to produce the book next year. Perhaps Chabon's led a sheltered life, for the occupation in Hebron and elsewhere in the West Bank hardly compares to humanitarian horror in North Korea; political suppression in China, Russia and Cuba; and the lack of fundamental human rights across the Arab world.

Or perhaps it hasn't occurred to Chabon, Waldman and the other esteemed novelists who include Mario Vargas Llosa, Geraldine Brooks and Dave Eggers – all of whom have visited the West Bank, East Jerusalem, or Gaza or will do so in the coming weeks – that they wouldn't be allowed to investigate human rights in any of the aforementioned countries due to their autocratic rule.

http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-05-17/the-next-anti-israel-tantrum-is-coming-in-book-form

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The Next Anti-Israeli Temper Tantrum (Original Post) Mosby May 2016 OP
Yeah, why can't those fools support a cruel, decades long occupation? BillZBubb May 2016 #1
This message was self-deleted by its author King_David May 2016 #3
"...they wouldn't be allowed to investigate human rights in China, Russia, N.Korea, Cuba...." shira May 2016 #2
Don't look here, look over there! Little Tich May 2016 #4
It's best to report accurately & honestly on human rights violations.... shira May 2016 #13
Seriously Mosby........ Israeli May 2016 #5
Well that truly was a ridiculous statement made by Chabon King_David May 2016 #6
I would say that your " credibility is now shred " KD ... Israeli May 2016 #7
Never heard of any of them leftynyc May 2016 #8
" Never heard of any of them " .......... Israeli May 2016 #9
Not understanding your question leftynyc May 2016 #10
Moi ?..... Israeli May 2016 #11
Thanks for confirming leftynyc May 2016 #12
Yes King_David May 2016 #14
You are welcome ... Israeli May 2016 #15

BillZBubb

(10,650 posts)
1. Yeah, why can't those fools support a cruel, decades long occupation?
Tue May 17, 2016, 11:35 AM
May 2016

Can't they see it's the Israelis who are suffering?

Response to BillZBubb (Reply #1)

 

shira

(30,109 posts)
2. "...they wouldn't be allowed to investigate human rights in China, Russia, N.Korea, Cuba...."
Tue May 17, 2016, 11:49 AM
May 2016

Hell, they're not allowed to investigate human rights violations in Gaza either.

Except if Jews can be blamed.

If Hamas, they're just as restricted as in China, etc..

Plus, they just don't give a shit about Palestinians when Jews can't be blamed.

Little Tich

(6,171 posts)
4. Don't look here, look over there!
Wed May 18, 2016, 12:47 AM
May 2016

I don't think human rights violations are ever OK, not even when they're committed by America's greatest ally. The right thing to do is to stop committing human rights violations, not to stop reporting about them.

 

shira

(30,109 posts)
13. It's best to report accurately & honestly on human rights violations....
Wed May 18, 2016, 01:11 PM
May 2016

....and not to vilify Israel based on hyperbole, lies, and propaganda.

Why would people exaggerate and lie about Israel's human rights record?

Well, other than for bigoted, hateful reasons....

Israeli

(4,132 posts)
7. I would say that your " credibility is now shred " KD ...
Wed May 18, 2016, 08:11 AM
May 2016

....and all of you that took part in the " Temper Tantrum "

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
8. Never heard of any of them
Wed May 18, 2016, 09:55 AM
May 2016

Am I supposed to care about these people? I mean really - "the most grievous injustice I have ever seen in my life" just makes them look like complete imbeciles given what's going on in the world - how about what isis is doing - turning girls into sex slaves, burning people alive, North Korea, the treatment of women throughout the Muslim world. This book will get the scorn it deserves.

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
10. Not understanding your question
Wed May 18, 2016, 11:01 AM
May 2016

I doubt his name was ever in my mind for more than an instant. Why on earth would I remember someone I labeled a clown? Surely you must agree that his hyperbolic bullshit is not helpful in the slightest.

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
12. Thanks for confirming
Wed May 18, 2016, 12:50 PM
May 2016

my suspicions. Always good to know that hyperbole plays a role in your arguments. That way everyone can feel free to take it with a grain of salt.

King_David

(14,851 posts)
14. Yes
Wed May 18, 2016, 01:14 PM
May 2016

lol

And a lot of self righteousness.

Believing that is the only righteous Jew in the group and the only one who gets along with those that are not... Which is a little weird for someone claiming to live in Israel.

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