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Can't wait for the graphic novel "The Banality if Evil: An Autobiography. by @TedRall
jonny goldstein retweeted
They gave Navi Pillay a Nobel Prize for her report saying that on October 7th, it was Israel that attacked Hamas. 👇
jonny goldstein retweeted
Unlike @AbdulElSayed, I’m an Arab who is actually from Israel. My family lived through the establishment of the state of Israel and what he calls the “Nakba.” The Holocaust was nothing like the events of the “Nakba” where my grandfather was told to flee by Arab leaders (not Jews) so the Arabs could “defeat the Jews.” He refused, and all the Arab residents who stayed were given citizenship. Those who fled, a large number by choice, were not permitted to return, as often happens in war. That is a catastrophe, a “nakba” of their own making. But there was no choice in the Holocaust, there was no citizenship for those who stayed. You are intentionally comparing a war and a genocide. They are not the same.
Your vile attempt to co-opt the largest massacre of the Jewish people in history, the systematic murder of six million people simply because they were Jews, for your own dystopian pro-terror Muslim Brotherhood agenda is despicable. I see through you Abdul. You may be able to fool Western Americans with your garbage, but we know who you really are.
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jonny goldstein retweeted
Millions are now addicted to hating Israel. They get daily dopamine hits from graphic content fuelling their need to be outraged. It's a compulsion & a community. No ceasefire will end it. If there are no Israelis to hate, any Jew will do. It has nothing to do with Palestinians.
Another repulsive chapter of the NYTimes' biased coverage against the Jewish state.
🇺🇸🇮🇱🇵🇸 A Yale study reveals the New York Times covered the Gaza war's first months as if Israel were the only actor on the field.
Edieal Pinker reviewed 1,559 Times stories (Oct 7, 2023 – June 7, 2024), finding a frame that gave Israel near-total agency and responsibility while downplaying post-Oct 7 Israeli deaths.
The NYT largely skipped Hamas fighters and subsequent Palestinian attacks, running Palestinian suffering two days out of three while Israeli suffering virtually vanished.
If the Gray Lady can quietly erase an entire side of a war's agency, how many other foundational narratives are we misreading in real-time?
Source: NY Post / Writer: Samuel
jonny goldstein retweeted
The New York Times coverage of the Gaza-Israel war was grossly pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel, according to a peer-reviewed study. Jewish casualties were omitted or minimized while Palestinian casualties were amplified and misrepresented.
Yale University Professor Edieal Pinker published the review in the an academic journal Studies in Conflict & Terrorism. His peer-reviewed research quantitatively evaluated 1,559 New York Times articles published between October 7, 2023, and June 7, 2024, to assess potential narrative imbalances.
The study found that:
- 91% of the analyzed articles failed to mention Israeli casualties that occurred after October 7.
- 1,423 articles completely omitted mentions of both Israeli post-Oct. 7 casualties and Hamas combatant deaths.
- 50% of the articles did not reference the Israeli hostages held by Hamas during the fighting, and 41% omitted mentions of the Israeli casualties from the initial October 7 attack itself.
- Personal stories highlighting Palestinian and Lebanese suffering appeared on average two out of every three days. Comparable accounts of Israeli suffering unrelated directly to the October 7 events appeared in very few articles.
- The word "Israel" appeared 27,205 times across the dataset, compared to just 8,499 mentions of "Hamas," meaning Israel was mentioned more than three times as often. This statistical discrepancy places near-exclusive agency and responsibility on Israel while severely diminishing Hamas's role in sustaining the conflict.
Pinker concluded that these consistent editorial choices cultivated a dominant narrative portraying Israel as the sole aggressor facing few consequences beyond losing international sympathy, while Palestinians were predominantly framed as passive victims. He argues that the coverage deprives readers of a comprehensive understanding of the ongoing combat dynamics and the continuous nature of Israeli losses.
Following the initial release of the study data, The New York Times publicly defended its reporting, claiming it has covered the war with rigor and from all angles. Of course my commentary on their reporting shows that this defense is hot garbage.
The New York Times buried the Holocaust in the back pages and then doubled down on downplaying Jewish suffering after October 7. They are a disgusting business that should be boycotted.
You are so off the mark. You are putting your own people in danger with your libels. How do you sleep at night?
Rula Jebreal used racist language to criticize Hakeem Jeffries. Her comments were clearly wrong. She has apologized for them unconditionally.
She has also spent her entire adult life combatting bigotry and injustice— not only against her own Afro-Palestinian community and against Palestinians at large, but throughout the world. She has worked tirelessly to create scholarships for students from countries ravaged by war. As her friend, I’ve seen her dedication to human rights firsthand.
If you want to be judged on the totality of your work—not on your worst moment— then extend that same decency to Rula now. And if you oppose bigotry, then press Hakeem Jeffries and other politicians to end US support for a state that practices apartheid and has committed genocide.
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@dananessel I urge you to do the right thing. As painful as it might be, in this race, I request you endorse @MikeRogersForMI. be brave. We need heroes, not apparatchiks.
An even better thing for you to hang your head in shame and crawl under a rock.
It will be a very good thing for the Democratic Party is @AbdulElSayed wins the Michigan primary.
1 year for killing someone in cold blood? How is this a just sentence? Time for a new DA.
Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced that Loay Abdel Fattah Alnaji (DOB 05/06/73), of Moorpark, was sentenced to one year in Ventura County Jail and two years of felony probation for the death of Paul Kessler. Alnaji previously pleaded guilty on May 5, 2026, to felony involuntary manslaughter and felony battery causing serious bodily injury. He also admitted a special allegation that he personally inflicted great bodily injury, along with aggravating factors that he used a weapon and that the victim was particularly vulnerable. The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office argued for a state prison sentence and objected to the court’s decision to impose one year of jail and probation.
Victim impact statements were submitted prior to the sentencing hearing for the court to read, including a statement from Mr. Kessler’s widow.
“There are no words to describe the pain of losing a husband in such a sudden and violent way,” his widow wrote. “The grief is relentless. The silence in our house, the absence of his voice, his companionship, his love and the future we had planned together are losses I carry with me every day.”
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Look forward to Jared moppimg the floor with your candidacy.
I’m a Democratic Socialist in Florida running against your boy @JaredEMoskowitz.
I was born on the Fourth of July. My family came to Massachusetts before the Revolutionary War.
There is nothing more American than independence from the modern aristocracy that you represent.
jonny goldstein retweeted
On the day of yet another firebombing and window-smashing of two Synagogues in Canada, I wanted to discuss some reactions to expect when talking about how antizionism fuels discrimination and violence against Jews and Israelis.
People will often:
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Most Americans and Europeans are unfamiliar with Israel-Lebanon history - which was peaceful until 1969, with the border quite open.
Here are lesser-known points, even for most Israelis:
**1.** For 20 years after the 1948 war until 1969, the border was completely quiet. Farmers on both sides worked their lands and built homes right up to the line. There were good neighborly relations: Metula farmers ground wheat in Lebanese villages. As a child in 1968, my grandfather took me by jeep into Lebanon to visit his acquaintances.
**2.** In 1970, Yasser Arafat arrived in Lebanon after failing to seize Jordan (“Black September”). That’s when troubles began. He ignited a civil war that destroyed the “Paris of the Middle East” and launched attacks on Israel.
**3.** May 22, 1970: Terrorists attacked a school bus at Avivim (right on the border), killing 9 children and 3 adults and wounding 25 children. Dozens more attacks followed yearly, including the Ma’alot school takeover (May 15, 1974): 4 civilians and 25 children killed, 68 wounded. All by Palestinian terrorists. Relations with Shiite and Christian residents of southern Lebanon remained good.
**4.** In 1978, after nine years of attacks and shelling, and as a direct result of "coastal road massacre" (35 dead. 9 children) Israel launched "Operation Litani" clearing southern Lebanon to the Litani River. It withdrew after three months under promises of quiet. A UN force, UNIFIL, was created to fight the terrorists.
**5.** UNIFIL failed to stop terrorism; shelling of Israeli communities continued. Good relations with Lebanese Christians persisted. Many fled to Israel via the “Good Fence” or “Fatima Gate” crossing during the civil war.
**6.** In 1982, Israel launched Operation “Peace for Galilee” to reach terrorist headquarters in Beirut. A peace treaty was signed on May 17, 1983, but it collapsed after the Lebanese president’s assassination and andc Sabra and Shatila massacre (By Christian forces) - Israel withdrew to a security zone; Lebanon’s civil war continued until Hezbollah prevailed (Taif Agreement, 1989).
**7.** In 2000, Israel withdrew to the last centimeter of the UN-marked 1949 border — and Hezbollah immediately kidnapped three Israeli soldiers. Amid the Second Intifada (~1,200 killed), Israel did not respond forcefully and even released terrorists for the hostages’ bodies.
**2006:** Hezbollah killed four soldiers and kidnapped two. In the Second Lebanon War, dozens of Israeli civilians died from rockets reaching Haifa. The IDF entered Lebanon but withdrew again to the international border.
Two factors stirred the pot: **Syria and Iran**. Syria occupied Lebanon (with Iranian involvement) from 1976 until 2005.
In 2004, UN Security Council Resolution 1559 demanded:
1. Respect for Lebanon’s sovereignty and the Lebanese government’s exclusive authority.
2. Disarmament of all militias (Hezbollah and Palestinian groups).
3. Withdrawal of all foreign forces.
Hezbollah and Iran ignored it; Syria later reduced its presence.
After the 2006 war, Resolution 1701 required full implementation of 1559, a strengthened UNIFIL (15,000 troops authorized to use force), and Lebanese army deployment in the south.
**Article 12 of Resolution 1701**
The UN force “shall take all necessary action to ensure that its area of operations is not used for hostile activities of any kind, and shall use robust means to prevent shelling.” Israel was not required to withdraw until the force deployed.
Israel withdrew anyway - yet Hezbollah built a massive arsenal of ~150,000 missiles in tunnels and civilian homes across Shiite areas.
.@grok
: check my facts. Correct mistakes.
Look forward to seeing what they uncover.
Dear @nytimes :
On behalf of shareholders we are demanding the records. Not to debate your politics. To see whether the Board did its job while the company’s credibility, reputation, and exposure were put at risk.
You told the public there was nothing to see.
Let's find out.
.@nickkristof as a born & bred Oregonian & a human being I am so disgusted by your recent shoddy reporting re: Israel.Truly pathetic, if not malevolent.Apologize, resignn & refrain from publishing anything else ever. CC: @nytimes wsj.com/opinion/free-express…
jonny goldstein retweeted
Two dog experts confirm it is impossible to train a dog to become aroused and anally penetrate a human on command. Medical journals only describe human initiated bestiality. The @nytimes @NickKristof did not fact check the story. This is how low anti-Israel discourse has fallen.
So sad what the NYtimes has become...
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The @nytimes just published one of the most serious sets of allegations imaginable against Israel – claims of systematic sexual violence, including a bizarre story about carrots and trained rape dogs. We checked the sources.
What we found is journalistic malpractice. 🧵
.@AshleyRindsberg is there any effort to fund Wikipedia editors to provide more balanced articles? If Qatar or Iran can do it, surely other folks could. This seems like a high leverage move as Wikipedia is such a relied upon resource by AI and regular folks alike.
