I'm astonished by the reductive and factually incorrect Newspeak on The Free Press's "coverage" of Israel v. Hamas. Newspeak is being kind because Orwell defined that as a consequence of the fall of democracy. What's depressing is that Ms. Weiss and her clique seem oblivious to the rational analyses of others. The Free Press pieces on th…
I'm astonished by the reductive and factually incorrect Newspeak on The Free Press's "coverage" of Israel v. Hamas. Newspeak is being kind because Orwell defined that as a consequence of the fall of democracy. What's depressing is that Ms. Weiss and her clique seem oblivious to the rational analyses of others. The Free Press pieces on the Middle East in the last few months have been shamefully reductive, ignorant of the facts and deeply amoral. But since I know they won't be receptive to ideas, let me argue (as a Jew who's read the Torah in Hebrew) why what Israel is doing now will HURT Jews and lead antisemitism, already on the upswing, to surge. I know I'm preaching to a frightened crowd that doesn't want to be "converted" by facts, so I won't suggest anything they'd view as unorthodox (eg the forced poverty of the Gazans, which has created long lines of young men eager to join Hamas. Shamefully Free Press readers are only to read stuff that confirms their reptilian fears. Anyway here's trying to convey why Barrie and people like Niall whom I'm embarrassed at having published as an LA Times book editor should care:
1. The ridiculous CW that "there are no options" other than Israelis killing Gazans is more obviously ridiculous to Israeli's enemies than Barri and Niall think. Israeli's last three campaigns to "externinate" Hamas (yes, Palestinians in their view are stupid dark skinned "rats") have failed to accomplish that goal. Israelis know this but Americans led by Weiss are so clueless that they're advocating actions that will redound to their Jewish disadvantage. Of course the Oct. 7 Hamas slaughter of Israelis was horrific. But it was not a Holocuast nor a pogrom. Israel has since killed scores more of Gazans than Hamas did. How many more must die? I'm guessing Bari and Niall will say "countless" because they're operating from the sort of blood vengeance that the foundational Jewish text (the Torah) condemned. In other words, they're Jews who know nothing about Judaism. But ignorance is bliss in the "Free" lol press. So I'll conclude by saying "Yes! Keep the slaughter going!" But where should the killing end?" The Free Press may respond like Netanyahu that "it should end when we kill all of our opponents." But the joke is on these writers because any people systemically condemned to poverty will eventually rise against their perceived oppressors. That's the basic argument. Should anyone on this thread care to do a few minutes of research, check out the Jewish authored RAND report on "Contiguity." (That's hard to spell but maybe some FP readers could google it.) It says what I've said before.
I'm astonished by the reductive and factually incorrect Newspeak on The Free Press's "coverage" of Israel v. Hamas. Newspeak is being kind because Orwell defined that as a consequence of the fall of democracy. What's depressing is that Ms. Weiss and her clique seem oblivious to the rational analyses of others. The Free Press pieces on the Middle East in the last few months have been shamefully reductive, ignorant of the facts and deeply amoral. But since I know they won't be receptive to ideas, let me argue (as a Jew who's read the Torah in Hebrew) why what Israel is doing now will HURT Jews and lead antisemitism, already on the upswing, to surge. I know I'm preaching to a frightened crowd that doesn't want to be "converted" by facts, so I won't suggest anything they'd view as unorthodox (eg the forced poverty of the Gazans, which has created long lines of young men eager to join Hamas. Shamefully Free Press readers are only to read stuff that confirms their reptilian fears. Anyway here's trying to convey why Barrie and people like Niall whom I'm embarrassed at having published as an LA Times book editor should care:
1. The ridiculous CW that "there are no options" other than Israelis killing Gazans is more obviously ridiculous to Israeli's enemies than Barri and Niall think. Israeli's last three campaigns to "externinate" Hamas (yes, Palestinians in their view are stupid dark skinned "rats") have failed to accomplish that goal. Israelis know this but Americans led by Weiss are so clueless that they're advocating actions that will redound to their Jewish disadvantage. Of course the Oct. 7 Hamas slaughter of Israelis was horrific. But it was not a Holocuast nor a pogrom. Israel has since killed scores more of Gazans than Hamas did. How many more must die? I'm guessing Bari and Niall will say "countless" because they're operating from the sort of blood vengeance that the foundational Jewish text (the Torah) condemned. In other words, they're Jews who know nothing about Judaism. But ignorance is bliss in the "Free" lol press. So I'll conclude by saying "Yes! Keep the slaughter going!" But where should the killing end?" The Free Press may respond like Netanyahu that "it should end when we kill all of our opponents." But the joke is on these writers because any people systemically condemned to poverty will eventually rise against their perceived oppressors. That's the basic argument. Should anyone on this thread care to do a few minutes of research, check out the Jewish authored RAND report on "Contiguity." (That's hard to spell but maybe some FP readers could google it.) It says what I've said before.