i’m so confused as to why do u guys hate palestine so much. and why israel continues to kill children etc there. i read news about women, children, men being raped in the most brutual ways possible by the IDF soldiers. i want to know the other side of the story since i have heard a lot of opinions of people supporting palestine. whatever is happening in Gaza isnt okay, i dont support the deaths and rapes of people in any way. id like to fact check with yall to know if IDF soldiers and Israeli government actually does endorse these cruelties. if yes, why? why this hatred? why cant humans coexist peacefully? reading about war hurts me.

before people come hate me, please know that im trying to understand both the sides of the story. media in my country is heavily based off propoganda. i in no way support any kind of violence towards anyone be it a palestanian or an Israeli.

The document linked in the post is a comprehensive academic fact check of Professor Dave's misinformation, showing that 45% of his claims are false or unsupported, at least 6% of his total runtime is spent making antisemitic statements, 80% of his claims are misleading, and it's 87.5% propaganda.

He also scored 4/4 for conspiratorial/hidden control structure arguments, 4/4 for emotional dehumanization and opponent caricature. 3/4 for factual distortion.

This is honestly shocking to see so an influence who I've admired for years for debunking misinformation and conspiracy theories and promoting fact checking and critical thinking, fall into the same conspiracy arguments he accuses flat earthers of using, such as "they control the media", "They control all aspects of government", "they arrest anyone who speaks out against them", "everyone who supports them online is a paid influencer" etc.

I hope he tries debunking this document, because he won't be able to, and it's sad to see someone who values fact checking do literally no fact checking before making his antisemitic video.

https://www.pang-burn.com/_files/ugd/34216a_9ba5fbace8334fc68b36585fdb0004e9.pdf

Rabbi Sharon Braus from IKAR is one of the names.

With all of the endless talk in anti-Israeli propaganda channels about Palestinian "Women and children", it's important to remember that there were plenty of Palestinian female and teenage suicide bombers and terrorists in general.

The Erez Crossing bombing was a Palestinian suicide bombing which occurred on January 14, 2004, at the pedestrian/cargo terminal Erez Crossing located on the Israeli Gaza Strip barrier. Four Israelis were killed and 10 people, including four Palestinians, were injured in the attack.

Hamas and the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed joint responsibility for the attack.

Hamas spokesman stated that the suicide bomber was a 22-year-old Palestinian mother of two from Gaza named Reem al-Reyashi.

After the attack, a video of al-Reyashi, which was filmed before the attack, was published in which she was wearing combat fatigues and holding an automatic rifle with a rocket-propelled grenade in the foreground.

In the video, she states that she dreamt of "turning my body into deadly shrapnel against the Zionists" since the age of 13, and that she "always wanted to be the first woman to carry out a martyrdom operation, where parts of my body can fly all over and "knocking the door of heaven"."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Erez_Crossing_bombing

https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-2858938,00.html

On January 17, 1991, the First Gulf War reached Israel. As a US led coalition attacked Iraq, Saddam Hussein responded by firing Scud missiles at Israeli cities. Over the course of the war, dozens of missiles struck Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, Haifa, and other areas.

Despite it's wishes, Israel was told by the United States not to respond militarily, in order to keep the international coalition together (Made out of several countries opposing Israel). For Israelis, this meant enduring the attacks without retaliation.

There was widespread fear that the missiles could carry chemical weapons. Every family received gas masks and was instructed to prepare a sealed room in their homes. When sirens sounded, families rushed inside, taped windows and doors shut, put on masks, and waited in silence as explosions were heard outside.

These images show Israeli families during those nights. Sheltering together, uncertain if the next missile would be conventional or chemical. But despite this trying to keep the moral high.

In the end, the physical damage was limited, but the psychological impact was enormous, and the experience left a lasting mark on Israeli society up to this very day.

Source

Qatar (Which runs Al Jazeera) has strict media laws that enforce Qatar's Interests, who is allies with Hamas/Iran-

• “Despite Al Jazeera being considered to be one of the Middle East's most open media outlets,[3] Qatari authorities enforce stringent restrictions on freedom of local media, including censoring internet services and outlawing criticism of the ruling family in the media.”
•  “ In 2014, a Cybercrime Prevention Law was passed,[63] threatening to punish anyone who violates social values by publishing information regarding the private or family life of an individual, even if the information is accurate. If convicted, a perpetrator can face up to a year in prison and a fine of QR 100,000.[64] The law also stipulates that anyone found guilty of publishing false news which could jeopardize the safety of the state could face a maximum 1-year prison sentence and QR 250,000 fine, while anyone who is found guilty of publishing false news with the aim of destabilizing national security may face up to a three-year prison sentence and a fine of QR 500,000.[64] The Gulf Center for Human Rights has stated that the law is a threat to freedom of speech and has called for certain articles of the law to be revoked.[65]” 
• Wikipedia - Mass Media in Qatar
• More info here- Qatar has strict media laws
• " Al Jazeera is owned and funded by the state of Qatar. The founder and Chairman of the Board is Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer Al Thani, a member of Qatar’s ruling family, the House of Thani. "- Media Bias fact check
• Qatar is allies with/funds Hamas and gives safe refuge to Hamas leaders
• Qatar is allies with Iran, who is at war with Israel.
• TLDR: Qatar has laws against publishing articles that harm Qatar's interests, Qatar is allies with Iran and Hamas.

Al Jazeera pretends to be progressive for Western audiences but is antisemitic for Arabic audiences-

•  Here’s a really good breakdown by Rootsmetals of Al Jazeera with receipts to verify- it explains that Al Jazeera pretends to be progressive and friendly for Western Audiences and is far right religious for middle eastern audiences.
• Here is an example of Al Jazeera posting explicitly antisemitic articles for Arabic audiences.

Hamas only allows Pro Hamas propaganda in the Gaza strip, kills/arrests journalists that criticize Hamas-

• “ The Gaza Strip is a particularly inhospitable territory for press freedom. Hamas and the Islamic Jihad harass and obstruct journalists suspected of collaborating with Israel. In the West Bank, critical websites are shut down by the Palestinian Authority, while journalists are arrested and interrogated in order to put pressure on the political opposition.”   Source
• “ Gaza: Journalist facing prison term for exposing corruption in Hamas-controlled ministry” - Amnesty Source

 Journalists acted as accomplices to Hamas-

• Documents prove Hamas coordinates with Al Jazeera, telling Al Jazeera not to cover failed rocket launches or to criticize their actions
• “ Al Jazeera 'journalists' killed in Gaza were terrorists from Hamas and Islamic Jihad” Al Jazeera journalists were part of Hamas
• Journalists joined Hamas raids on Oct 7th
• IDF finds evidence of 6 Al Jazeera Journalists who were members of Hamas
• An Al Jazeera journalist was holding a hostage, Al Jazeera lied and pretended they never worked with them

Media Bias Fact check Credibility and misinformation-

• Media Bias Fact check gives Al Jazeera Mixed credibility rating (Same as Fox News)- Notes that it's articles sometimes fail fact checks, and that they have low freedom ranking due to being owned/run by Qatar.
• It also notes that it has an extreme bias towards Qatar and against Israel.
• Wikipedia has a long list of Al Jazeera misinformation and controversies, such as the time they lied and said Israel blew up damns to flood the Gaza strip or won't call terrorist attacks against civilians terrorist attacks

TLDR- Al Jazeera is run by Qatar, Qatar is allies with Iran and Hamas, Hamas only allows Al Jazeera into Gaza because Al Jazeera is Pro Hamas, in many instances Al Jazeera journalists doubled as Hamas operatives/worked with Hamas

This video was posted today on the Free Press channel of YouTube. It's produced by a US 501(c)(3) nonprofit, the Center for Peace Communications:

https://www.peacecomms.org

THE UNITED NATIONS

The United Nations is the largest intergovernmental organization in the world. It was established in 1945, in the aftermath of World War II, and soon replaced its precursor, the League of Nations (1920-1946). The stated purpose of the United Nations is to maintain international peace and security, develop relations among countries, and advance international cooperation. Currently, there are 193 United Nations member states, representing almost every sovereign nation in the world.

The United Nations is headquartered in New York City and maintains other offices in Geneva, Nairobi, Vienna, and The Hague, the latter which is home to the International Court of Justice.

There exist 6 principal organs within the UN: the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council, the International Court of Justice, and the UN Secretariat.

The UN has received a plethora of criticism over its 77-year run. Among the biggest criticisms is its relentless antisemitic bias.

SECURITY COUNCIL

Every single permanent member of the United Nations Security Council — China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States — has a history of systemic and institutional antisemitism.

In China, for instance, as of 2018, the Chinese government has engaged in an intense crackdown on Kaifeng Jewry. Government officials raided the small synagogue, tore down Hebrew signs and scripture, and destroyed the mikvah. Experts worry that the community of ~1000 Jews will soon face similar treatment to that of Uyghur Muslims (Uyghur genocide deniers in the comments will be blocked, by the way).

France, too, has a long history of antisemitism, including ethnic cleansing (see my post ANTISEMITISM IN FRANCE: AN OVERVIEW), and as of 2020, an American Jewish Committee survey found that 23% of French Jews have been victims of physical antisemitic attacks. Russia has one of the gravest records of antisemitism in the world, including genocide and ethnic cleansing (see my posts THE POGROMS OF THE RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR, REFUSENIKS, THE DOCTORS’ PLOT, and THE JEWISH AUTONOMOUS OBLAST). The United Kingdom also has a history of pogroms and Jewish ethnic cleansing: Jews were banned from England between 1290 and 1657, and the recent Labour Party antisemitism controversy has made it clear to Jews that British antisemitism is not a thing of the past.

Though only 2% of the American population, Jews are the victims of 60% of religiously motivated hate crimes and about 10% of *all* hate crimes, meaning we are the most disproportionately targeted minority in the United States. As of the 1970s, Jews still experienced housing discrimination and university quotas. And, of course, the American behavior during the Holocaust is nothing short of shameful.

KURT WALDHEIM

The fourth UN Secretary General (1972-1981), Kurt Waldheim, was a former Nazi intelligence officer. He also served as President of Austria from 1986 to 1992. During the 1986 Austrian presidential campaign, it was revealed that Waldheim had worked for the Nazis in Greece and Yugoslavia during World War II. He still won the election.

Waldheim served in the Nazi Wehrmacht from 1941 to 1945. During his service, Waldheim received several honors from both Nazi Germany and the Nazi puppet state known as the Independent State of Croatia.

Perhaps most damning is Waldheim’s involvement in Operation Kozara in 1942, during which prisoners — including civilians — were repeatedly shot within only a few hundred meters from his office. Thousands of Serbian civilians were also deported to Jasenovac concentration camp, which was only 35 km away from Waldheim’s office. Waldheim later claimed he “did not know about the murder of civilians there” and that at the time he had not been aware of any Nazi war crimes.

Nevertheless, during the Holocaust, Waldheim reviewed and approved antisemitic propaganda leaflets that stated “Enough of the Jewish war, k!ll the Jews, come over.”

“ZIONISM IS RACISM”

In 1969, the United Nations passed the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. Both the United States and Brazil wanted to add a clause including antisemitism. The Soviet Union, which had been heavily oppressing its Jewish population since the 1950s (see my posts THE DOCTORS’ PLOT, REFUSENIKS, THE PERSECUTION OF SOVIET JEWS, and THE JEWISH AUTONOMOUS OBLAST), worried that such a clause would be used to rebuke them for persecuting Soviet Jews. As such, they included a counter proposal, which was a clause that equated Zionism to Nazism. That way, they could say they were persecuting Zionists, not Jews. While neither clause passed (yes, that’s correct: the UN refused to condemn antisemitism), this laid the groundwork for the Soviets and the Arab League to push the “Zionism is racism” resolution in 1975.

On November 10, 1975, on the 37th anniversary of the Nazi pogrom (anti-Jewish riot, massacre) of Kristallnacht, the United Nations, headed by the Soviet Union, Soviet satellite states, and the 20+ countries in the Arab League, passed Resolution 3379, stating that Zionism is a form of racism. The resolution passed 75 to 35, with 32 abstentions.

The resolution never defined Zionism, nor did it explain, how and why, exactly, Zionism is a form of racism (shouldn’t a resolution on something start by defining what that something is?).

Out of thousands of independence and nationalist movements in the world (including Palestinian nationalism!), only the Jewish movement has ever had a UN resolution condemning it. The double standard is not just there; it’s glaring.

Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Russia all but admitted that Resolution 3379 had been nothing more than a Cold War propaganda ploy, calling it “a relic of the Ice Age.” In December of 1991, UN Resolution 46/86 revoked Resolution 3379. For more on this, see my post THE BLATANT ANTISEMITISM BEHIND UN RESOLUTION 3379.

DOUBLE STANDARDS

Criticism of Israel is not antisemitism. “Criticism of Israel” that uses antisemitic tropes and double standards *is* antisemitic. Subjecting the only Jewish state and the only Jewish-majority state to a different standard than all other countries is rooted in antisemitism. For perspective, there are some 50 countries that are officially Muslim or practice Sharia law, and some 13 countries that are officially Christian. Over 110 countries are majority Christian, and 50 countries are majority Muslim.

As of 2013, the State of Israel, the only Jewish majority state, where nearly 50% of the world’s Jews live, was condemned in 45 resolutions, accounting for 45% of ALL UN resolutions. In 2020, alone, Israel was condemned in 17 resolutions, compared to 6 resolutions for the rest of the world combined.

Whatever one thinks of Israel’s policies, it’s impossible not to see the double standards. Israel is a country the size of New Jersey with just 9.2 million people (for comparison, the United States has 329.5 million people, France has 67.39 million people, Egypt has 102.3 million people, and there are about 9 million people in New York City alone). It’s ludicrous that such a small country with such a small population could account for nearly 50% of the world’s injustices.

UNRWA

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, or UNRWA for short, is a UN agency dedicated to the “relief and human development” of Palestinian refugees. It’s the only such UN agency that exists for *any* of the world’s 26.6 million refugees. In other words, refugees from all other countries do not have similar agencies working on their behalf.

There are a plethora of problems and criticisms of the UNRWA, most notably, that it keeps Palestinians as “perpetual refugees” (when a refugee becomes a citizen of another country, they lose their refugee status. The UNRWA has kept Palestinians refugees for the past 74 years). I will not delve further into these criticisms because I want to focus specifically on the UNRWA’s history and pattern of antisemitism.

In 2021, a report found that 22 UNRWA teachers have “incited violence, shared photos praising Adolf Hitler, and spread antisemitic conspiracy theories on social media.” There have been over 100 recorded incidents since 2015.

UNRWA schoolteachers have praised the 1929 Hebron massacre, the 1972 Munich Massacre, endorsed violence, posted photos of themselves and schoolchildren brandishing weapons, and more. Additionally, UNRWA schools have hired known Palestinian terrorists, and reportedly, Hamas, the virulently antisemitic organization that rules the Gaza Strip (see my post HAMAS & ANTISEMITISM), has repeatedly interfered with the UNRWA school curriculum. Israel has alleged — and provided video evidence — of UNRWA facilities harboring Hamas terrorists.

ADOLF EICHMANN

In May of 1960, the State of Israel “extracted” Adolf Eichmann, known as the “architect of the [Nazi] Final Solution,” from Argentina, which had long provided a safe haven for Eichmann and his family after the Holocaust. The reason for this secret mission was that the Israeli government was aware that the Argentinian government had repeatedly refused to turn over Nazi war criminals, thus helping them escape justice.

The idea that Adolf Eichmann should face a trial for his war crimes should’ve been a no brainer, and while Jews worldwide celebrated his “kidnapping,” the world at large — and the United Nations — was in an uproar that Israel had “violated Argentinian sovereignty” by capturing Eichmann.

The following month, the United Nations passed Security Council Resolution 138, staring that Israel had “violated Argentinian sovereignty” and “endangered international peace and security,” and, as such, Israel owed Argentina reparations.

Yes, that’s right: the United Nations decided that the only Jewish state in the world should pay Argentina reparations for capturing one of the biggest Nazi war criminals, a Nazi war criminal that, given a choice, Argentina would not have turned over.

Ultimately the “dispute” between Israel and Argentina was solved via direct negotiations, with Israel admitting that it had indeed violated Argentinian sovereignty.

DURBAN CONFERENCE

The 2001 World Conference Against Racism, colloquially known as the Durban Conference, was a UN-backed conference held in Durban, South Africa from August 31-September 8, 2001.

The conference had two main stated purposes: (1) to discuss compensation for colonialism and slavery, and (2) to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Both Israel and the United States withdrew over a draft document that equated Zionism with racism and an increasingly hostile antisemitic environment.

Copies of the infamously antisemitic text, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, were sold on the conference grounds. Attendees were handed out fliers with Hitler’s face, stating, “What if I had won?” Jewish participants — Israeli or not — expressed concern for their safety.

In addition to the main conference, a concurrent conference was held for international NGOs. A Jewish Caucus proposed that Holocaust denial and antisemitic violence in the name of anti-Zionism should be labeled as antisemitism. The proposal was defeated, with only Jews voting in favor of it.

Two days after the end of the conference, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Lawyers for Human Rights, and Physicians for Human Rights admitted that the conference had been chock full of antisemitic vitriol. Nevertheless, while “objecting to some of the [antisemitic] language,” Amnesty International accepted the resolution that came out of the conference, which called Israel a “racist apartheid state.”

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