Repost: Zack Rothbart, “Everyone knows about Herzl. Is it time for Max Nordau, the intermarried father of Zionism, to get his due?”
He also coined the term “Muscular Judaism” — a redefinition of what it meant to be a Jew in the modern world; a critical shift away from the traditionally insular, “meek” Jewish archetype devoted solely to religious and intellectual pursuits. The “Muscular Jew” in theory and practice was necessary in order for a modern Jewish state to be established.
Repost: Silvan Shalom, "A fence built for peace"
The general assembly request recalls the famous observation of Abba Eban that "if Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions".
Repost: Emma Goldman, "On Zionism"
to those who till the soil.
Repost: New York Times (1942), “NAZIS REASSURE ARABS; Anti-Semitism Confined to Jews, Spokesman Explains”
Antisemitism means “Jew hate.” Nothing else.
Repost: Sam Harris, "Islam and the Future of Liberalism"
There is a sense today that we are all obligated to repeat, “This does not represent all Muslims!” Sam actually specfies who is and is not an Islamist, only for the likes of Ben Affleck to insist he really means, “Kill the extremists!” Strawman arguments are a common defense against real criticism of organized religion.
Repost: List of Levant-area Massacre of Jews before 1948
622 – 627: ethnic cleansing of Jews from Mecca and Medina, (Jewish boys publicly inspected for pubic hair. if they had any, they were executed); 629: 1st Alexandria Massacres, Egypt; 622 – 634: extermination of the 14 Arabian Jewish tribes; 822 – 861: Islamic empire passes law that Jews must wear yellow stars…
Repost: Hussein Aboubakr post on Facebook
This is the exact copy of the Protocols of Zion I owned in Cairo when I was a teenager. I was 14 when I first read this. This specific copy was printed in 2003 after a spike of interest in the Protocols due to the broadcasting of the show titled A Horseman Without A Horse on state-run TV which depicts the global Jewish conspiracy. This was immediately after 9/11 with the resurgence of mass antisemitism and anti-Americanism all over the ME.