Mehdi once wrote a book about how to win an argument even when you know you’re wrong. The trick is to be manipulative and dishonest. Mehdi has never to my knowledge talked seriously about the Israeli historical experience as he demands of me for Palestinians. And Mehdi is accusing me of ignoring Palestinians in an interview that, though it was meant to be focused on the Israeli experience, talked a lot about Palestinians. I’m starting to think Mehdi isn’t an entirely trustworthy guy.

This is maybe the greatest disquisition on the definition of Zionism I’ve ever heard. It’s all encompassing in an irrefutable way.

No, I am not mad at NatCon. And yes, I do agree vehemently with the bottom line: israeli self-reliance. As some would say: “I violently agree.” And I’ve been arguing that for 30 years. And that Israel understands that and is developing a strategic concept of far greater self-reliance tells me Israel will be just fine. Also, I agree that we have a very grave problem in our youth here about which we can ignore and be ostriches, but at our own peril, to say the least. All more true, in fact, than the speakers themselves emphasized, in fact. But there were certain assumptions: 1. that the US has acted in the region under an Israel-first policy, and that Israel just wants the U.S. to do the heavy lifting for it, which is rank gibberish and frankly bizarre given the immense human cost young Israelis have paid in holding the front lines of civilization and freedom against barbarism and tyrannical insanity over the last three years; 2. that the antisemitism should and could safely be ignored, or at least diminished in our priorities and ought not be the main issue Jews and Israel should concern itself with, and certainly should not guide our views of certain actors, and finally, the kicker … 3. … We should accept and adjust to entitlement and closed-mindedness of our youth rather than fight it hard. The problem is that all these assumptions are wrong and dangerous, not only regarding Israel, but in terms of American and civilizational survival. But the speakers gave no indication of a plan to fight these views, and to various degrees sought to excuse them and basically suggested some of these assumptions were correct. All were left on the table unexamined; that was disappointing. And perhaps because they seem content to adjust to, indulge or accept the crisis of American youth’s lack of commitment to civilizational survival, they were oblivious to the reality to which they were just exposed. They were visiting in a nation whose youth are displaying exactly those qualities which are dying in our youth. Those young Israelis are providing a glaring counterpoint to the deterioration that can end our greatness if not even terminate our civilizational survival. Israeli youth are displaying in droves right now the Greek quality of thumos — valor and civilizational vitality — to which Secretary Rubio appealed last week and is dangerously absent in other western countries. And yet, the speakers simply seemed unable to rise above an obliviousness to the examinable model of thumos glaring at them outside the conference hall. Which then raises a very serious question as to how much of a solution their brand of political thinking, with which I mostly agree, actually is to the obvious problem we have.

טבח שמחת תורה שינה אותנו כאומה וכיחידים. היום המחריד הזה הזכיר לנו את ששכחנו, גורל אחד לכולנו - חרדים, חילונים ודתיים. האחריות לעתיד האומה כאן בארץ ישראל היא של כולנו. לצד שמירת הגחלת היהודית ועולם תורה פורח ומשגשג, חובה עלינו לקחת אחריות ולדאוג גם לעתידנו הבטחוני בסיוע לבניין הכוח של זרועות הביטחון. לעילוי נשמתם של הנרצחים, ולמען עתידנו - נדאג לקחת אחריות, וליצוק תוכן בשותפות הגורל הזו.

Al Jazeera: Israeli Settlers Storm Flydubai Cockpit Using Talmudic Ritual

I remember when the left went absolutely batshit because Alito’s wife flew an “Appeal to Heaven” flag at their house one time, was told that the actions of his wife directly reflected on him and his ability to do his job. Guess that doesn’t apply anymore for some reason

"Unlike activists and partisans, we don't publish speculation or *unverified information*" 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

The problem for you is that the 7500 unlawful interference/hijacking call was transmitted at 5:38 UTC, four and a half hours before your propaganda outlet published the fake news article.

Al Ahli hospital. October 17, 2023. You published an unverified speculative story fed to you by a terrorist organization, @nytimes.

…except when you’re reporting Hamas claims from Gaza, apparently. 😉 Remember Al-Ahli? Let's remind you.

It's Allah u Akbar when they succeed. It's false flag when they fail. Jihad 2026

Media's desperate rush to reframe & contextualize what seems like an obvious attempted terrorist attack & active hijacking against a plane full of Israelis heading to Israel is extremely revealing. Where was this level of skepticism over false Hamas claims of Israeli atrocities?

NYT: Israeli Passengers Genocide Innocent Muslim Pilot on Flydubai Flight From Dubai to Tel Aviv

Violent stabbing and attempted hijacking as an “altercation” is the new “fiery but mostly peaceful protest.”

I may be talking to the echo chamber but, do you understand that whenever Israel is involved in a news story, newsrooms that are not conservative media totally fumble it? I really need you to look at this as a case study and understand if the media reported this hijacking this terribly when we know clearly what happened, what else do you think they might be misrepresenting regarding Israel?

In case you're all wondering how beyond the pale @ShawnRyan762 has gone, he just released an episode claiming that the IDF is behind the Champlain Tower collapse in Surfside, FL Want to understand how insane that claim is? Shawn doesn't care that 30-40% of the population of Surfside is Jewish Shawn doesn't care that it was estimated that 30-50% of the victims of the disaster were Jewish Shawn doesn't care what lies he spreads as long as he gets his clip going "Woahhhhh, no WAY" and gets his clicks His guest claims that there was info on Epstein on a hard drive in the building Does this knuckle dragging retard not think that if Israel were behind this, they could have gone to the apartment unit and destroyed the hard drive instead of causing an entire building to collapse? In what world is THAT the chosen tactic? But Shawn Ryan doesn't live in a world of any reason or logic It's not suspicious that the IDF went to help -- they often deploy a humanitarian search-and-rescue delegation following major natural disasters WORLDWIDE, which recently included Venezuela and Colombia I remember after the Haiti earthquake in 2010 a local woman naming her baby "Israel" because she was so thankful for the Israeli medical team that delivered him Especially since there were so many Jews in the tower, it was meaningful that the IDF went to help the families It's not some Epstein conspiracy theory The people who chase ideas like that are deeply broken, stupid, and evil One of my close friends lost her childhood friend in that building I will never forget the updates as the family frantically searched the local hospitals to see if he had survived He was a college student, a proud Jew, with his life ahead of him May the people who died in Surfside be at peace in heaven Shawn Ryan can go to hell

Jihadis If they succeed: "Allahu Akbar, we won." If they fail: "It was a false flag, it was Mossad"

Jewish frat guys, btw. Absolute patriots.

Hamas, and for that matter Hezbollah, never won a single frontal confrontation against Israeli forces after October 7th. Israel withdrew from parts of Gaza six or seven times over the course of the war—a fact extremely inconvenient to the genocide narrative!—but they did it to cycle or reposition forces and never left areas under fire. A conservative estimate of combined Hezbollah and Hamas forces pre-war puts you at around 75,000, which is the same size as the standing army of Great Britain—and this doesn't count the Houthis, the IRGC, Iraqi militias etc... x.com/JacobL1994_/status/210…

The enemy force in Gaza was 11x the size of what the US marines fought in Fallujah, and had 20 years to dig in and create a tunnel system bigger than the London Underground, instead of a couple months like they did. And unlike Fallujah, Gaza couldn’t be evacuated, because moving civilians out of a war zone is genocide now apparently. What IDF achieved in Gaza was an enormous accomplishment in the history of urban warfare that defied all expectations. Which is why the the enemy used a strategy of exposing his own civilians to harm and then crying like a little bitch on camera to try to achieve with international pressure what they weren’t strong enough to do by force.