There’s a video of the interview. Does it matter where it’s hosted?
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Yeah, source matters when it’s a propaganda outlet with no corroboration.
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To be fair, he parroted a lot of Hamas claims, particularly several months ago. Less so more recently. And repeatedly refused to say that Hamas was wrong to invade Israel.
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No Other Land won best documentary at the Oscars. It’s a collaboration betwèen Israelis and Palestinians about life in the West Bank. No distributor has picked up rights in the US. I plan to watch it.
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I don’t think they are all terrorists. But Israel is under attack and they are fighting a war. And yeah, my cousins live there and I care about them.
And yeah, I think if other countries have thoughts on how Israel should care for civilians who are in many cases the human shields for their terrorists, they should do something for the people they care so much about, like take them in. There are people who want to leave the terrorist state of Gaza.
And also, I don’t think Egypt is under the danger of stabbings and bombings like Israel would be if they allowed in Gazans, because I don’t think the Gazans have been indoctrinated to be martyrs against Egypt like they have against Israel.
There is no comparison between the terrorism in Spain and the UK and the attacks on Israel.
Sadly, the UK has been overtaken by Islamists.
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Are Islamists distinct from Muslims? In what way has the UK been overtaken by them? Was this something you read in MEMRI?
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I’ll let poly speak for himself, but when I see him refuse to engage with the Hamas talk I think it’s just debate tactics where he doesn’t want to distract from his point that the Israeli government is committing egregious war crimes as they conduct this operation.
I very much doubt that he actually supports Hamas and their goal of eradicating Israel. It’s possible that both sides in this conflict are at fault, and he’s just trying to lend some balance to the narrative. Again, I can’t speak for him, but that’s what I see happening.
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you believe he never advocated for the destruction of Israel, before a shot was ever fired?
Are you sure?
My only point here is really this: you have two groups of people that grew up to have 0 trust in the other. The wealthy side uses the military and media, and the poor side uses low tech attacks and school books. For those of us without connections to either side, there is little moral high ground to be found. It’s all the same shit using the resources available.
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Thanks. I have been very consistent about what was wrong with the situation in Gaza.
But a slice of people on here have no real interest in discussing the issue in good faith.
So you end up with endless circular arguments that invariably end up with:
You support Hamas
You want Israel destroyed
I am a logical person, and I have reached my limit of this over the last 30+ years of arguing with people like this. I really have much better uses of my time.
So the people that come up with these ridiculous arguments will be ignored. If they keep at it, I will put them on the ignore list.
Thats my view on the matter now.
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lol, wut? 6.5% percent of the population has taken over? Just because JD Vance says something doesn’t mean it’s true.
If you said that the UK has been taken over by anti-semites, I’d be more willing to agree but would argue that it isn’t super new.
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Please show me a post where you said the October 7th attacks were wrong. Or where you said Hamas is evil.
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I guess we could pick nits that Polymath called Hamas terrorists and said they were not defending Hamas, rather than specifically calling them evil. Feels a little like moving goalposts to demand somebody use all the language you want used.
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Given the existence of deepfakes and generative AI, yes.
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That’s possible of course, but I’d be more concerned about low tech reasons: he was paid to say this, or has some personal grudge behind his comments.
If this is factual surely someone else can corroborate it given the amount of money allegedly involved.
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I don’t know why you’d possibly be worried about credibility.
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For people outside the US, there is no responsibility at all.