I live in NYC, but pretty much every barfly I know will choose a place with no TV over one with a TV unless they’re going out to watch a specific game. Even on mute, TVs kill the ambience. People’s eyes are naturally drawn to bright, moving lights and it ruins any feeling of intimacy or of camaraderie.

“If those groups would allow Israel to exist in peace, Israel would reciprocate.”

“There is no resolution forcing Israel to accept the Arab population driven out in ‘48 back into the country or make payments for the lost land.
There are no UN rules regarding people forced to flee from their homes returning after 70 years. “

This is just flat-out wrong. This is not a matter of opinion, but of basic,…

“Isn’t it just so wonderful to see the world in black and white?”

“The right to return is a tricky question”

Not really. It’s crystal clear under international law; people have a right to live on their land and forcing people off their land, especially on the basis of their race/ethnicity/religion, is a crime against humanity. Are you really trying to claim that ethnic cleansing is…

“But not deny Israeli citizens (the Jewish ones) to have their state, because that would mean to deny them their existence (to say they should “go back” to where they came from is like saying US blacks should “go back” - racist, in this case antisemitic). BDS is an organization that isn’t ready to cede to Israel and…

That’s some mighty dishonest “history” you’ve got there. The idea that the Haganah was truly separate from the Irgun/Lehi and that the massacres were the work of the latter alone is about as credible as the Clean Wehrmacht myth. Ben-Gurion may not have been in charge of the Irgun and Lehi squads which were the main…

There’s nothing remotely comparable about voting for a rapey right-wing zealot to get a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court and refusing to vote on a bill because it will lead to the death and suffering of more immigrants. AOC voted no to pressure Congress against buying into the racist POS’ “immigration=danger”…

Netanyahu is just more brash; when it comes to substance, there’s little difference between him and other PMs. Ariel Sharon oversaw the slaughter of thousands of innocent civilians in one of the worst terrorist attacks in the Levant (Sabra and Shatila.) Both Begin and Shamir were internationally-recognized terrorists.…

A 2 state wouldn’t work, either. Even if Israel agreed to move back to the Green Line and allow the creation of a truly sovereign Palestinian state, a possibility as unlikely as them granting the Right of Return to the victims of ethnic cleansing, it would still be a shit sandwich. This Palestinian state would…

“...arguing that Jews are ‘European’ is a gross oversimplification at best and an antisemitic canard at worst. Jews are unambiguously a diaspora ethnic people from the Levant, some of whom have some conditional whiteness (at least in the United States), but it’s worth noting that the majority of Jews in Israel are not …

So ethnic cleansing is justified as long as it allows you to get a sandwich without bacon.

“It’s the equivalent of Saudi Arabia opening it’s borders and having a billion Catholics immigrate there, or Vatican City resettling all the Palestinians in the middle of Rome.”

No, it’s not. Why? Because we’re talking about people who are indigenous to the land that Israel claims for itself and who were brutally…

The Arab states have supported a 2 state solution since the 70s and have promised to normalize all relations with Israel if Israel agrees to end the Occupation. The Arab states have done much to earn criticism, but being too hard on Israel is not one of their sins.

“It wants a single Palestinian state, with no Israelis, and they don’t care what happens to the Israelis as long as they achieve that.”

Worst part is they’ve been shutting down stations for months for “major repairs”, only to add better cell service and some fancy-looking tiles. If the motherfuckers are gonna shut down a station for months, they better damn well add an elevator.

Now that I’ve had time to read your links and have access to a computer instead of just a smartphone, here goes: You must have posted the wrong links, because they do not support your claim. The original Tablet story for instance only mentions Israel in one paragraph: “In one heated exchange, Julianne Hoffenberg, who…

I’m traveling and haven’t had time to respond or read your links. I’ll reply when I have time if you’re so eager to hear from me.

You haven’t given me any details to look up the case, but there’s nothing wrong or bigoted about a litmus test. The Woman’s March (and most political organizations, for that matter) have litmus tests on plenty of issues: you can’t expect to be an organizer in the WM if you’re anti-choice, for instance. Or if you’re…

That’s because “Does Israel have a right to exist?” is usually another way of saying, “Does Israel have a right to systematically discriminate against Arabs and deny Palestinians the Right of Return”?