מלכת השושנים

that it was never about gaza. not really.

if it was about gaza. if gaza was so terrible. if i truly believed my actions had consequences, that people in power might listen to me.

fuck. i'd do anything to have even the slightest chance of stopping it. i'd demand the hostages go back, because sure, it's probably all a lie. sure, it's probably just an excuse. but what if it isn't?

what if I could have stopped a genocide, and I didn't, because I was so convinced it was a bluff? that they wouldn't stop when the hostages were returned? how would I be able to live with myself, knowing that?

(and is the return of the hostages really so horrible on its own?)

if it was about gaza (if it was about human suffering it wouldn't have focused on gaza. two million people is a lot but it's not so much, there are eight billion people in the world, in the first six months of 2025 more children starved to death in one state of nigeria, than people starved to death in two years of the gaza war). if it was about the well-being of gazans. then I'd beg and plead for a ceasefire. for a pause. then I'd demand that there be some sort of asylum program, and wouldn't reject out of hand Israel's (alleged) proposal to transfer the population, because sure, it's not good. it's awful.

But when your choice is leaving behind your life, or facing genocide--well, Jews are experts in that choice. you leave. you say goodbye and you hope to one day come back and you get the hell out. if you care about the risk of genocide, you don't beg america to close ellis island. if you care about the risk of genocide, you don't plead for the st. louis to be sent back simply because you refuse to bow. because in a genocide, there aren't easy choices. yeah, these people are being forced out of their homes. yeah, it's unfair. yeah, it's awful.

do you want to negotiate with the genociders? no. no, you really, really, don't. you hate it. you grit your teeth and you do your best to save as many people as you can and you go home and you wash your hands and you feel so very very guilty and you worry about the people you couldn't save and the agreements you're getting into and god you hate this life. but. at the end of the day. you'll have saved lives.

what does it say about them, that they value martyrs more than mothers? value propaganda more than peace? that to avoid the taint of working with who they may genuinely believe to be genociders, they will take the risk of condemning two million people to death?

the haavara agreement sucked. it was terrible. but. at the end of the day, it saved jewish lives. at the end of the day, jews that would have been killed, weren't. and what's your reputation, in comparison to that? what could possibly be worth giving it up? some imagined moral purity?

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For intercepted aid: see here

For aid being sent into the Gaza Strip: see here

“I also recognize that many of those who want the U.S. to completely abandon Israel do not support Israel’s right to exist and are willfully blind to the dangerous, violent, extremist beliefs of Hamas and others who threaten Israel,” he said. 

Smith, who has been a vocal critic of the actions of the Israeli government, also said his vote was an effort to “get the attention of the Netanyahu government” in hopes they may “change their actions.” The Washington lawmaker noted in his statement that he disagreed with Israel’s approach to the war in Gaza, as well as its actions in the West Bank and Lebanon. 

How is Itamar Ben Gvir a real person

But NOW I have to be like "yeah the one where they keep Palestinian prisoners in a complex surrounded by a moat filled with alligators is real" ?????

You only have to look at how many footballers who have rape accusations against them that happily represent their countries in huge tournaments like the World Cup without anyone really giving a shit to see what bollocks that is.

The biggest lie about Israel: “The Jews stole the land.”

Here’s the documented truth that destroys that propaganda. 

Please read all of it and share as it is so important that the truth is out there.

From the late 1800s, Jews didn’t arrive as conquerors. They returned to their ancient homeland through legal land purchases under Ottoman and British rule, paying real money for real deeds from willing Arab sellers. 

Zionist organizations and private buyers negotiated with Arab landowners (many absentee landlords in Beirut, Damascus, Cairo). They paid premium prices, often many times the market rate, and turned malaria-ridden swamps and wasteland into productive farms and orange groves. 

4/ Hundreds of thousands of pounds changed hands legally. British Mandate records from the 1930s document the transactions. Arab sellers profited handsomely. No armies. No forced evictions in those early decades. 

5/ Even the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Amin al-Husseini, who was the fiercest opponent of Jewish settlement, couldn’t stop his own family from selling land to Jews. His father, relatives, and other prominent Arab families did the same while he publicly raged against it. 

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6/ Dozens of leading Arab figures sold land. Public opposition never stopped private profit. The transactions were voluntary, recorded, taxed, and recognized by the authorities of the day. 

7/ Jewish buyers drained swamps, built roads, introduced modern agriculture, created jobs, and raised living standards. Arab population in areas of Jewish settlement grew during the Mandate years because of the economic boom. 

8/ The core Jewish towns, kibbutzim, and cities that formed Israel stood on land that had been bought and paid for decades earlier. The 1948 war and displacement came later, but the foundation was legal acquisition and hard work. 

9/ Jews did not steal the land. Not any of it. They bought it, often at inflated prices, from Arabs who chose to sell. The deeds exist. The money was paid. The records are clear. 

10/ This is the factual foundation of the Jewish return to their homeland.

The propaganda says “stolen.” The documents say “purchased and developed.”

Share this thread if you want the truth to cut through the lies. 

“There are only 15 million Jews in the entire world. About half of them live in Israel.”

“Yeah so the other half.”

“90% of the other half are American Jews in New York and California. You know, like the five million Jewish US citizens who are members of/donors to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.”

“The what?”

“AIPAC.”

“Wait, so there are only 15 million Jews in the world, 7 million of them are Israeli and 5 million of them are American and actively support Israel?”

“Yep. And you could probably add at least another million diaspora Jews who live in other countries (France, Canada, the UK, Argentina, Germany, Russia, Brazil) to the “supports Israel” category.”

“So like 13 million of the 15 million Jews in the world are Zionists?”

“At the minimum, yeah.”

“Okay then. I guess when I say ‘I hate Zionists’ I am talking about most Jews. But not all Jews!”

“Just.. the vast majority of them.”

“Yeah. The vast majority of Jews are evil and deserve to die. PS- I know that sounds bad, but you should know I am the good guy. (In my mind.)”

go offff exactly 👏👏👏