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“is this real?” ft. KiiiKiii – Adult Swim promo (2008-2009)

“The Germans will never forgive the Jews for Auschwitz,” runs a bizarre quip ascribed to the Israeli psychiatrist Zvi Rex. To deconstruct it, consult Dr. Freud. “A convenient way to dispatch guilt,” he might expound, “is to project it onto your victim” — like a schoolyard bully who huffs that the fight started when the other guy hit back.

Guilt-swapping is precisely what Hamas’s cheerleaders around the world did even before Israel struck back after October 7. Hamas had tortured, raped, and murdered 1,200 Israelis. Instead of condolences, Israel reaped a global orgy of antisemitism, be it masked or overt, that also engulfed Jews everywhere, especially university students (demonstrating that higher education is no antidote for frenzy). It was a perfect reversal of cause and effect.”

“Hamas knew that mass murder would bring down dreadful retaliation — indeed, they wanted it. Not to worry. Gazan dead were worth a hundred times more on the world’s screens than slain Israelis. Gaza’s dead would bring down the world’s wrath on the “Zionist entity” and soon haul in billions meant for Gaza’s reconstruction, but destined for tunnels and rockets. The more corpses, the better. “We are proud to sacrifice martyrs,” Hamas politburo member Ghazi Hamad trumpeted.”

“Cui bono? the Romans asked. It is Iran. Pursuing cold-eyed interest, these saintly revolutionaries have trained and equipped their surrogates in Lebanon, Gaza, and Yemen. The real mark is the United States, the region’s guardian and Israel’s only ally of weight. Target the “Little Satan” to avoid direct confrontation with the superpower “Great Satan.” That story is too complicated to be taught in U.S. humanities and social science departments — and in European schools as well. Far worse, it would demolish the postcolonialist narrative of exclusive Western and Israeli guilt.”