Isn't the characterization "False Equivalence" relative, depending on which side of the political fence you sit? To those on the political left, comparing Israel's government to the Nazis is fair. To those on the political right, the same comparison is seen as a false equivalence.
Do you think the suicide bomber warned the passengers to evacuate the bus before he detonated the bomb? (Quote)
People are a mix of good and bad, but what is the ideal proportion of good and bad in people? 50% good and 50% bad? 70% good and 30% bad? 90% good and 10% bad? etc.
South Africa's genocide case against Israel isn't necessarily a slam dunk. Here's a portion of today's World Court presentation by Israel. The lawyer summarizes factual distortions and outright falsehoods in South Africa's genocide application.
If Hamas conducted an October 7-style terror attack in Egypt, how would the Government of Egypt respond? With kid gloves?
South Africa's complete presentation before the World Court earlier today re: genocide complaint against Israel South Africa's presentation was comprehensive, fascinating, and devastating. @Ozymandiaz
Israeli historian who advocates a One State Solution in Palestine has received death threats in Israel and had to move to the U.K. Ilan Pappé is an Israeli historian, political scientist and former politician. He is a professor with the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, director of the university's European...See More »
What do you think of the Israeli view of the Nakba? The Nakba, which means “catastrophe” in Arabic, refers to the mass displacement and dispossession of Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Before the Nakba, Palestine was a multi-ethnic and multi-cultural society.
What does it say about a woman who is married to a severely narcissistic person, but she thinks he's perfect?
Israeli Jews should go back to Europe. What do the psychoanalysts say? (Quote) --Bela Grunberger, "The Anti-Semite and the Oedipal Conflict." (1964)
Does Palestinians' right to resist Israeli occupation encompass a right by Hamas' to commit genocide? Under Kuper's legal theory (see above post), wouldn't the UN's inaction, its failure to condemn the Hamas' October 7 massacre in Israel, reaffirm a right to commit genocide? Note also that If Israel's invasion of Gaza constitutes genocide, then...See More »
If a kid experiences these kinds of stressors in his family, do you have any thoughts about what kind of emotional struggles he will have as an adult? List of relational stressors I had as a kid (Quote)
Do you think the United Nations has been even handed in it's handling of the Gaza War? The pro-Israel camp criticizes the UN on the following issues. The UN, by the way, has never voted to condemn the Hamas attack in Israel on October 7.