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Victor Davis Hanson: Try a Little Honesty About Israel
American Greatness ^ | 9 May, 2024 | Victor Davis Hanson

Posted on 05/09/2024 5:03:40 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Here are ten of their most common untruths about October 7 and the war that followed.

Scan news accounts of anti-Israel campus and street protestors. Read their demands and manifestos. Collate the confusion after October 7 from the Biden administration.

Here are ten of their most common untruths about October 7 and the war that followed.

“Progressive Hamas”: Gay and transgendered student protestors in America would be in mortal danger in Gaza under a fascistic Hamas that has banned homosexual acts and lifestyles. Anyone protesting publicly against Hamas or its allies would be arrested and severely punished.

Women are segregated in most Hamas-run educational institutions. Under the Hamas charter, women are valued mostly as child-bearers. By design, there are almost no women in high positions in business or in government under Hamas.

“Colonists and Settlers”: Students scream that Israelis are “settlers” and “colonists” and sometimes yell at Jewish students to “go back to Poland.”

But the Jewish presence in present-day Israel is deeply rooted in ancient tradition. Dating back at least three millennia, the concept of “Israel” as a distinct Jewish state, situated roughly in its current location, is ingrained in history.

By contrast, the much later Arab invasions of the Byzantine-controlled Levant and their arrival in Palestine occurred about 1800 years after the establishment of a Jewish Israel.

“Two-state Solution”: When student protestors scream “from the river to the sea,” that is not advocacy for a two-state solution. It is a call to eliminate the state of Israel—lying in between the Jordan River and Mediterranean Sea—and its 10 million Jewish and Arab citizens. The Hamas charter is a one-state/no-Israel agenda, which we saw attempted on October 7.

“Occupied Gaza”: Gaza was autonomous. The Israeli border is closed, but so is the Egyptian border...

(Excerpt) Read more at amgreatness.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; deadchildren; israel; lox; vdh; victordavishanson
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1 posted on 05/09/2024 5:03:40 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

Why would the marxist media tell the truth?


2 posted on 05/09/2024 5:03:53 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: texas booster

VDH ping


3 posted on 05/09/2024 5:04:25 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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To: MtnClimber
Lies and control of information flow are some of the most important weapons of the left.

The Left has no compunction about lying to achieve their goals. It is one of the main reasons Christianity, with its emphasis on truth, is incompatable with communism, NAZIs, Fascism and other totalitarian schemes such as Islam.

4 posted on 05/09/2024 5:10:08 AM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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To: MtnClimber

“More recent studies since 2017 have found that Palestinians are primarily descended from ancient Levantines present in what is today Israel and Palestine, dating back at least 3700 years.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_the_Palestinians


5 posted on 05/09/2024 5:10:40 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: MtnClimber

Very good article, FRiend. Thank you for posting it. He does a great job of framing the truth.


6 posted on 05/09/2024 5:12:17 AM PDT by rlmorel (In Today's Democrat America, The $5 Dollar Bill is the New $1 Dollar Bill.)
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To: MtnClimber

Well, the Bidet supports hamas, which, in Spanish, is Jamas or never.

https://www.jihadwatch.org/2024/05/biden-regime-makes-it-unmistakable-were-on-hamas-side-now


7 posted on 05/09/2024 5:15:26 AM PDT by combat_boots
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To: MtnClimber

“Students scream that Israelis are “settlers” and “colonists””

Many other people call them “settlers”. I believe even they often refer to themselves as “settlers”.

I should add, Biden is in favor of Muslim colonialism in the USA.


8 posted on 05/09/2024 5:16:37 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: MtnClimber

wow, nice to read a news article with actual real facts.


9 posted on 05/09/2024 5:18:29 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: combat_boots

“HAMAS–the acronym for Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya (Islamic Resistance Movement)—is the largest and most capable militant group in the Palestinian territories and one of the territories’ two major political parties. HAMAS emerged in 1987 during the first Palestinian uprising, or intifada, as an outgrowth of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Palestinian branch. The group is committed to armed resistance against Israel and the creation of an Islamic Palestinian state in Israel’s place. HAMAS has been the de facto governing body in the Gaza Strip since 2007, when it ousted the Palestinian Authority from power.”

https://www.dni.gov/nctc/ftos/hamas_fto.html


10 posted on 05/09/2024 5:19:13 AM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: Brian Griffin

Hamas is now represented on Free Republic by the Russia lovers who have unwittingly allied themselves with the Iranian surrogate terrorists


11 posted on 05/09/2024 5:20:58 AM PDT by bert ( (KE. NP. +12) Hamascide is required in totality)
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To: Brian Griffin
Palestinians are primarily descended from terrorists fleeing or kicked out of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon.

Yassar Arafat was Egyptian.

12 posted on 05/09/2024 5:21:33 AM PDT by Thommas (The snout of the camel is already under the tent.)
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To: MtnClimber

BTTT


13 posted on 05/09/2024 5:32:38 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: Brian Griffin

“More recent studies since 2017 have found that Palestinians are primarily descended from ancient Levantines present in what is today Israel and Palestine, dating back at least 3700 years.”

Additionally, Ashkenazi Jews (85% of Jews) are genetically European.

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/genetics/articles/10.3389/fgene.2017.00087/full

What else is VDH lying about?


14 posted on 05/09/2024 6:21:21 AM PDT by nitzy (I wonder if the telescreens in 1984 were first called "free Obamascreens")
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To: MtnClimber

bkmk


15 posted on 05/09/2024 6:24:03 AM PDT by sauropod ("This is a time when people reveal themselves for who they are." James O'Keefe Ne supra crepidam)
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To: fellowpatriot; 5th MEB; 6ppc; agondonter; Alberta's Child; Alouette; AndyJackson; Aria; ...
Ping! Out to the Victor Davis Hanson list

Israel has been disproportionate only in the effectiveness of its response. Hamas and its Iranian benefactor intended disproportionately to hurt Israel but utterly failed.

FR Index of his articles: Victor Davis Hanson on FR

Town Hall: Victor Davis Hanson on Town Hall

American Greatness: Victor Davis Hanson on American Greatness

His website: Victor Davis Hanson

Please let me know if you want on or off this new VDH ping list.

As a reminder, Professor Hanson has asked that we do not post the full article of his writings. Thank you for following the link to finish his article.

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16 posted on 05/09/2024 6:25:41 AM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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VDH: Iran tried to send 320 missiles and rockets into Israel. Israel replied with three.

My favorite 2 sentences in the article. LOL

17 posted on 05/09/2024 6:26:09 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: MtnClimber

Unfortunately the truth doesn’t matter, it hasn’t for decades. When you convince people that women are men and men are women and they will fight you if you disagree - proves rational thought is dead in our society. We have big, big problems and no easy answers for mass delusion.


18 posted on 05/09/2024 6:36:19 AM PDT by Paco
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To: Taxman

ping


19 posted on 05/09/2024 7:04:08 AM PDT by Taxman ((SAVE AMERICA! VOTE REPUBLICAN IN 2024! SAVE AMERICA!))
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To: Brian Griffin

Wikipedia as a source? Really?

We’ve come to expect better from you, Brian Griffin!


20 posted on 05/09/2024 7:09:06 AM PDT by Ignatz (The bees don't bother to tell the flies that honey tastes better than dung.)
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