For anyone who wants a simple proof that Palestine existed before 1948, here’s a coin from 1927 worth 10 Mils (this currency is no longer used). Also note that the word “Palestine” is written in both Arabic and Hebrew indicating not only a Jewish presence, but a prominent one. Jews and Arabs DID live side by side in peace. The Zionist idea that they cannot coexist is an absolute fallacy.
“Best way to stop a conflict is to establish British Rule”
Decolonization is a bitch.
And oh, what a surprise, OP ignored the fact that there’s also a (א”י) on these coins. That stands for “Eretz Yisrael”, or “Land of Israel”, for those unaware. Sure is an odd thing for the totally legit and sovereign Palestinian state to have on its coins, wouldn’t you say?
These coins are from the British Mandate.
They don’t change the fact that “Palestine” is a Roman colonial oppressor term given to the area with the specific intention of severing Jewish connection to the land formerly known as Judea. Or, that it was later taken up by yet another colonial power, the British. “Palestine” has never been used by a sovereign nation.
And as for Arabs and Jews existing in peace before modern Israel?
What do you call the Hebron Massacre in1929? Does destroying Jewish homes and synagogues, while chanting “Kill the Jews” scream peace to you? Does 67 Jews killed by Arabs look peaceful?
And through all this the area was under British control. Often, when the riots had subsided, it was the Jews who were forced out of the areas the had lived for centuries to appease the very people who had just tried to kill them.
15 years ago, today, a suicide bomber walked into Sbarro Pizza and killed 15 Israelis, including 8 children. The bomb injured 130 others. Today, we remember those who lost their lives in this horrific terrorist attack.
The murdered man from this mornings drive by terrorist attack is Mickie Mark. He is the father of 10 children and was the director of the Yeshiva in Otniel..
this evening there was a terror attack in tel aviv. it was at a popular open market and food hall. i have been there often. one of my close friends, who some of you know as @frightened nearly died.
i have no words. i have never in my life been so close to terror before. i am so deeply shaken by what i have just read about linda’s experience. i want everyone in the world to read and understand and have compassion. but failing that, i will share it with you all.
I want to tell you about my night. It’s going to be in the news for a little while, and I want to remember it as it happened, not as the security camera footage shows. This is for me, but it’s also for you. Especially if you live in a place where these things barely make the news.
I was supposed to stay on base all weekend and for the holiday, so I wanted a night out with Jordan. We settled on Benedict at Sarona, a 15-minute walk from our apartment. When we got there, they asked if we wanted a table outside or inside. It was hot, and we decided on inside, even if it meant waiting an extra couple of minutes for a table to clear out. We were seated by the wall, glass from ceiling to floor. It was nice.
We sat, we ate. It was good. We heard this popping noise. At first, I thought it was an electrical problem. Then the screaming started, and the people running past our window. I saw a man. I do not remember the man, but I remember the gun held by the man. It was bright silver, and because I worked on a video about them once, I knew it was a Carlo Gustav rifle. There was fire coming from the barrel, and it was red, and it made the gun even more silver, and I did not notice that he was wearing black and white. He was on the other side of the window, four feet away, separated by glass. Very quickly, everyone at the restaurant either ran or fell to the ground. Jordan ran, I fell to the ground. You don’t coordinate these things.
I lied there, facing away from the window. I really hoped he wouldn’t come into the restaurant or shoot at the glass wall. If he did, I would die. My breathing was steady, and I noticed that the floor was wet, which was unpleasant, but not, you know, the worst part.
After the sounds of the shooting grew softer, someone from the restaurant shouted that we all need to run to the back in case they return, or enter the restaurant. I did. I ran, and I hoped he wasn’t still there outside, the gun and the man holding it. If he was, he could shoot me.
The people in the back of the restaurant – everyone who had been in the restaurant – were staring at me, and I looked down and saw that I was covered in blood. I had fallen on my chin. It was my own.
Jordan found me and cleaned off the blood. We hugged a lot. We told each other “I love you.” We called our families. I left a lot of voice messages.
When the police and Magen David Adom gave us the all-clear, we started to leave. We were “in shock,” which we didn’t feel like we were, because shock is a very calm feeling, actually. They loaded us onto an ambulance. They took us to the hospital. A physician’s assistant took my vital signs. He had an Arab name. A doctor glued my chin back up, and they had us see a psychiatrist, who was very nice and made us laugh.
We’re home now.
I saw that they’re handing out candies in Hebron. I’m scared to read the American headlines, or any news at all. They kept playing the footage in the hospital waiting room. The terrorists are younger than me. They’re heroes back home.
I’m thinking about all the “devil’s advocates” I’ve known, the “they have no other venues for protest” camp, the “it’s justifiable in a conflict like this” college students I shared desks with. Please consider, if you’ve read this far: if we hadn’t sat outside, if the shooters came into the restaurant, if one had turned slightly to the left and fired, I would be dead right now. I don’t care what “side” you’re on. I don’t care about your politics. If you care about me, call out terror for what it is. Call men shooting at screaming civillians who are running for their lives terrorism. Tell the people you know that it’s never okay to target innocent men, women, and children, even if you don’t like where they live. Stand up for the people who didn’t want to wait, for the people who said “the weather is nice, let’s sit outside,” for the four people who will never come home again after tonight. Stand up for the workers, the parents, the grandparents, the friends, the off-duty soldiers who laid there on the floor and breathed softly, praying the glass would hold. Stand up to anyone who says my life isn’t worth it. Because when they say it, I’ve learned, they mean it.
I’m alive. I’m alive. The world is beautiful, and I’m alive.
Update: 10:26pm 3 confirmed dead. 4 in serious condition. Terrorist shot but alive….going into surgery now.
Update: 10:18pm One dead, 5 seriously wounded. 3 in moderate condition.
Update: Reports of 9 wounded. Police are saying that there are many
suspected bombs in the area, and all medical personnel are being
evacuated.
Magen David Adom has declared a mass casualty event in
the Sarona Center in Tel Aviv – reports of Shooting and initial
reports of wounded. Details shortly.
The ridiculous assumption behind this Gal Gadot nonsense is that the presumed way for her to have been a ‘good Jew’ – forgetting the fact that her service has already been completed and that she has tickmarks on ‘her rifle’ (which is not really likely anyway because Israel has the IWI Tavor as its standard which has a plastic body, not wooden one, which she doesn’t get to keep) for about as many Palestinians she’s killed (absolutely none, she was never in combat) – would be for her to refuse to serve in the IDF. As a fitness instructor. Which would bring about the end of the ‘Zionist Entity’ because, idk, Israelis would be too out of shape to defend their borders? Or something? If there is logic at the base of this argument I certainly don’t see it.
Let’s have some greater context here. This mess really blew up – as far as I personally saw it, since I’m not massively invested in comics or the films – when Gal Gadot came up with this quote that was deemed so offensive:
So, okay, we’ll break it down together. Really analyse it. Work out where the people who hate Gal Gadot have found their ammunition.
“I am sending my love and prayers to my fellow Israeli citizens.”
She sent love and prayers to “Israeli citizens.” Not politicians, not “Israeli Jews,” but all ordinary people who are Israeli and live in Israel. All of the Israeli citizens.
“Especially to all the boys and girls who are risking their lives protecting my country against the horrific acts conducted by Hamas […]”
Here’s her extra love to the IDF soldiers. But there’s a catch: she specifically says that she was sending “love and prayers” to the people protecting Israel against Hamas. Hamas, the terrorist organisation that wants to murder all Jews. There’s no mention of Palestinians. No mention of the West Bank or Gaza Strip. No mention of “one people is better than another.” No demonisation of Palestinians. No claim that all Palestinians are evil or terrorists. All that she says is that Hamas are bad, nothing else.
“[…] who are hiding like cowards behind women and children […]”
Since this post has been about Hamas, she’s saying, essentially, that Israel shall overcome Hamas’ horrific acts.
“Shabbat Shalom!”
The photo that she posted is clearly of her lighting the Shabbat candles with her daughter, as she’s Jewish.
“#weareright”
She believes that Israel is in the right against Hamas, as Hamas is what she’s talking about.
“#freegazafromhamas”
This is more proof of context. This is all about how much she despises Hamas, not Palestinians in general, with no mention of the West Bank at all.
“#stopterror”
Surely, this is a good thing. Terrorism is always bad.
“#coexistance [sic]”
This is Gal Gadot’s only mention of general Palestinians in the quote above. “Coexistence” instead of terror. Again, a good thing. She doesn’t demonise Palestinians. She’s angry at Hamas.
“#loveidf”
This is her supporting the IDF in their duties. In context, it’s all about how she supports the IDF in their struggle against Hamas, and obviously how proud she is of their work against terrorism.
Broken down, it’s not an evil sentiment. It’s not a racist statement. It’s about supporting the IDF against Hamas – and everyone in their right mind, even the worst of antisemites, should be against Hamas for all of their evils. Pro-Palestinians should be against Hamas for what they’re doing to their own people.
The lie, as shown above, is then spun that because Gal Gadot was drafted, she must be a murderer.
Instead, during an interview talking about whether she was “too slim” to play Wonder Woman, she said:
“My mom is a gymnastics teacher. So growing up I was never sitting watching TV in the afternoons. I always played ball outside in the backyard. I was a dancer for 12 years. I did tennis, basketball, volleyball, dodgeball, you name it.” […] “[In the IDF] I was a gym trainer on one of the bases in Israel. So my boot camp was longer than other boot camps. It was four months and all about sports, waking up at 6:30 a.m. and going for a run, doing push-ups…”
Ga Gadot never saw any action. She was stationed at a base, in Israel, as a “gym trainer.”
The reaction of Gal Gadot playing Wonder Woman is a perfect example of antisemitism that isn’t even thinly veiled as “anti-Zionism.”
From the facts, an Israeli woman drafted into her national army and ended up as a gym instructor, nothing else, then shows that she’s anti-Hamas, has been warped and manipulated into blatant lies that she kept a kill count on her rifle, actively tried to kill Palestinians, is racist, is evil and other horrific lies.
There was absolutely no excuse to lie about her, aside from the fact that others hate her simply for being a Jewish Israeli. You can guarantee that if she were an Arab Israeli, then none of this would have happened. She is targeted and hated for being a Jewish Israeli woman, nothing else.
There are not only people making up lies like that, but also those that see those lies and happily decide to take them as fact without doing any research for themselves. They’ve decided that Gal Gadot must be an evil murderer, just for the fact that she’s a Jewish Israeli, and then will happily spread that lie because they feel justified in their racism.
The deliberate lies about Gal Gadot are examples of antisemitism. As shown, that’s just a fact.
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