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| | ==Profile of Hezbollah supporter: racist Ben Norton== | | ==Profile of Hezbollah supporter: racist Ben Norton== |
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| − | Radical racist Ben Norton, long supporter of Islamic republic of Iran, its terrorist Hezbollah proxy, and the brutsl Asad regime in [[Syria]] and Hezbollah, has been called out in August 2020, after denouncing Arab Lebanese who denounced Hezbollah after Beirut explosion, as "sellouts".<ref>[https://www.algemeiner.com/2020/08/14/some-people-are-so-antisemitic-they-support-hezbollah/ | + | Radical racist Ben Norton, long supporter of [[Islamic republic of Iran]], its terrorist Hezbollah proxy, and the brutal Asad regime in [[Syria]], has been called out in August 2020, after denouncing Arab Lebanese who denounced Hezbollah after Beirut explosion, as "sellouts".<ref>[https://www.algemeiner.com/2020/08/14/some-people-are-so-antisemitic-they-support-hezbollah/ |
| | Some People Are So Antisemitic, They Support Hezbollah". ''The Algemeiner,'' August 14, 2020] ...plenty of Lebanese people hate Hezbollah. The comments on Naharnet are filled with people arguing about Israel — with plenty of them defending the Jewish state. | | Some People Are So Antisemitic, They Support Hezbollah". ''The Algemeiner,'' August 14, 2020] ...plenty of Lebanese people hate Hezbollah. The comments on Naharnet are filled with people arguing about Israel — with plenty of them defending the Jewish state. |
| | But Ben Norton, a pseudo-journalist who works for Max Blumenthal’s Grayzone site, is incensed at the Haddad tweet: A white Westerner who considers himself a liberal is saying that Lebanese people who disagree with his rabid hate of Israel are “sellouts” for hating Hezbollah more. This is a typical, racist attitude — that the only Arabs allowed to have an opinion are those whose opinions match a leftist white man. The Grayzone’s apologetics for the Hezbollah terror group are something to behold. Here’s a video where they blame everyone but Hezbollah for Lebanon’s problems, and where the person being interviewed says flatly that Israel doesn’t want a functioning, civil Lebanon but prefers that it be divided into sectarian groups that hate each other, because that is what ‘Zionism’ demands (starting at 20:00). | | But Ben Norton, a pseudo-journalist who works for Max Blumenthal’s Grayzone site, is incensed at the Haddad tweet: A white Westerner who considers himself a liberal is saying that Lebanese people who disagree with his rabid hate of Israel are “sellouts” for hating Hezbollah more. This is a typical, racist attitude — that the only Arabs allowed to have an opinion are those whose opinions match a leftist white man. The Grayzone’s apologetics for the Hezbollah terror group are something to behold. Here’s a video where they blame everyone but Hezbollah for Lebanon’s problems, and where the person being interviewed says flatly that Israel doesn’t want a functioning, civil Lebanon but prefers that it be divided into sectarian groups that hate each other, because that is what ‘Zionism’ demands (starting at 20:00). |
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| | The Grayzone - May 13, 2020 | | The Grayzone - May 13, 2020 |
| | In banning Hezbollah, Germany responds to far-right, US and Israeli pressure – not any security threat</blockquote> | | In banning Hezbollah, Germany responds to far-right, US and Israeli pressure – not any security threat</blockquote> |
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| | ==See also== | | ==See also== |
| | *[[Project Cassandra]] | | *[[Project Cassandra]] |