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| | Occupation has become the lens through which most of the world now views the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the root cause of Israel’s pariah status and ever-increasing isolation. Acceptance of the false portrayal of Jews as foreign occupiers in their ancient homeland is the reason that Jewish settlements there are viewed as a violation of international law. Occupation is the original sin justifying every Palestinian atrocity, in the minds of their apologists, as the understandable rage of an occupied people. ... | | Occupation has become the lens through which most of the world now views the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the root cause of Israel’s pariah status and ever-increasing isolation. Acceptance of the false portrayal of Jews as foreign occupiers in their ancient homeland is the reason that Jewish settlements there are viewed as a violation of international law. Occupation is the original sin justifying every Palestinian atrocity, in the minds of their apologists, as the understandable rage of an occupied people. ... |
| | Palestinian enemy’s campaign against Israel and boil our message down to a single, but in our case true, and even more emotionally powerful word, and repeat it at every opportunity. The answer to “Occupation, occupation, occupation” is “Genocide, genocide, genocide!”</ref>. | | Palestinian enemy’s campaign against Israel and boil our message down to a single, but in our case true, and even more emotionally powerful word, and repeat it at every opportunity. The answer to “Occupation, occupation, occupation” is “Genocide, genocide, genocide!”</ref>. |
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| | + | ==Maher destroys Tlaib== |
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| | + | In August 2019, Rashida Tlaib called to boycott Bill Maher for exposing [[BDS]].<ref>Aaron Bandler, [https://jewishjournal.com/community/303384/rep-tlaib-calls-for-boycott-of-bill-maher/ Rep. Tlaib Calls for Boycott of Bill Maher], ''Jewish Journal'', August 21, 2019.</ref><blockquote> |
| | + | Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) called for a boycott of Bill Maher and his HBO show on Aug. 17 after the comedian called the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement “a bull—- purity test.” |
| | + | Maher made his remarks on “Real Time With Bill Maher,” on Aug. 16, saying that BDS supporters “want to appear woke but actually slept through history class. It’s predicated on this notion — I think it’s very shallow thinking — that the Jews in Israel are mostly white and the Palestinians are brown, so they must be innocent and correct and the Jews must be wrong.” |
| | + | He added that BDS supporters believe “the [Israeli] occupation came right out of the blue” and ignore “the Intifadas and the suicide bombings and the rockets,” pointing out that BDS co-founder Omar Barghouti said in 2013, “No Palestinian, rational Palestinian, not a sell-out Palestinian, will ever accept a Jewish state in Palestine.” |
| | + | “Somehow this side never gets presented in the America media,” Maher said. “It’s very odd.”</blockquote> |
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| | + | Bill Maher responded to Tlaib: ‘Does She Want to Boycott 93% of Her Party?’<ref>Aaron Bandler, [https://jewishjournal.com/news/united-states/303404/bill-maher-responds-to-tlaib-does-she-want-to-boycott-93-of-her-party/ Bill Maher Responds to Tlaib: ‘Does She Want to Boycott 93% of Her Party?’], ], ''Jewish Journal'', August 21, 2019.<blockquote> |
| | + | Maher responded in an Aug. 21 tweet, “Some people have one move only: boycott. Cancel. Make-go-away. But here’s the thing, the house voted 318 to 17 to condemn the #BDS movement, including 93% of Dems. Does Tlaib want to boycott 93% of her own party?” |
| | + | Maher later followed up: “Hey I got my number of rep.s who voted to condemn BDS wrong – it’s actually even more, not 318, it’s 398.” |
| | + | Maher also said during his Aug. 16 show that BDS supporters routinely criticize Israel but fail to acknowledge "the Intifadas and the suicide bombings and the rockets.” He also pointed out that BDS co-founder Omar Barghouti has openly stated that no "rational Palestinian" would “ever accept a Jewish state in Palestine." |
| | + | "Somehow this side never gets presented in the media," Maher said.</blockquote></ref><blockquote>Maher also said during his Aug. 16 show that BDS supporters routinely criticize Israel but fail to acknowledge "the Intifadas and the suicide bombings and the rockets." He also pointed out that BDS co-founder Omar Barghouti has openly stated that no "rational Palestinian" would "ever accept a Jewish state in Palestine." |
| | + | "Somehow this side never gets presented in the media," Maher said.</blockquote> |
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| | ==Hypocrisy== | | ==Hypocrisy== |