Darren Wasserman

Je ne suis pas Juif, ni de confession israélite, ni citoyen israélien. Je suis béarnais, de confession chrétienne protestante et citoyen français. J’ai effectué 4 voyages en Israël entre 2015 et 2019. J’ai visité des villes juives, des villages Druzes, des villages Arabes musulmans, araméens chrétiens et circassiens musulmans. Je n’ai constaté aucun affichage public qui séparent les communautés. Tous les panneaux publics sont en hébreu, en arabe et en lettres latines. J’ai été invité à la Grande Synagogue de Jérusalem et ai assisté à une célébration de Shabbat avec des Orthodoxes. Aucune hostilité ni regard de travers. J’ai aussi été invité à prier au Mur des Lamentations par des Orthodoxes. Quand j’ai signifié que je n’étais pas juif, il m’a été tendu une proposition de prière pour les non-Juifs et j’ai quand même été encouragé à aller prier au Mur. Aucune séparation ni discrimination entre Juifs et non-Juifs. Quand j’ai voulu aller sur le Mont de Temple, on m’a explique que l’accès libre est réservé aux musulmans et qu’en tant que non-musulman mon accès est restreint à des jours et heure spécifiques qui peuvent changer ses préavis. Quand j’ai demandé comment ils pouvaient savoir si je n’étais pas musulman, on m’a dit que je « n’en avais pas l’air » et que je serais lourdement interrogé sur les préceptes islamiques par les autorités musulmanes si je prétendais l’être. En 2015, on m’a aussi conseillé de « ne pas ressembler à un Juif Orthodoxe », si je voulais me promener de nuit dans la Vieille Ville de Jérusalem. Cette nuit là, j’ai rencontré des policiers juifs et Druzes travaillant ensemble. Aucun ne m’a jamais demandé ma religion. Conclusion issue de mon vécu: J’ai été accueilli par des Juifs, des Druzes, des Chrétiens, des Circassiens musulmans sans animosité ni discrimination. Juifs et Chrétiens m’ont invité à prier et à me recueillir dans leurs lieux de culte. La seule discrimination que j’ai vécu en Israël a été le fait d’Arabes musulmans qui restreignent l’accès au Mont du Temple et peuvent user de violence contre ceux qui ressemblent à des Juifs. En fait, en Israël, il faut garder à l’esprit que si vous ne ressemblez pas à un arabe musulman, vous êtes assimilé à un Juif et vous risquez une agression. Ça a été le cas pour deux touristes américains poignardés une semaine avant mon premier séjour, en 2015. Vous pouvez me sortir tous les rapports d’ONG sur l’apartheid israélien, ça ne correspond pas à ce que j’ai vu et vécu en Israël ou juifs, catholiques romains, catholiques orthodoxes, catholiques et orthodoxes des églises d’Orient, protestants, musulmans, Baha’i, athées, etc, vivent ensemble. Ceux qui posent problème sont ceux qui pensent que le nationalisme arabe, appuyé sur la suprématie islamique, doit absolument dominer tous les autres. Une vision qui n’est d’ailleurs pas partagée par les Circassiens, musulmans, mais d’origine européenne. Pug

Better late than never

If Jews everywhere are held accountable for Israel, why aren’t Muslims everywhere held accountable for Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia or Syria? Would love to hear some truths from you all.

Never been less surprised in my life.

A beautiful clip of the New Americana. Our children will pay dearly for your suicidal empathy.

To be clear, it’s not Muslims VS Jews. It’s everybody VS Islamists. Your ability to understand this will come when Islamists take over your country, as they did in my country Yemen in the 7th century, and Lebanon in the 20th century.

I was today years old when I learned that the term “Islamophobia” was developed in the 1990s by the Muslim Brotherhood and organisations close to them. Why? To copy the term “homophobia” so that criticism of Islamic ideology was stifled and silenced.

Before Oct 7, I never would have declared myself a Zionist on X. Before Oct 7, I never would have discussed my Judaism on an open social media platform, such as this. Wishing people Shabbat Shalom? Hardly ever. I’m definitely more Jewish and more of a Zionist because of Oct 7. And I'm absolutely more open about it. Oct 7 was an absolutely horrific day, one that will always be remembered for the barbarism, the savagery, and for the downwards trajectory it's put Western civilization on. We can't change that. We can't undo it, or take it back. We can learn from it. We can do everything in our power to prevent it from happening again. And we can look for any positives at all that came out of it. My openness about my Judaism. And about my Zionism. My writing. My connection to each of you. None of that would have happened. Those are the positives I choose to look at today. Shabbat Shalom. #AmYisraelChai #ShabbatShalom

The Christian community around the world should tell the truth: the only country in the Middle East that has shown it cares about Christians is Israel!

Every time they condemn antisemitism while adding a qualifier — “remember there’s also Islamophobia,” or “Israel causes this,” or any other little mitigating excuse — they’re not actually coming out against hatred of Jews. They’re doing the opposite. They’re trying to redirect the critique in order to clear a space for it in the culture. Mehdi’s problem is that he knows that his community is saturated with anti-Jewish bigotry, that it’s in mosques, in homes, in every day conversations. There are polls on this and they all agree on the shape and scale of the problem. And Mehdi knows it. But instead of dragging the problem into the cleansing light of day, he chooses to carve out little spaces in the culture where it is minimized to the point of legitimation — where it is allowed to continue. Israel didn’t cause this any more than all the vast crimes committed by Muslims in the name of Islam could be reasonably deemed the cause of a wave of racist violence against British Muslims. Just saying that out loud clarifies the stupidity and bigotry of the argument. But until you shift the frame away from Jews, the Mehdis of the world can’t see it. In his defense, he may believe British Muslims can’t change, so he’s forced to defend them as they are. If that is his view, he’s wrong. Culture can change. The same polls that show us the scale of the problem also suggest that better integration into British society — which as recently as 2014 was polling as one of the least antisemitic countries on Earth — reduces anti-Jewish sentiment among British Muslims. In other words, this problem is susceptible to good policy. But to bring about that change, you first have to admit there’s a problem.

Great example of the biased @BBCNews narrative. His parents did not "urge" the UK to act to stop the flotilla when their son put his life in danger by trying to break through a military blockade during a war? But have a problem now he is safe and will be deported unharmed?

This is one of the most jaw-dropping, chilling interviews I have seen. Watch this Rabbi from London, respond to question about the terror stabbing in Golders Green!

Has @BBCNews apologised yet for stoking antisemitism with its hideously biased reporting? Who broadcast the story about 14,000 babies to be dead within 48 hours? It was a lie. A blood libel. @BBCr4today

Keir Starmer finally admitted today that the slogan "globalize the intifada" is "extremely racist" and advocates literally for the murder of Jews. So when are the arrests happening?

@TheGreenParty You are fucking monsters. Spreading antisemitic blood libels mere days after said blood libel got people stabbed in the streets.

Was the Gaza War horrific? Yes. Was it genocide? Of course not. And yet Hamas's Gaza Genocide Hoax has become the single biggest reason for Jewish persecution in the West today. Everyone in public life who has peddled this hoax shares responsibility for the crisis it's unleashed.

THEY DON’T WANT YOU TO SEE THIS: The Deadly Lie They’re Using To Hide Terror! 🇬🇧 THE TRUTH IS BEING CENSORED! 🚨 Why is it that every time a radical screams "Allah Akbar" and attacks innocent people, the media calls it a "mental health episode"? From Melbourne to London, they are gaslighting the public while our borders stay wide open and our streets become war zones. They think you’re stupid, but we see exactly what’s happening. The establishment is hiding the scale of the threat, but the resistance is growing. I AM CALLING ON EVERY PATRIOT: We need you in London on MAY 16th. The media will lie about us, but they can't stop thousands of us standing together. Bring a friend, share this video, and let’s show them we aren’t backing down!

Big Hearted Zoron the Lowife who said absolutely nothing about the 45K citizens of Iran that were slaughtered in the streets & are being executed. The biggest bullshit Artist in history of political parties ever.

Now in Los Angeles: A Jewish man in his 30s was attacked while walking home from synagogue in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood. Security cameras captured the assailant pinning him against a wall, choking him, and shouting "Free Palestine." The Jewish community is urging residents to take precautions.

The flotilla was carrying used condoms and hard drugs.