Lapsedmethodist

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Lapsedmethodist

Lapsedmethodist

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Old. Held together with spit and balertwine " o wad some pow'r the giftie gie us to see oursels as ithers see us ! ”

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Mor Edge Insight
Mor Edge Insight@MorEdge_Insight·
For those interested, this is the full 10 minute interview with Sophia Salma Khalifa, the Muslim Arab Israeli who exposed the lies of apartheid and so many other lies, and destroys them with elegance, eloquence and grace. It is one of the best and most inspiring interviews I’ve personally ever seen. A must watch for decent human beings. Credit: @prageru
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Muslim Arab Israeli Sophia Salam Khalifa explains the truth of how it started and the ethnic cleansing of the Jews from Gaza in 2005

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Lapsedmethodist@lapsedmethodist·
@thelaymanstake Missiles fired by Hamas on or before Oct 7th which led to the evacuation of Northern Israel were a response to Israel were they ? That's new.
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The Laymans Take
The Laymans Take@thelaymanstake·
Notice how he frames things to manipulate your perceptions. Hezbollah "Lanched yet another war" even though it was responding to a war started by Israel. But Israel "Entered the Iran conflict" when they clearly started another war. Very telling
John McGuirk@john_mcguirk

UNIFIL has had the objective of disarming Hezbollah in South Lebanon for 50 years. It failed. Hezbollah launched yet another war on Israel when it entered the Iran conflict. Now the Israelis are doing what UNIFIL was supposed to do, and the UNIFIL countries are mad about it.

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Village Magazine
Village Magazine@VillageMagIRE·
Why do so many right-wing ideologists have columns in the faded pages of the Irish Times?
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Jonathan Eric Lewis
Jonathan Eric Lewis@LewisJonathanE·
Like many other countries, Ireland effectively closed its doors to Jewish refugees in their hour of need Even more shocking was the fact that, even eight years after the end of WW2, the Department of Justice was using Nazi "racial criteria" to bar Jews from entering Ireland Unfortunately, any discussion of this sensitive and shameful topic is met with denial, obfuscation, and whataboutism
Ed Abrahamson@abrahamson_ed

A fact I just learnt has shocked me. Oliver Sears @Holocaust_Irl on @InsidePolitics with @hlinehan during an extraordinary hour long discussion shared ⬇️ Between 1938 and 1953 the number of Jewish refugees allowed into Ireland was 80.. Eighty souls. How many could have been saved? and even after the war when they had nowhere to go? Of course in the end, many reached the nascent State of Israel. Ireland talks of its sympathy with the Palestinians because of its own history of oppression. But when it came to the Jews, they were deaf to the screams, blind to the emaciated bodies. A shameful part of our history as Irishmen.

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Izabella Tabarovsky
Izabella Tabarovsky@IzaTabaro·
We actually understand antizionism quite well. One of the things that makes it so powerful is that it’s grounded in a conspiracy theory about Jewish evil and power, replicating the tropes, motifs, and explanatory logic of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. The two are not simply similar: as my work shows, Soviet antizionist ideology, which forms the foundation of contemporary antizionism, is structurally grounded in the Protocols. We’re having trouble defeating antizionism for the same reasons we’ve struggled to defeat “classical” antisemitism: antisemitic conspiracy theory is notoriously seductive, contagious, and self-sealing (impervious to contrary evidence). Libeling Israel as a genocidal, apartheid, imperialist, settler-colonial state draws on the same demonizing logic historically used to portray Jews as bloodthirsty, deicidal, and demonic. The same logic is at work in equating Zionists with Nazis. In other words, “Israel Derangement Syndrome,” which we’re seeing everywhere right now, has the same features as the historical obsession with Jews — even when it avoids the word “Jews” and uses “Israel” or “Zionists” instead. Here’s a slide I use in my presentations tracing the parallels. Also see my article: “Demonization Blueprints: Soviet Conspiracist Antizionism in Contemporary Left-Wing Discourse.” (Link in next post, open access.)
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@IzaTabaro @yuliafi I suspect what we understand about antizionism is only a fraction of the full truth. Its power is immense.

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Ian Austin
Ian Austin@LordIanAustin·
What a disgrace. Racism pure and simple. Don’t buy your kids’ bike from @LittleBigBikes
Myriam Shermer@MyriamShermer

A few years ago, my husband — a cycling enthusiast — invested almost $300 in a “built to last” balance bike from @LittleBigBikes for our kids, specifically because parts could be replaced over time. Today, as our youngest needs new pedals and brakes, the company refuses to ship to Israel. Not to a government — to customers. Companies are, of course, free to take political positions. But refusing to serve individuals based solely on where they live is not a “peace stance.” It’s collective exclusion and discrimination. People who oppose boycotts should know where this company stand.

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Ragged Trousered Philanderer
Ragged Trousered Philanderer@RaggedTP·
On this day 1993 years ago, Israelis arrested, tortured and murdered their first Palestinian Christian.
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Chris Donnelly
Chris Donnelly@chrisadonnelly·
The answer is genuinely uncomfortable for Robbie & those sharing his political outlook. The Irish state- like so many other post colonial societies (see USA post-Rev. War) in time comfortably assimilated the minority community. Unionism’s inability to do so tells us everything.
Robbie Butler MLA@RobbieButlerMLA

@Dog_Deterrent79 Nationalism has flourished in Northern Ireland. Unionism and British identity has disappeared in the Republic. That's irrefutable 🤷‍♂️

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Lapsedmethodist@lapsedmethodist·
@piarais91 From around 30 % to almost 50% in the lifetime of NI seems reasonably flourishing, given the armed hostility it nationalism displayed. As opposed to a decline from around 10% to 2% in the protestant population in the Republic in the same time period. Churches now discos. 😸
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Lapsedmethodist@lapsedmethodist·
@colinivan @irishexaminer As a member of the DF who served in Lebanon you know very well that the large houses built throughout that area were associated with Hezbollah and were civilian only insofar as the inhabitants failed to wear uniforms as required by International Law.
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Colin Sheridan
Colin Sheridan@colinivan·
Todays editorial in @irishexaminer, "when you invade a sovereign country, when civilian areas are deliberately targeted for removal, when communities are erased to make way for military control, there are words for that. Those words are ethnic cleansing" irishexaminer.com/opinion/ourvie…
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Lapsedmethodist@lapsedmethodist·
@Barnacles09 Galway uni and its illumni had no problem with the murderous rampage of Hamas and Islamic Jihad on Oct 7 th 2023. Hypocrites.
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Lapsedmethodist@lapsedmethodist·
@elghazi1995 How come your population grows exponentially every year, including years of warfare ?
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Anwar El Ghazi
Anwar El Ghazi@elghazi1995·
They tried again and they failed again. No, I’m not talking about the decades of repeatedly failed genocidal attempts to wipe out the Palestinians, but rather the ludicrous and pathetic attempts by FSV Mainz 05 to yet again appeal against their loss of my case in the German courts only to lose again. Today, the German courts dismissed the latest appeal from FSV Mainz 05 which affirms the earlier judgment ensuring justice was served with my resounding victory. Time for the deluded decision makers at FSV Mainz 05 to give it a rest and pay up the remainder of my contract. Worthy causes supporting the children of Gaza await. That should give some solace to the executive team at FSV Mainz 05. Free Palestine
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Hannah 🇮🇱 🥑
Hannah 🇮🇱 🥑@nice_cuppa·
I can't imagine having this mentality. @LittleBigBikes think they are helping Palestinians by punishing an Israeli child by refusing to replace pedals and brakes which they agreed to replace when the bike was bought. "Lifetime warranty" my ar*e. Ireland has a sickness.
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Myriam Shermer@MyriamShermer

A few years ago, my husband — a cycling enthusiast — invested almost $300 in a “built to last” balance bike from @LittleBigBikes for our kids, specifically because parts could be replaced over time. Today, as our youngest needs new pedals and brakes, the company refuses to ship to Israel. Not to a government — to customers. Companies are, of course, free to take political positions. But refusing to serve individuals based solely on where they live is not a “peace stance.” It’s collective exclusion and discrimination. People who oppose boycotts should know where this company stand.

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Lapsedmethodist@lapsedmethodist·
@ChrisLloydTV @Keir_Starmer Who would be daft enough to believe that ? Seriously, hitting a child in the face with a high velocity bullet without killing them ?
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Chris Lloyd
Chris Lloyd@ChrisLloydTV·
A surgeon at my gym took early retirement to go to Palestine & operate on 150+ kids. He’s a maxillofacial specialist & said he’s never seen cruelty like it; the IDF’s ‘game’ is to try & shoot children in the head without killing them. Why won’t you denounce them @Keir_Starmer?
Musafir@MusafirNafar

A BBC investigation confirms it: IDF snipers are systematically targeting and killing Palestinian children, including infants

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Myriam Shermer
Myriam Shermer@MyriamShermer·
A few years ago, my husband — a cycling enthusiast — invested almost $300 in a “built to last” balance bike from @LittleBigBikes for our kids, specifically because parts could be replaced over time. Today, as our youngest needs new pedals and brakes, the company refuses to ship to Israel. Not to a government — to customers. Companies are, of course, free to take political positions. But refusing to serve individuals based solely on where they live is not a “peace stance.” It’s collective exclusion and discrimination. People who oppose boycotts should know where this company stand.
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Barry Andrews MEP
Barry Andrews MEP@BarryAndrewsMEP·
🇻🇦 Myself and Sinéad were honoured to meet @Pontifex yesterday in #Rome. I presented him with a book on the Irish peacemaker John Hume. We need peacemakers more than ever now.
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Donal Moloney
Donal Moloney@DonalMoloney10·
Your reminder that the Irish media will promote false claims about Israel, no matter how stupid and outlandish. Irish discourse about Israel is nonfactual, subrational and steeped in blood libels.
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Jelajahi

@prageru @thelaymanstake @VillageMagIRE @LittleBigBikes @RaggedTP @ah_mac @NiallMcA287530 @chrisadonnelly