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Shai Davidai

@ShaiDavidai

Jewish Israeli. Father. Partner. Zionist. Former professor barred from @Columbia for speaking out against anti-Jewish, anti-Israel and anti-American terrorism.

NYC Katılım Temmuz 2013
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Shai Davidai
Shai Davidai@ShaiDavidai·
Zionism is the radical belief that Jews are a people too.
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@academic_la The only thing worse than not believing something solely on the basis of your identity, is believing something on its basis.
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When a Palestinian man fighting for a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict tells you that a grifter like @academic_la is a problem, you ought to listen.
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib@afalkhatib

Though I really didn’t want to spend any time on this, I need to make one thing clear, which is that the loathsome Shaiel Ben Ephraim, pro-Israel commentator turned pro-Palestine activist, has recently crossed two lines from which there is really no coming back. Number one is that he doxxed my entire family and posted their information, including the names of babies and children as young as three and four years old, and those in Gaza who are still in Hamas territory, and shared this information with a network of Gazans that includes people in Hamas’s orbit. This is abhorrent behavior that is also worsened by his attempt to get Gazans to send harassing messages to my colleagues where I work – he was writing posts for Gazans and having them share the text as if it were their own when it was clearly him writing these tweets and, in some cases, using fake accounts to post. Worse, he had a terrible habit of posting insults, ad hominem attacks, and profanity for a few minutes, hoping I would see them, then deleting the comments, not to mention the late-night messages of rage and fury he would send. I tolerated the disturbing past of Shaiel and the problematic behavior that includes the exploitation of Gazans to make him look like a benevolent savior. What I will never tolerate from him or anyone else, is that no matter how much you despise me, you can come after me all you want, and that’s fair – but going after my family, including children and my sisters and placing their lives at risk in a war zone is a new low that speaks volume to how dangerous, problematic, and troublesome this individual is. I caution all who believe that he is truly “pro-Palestine” from further engaging with him. As I said, you can dislike me all you want and come after me, but there are red lines even amongst political and ideological opponents.

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Shai Davidai
Shai Davidai@ShaiDavidai·
@DanielBMate Nope. It's just me asking whether the guy walks the walk or just talks the talk.
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Daniel Maté 🍉
Daniel Maté 🍉@DanielBMate·
The sign-off "sincerely" is doing an awful lot of work here. This is arguably the least sincere genre of hasbara: die-hard Zionists accusing anti-Zionists of insincerity and suggesting litmus tests that would prove they mean it.
Shai Davidai@ShaiDavidai

Dear @academic_la, Have you given up your Israeli citizenship and passport? If not, then you're just virtue signaling in the most hypocritical manner possible. Sincerely, Shai

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Shai Davidai@ShaiDavidai·
Dear @academic_la, Have you given up your Israeli citizenship and passport? If not, then you're just virtue signaling in the most hypocritical manner possible. Sincerely, Shai
Shaiel Ben-Ephraim@academic_la

There seems to be a lot of backlash against the Adam Project. But on the other hand, it has been a huge success, raising nearly $10,000 in one day for a family in Gaza. I am proud of this. Many of these attacks focus on me personally. My past as a Zionist, the fact that I had allegations against me in 2020. On a personal level, I have apologized for my actions in the past. I once treated women badly, and have since gotten married and done my best to act better. I once was a Zionist and now do what I can for Palestine. People can accept this or not. That is up to them. I am used to getting attacked. It comes with the territory. Today I no longer support the State of Israel. I have tried to atone for my support for the state by helping Gaza. That is why I do what I do. I am sorry for that support and my previous actions. I take responsibility for it. But it pains me to see a vehicle that could do so much good for Gaza get attacked so viciously. In particular, I am worried that this will harm the people we benefit. What hurts me the most is seeing people accuse the families we are helping of being collaborators. I am concerned that this will put families in danger. So I am at a loss. If someone else with a big account wants to take over this vehicle which can raise money for Gaza, I am happy to step back. My only concern is for Gaza.

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Shai Davidai@ShaiDavidai·
I know he cares about pushing an ideology rather than the truth, but it's telling he doesn't know that Anglo neighborhoods refers to neighborhoods with large English-speaking communities. Ironically, if instead of protesting he'd have gone in to listen, he'd have learned that.
Rafael Shimunov 🍉 🕎@rafaelshimunov

A banner outside of Park East Synagogue's Israel land sale right now with a QR code that goes to a website advertising "Anglo neighborhoods" aka European aka void of Palestinians and Arabs.

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Shai Davidai@ShaiDavidai·
ללא קשר להפגנות, אני לא אוהב את האירועים האלו, ולכן לא מדבר בזכותם. באופן כללי אני לא בטוח שבתי כנסת צריכים להיות מקומות של מסחר. אני גם חושב שבאופן פרגמטי זה ייקשה על פתרון עתידי למצב (שזו גם הסיבה שלא הייתי מעבר לגבולות הקו הירוק כבר מעל לעשור). מצד שני, אני מסרב להכליל על ציבור שלם של מעל לחצי מיליון אנשים, ודין גוש עציון אינו כדין ״שאגת יהודה״.
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Etan Nechin
Etan Nechin@Etanetan23·
@ShaiDavidai חוקית אין בעיה כמובן. פוליטית, מוסרית ופרגמטית. הרי רואים את דעת הקהל האמריקאית יותר מודעת למה שקורה בשטחים. האם זה חכם לעשות יריד מכירת נדלן בגוש עציון? בתור ישראלי זה לא חורה לך? לי זה כן ובכלל דבר נפרד מההפגנות (שסיקרתי את כולן וכתבתי על האמרות בתוכן)
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Shaiel Ben-Ephraim
Shaiel Ben-Ephraim@academic_la·
There seems to be a lot of backlash against the Adam Project. But on the other hand, it has been a huge success, raising nearly $10,000 in one day for a family in Gaza. I am proud of this. Many of these attacks focus on me personally. My past as a Zionist, the fact that I had allegations against me in 2020. On a personal level, I have apologized for my actions in the past. I once treated women badly, and have since gotten married and done my best to act better. I once was a Zionist and now do what I can for Palestine. People can accept this or not. That is up to them. I am used to getting attacked. It comes with the territory. Today I no longer support the State of Israel. I have tried to atone for my support for the state by helping Gaza. That is why I do what I do. I am sorry for that support and my previous actions. I take responsibility for it. But it pains me to see a vehicle that could do so much good for Gaza get attacked so viciously. In particular, I am worried that this will harm the people we benefit. What hurts me the most is seeing people accuse the families we are helping of being collaborators. I am concerned that this will put families in danger. So I am at a loss. If someone else with a big account wants to take over this vehicle which can raise money for Gaza, I am happy to step back. My only concern is for Gaza.
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Etan Nechin
Etan Nechin@Etanetan23·
@ShaiDavidai נראה לך בסדר שמוכרים לאמריקאים שטחים בהתנחלויות?
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Shai Davidai
Shai Davidai@ShaiDavidai·
If you truly believe in the genocide libel, can you honestly state the date it started?
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@dmanbrady I agree, and it is a very troubling trend. At the same time, a lot has happened over the past 10 years.
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Danny@dmanbrady·
@ShaiDavidai The fact that Bennett, a messianic religious pro settler extremist right wing idiot is now seen as a center shows how extreme the country has got. Shai, 10 years ago Bennett was viewed as part of the far right
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Shai Davidai@ShaiDavidai·
Smotrich is abhorrent. Absolutely. But you know what’s not helping? Misleading your audience. Especially when you’re a journalist. Naftali Bennett is nothing like Bezalel Smotrich. He led the first Israeli government in history that included an Arab political party. He did what others wouldn’t—and what Smotrich is now criticizing. But that doesn’t fit the story this journalist keeps pushing. It doesn’t fit his narrative. There was a time when journalists at least tried to be objective. There was a time when the goal was to inform—not to indoctrinate. Hard to see much of that now. (BTW: the quote refers to Mansour Abbas, leader of one Arab party. Israeli Arab voters are not a monolith, and tens of thousands supported centrist Jewish parties.)
Etan Nechin@Etanetan23

Some will wave off Smotrich’s statement that sitting with Arabs is worse than 10/7 as far-right fringe. But excluding 20% of the population for being Arab is shared by Bennett, Eisenkot, Gantz, and Lapid. These leaders operate on the same logic.

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Shai Davidai retweetledi
Documenting Jew Hatred on Campus at Columbia U
This is still happening at @columbia : a day long conference of a panel consisting of Jewish and Israel haters rambling and edging each other (and the watching students) with false narratives and blood libels without challenge. Not a single participant is posed to call out lies and distortions of reality for the students. Is this how you balanced your views on campus @columbia? You suspended students just for your faculty to brainwash and radicalize the 'next batch' with one sided propaganda? @edworkforcecmte
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