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Nalinaksha Bhattacharyya's avatar

Here are the five books I have read on the Israel Palestine Issue.

1. The Fateful Traingle by Noam Chomsky.

2. Image and Reality of the Israel Palestine Conflict by Norman Finkelstein.

3. Beyond Chutzpah by Norman Finkelstein.

4. The Invention of the Land of Israel by Shlomo Sand.

5. Ten Myths About Israel by Ilan Pappe.

All of these people are scholars and all of them are of Jewish heritage. Sand and Pappe are Israelis.

Now please let us know which books you have consulted before forming your opinion.

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David Swindle 🟦's avatar

I'm sorry but none of those authors are reliable sources of information. And Chomsky and Finkelstein in particular are evil antisemites, self-hating Jews, and terrorism apologists.

I haven't merely "formed an opinion." I am a professional Zionist activist and have been for over a decade. I write about this stuff full-time. My friends and colleagues live in Israel. This isn't a mere "opinion." I don't want Hamas slaughtering my Jewish friends who live there. Don't make the mistake of thinking I don't know what I'm talking about.

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Nalinaksha Bhattacharyya's avatar

You are just an ignorant racist jerk who fantasizes that his rants are wisdom because he writes about it “ full time”! Read a book.

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David Swindle 🟦's avatar

Our differences about Israel are not based on my lack of information or ignorance of the far-left, antisemitic version of Middle East history. They are based on your moral confusion.

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Nalinaksha Bhattacharyya's avatar

Israel was set up by ethnic cleansing. Israel has illegally occupied West Bank and Gaza. Your “ moral” is the morality of racists, White Supremacists and supporters of Manifest Destiny.

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David Swindle 🟦's avatar

I'm sorry, but you've been misled regarding the history here, hence your moral confusion and need to demonize everyone who disagrees with you.

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Nalinaksha Bhattacharyya's avatar

You have not cited a single reference. Even a Zionist historian like Benny Morris agrees that there was ethnic cleansing and that Zionists understood that there was no way to implant a Jewish Majority State in an area which was 93% Arab. Israel has been violating UN resolutions for a long time and are now engaged in Genocide.

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David Swindle 🟦's avatar

There was not ethnic cleansing and Israel is not engaged in genocide.

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Nalinaksha Bhattacharyya's avatar

Have you read the South African brief to the ICJ?

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David Swindle 🟦's avatar

https://www.jns.org/us-rebukes-south-africa-for-meritless-genocide-suit-against-israel/

“We find this submission meritless, counterproductive, completely without any basis in fact whatsoever,” said U.S. National Security Council Spokesperson John Kirby at a press conference on Wednesday.

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