Comments by "nuqwestr" (@nuqwestr) on "Why I’m Off the Fence About Israel’s War - Konstantin Kisin" video.

@GlobalAtlantis101 I wasn't sure that's where you were going, and agreed. There's schoalrshiop on how the Soviets instructed Arafat and others on creating the oppressed identity so they could ally were other groups around the world, like the IRA and the ANC. Even current PA President Abbas earned his PhD equivalent at Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow. The "resistance" did not start in 1947/48, but in earnest after WW1. You may be interested in reading this Arab promise to the British if they allowed for a Jewish homeland. It's online in its original form as a PDF. "Report on the State of Palestine presented to the Right Honourable Mr. Winston Churchill P.C., M.P. by the Executive Committee of the Third Arab Palestine Congress. Jerusalem, March 28, 1921." - Library of Congress
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Left out is in WW1 Jews fought with the British to free the region from the Ottoman/Turks. Jews didn't just purchase land, they fought for it. The Jews were willing to share, the Arabs were not.
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"Starvation"? Haven't heard that canard in quite awhile. No food or water for a year they'd all be dead.
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"Proportionality in War" has a specific definition, neither of your are using it correctly. KK is not saying Israeli life is more worth more, and putting those words in his mouth is absurd and morally abominable.
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Are you saying the1.9 million Arab citizens of Israel are "White". Is all of the Levant non-White? Don't look to close at the DNA of the King and Queen of Jordan. LOL.
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@ahsharaf Submarines, too. 22 Arab States with a total population of 450 million; one Jewish state, less than 10 million. LOL
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? The Ancient Greek word used by Herodotus, "Pale" means "To Wrestle", which refers to "The People Who Wrestle With G_D" The name Israel in Hebrew means "The People Who Wrestle With G_D". Herodotus was talking about Jews. The word Palestine is Indo-European, not Semitic.
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? Jews fought with the British in WW1 to free the region from the Ottoman/Turk. The Jews were willing to share, the Arabs were not. Proof? Here it is, in their own words. No "Omission", No "Sophistry". Report on the State of Palestine presented to the Right Honourable Mr. Winston Churchill P.C., M.P. by the Executive Committee of the Third Arab Palestine Congress. Jerusalem, March 28, 1921. - Library of Congress
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@lordsneed9418 I don't like the numbers argument, which requires math, something most people don't get. I don't see KK placing a higher value on individual humans, but he does evaluate cultural values, and I'm in agreement on that. The "Axis of Resistance" uses the dead baby strategy in the pursuit of justice. A total inversion of that word.
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@lordsneed9418 I did, mathematical comparisons are not an accurate measure of human suffering.
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@lordsneed9418 "Imply" means you are reading his mind and making a guess. My guess is different, it's not what he meant at all.
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@lordsneed9418 I don't align with the math. I don't believe KK's calculation is an accurate measurement of human suffering, but nowhere does it conflate with KK believing one human life is more valuable that another. I've been a subscriber for a few years, follow him on other platforms, and it's not who he is.
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@lordsneed9418 I did, at least twice? I am not going to read KK's mind other than to be of the opinion, based on my long experience with him, that you put words and meaning in his mouth. IMHO KK does not value one human life more than another, with the possible exception of his wife and children. Does that extend to his citizenship in a nation/state? Is that what you are arguing? It's that he values his UK citizenship higher than the citizenship of others in a different nation/state? If so, that's quite possible. I expect the UK to consider its survival over the survival of the US or Russia. Since at least the Westphalian Agreements of the 17th Century, that's how the West has rolled.
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@lordsneed9418 "alternative", is that I don't believe math can be used to value individual suffering. It's a poor argument. There is no "alternative" explanation. The principle of proportionality in warfare is primarily concerned with balancing military advantage against potential civilian harm. It's rooted in international humanitarian law and aims to limit the impact of armed conflict on non-combatants. Israel has kept to that standard, and I believe it would stand up to scrutiny in an international court. KK's most egregious historical error was the conflation of European acts toward Native Americans and the issues of land in the Levant. Not equivalent. Regardless of the "math" question, which is a red herring at this point, Jews fought alongside the British in WW1 to free the region from the Ottoman/Turk. The Arabs also fought. The Jews were willing to share, the Arabs were not, even after they received the largest share of the British Mandate, Trans-Jordan. Proof? Here it is: "Report on the State of Palestine presented to the Right Honourable Mr. Winston Churchill P.C., M.P. by the Executive Committee of the Third Arab Palestine Congress. Jerusalem, March 28, 1921." - Library of Congress
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The Arabs made their intentions known to Churchill in 1921, he didn't listen. Report on the State of Palestine presented to the Right Honourable Mr. Winston Churchill P.C., M.P. by the Executive Committee of the Third Arab Palestine Congress. Jerusalem, March 28, 1921.
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Israel is not South Africa. There are 1.9 million Arab citizens of Israel, they serve on the Knesset, the Supreme Court and in the IDF. Nothing like that existed in SA. Want a comparable? Try Jordan, they restrict the number of Christians in government and academia, and of course, there are new Jews.
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@moodyonroody5313 Jews were the majority in East Jerusalem under the Ottoman/Turk. Ask yourself why Jewish populations shrank in areas like Safed in the Galilei and even in Gaza over that few hundred years. Jews made up perhaps 8-15% of what became the British Mandate, the vast majority of that land became Trans-Jordan. Jews didn't take a disproportionate amount of the region ceded by the Ottoman/Turk. Beginning in 1948 close to one million Jews from other than Europe came to Israel, and along with Arabs, now make up the majority of Israeli population. You do understand Israel is not a majority European nation colonizing the region? Jews fought with the British in WW1, there were Jewish battalions, Jews gave their lives to free the land from the Ottoman/Turk, just as Arabs did. Jews were willing to share, Arabs were not, and still don't. Proof? Here it is: "Report on the State of Palestine presented to the Right Honourable Mr. Winston Churchill P.C., M.P. by the Executive Committee of the Third Arab Palestine Congress. Jerusalem, March 28, 1921."
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Norman is a polemicist who ideologically does not believe in borders or nation/states of any kind. Much like Noam Chomsky, Norman's view of the current state of humanity is infantile and lacks any sense of a pragmatic reality. The resistance by the Arabs to a Jewish homeland began before the Holocaust. If Rommel had taken Cairo in WW2, the Arabs would have set up their own extermination camps to rid the region of Jews. Amin al-Husseini made friends with both Adolf Eichmann and Himmler to do just that. The current President of the PA, Abbas, considers al-Husseini a great hero of the "resistance". History did not start on 10/7, but neither did it start in 1948. Report on the State of Palestine presented to the Right Honourable Mr. Winston Churchill P.C., M.P. by the Executive Committee of the Third Arab Palestine Congress. Jerusalem, March 28, 1921.
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"Worse than the Nazis"? Show me that data. LOL.
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KK's parents are Christian, he's only one-quarter Jew, but the Nazis would have gassed him anyway. You are so ridiculous. There are 1.9 million Arab citizens of Israel, they serve in the IDF. Show me the comparable in Hamas, Hezbollah, or even the State of Jordan?
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@HaggisOfDeath I see all your posts and profile. You are not being deleted. Go to your comment history, it's all there. KK is only one-quarter Jew. I'm 100% all the way back to the Russian Empire / Lithuania and Spain. I don't control anything LOL There are less than 18 million of us in a World of 8 billion. go figure!
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@HaggisOfDeath I still see your posts, not deleted
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Your "hope" is of no practical value
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@martynspooner5822 I then appreciate your comment.
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Yeah, although I agreed with much of what KK said, he's not well informed on the issues of the Western Hemisphere. Colonialism did not begin in the Western Hemisphere with Columbus. Even the Aztec were colonizers, it's even in their Aztlan myth.
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Israel left Gaza in 2005, Hamas took over in a military coup on 14 June 2007. It's self-defense, even by UN standards, unless you think Tel-Aviv is occupied.
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Just to add, Hamas took over Gaza in a military coup 14 June 2007 and began building the strip out to be a military platform to attack Israel; a "prison" of their own making.
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Hamas took over Gaza in a military coup 14 June 2007. Hamas is the "occupier", not Israel, so can defend against attacks, even by the silly UN argument you made.
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Hamas is in the West Bank, the "resistance" is in the West Bank (Lions Den), and the Abbas isn't even trusted by his own people. "Day by Day" Israel is striving to survive when people like you also consider Tel-Aviv occupied.
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@HaggisOfDeath The UK abstained on UN Resolution 181, they did not vote against it. Greece voted for 181. WTF?
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Mexico vs USA? Mexico controlled California for less than 30 years; it's been part of the US now for 175 years.
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Jews fought with the British in WW1 to rid the region of Ottoman/Turks. The Jews were willing to share, the Arabs were not. Proof? Here it is: Report on the State of Palestine presented to the Right Honourable Mr. Winston Churchill P.C., M.P. by the Executive Committee of the Third Arab Palestine Congress. Jerusalem, March 28, 1921.
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