this story about terrorist suspects being justifiably searched for weapons has been presented as an equivalent wrong and even largely replaced the story about israeli women being raped and mutilated, no doubt by some of the people being pictured, as an example of the depravity underlying the current antii-israel media bias, which is being driven by demographics.

i don't see anything wrong with this at all. i'm glad they're getting them off the street and into jails where they belong.

i refuse to concede the premise that there is a war going on; this is a police operation to stamp out the palestinian mafia.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/images-of-stripped-and-bound-gazans-prompt-concern-over-idfs-arrest-tactics/

i may have been the first person to suggest that what israel is doing in palestine is a genocide, in the process of rejecting the term 'apartheid'. apartheid is fundamentally about enslaving a population. the israelis do not want to enslave the arabs, and have rejected attempts by diplomats like john kerry to set up an export economy; what is closer to the truth is that western capitalism tried to create apartheid in the levant for the benefit of european investors, and the israelis put an end to it. the israelis want those jobs for their own people; they don't want enslaved arabs, they want the arabs done away with and thrown out.

i consequently rejected the term "israeli apartheid" when it was popular in the 00s and replaced it with "genocide of the palestinian people". this was before hamas took over gaza,

however, i've actually evolved my thinking since then, as i've become more aware of the fact that the palestinians are not arabs but jews that have converted to islam. you can find genetic differences between a saudi and a jew, or an egyptian and a jew, or a leb and a jew, but you cannot genetically differentiate between a a palestinian and a jew. the reason is that the palestinians are the jews, they're the jews that stayed and converted to islam. in fact, most of them even know that, they just don't like to talk about it. there is a small ruling clique of arab monarchs that don't get hit by israeli bombs; the mass of palestinians getting killed are ethnic hebrews. this is jewish hebrews killing muslim hebrews, and vice versa.

what that means is that there isn't truly an ethnic component in the conflict. this is in truth a hebrew civil war that is about religion and while i don't support jewish nationalism or jewish supremacism, i realize that civil wars are things that happen and that they need to work themselves out.

i support a one state solution where everybody is equal and rights aren't determined by religion, perceived ethnicity or language. i don't want jewish or arab states, i want a secular democracy with equal rights. yet, i realize that the process of getting there requires one side to win the civil war. historically, the end result of civil wars is that the side that loses the civil war adopts the values and beliefs of the victor. i would strongly suggest to muslims in palestine that they might want to consider looking at their roots with a sober perspective and converting back to judaism if they want to stay in israel, by following the logic of their ancestors, when they converted to islam. the situation has changed and they need to adjust.

if they do not like that idea, they might want to seriously consider leaving as it is clear which side will win this civil war. once the civil war is over, it will be time to talk about civil rights in the framework of a single state where a critical mass of israelis are on their side. they can't talk like that while they are ruled by crazy groups like hamas, which is a reflection of their desperation.

i do not support "national liberation struggles" or religious extremist groups like hamas. i don't support what they want as an outcome, and i don't support their tactics. if the palestinians want to align with groups like hamas as their voice, it would be better if they were wiped out.

however, i know that's not actually true, that most palestinians do not support hamas.

i am putting out a call for palestinians to stop being idealistic and start being pragmatic. you are ethnic hebrews. examine your family history and ask yourself what is truly in your self-interest, as individuals.