I defended Israel for the last two years — big mistake...

by Panzer
I defended Israel for two years — and I was wrong. That was a big mistake. I talked about history,
facts, and values. I explained Israel’s position rationally. But I was wrong — this isn’t about
Israel, and it’s not even about the Palestinians. I’ll give some good examples in a moment,
but first let me say what this is really about: it’s about the protesters themselves. They don’t
want to understand the conflict — they want to feel good about themselves. It’s about guilt,
about how they want to be seen, about their desire to belong to something. And that’s
where the focus should be: the hate movement — the anti-Zionist movement they are part of.
When I defended Israel, I placed myself exactly where they wanted me — they spread a libel,
and I responded by explaining, defending, justifying. But they’re not here to discuss
facts or history. It’s all about them. They believe they’re part of a liberation movement,
a new justice movement — that they’re heroes. We need to expose them — expose that they are,
in fact, part of a century-old movement of hatred that has always used libels to demonize Jews.
You can see the hatred in every move they make. Even now. They called for a ceasefire — and when
there is a ceasefire, the violent demonstrations continue, and Jews are attacked and murdered
around the world. Let’s expose them. You can view their worldview as a triangle:
the oppressor — Israel; the oppressed — the Palestinians; and the saviors — themselves.
Sounds simplistic and narcissistic? You’re right. Take Greta, for example — she’s a climate
activist. What does she have to do with this conflict? It’s her desire to appear as a hero,
a savior, to stay in the spotlight. Notice that no one in the media asks her about that.
No one questions her motives. That’s her role: to be a hero. When the topic is climate — she’s
a climate hero. When it’s Gaza — she’s a Gaza hero. Notice how naturally the media accepts that.
Another example is actress Hannah Einbinder, who goes on stage and shouts,
“Free Palestine.” What is she really saying? Look at me — see me — I’m a hero.
Pure virtue signaling. And what makes her a hero, in her own eyes and the eyes of her followers,
is not her deeds but the scale of the crimes she accuses Israel of. She’s not donating money or
volunteering with children with cancer in her neighborhood — no, she’s “against genocide,
she is against ethnic cleansing, she is against apartheid.” She’s a hero, a savior.
But by accusing Israel of the gravest imaginable crimes — genocide, apartheid,
and ethnic cleansing — they make it easier to ignore the real crimes of the Palestinians:
the absence of democracy, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion. Hamas issued a law
stating that unmarried women can’t leave their homes without a male guardian’s permission.
Hamas executed hundreds of Gazans in the last few weeks and routinely kills gay people — but that’s
“small change” compared to the genocide libel. And here’s a mistake I made many times myself:
I used to say that it’s absurd that gay men and lesbians (and queer people
like Hannah Einbinder) support the Palestinians, because Palestinians would kill them. By my logic,
reasonable people wouldn’t support those who would murder them. And it says something really bad
about societies that imprison or kill people for their sexual orientation. But according to their
logic, the very fact that they support people who would kill them makes them feel even better about
themselves — “Look, I’m not selfish; I stand with people who would kill me. I’m the hero willing to