The Palestinian Death Culture (The reality that might not fit your narrative)

It is really easy to show you that a Palestinian death culture exists. It is all

over Palestinian society: their media, their education, their heroes, official documents,

and where they choose to invest their money. It is not something they hide; on the contrary,

they are proud of it. They even use it as a weapon against Israel: their slogan is that they love

death more than we Israelis love life. In other words it is a core value in Palestinian society.

The Palestinian death culture may be very clear to see, but there are two big problems that prevent

some of you from seeing it and admitting the obvious. The first is that in the West,

we associate the word ‘culture,’ or ‘other culture,’ with something positive.

Travel commercials talk about experiencing new cultures,

as if new cultures were always a good thing. But are they? Can you dislike

some cultural aspects or even criticize them? I am absolutely sure that you can and should.

A quick example. The last video I made featured clips from official Palestinian

TV on how to beat your wife. I will leave the link below. If you don’t have a set of values

that you hold dear and you don’t think that you are entitled to criticize other cultures,

then how can you defend women’s rights? According to that mindset, you are supposed to accept women

being beaten by their husbands as it seems to be a part of the Palestinian culture.

That is just one of the reasons I insist on the right to criticize other cultures.

I believe in democracy, free speech, and women’s rights. Simple and basic values,

as I see it. In most of the Arab Muslim world, and the Palestinians are part of that,

these values are practically non-existent, and I have no problem calling them out for

that. The reason people don’t want to criticize other cultures is that they are afraid of being

labeled as racist. So afraid that they don’t even dare to venture into this minefield. I am

also going to be labeled as racist by people who don’t like what I say but can’t prove me wrong.

So let’s be clear here: saying all Muslims hate democracy is racism; saying all Muslim

countries are not democratic is a fact. Saying no Muslim can handle free speech is racism;

saying you can’t criticize the government or God in Muslim society is a fact. Saying that

all Muslim men treat women badly is racism; saying women don’t enjoy the same rights as

men in Muslim society is a fact. Not all Muslims hate gays, but do you want to be

a lesbian in Qatar, Yemen, or Saudi Arabia? I thought not. So the first barrier we face

is accepting the fact that criticizing other cultures doesn’t make you a racist.

The second barrier is harder to get over because it goes against our most basic values. It is

so fundamental that we can’t even imagine that others think differently about it. In the West,

the life of the individual stands at the center. To imagine that there is a

culture that glorifies death, that embraces death, that wants death, sounds impossible,

but… welcome to Palestinian culture. Have you ever seen a mother who wants her kids to die?

These clips are from official Palestinian TV. And these mothers are the norm in Palestinian society.

It is hard to comprehend, but not only are their views mainstream, but there is zero criticism

of these mothers. If anything, they are seen as symbols of a right and true and admirable mindset.

I bet you’ve never seen clips like this on French, German, British, or American TV. The Western media