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Youβre right in that humans are apes taxonomically. What I was trying to contradict was the misconception according to which the type of apes we see today got somehow βfrozenβ evolutionary some time ago, but that some of their descendents evolved to become human.
Not to mention that the rib thing was a deliberate rewording in later translations, if memory serves it was originally βmade from half of Adamβ or whatever his original name was.
The βfrom his ribβ thing was put there as a way of basically saying βfrom creation women were lesser.β So basically politics of the time affecting the message.
Most of the Bible was edited for political reasons. Iβm sure Jesus totally told everyone to follow the law of the land and to give Caesar his taxes without a fuss
There is a History of the Byzantines podcast and it talks about the political maneuvering in the empire and church. They had political parties and each party had separate religious beliefs and that was important for how church doctrine evolved.
Itβs so incredibly political itβs unbelievable. Itβs like βI want to be emperor so I will agree to whatever those guys say so I can gain their political supportβ. And now hundreds of millions of people think thatβs the word of God when really itβs the back alley dealings of Justinian.
The βone state solutionβ is the only real way forward but itβs not surprising itβs not very popular. The Jews would be a minority in this hypothetical country and there are two problems with that:
One, the right wing types types really will only accept a Jewish-dominant theocratic state as an outcome. Everything comes second to that. Even the others feel like they βneedβ a safe state thatβs free from generations of oppression against Jews. There are more Palestinians than Jews right now, so giving those Palestinians any kind of political representation is a non starter.
Two, how do you think the Palestinians feel about Jews right now? How do you think they would behave if given political power right now? Iβm not saying theyβd all turn around and look for equal but opposite revenge but I doubt theyβre happy about all this. Further, do you think the Israelis are going to want to put themselves in that position?
So because of that. while i think the one state solution is the only realistic non-genocidal way forward iβm not optimistic about it coming to pass.
The same reason why in the US we have people attacking trans people (even when theyβve literally never seen one in person) and why our monopoly laws have gone from βchop them up for the common goodβ to βyou better stop it or we might levy a symbolic fineβ
The political window has been shifted so far right that the leftβs position is βwe need to be nicer to the people in Gaza, but really carefully since theyβll subjugate us if they have the chanceβ
Itβs not an accident, itβs a small group of people with a lot of money who are investing it in hijacking discourse for their own power.
If you get on tv and start pitching socialism, youβre instantly dismissed as a radical. You canβt even have the conversation - people donβt understand what that means and will instinctively recite nonsensical talking points, because theyβve been fed those for so long it would take an intensive college course to unlearn enough that they can have the actual conversation of βwould this work betterβ. The vast majority has internalized the idea that βraw dog capitalism is the only feasible systemβ
Itβs the same with Israel. Theyβve been fed propoganda so long that you canβt have the conversation - theyβve internalized the idea that Gaza is a bunch of animals who want to kill them, and the furthest left thing you can pitch to them is βwell, maybe we should improve their situation economically, but we have to be careful not to let our foot on their neck slip off too fastβ
Fun fact - thereβs a lot of overlap with the groups doing this in the US and the ones doing it in Israel. By that I mean literally the same groups are funding both propaganda efforts, like the heritage foundation
Have people really forgotten the early 2000s when Hamas would blow themselves up inside cafes and malls in Israel? Thereβs a reason the border between Israel and Gaza is the way it is and that Gaza has become a βprisonβ of sorts. When they allowed access to Palestinians from Gaza into Israel, they were terrorized constantly.
They have. The issue is that their country was drawn up, by Europeans, without the consent of the people that were already living there. So the Palestinians, rightfully, donβt want any Israel to be there at all, on account of it being on land stolen from them.
I know a lot of the world is European living in stolen lands, but, surprisingly, none of the rest of the people give a single shot what happened in the last 500 years, they simply just want the intruders gone.
Imo the whole βletβs give Jewish people a state after the holocaustβ thing was a good idea, but they should have put it Germany. Germany were the ones who actually Did the holocaust, therefore thereβs some argument to be made that they were entitled to German land, you could consider it a form of reparations. There was no argument for Jewish people being entitled to Palestine because their ancient ancestors lived there like 1800 years ago or whatever
Europeans treat Jewish people like shit for thousands of years
creates support for Jewish sovern state
languishes a while but antisemitism gets worse
in typical European fashion it is decided to just start settling where other people already live and force the existence of a country
ww1, Britain and France decide they know how to do a middle east. Results show typical commitment to stability and fairness.
settlement is supported by various and sundry European powers inc German Reich in lead up to and during ww2 because everyone hates Jewish people and wants to foist them off to some other, preferable brown skinned, personβs country.
after ww2 everyone eventually gets mad at the results of this sensitive and thoughtful plan, including European supporters, neighbouring countries, Palestinans, and many Jewish people. Fear and hatred fuel dominance of increasingly aggressive right wing political parties.
everyone except the USA that is. Their government has a blast supply weapons after Britain and France wash their hands and claim guiltlessness.
Afaik palestinians can live and work in Israel in peace. There are still several issues in Israel if you are palestinian but you are a free person who can live there in peace.
I mean as long the Hamas isnβt attacking them you can even live in Gaza and work in Israel.
But in Gaza I donβt think a jew will survive for long.
the Isreali government has a long and increasing history of systematic oppression of palestinian people, both inside and outside of the occupied palestinian territories. amnesty.org/β¦/report-israel-and-occupied-palestinβ¦
This is definitely not true. If you are Palestinian you donβt have freedom of movement inside Palestine let alone freedom to enter Israel. Theyβre not all permanently barred (gotta let them in so they can work for Israel) but theyβre not free.
Youβre also not able to live in peace in Palestine. Settlers regularly come in and drive people out. Food, water. medical supplies, and more are tightly controlled by Israel.
There are non Jews who are Israel citizens, including some Palestinian people, but thatβs a different story and those are not the people weβre talking about.
I donβt fucking get on how Israel has never really tried forming a state in which both palestinians and jews can live in peace together.
The Zionist terrorist of the British Mandate period were founding members of the state of Israel. For example Menachem Begin who later became a founding member of the Likud party which Netanyahu belongs to. These asshats from the start wanted to get rid of all Palestinians/Arabs and get the whole country for Jewish people. Thatβs why the Zyonist terrorist fist targeted communities where Jews and Palestinians/Arabs were living together in peace. Netanyahu is just continuing this goal and he would rather die than to allow for a stable two state solution to become reality.
Because they don't want it, simple as that. Why do you think they've been illegally stealing Palestinian land and bulldozing their homes for illegal settlements for decades?
I donβt fucking get on how Israel has never really tried forming a state in which both palestinians and jews can live in peace together.
That is literally what Israel is. 20% of citizens are Palestinian. They have the exact same rights as any other citizen, and representation in the Israeli Parliament.
As far as Gaza is concerned, Israel withdrew all settlers and military almost 20 years ago. Israel doesnβt want any part of Gaza, but the Hamas party who rules Gaza with an iron fist wants to invade and drive out Israel.
There are far more ethnic Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank living in third world conditions, who are denied Israeli citizenship than there are Palestinian Israeli citizens, and even the ones with citizenship are subjected to a level of racism and state violence comparable to Black Americans in the Jim Crow south.
There are about 7 million Jews in Israel and about 2 million Arabs. (With like less than a million βothersβ? Something like that.) Palestineβs population has been declining (for someβ¦ mysterious reasonβ¦) but there are still about 5 million Palestinians.
Itβs simply a question of the numbers: you can have a theocratic Jewish state of Israel or you can have a representative democracy that gives equal Rights to the Palestinians, but not both. Likud is a party of theocrats and theyβve all decided long ago which is more important to them.
Palestinian. They have the exact same rights as any other citizen
Thatβs so ridiculously false that youβre either wholly ignorant about the reality of the notoriously discriminate ethnostate that is Israel or deliberately lying to further a false narrative.
I was so obsessed with Dutch Bros Paris tea that I went and ordered a bag so Iβd stop spending $5/day going there. Itβs still the best tea that Iβve ever drank, IMO. Add some agave and itβs my own little Dutch bros at home.
Itβs not that expensive, here a package of Twinnings Earl Grey costs like 4-5β¬, and it comes with 25ish teabags. If they really like it, 50 for 150 is 15 times cheaper than what they were paying before so idk.
Not everyday, but most days. I had always intended to buy the tea myself, but kept forgetting to look at the tag, finally my husband took a picture of it. In my defense I was pregnant att and pregnancy brain is a real thing.
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