Darryl Cooper
https://x.com/martyrmade/status/1458605929750941698 I reject the premise of the question as absurd. Putin has shown no signs at all of trying to take over Ukraine. Russia provided aid to ethnic Russian separatists after a Western-supported violent coup against the elected Ukraine government began a civil war.
https://x.com/TheMilkBarTV/status/1949702714264572169
podcast debunked
https://youtu.be/KnNP8dEEFHA Crackpot History Episode 1: The Manufactured Martyr (Part 1)
https://twitter.com/MoshehP/status/1727165209553334375
I spent 25+ hours listening to @martyrmade 's "Fear and loathing in New Jerusalem" -- here are 5 things he gets wrong:
1️⃣ Darryl completely ignores the role Judaism (the religion) and Israel as our homeland played in keeping Jewish culture and identity alive for 2,000 years in the diaspora. The Jews in his narrative are all "enlightened" secular Jews inspired by nascent nationalism. Nothing is said of Jews' unbroken physical and emotional connection with the Holy Land via the Torah.
2️⃣ Similarly, the role that Islam plays and its inextricable connection to Jihad is entirely brushed aside.
3️⃣ He paints life in the Middle East under Ottoman rule as an egalitarian paradise for all religions and ethnicities. Ignoring the dozens of pogroms against Jews from Morocco to Baghdad, and the discriminatory "Dhimmi" practice.
4️⃣ The most glaring omission is the ethnic cleansing of Jewish populations from the Middle East and North Africa. Nearly a million Jews were driven out from communities where they had lived for centuries (even millennia). The Nakba is given center stage but this mass expulsion of greater numbers is completely omitted.
5️⃣ Finally, Darryl's conclusion that "an apology would go a long way" is Pollyannish, at best. The only way to move forward is a break from the past and a commitment to the future.
Darryl is a gifted storyteller, but his pretense as impartial historian belies a partisan bias.
The Arabs are consistently portrayed as hapless victims; whereas Zionists are shrewd, conniving tacticians.
Do better.
P.S. Please share this post with @martyrmade
because he blocked me instead of engaging with my question. 🤷♂️
- IsraelPalestineWar #Gaza #FreePalestine #IStandWithIsreal #MiddleEastConflict
https://x.com/mysteriouskat/status/1911489582614626314
https://ikaramazov.substack.com/p/critiquing-palestinian-historiography
