Yisrael Medad
ymedad.bsky.social
Yisrael Medad
@ymedad.bsky.social
Revenant resident of Shiloh (north of Bethel & south of Levona). Columnist of political and historical commentary. Researcher of Zionist history.
December 20, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Do Leftists lie out of habit, or need?
"We were treated as terrorists, even though our actions were carried out as part of a non-violent protest"
They fired 3 flares at Netanyahu's Cesarea home.
Maybe they don't know what "violent" means?
www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Protesters accused of firing flares at Netanyahu home detail harsh detainment conditions
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www.haaretz.com
December 20, 2024 at 10:48 AM
It's never been about "Zionists":
Hassan allegedly told the FBI informant the Big Apple would provide “a goldmine of targets” — those targets being Jewish people, whom he referred to in Arabic as “Yahud,” according to the FBI documents.
nypost.com/2024/12/19/u...
George Mason freshman, 18, busted for plotting attack on Israel’s NYC consulate — as he was facing possible deportation
An 18-year-old freshman at George Mason University in Virginia was arrested Tuesday for allegedly plotting a mass casualty attack on Israel’s general consulate in New York City, which he desc…
nypost.com
December 20, 2024 at 9:56 AM

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

The West’s liberal establishment keeps crumbling
In Canada, Germany and even France, center-left leaders are tethered to a liberal establishment that has lost the public’s favor.

Oiy.
Column | The West’s liberal establishment keeps crumbling
In Canada, Germany and even France, center-left leaders are tethered to a liberal establishment that has lost the public’s favor.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 18, 2024 at 8:47 AM
Mr. Medad,
is it true that Israel is preventing humanitarian aid from reaching Gaza civilians? Starving them? Performing genocide? 👇👇👇
December 18, 2024 at 8:08 AM
www.jpost.com/opinion/arti...

Sour grapes: How the NYT gave Palestinians credit for ancient Jewish winemaking tradition - opinion
To create the impression that wine was produced in ancient times by a “Palestinian people” who were not Jewish is an act of identity erasure.
December 17, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Sour grapes:
How the NYT gave Palestinians credit for ancient Jewish winemaking tradition - an act of identity erasure.
The bad taste buds of Eric Asimov www.jpost.com/opinion/arti...
Sour grapes: How the NYT gave Palestinians credit for ancient Jewish winemaking tradition - opinion
To create the impression that wine was produced in ancient times by a “Palestinian people” who were not Jewish is an act of identity erasure.
www.jpost.com
December 17, 2024 at 4:38 AM
Calling all progressives:
"U.S. security coordinator Gen. Mike Fenzel met with the Palestinian security chiefs ahead of the operation to go over their planning"

Will you call now for the halt of military funding to the Palestinian National Authority?
www.axios.com/2024/12/15/u...
U.S. asks Israel to approve military aid to Palestinian security forces
"This operation is a make or break moment for the Palestinian Authority," one Palestinian official said.
www.axios.com
December 16, 2024 at 6:07 AM
December 16, 2024 at 5:47 AM
Looking for an image to use when confronted by false pro-Palestine propaganda?
December 15, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Edward Said, in his "The Question of Palestine", admitting if it weren't for Zionists, there'd be no 'Palestine' and their national identity is nothing but a shared experience of "self-consciousness" - basically subjective nothingness.
December 15, 2024 at 7:47 PM
www.jns.org/trials-expos...

Trials expose logistics, planning behind Amsterdam pogrom
Described by some as spontaneous reactions to Israeli provocations, the assaults emerged in court as antisemitic, ruthless—and meticulously planned.
Trials expose logistics, planning behind Amsterdam pogrom - JNS.org
Described by some as spontaneous reactions to Israeli provocations, the assaults emerged in court as antisemitic, ruthless—and meticulously planned.
www.jns.org
December 15, 2024 at 7:38 PM
This is either theft of Jewish national identity or corrupting Judaism.
Or both.
Chanukah celebrates military Jewish resistance against a foreign occupier and the liberation of Jerusalem and the Temple service rededication, all IfNotNow opposes.
December 14, 2024 at 10:07 PM
So, where are we?

(Taken from map published in Olam Katan)
December 14, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Does Gaza's agricultural land have additional uses?

Sure. Here's what the IDF found this week in the soil of Bet Lahiya:

They were aimed eastward, towards Israel.
December 13, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Latest JPost oped:

Anti-Zionist rhetoric: Loud but fundamentally flawed
Why do educated Jews turn so against their own people while an Italian Catholic sees the same matter with a totally different clarity?
www.jpost.com/opinion/arti...
Anti-Zionist rhetoric: Loud but fundamentally flawed - opinion
Why do educated Jews turn so against their own people while an Italian Catholic sees the same matter with a totally different clarity?
www.jpost.com
December 12, 2024 at 4:36 AM
My latest op-ed at JNS

The new truth
Israel becomes the arch-agent of colonialism, the replacement evil of capitalism.

I dable in Marxism

www.jns.org/the-new-truth/
The new truth - JNS.org
Israel becomes the arch-agent of colonialism, the replacement evil of capitalism.
www.jns.org
December 11, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Er, because it's all about today, Israel and Zionism, not the Jews?

(Hint: when was the Khaibar battle?)
www.jta.org/2024/12/10/u...
Vandals graffiti San Francisco Hillel with slogan evoking ancient battle between Muslims and Jews - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The building was spray-painting with the word, “Khaybar," which refers to battles between Muhammed and local Jewish tribes on the Arabian Peninsula at the dawn of Islam.
www.jta.org
December 11, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Depends who is counting?

If Hamas it's very high.

www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/w...

How Many People Have Died in Syria’s Civil War?
How Many People Have Died in Syria’s Civil War?
The United Nations and human rights organizations have faced challenges in counting all those killed and missing in the conflict that began in March 2011.
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2024 at 3:33 PM
DavidMFriedman:
Blinken is prepared to recognize a Syrian gov't led by al-Golani, former al-Qaeda member with a $10M US bounty on his head, but his government won't meet an Israeli Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, because Smotrich correctly thinks Jews have a right to live in their Biblical heartland
December 11, 2024 at 10:04 AM
The Admor of MerryHoHo
December 10, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Chanukah backpacking
December 10, 2024 at 1:20 PM
Lipstick, Tel Aviv and...Jerusalem

Israel Eldad reviewed

visionmag.org/just-lipstick/
Just Lipstick (Lessons from Dr. Israel Eldad) | VISION | Shmuel Z
Dr. Israel Eldad demonstrates how Jerusalem can offer us a clear lens by which to observe the many challenges & aspirations of Jewish history.
visionmag.org
December 10, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Even the NYT knows:
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/w...

Records Seized by Israel Show Hamas Presence in U.N. Schools
While Israel asserts that the United Nations has tried to minimize the problem, the global organization says Israeli officials are waging an unfair campaign to discredit it.
Records Seized by Israel Show Hamas Presence in U.N. Schools
While Israel asserts that the United Nations has tried to minimize the problem, the global organization says Israeli officials are waging an unfair campaign to discredit it.
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2024 at 6:35 AM
How is it in Australia?

quillette.com/2024/12/08/h...
December 9, 2024 at 5:42 AM