Alan Yehuda Apter
@alanapter.bsky.social
I can see you have summoned the tech security nerds
November 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I can see you have summoned the tech security nerds
I'm not sure I understand what you mean. The right of return of Palestinian refugees has nothing to do with the release of prisoners - these are two separate issues.
November 26, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I'm not sure I understand what you mean. The right of return of Palestinian refugees has nothing to do with the release of prisoners - these are two separate issues.
2/2 The return of millions of Palestinian refugees would mean that Israel would no longer have a Jewish majority, and therefore would likely to cease to exist in its current form. Whether one sees that as positive or negative, it goes far beyond the scope of simply establishing a Palestinian state.
November 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
2/2 The return of millions of Palestinian refugees would mean that Israel would no longer have a Jewish majority, and therefore would likely to cease to exist in its current form. Whether one sees that as positive or negative, it goes far beyond the scope of simply establishing a Palestinian state.
1/2 Hamas has pledged to lay down arms if “a fully sovereign Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip *and the return of Palestinian refugees*...” (Source apnews.com/article/hama..., emphasis my own)
Hamas official says group would lay down its arms if an independent Palestinian state is established
The comments by Khalil al-Hayya came amid a stalemate in months of cease-fire talks.
apnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
1/2 Hamas has pledged to lay down arms if “a fully sovereign Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip *and the return of Palestinian refugees*...” (Source apnews.com/article/hama..., emphasis my own)
I think about the October 2023 interview where Khaled Meshaal claimed "the resistance has enough prisoners to exchange prisoners in Israeli jails" a lot: www.alaraby.com/programs/%D9...
فيديو العربي - خالد مشعل لـ"العربي": المقاومة مستعدة لمواجهة الحرب وتوسعها | التلفزيون العربي
قال رئيس حركة حمـاس في الخارج خالد مشعل في مقابلة خاصة مع "العربي" إن الاحتلال الإسرائيلي يُحضر للحرب البرية في قطاع غزة، مشددًا على أن المقاومة مستعدة لمواجهة الحرب وتوسعها، وقادرة على هزيمة أي زحف ب...
www.alaraby.com
October 9, 2025 at 7:47 AM
I think about the October 2023 interview where Khaled Meshaal claimed "the resistance has enough prisoners to exchange prisoners in Israeli jails" a lot: www.alaraby.com/programs/%D9...
Agree with your point, from what I can tell, it was the police who started the call for protests to stop because of claimed resourcing constraints and it spiralled from there (official Jewish communal responses have been slow because of Yom Kippur) www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Police ask for protest against Palestine Action ban to be postponed after Manchester attack
Exclusive: Organisers say protest will go ahead as planned and it is up to Met whether or not it prioritises arrests
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Agree with your point, from what I can tell, it was the police who started the call for protests to stop because of claimed resourcing constraints and it spiralled from there (official Jewish communal responses have been slow because of Yom Kippur) www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
I wonder how much it changes society to have thousands of families with a score to settle. If Smotrich's origin story/raison d'etre is Gush Katif, then this will have long standing implications. And then there are the security implications of all this for ministers and ex-ministers...
September 27, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I wonder how much it changes society to have thousands of families with a score to settle. If Smotrich's origin story/raison d'etre is Gush Katif, then this will have long standing implications. And then there are the security implications of all this for ministers and ex-ministers...
I heard (through Israeli relatives) after a botched Israeli Army rescue operation, Gallant (then minister of defence), called the father of the dead hostage. The father of the dead hostage that Gallant is not forgiven and he would pursue Gallant to the ends of the earth...
September 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I heard (through Israeli relatives) after a botched Israeli Army rescue operation, Gallant (then minister of defence), called the father of the dead hostage. The father of the dead hostage that Gallant is not forgiven and he would pursue Gallant to the ends of the earth...
hey 👋 rodeo expert here (been to one before), here's a 🧵 of what you can expect 👇 (1/174)
September 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
hey 👋 rodeo expert here (been to one before), here's a 🧵 of what you can expect 👇 (1/174)
Trying to think of the last Tory almost leader and the first name that came to mind was... Michael Heseltine?
September 25, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Trying to think of the last Tory almost leader and the first name that came to mind was... Michael Heseltine?
On further thought, I take back what I originally wrote. I do want to relitigate this.
September 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
On further thought, I take back what I originally wrote. I do want to relitigate this.
Instead she conceded immediately to the Eurosceptic wing of the party and then was never bable to satisfy them. Appreciate that as a Remainer herself she might have thought she had to show seriousness around Brexit
September 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Instead she conceded immediately to the Eurosceptic wing of the party and then was never bable to satisfy them. Appreciate that as a Remainer herself she might have thought she had to show seriousness around Brexit
Had she set out her stall differently from the start (e.g. acknowledging that the country was split and that nobody was going to get everything they want) then she would've had more freedom to navigate different options and could've negotiated better with different wings of the party
September 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Had she set out her stall differently from the start (e.g. acknowledging that the country was split and that nobody was going to get everything they want) then she would've had more freedom to navigate different options and could've negotiated better with different wings of the party
Don't really want to relitigate this, but I think May set unrealistic "Hard Brexit" expectations at the very beginning of her term (New Iron Lady/citizens of nowhere speech) and the could never live up to those expectations.
September 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Don't really want to relitigate this, but I think May set unrealistic "Hard Brexit" expectations at the very beginning of her term (New Iron Lady/citizens of nowhere speech) and the could never live up to those expectations.
this time you've gone too far marie
August 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
this time you've gone too far marie
Billionaires are self selecting. Normal people, after earning enough to ensure that they and their children never have to work again (say, around $100 million), would stop and turn to other pursuits. But the kind of person who keeps pushing to become even richer...
August 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Billionaires are self selecting. Normal people, after earning enough to ensure that they and their children never have to work again (say, around $100 million), would stop and turn to other pursuits. But the kind of person who keeps pushing to become even richer...
*salutes* General Critical reporting for duty
August 6, 2025 at 7:05 AM
*salutes* General Critical reporting for duty
Attempting to challenge and persuade those who disagree is a far more radical act than preaching to the converted
August 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Attempting to challenge and persuade those who disagree is a far more radical act than preaching to the converted
I.e. it's not that they don't claim to speak on behalf of Jews worldwide, it's that the State of Israel supersedes/supplants the Jewish people?
July 18, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I.e. it's not that they don't claim to speak on behalf of Jews worldwide, it's that the State of Israel supersedes/supplants the Jewish people?
I'm hesitant to place too much importance on ideology, but do you think there's something where Zionism was supposed to create the New Jew (Muskeljudentum), and due to Shlilat hagalut the diaspora are just unimportant?
July 18, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I'm hesitant to place too much importance on ideology, but do you think there's something where Zionism was supposed to create the New Jew (Muskeljudentum), and due to Shlilat hagalut the diaspora are just unimportant?
It could have been true, which tells you everything you need to know
June 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
It could have been true, which tells you everything you need to know
I mean the least they could do is sing
June 20, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I mean the least they could do is sing
I presume the remaining people are white, just not British (i.e. they tick the"White Other" box)
June 4, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I presume the remaining people are white, just not British (i.e. they tick the"White Other" box)