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FALL OF ROME
Historian
About 🇮🇱 & 🍉
Since 1988 I have read 1000s of specialist books, articles & archival texts on this subject.
This virtual cafe emigrated from Israel long ago.
👎 Hamas, Netanyahu, Trump
FALL OF ROME
Historian
About 🇮🇱 & 🍉
Since 1988 I have read 1000s of specialist books, articles & archival texts on this subject.
This virtual cafe emigrated from Israel long ago.
👎 Hamas, Netanyahu, Trump
1903 - 2025
Ahad Ha‘am wrote in 1903:
I told you that the political Zionism would end by estranging you from the moral ideal,
and ultimately there would be a terrible reaction.
You regarded my warnings as metaphysical abstractions.
—
Look at Israel‘s dissension in these days..,
Ahad Ha‘am wrote in 1903:
I told you that the political Zionism would end by estranging you from the moral ideal,
and ultimately there would be a terrible reaction.
You regarded my warnings as metaphysical abstractions.
—
Look at Israel‘s dissension in these days..,
November 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
1903 - 2025
Ahad Ha‘am wrote in 1903:
I told you that the political Zionism would end by estranging you from the moral ideal,
and ultimately there would be a terrible reaction.
You regarded my warnings as metaphysical abstractions.
—
Look at Israel‘s dissension in these days..,
Ahad Ha‘am wrote in 1903:
I told you that the political Zionism would end by estranging you from the moral ideal,
and ultimately there would be a terrible reaction.
You regarded my warnings as metaphysical abstractions.
—
Look at Israel‘s dissension in these days..,
ZIONISM, 1904
„not all the Jews can migrate to Palestine, and therefore the object of Zionism is to create for our people a national spiritual centre that will strenghten the morale and sense of unity“
Ahad Ha‘am
He promoted a cultural Zionism.
But Herzl prevailed with his hard nationalist one.
„not all the Jews can migrate to Palestine, and therefore the object of Zionism is to create for our people a national spiritual centre that will strenghten the morale and sense of unity“
Ahad Ha‘am
He promoted a cultural Zionism.
But Herzl prevailed with his hard nationalist one.
November 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
ZIONISM, 1904
„not all the Jews can migrate to Palestine, and therefore the object of Zionism is to create for our people a national spiritual centre that will strenghten the morale and sense of unity“
Ahad Ha‘am
He promoted a cultural Zionism.
But Herzl prevailed with his hard nationalist one.
„not all the Jews can migrate to Palestine, and therefore the object of Zionism is to create for our people a national spiritual centre that will strenghten the morale and sense of unity“
Ahad Ha‘am
He promoted a cultural Zionism.
But Herzl prevailed with his hard nationalist one.
The LINCOLN PROJECT
praises Dick Cheney ?
Hard to believe.
After all, he paved the way for Trump and Project2025.
Not to mention that he was a staunch warmonger.
#GWB #Guantanamo #IraqWar #Hussein #YellowCake
praises Dick Cheney ?
Hard to believe.
After all, he paved the way for Trump and Project2025.
Not to mention that he was a staunch warmonger.
#GWB #Guantanamo #IraqWar #Hussein #YellowCake
November 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The LINCOLN PROJECT
praises Dick Cheney ?
Hard to believe.
After all, he paved the way for Trump and Project2025.
Not to mention that he was a staunch warmonger.
#GWB #Guantanamo #IraqWar #Hussein #YellowCake
praises Dick Cheney ?
Hard to believe.
After all, he paved the way for Trump and Project2025.
Not to mention that he was a staunch warmonger.
#GWB #Guantanamo #IraqWar #Hussein #YellowCake
Not quite right:
Dick Cheney
relied heavily on the support of his
bootlicking lawyers Addington and Yoo
to legally justify his policy of democratic erosion.
Dick Cheney
relied heavily on the support of his
bootlicking lawyers Addington and Yoo
to legally justify his policy of democratic erosion.
November 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Not quite right:
Dick Cheney
relied heavily on the support of his
bootlicking lawyers Addington and Yoo
to legally justify his policy of democratic erosion.
Dick Cheney
relied heavily on the support of his
bootlicking lawyers Addington and Yoo
to legally justify his policy of democratic erosion.
The legacy of Dick Cheney:
The subversion of American democracy.
The subversion of American democracy.
November 4, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The legacy of Dick Cheney:
The subversion of American democracy.
The subversion of American democracy.
Trump: Imperial presidency on steroids
Charlie Savage‘s „Takeover“ was a 1st class documentary then, and is still worth a read today.
The bad spirit of Dick Cheney just evolved in the GOP, and Trump is repeating and pursuing what Cheney proclaimed:
„the president has all the authority“
Charlie Savage‘s „Takeover“ was a 1st class documentary then, and is still worth a read today.
The bad spirit of Dick Cheney just evolved in the GOP, and Trump is repeating and pursuing what Cheney proclaimed:
„the president has all the authority“
November 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Trump: Imperial presidency on steroids
Charlie Savage‘s „Takeover“ was a 1st class documentary then, and is still worth a read today.
The bad spirit of Dick Cheney just evolved in the GOP, and Trump is repeating and pursuing what Cheney proclaimed:
„the president has all the authority“
Charlie Savage‘s „Takeover“ was a 1st class documentary then, and is still worth a read today.
The bad spirit of Dick Cheney just evolved in the GOP, and Trump is repeating and pursuing what Cheney proclaimed:
„the president has all the authority“
APARTHEID ISRAEL
1/
„What good was the co-existence of a handful of intellectuals in a progressive club in Tel Aviv to us?
As long as they were Zionists … the Arabs … would have to fight, and the war was over,
the Jews had taken the lot …“
1/
„What good was the co-existence of a handful of intellectuals in a progressive club in Tel Aviv to us?
As long as they were Zionists … the Arabs … would have to fight, and the war was over,
the Jews had taken the lot …“
November 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
APARTHEID ISRAEL
1/
„What good was the co-existence of a handful of intellectuals in a progressive club in Tel Aviv to us?
As long as they were Zionists … the Arabs … would have to fight, and the war was over,
the Jews had taken the lot …“
1/
„What good was the co-existence of a handful of intellectuals in a progressive club in Tel Aviv to us?
As long as they were Zionists … the Arabs … would have to fight, and the war was over,
the Jews had taken the lot …“
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FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA
1/
Unfortunately,
90% of American, German, or English
politicians and journalists
have no knowledge of history to understand how deeply rooted this demand is on the Zionist side.
Israel Harel, prominent settler leader and columnist during the Oslo negotiations
FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA
1/
Unfortunately,
90% of American, German, or English
politicians and journalists
have no knowledge of history to understand how deeply rooted this demand is on the Zionist side.
Israel Harel, prominent settler leader and columnist during the Oslo negotiations
November 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA
1/
Unfortunately,
90% of American, German, or English
politicians and journalists
have no knowledge of history to understand how deeply rooted this demand is on the Zionist side.
Israel Harel, prominent settler leader and columnist during the Oslo negotiations
FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA
1/
Unfortunately,
90% of American, German, or English
politicians and journalists
have no knowledge of history to understand how deeply rooted this demand is on the Zionist side.
Israel Harel, prominent settler leader and columnist during the Oslo negotiations
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OSLO Peace Process
1/
In the first round of talks in January 1993,
Palestinian negotiator Abu Ala wanted Israel to make a gesture of goodwill by agreeing to a
moratorium on settlement construction in the West Bank.
#annexation #occupation
OSLO Peace Process
1/
In the first round of talks in January 1993,
Palestinian negotiator Abu Ala wanted Israel to make a gesture of goodwill by agreeing to a
moratorium on settlement construction in the West Bank.
#annexation #occupation
November 1, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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OSLO Peace Process
1/
In the first round of talks in January 1993,
Palestinian negotiator Abu Ala wanted Israel to make a gesture of goodwill by agreeing to a
moratorium on settlement construction in the West Bank.
#annexation #occupation
OSLO Peace Process
1/
In the first round of talks in January 1993,
Palestinian negotiator Abu Ala wanted Israel to make a gesture of goodwill by agreeing to a
moratorium on settlement construction in the West Bank.
#annexation #occupation
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HAMAS
Fortunately,
everyone knows that Hamas only became radicalized
AFTER the horrific massacre carried out by
Jewish doctor Baruch Goldstein in Hebron (Feb 25, 1994),
where he shot and killed 29 worshippers and wounded 125 others.
Journalists take such crucial info into account, right?
HAMAS
Fortunately,
everyone knows that Hamas only became radicalized
AFTER the horrific massacre carried out by
Jewish doctor Baruch Goldstein in Hebron (Feb 25, 1994),
where he shot and killed 29 worshippers and wounded 125 others.
Journalists take such crucial info into account, right?
October 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
🇮🇱🍉
HAMAS
Fortunately,
everyone knows that Hamas only became radicalized
AFTER the horrific massacre carried out by
Jewish doctor Baruch Goldstein in Hebron (Feb 25, 1994),
where he shot and killed 29 worshippers and wounded 125 others.
Journalists take such crucial info into account, right?
HAMAS
Fortunately,
everyone knows that Hamas only became radicalized
AFTER the horrific massacre carried out by
Jewish doctor Baruch Goldstein in Hebron (Feb 25, 1994),
where he shot and killed 29 worshippers and wounded 125 others.
Journalists take such crucial info into account, right?
💀
ABOUT THE FUTURE
What does the future look like
in a world
where ***ALL***
superpowers
are either
dictatorships (China, Russia)
fascist regimes (USA)
or
shaky semi-democracies (India)?
?
Bleak.
#Xi #Putin #Trump #climateChange
ABOUT THE FUTURE
What does the future look like
in a world
where ***ALL***
superpowers
are either
dictatorships (China, Russia)
fascist regimes (USA)
or
shaky semi-democracies (India)?
?
Bleak.
#Xi #Putin #Trump #climateChange
October 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
💀
ABOUT THE FUTURE
What does the future look like
in a world
where ***ALL***
superpowers
are either
dictatorships (China, Russia)
fascist regimes (USA)
or
shaky semi-democracies (India)?
?
Bleak.
#Xi #Putin #Trump #climateChange
ABOUT THE FUTURE
What does the future look like
in a world
where ***ALL***
superpowers
are either
dictatorships (China, Russia)
fascist regimes (USA)
or
shaky semi-democracies (India)?
?
Bleak.
#Xi #Putin #Trump #climateChange
As far as Palestine is concerned,
the
British,
French, and
Germans
are much worse than any US administration, which is shackled by the irrational, religious pro-Israel stance of its electorate.
1/
These constraints do not apply to European countries.
European politicians must know enough …
the
British,
French, and
Germans
are much worse than any US administration, which is shackled by the irrational, religious pro-Israel stance of its electorate.
1/
These constraints do not apply to European countries.
European politicians must know enough …
October 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
As far as Palestine is concerned,
the
British,
French, and
Germans
are much worse than any US administration, which is shackled by the irrational, religious pro-Israel stance of its electorate.
1/
These constraints do not apply to European countries.
European politicians must know enough …
the
British,
French, and
Germans
are much worse than any US administration, which is shackled by the irrational, religious pro-Israel stance of its electorate.
1/
These constraints do not apply to European countries.
European politicians must know enough …
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Obama & Palestine
Sad, but true:
„Obama left the White House in 2017
with the colonial status quo in Palestine
of military occupation and expanding
Jewish settlement intact, and the conditions for Palestinians even worse than when he took office eight years earlier.“
#Israel #colonialism
Obama & Palestine
Sad, but true:
„Obama left the White House in 2017
with the colonial status quo in Palestine
of military occupation and expanding
Jewish settlement intact, and the conditions for Palestinians even worse than when he took office eight years earlier.“
#Israel #colonialism
October 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Obama & Palestine
Sad, but true:
„Obama left the White House in 2017
with the colonial status quo in Palestine
of military occupation and expanding
Jewish settlement intact, and the conditions for Palestinians even worse than when he took office eight years earlier.“
#Israel #colonialism
Obama & Palestine
Sad, but true:
„Obama left the White House in 2017
with the colonial status quo in Palestine
of military occupation and expanding
Jewish settlement intact, and the conditions for Palestinians even worse than when he took office eight years earlier.“
#Israel #colonialism
🇺🇸
„The US cannot and will not condone armed aggression -
no matter who the attacker,
no matter who the victim.
We cannot subscribe to one law for the weak,
another law for the strong.
There can be only one law or there will be no peace."
Ike Eisenhower
Philadelphia
1956
#Trump #Gaza
„The US cannot and will not condone armed aggression -
no matter who the attacker,
no matter who the victim.
We cannot subscribe to one law for the weak,
another law for the strong.
There can be only one law or there will be no peace."
Ike Eisenhower
Philadelphia
1956
#Trump #Gaza
October 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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VICTORY AFTER VICTORY
1/
Since its birth in 1948, Israel only fought "victorious" wars.
At the start of Israel's offensive war against Egypt in 1956,
US secretary of state John Foster Dulles warned …
VICTORY AFTER VICTORY
1/
Since its birth in 1948, Israel only fought "victorious" wars.
At the start of Israel's offensive war against Egypt in 1956,
US secretary of state John Foster Dulles warned …
October 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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VICTORY AFTER VICTORY
1/
Since its birth in 1948, Israel only fought "victorious" wars.
At the start of Israel's offensive war against Egypt in 1956,
US secretary of state John Foster Dulles warned …
VICTORY AFTER VICTORY
1/
Since its birth in 1948, Israel only fought "victorious" wars.
At the start of Israel's offensive war against Egypt in 1956,
US secretary of state John Foster Dulles warned …
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AGGRESSOR
„It is a complete mistake
for America
to continue with any kind of aid
to Israel
which was an aggressor“
Ike Eisenhower
Two days after the start of the Israeli-British-French war against Egypt in October 1956.
All three severely betrayed the US then.
Israel still does.
AGGRESSOR
„It is a complete mistake
for America
to continue with any kind of aid
to Israel
which was an aggressor“
Ike Eisenhower
Two days after the start of the Israeli-British-French war against Egypt in October 1956.
All three severely betrayed the US then.
Israel still does.
October 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
🇮🇱🇺🇸
AGGRESSOR
„It is a complete mistake
for America
to continue with any kind of aid
to Israel
which was an aggressor“
Ike Eisenhower
Two days after the start of the Israeli-British-French war against Egypt in October 1956.
All three severely betrayed the US then.
Israel still does.
AGGRESSOR
„It is a complete mistake
for America
to continue with any kind of aid
to Israel
which was an aggressor“
Ike Eisenhower
Two days after the start of the Israeli-British-French war against Egypt in October 1956.
All three severely betrayed the US then.
Israel still does.
ASHAMED
„I am ashamed to be a German!“
Lieutenant Colonel Hellmuth Stieff, Poland 1939
in view of the German atrocities against the Polish civilian population.
Today, quite many Germans are ashamed in view of their government‘s support of genocidal Israel.
#Merz #Gaza #Wadephul #NeverAgain
„I am ashamed to be a German!“
Lieutenant Colonel Hellmuth Stieff, Poland 1939
in view of the German atrocities against the Polish civilian population.
Today, quite many Germans are ashamed in view of their government‘s support of genocidal Israel.
#Merz #Gaza #Wadephul #NeverAgain
October 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
ASHAMED
„I am ashamed to be a German!“
Lieutenant Colonel Hellmuth Stieff, Poland 1939
in view of the German atrocities against the Polish civilian population.
Today, quite many Germans are ashamed in view of their government‘s support of genocidal Israel.
#Merz #Gaza #Wadephul #NeverAgain
„I am ashamed to be a German!“
Lieutenant Colonel Hellmuth Stieff, Poland 1939
in view of the German atrocities against the Polish civilian population.
Today, quite many Germans are ashamed in view of their government‘s support of genocidal Israel.
#Merz #Gaza #Wadephul #NeverAgain
Poor Netanyahu,
he suffers like king David did:
1/
„I have sunk deep into the mire, where there is no ground;
I have fallen into deep waters, and the flood is about to overwhelm me.
Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs on my head; those who want to destroy me are powerful.“
he suffers like king David did:
1/
„I have sunk deep into the mire, where there is no ground;
I have fallen into deep waters, and the flood is about to overwhelm me.
Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs on my head; those who want to destroy me are powerful.“
October 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Poor Netanyahu,
he suffers like king David did:
1/
„I have sunk deep into the mire, where there is no ground;
I have fallen into deep waters, and the flood is about to overwhelm me.
Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs on my head; those who want to destroy me are powerful.“
he suffers like king David did:
1/
„I have sunk deep into the mire, where there is no ground;
I have fallen into deep waters, and the flood is about to overwhelm me.
Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs on my head; those who want to destroy me are powerful.“
Bottom line of Netanyahu (as for Begin, Shamir, Sharon) :
NO PALESTINIAN STATE
US Reps & Chuck Schumer, German Merz & Wadephul are still on the genocide path
NO PALESTINIAN STATE
US Reps & Chuck Schumer, German Merz & Wadephul are still on the genocide path
September 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Bottom line of Netanyahu (as for Begin, Shamir, Sharon) :
NO PALESTINIAN STATE
US Reps & Chuck Schumer, German Merz & Wadephul are still on the genocide path
NO PALESTINIAN STATE
US Reps & Chuck Schumer, German Merz & Wadephul are still on the genocide path
Groundhog day
1/
„Israel was not,
and is not, hiding anything.
Its agenda for the Palestinians … was enunciated clearly by Menachem Begin at Camp David in 1978.
That agenda has not deviated from its course or changed in any of its essentials since then.“
#Israel
1/
„Israel was not,
and is not, hiding anything.
Its agenda for the Palestinians … was enunciated clearly by Menachem Begin at Camp David in 1978.
That agenda has not deviated from its course or changed in any of its essentials since then.“
#Israel
September 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Groundhog day
1/
„Israel was not,
and is not, hiding anything.
Its agenda for the Palestinians … was enunciated clearly by Menachem Begin at Camp David in 1978.
That agenda has not deviated from its course or changed in any of its essentials since then.“
#Israel
1/
„Israel was not,
and is not, hiding anything.
Its agenda for the Palestinians … was enunciated clearly by Menachem Begin at Camp David in 1978.
That agenda has not deviated from its course or changed in any of its essentials since then.“
#Israel
„It could be a lot of people“
„It could be a lot of people“
„It could be a lot of people“
„It could be a lot of people“
„It could be a lot of people“
„It could be a lot of people“
Donald Trump
After his announcement to crack down on „national terrorism“
You have been warned.
#fascism
„It could be a lot of people“
„It could be a lot of people“
„It could be a lot of people“
„It could be a lot of people“
„It could be a lot of people“
Donald Trump
After his announcement to crack down on „national terrorism“
You have been warned.
#fascism
September 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
„It could be a lot of people“
„It could be a lot of people“
„It could be a lot of people“
„It could be a lot of people“
„It could be a lot of people“
„It could be a lot of people“
Donald Trump
After his announcement to crack down on „national terrorism“
You have been warned.
#fascism
„It could be a lot of people“
„It could be a lot of people“
„It could be a lot of people“
„It could be a lot of people“
„It could be a lot of people“
Donald Trump
After his announcement to crack down on „national terrorism“
You have been warned.
#fascism
America
christian America,
is supposed to know
that its president
(a real estate flack!)
is not only a
convicted felon
but a
paedophile.
It does not seem to care.
christian America,
is supposed to know
that its president
(a real estate flack!)
is not only a
convicted felon
but a
paedophile.
It does not seem to care.
September 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
America
christian America,
is supposed to know
that its president
(a real estate flack!)
is not only a
convicted felon
but a
paedophile.
It does not seem to care.
christian America,
is supposed to know
that its president
(a real estate flack!)
is not only a
convicted felon
but a
paedophile.
It does not seem to care.