Leave it to Ben Rhodes to blame Jews for antisemitism. The problem is Arab supremacy and Palestinian terrorism. Without those things there would be no Israeli “right.” Stop Palestinian violence and terror against Israel and the problem is solved. In the meantime time Ben/J Street sorry but Israel will continue to defend itself.
John Spencer wrote on substack a response to Ben's opinion in the NYT. Spencer's opening is repeated here: "Having more time to think about this only increases how appalling the New York Times opinion piece, “This Is the Story of How the Democrats View It on Gaza,” by Ben Rhodes truly is for Israel, for the United States, and for anyone who cares about the truth. A feature-length essay of more than two thousand words about Gaza should meet the most basic journalistic standards. This one does not. It repeats misinformation, inserts falsehoods, and advances a moral narrative that bears no resemblance to the laws of war or the realities of modern conflict. Worse than the errors are the implications. If these arguments are taken seriously inside Washington, they threaten not only Israel’s security but America’s."
Saw Ben on MSNBC this am. He absolutely does not understand the real war on the ground in Gaza. Commented that he agrees Israel has the right to defend itself BUT he does not like how it is conducting the war. Cited one "example" that shows the depth of his lack of understanding or even a rudimentary knowledge. The "example" was Ben saying that Israel was using 2,000 lb bombs to hit civilian apartment buildings to take out 1 Hamas target. Reality is Israel began the military defense in Northern Gaza. First they told the civilians to evacuate using several methods including leaflets and cell phones, to minimize civilian casualties. Then they dropped the very expensive 2,000 lb bunker buster bombs to try to destroy the tunnels built by Hamas under civilian infrastructure. They would not drop such bombs to go after just one terrorist due to cost and the IDF's regular evaluation of potential Hamas targets that weighs the benefits obtained against the potential civilian casualties. Information on precisely how the IDF is defending Israel in a dense urban environment where the enemy is using civilians as human shields is provided by urban warfare experts: John Spencer and Andrew Fox. Both write on substack and have numerous YouTube videos. They have both embedded with the IDF in Gaza to observe actions on the ground. The IDF switched to rockets and drones in Southern Gaza to target multiple terrorists inside buildings and above ground, as their tunnels provide protection.
Another “Jew for the genocide of Israeli Jews” platformed by “we promise, we’re a Zionist organization” J-Street. You don’t mind that Ben Rhodes is a habitual anti-Israel propaganda peddler do you Ben-Ami? He’s gotta be a good guy if he gave Obama advise on national security, right? Did you ask him why other staffers nicknamed him “Hamas”?
It’s amazing how you mainly platform antizionists and are scared of interviewing actual Zionists from the Israeli center-left. It’s almost like you’re paid to be a stealth antizionist organization, one more in an ecosystem that wants to see Israel destroyed. Weird how actual Arab Americans can be more rational than you. https://ymeskhout.substack.com/p/why-i-write-about-the-jews
According to his recent NY Times essay his solution to antisemitic attacks like Bondi is to disarm Israel so Israelis Jews won’t provoke the terrorists by being alive.
I know. His mother is Jewish so he’s nominally Jewish, but he didn’t grow up Jewish in any way, typical of many of the Anzi Jews. But then you have Beinart who definitely is and did, so you can be an Anzi Jew schmuck either way.
The Free Palestine cult is loaded with dark triad personalities- narcissistic, sociopaths and pathological liars. Ben Rhodes has displayed elements of all three
Thx for the interesting talk, but could you maybe check that it also gets uploaded to the podcast feed? This seems to be only available in the substack app which is a bit of a pain to use compared to having it as a podcast 🙃
Leave it to Ben Rhodes to blame Jews for antisemitism. The problem is Arab supremacy and Palestinian terrorism. Without those things there would be no Israeli “right.” Stop Palestinian violence and terror against Israel and the problem is solved. In the meantime time Ben/J Street sorry but Israel will continue to defend itself.
John Spencer wrote on substack a response to Ben's opinion in the NYT. Spencer's opening is repeated here: "Having more time to think about this only increases how appalling the New York Times opinion piece, “This Is the Story of How the Democrats View It on Gaza,” by Ben Rhodes truly is for Israel, for the United States, and for anyone who cares about the truth. A feature-length essay of more than two thousand words about Gaza should meet the most basic journalistic standards. This one does not. It repeats misinformation, inserts falsehoods, and advances a moral narrative that bears no resemblance to the laws of war or the realities of modern conflict. Worse than the errors are the implications. If these arguments are taken seriously inside Washington, they threaten not only Israel’s security but America’s."
Saw Ben on MSNBC this am. He absolutely does not understand the real war on the ground in Gaza. Commented that he agrees Israel has the right to defend itself BUT he does not like how it is conducting the war. Cited one "example" that shows the depth of his lack of understanding or even a rudimentary knowledge. The "example" was Ben saying that Israel was using 2,000 lb bombs to hit civilian apartment buildings to take out 1 Hamas target. Reality is Israel began the military defense in Northern Gaza. First they told the civilians to evacuate using several methods including leaflets and cell phones, to minimize civilian casualties. Then they dropped the very expensive 2,000 lb bunker buster bombs to try to destroy the tunnels built by Hamas under civilian infrastructure. They would not drop such bombs to go after just one terrorist due to cost and the IDF's regular evaluation of potential Hamas targets that weighs the benefits obtained against the potential civilian casualties. Information on precisely how the IDF is defending Israel in a dense urban environment where the enemy is using civilians as human shields is provided by urban warfare experts: John Spencer and Andrew Fox. Both write on substack and have numerous YouTube videos. They have both embedded with the IDF in Gaza to observe actions on the ground. The IDF switched to rockets and drones in Southern Gaza to target multiple terrorists inside buildings and above ground, as their tunnels provide protection.
Another “Jew for the genocide of Israeli Jews” platformed by “we promise, we’re a Zionist organization” J-Street. You don’t mind that Ben Rhodes is a habitual anti-Israel propaganda peddler do you Ben-Ami? He’s gotta be a good guy if he gave Obama advise on national security, right? Did you ask him why other staffers nicknamed him “Hamas”?
It’s amazing how you mainly platform antizionists and are scared of interviewing actual Zionists from the Israeli center-left. It’s almost like you’re paid to be a stealth antizionist organization, one more in an ecosystem that wants to see Israel destroyed. Weird how actual Arab Americans can be more rational than you. https://ymeskhout.substack.com/p/why-i-write-about-the-jews
According to his recent NY Times essay his solution to antisemitic attacks like Bondi is to disarm Israel so Israelis Jews won’t provoke the terrorists by being alive.
Ben Rhodes isn’t Jewish just FYI
How disappointing!
They used to call him “Mr. Hamas” when he worked in the Obama administration. Which is saying a lot coming from Obama minions.
I know. His mother is Jewish so he’s nominally Jewish, but he didn’t grow up Jewish in any way, typical of many of the Anzi Jews. But then you have Beinart who definitely is and did, so you can be an Anzi Jew schmuck either way.
Did not know his mother was Jewish. Mommy issues probably explain his antisemitism.
The Free Palestine cult is loaded with dark triad personalities- narcissistic, sociopaths and pathological liars. Ben Rhodes has displayed elements of all three
Thx for the interesting talk, but could you maybe check that it also gets uploaded to the podcast feed? This seems to be only available in the substack app which is a bit of a pain to use compared to having it as a podcast 🙃
Please stop calling him “Bibi.” He’s not your friend.