Wow: Emirates Asked To Set Up Base In Israel, Fly To New York & Bangkok!

As always, nothing is absolute and nobody is perfect. Of course, everyone has his detractors and supporters, regardless of his stature. I introduced him as a genocide scholar, nothing more and he is definitely not my guru. I certainly never assert or assume that other sources of info outside Youtube are incorrect. Reread my previous reply. I am unequivocally certain that you have negative (below zero) qualification to challenge his view. When I share my knowledge or present my rebuttal, I tend to include a link or two so other readers can read/ watch it and form their own opinions. Few readers caution not to conflate Jews with Zionists but nobody had provided context to help other readers make sense. We can read the same post or watch/ listen to the same discussion, many of us will reach multiple conclusions. Knowledgeable people can change minds of rational people but they won't change hearts of radical people. In the majority of non-European/ western countries, the evidence clearly supported the definition. In today's polarized environment filled with non-factual theories from people who have no background in subject matter, it is a challenge to navigate where the facts are for others. On the Israel-Palestine conflict, I see things quite clearly as I criticize all parties that are waging wars and targeting civilians. The Middle East always fascinates and captivates me. Its civilization is beyond captivating.

Untrue. You can learn a lot from Youtube, unlike other social media platforms when someone uploads real life discussions. It depends on your knowledge on such subject matter in addition to the caliber and qualifications of the host and the guests. If you dismiss their qualifications, you basically deny historical facts because I honestly have yet read any convincing comments, > 98%, on history from all readers and bloggers. When you lack or deny historical facts, it is highly unlikely that you can intellectually engage in any non-science discussion. His personal background, born and raised in Israel and joined the IDF, and professional/ academic stature are indisputable. There are always other people who will dispute anything and anyone. In science, you are required to prove any thing true and accurate. In social science, anything goes. When it comes to Israel-Palestine conflict, there are only two camps. Those who possess and use historical facts to educate others while others to manipulate and deny at all costs. Before leaving Kuwait three decades ago, I always hoped I'd have an opportunity to live and work in Israel in order to understand the missing half of the equation to understand the conflict. Less than a month into the Gazan war, such hope was buried six feet under. In the last two years, independent non-profit domestic and foreign news media have educated me a lot on this subject matter. Youtube provides me feedback to learn MidEast history backward--from Gazan war to the Ottoman Empire.

I have enjoyed some of the dialogue exchanges with certain commentators on this page. It is most refreshing to actually engage in an intellectual conversation herein. Thank you Ben, for enabling such intercourse. More often than not one’s mental stimulation is restrained by responding to the one line moronic mumblings from the likes of ORD (logged in as MEGA Joe), frrp, deltasax or Walter Mitty Dunn. Quite obviously, the actors behind these login names, know little of what they post. However, please be assured that their click is appreciated by Ben. Furthermore by myself and others who enjoy reading Ben’s flight reviews. ORD, you need pop down to your local Walmart for a new camouflage net and more war paint. Your slip is showing beneath the MEGA Joe-Soap login which you are hiding beneath …. :-)

Omer Bartov, a genocide scholar, will be ecstatic to educate you. His background is impeccable and second to none on this subject matter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfmW0AQWV5E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W5oMovARYs&t=658s

Before the fallout with Saudi Arabia and defection from OPEC, UAE has recently been known as a Mossad mole in the Arab world. It bought US military weapons to wage wars in Yemen and Sudan not to self-defend. It does not bewilder me when the west struggles to define commonly used but hot button terms, such as genocide, terrorists, antisemitism, war criminals. Politicians deceive the gullible mass when history knowledge is a rare commodity. In the spring of 1994, I visited Jordan, Jericho and West Bank, and Israel. The cab driver did not take me to Gaza. Two years ago, I learned why. Gaza has been known to world agencies as " the biggest toxic concentration camp in the world". Everyone and everything enters and exits Gaza must have Israel permit. It is 27 miles long and 5 miles to the ocean. On October 8th, Israeli Defense Minister Gallant declared " I have ordered a complete siege on Gaza. There will be no electricity, no food, no water, no fuel. Everything is closed. We are fighting human animals and we act accordingly". Palestinians had created wars and destabilized other Arab governments in the region in the past. They also fought each other among a dozen factions. Paradoxically, they have been and still are experiencing an immensurable and unconscionable dehumanizing confinement and torture under occupation. Omer Bartov, Norman Ficklestein are among less than a handful of experts in Israel-Palestine conflict. Roy Casagranda is an expert in Israel- Palestine history dated back to the Ottoman Empire. You will not know them because they are neither history revisionists nor indoctrinated who populated corporate media in print, on podcast or TV. All peace deals between Palestinians and Israelis from Oslo to Abraham Accords were perpetrated by US and Israeli politicians to give the world and Palestinians the illusion and delusion, respectively, that they supported Palestinian state. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfmW0AQWV5E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W5oMovARYs&t=417s