US embassy in Jerusalem opens Mon; Ivanka arrives; Bachmann apologizes for Jews conversion rem

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That doesn't make sense, we need embassies to have peace and diplomacy.

Of course, you can never have too many embassies.

Palestinians dressed in striped T-shirts mimicking internment camp outfits hold up signs with slogans written in Hebrew reading “Soldiers, we are not objects, we are humans,” “Gaza is the biggest and the ugliest prison in the world,” “Gaza is a Nazi victim” and “Humanitarian disaster in Gaza, we want a solution” at a demonstration. (Mahmud Hams/AFP/Getty Images)







In other news:

Luke Savage‏Verified account @LukewSavage

My god, this image

12:13 PM - 14 May 2018





05/15/2018
Ivanka And Jared’s Jerusalem Visit Slammed On Twitter

“Daddy’s Little Diplomat” gets called out over Israel trip.


By Ed Mazza


President Donald Trump sent his daughter and son-in-law to Jerusalem to help open the new U.S. Embassy there on Monday.

While the dignitaries were celebrating this major change in Mideast policy, protests against the decision to move the embassy turned violent in Gaza. According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, Israeli troops shot and killed at least 58 protesters while some 2,700 others were injured.

The demonstrations were not mentioned during the embassy ceremony, but many people took to social media to call out White House advisers Ivanka Trump and Jared Kusher for celebrating the opening in the wake of such deadly violence:

My god, this image pic.twitter.com/e0xd7SEvq8
— Luke Savage (@LukewSavage) May 14, 2018​

Kushner and Ivanka’s presence and public roles at this Jerusalem embassy opening are outlandish. They are Assistants to the President. They have no business and no rank to be speaking for the country at a geopolitical flash point. We don’t have Princes and princesses in America
— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) May 15, 2018​

You lose the PR advantage on this one, #MrTrump, with those two images side be side, Ivanka and Jared yukking it up in Jerusalem while the Palestinians get shot at. Perfect, you moron.
— Bette Midler (@BetteMidler) May 14, 2018​

Jared Kushner failed to disclose that he served as a director for a foundation that funded a controversial Israeli settlement. Is he really the right person to serve as part of the US delegation to Jerusalem?https://t.co/mt8aifJUDk
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) May 14, 2018
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Jared and Bubblehead outside the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem. While they are smiling and Ivanka does her best Price Is Right model point, 41 Palestinians were killed and more than 1,600 were wounded by Israeli soldiers whiles protesting on the Gaza Strip. Talk about tone deaf. pic.twitter.com/ssyZY0VQUw
— Tiggerpawz Today (@tiggerpawz2day) May 14, 2018​

pic.twitter.com/BW5O6YYxnY
— Dusty (@DustinGiebel) May 14, 2018​

Jared and Ivanka partying it up in Jerusalem while Israeli forces massacre Palestinians in Gaza is a level of depravity you can only find in the Trump and Netanyahu administrations.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) May 14, 2018

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...b09a94524b7432​

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Abby Martin: Kushner invested in settlements, Israeli soldiers shot Palestinians in genitals

 

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[EBounding]

Bachmann's renouncing Christianity? I don't know how else to interpret her apology.

 

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Bachmann's renouncing Christianity? I don't know how else to interpret her apology.

This question is treading on dangerous turf, I would suggest we stay clear of such troubling questions.

You really should not have raised this question.

 

[RonZeplin]

Israel, the BIG star

It figures that the State of Israel's star on our flag, is 1,000 times bigger than the rest of the USA States.

Image

 

[spudea]

 

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While reports of over a thousand people being killed or injured is the top headline, second top headline appears to be about an unusual collection of bigots/racists for this occasion. Besides tragic loss of many civilian lives, this is shaping up to be a PR nightmare for moderate wing of zionist lobbies. As of now, ADL has also not issued a response.

Racist Pastors Bless New US Embassy in Jerusalem
Daily Beast 36m ago
The participation of pastors John Hagee and Robert Jeffress in the ceremony accentuated this new axis of fundamentalist, messianic End-Times-adoring elements that increasingly dominate ties between the two countries. Hagee once described Adolf Hitler as God’s hunter and Jeffress consigned unrepentant Jews to hell

ADL now has issued a response and so has the Fox news contributor pastor who was labelled 'racist' in some media news.


ADL gives conflicting statements on Trump as controversial pastor speaks at new Jerusalem embassy

May 14, 2018
Jeffress is an unrepentant religious bigot who has a history of making hateful comments about Jews, Muslims, Christian and other religions,” the ADL wrote in an emailed statement.
“On this historic day of celebration, we need prayers of peace, hope, openness and respect. The choice of Jeffress sends exactly the wrong message.”

In 2017, the ADL blamed Trump for a major spike in anti-Semitism, specifically criticizing the president’s retweeting of anti-Semitic memes.

“Those tweets and rhetoric have emboldened and given encouragement to the worst anti-Semites and bigots,” ADL spokesman Jonathan Greenblatt said in February.

Pastor says he was just stating his Christian beliefs rooted in Bible for over 2000 years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWRgEqRQ2D8

 

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Artists try to be creative but controversial photoshopping in this article may have crossed the line:

[h=2]Dystopia: The Live Feed[/h] May 16, 2018

http://mondoweiss.net/2018/05/dystopia-live-feed/

 

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At least 8 children under 16 were reported among the 58 killed Palestinians.
It was the deadliest day since the 2014 Gaza War. At least 2,700 were injured.

The reported youngest casualty, eight-month-old baby girl Leila, died after her brother took her to the border. Leila probably died by tear gas inhalitation.

Her 11-year-old brother Heyam explained:

I could barely breathe. We got away from the gas. She was crying a lot, then she went silent. I thought she was sleeping.

But when her skin turned blue, they took her to hospital, where doctors said she had been dead for an hour.

Israel blamed Hamas for the violence and insists it needed to “protect” nearby Jewish settlements from protesters getting through the border fence.
US Ambassador Nikki Haley said:

No country in this chamber would act with more restraint than Israel has.

Bullingdon’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said peaceful protesters were “being exploited by extremists”: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...r-cradles-dead-baby-tiny-victim-tear-gas.html

 

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At least 8 children under 16 were reported among the 58 killed Palestinians.

 

[Raginfridus]

If US militarized the southern border, would Mexicants shot attempting to cross the border become terrorists?

 

[spudea]

If US militarized the southern border, would Mexicants shot attempting to cross the border become terrorists?

 

[Raginfridus]

That's what happens when you push the natives out. That's history for you. You guys haven't been there very long, and everybody's supposed to weep for Israel? I'm not one of those dummies who say "Israel for the sandniggers, kick out the Joos!" That's similar to demanding London go back to Wales. There are plenty of oppressive Arab nations oppressing Arabs for me to give a shit.

My question is why its ok for Israel to kill illegals and not, say, America. Why's it crucial for Americans to defend and fund a holy land across the world, when [MENTION=27246]oyarde[/MENTION]'s got much more beautiful and peaceful holy land he'd like to develop here at home?

 

[Raginfridus]

If America thinks its a Joodayo-Christian values country, and Judayo is allowed to live-fire into crowds of slingshots, why can't we do that half the time?

 

[Swordsmyth]

If US militarized the southern border, would Mexicants shot attempting to cross the border become terrorists?

 

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That sign is usually on legal boundaries. Were the 100 plus including many children of non-chosen race killed while standing inside Israel's legal borders or on their own land that is gradually being stolen from them by people traumatized elsewhere in Russia/Poland/Brooklyn/France etc by anti-semites?

 

[Swordsmyth]

That sign is usually on legal boundaries, are you implying this firing took place from such a boundary? Were the 100 plus including many children of non-chosen race killed while standing inside Israel's legal borders or on their own land that is gradualy being stolen from them by people traumatized elsewhere in Russia/Poland/Brooklyn/France etc by anti-semites?

My reply was to a post about the southern border of the US.
In Israel the situation is hopelessly complex and there is blood on everyone's hands, I refuse to get involved supporting anyone.

 

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Oh ok, I misread the context.
But still if our tax dollars are heavily involved in a situation where 100s of unarmed protesters are being shot to death with impunity in the name of some 5000 years old racial dogma, it is in our longterm interest to investigate instead of trying to block the investigations. If the bullets and bombs are being funded by our tax dollars, we are already very involved.


Here's how much aid the US wants to send foreign countries in 2015, and why (INFOGRAPHIC)

The Obama administration wants to give Israel more than $3 billion. Will it get it?

The United States gives a lot of money to the world. How do you think it's being spent?
To help you answer that question, we used data from the US State Department to create a series of charts detailing all the requests for foreign aid made by the US government for the fiscal year 2015.

 

[Swordsmyth]

Oh ok, I misread the context.
But still if our tax dollars are heavily involved in a situation where 100s of unarmed protesters are being shot to death with impunity in the name of some 5000 years old racial dogma, it is in our longterm interest to investigate instead of trying to block the investigations. If the bullets and bombs are being funded by our tax dollars, we are already very involved.

Or instead of trying to untie the gordian knot of who is more at fault we could just cut it by pulling out and stop giving anyone in the region money and support.

 

[Raginfridus]

Or instead of trying to untie the gordian knot of who is more at fault we could just cut it by pulling out and stop giving anyone in the region money and support.

Whoa! Slow down, Speed Racer.

My reply was to a post about the southern border of the US.
In Israel the situation is hopelessly complex and there is blood on everyone's hands, I refuse to get involved supporting anyone.

If the bullets and bombs are being funded by our tax dollars, we are already very involved.

You know they are.