...and all those being criminally detained by US jackboots. A message from Mr Kahlil...
I was born in a Palestinian refugee camp in Syria to a family which has been displaced from their land since the 1948 Nakba. I spent my youth in proximity to yet distant from my homeland. But being Palestinian is an experience that transcends borders. I see in my circumstances similarities to Israel’s use of administrative detention — imprisonment without trial or charge — to strip Palestinians of their rights. I think of our friend Omar Khatib, who was incarcerated without charge or trial by Israel as he returned home from travel. I think of Gaza hospital director and pediatrician Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, who was taken captive by the Israeli military on December 27 and remains in an Israeli torture camp today. For Palestinians, imprisonment without due process is commonplace...
The Trump administration is targeting me as part of a broader strategy to suppress dissent. Visa-holders, green-card carriers, and citizens alike will all be targeted for their political beliefs. In the weeks ahead, students, advocates, and elected officials must unite to defend the right to protest for Palestine. At stake are not just our voices, but the fundamental civil liberties of all...
I have always believed that my duty is not only to liberate myself from the oppressor, but also to liberate my oppressors from their hatred and fear. My unjust detention is indicative of the anti-Palestinian racism that both the Biden and Trump administrations have demonstrated over the past 16 months as the U.S. has continued to supply Israel with weapons to kill Palestinians and prevented international intervention. For decades, anti-Palestinian racism has driven efforts to expand U.S. laws and practices that are used to violently repress Palestinians, Arab Americans, and other communities. That is precisely why I am being targeted.
https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/a-letter-from-palestinian-activist-mahmoud-khalil
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Yes! Amen!
This claptrap is precisely why he is being "targeted". It's good to remove from among us those who defend thugs and murderers, while at the same time demonizing those who fight against them.
It's one thing to voice an opinion. It's another to expect the nation against whom one speaks, or the nation allied with another against whom one speaks, to allow non-citizens allowed to avail themselves of our resources to lie about our allies while defending savagery.
I'm not surprised you posted this drivel. You and your boy are as anti-Semetic as he is.
1. WHAT "claptrap..."?
2. WHAT is antisemitic about supporting free speech and opposing racist, illegal abductions of people who've committed NO crimes?
3. Your stupidly false claims of defending thugs are false witness, slander and just painfully irrational and wholly unsupported.
THAT is why you can't go to nice places.
Dan
1. The "message" from this guy.
2. It's not "speech", free or otherwise. It's the message of his speech. There have been no "racist, illegal abductions". In his case, he is abusing his privilege of being allowed to attend university here.
3. There's nothing at all "stupidly" false about anything I've said. This guy defends the savages of Oct 7. He defends the people who elected and support those savages, and while the actual perpetrators of the savagery are losing support of those who put them in power, I've seen nothing which suggests those who put them in power have come to disagree with their agenda. They just don't like the righteous response to the savagery. No slander, no irrationality in my comments. There's just you being anti-Semitic and in your typical way pretending what I say isn't true against all actual factual data.
I go anyplace I choose to go when I can afford to go there. Gaza was a nice place before Israel foolishly decided to trust the anti-Semites who falsely pretend they're "Palestinians" and handed over the strip to them.
1. Marshal, you claimed, with zero support, that either I or Mr Kahlil (call him by his name or be deleted) were antisemitic. It IS a stupidly false claim. You can either support your claims with objective data - quotes where we're being antisemitic, for instance - or you can withdraw the false claim, admit you have no such data, and apologize.
2. You claimed with no support that Mr Kahlil was abusing his "privilege " of being here. I know how racists have long hated "uppity" people of color. You won't engage in that here. You can either provide support for your claim (noting that daring to disagree with you is not abusing anything) or you can apologize for disparaging Mr Khalil.
3. You falsely claimed, with no support, that Mr Khalil supported the perpetrators of the Oct 7th attacks by Hamas.
Admit your mistake, apologize and move on.
Note : IF you can't support your stupidly false claims (and you can't) and if you fail to apologize, you will find no support for your slanderous, racist claims here.
And, your failure to provide support will serve as a confession of your false claims.
We can see lies when you spread them.
A final note: opposing the actual slaughter of innocent Palestinians is NOT antisemitic, of course, nor is it support for the attacks on Oct 7.
Dan
Also, you failed to answer my questions. WHAT claptrap? WHAT was antisemitic? I've read his words and my words. There's nothing there beyond daring to disagree with a rapist/felon and you.
Dan
Marshal cont be bothered to enlighten you. Dan, with “the facts of the case.” Marshal doesn’t bother with facts at all. He ignores them.
30% of Israelis want a 2 state solution. All of whom Marshal - were he conscious - would have to label “anti-Semitic” by his logic - if Marshal could think.
49.5% of Israelis voted against Netanyahu and remain opposed to the continuing genocidal war. All of whom Marshal - were he conscious - would have to label “anti-Semitic” by his logic - if Marshal could think.
28,000 Palestinian children have been killed by massive indiscriminate bombing by Israel. Which Marshal - were he conscious - would have to label as ungodly murder - if Marshal had any viable morality.
Marshal’s idea of “anti-Semitism” runs parallel to the Gestapo ideas of what “Hitler opposition” means.
Your first post featured the author saying a LOT of things that, they alleged, CUAD stood for. Not necessarily Mr Kahlil, but CUAD, the student group. And it's what they ALLEGE they "think" or are saying. No sourcing. At all.
Should we just trust this source as reliable? Why?
Some of the typical things they allege CUAD allegedly supports/says (again, with NO proof) include:
“As students living in the US, we recognize that we must work hard to weaken US imperialism.”
Again, this is what the JP is alleging they have said. But given that:
"We must work hard to weaken imperialism."
Well, OF COURSE, we must work hard against imperialism. Western imperialism was a force for great evil in the world. Are you unaware of the history involved?
Imperialism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperialism
Imperialism is not a good thing, Marshal. Now, given that you support this wannabe tyrant who is extremely imperialistic (military invasions and takeovers of Greenland, Panama and Canada, anyone??), you may not even recognize the evil of imperialism, but that's on you.
Now, if you want to start arresting and kidnapping and "disappearing" people who are opposed to imperialism, start with me, you sons of bitches. Come and get me and start deporting US citizens for daring to stand against imperialism, you damned oppressors. (That's addressed to you and all those like you, including the pervert's "DOJ" if they're reading writings like this.)
I am OPPOSED to imperialism and if that is cause for deportation, come and get me you ghouls and cowards. Just to be clear.
But in fact, being opposed to imperialism is NOT antisemitic and it IS rational and moral and, more to the point, it's not criminal nor grounds for being abducted and imprisoned.
Shame on you if you're trying to criminalize being opposed to imperialism.
Further, the JP alleges, with no support, that CUAD said:
“In the face of violence from the oppressor equipped with the most lethal military force on the planet, where you’ve exhausted all peaceful means of resolution, violence is the only path forward.”
It is a reality in this world that when people are repeatedly slaughtered and oppressed and when all peaceful means of resolution have failed, violence is a reasonable expectation. People will not stand down and just be slaughtered forever by your imperialist tyrants, Marshal. Are you suggesting they should? You certainly wouldn't.
Now, to be clear, as someone who leans pacifistic, I'm not endorsing deadly violence against people.I'm just noting that it's to be expected and it's not unreasonable, even if I think it's ill-advised.
This, of course, is something you almost certainly agree with, as you're not even leaning pacifistic. And, of course, noting that reality that violence breeds/invites violence IS protected free speech and it is not, of course, antisemitic. As Feodor helps make abundantly clear. It's not even beginning to LOOK like antisemitism.
So, your first source is a complete failure to support your claims. Complete failure.
Same for your third link that was a poorly written blather from AT. After wading through a LOT of presumptions and jumping through hoops and logic twisting, the link (and links within links) alleged that CUAD (not Mr Kahlil himself) said:
“We are Westerners fighting for the total eradication of Western civilization,” “the imperialist world order,” and “we reject every genocidal, eugenicist regime that seeks to undermine the personhood of the colonized.”
But the problems once again are:
1. Colonialism IS bad, historically been wrong and disproven and shown to be historically oppressive.
2. Stating positions against Western colonialism is NOT terrorism.
3. Stating opposition to Western colonialism IS protected free speech.
4. Stating opposition to Western colonialism is NOT antisemitic. Because, how so?
And on it goes.
The reality is that you have NO evidence that Mr Kahlil has broken any laws, that he is a terrorist, that he supports terrorism, that he is antisemitic.
Allegations about what a group associated with him may have said (with no proof) that were spectacularly and specifically NOT promoting terrorism and are quite literally NOT antisemitic do not rise to the level of anything but protected free speech based on a desire for peace, not terrorism, not violence.
The problems "maga" has is that they don't want people opposing their complete domination and when people even hint that they are opposed to colonialism or western oppression, you all respond PRECISELY in the way that your links allege that CUAD predicted. In one of the alleged references from CUAD, they are alleged to have stated something like, "We must be so offensive to Western Civilization/US colonialists that they can't abide us and they'll start arresting us, disappearing us and deporting us..."
As it turns out, IF that was a CUAD quote, you all are showing them to be right.
Of course, as you may or may not know, that has long been one of the tools of Non-Violent Civil Disobedience movements: Provoking the racists/imperialists/colonizers into responding in a violent manner - provoking them by merely existing and disagreeing rationally and strongly and refusing to bow down to the imperialists - and then people can see the violence inherent in the system (to borrow from Python).
You failed, Marshal.
Daring to disagree with you cowards and oppressors is NOT terrorism, is NOT antisemitic and it IS protected free speech.
Even if your pervert prince acts like it, he's not the king of freedom loving people (although the ass-kissing boot lickers are fine with him being their pervert prince). He never will be.
Come arrest me, you bastards.
Fact: The Trump Administration argues that Khalil has been engaged in anti-Zionist activities and that he is therefore tied to Hamas and terrorism, but has not provided specific evidence that Khalil actually advocated violence or provided any aid to Hamas.
Marshal:
Your constant references to Israel Defense Forces "targeting children" and/or civilians, when all available data rejects that intentional lie is ubiquitous.
When any army or militarized force deliberately chooses to drop bombs on an area KNOWN to have innocent civilians, including children, then just literally, they are KNOWINGLY TARGETING CHILDREN. Their intent may be to kill the alleged "bad guys" behind the children, but the military knows as a point of observable reality that they WILL also be killing children and other innocents.
And, as Feodor has pointed out, we're not even talking about a few "whoopsies, we actually killed those five children this week while shooting at bad buys..." We're talking about thousands of innocents, including children.
As to the precise numbers, in war time it's often difficult to tell. Is the actual number of slaughtered children "only" 25,000 instead of 28,000? Possibly. That's not the point. The point is that Israel's military is knowingly killing innocent people, including children.
Look, it is wrong and a war crime (I believe) for bad actors to hide behind innocent people to try to protect themselves. That's true. But BOTH things are true: It's wrong to HIDE behind innocent people AND it's wrong to deliberately kill the innocent people to get the "bad guys."
We know it's true because if it were YOUR loved ones that the bad guys were hiding behind, you would be outraged if a police/military force killed your loved ones to get the bad guys.
And if I'm mistaken and you're cool with that, shame on you.
Once again, you lie in suggesting that disagreeing with you about the intentional killing of children is antisemitic. Don't be obtuse. That's the lie of the oppressor, with whom you are aligning.
Factually, once again, you are mistaken. You're just mistaken.
YOU don't get to define words however you like. This is not "your" America to dictate to others. To hell with oppressors.
Marshal:
all pro-MAHMOUD KHALIL reports in leftist media can't say enough that he's a "permanent resident with an American wife",
That is to say, the actual journalists out there regularly note that Mr Khalil is a permanent legal resident with an American wife... and that's the factual reality of it all. Why would they NOT note that reality?
I mean, I get the non-journalist echo chambers the fascist wannabes prefer to get their disinformation from would prefer to refer to him as a terrorist, (which he's factually not), or a terrorist-sympathizer (which he's factually not), or an "antisemite," (which he's factually not), or otherwise demonize him, but then, that's the difference between actual journalists doing factual reporting and extremist echo chambers and disinformation centers.
You say that as if it were some kind of "A ha! Gotcha!" moment, but it's just evidence of good journalism. That you don't understand this is part of the problem. You've been brainwashed.
Marshal, you can't post unsupported and stupidly false claims. IF you have evidence that some people are antisemitic or terrorists, PRESENT the evidence, as that's a serious thing.
But just as serious is making such scandalous charges/allegations when you have no proof of it. It's slander. It's wrong. You won't do it here.
I don't know how to make you all understand... but just because you, in your heads, imagine that no one can be opposed to Israel bombing and killing innocent people, that does NOT make them antisemitic or pro-terrorist. No amount of you repeating, "but, uh huh, it does... I realllllly think it does so it does..." makes that gradeschool claim factually correct.
If that's all you have, grow up and move on.
Dan
And this is what lying brutalists do: erase the voices of 5 million Jews arguing against their government’s genocidal war just because the radical protestant brutalusts thrill to use the word, “anti-semticism,” against their enemies.
Just like using the word, “racist,” against those who are oppressed by racism.
The Father of Lies uses their white male supremacist identity to shape their sick and twisted head.
You're lying again. And remember...everytime you say this bullshit after deleting my comments is proof you're lying. If you weren't, you'd leave my comments up, copy/paste specific points of concern and explain your problem directly. But no. You're a cowardly liar who pretends you're a Christian and while I don't expect better, you won't convince even the morons of Jeff St that you care about truth and adult dialogue.
Marshal, I delete vulgar and false posts because I don't want slander to appear on my blog or your vulgarity. I'll leave this post here as an example where you've been vulgar and passed on stupidly false, slanderous claims without support.
Now, move on. Your false claims, slander, attacks and vulgarity will not find a home here.
You're lying again, about me posting vulgarity (unless you're transitioning and your hormones are out of whack) and more importantly, nothing I post is in any false that neither you or your partner has ever proven to be. You both simply assert and pretend that's proof. Nor do I slander, for you haven't refuted anything I've said about anybody, while you constantly slander the president, his party and supporters, actual Christians, Jews and a whole host of people of far better character than yourself.
What's more, given your routine false claims, slanderous attacks and true vulgarity...and of course your welcoming of the likes of feo... I would have room to post any of if I ever felt the need.
Craig will lie about this:
Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On
The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers. The video appears to contradict Israel’s version of events, which said the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency signals.
“ A video, discovered on the cellphone of a paramedic who was found along with 14 other aid workers in a mass grave in Gaza in late March, shows that the ambulances and fire truck that they were traveling in were clearly marked and had their emergency signal lights on when Israeli troops hit them with a barrage of gunfire.
Officials from the Palestine Red Crescent Society said in a news conference on Friday at the United Nations moderated by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies that they had presented the nearly seven-minute recording, which was obtained by The New York Times, to the U.N. Security Council.
An Israeli military spokesman, Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani, said earlier this week that Israeli forces did not “randomly attack” an ambulance, but that several vehicles “were identified advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency signals toward Israeli troops, prompting them to shoot. Colonel Shoshani said earlier in the week that nine of those killed were Palestinian militants.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/world/middleeast/gaza-israel-aid-workers-deaths-video.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
What makes you anti-Semitic is your fake concern requires ignoring the realities of the situation in order to pretend Israel is targeting civilians. I'm not going to risk the lives of my family and let them suffer endlessly because you're shooting at them from behind yours. If your family dies, it's YOU who killed them, by constantly firing on my family from behind yours, doing so intentionally so that in the even they do die, you can exploit the deaths of your family to draw sympathy from the neighbors.
But of course you don't care about Gazan civilians any more than you do about the truly oppressed aisraeli citizens who've lived under constant threat because of those who've wanted them wiped out since the 1940s, and certainly since Israeli uprooted their own people from Gaza in hopes of appeasing the Gazans.
There's no other way to regard you but as rapidly anti-Semitic when you pretend reality is something other than it so clearly is. There's no moral equivalency here. All the suffering there is because of the Gazans. In a just world, they'd have been driven off or destroyed decades ago. They are evil and you pretend they're oppressed. That's either rank stupidity or intentional lying.
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