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The article she refers to was written by Ophir Falk, Netanyahu's foreign policy advisor.

Please clearly say what you mean by that.

This is debatable to say the least. I don't want to go off-topic but just for context, Daniella Weiss supports Netanyahu, whose policies are in line with her vision: Israeli settlers have high hopes after Netanyahu election win But among ideological settlers who see themselves as pioneers redeeming Biblical heartland promised by God, hopes are already high for budgets, construction and infrastructure to keep their enterprise thriving. "Our expectations are great," said Daniella Weiss, a veteran settler who led the tiny scouting mission. "This government is better for the Jews than it is for the Arabs. That's the name of the game." Weiss described the election results as a revolution. "As a person heading a settlement movement, it's a victory," she said. "I have no doubt there will be acceleration in development of the settlements." https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-settlers-have-high-hopes-after-netanyahu-election-win-2022-11-07/

Israeli settler leader Daniella Weiss, head of the Nahala settlement movement and former mayor of Kedumim, an Israeli settlement located in the West Bank, said that “no Arab will remain in Gaza” after the war and that those “who want to have a quiet life” should migrate to other countries. From another interview: "All of Gaza belongs to the Land of Israel." "We've just seen the Arabs leaving their homes, we have to invade."

This talking point, which contends that neighbouring countries don't want to take in Palestinian refugees because there is something inherently wrong or unlikeable about them, is false. The real reason has been repeatedly stated by a multitude of Arab leaders, representatives and scholars over the past few months. Why Egypt and other Arab countries are unwilling to take in Palestinian refugees from Gaza But Arab countries and many Palestinians also suspect Israel might use this opportunity to force permanent demographic changes to wreck Palestinian demands for statehood in Gaza, the West Bank and east Jerusalem, which was also captured by Israel in 1967. El-Sissi repeated warnings Wednesday that an exodus from Gaza was intended to “eliminate the Palestinian cause … the most important cause of our region.” He argued that if a demilitarized Palestinian state had been created long ago in negotiations, there would not be war now. https://apnews.com/article/palestinian-jordan-egypt-israel-refugee-502c06d004767d4b64848d878b66bd3d

It has everything to do with the link to the claim wanted by the poster you responded to, considering this is the interview the link provided to back said claim leads to. Watching the whole 15 minutes instead of just reading the headline does give an entirely different tone and meaning though, that is for certain. It is called contextualising.

Because the last thing they want is another Nakba. Arab states say Palestinians must stay on their land as war escalates It reflects deep Arab fears that Israel's latest war with Hamas in Gaza could spark a new wave of permanent displacement from land where Palestinians want to build a future state. "This is the cause of all causes, the cause of all Arabs," Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Thursday. "It is important that the (Palestinian) people remain steadfast and present on their land." https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/arab-states-say-palestinians-must-stay-their-land-war-escalates-2023-10-13/

This is an interesting interview. A few other notable statements from Marwan Muasher: - What Israel is doing goes far beyond neutralising Hamas. They are trying to affect a mass transfer. - If Palestinians are let out, they will not be allowed to return as was the case in 1948. - It will continue to escalate if the US keeps sending arms to Israel. 10:11: “It has clearly become mass killing. Israel says it is defending itself, but there is no international law that defends mass killing of civilians”. - There needs to be a political horizon, and he refers to the IRA in Northern Ireland which transitioned from terrorism to politics.

Definitely true, although I would use "supporters" rather than "fans".

The American Dream - destroyed by violent illegal immigrants. New York City Mayor Eric Adams challenges sanctuary city laws, calls for more cooperation with ICE In a harsh rebuke of New York's sanctuary city status, Adams on Tuesday called for more cooperation between federal immigration officials and local police, supporting the idea of them working together to deport migrants who are suspected of serious crimes. https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/new-york-city-mayor-eric-adams-challenges-sanctuary-city-laws-calls-for-more-cooperation-with-ice/#:~:text="I don't believe people,our city%2C" Adams said.

More colloquially referred to as Trump Derangement Syndrome.

He is referring to the illegal murderous immigrants such as the one who murdered Laken Riley, or the ultraviolent cartel members such as the Tren de Aragua gang who roam the streets, or the hordes of savages who have made New York a hellhole to the point where Mayor Eric Adams is begging for help. Yes, Trump is right by saying these scumbags are not even worthy of being called people.

Another viewpoint is that he is a protectionist and cares for his people by protecting their borders and preventing the entry of criminals nobody wants to encounter. Then comes the second step, which is to cease the various types of exploitation and nefarious interventions in other countries so that people there can also be sovereign and happy instead of being forced to flee and live the horrendous life of a refugee.

Yes indeed, with regards to what we were talking about the other day, about the German guy killing a kid on a scooter, in this report they clearly say "two farangs", not "two foreigners". Then the news anchor goes on to say "Phuket, again! But this time New-Zealanders". The exasperation is palpable.

I did not say Hamas would not exist without Netanyahu, I said it would not exist without the Israeli establishment. Brig. Gen. Yitzhak Segev, Israeli military governor in Gaza in the early 1980s, told the New York Times that he had helped finance the Palestinian Islamist movement as a “counterweight” to the secularists and leftists of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Fatah party, led by Yasser Arafat (who himself referred to Hamas as “a creature of Israel.”).

But given (as I demonstrated earlier in this thread and as is also well explained in the below article) that this attack would not have happened if Hamas had not been purposefully engineered by the Israeli establishment, a rational and objective observer can only be wary of the unilateral portrayal of Hamas as an independent threat, inherently embedded into the Palestinian civilisation, with the subsequent implied justification/tolerance of indistinct annihilation (cf. Jordan Peterson's infamous tweet "give 'em hell Netanyahu" which is quite representative of this trend). Nothing is farther from the truth: without the Likud's active and Messianic-driven interference, a two-state solution would have happened a long time ago and Hamas would not exist. Why Netanyahu Bolstered Hamas The Israeli prime minister followed a decades-old divide-and-rule strategy that fuels endless war. [...] For years, the Qatari government had been sending millions of dollars a month into the Gaza Strip—money that helped prop up the Hamas government there. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel not only tolerated those payments, he had encouraged them. https://www.thenation.com/article/world/why-netanyahu-bolstered-hamas/

A common sense statement indeed.

Exactly.

have they "finally got him" now then?

Political prisoners.

Indeed I can. Pretty good stuff on Tik Tok, in terms of truth. It probably won't last, it never does.

As a seasoned conspiracy theorist, I can assure you that TikTok is one of the very few large platforms where you can still speak the truth (or "misinformation" as they say in the media). That's why they want to ban it, the Chinese threat is just the justification they have come up with.

Yes, I also think it is notable and other reports will have to be monitored to see if it an actual trend or if it is just a one-off slip-up by the news channel staff (which does happen).

"Farang" does not imply the same thing as "negro" would in a Western news report. It is a colloquial term, and while it can have derogatory undertones in some contexts, it is generally not used to belittle foreigners. On a more general note, I do expect that the very nationalist Thais will grow increasingly irritated at the political endeavour to "blend" Thailand in the global market as the current PM is intent on doing ("increased cooperation with the EU", easing visa processes, boosting tourism in the country…). This is likely to cause friction.

Yes there is, and those who deny it do so because they don't want to look for the reason.