Michael Lesher – The Unz Review Feb 9, 2025
Dear fellow religiously-observant Jews, I have a request to make of all of you.
Please, please – in the name of minimal decency – spare me another round of weepy propaganda over the release of some Israeli captives formerly held by inmates of the concentration camp you helped to create in Gaza.
I cannot bear your misplaced sentimentality over the freed Israelis – many of whom actually wore their IDF uniforms as they left behind the ruins of what used to be Khan Younis – any more than I can tolerate your hypocrisy about the Israeli genocide you have applauded for over a year.
And before you launch into a self-righteous tirade about “terrorism” and sputter “Hamas” into my face, let me assure you that I am not asking you to conduct yourselves like conscientious human beings. After watching your behavior over the last 15 months, I know that this would be too much to expect of all but a handful of “religious” Jews.
No, I am only asking you to begin to call things by their right names. Can you at least do that much – before making another sanctimonious speech? Before posting another self-pitying comment on Facebook about “our hostages”?
Because here’s the thing: Israeli soldiers captured during a military operation – one launched, please remember, by the victims of Israel’s brutal, decades-long occupation and the criminal blockade that has crippled Gaza since 2007 – are not “hostages.” They are captured soldiers who (in my view) are lucky not to have been put on trial for complicity in crimes against humanity.
Do you want to talk about real hostages? Then consider the thousands of Palestinian civilians (including scores of children) rounded up in the Occupied Territories and held under appalling conditions in various Israeli dungeons for their use as “bargaining chips” in negotiation with Gaza’s leadership.
Those are hostages, though never described as such in Israeli or Western media – or by you.
You’re guilty of the same sort of name-reversal every time you use the word “terrorist.” Inmates of the Gaza concentration camp who try to defend themselves against attack are not “terrorists” – not even when their desperate methods include the use of deadly force against their tormentors.
Meanwhile, real terrorists aren’t hard to find. Israeli Jews who don the uniform of a vicious apartheid militia that has confined, tortured and massacred Palestinians for decades – especially in Gaza – fully deserve that name. If anyone still questioned this before October 7, 2023, the IDF’s savagery against Gaza’s civilians since then has surely removed all doubt. Yet you never apply the word “terrorist” where it clearly belongs.
And what about the right name for the systematic destruction of Gaza?
Well, the correct word is not “war.” A war involves battles, clashes between opposed armed forces, the capture or loss of military targets. What Israel is doing to Gaza is not a “war.” It is a genocide. In little more than a year, Israeli bombs and artillery have laid waste entire cities and destroyed (according to U.N. estimates) close to two-thirds of the Strip’s civilian infrastructure, not to mention wiping out at least nearly 50,000 human beings, including more than 14,000 children. Any description of the slaughter that fails to mention such basic facts is not merely wrong; it is a sinister lie.
You, my Orthodox coreligionists, have indulged in a particularly hypocritical exercise in misnaming.
Lately you’ve been agog over a claim that newly-released Israeli soldier Agam Berger insisted on kosher food throughout her captivity. Frankly, I don’t know whether this is true (why believe a story backed only by a hearsay account from another IDF functionary?) – but I do know that the spectacle of “religious” Jews exulting over a ritual detail, while ignoring the decision of the Jew in question to join a brutal terrorist militia in the first place, shows that you have no idea what your religion is. (Have you reread Isaiah 1:13-17 lately? Or Amos 5:21-24? Both passages are part of our liturgy, and both denounce the elevation of ritual over ethics.) As if to underscore your collective hypocrisy, Berger’s own public statement after her release from Gaza was a paean to the army that has massacred tens of thousands of Gaza’s inhabitants and is poised to resume the slaughter once Israel’s neo-Nazi government gives the signal.
You call that an example of “faith”? Call it what it is: either self-delusion or bloodthirsty fanaticism, or (perhaps) a bit of both.
And please, please do not tell me that you want “peace.” In your mouths, that word is yet another inversion of reality. Where was your interest in “peace” when Israel massacred thousands of Gaza’s civilians during its periodic “operations”: Cast Lead in 2008-2009; Pillar of Defense in 2012; Protective Edge in 2014? Or when Israel mowed down unarmed demonstrators during the Great March of Return less than six years ago, specifically targeting children, journalists and disabled protestors for assassination?
Why didn’t you complain when Israel’s army killed Israeli civilians between October 7 and 9, 2023, or when it went on to annihilate dozens of Israeli captives inside Gaza in the course of its vicious bombardment of the entire Strip in the months that followed?
Why do you condemn Hamas for holding Israeli prisoners, but never object to the torture of thousands of Palestinian detainees who haven’t been charged with a crime – not even a “crime” under Israel’s apartheid occupation law?
In short, when you speak of “peace,” what you mean is the perpetuation of Israel’s brutal apartheid regime unopposed by any Palestinian resistance. The proper name for that isn’t “peace”; it is “a crime against humanity.”
“But what harm does it do to celebrate the return of Israeli captives to their families?” someone may ask me. Plenty, in my opinion – if that “celebration” deflects attention from the basic facts of Israel’s genocidal campaign, confusing fact with fantasy and converting oppressors into victims.
As I write, “Jewish” gangsters are taking advantage of the pause in the Gaza genocide to run riot in the West Bank, and Israel’s criminal prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is broadly hinting that the mass murder in Gaza is about to intensify.
This is not the time to be whining in hypocritical self-pity, or squealing like delighted toddlers as a bloodstained international fugitive (Netanyahu) and a predatory, half-deranged convicted felon (Trump) dangle yet another lie in front of you: the bloody ruins of Gaza as a real estate bonanza for anyone willing to drive out its survivors and obliterate whatever is left of the Genocide Convention.
No – this is the time to start calling things what they really are.
If you won’t do even that – and soon – please don’t be shocked when other people begin to call you by the names your conduct has earned. I’m sure you won’t like those names – but why should anyone care, when you’ve already proved that using the right names for things means nothing to you?
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Michael Lesher is an author, poet and lawyer whose legal work is mostly dedicated to issues connected with domestic abuse and child sexual abuse. His latest nonfiction book is Sexual Abuse, Shonda and Concealment in Orthodox Jewish Communities (McFarland & Co., 2014); his first collection of poetry, Surfaces, was published by The High Window in 2019. A memoir of his discovery of Orthodox Judaism as an adult – Turning Back: The Personal Journey of a “Born-Again” Jew – was published in September 2020 by Lincoln Square Books.
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It’s all a play to convince the goyim that the kikes have actually been fighting a war instead of just their usual bloodletting.
Egypt Saudi Arabia and Turkey flatly refuse to accept
milions of refugees from israels people cleansing
so where will they go ?
word is starmer will say yes to the UK
Angela Rayner repeatedly dodged questions about claims she said Sir Keir Starmer was “incapable of running a bath”.
The Deputy Prime Minister was challenged on Sunday about the alleged remarks, which appear in a new book about Labour’s time in opposition.
The book “Get In”, by political journalists Gabriel Pogrund and Patrick Maguire, claims Rayner texted the unflattering assessment of Starmer to a confidante.
But Rayner failed to give a direct denial, instead dismissing it as “tittle-tattle”.
but said it was ” coincidence ” she was laughing when people were shouting
” starmer you dirty little poofter “
Amazing! Thank God that some jeuz remain grounded in reality and have the courage to say so. Not that their brethren will read beyond the first few sentences. This author had better beef up his security because They may be coming for him.
“To My Fellow Jews…”
There are many questions to the author. First of all – who are these “fellow jews”? Concerning the vast majority of the religous jews – murdering goyim is precisely the essence of the jewish religion. And not only jewish religion – the vast majority of christians worship the same cruel, psycopathic “god” of the old testament, which orders to slaughter women, children and even cattle of occupied territories. I don’t know much about Islam, but probably more or less the same. For muslims the jews and the christians are people of the book, i.e. old testament. And what is written in that book, even appeals to cruelty and murder – DOES NOT MATTER, what matters that it be a book. And then we could see that in reality muslims not only behead people they don’t like, like did and does the syrian Jewlany and his ilk, but they also help the khazarian murderers with weapons, food and shelter from judicial prosecution, like Qatar and UAE…
Now back to the jews.With the jewish religion it is clear. But what about the irreligous jews, which are the majority of the jews worldwide and in Kazaristan? It’s very simple – they have this cruelty in their genes. Not all of them, of course, but the vast majority does. Not for nothing the majority of the population of Khazaristan SUPPORTS the action of their governement. And if you stop the jews in the street in any part of the world, stop at random, I’m sure eight out of ten will say that in one form or another they do support the government of Khazaristan. Plenty of talking heads on youtubes and electronic intifadas will try to convince you it’s not like this and NOT ALL jews support the slaughter in Gaza. Of course, not all, but the majority does. For instance, one such talking head speaking with just indignation about a little Palestinian girl-ampoutee and a eight month pregnant Palestinian woman, shot by the jews, which BTW didn’t allow the ambulance to approach her, rightly calls all those who support such actions are hijos de puta(the vid is in Spanish), however according to what he says it’s Netanyahoo and the governement around him. He conviently forgets to mention that around 80% of the Khazaristan jews support such actions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIjTyzimGxU
It’s roughly minutes 47-49 or something like that.
3 days ago Bernie Sanders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6pEl3gT574 Drumpf Wants to Turn Gaza Into a Billionaires’ Paradise….
A crying shame that this insane man is still in the WH / to begin with : he rigged the elections & let wise men still present in the USA investigate that & take action / not a la J 6 of course & remove his hellish ass from this Oval Office….
Are these voices so dumbed down & zombified that they don´t see if this insane loser ( thats what he clearly was but he reversed the real outcome) is is not kicked after these first 3 weeks the satanic RotSchild j. bankers & their genocidal crime network who are clearly his overlords have free play in Gaza….
And not only in Gaza / but simultaneously in the USA…..& elsewhere
1 day ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0-HDu5Wmj0 Times Radio 0.19 ” ..so today we are gonna be asking is Drumpf a danger to US democracy?”
Absolutely ridiculous…to ask that / he rigged the elections by voter surpression of 3 million + people in the swing states ( leaving the Jim Crow shadow hanging over this clearly undemocratic manipulations to say the least out for a while)…
They should pay attention to the undisputable profound investigative work of Greg Palast….and not ask that Drumpf could be or is a danger to Democracy in the US…how blind & deaf can you get….
Did ´nt this adderal junkie 24/7 stinking & thinking out of his asshole – he clearly has no braincells left in his skull – say more than once during his rallies : “I don´t need your votes” etc….
This diabolic Drumpf persona (meaning mask in Greek) & yes he is a mask of Apartheid Musk is a talmud tanya chabad laptop cq dog….
Did these socalled journalists ever heard of these “holy” books of the fake j.´s of the synagogue of satan ¿¿¿¿¿`¡¡¡¡ & how they are the guidelines of the jwo puppits pedo P. /Drumpf / Meilikovsky aka netanyaWhodid911 / Zelensky / Maricron etc . usw….the whole team of wef wef wef dogs of Klaus anal Schwab ….
Crypto fake j. Drumpf c.s. who rigged the 2024 election is a disaster for the world / he should be flushed thru his goñden ( oh my goat ¡¡¡) toilet asap into the sewer of his satanic chabad master rebbe schneerson…
Christ – All – Clear Week….Every Body
CIA O
Cathar: The Kazaristan people are the Asiatic Mongols. That is why 90% have myopia, an eyesight condition only found to that extent in Asian people.
First of all the death toll is 500,000 , not 50,000.
2nd, any Jew who has the author’s sentiments is obviously rare and should be smart enough to quit calling themselves a Jew. If you do not like how your Jewish brothers behave, why associate with them? I know I would not.
Example: I was raised Catholic, I left home and went to Ohio State, in my first year I spent weeks in the library stacks reading about the horrors of Catholic Church persecutions, looked at rare books with large color prints of torture devices and how they were applied to peasants that would not confess, etc. What little faith I had I lost and never went to church again – obviously the Catholic Church was demonic and evil. On the first thanksgiving, I drove to my parents house 3 hours away and my dad confronted me in the garage, he had found out from my roommate through his mom to my mom, I was not going to mass. My dad chased me around the house with a baseball bat and I never went back for 25 years. The point I am making is that it is by choice any moral person sticks with an immoral group or religion. It is a choice you make, plain and simple. No Jew has to be a Jew after what they witness in Gaza. Thus anyone calling themselves a Jew is guilty as hell.
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BTW, God Emperor Trump says tonight that if all the hostages are not freed in one week then the peace deal is off. So Trump is anxious to end the ceasefire and get his war on. If he does, I predict his presidency will be destroyed. IMO DJT is a damn fool for kowtowing to demonic Israel.
A few weeks ago I read that Trump told Bibi to wait 40 days after the inaugeration to start the war again – thus it is coming true.
THE WORLD IS ABOUT TO WITNESS THE RISE OF ANTICHRIST TRUMP
Trump, like anyone, is making choices. He chose to lick Bibi’s ass, he could of slapped the cuffs on that psycho prick, put him on a USAF jet to the Hague for genocide, but Trump did not, Trump chose evil. Everyone needs to be very clear headed about that.
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The only pastor in demon possessed Amerika that is moral:
https://www.lewrockwell.com/2025/02/chuck-baldwin/hail-caesar-we-who-are-about-to-die-salute-you/
“It’s really hard to fathom the utter ignorance of the Constitution, the utter bankruptcy of honesty and fidelity, the depth of moral depravity, the profound indifference to international law, the extreme callousness to the heritage, homes and hearts of people in other lands and the complete abdication of America’s sovereignty and national interests to an alien power—namely, Israel—that we saw demonstrated in the presidential administration of Joe Biden and are now seeing in the presidential administration of Donald Trump.
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The very first foreign head of state that Trump invited to the White House was Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. And what came out of that meeting is something out of The Twilight Zone.
Netanyahu is without a doubt the world’s most notorious war criminal and mass murderer—bar none! Instead of putting him in a limousine and driving him to the White House, he should have been met by law enforcement personnel, put in shackles and immediately put on a plane to The Hague to stand trial for International War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide.”
SpeakUp on February 10, 2025 at 3:26 pm
Amazing! Thank God that some jeuz remain grounded in reality and have the courage to say so. Not that their brethren will read beyond the first few sentences. This author had better beef up his security because They may be coming for him.
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I have only one thing to say about Jew scum and it goes like this. Tod dem Juden.
To say there was supposedly a shortage of food and water and other facilities in Gaza, these Israeli female (soldiers) hostages look in fine fettle. Looking at their cheerful expressions, they look more like they’ve been on holiday. And at least for a while, they’ve escaped the war!!!👌😉
I was going to comment on this yesterday, even started writing something and then just left it as a draught.
Sounds like an honest Jew telling us what disgusting things his tribe has done and didn’t use his opportunity to bring up the holy you know what…
Israelis have most definitely holocausted the Gaza Strip.
What an indefensible war crime and crime against humanity.
85,000 tons of bombs have been dropped since Oct 07 2023. Plus Israel has bombed countless massive fuel storage facilities in Yemen and God know where else.
And what do we hear from our governments?
Climate change is real and very dangerous and we gotta do everything to stop it…
85,000 tons of bombs have been dropped since Oct 07 2023 in Gaza alone. And what about in Yemen, in Syria, in Lebanon, and now in the West Bank. One Israeli earth shattering footprint is probably bigger than four one legged Australians.
Togoda
“The Catholic Church’s historical involvement in torture, particularly during the Inquisition, raises significant ethical questions. While the Church itself did not directly employ torture devices, it collaborated with secular authorities who executed these brutal methods. Torture was often used to extract confessions from alleged heretics, with the threat of severe punishment looming over them.Despite the Church’s teachings that torture is intrinsically evil, historical records indicate that popes and bishops neither condemned the practice nor mandated a moral opposition to it. This lack of condemnation allowed torture to persist under the guise of maintaining religious orthodoxy. Catholic apologists argue that torture was employed only in exceptional cases and was socially accepted at the time. However, the Church’s complicity in these acts remains a dark chapter in its history, highlighting the complex interplay between faith, power, and morality throughout the centuries.”
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Every institution has it’s bad apples. Even one of the twelve was bad.
Don’t be throwing out the baby with the bath water.
Yukon probably was reading Jewish publications. And where did you read them was it in a Catholic school?
Christ is good.
Trump is bad.
Trump is the anti-Christ you say
There is probably a whole minion of antichrists.
And then there are those who don’t believe in Christ.
Are they antichrist too?
This time next week Israel might be engaged in slaughtering the homeless in Gaza.
Togoda
“In Matthew 13:9-16, Jesus emphasizes the importance of spiritual perception, urging those with ears to hear and eyes to see. He highlights a profound truth: many people have become spiritually calloused, unable to grasp the deeper meanings of His teachings. This condition, described in Isaiah and echoed in the New Testament, illustrates a disconnect between physical senses and spiritual understanding. Jesus reassures His followers that those who truly seek to understand will be blessed. Their eyes and ears are open to the divine truths that many have missed. This passage serves as a reminder of the necessity of an open heart and mind to receive spiritual insight. In a world filled with distractions, it is crucial to cultivate awareness and sensitivity to the messages around us. By doing so, we can experience healing and transformation, aligning ourselves with the deeper truths of faith.”
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We are about to find out if the world has faith or is faithless…
There has been no change these past 78 years since Harry S. Truman, the 33rd US President penned these words:
Yet, the following is stated from the True Torah (Old Testament):
And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not do him wrong. The stranger that sojourneth with you shall be unto you as the home-born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. Leviticus 19:33-35 (Jewish Publication Society)
This is because they have never read from the Prophet Isaiah:
Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the fetters of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him, and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? Isaiah 58:6-7 (JPS)
They have done just the opposite, because their god is not the I AM of Exodus 3:14, but Moloch (Chiun):
Did ye bring unto Me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? So shall ye take up Siccuth [Saturn] your king and Chiun [Moloch] your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves. Amos 5:25-26 (JPS)
This was demonstrated in https://www.thetruthseeker.co.uk/?p=276887 (VIDEO) 150K Jews Gather in Chicago For Child Sacrifice Ritual – First President of Israel in Attendance by tts-admin | Nov 30, 2023:
They are non-Hebrew proselytes, many as Aske-Nazis also known as Scythians (Colosians 3:11). Yet many follow the same evil erroneous footsteps of the ancient Hebrews, whom G*d divorced in AD 70. For a summarised history lesson, see:
https://cosmoschronicle.com/the-khazarian-empire-was-established-in-100-ad/
Regarding the erroneous belief by Zionist Christians, hoodwinked by the false futurist teachings of con artist Cyrus Ingerson Scofield (who incidently abandoned his first wife and 2 daughters sired by him; passed away in 1921 yet later versions credit him with commentary changes after – By Way of Deception Thou Shalt Do War) that Kingdom of G*d is physical versus eternal through a restored nation, Israel, which could not be further from the truth.
More succinctly,
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that change darkness into light, and light into darkness; that change bitter into sweet, and sweet into bitter! … That justify the wicked for a reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him! Isaiah 5:20,23 (Jewish Publication Society)