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| Al Jazeera host calls Israel most successful project in 120 years; drama ensues |
| 2020-02-10 |
| [IsraelTimes] Faisal al-Qassem’s Arabic tweet garners critical responses, but huge majority responding to poll on his Twitter feed then seem to agree; IDF spokesmen and Netanyahu hail him. A firebrand ... firebrandsare noted more for audio volume and the quantity of spittle generated than for any actual logic in their arguments... Arab television host called Israel the most successful project of the 20th and 21st centuries in an Arabic tweet on Saturday, stirring up intense debate about the Jewish state on social media. "For most Arabs, if they want to curse you, they will describe you as a ’Zionist,’ even though they know that the most successful project in the current and last century is the Zionist project," tweeted Faisal al-Qassem, the host of Al Jazeera’s The Opposite Direction, a well-known debate show. "All of the Arabs’ projects, especially that of Arab nationalism, failed. So... before you use the term ’Zionist’ as a curse, you must first come somewhat closer to what Zionism has accomplished and then we will talk," he also said. Qassem has frequently criticized many Arab regimes on his show and Twitter account, which has 5.5 million followers, for their anti-democratic policies. He also courted controversy in 2018 when he hosted Arabic-language IDF front man Avichai Adraee on his program. Many critical responses poured into Twitter on Saturday and Sunday after Qassem posted the tweet. Meshaal al-Nami, a Kuwaiti researcher, tweeted that Qassem and Al Jazeera’s "mercenaries are serving Zionism by spreading chaos and failing and frustrating Arabs and Moslems." But when the television host asked Twitter users later on Sunday to vote in a poll as to whether they consider Israel or Arab regimes to be more "advanced, developed, democratic and successful," an overwhelming majority chose the Jewish state. Eighty-two percent of 6,168 respondents selected Israel, while the remaining 18.3% chose Arab regimes. Twitter does not publicly provide data on the identity of poll respondents. However the tweet and the poll were notably in Arabic, as is Qassem’s feed in general. While a number of Arab states, especially many of those in the Gulf, have expressed greater openness to Israel in recent years, several experts have argued that Arab public opinion has remained largely hostile to the Jewish state. Israeli officials heaped praise on Qassem for his comment, which they highlighted on their Twitter accounts. "Dr. Faisal al-Qassem is right. The Zionist movement achieved the Jewish people’s ambition to return to its homeland and build a national state anew on the land of its forefathers," Ofir Gendelman, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Arabic-language front man tweeted on Saturday. "I am a Zionist and proud. In 71 years, we have transformed from a poor state that lacks resources to a state that is at the top of the world’s rankings with regard to modernism, innovation, sciences, medicine and agriculture," he added. Adraee, the IDF front man, tweeted on Saturday: "Faisal al-Qassem is speaking the word of truth. ’Zionist’ is not a curse word but rather one of admiration." Al Jazeera is one of a handful of Arabic-language television stations which has hosted Israeli officials. Many Al Jazeera hosts, however, often express considerable criticism of Israel and its policies vis-a-vis Paleostinians in the West Bank and Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... Strip. Related: Al Jazeera: 2020-02-06 For 1st time in Iowa history, mosques are serving as caucus sites Al Jazeera: 2020-01-31 Deadly gunfight between police and rebels in Kashmir Al Jazeera: 2020-01-29 Most wanted female terrorist lives in freedom in Jordan despite extradition request for bombing that killed Americans |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #3 he is correct |
| Posted by: 746 2020-02-10 15:01 |
| #2 Probably taller too. |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2020-02-10 08:40 |
| #1 An Arab Bill Maher. Sans smirk. |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-02-10 08:21 |