How to Get Fired

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• Websites
  • israelquotes.com
    • My personal project, a bibliography of 450+ quotes, with direct links to sources, of Israeli (and a few American) leaders, military, and civilians, expressing everything from genocidal intent to Israeli fratricide on October 7th.
  • techforpalestine.org
    • "A loose coalition of 2000+ founders, engineers, product marketers, community builders, investors, and other tech folks working towards Palestinian freedom. We aim to end the dehumanisation of Palestinians within the tech community, and to bring voice to those who speak up."
  • oct7factcheck.com
    • "Our mission is to facilitate an accurate understanding of the events of October 7 and its aftermath through the collection and organization of information. We value accuracy and organization. We recognize there may be errors but we reach a high level of confidence before issuing any conclusions. If you find additional information, mistakes or inaccuracies, please contact us so we can correct or augment this work. Due to the nature of this work, there are at times disturbing imagery, video, or descriptions. Viewer discretion is advised."
  • instagram.com/israelscrimes
    • "A social media documentation of Zionist abuses and violations. Sources provided. This page stands against hatred of all forms. Est. 11/25/23"
  • breakingthesilence.org.il
    • "Breaking the Silence is an organization of veteran soldiers who have served in the Israeli military since the start of the Second Intifada and have taken it upon themselves to expose the public to the reality of everyday life in the Occupied Territories. We endeavor to stimulate public debate about the price paid for a reality in which young soldiers face a civilian population on a daily basis, and are engaged in the control of that population’s everyday life. Our work aims to bring an end to the occupation."
  • euromedmonitor.org
    • In their latest publication which spans the dates October 7 - January 19, this Geneva-based non-profit shares the latest numbers:
      • 29,720 civilians killed by Israel in Gaza since October 7.
      • 12,660 children killed by Israel in Gaza since October 7.
      • 6,860 women killed by Israel in Gaza since October 7.
      • 301 healthcare professionals killed by Israel in Gaza since October 7.
      • 115 journalists killed by Israel in Gaza since October 7.
    • Every number is a treasured life. A face, a soul, a set of hopes and dreams and fears and ambitions. How many gallons of blood have been spilled so far? Can you do the math?
  • shutitdown4palestine.org
    • "We must keep building momentum and increase the pressure with more marches, walk- outs, sit-ins, and other forms of direct action directed at the political offices, businesses, and workplaces that fund, invest, and collaborate with Israeli genocide and occupation."


• Specific Crimes to Highlight
  • December 16, 2023 - The sniping and murder, by Israel, of Nahida and Samar Anton, two Christian Palestinian women taking refuge inside the Holy Family Parish in Gaza.
    • As recounted by the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem in a since-removed press release.
    • As recounted by a family member of Nahida and Samar Anton, who describes how the sniper shot Nahida in the gut and waited for someone to render aid. When Nahida's daughter Samar tried to pull her screaming mother to safety, the Israeli sniper shot her in the head.
  • October 19, 2023 - The bombing, by Israel, of the 3rd oldest church in the world, the Church of St. Porphyrius.
    • As reported by Al-Jazeera.
    • As recorded on Wikipedia.
    • As recounted by survivors of the bombing in Gaza.
  • September 28, 2018 - The sniping and murder, by Israel, of an 11-year-old Palestinian child Nasser Mosabeh during a peaceful protest, the Great March of Return.
    • As written about in a Human Rights Council report, paragraph 517, page 148: "On 28 September at approximately 5 p.m., the ISF shot 11-year-old Nasser Mosabeh in the back of the head with live ammunition at the demonstration site in Khan Younis. Nasser was transferred to the Gaza European Hospital where he was declared dead. On that day, Nasser had been helping his two volunteer paramedic sisters treating injured people at the protest site towards Jakkar Road. He would bring saline water bottles to paramedics and would keep his distance to 150 m from the fence. Protestors burned tyres approximately 70-100 m from the fence impairing visibility for the ISF soldiers. When the victim was shot, he was under a tree, 250 m from the fence near Jakkar Road. ISF soldiers fired two gunshots and the child was found lying on the ground seconds after the gunshots were heard. Nasser was lying three meters away from another injured man. The bullet entered the right side of his head behind his ear and parts of his skull and brain were found close to his body. The Commission analysed video and photographic footage showing Nasser's injury at the back left side of his head as he was surrounded by paramedics attempting resuscitation. The Commission finds that Nasser did not pose an imminent threat of death or serious injury to ISF soldiers when he was shot."
  • October 7, 2023 - The killing, by Israel, of a 12-year-old Israeli children Liel Hetzroni and her twin brother Yanai in the Israeli counter-attack on kibbutz Be'eri, as recounted by October 7 survivor Yasmin Porat.
    • As recounted by Yasmin Porat on October 15, 2023 to Israeli State Radio.
    • As recounted again by Yasmin Porat on November 15, 2023 to Kan News Radio.
    • Although Israel killed Liel Hetzroni, and although the truth came out during Yasmin Porat's testimonies, the State of Israel's official Twitter account did not hesitate to blame her death on Hamas and to use her death to transform her into a poster-child for the October 7 attacks. See this twitter post from November 24, 2023.
  • October 7, 2023 - The killing, by Israel, of 19 people (8 children) in the Israeli counter- attack on kibbutz Kfar Aza.
    • As recounted by Golan Vach, Lieutenant Colonel of the IDF, in an interview with the press, where he first blames the deaths on Hamas then admits that it was Israeli tanks that caused the destruction of the kibbutz home from which nobody survived.
  • October 7, 2023 - The shooting, by Israel, of a tank-mounted .50 caliber machine gun at houses in kibbutz Holit without proper identification of its occupants.
    • As recounted by an Israeli tank platoon commander named Karni. [at 9:08 in the video]
  • October 7, 2023 - The destruction and killing, by Israel, of a large number of fleeing unidentified vehicles and persons on foot.
    • As documented by Jewish journalist Max Blumenthal, direct quotes from Apache attack helicopter pilots and commanders to Israel's Mako news outlet: "I understand that we have to shoot here and quickly" "Shooting at people in our territory - this is something I never thought I would do." "I find myself in a dilemma as to what to shoot at, because there are so many of them."
    • As reported by the Israeli outlet Yedioth Aharanoth: "the pilots realized that there was tremendous difficulty in distinguishing within the occupied outposts and settlements who was a terrorist and who was a soldier or civilian... The rate of fire against the thousands of terrorists was tremendous at first, and only at a certain point did the pilots begin to slow down the attacks and carefully select the targets."
  • October 7, 2023 - The bombing, by Israel, of Israeli houses and people within Israel.
    • As recounted by a reservist Israeli Air Force Colonel Nof Erez.
  • 2014 - The destruction, by Israel, of a neighborhood in Gaza in 2014, to “provoke” a violent response which never came, as recounted by an Israeli tank gunner. [Breaking the Silence: 'This is How We Fought in Gaza' Soldiers' testimonies and photographs from Operation 'Protective Edge' (2014), testimony #46, page 113]
  • October 7, 2023 - The intentional manufacture, by Israel, of a humanitarian crisis in Gaza by means of imposing a siege, destroying healthcare infrastructure, killing healthcare workers, and creating conditions for epidemics, a direct admission of biological warfare tactics.
    • As declared by retired Major General Giora Eiland, an advisor to the current Israeli Minister of Defense, Yoav Gallant.
    • Which is spreading Hepatitis A in Gaza.
    • Which is spreading fungal infections in Gaza that has killed at least one Israeli soldier.
  • December 15, 2023 - The shooting and killing, by Israel, of three unarmed, shirtless, white- flag waving Israeli hostages in Gaza.
    • As reported by Reuters.


• Martin Luther King Jr. & Nelson Mandela
  • Read Martin Luther King Jr.'s letter from Birmingham jail
    • Some key quotes
      • "We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people"
      • "Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. The yearning for freedom eventually manifests itself, and that is what has happened to the American Negro. Something within has reminded him of his birthright of freedom, and something without has reminded him that it can be gained."
      • "You warmly commended the Birmingham police force for keeping 'order' and 'preventing violence.' I doubt that you would have so warmly commended the police force if you had seen its dogs sinking their teeth into unarmed, nonviolent Negroes. I doubt that you would so quickly commend the policemen if you were to observe their ugly and inhumane treatment of Negroes here in the city jail; if you were to watch them push and curse old Negro women and young Negro girls; if you were to see them slap and kick old Negro men and young boys; if you were to observe them, as they did on two occasions, refuse to give us food because we wanted to sing our grace together. I cannot join you in your praise of the Birmingham police department."
      • "If I have said anything in this letter that overstates the truth and indicates an unreasonable impatience, I beg you to forgive me. If I have said anything that understates the truth and indicates my having a patience that allows me to settle for anything less than brotherhood, I beg God to forgive me."
    • One quote from MLK Jr.'s book Strength to Love, 1963
      • "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy."
  • Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid activist and civil rights icon, was considered a terrorist by the U.S.A. until 2008.


• Violence against Palestinians in the U.S.A.
  • It is no doubt that anti-semitism has increased worldwide since the October 7 attacks. This is deplorable and detestable. Hatred is never appropriate. However, the U.S.A. is focused solely on having congressional hearings about anti-semitism against Jews and is completely ignoring hate against Palestinians. Media coverage has become weaponized against Palestinians, and this asymmetrical coverage is providing cover for violence against Palestinians. Consider this list of violence against Palestinians on U.S. soil since October 7 and ask yourself how might the media coverage might be different if the victims were Jewish:
    • October 14, 2023 - In Chicago, a 6-year-old boy Palestinian boy was stabbed 26 times and died. His mother was stabbed more than a dozen times and survived.
      • As reported by CNN.
    • November 25, 2023 - In Vermont, three 20-year-old Palestinian college students were shot multiple times. All three survived, but one was injured in the spine and is paralyzed.
      • As reported by CNN.
    • December 1, 2023 - In Atlanta, a protestor attempted self-immolation outside the Israeli consulate.
      • As reported by Reuters.
      • This is obviously self-inflicted violence, so it doesn't quite fit this category, but I maintain that it would have received far more media coverage if the victim/perpetrator was Jewish.
    • January 19, 2023 - In New York City, during a protest at Columbia University, a chemical weapon, "Skunk spray" was used against more than a dozen protestors by disguised perpetrators.
      • As reported by the Independent (note the use of "quotation marks" to cast doubt on whether or not this weapon is, in fact, a chemical weapon).
      • As reported by the Columbia Spectator.
      • As reported by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) Columbia and Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) Columbia on Instagram. NOTE: SJP & JVP claim that the two perpetrators have been identified and are both former IDF soldiers. Imagine the outrage if former Hamas fighters had sprayed protesting Jews with a chemical weapon on a college campus. It would be completely unacceptable! Don't Palestinians deserve the same outrage?


• Media to Watch, Listen, and Read
  • Watch:
    • Gaza Fights for Freedom (2019) - Free on Youtube. Director: Abby Martin, from the Empire Files.
      • Chronicles what life was like in Gaza in 2018 and shows how Israel responded to non- violent protestors during the Great March of Return with illegal exploding sniper ammunition and lethal tear gas.
      • CONTENT WARNING: You will see people get shot and wounded/killed.
    • Tantura (2022) - Stream on Prime Video. Director: Alon Schwarz.
      • Chronicles the Tantura massacre that took place during the Nakba of 1948. Explores the Nakba, Israel's founding mythos, and the taboo of the word in Israeli society today. Filled with amazing interviews with veterans of the Alexandroni Brigade, the perpetrators of the Tantura massacre.
    • The Lab (2013) - Free on Youtube. Director: Yotam Feldman.
      • Explores the Israeli arms industry and documents how weapons manufacturers "field-test" weapons against children in Gaza and then sell those weapons (and training) to governments and militaries all around the world.
    • Israelism (2023) - Hosting screenings everywhere. Was $5 to stream online, not sure how to stream now. Directors: Erin Axelman & Sam Eilertzen
      • "When two young American Jews raised to unconditionally love Israel witness the brutal way Israel treats Palestinians, their lives take sharp left turns. They join a movement of young American Jews battling the old guard to redefine Judaism's relationship with Israel, revealing a deepening generational divide over modern Jewish identity."
      • My Jewish jiujitsu instructor told me this movie made him feel seen. I found it really interesting and it taught me a lot about American Jewish culture and stigma.
  • Listen:
    • The Martyr Made Podcast - A very rich deep dive into the history of the conflict, reaching way back into the earliest Jewish history, chronicling the pogroms that Jews have had to endure, exploring the foundation of Zionism, the history of the Middle East post-WWI, the violent founding of Israel, and continues on to today.
      • I haven't listened to this all yet, but so far, I find it to be an amazing history.
  • Read:
    • GAZA - Dr. Norman Finkelstein
      • This text is pure gold. Remarkably well researched, every page's footnotes brimming with some of the most useful and shocking citations. If you really want to learn the ins and outs behind Israeli crimes and oppression in Gaza over the years, this book is a MUST READ.
    • I ACCUSE - Dr. Norman Finkelstein
      • "This finely-honed indictment by a writer widely acknowledged for his forensic skills is directed at Fatou Bensouda, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. It sets out how she defiled her office by refusing to investigate credible allegations of Israeli criminality. On 31 May 2010, Israeli forces attacked a humanitarian flotilla bound for Gaza. By the end of the action, nine passengers on the flotilla's flagship, the Mavi Marmara, were dead (a tenth passenger died later from his injuries). Scores of others were injured, and hundreds more endured torture and inhuman treatment. The Union of the Comoros, where the Mavi Marmara was registered, referred the Israeli attack to the ICC. The Chief Prosecutor ruled that the incident was not of sufficient gravity to warrant an official investigation. Bensouda could only reach this conclusion by grossly misrepresenting the facts of the case and removing the assault from its context—the illegal Israeli blockade and the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. Though she declared the case closed, an unprecedented pushback from within the ICC has forced the Chief Prosecutor to revisit it. The challenge now posed by this volume comes down to this: If justice is to prevail, ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda must either investigate alleged Israeli crimes or resign."


• Jewish Journalists and Activists
  • Understand that, despite its claims, Israel does not represent all Jews, and that some of the best work being done to expose Israel's crimes is being done by Jews. These are just some of the Jewish people doing amazing work in the field:
    • Dr. Norman Finkelstein - Son of Holocaust survivors, his father survived Auschwitz, his mother survived Maijdenek, Princeton PhD in political studies, 40-year expert in the conflict
    • Dr. Gabor Maté - Holocaust survivor, former Zionist, physician, trauma psychologist, author and speaker
    • Aaron Maté - Journalist at the Grayzone, host of the podcast Pushback with Aaron Maté, co-host of the Useful Idiots Podcast with Katie Halper.
    • Katie Halper - host of the Useful Idiots Podcast
    • Max Blumenthal - Editor-in-chief at the Grayzone
    • Dan Cohen - Founder of Uncaptured Media