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the rhetorical arrogance is comical; "“I think you have to qualify or prove arguments or points if they are new or if they are debatable - but for me at least,

the rhetorical arrogance is comical; "“I think you have to qualify or prove arguments or points if they are new or if they are debatable - but for me at least, these two facts - that the Iranians are working on the nuclear bomb and that they are aggressors for decades - are so obvious, so proven for many times, they are almost - it’s like saying America is the biggest democracy in the world.” "“I don’t have to prove that,” he added. "India is widely considered as the largest democracy in the world with 1.4 billion people, while Iran has always denied working on a nuclear weapon."

spwa4 5mo ago
Indeed. Except not in the way you attempt to point out. Middleeasteye.net is owned by Jamal Awn Jamal Bessasso, a Palestinian (self-defined, by which I mostly mean he could choose otherwise) who has Dutch citizenship and made a few million pounds working as a director of planning and HR at Al Jazeera and worked for the Hamas-affiliated Al-Quds TV, and is still Qatar-affiliated. And if you read his sites (either this one or the other one) ... his publications are A LOT less neutral than Telegraph or Politico. This is like Vladimir Putin pointing out the Washington Post is not neutral (in fact Putin has done so). He might even be correct, HOWEVER by virtue of the messenger the message is incredibly, overwhelmingly suspect.
- vistal6842 5mo ago
  How is there neutrality in a group of racist europeans thinking they have the right because of who they claim an ancient ancestor was to move continents to rob and pillage and put people in camps to create a new state in their place for only them? Trying to claim this is a both sides or issue where pro robbery and anti robbery are equivalent stances you can be neutral on is silly.
  - spwa4 5mo ago
    No. I claim that to be neutral you cannot have a stake in the whole situation, nor a strong opinion.
- cramsession 5mo ago
  He sounds like a subject matter expert to me. Zionists do nothing but lie, so it's important to elevate these truthful voices.
cassianoleal 5mo ago
Not the largest, and not the most democratic either. [0] "I don’t have to prove that" Maybe he meant he can't prove that (because it's false)? [0] https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/democracy-index-eiu https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/democracy-index-eiu

spwa4 5mo ago

Indeed. Except not in the way you attempt to point out. Middleeasteye.net is owned by Jamal Awn Jamal Bessasso, a Palestinian (self-defined, by which I mostly mean he could choose otherwise) who has Dutch citizenship and made a few million pounds working as a director of planning and HR at Al Jazeera and worked for the Hamas-affiliated Al-Quds TV, and is still Qatar-affiliated. And if you read his sites (either this one or the other one) ... his publications are A LOT less neutral than Telegraph or Politico. This is like Vladimir Putin pointing out the Washington Post is not neutral (in fact Putin has done so). He might even be correct, HOWEVER by virtue of the messenger the message is incredibly, overwhelmingly suspect.

vistal6842 5mo ago
How is there neutrality in a group of racist europeans thinking they have the right because of who they claim an ancient ancestor was to move continents to rob and pillage and put people in camps to create a new state in their place for only them? Trying to claim this is a both sides or issue where pro robbery and anti robbery are equivalent stances you can be neutral on is silly.
- spwa4 5mo ago
  No. I claim that to be neutral you cannot have a stake in the whole situation, nor a strong opinion.
cramsession 5mo ago
He sounds like a subject matter expert to me. Zionists do nothing but lie, so it's important to elevate these truthful voices.

cassianoleal 5mo ago

Not the largest, and not the most democratic either. [0] "I don’t have to prove that" Maybe he meant he can't prove that (because it's false)? [0] https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/democracy-index-eiu https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/democracy-index-eiu