Ta-Nehisi Coates is right that there are strong parallels between Israel-Palestine and America’s racial legacy. But, perhaps because of the antisemitism he inherited from his father, he has it completely backwards:
In the Jim Crow era, why did Southern whites hate Blacks more
In “The Message,” Ta-Nehisi Coates writes that his father, publisher Paul Coates, taught him to see the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through an American racial lens.
The people of
#India
live on the frontlines in the war on terror. They have experienced unspeakable atrocities in places like Kashmir, horrific terror in places like Mumbai. India’s solidarity with
#Israel
is truly heartfelt and truly appreciated.
#IndiaStandsWithIsrael
🇮🇳 🇮🇱
Deeply shocked by the news of terrorist attacks in Israel. Our thoughts and prayers are with the innocent victims and their families. We stand in solidarity with Israel at this difficult hour.
“When the British pulled out of India, they left behind an entire civilization.”
No, when the British pulled into
#India
, they destroyed an entire civilization.
#ColonialismSucks
Outrageous to blast
@isro
Chairman K Sivan for offering prayers ahead of
#Chandrayaan
-2 launch. No one would call a NASA chief "superstitious" for offering a prayer before an important mission. Kudos to
#ISRO
for honoring Indian traditions.
Israel may not have diplomatic ties with Pakistan. Yet bombs from Israel did find their way into heart of Pakistan via India this morning. Read the technical details from my dear friend
@sneheshphilip
Thank you,
#India
, for the positive influence that you have had on the world, and for the refuge and acceptance that you have unstintingly granted to those fleeing intolerance and persecution (including
#Jews
!). May more learn from your example.
#HappyIndependenceDay
I had the pleasure of visiting this synagogue, the oldest in the British Commonwealth. The only persecution
#Jews
ever faced in
#India
was by foreign invaders, never by the indigenous Indic civilizations.
As much as I’d love to see
#India
join the effort to isolate Putin, I completely understand and respect India’s position and don’t think the West is in any position to lecture India about it.
#India
accepted Jews, just as they accepted many others fleeing religious persecution. One of the few places in diaspora where Jews were not persecuted by the majority population.
@Claire_Voltaire
I'm gonna say this once and I will not get into long arguments here over this.
Which Jew was accepted anywhere? Tell me, which country accepted Jews? We were kicked out of our homeland which started 2000 years of diaspora all over the world. 2000 years of persecution. 1/
Line from
@spacemomsmovie
: “Space exploration is in the Indian DNA.”
Another line (woman talking about her granddaughter): “She’s going to ace [her exam]. Science is in her blood.”
Kudos to
@NASA
interns Pratima Roy and Pooja Roy for embodying the spirit of
#SpaceMOMs
!
"Pulwama bomber Adil Ahmad Dar became terrorist after he was beaten by troops". It's imp to understand why so many young men in Kashmir are becoming militants&willing to die. Even US forces couldn't hold Afghanistan & Iraq after large-scale suicide attacks
I have deleted the photo of my lunch in Goa as it was in poor taste. I do wish however to again highlight the absolute hypocrisy of the BJP in the matter of beef, and to reiterate my own belief that humans must have the right to eat, dress, and fall in love as they choose.
So it’s a human rights abuse to keep Gazans from crossing at will into Israel to return “home”? Then what about the tens of millions of Hindus who were chased from their homes in 1947 to make way for a Muslim state? Is it a human rights abuse that Hindus aren’t allowed to cross
Israel and Gaza are not two countries at war. Gaza is a territory under siege, where every aspect of life is controlled by Israel.
Palestinians didn’t break through a “border” to enter Israel. They destroyed a fence separating them from the homes they were forced out of.
The decision by the Indian Government to revoke
#Article370
of the constitution is simply unacceptable. We need justice and a pathway to peace for the people of the troubled region of Jammu and Kashmir.
Freedom at Midnight, 75 Years On: The great, messy miracle of Indian democracy is something to celebrate. Set up to fail by centuries of divide-and-rule colonialism, modern
#India
will triumph and soar thanks to the great ancient civilization that it’s built upon.
#IndiaAt75
Proud Jew here. Hindus, Buddhists & Jains SHOULD teach us the true meaning of an important symbol of their cultures, & how the Nazis stole & perverted it.
#India
's one of the only places where the majority never discriminated vs.
#Jews
. I know
#antisemitism
well; this is not it.
.
@BrandeisU
Student Union President, Simran Tatuskar, wants to re-invent the swastika's reputation in the school's curriculum and present it as a peaceful symbol.
And nope, she's NOT Jewish.
But she IS trying to normalize the largest symbol of hate in America.
#BREAKING
: Hindu Forum
#Canada
successfully mobilised the entire Indian community to participate in a powerful display of solidarity with ‘Canadian Jewish organizations’. Several thousand individuals joined together with Israel's Jewish population and innocent civilians to
A Washington Post writer denounced Indian food as “the only ethnic cuisine in the world insanely based entirely on one spice.” So there’s only 1 type of Indian food, based on 1 spice? How’s that any less racist than saying that members of a certain ethnic group “all look alike”?
The
#Jews
and the
#KashmiriPandits
have a lot in common:
1. Devotion to education.
2. Education leads to success when given even the slightest opportunity.
3. Success breeds resentment.
4. Resentment leads to violence, sometimes barbaric, sadistic cruelty.
5. Many blame the
As a Jew, I have a special place in my heart for the Kashmiri Pandits of India. Their culture places great emphasis on learning. They were forced to flee their homes after suffering unspeakable, sadistic atrocities. The massacre in Israel made me think of them. ❤️
India is one of the few places where Jews have never been persecuted by the majority culture. Not coincidentally, India’s Hindu majority does not proselytize. There’s a natural respect between people who do not try to convert each other, be it by force, persuasion or denigration.
Antisemites pretend to wonder why Jews are hated everywhere. Unlike the religions that Jews typically live amongst, Jews don’t seek converts. Hence Jews are always a small minority that has “rejected” the beliefs of the majority. That has always led to resentment & scapegoating.
Suggesting that Indians and others should be grateful for the “benefits” of British colonialism is like suggesting African Americans should be grateful for slavery because the slaves all got food and shelter.
As a tribute on the death of Queen Elizabeth, I’m re-posting my essay from the
@sfchronicle
from two decades ago called “Two Cheers for Colonialism.” Many Indians today would give three, but I’m taking a moderate position on this issue
While the word “genocide” is cynically abused by Hamas-supporting antisemites, Bangladeshi Hindus were victims of a real genocide in 1971. We must say “Never Again” and protect Hindus and other minorities from the Islamist mobs terrorizing Bangladesh.
#AllEyesOnBangladeshiHindus
It’s time for international mainstream media to start reporting.
The world needs to know what is being done to Hindus in Bangladesh right now!
The hashtag to spread is
#AllEyesOnBangladeshiHindus
If telling Jews, Hindus, etc that their faith is false and they should convert is your way of showing LOVE, then shove your LOVE and learn to treat us with respect instead. What we need to be saved from is proselytizers like you.
Jews are being attacked in New York, in Europe, and all around the world. But not by
#Hindus
.
#India
is the only place I can think of where the majority has never mistreated its Jewish minority. 1/2
"Hindus attacking Jews ..." - from Boston Legal, Season 2, Episode 6 currently streaming on
@DisneyPlusHS
When did Hindus attack Jews? On contrary, Jews are the oldest foreign religious groups to have lived in India and have no rifts with Hindus
As a Jew, I have a special place in my heart for the Kashmiri Pandits of India. Their culture places great emphasis on learning. They were forced to flee their homes after suffering unspeakable, sadistic atrocities. The massacre in Israel made me think of them. ❤️
Well.. Jews didn’t conquer Kashmir through deception and Jews didn’t trigger 7 exoduses. Jews didn’t kill us, torture us, rape us or tell us to leave our homes leaving our womenfolk behind. Jews didn’t deny our tragedy. Jews never left the dream of returning to promised land. Nor
Happy
#IndependenceDay
,
#India
! Here's our tribute to India, Indic culture and the remarkable
#women
of
@isro
. We answered the call to
#MakeInIndia
, mortgaging our house to fund our investment. I hope our act of love and trust will one day be rewarded.
I am sick of my country being a laughing stock.
We have degenerated from the likes of Winston Churchill to an unelected librarian.
A ‘proud Hindu’.
I look forward to a ‘proud Christian’ ruling India.
When
#India
’s elite media mocks its own culture—which they don’t even understand—it’s a residue of
#colonialism
. No one can walk far in borrowed shoes: To achieve anything, Indians must stand proud in who they are. More straight talk from
@radhabharadwaj
on
#SpaceMOMs
Tender chunks of beef, slow-roasted with aromatic spices, coconut pieces, and curry leaves. A recipe for the most classic dish, Beef Ularthiyathu, the stuff of legends, from the land of spices, Kerala:
By this "logic," you would expect the
#KashmiriPandits
to be terrorists. But they aren't. And had they been, you would be the first to denounce them rather than bending over backwards to make excuses for them.
#NeverAgain
"Pulwama bomber Adil Ahmad Dar became terrorist after he was beaten by troops". It's imp to understand why so many young men in Kashmir are becoming militants&willing to die. Even US forces couldn't hold Afghanistan & Iraq after large-scale suicide attacks
The indigenous
#KashmiriPandits
were massacred, kidnapped, raped, tortured, forcibly converted and ethnically cleansed from their ancient homeland. To claim they didn’t suffer from isolation or discrimination, and to compare them to white Afrikaaners, is evil gaslighting.
#India
The intellectual and moral bankruptcy of Western journalists and scholars who virtue signal and profit by spreading false equivalences is violent and disgusting. One day, Werleman will be a J-school case study in propaganda, rhetorical violence, and historical erasure. Repulsive.
The dwindling number of Indians who care what Westerners think have yet to decolonize their own minds. The growing majority of Indians are standing up with pride to celebrate their country and their great indigenous civilization.
#IndiaElections2019
#India
Even if the terrorists who just killed at least 10 of our troops in
#Afghanistan
are not affiliated with the Taliban terrorists: How the hell did we get ourselves into a situation where we have to rely on terrorists to guarantee the safety of thousands of stranded Americans?
Space MOMs touches Indians’ hearts & makes non-Indians admire
#India
. Corporate media, in India & the West, would never offer such an unabashed celebration of India, her culture & ALL her people. Such films can’t survive without your support. WATCH NOW:
“If India felt like it may end up as a one party democracy one day....” Um, you’d think that
#India
would have already felt that way, having been ruled by one party for five of its seven decades of independence.
Finally, India has an Opposition. I argue in
@washingtonpost
: the message from
#Karnataka
is that the non BJP parties have shed their complacency & flabbiness. If India felt like it may end up as a one party democracy one day; well at least that's stopped
I am sick of my country being a laughing stock.
We have degenerated from the likes of Winston Churchill to an unelected librarian.
A ‘proud Hindu’.
I look forward to a ‘proud Christian’ ruling India.
Another scene from
#SpaceMOMs
: As
#India
prepares to launch her historic
#MarsMission
, the space agency chief enters Siva’s shrine with humbly bent body.
The word “genocide” was coined after the Holocaust because no existing word could capture the depravity of the *intentional* slaughter of 6 million Jews. The genocide blood libel against Israel, which was planned before October 7, is an attempt to trivialize, mock and appropriate
This hateful piece of trash abused and assaulted women because of their Indian heritage. She’s been arrested and her identity and workplace have been made public. If you hate like this, you ruin your own life.
Wrong. But just to play along, what type of Indian cuisine are you referring to? South Indian? Punjabi? Gujarati? Bengali? Never mind. You have no clue.
Britain “took over the world and ruled it with decency unmatched by any empire in human history.”
That’s like saying a slave owner treated his slaves with decency unmatched by any slave owner in human history.
And the statement isn’t even close to being true.
#ColonialismSucks
Happy
#RepublicDayIndia
! Emerging from a bloody partition, after generations of divide-and-rule colonialism,
#India
become the world’s largest democracy overnight. India’s miraculous ability to maintain its democracy under such difficult conditions is a testament to its culture.
The racists are the ones who ordered the minorities in their midst to flee, convert or die. No amount of Orwellian whitewashing will stop
#KashmiriPandits
from speaking the truth about the racist ethnic cleansing of their indigenous homeland.
A witness at the
@TLHumanRights
hearing on
#Kashmir
tried to frame the situation in Kashmir abt radical Islamic terror. But human rights advocates powerfully called out this racist dog whistle + focused on two points: (1) self-determination, and (2) the role of the Indian govt.
Shameful that a nation’s foreign minister would traffic in blatantly antisemitic tropes. He represents a country where bigotry and oppression of minorities is national policy, a country that has committed genocide and displaced tens of millions of indigenous people.
#antisemitism
OMG, this is a must-see: Discussing Israel's actions in Gaza, Pakistani FM said Israel has "deep pockets" and "they control media," prompting an impressive pushback from CNN's
@biannagolodryga
👇
"All of the ISRO women I interviewed have solid, Indian middle-class values and are proud of their culture. To present them as otherwise would have been a betrayal." 1/2
I’m disappointed that our President is accusing
#India
of being “xenophobic.” India encompasses an astounding diversity of cultures including many that found refuge there after being chased out of places that really were xenophobic.
I stood up for
@AkshayaPatra
recently during that phony
#MiddayMealControversy
. I was touched when
#AkshayaPatra
official
@naveenadasa
came to thank me personally, bringing prasadam and telling me about the great work they do to feed nutritious vegetarian (👍🏽) food to poor kids.
What the Indian media have learned from the Western media's playbook: Demonize conservative leaders when they're in power. Afterwards, praise them for the sole purpose of demonizing the current conservative leader. (I'm using "conservative" to refer to the Western leaders.)
Could Ramdas Sunak, growing up in Britain’s racist colonial Raj, ever imagine that his grandson would become Prime Minister—not of
#India
, but of the colonizer itself? Politics aside, when
@RishiSunak
is sworn in on the Bhagavad Gita, Indians & Brits alike should take great pride
Because
#India
’s majority culture has fostered a diverse community where Christians, Muslims, Jews, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Zoroastrians and others have all thrived. If that were ever replaced by the ethic that governs, say, Pakistan, it would be quite a loss.
So what if Hindus become a minority in India ? Why do you fear being a minority so much ? What exactly are you doing to the Minorities that you don’t want to be in their place ?
This is not an apology, and no apology was necessary. Simran is performing an important public service. Her dialogue with the Rabbi can be a model for building inter-cultural understanding. 1/
Why don't big
#Bollywood
films celebrate Indic culture as proudly as
#SpaceMOMs
does?
Space MOMs proves the story of
#Mangalyaan
can be told with dignity and respect. No pandering or phony melodrama.
Space MOMs remains true to the spirit of the real scientists.
#India
See the moving film that has made so many feel so proud! Space MOMs is
@radhabharadwaj
’s heartfelt tribute to her culture, celebrating
#women
,
#India
,
#science
& indigenous pride.
In India: Watch on Google Play or iTunes
Outside of India, use this link:
We have liftoff...IN INDIA! Space MOMs is finally available in
#India
! It tells the inspiring story of the
#Mars
mission, but also subtly shows how these women are the products of a remarkable heritage. A heritage that all Indians share. Here’s the link:
If a hate group appropriated the Star of David, Jews wouldn't abandon the symbol. We'd reclaim it and educate others on why it's important to us. Let's show our allies in the
#Hindu
and other communities the same respect.
@StopAntisemites
@Spinozasrose
@ynkutner
Now that
@ABCNetwork
's been forced to drop
@QuanticoTV
's "Hindu terrorists frame Pakistan" plot, let's help
@QuanticoWriters
think of new plot lines to fill the void. I'll start: Yazidi terrorists unleash murder & mayhem on peaceful ISIS members. Use
#QuanticoPlotIdeas
hashtag.
One reason
#Jews
have always gotten hatred from all directions--and
#Hindus
will relate to this--is that they don't seek converts, and hence will always be outnumbered by faiths that do. Jews will always be an "othered" minority & all-purpose scapegoat everywhere but in
#Israel
.
READ this "Brief History of Jew-Hatred" by
@CliffordDMay
.
#Jews
were chased out of their ancient communities throughout the Middle East.
#Israel
's now the only enclave where they can live safely. Else they'd suffer the fate of the
#Yazidis
in a region that brutalizes minorities.
From the country created as a Muslim nation-state by displacing several million Hindus and Sikhs from their ancestral homelands, and which brutally oppresses the minorities that remain there.
It is a matter of pride for all Indians to learn about our rich legacy in this sphere.
I hope this inspires our youth to make their mark globally in further advancing science and maths in this century.
Three fallen heroes. These Indian-Israelis died fighting Hamas.
Staff-Sgt. Halel Solomon 🕯️
Captain Or Moses 🕯️
Inspector Kim Dokraker 🕯️
May their memories forever be a blessing
All she asked was that Hindus displaying the swastika as part of their ancient culture not be lumped in with antisemites. And for that she was (wait for it) lumped in with antisemites: "named & shamed," bullied as if she were a Nazi. Appalling lack of judgment by
@StopAntisemites
.
@BrandeisU
Student Union President, Simran Tatuskar, wants to re-invent the swastika's reputation in the school's curriculum and present it as a peaceful symbol.
And nope, she's NOT Jewish.
But she IS trying to normalize the largest symbol of hate in America.
If she had really been threatened by these folks, her tweet wouldn’t have been so flippant and condescending to Hindus. She’s trying to create a diversion by lurching for the mantle of victimhood.
Jews were oppressed under apartheid conditions for centuries across the Middle East before being ethnically cleansed, forced to flee to
#Israel
. The supremacist majority in the region cannot tolerate Jews, who are supposed to be below them, controlling even a tiny spec of the
There was a time when India stood with oppressed people across the world including
#Palestine
. If you speak to world strategists (not Akshay Kumar) that is when India was a moral force in the world. And no matter how hard we imagine we are one with the West, and not the post
#India
is probably the only place that never oppressed its Jewish minority. As a Jew, I appreciate that immensely, and I don’t get to censor the great indigenous culture of India because of the acts of evil Westerners.
Here is what happens when you Google swastikas.
For those of you at-ing me, calling me ignorant, saying this is the Hindu symbol for hope, you try having 6 million of your people gassed to death and then explain why if you turn the symbol on it’s side, it’s somehow acceptable.
Tens of millions of Hindus and Sikhs had to flee their ancient communities so Muslims could have their own state in India. More people *died* in the India partition than were displaced in the Palestine one. Yet no one questions the right of Pakistan or Bangladesh to exist.
@radhabharadwaj
@isro
K Sivan,
@isro
's chief, is a farmer's son from a rural village. ISRO engineers Radha interviewed are from similar backgrounds. This is shown in
#SpaceMOMs
. They were inspired by past ISRO missions to study science. Today's missions will inspire millions more, boosting India. 2/2
No, but Indology is dominated by academic colonialists. Let Hindus tell their own story rather than always having it filtered through the biases of Western "experts."
#Israel
is the only country in the Middle East that does not oppress women, minorities and gays. Only an anti-Semite would single out the world's only Jewish state for this hysterical hyperbole while ignoring the hateful supremacist ideology that infests the rest of the region.
Without making any value judgment, there’s a big cultural disconnect between religions that seek converts and those—like Judaism and Hinduism—that do not proselytize.
Misleading headline: The UN is allegedly hindering the probe of a *UN* official who is not Indian, but is responsible for an India program. The alleged victim is Indian.