Untangling Popular Anti-Israel Arguments: Critical Thinking
about the Israel-Hamas War
Note to readers: See previous APOLOGIA post for Appendix 3. (Also, Table of Contents with links is listed below. Or download pdf of the whole book here.)
Note to critics: Please read the whole of my little book (including notes) before offering criticism. Thanks. (You might take a look at some of relevant resources below, too.)
Suggested Resources
Books
Of the books listed below, I recommend most highly Noa Tishby’s book. Tishby’s book should be in everyone’s personal library. The other books are excellent as reference works and should be required in all high school, college, and university libraries—and put Tishby’s book in those libraries, too!
Dershowitz, Alan. War Against the Jews: How to End Hamas Barbarism. New York: Skyhorse Publishing/ Hot Books, 2023. See chapter 1.
Herf, Jeffrey. Three Faces of Antisemitism: Right, Left and Islamist. New York: Routledge, 2024. See especially chapters 3, 4, 5 and 12.
Schwartz, Adi and Einat Wilf. The War of Return: How Western Indulgence of the Palestinian Dream has Obstructed the Path to Peace. Translated by Eylon Levy. New York: St. Martin’s Publishing Group/ All Points Books, 2020.
Tishby, Noa. Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth. New York: Free Press, 2021.
Articles
Hirsch, Maurice. Frequently Asked Questions about the 2023 War with Hamas. Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, October 12, 2023.
Lobel, Oved. Blatant Misuse of International Law: ‘Proportionality,’ ‘Collective Punishment’ and ‘Genocide’. Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council, October 25, 2023.
Videos
Of the videos listed below, I recommend most highly Marissa Streit’s interview with Richard Kemp. Streit is CEO of PragerU and a former member of the Israeli Intelligence Corps. Kemp is a retired British Army Officer. If you have time only for one short video (15 minutes), see Oren Cahanovitc’s “Israelis must listen to the Palestinians!” Cahanovitc is an Israeli travel guide with a master’s degree in Israeli history.
Brog, David. Why Isn’t There a Palestinian State? YouTube video, 5 minutes. PragerU, March 27, 2017.
Cahanovitc, Oren. 10 Things you didn’t know about the Arab-Israeli conflict. YouTube video, 15 minutes. Travelling Israel, May 25, 2020. This video helps open-minded truth-seekers navigate through the dense intellectual fog that arises from the many confusing and misleading objections levelled against Israel.
Cahanovitc, Oren. The Palestinian Refugee Problem Explained (Nakba and the false Arab narrative). YouTube video, 25 minutes. Travelling Israel, November 3, 2023.
Cahanovitc, Oren. Israelis must listen to the Palestinians! YouTube video, 15 minutes. Travelling Israel, March 9, 2024. This is a very unpleasant video, but hugely important.
Israel—Birth of a state. DW DocFilm, 52 minutes. May 13, 2023. This documentary is somewhat biased toward Palestine but is very good. Also view the 700 Club videos below.
Kemp, Richard. Israel: The World's Most Moral Army. YouTube video, 5 minutes. PragerU, December 7, 2015.
Kemp, Richard, and Marissa Streit. UK's Col. Kemp Blames Hamas for Palestinian Deaths. YouTube video, 38 minutes. PragerU, February 21, 2024.
Morris, Benny and Jonathan Kay. Why did Hamas attack Israel? YouTube video, 25 minutes. Quillette Podcast, Episode 227: Benny Morris, November 23, 2023.
Stern, Sol. Debunking the Palestine Lie. YouTube video, 12 minutes. Encounter Books, September 19, 2011.
Tishby, Noa. Israel: Who Are the Indigenous People? YouTube video, 6 minutes. PragerU, July 10, 2023. This is the same Noa Tishby whose book I recommend most highly in my book list above.
Whose Land Is It? Jewish Claims Explained. YouTube video, 14 minutes. The 700 Club, October 19, 2023.
Whose Land Is it? Palestinian Claims. YouTube video, 15 minutes. The 700 Club, August 17, 2017.
Wilf, Einat and Dan Senor. Exploring Israel's Statehood and the Palestinian Refugee Issue: A Conversation with Dr. Einat Wilf. YouTube video, 77 minutes. StartUp Nation Central, February 28, 2024.
Website
Bard, Mitchell G. Myths & Facts: Online Exclusives (2021–present). Jewish Virtual Library.
News agencies
Spokespersons/reporters
Levy, Eylon. Israeli government spokesman [presently suspended].
Murray, Douglas. British author, political commentator.
Table of Contents (links)
Chapter 1. Israel is engaging in colonial retaliation?
Chapter 2. Israel is a powerful state and thus the oppressor?
Chapter 3. Israel is not a legitimate state?
Chapter 4. Israel occupies Gaza?
Chapter 5. Gaza is like a Jewish ghetto?
Chapter 6. What about Gabor Maté?
Chapter 7. What about Gabor Maté, again?
Chapter 8. Israel targets a hospital?
Chapter 9. Israel’s attack on Gaza is as bad (or worse) as Gaza’s attack on Israel?
Chapter 10. Israel is wrong to cause Gaza to suffer?
Chapter 11. Israel is guilty of genocide?
Chapter 12. Israel’s response to Hamas is not proportional?
Chapter 13. Israel should agree to a permanent ceasefire?
Chapter 14. Israel should embrace a two-state solution?
Chapter 15. Conclusion and prayer
Appendix 1: Criticizing Islam is Islamophobic? (Part 1 of 2)
Appendix 2: Criticizing Islam is Islamophobic? (Part 2 of 2)
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