The "Israel Beacon" videos

The "Israel Beacon" series is a series of short videos with me on Israel, produced for the Ireland Israel Alliance by Avri Citron, with help from Rory Cowan. Filmed in March 2019. Released Apr 2019. See introductory statement (and copy).

Video no.1

Why are people anti-Israel?

The need to see the Westerners as the bad guys

Supporting links:
- Why do people support the Palestinians?
- Why do people support the Palestinians? (Sunday Times article)
Copies:
- Facebook and Facebook and Twitter

Video no.2

Why are people anti-Israel?

Israel is a proxy for the West and Western guilt

Supporting links:
- Why do people support the Palestinians?
- Why do people support the Palestinians? (Sunday Times article)
Copies:
- Facebook and Twitter

Video no.3

Why are people anti-Israel?

Israel is a lovely place to report from

Supporting links:
Copies:
- Facebook and Twitter

Video no.4

Why are people anti-Israel?

The Palestinians are conservative/fundamentalist Muslims, not fundamentalist Christians

Supporting links:
- Human rights under Palestinian rule - a general lack of human rights and a dominant role for Islam.
- Human rights under Hamas - an oppressive society under Islamic sharia law.
- Opinion Polls of the Palestinians - shows their conservative/fundamentalist Islamic beliefs. Imagine if they were Christian.
Copies:
- Facebook and Twitter

Video no.5

Why are people anti-Israel?

Israel declines to finish the conflict

Supporting links:
- Why do people support the Palestinians?
Copies:
- Facebook and Twitter

Video no.6

History before 1947: Jewish-majority towns and areas

Supporting links:
- Jewish-majority Jerusalem before Israel existed.
- Jews in the "West Bank" in the 19th century. Jews lived here for maybe 3,000 years until they were expelled by Jordan in 1948.
- Christian-majority Bethlehem in the 19th century before it became Muslim.
Copies:
- Facebook

Video no.7

The total unreasonableness of attacking the Jewish state in 1948

Supporting links:
- The Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- The root cause of the conflict (The Dar al Islam, the dhimmi, and honour-shame)
- The existence of Israel and the Arab attack in 1948.
Copies:
- Facebook

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