Bill Maher Is Wrong About Israel, Mehdi Brings Receipts

[Gaugamela]

”Every war Israel has fought is a war of defense. Every war, they were attacked first,” that’s what Bill Maher claimed on his HBO show ‘Real Time.’

Maher urged Democrats to spread this message to younger voters who, according to him, don’t know anything about the history of the region and get their information only from TikTok.

In his latest scathing ‘Debunked’ monologue, Mehdi sets the record straight and brings the receipts to show Israel’s long history of aggression in the wars of 1956, 1967, and 1982.

And history seems to be repeating itself right now as Israel again attacks or starts wars of aggression in Palestine, Lebanon, Iran, and beyond.

Mehdi’s message to Maher and the pro-Israel brigade in this must-watch explainer video is clear: Israeli aggression is nothing new. “Israel is attacking its neighbors, attacking Arab countries, without justification, and in violation of international law. And they’re doing it again right now, to Iran,” he says.

[mwmisses4289]

1. Their justification: October 7th.

[Gaugamela]

2. Oct. 7 was a convenient excuse. Mehdi Hasan reports how the Israeli wars in

1956, 1967, and 1982 were actually wars of aggression started by Israel in order to expand their territory. The long standing propaganda has been that these were defensive wars, with Israel making necessary surprise attacks to counter imminent Arab aggression. Hasan cites numerous Israeli sources to debunk that propaganda.

[mwmisses4289]

3. I probably should have said their current justification.

[hlthe2b]

4. ahh, yes, to "counter IMMINENT aggression"... Can't say Trump has learned nothing from Netanyahu

and his (Bibi's) predecessors' example. (the unproven and unprovable excuse to do as one wishes militarily)...

October 7 was justified for at least the very initial time it took to respond directly to HAMAS. The war crimes thereafter with countless civilians and especially innocent children killed in the most brutal and non-sparing way have all but invalidated that original justification. Thus, the world will no longer give Israel benefit-of-the-doubt (just as they will no longer give the US similar after the justifiably hated Trump and his time in office. The impacts of this will be felt by all of us for decades to come. And I would note, that similar to all of us fighting back against Trump, millions of Israelis have fought back against Netanyahu and his corruption. But, it won't matter. When a corrupt and/or incompetent authoritarian is allowed to gain power and to engage in war to prevent being held accountable or mask other misdeeds, we are all f..ked. So, all in Israel and all in US are going to pay the price one way or another. So, does that resonate now, stupid, stupid Bill Maher?