A Sense of Doubt blog post #3165 - Mia Khalifa Speaks Out about Israel, is Proven Wrong, and is Cancelled

A Sense of Doubt blog post #3165 - Mia Khalifa Speaks Out about Israel, is Proven Wrong, and is Cancelled

I had a response to my blog post.

I will share it and my remarks following the original post.

ORIGINAL POST

I do not scroll through Twitter or any other social media feed very much.

However, this post caught my attention, and I like the rebuttal of Mia Khalifa, who is clearly wrong about many things. And she is Anti-Semitic. I do not believe that any criticism of Israel and its treatment of Palestinians is automatically Anti-Semitic. I do not believe myself to be Anti-Semitic and yet I cannot in good conscience support all of Israel's actions now or over the last 75 years.

Still, Khalifa is wrong and how this Muslim puts her in her place is priceless.

An article follows that shows how her political stance has affected her career.

Thanks for tuning in.


Mohammed's post

Don't be like Mia Khalifa pic.twitter.com/i4A12c8j5m

— Mohammed (@sheikhfuqqer) October 9, 2023

UPDATE 2310.27

And so the response video to Khalifa has some flaws. She is still wrong that Israel has "only" existed since 1948.

Here's some things that are true.

- What Hamas is currently doing is awful and inhuman.

- Awful and inhuman things are often done in war.

- The Palestinian people have been brutalized and oppressed by Zionists since the creation of the Israeli state in 1948 and especially since the blockade in 2006.

- As stated by my friend above, the "peaceful coexistence" was during the authoritarian rule of the Ottoman empire and then the United Kingdom (1918-1948).

- As stated by my friend above, her grandparents were expelled from their home in 1948.
- Not all Jews are Zionists, not all Israelis are Zionists, not all Israelis are Jews, and not all Palestinians support what Hamas is currently doing in its attacks.

- Here's just one example of the horrific policies considered or enacted by Israeli Zionists:

According to Tom Segev, moving the Palestinians out of the country had been a persistent element of Zionist thinking from early times.^[52] In December 1967, during a meeting at which the Security Cabinet brainstormed about what to do with the Arab population of the newly occupied territories, one of the suggestions Prime Minister Levi Eshkol proffered regarding Gaza was that the people might leave if Israel restricted their access to water supplies, stating: "Perhaps if we don't give them enough water they won't have a choice."^[53][54] A number of measures, including financial incentives, were taken shortly afterwards to begin to encourage Gazans to emigrate elsewhere.^[52][55]

(From Wikipedia "Gaza Strip")

I need to learn more.

There's wrong on both sides, but a bloody conflict that injures children especially is not the solution.

here ends the update.


https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/mia-khalifa-tweet-israel-playboy-b2428315.html

Mia Khalifa ‘dropped from Playboy podcasting deal’ after Israel-Palestine comments

Former adult creator has been a vocal supporter of Palestine on social media

Nicole Vassell

Thursday 12 October 2023 06:38 BST

Mia Khalifa has been reportedly released from her podcasting contract with Playboy after sharing her stance on the Israel-Hamas conflict.

On Saturday (7 October), the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched its largest-ever attack on Israel. As of Tuesday (10 October), 900 people have been killed in Israel as a result of the attacks. Al Jazeera reports that 830 people have been killed in Gaza, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

You can follow The Independent’s live coverage here.

Khalifa, a media personality and former adult content actor, had been a content creator for Playboy, which launched its OnlyFans-esque digital creator platform in March. Since the latest outbreak of violence, Khalifa has been sharing social media content about the conflict in support of Palestine, which has been occupied by Israel since 1967.

In one post on Twitter/X from Saturday, Khalifa urged “freedom fighters in Palestine to flip their phones and film horizontal”.

She later clarified that this comment was not an endorsement of violence, and that she intended to highlight the need for Palestinian freedom.

“I just want to make it clear that this statement in no way shape or form is enticing [the] spread of violence, I specifically said freedom fighters because that’s what the Palestinian citizens are… fighting for freedom every day,” Khalifa wrote.

However, in an email sent to its users on Tuesday (10 October), Playboy announced that the company had severed ties with Khalifa over her comments, some of which they describe as “disgusting and reprehensible”.

“We are writing today to let you know of our decision to terminate Playboy’s relationship with Mia Khalifa, including deleting Mia’s Playboy channel on our creator platform,” the company wrote in an email, seen by Daily Mail.

The statement continued: “Mia has made disgusting and reprehensible comments celebrating Hamas’ attacks on Israel and the murder of innocent men, women, and children.

“At Playboy, we encourage free expression and constructive political debate, but we have a zero-tolerance policy for hate speech. We expect Mia to understand her words and actions have consequences.”

A link that formerly led to Khalifa’s creator profile now leads to an error page.

The Independent has reached out to representatives of Mia Khalifa and Playboy for comment.

Khalifa, 30, also faced admonishment from the owner of an Amsterdam-based drug product company. In a tweet, Josh Shapiro told her to “consider [herself] fired” while responding to her post asking for horizontal videos from Palestine.

“I’d say supporting Palestine has lost me business opportunities, but I’m more angry at myself for not checking whether or not I was entering into business with Zionists,” she retorted. “My bad.”

She followed up her Twitter/X post by claiming that it was the only press she’d give the company, ending with: “It’s FREE PALESTINE until Palestine is FREE.”

Several public figures have been sharing their reactions to the violent horrors that have occurred since Saturday, including Madonna, Natalie Portman and Jamie Lee Curtis.

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