10 Replies to “Israeli expert on Middle East and Islam, speaks to Knesset”
Make that man Prime Minister.
I hope one of the site’s language experts can correct me if I am mistaken.
Shalom is from the word SH-L-M, which indicates completion.
Salaam from S-L-M, which indicates submission.
Those are two paths to what English-speakers call “peace.”
Peace, Safe Space, No Offence.
Past, Future, Present Tense
Prophet Man
Five Year Plan
Fake I Am
Submitting Slaves Silence Sense.
“Dr. Mordechai Kedar is a senior lecturer in the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University. He served in IDF Military Intelligence for 25 years, specializing in Arab political discourse, Arab mass media, Islamic groups and the Syrian domestic arena. Thoroughly familiar with Arab media in real time, he is frequently interviewed on the various news programs in Israel.”
I’ve posted Dr. Kedar’s articles here several times. A foremost Arabist, he stresses the fact that Arabs say one thing in Arabic and something entirely different for foreign consumption. Translations are sanitized or worthless.
Arabs are acutely attuned to nuance. It’s crucial to understand the language, the cultural allusions, and the psychology of the intended audience. The Trump administration is smart to appreciate the expertise of people like Dr. Kedar.
The liberal mindset has taken over the thought processes of large sectors of Israeli society, just as it has taken over the thought processes of Western society as a whole. And it leads to disaster.
“The religious reason is rooted in Islam’s conception of itself as a faith whose mission is to bring both Judaism and Christianity to an end, and inherit all that was once Jewish or Christian: land, places of worship, and people. In Islam’s worldview, Palestine in its entirety belongs to Muslims alone, because both Jews and Christians betrayed Allah when they refused to become followers of the prophet Muhammad. Their punishment is to be expulsion from their lands and the forfeiture of all rights to them.”
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“Jews and Christians can be protected under Muslim rule by becoming subservient to Islam in what is known as dhimmi status, which means that they are legally deprived of many rights, including the right to own land and bear arms. Dhimmis are forced to pay a head tax (jyzia) and are to be kept in a downtrodden state, as is mandated by the Koran.”
Kedar has two wondetful interviews on Aljazeera, both available on youtube with English subtitles. It took them 9 years to invite him back after the first one.
It’s particularly interesting because Kedar talks to the Arabs like an Arab, not like a westerner who is translating his words into Arabic. He understands that the interview is a zero-sum honor-shame arena, and comes prepared to act the role. If you watch several videos in succession, you see him hammer the same points home.
The host’s reaction at 4:32-4:35 in the second interview is particularly telling, when Kedar tells him that Judaism is just as valid a religion as Islam. You can see him thinking “Oh God, I had to get an uppity one…”
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Make that man Prime Minister.
I hope one of the site’s language experts can correct me if I am mistaken.
Shalom is from the word SH-L-M, which indicates completion.
Salaam from S-L-M, which indicates submission.
Those are two paths to what English-speakers call “peace.”
Peace, Safe Space, No Offence.
Past, Future, Present Tense
Prophet Man
Five Year Plan
Fake I Am
Submitting Slaves Silence Sense.
“Dr. Mordechai Kedar is a senior lecturer in the Department of Arabic at Bar-Ilan University. He served in IDF Military Intelligence for 25 years, specializing in Arab political discourse, Arab mass media, Islamic groups and the Syrian domestic arena. Thoroughly familiar with Arab media in real time, he is frequently interviewed on the various news programs in Israel.”
I’ve posted Dr. Kedar’s articles here several times. A foremost Arabist, he stresses the fact that Arabs say one thing in Arabic and something entirely different for foreign consumption. Translations are sanitized or worthless.
Arabs are acutely attuned to nuance. It’s crucial to understand the language, the cultural allusions, and the psychology of the intended audience. The Trump administration is smart to appreciate the expertise of people like Dr. Kedar.
Keeping our cool with Saudi Arabia
http://www.israelhayom.com/opinions/keeping-our-cool-with-saudi-arabia/
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The Failure of Liberalism
The liberal mindset has taken over the thought processes of large sectors of Israeli society, just as it has taken over the thought processes of Western society as a whole. And it leads to disaster.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/20832
Middle East regression
Turkey and Egypt are reversing direction, one trying to bring back the Ottoman Empire and the other solidifying a despotic dictatorship.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/21638
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Why Arabs and Muslims Will Not Accept Israel as the Jewish State
https://www.algemeiner.com/2018/01/19/why-arabs-and-muslims-will-not-accept-israel-as-the-jewish-state/#
“The religious reason is rooted in Islam’s conception of itself as a faith whose mission is to bring both Judaism and Christianity to an end, and inherit all that was once Jewish or Christian: land, places of worship, and people. In Islam’s worldview, Palestine in its entirety belongs to Muslims alone, because both Jews and Christians betrayed Allah when they refused to become followers of the prophet Muhammad. Their punishment is to be expulsion from their lands and the forfeiture of all rights to them.”
…
“Jews and Christians can be protected under Muslim rule by becoming subservient to Islam in what is known as dhimmi status, which means that they are legally deprived of many rights, including the right to own land and bear arms. Dhimmis are forced to pay a head tax (jyzia) and are to be kept in a downtrodden state, as is mandated by the Koran.”
Kedar has two wondetful interviews on Aljazeera, both available on youtube with English subtitles. It took them 9 years to invite him back after the first one.
Could you post the links please?
Certainly!
First interview from 9 years ago:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHpMhAzj-Tk
Recent interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3qTnSdmeNU
There’s also an interview with the host of the first interview, in which you can see just how much it upset him:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e6M9ZtFK7k
It’s particularly interesting because Kedar talks to the Arabs like an Arab, not like a westerner who is translating his words into Arabic. He understands that the interview is a zero-sum honor-shame arena, and comes prepared to act the role. If you watch several videos in succession, you see him hammer the same points home.
The host’s reaction at 4:32-4:35 in the second interview is particularly telling, when Kedar tells him that Judaism is just as valid a religion as Islam. You can see him thinking “Oh God, I had to get an uppity one…”