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The little beast Reza Aslan is a scholar of what, exactly? Evil! - Pamela Geller

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    1. Reza Aslan‏Verified account @rezaaslan 14 Aug 2018
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      Reza Aslan Retweeted Peter Beinart

      (THREAD) Peter’s experience has spurred me to share mine. 2 weeks ago, as I was crossing back into Israel from Jordan, I was separated from my family and detained by Shin Bet. “We can make it so you don’t see your kids for a long time” I was warned. This is what happened nexthttps://twitter.com/PeterBeinart/status/1029057994762248192 …

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      Peter BeinartVerified account @PeterBeinart
      Benjamin Netanyahu has half-apologized for my detention yesterday at Ben Gurion airport. I'll accept when he apologizes to all the Palestinians and Palestinian-Americans who every day endure far worse https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-beinart-i-was-detained-at-ben-gurion-airport-over-political-activity-1.6381149 …
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    2. Reza Aslan‏Verified account @rezaaslan 14 Aug 2018
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      The Shin Bet lady, who already knew everything about me and my family’s journey around the world, began with “You think because you’re a public person I can’t do whatever I want with you?” I was floored. This is how interrogations begin in police states.

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    3. Reza Aslan‏Verified account @rezaaslan 14 Aug 2018
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      “Why do you hate Israel?” She asked. “I don’t hate Israel,” I replied. “But you hate our Prime Minister.” “I’m sorry is your Prime Minister Israel?” “He was democratically elected!” (No he wasn’t but let’s just drop that) “So was Trump and I hate him and still love America.”

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    4. Reza Aslan‏Verified account @rezaaslan 14 Aug 2018
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      “Oh I know all about you and Trump,” she spat. I forgot the Israeli Right Wing’s affection for our racist Neo-Nazi loving president. “You don’t think Israel should exist yes?” That’s absurd. I’m against the occupation not Israel. Then the police state part began in earnest

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    5. Reza Aslan‏Verified account @rezaaslan 14 Aug 2018
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      Write down names of Palestinians you know Write down names of journalists you associate with Write down names of Palestinian organizations you support And constantly, repeatedly, this threat: “if you don’t cooperate it will be a long time before you see your kids again.”

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    6. Reza Aslan‏Verified account @rezaaslan 14 Aug 2018
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      I tried to cooperate the best I could. It was 104 degrees. My wife, my two 6yr olds, my 3yr old, and I my two elderly in-laws had been waiting for me in the sun for hours. But (again the police state tactic): every answer I gave she told me was lie. “Stop lying!” She’d yell.

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    7. Reza Aslan‏Verified account @rezaaslan 14 Aug 2018
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      The questions got dumber and more surreal: “Who did your father work for in Iran?” I don’t know. I was 7 when we left “Oh Mr Scholar! You can tell me everything about the Ottoman Empire but you don’t know your own father’s history?” For the record I am not an Ottoman scholar.

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    8. Reza Aslan‏Verified account @rezaaslan 14 Aug 2018
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      In the end, after hours of this, she warned “I may let you into Israel but, who knows, I may not let you out. I will keep you here and kick out your family. It depends on you. You would miss your kids yes?” That my friends is the classic police state trick. Iran has perfected it

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    9. Reza Aslan‏Verified account @rezaaslan 14 Aug 2018
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      Her final warning was not to visit the Palestinian Territories. Not to meet with or speak to any Palestinians or any Israeli trouble makers. “We are watching you.” 2 days later I went to Bethlehem, to the wall, and took this picture:pic.twitter.com/9RZyUjPVmo

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      Reza Aslan‏Verified account @rezaaslan 14 Aug 2018
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      Two days after that, the Italian artist who painted this portrait of Ahed Tamimi was arrested and deported. This was my 4th trip to Israel in ten years and every time it’s gotten worse. It’s becoming unrecognizable as a democracy. It is becoming a full-blown police state.

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        1. Reza Aslan‏Verified account @rezaaslan 14 Aug 2018
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          And it can’t last. When I was released my evangelical in-laws were in shock. “I had no idea it was like this,” they said. Now they do. So do more Americans each day. And if Israel loses them, who will continue to shield it from pressure to change course? The clock is ticking

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        2. Lena Khalaf Tuffaha‏ @LKTuffaha 14 Aug 2018
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          A democracy cannot have separate laws for people based on religion or ethnicity. Israel has always had different rules and restrictions including housing discrimination for its own citizens who are Palestinian Muslims and Christians. It has NEVER been a democracy.

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        2. Wafa' Abdel Rahman وفاء عبد الرحمن‏ @wafaabdelrahman 14 Aug 2018
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          "t’s becoming unrecognizable as a democracy"! seriously?? So in the 4 trips you didn't see this until you were stopped and interrogated?? you didn't see this in our eyes? tone? anger? (we refers to the indigenous people of this land by the way!)

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        3. unNevilleChamberlain‏ @nevillechmbrln 15 Aug 2018
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          Replying to @wafaabdelrahman @ThisIsGaZa @rezaaslan

          Have some 🍕@rezaaslan . 4th trip? Defending enemies of a people and u get questioned? Please. Nice #JewHate

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        4. JudeX‏ @arsenelup1n 15 Aug 2018
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          They get thousands of tourists every year. How many are actually questioned

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        5. Wafa' Abdel Rahman وفاء عبد الرحمن‏ @wafaabdelrahman 15 Aug 2018
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          almost everyone!

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        6. JudeX‏ @arsenelup1n 15 Aug 2018
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          No because I went there with my family and I definitely wasn’t taken into a room and grilled for 4 hours

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        7. unNevilleChamberlain‏ @nevillechmbrln 15 Aug 2018
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          Replying to @arsenelup1n @wafaabdelrahman and

          Boo Hoo. Yr buddies Max & Rania want to end the state & then u cry that it’s defenders want to know more as yr crossing from Jordan? Have some pizza.pic.twitter.com/ngchc2y1jq

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        2. Holly Robinson‏ @hollyrob19 14 Aug 2018
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          Utter bullshit.

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        3. Cal Iper - Quillette FC Ambassador‏ @JmJmvincent 14 Aug 2018
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          True, it was never a democracy.

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        4. Holly Robinson‏ @hollyrob19 14 Aug 2018
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          The State of Israel is both Jewish and democratic. I am proud of it.

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        5. Cal Iper - Quillette FC Ambassador‏ @JmJmvincent 14 Aug 2018
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          Replying to @hollyrob19 @rezaaslan

          Sorry, a country is not democratic is half the population under its control cannot vote and have no rights.

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        6. DA‏ @DA4AMERICA 14 Aug 2018
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          Replying to @JmJmvincent @hollyrob19 @rezaaslan

          Apparently you don’t know that Arab Israelis vote so educate yourself

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        7. Cal Iper - Quillette FC Ambassador‏ @JmJmvincent 14 Aug 2018
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          Replying to @DA4AMERICA @hollyrob19

          Apparently you can't do math, because Arab Israelis are not close to half the population. I was referring to Palestinians.

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        8. DA‏ @DA4AMERICA 14 Aug 2018
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          Replying to @JmJmvincent @hollyrob19

          The Palestinian are not part of Israel they vote for Hamas and the Palestinian Authority

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        9. Cal Iper - Quillette FC Ambassador‏ @JmJmvincent 14 Aug 2018
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          Replying to @DA4AMERICA @hollyrob19

          Then Israel should probably get the fuck out of the West Bank if it doesn't want people to consider it to be part of Israel.

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        2. Afsaneh Lomanzadeh‏ @Isfahan2020 14 Aug 2018
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          Unroll @threadreaderapp

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        3. Thread Reader App‏ @threadreaderapp 14 Aug 2018
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          Hi! please find the unroll here: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1029364881714110465.html … Share this if you think it's interesting. 🤖

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