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The Muslims were very successful building up the name Islamophobia as one of the canonical sin of our society.

And that's exactly what I wanted to do.

So I coined the name Zynophobia to connect

anti-Zionism with the idea of racism. We should stop the strategy of defending our innocence

against accusation. We have to create symmetry here and say, you are accused of racism as well.

You are a genocide enabler.

You mean to dismantle the state of Israel and let 8 million people be eternally stateless

at the mercy of the Middle East jungle?

Aren't you a racist to the first degree?

It's 5.30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 18th in frigid New York City. It is half-past midnight on Thursday, February 19th in Israel, where it is certainly not frigid.

According to press reports, U.S. officials are signaling that a direct military confrontation could be imminent and may last weeks, with a White House official putting the chances of a strike in the coming weeks at 90%.

The source added that if there is an operation, it would likely be a joint U.S.-Israeli operation

and that it could break out within days, adding that Israel is pushing for an operation

that would be aimed at toppling the regime. This all follows the latest round of nuclear talks

that took place in Geneva on Tuesday in which had been described by U.S. officials as, quote,

a nothing burger. Vice President J.D. Vance said on Wednesday that while the talks did yield some

progress, the Iranian regime is, quote, not yet willing to acknowledge President Trump's red lines,

which include abandoning Iran's nuclear ambitions. Vice President Vance added that, quote,

there are a number of things that make it clear that they are interested in acquiring a nuclear weapon.

Close quote. White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt also said on Wednesday that there were, quote,

many arguments for a strike on Iran, close quote, and that Tehran would be wise to make a deal.

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