I really hate doing this – it almost makes me ill to drudge these up – but I think it is crucial to help show what kind of people oppose Israel and support BDS.
I did a similar exercise when Shimon Peres first had his stroke. Here, I will focus on reactions of some of the more well-known haters.
The reactions range from portraying him as a criminal and murderer to outright happiness he died. As you read them, remind yourselves Peres tried to do more for peace than nearly anyone.
Post likely to be updated throughout the day.
Ali Abunimah
Shimon Peres died without facing justice for his bloody crimes in Palestine and Lebanon. A tragedy for his victims, may they find peace.
— Ali Abunimah (@AliAbunimah) September 28, 2016
Hadi and Abdul-Mohsen Bitar, aged 8 & 9, murdered by Shimon Peres https://t.co/KhH4NO0whL pic.twitter.com/k4BlAlXAT4
— Ali Abunimah (@AliAbunimah) September 28, 2016
Peres perfectly represents “Israel”: all “peace” marketing on the surface, but his real story is unabated racism, ethnic cleansing and war.
— Ali Abunimah (@AliAbunimah) September 28, 2016
Shimon Peres: Israeli war criminal whose victims the West ignored | @benabyad https://t.co/FdW5oiZ5a4
— Ali Abunimah (@AliAbunimah) September 28, 2016
So touching how in reaction to a few truths about war criminal Shimon Peres, “peace loving” genocidal trolls come out to defend his memory.
— Ali Abunimah (@AliAbunimah) September 28, 2016
“Stinking Arab” is among the nicer things I’ve been called by those heartbroken and mourning the great piss maker Shimon Peres.
— Ali Abunimah (@AliAbunimah) September 28, 2016
Much is at stake: if you bust the myth of Peres, you bust the whole myth of Zionism as a noble, liberatory enterprise.
— Ali Abunimah (@AliAbunimah) September 28, 2016
Ok, well it must be true if Netanyahu is saying it. pic.twitter.com/bT6Hpjtk07
— Ali Abunimah (@AliAbunimah) September 28, 2016
They might have given her grandchildren by now, but the bloody butcher Shimon Peres took that away forever. https://t.co/TizLe9JuC4
— Ali Abunimah (@AliAbunimah) September 28, 2016
Australian land thief in Palestine is whining that I’m truthfully describing the butcher Shimon Peres as he was. https://t.co/PWqYNwoKZh
— Ali Abunimah (@AliAbunimah) September 28, 2016
This Israeli "leftist" is upset that Palestinians refuse to celebrate the blood-soaked killer Peres. https://t.co/NuZidAjNvf
— Ali Abunimah (@AliAbunimah) September 28, 2016
Max Blumenthal
To call Shimon Peres a man of peace besmirches the very concept of peace. Author of Qana massacre was #ManOfWarPeres https://t.co/ZvGzz2PAiT
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) September 28, 2016
How Shimon Peres employed assassination to shatter a ceasefire and inspire waves of violence: https://t.co/OlGvm2JjtN #ManofWarPeres
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) September 28, 2016
Shimon Peres orchestrated Israel's secret nuclear weapons program, enabling it to reject peace https://t.co/ZIZMhsIMWq #ManOfWarPeres
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) September 28, 2016
Odd understanding of "the world" https://t.co/pv0cdArCp5
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) September 28, 2016
Joe Catron
Happy birthday to me! https://t.co/9jFLJS82vE
— Joe Catron (@jncatron) September 28, 2016
Mood after Peres. pic.twitter.com/ioTKLjMk3p
— Joe Catron (@jncatron) September 28, 2016
I'm only sorry he'll never have an opportunity to share your cell at The Hague. https://t.co/ujZzp5Jrsj
— Joe Catron (@jncatron) September 28, 2016
Shimon Peres: Israeli war criminal whose victims the West ignored https://t.co/cjETln0x2W
— Joe Catron (@jncatron) September 28, 2016
Rania Khalek
He was sending weapons to Rwanda as genocide was underway. Haven't you made your career off of of condemning Rwanda's genocide? https://t.co/k0YgE83R6R
— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) September 28, 2016
Shimon Peres was a "man of peace" like Saudi King Abdullah was a "reformer." Our media always fawns when western-backed criminals die.
— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) September 28, 2016
Shimon Peres, man of peace, meeting w/ white supremacist propaganda and intel chiefs of apartheid South Africa. He offered them nukes. pic.twitter.com/Y1uAOnBzo8
— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) September 28, 2016
Great obituary for Shimon Peres: Israeli war criminal whose victims the West ignored, by @benabyad https://t.co/Y7R3XgKNfT
— Rania Khalek (@RaniaKhalek) September 28, 2016
Ben White
https://twitter.com/benabyad/status/780963707937579008
https://twitter.com/benabyad/status/780973533186945024
https://twitter.com/benabyad/status/780975819787296768
https://twitter.com/benabyad/status/781037200481869825
https://twitter.com/benabyad/status/780964934209380352
Ben Norton
Supposed "man of peace" Shimon Peres denied the Armenian Genocide https://t.co/oJ2dw44TlF
ht @dankmtl pic.twitter.com/xx9cOfhtZN— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) September 28, 2016
Journalist Robert Fisk on the horrific 1996 Qana massacre, overseen by supposed "man of peace" PM Shimon Pereshttps://t.co/YYlMTEuCtw pic.twitter.com/tx3Qs2VI9t
— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) September 28, 2016
The Center for Constitutional Rights on Israel's 1996 massacre in Qana, Lebanon, under leadership of PM Shimon Pereshttps://t.co/8BNXUhjUv8 pic.twitter.com/SpbCvLXZqr
— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) September 28, 2016
.@HRW on Israel's egregious 1996 attacks on Lebanese civilians and UN infrastructure, under then-PM Shimon Pereshttps://t.co/k4bm98z6i3 pic.twitter.com/19oKrMVym9
— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) September 28, 2016
Gary Spedding
Always a sad occasion whenever a human being passes away, however, to make out like Shimon Peres was a great man of peace is ridiculous
— Gary Spedding (@GarySpedding) September 28, 2016
Shimon Peres presided over countless violations of Palestinian human rights and breaches of international law
— Gary Spedding (@GarySpedding) September 28, 2016
Not to mention fact Shimon Peres was part of Ashkenazim elite in Israel, overseeing the disenfranchisement of various Mizrahi communities
— Gary Spedding (@GarySpedding) September 28, 2016
Shimon Peres was an orientalist, centre-right political leader and responsible for various grotesque acts of violence towards Palestinians
— Gary Spedding (@GarySpedding) September 28, 2016
Peres was also the Prime Minister of Israel at the time of the Qana massacre in Southern Lebanon which is often overlooked
— Gary Spedding (@GarySpedding) September 28, 2016
Remember when major arms trade dealers helped to fund Peres' 90th birthday? I do: https://t.co/oZMeMIyZzQ
— Gary Spedding (@GarySpedding) September 28, 2016
Essentially, all these eulogies to Peres that exclaim what a great man of peace he was are ignoring factual reality & substance of the man
— Gary Spedding (@GarySpedding) September 28, 2016
Which is all the more disappointing – Peres is viewed very much as a fatherly or grandfatherly figure in Israel
— Gary Spedding (@GarySpedding) September 28, 2016
Many of the Palestinians who lived under Peres' tyranny hold completely different perspectives & can tell you all about Peres' love of peace
— Gary Spedding (@GarySpedding) September 28, 2016
Anyway, Peres has passed away now – so he can't be held accountable for any of his crimes in life by us who yet remain.
— Gary Spedding (@GarySpedding) September 28, 2016
But we can ensure history never forgets what Peres was really like in life and how many lives he destroyed with his policies and actions.
— Gary Spedding (@GarySpedding) September 28, 2016
Others
"Shimon Peres was no peacemaker. I’ll never forget the sight of pouring blood and burning bodies at Qana" says Fiskhttps://t.co/Yoxkpo4AzA
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) September 28, 2016
Shimon Peres gives hope to leaders everywhere that if they too can grow very old the world might forget their crimes.
— Yousef Munayyer (@YousefMunayyer) September 28, 2016
Shimon Peres is dead: he bluffed & connived Israel's path to nukes & flubbed every chance he had to make peace with Palestinians.
— Tikun Olam (@richards1052) September 28, 2016
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https://twitter.com/lisang/status/780996503917719554
