Antisemitic boofhead CJ Werleman continues to post libels against the Jewish state, his latest being the subject of his latest Youtube video, which even starts with him sniggering as he says his own name. In it, he alleges Israel rapes and tortures palestinian children.
I could pick apart each of his claims, but thankfully that has already been done quite artfully.
Your objective is to make a claim that is politically/ideologically useful. But what's useful isn't always supported by reality. How to get useful info? Good false information is based on previous false info, which is as well. You essentially make Matryoshka dolls of false info. pic.twitter.com/HVjNjhvaW3
— Michael Starr (@StarrJpost) June 16, 2021
CJ makes two main claims in his video. 1) That 40% of Palestinian minor detainees are raped by Israeli security forces, and 2) Almost 100% of Palestinian minor detainees are tortured by Israeli security forces.
— Michael Starr (@StarrJpost) June 16, 2021
The old article makes the claim that 40% of the minor detainees were sexually abused, based off an NGO called Palestinian Prisoners Club, and mentions that rape and sexual abuse of prisoners are forms of torture. This was changed by CJ to rape, which is a more loaded term.
— Michael Starr (@StarrJpost) June 16, 2021
A search of the PPS or club website and facebook from that period doesn’t show any report about 40% of detainees facing sexual abuse. https://t.co/aMImwagxj5https://t.co/6mWuHu8nTu
— Michael Starr (@StarrJpost) June 16, 2021
We can see how an allegation can snowball, as those seeking to make claims find false info as a base for more false info
Rape << Sexual abuse w/mention of rape << Sexual abuse << NGO comment
CJ << Voice of Dissent India << International Middle East Media Center << PPS/C
— Michael Starr (@StarrJpost) June 16, 2021
CJ seems to base his allegations on two main source branches. First is the previous Voice of Dissent India article, which claims that the NGO Adalah says that 100% of minor detainees were subject to a series of forbidden interrogation techniques, which VOII calls torture.
— Michael Starr (@StarrJpost) June 16, 2021
However we can see how the claim evolves. Adalah reportedly claims that detainees face ill-treatment >>> VOII claims 100% face torture, and mentions the ill-treatment as proof >>> CJ claims almost 100% of child detainees face torture.
— Michael Starr (@StarrJpost) June 16, 2021
What is interesting about the MEMO 2019 article is that has a similar article from 2020 which says that 95% of all Palestinian detainees are tortured. If nothing else, it speaks to the incredible consistency of Israeli security forces.https://t.co/4Wg6FXeoDC
— Michael Starr (@StarrJpost) June 16, 2021
However, what we can see here is how false info can be laundered through shady NGOs and news sources.
Branch one: CJ <<< VOII <<< Adalah
Branch two A: CJ <<< MEMO <<< Palestinian Ministry of Information
Branch two B: CJ <<< MEMO <<< Andalou <<< PPS— Michael Starr (@StarrJpost) June 16, 2021
Usually these reports are of allegations and testimonies, not hard fact. And usually the allegations in all these reports call the use of handcuffs, blindfolding, and other measures inherent or incidental to security enforcement abuse or in extreme cases, torture.
— Michael Starr (@StarrJpost) June 16, 2021
Careful of what you read on the Internet. Even question this thread. Review the sources yourself. For some reason, CJ is verified by Twitter, and has over 270K followers. Just because someone is popular and has a checkmark, doesn’t mean they are trustworthy sources.
— Michael Starr (@StarrJpost) June 16, 2021
CJ only provides screenshots from his sources. I can only speculate that it is either laziness or an attempt to hinder further examination. The links to CJ’s sources, so you can judge for yourself: https://t.co/wpmXOJdTrChttps://t.co/fURhSwqB9rhttps://t.co/LaFV3UpM6H
— Michael Starr (@StarrJpost) June 16, 2021
Also, apparently CJ is unable to tell that @TheMossadIL is a parody account, which is worrying.https://t.co/B8mTKNvKUV
— Michael Starr (@StarrJpost) June 16, 2021
When Michael speculates “that it is either laziness or an attempt to hinder further examination” when Werleman provides only screenshots of his sources, I am sure it is option B. I don’t think Werleman is lazy at all; he seems to work very hard at trying to cause the Jewish people major PR damage with his lies.
Don’t make any mistake about it: Werleman is dabbling in modern day blood libels and he will most certainly have blood on his hands if Jews are hurt or even killed because of them.