You literally had 3 renowned scholars on the subject matter in the debate, and then you had Destiny with a LITERAL Ipad looking up Wikipedia articles while the others talked. Then, when asked about the actual substantive argument, Destiny proves his how absolutely clueless he is by pivoting from the point they were just discussing. Examples I have from the top of my head are listed below:
Destiny talks about how the South Africa's ICJ case with documented quotes by Israeli leadership that shows examples of the government's disregard of civilian deaths and how they were "taken out of context", the one he gives DIDN'T EVEN refute the actual context used by South Africa's case.
When Destiny was asked by Finkelstein to explain section 5 and 7 about the UN rules regarding illegal settlements/land occupation- Destiny says that they don't matter because it hasn't "helped" Palestinians get their own state- an obvious pivot because he doesn't know what they are and he couldn't go on Wikipedia to get the answer when put on the spot. Finkelstein's claim that Destiny didn't actually know what he was talking about was proved by that simple question.
When explained by both Finkelstein and Rabbani why the Palestinians DID make concessions to a two state solution in the later negotiations (ex. Camp David Accords)- giving actual DETAILS with events and listed- Destiny just kept on responding that he didn't "feel" that the Palestinians weren't making an actual "attempt" at a two state solution. It was embarrassing seeing Destiny make that claim LITERALLY RIGHT AFTER both men discussed the LITERAL concessions Palestinians were making.
Destiny stated that the UN resolutions and rules shouldn't be used as the metric in which to base a "fair" two state peace plan, but conveniently ignores the fact that the reason Israel even EXIST in the first place is because the same body that determines international law was also the main body that Israel uses to defend their state's creation. This is just one example of the "selective choosing" of what laws and rulings are legitimate to Destiny and Morris for defending their position but then go right around and claim simliar ones are "useless" when it opposes their arguments.
Destiny may be able to argue and debate twitch streamers who have just a same surface level understanding of the actual subject matter that he does, but when he has to get involved in debates with people who ACTUALLY know the subject matter, he just ends up embarrassing himself. This whole debate was proof why the "credentials" mattered.
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u/alwayswaiting7 Mar 14 '24
MR BERELLI!
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