I published a fake image as satire, showing people in Gaza City carrying a placard with the inscription "Palestine for Qeers."
A brief explanation for those interested.
First, an anecdote. I don't know if it's true, but it's plausible.
In 1951, General Douglas MacArthur was relieved of his command as Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific, returned to the USA, and was celebrated as a war hero. In 1952, he wanted to run for president.
Japanese people do not distinguish between "l" and "r." The letters are formed quite similarly in the mouth.
Therefore, when translating from Japanese into English, they have trouble deciding whether a word requires an "l" or an "r." Light and right, glass and grass can pose hurdles.
And so, on a placard made by Japanese people for General MacArthur, it didn't read "We pray for your election," but rather "We pray for your erection."
Things like that happen whenever you have to learn a more complex language. The sole fact that there are six grammatical cases is enough for a German to hate Russians.
Six!
NOBODY!
Suka blyat.
Not only does Arabic lack a "P" , which is why they are forced to turn "Palestine" into "Falestine," something that should end the debate on indigeneity for anyone with a halfway decent education.
It also lacks a "Qu," as in "Quelle" or "Quartal" (/kv/, /kw/). Instead, it only has a K-sound produced further back in the throat: Qassam, Quds, Qatar (/q/).
So it would stand to reason that Palestinians would mistranslate "Queers for Palestine" or "Palestine for Queers" into "Palestine for Qeers."
I included this as an additional element of humor to make it clear that the average Palestinian has absolutely no idea about queers, let alone Queers for Palestine.
Hopefully, this answers not only whether I made a typo, but also whether the image is AI.
Whoever immediately screams "AI" is at most revealing their own media incompetence. Because something like that can be done in ten minutes with simple old-school Photoshop over a coffee and with a childlike, playful mood.
I take infantile joy in such things and reject any insinuation that I have ever claimed to be an adult.
The explanation is only because of the linguistic background. People are welcome to talk themselves into a frenzy in the comments for all I care.
October 7th is "officially" referred to only as "Ṭūfān al-Aqṣā," as the "Aqsa Flood." "Aqsa" is difficult to translate here, because "Aqsa" merely designates a distant place. Traditionally, however, this refers to the Al-Aqsa Mosque on the Temple Mount, to which Muhammad is said to have been brought from Mecca for his Ascension.
Because Jerusalem (al-Quds) is actually not even mentioned in the Quran. Jerusalem was only conquered by the "Mohammedans" in 638, after Muhammad's death. And the Dome of the Rock was only built starting in 691 under Caliph Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. And his son only built the Al-Aqsa Mosque starting around 705.
So the claim that this was the site of the Ascension, or even meant as such at the time the Quran (Qurʾān) was created, is rather a later political assertion.
Now go away. I have to go back to work.
Palestine for Qeers!
Written by Joey Hoffmann, a military blogger (MilBlogger) and former intelligence officer specializing in the Russian Baltic Fleet.
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