tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79337772024-03-18T21:49:36.985-04:00Elder Of Ziyon - Israel NewsI used to say this was a Zionist blog, but it is really a Jewish blog. Zionism is a large subset of Judaism today.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger40941125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933777.post-23246068632036749372024-03-18T18:00:00.292-04:002024-03-18T18:00:00.129-04:0003/18 Links Pt2: Hamas used Gazan journalists for the Oct.7 massacre; Glazer’s Oscars speech condemned by Son of Saul dir.; Berkeley Is a Safe Space for HateFrom Ian:
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<A href=https://archive.is/qmZoi>Bari Weiss: ‘History has come for Israel, it’s come for Ukraine and it will come for the West next’</a>
<blockquote>Weiss is known for her coverage of anti-Semitism in America, and calling out its manifestations is one of the things she’s best known for. Her first book, How to Fight Anti-Semitism, published in 2019, was spurred by the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh the previous year. But when we met in New York in 2021, long before the Hamas massacre of October 7, Weiss had told me that, as an American Jew, she’d always felt she could hold her head up high, in contrast to those of us in the Old World. “I had an arrogance, a sense that, you know, anti-Semitism was for Jews of other times, certainly, but also other places. And I remember reading about things that would happen, and places, especially like France, and thinking that could never happen here. I have been disabused of that idea.”
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The America that has roiled and reared up since Trump, since the Black Lives Matter movement swept over, and since October 7, has illuminated a new reality for Jews in the US. Weiss explains: “When we’re free, when freedom and liberty thrive, Jews thrive. Because, by their very existence, Jews represent the freedom to think differently, the freedom to believe differently, the freedom to raise their families differently. What we’re seeing now is a turn against freedom. In the grand sense, there’s the turn against the idea, even of the free world and [there’s this] kind of moral equivalency, whether it’s from the Leftists who glorify Hamas, or Rightists like Tucker Carlson [who] glorify tyrants like Putin.
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“It’s also coming internally from… elite culture here in the States. I’m sure it’s the same in the UK, where the ability to discern between free and unfree, good and bad, and better and worse, seems to have been erased. The fact that there are whole realms of American life where in order to succeed you kind of need to tamp down or hide your Jewishness is a sign of that.”
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Weiss went on a trip to Israel in January with young producers from the Free Press. As well as having drinks with Douglas Murray, she interviewed Lucy Aharish, Israel’s first Muslim-Arab presenter, married to Fauda star Tzachi Halevy, who is Jewish, and held an event in Jaffa with Natan Sharansky, the human-rights activist and former Soviet prisoner, to whom Alexei Navalny began writing in prison. I ask her what she’d like to happen in Israel in the medium term, but she scoffs at the question, because she feels it’s none of her business.
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“The thing that really struck me [about the Israel trip] was the clarity, on the right and left, like, we know what we’re fighting for. We know what’s at stake. We know how thin the fence is that separates civilisation from barbarism. And I think if you ask most Americans, even many plugged-in Americans, a question like, ‘Would you fight for America? What are you willing to die for?’ I don’t even think they would have the capacity.
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“Many people, especially many of our elites, well, there’s no sense of duty and responsibility. Leaving Israel [was] walking back into a society that I don’t think has fully recognised the history that has come for Israel and has come for Ukraine, and maybe will soon come from Taiwan, will come for us. How can you even conceive of war if you don’t even understand what it is that people are willing to fight and die for? And what are you willing to fight and die for?”
Weiss’s coverage of October 7 in the Free Press has largely reflected her stance of staunch support for Israel’s response and the moral importance of its fight for survival, especially in the face of global condemnation.</blockquote>
<A href=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/fury-over-sickening-lrb-article-saying-israel-leverages-shoah-to-slaughter-children-ydg1akk5>Fury over ‘sickening’ LRB article saying Israel leverages Shoah to ‘slaughter children’</a>
<blockquote>For well-to-do Jews, Mishra argues, the Holocaust and an affiliation to the Jewish State, “turned into a badge of identity and moral rectitude”.
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Now the essayist argues that “Gaza has become for countless powerless people the essential condition of political and ethical consciousness in the 21st century [...] it seems that only those jolted into consciousness by the calamity of Gaza can rescue the Shoah from Netanyahu, Biden, Scholz and Sunak."
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Mishra goes on: “Many of the protesters who fill the streets of their cities week after week have no immediate relation to the European past of the Shoah. They judge Israel by its actions in Gaza rather than its Shoah-sanctified demand for total and permanent security.”
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The piece has drawn widespread derision from Jewish figures. Writing in The Times, JC columnist, Hadley Freedman, noted “the left-wing intelligentsia only tries this kind of provocative thought experiment with Jews”. The JC’s Anshel Pfeffer tweeted, “There [are] plenty of ways of criticising Israel over the war in Gaza but writing 8000 words lecturing Jews that they are like Nazis and anyway the Holocaust actually wasn’t so special so they should stop obsessing about it says more about this pseud than it does about Israelis or Jews.”
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Israeli government spokesman Eylon Levy, wrote that the essay demonstrated the major challenge of “Holocaust inversion, especially when turned against Jews in conjunction with sickening blood libels.”
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Political correspondent, Lahav Harkov, called the article “disgusting”, and said the writer’s use of “the concept of the Holocaust as a ‘universal reference point’ is part of the problem [...] It led to the idea that the Holocaust was not unique, and was also some kind of purifying experience from which Jews were ennobled and therefore supposed to behave a certain way”.
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The argument over the LRB front page is the latest in a history of controversy between the journal and the Jewish state.
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On 18 October, LRB published a letter signed by hundreds of writers which condemned Israel but failed to mention the October 7 massacre. The letter claimed, “The State of Israel commits serious crimes against humanity” and accused Israel of “genocide”.
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The Hebrew Writers Association in Israel, representing 800 writers and artists, wrote a public letter condemning LRB for their initial response to the war. The group then denounced LRB when they failed to respond to their letter.</blockquote>
<A href=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/15/jonathan-glazer-oscars-speech-condemned-by-son-of-saul-director-laszlo-nemes>Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars speech condemned by Son of Saul director: ‘He should have stayed silent’</a>
<blockquote>László Nemes, the director of acclaimed film Son of Saul, has criticised The Zone of Interest director Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars acceptance speech.
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Speaking at the ceremony on Sunday, Glazer said he and his producer, James Wilson, “stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people, whether the victims of October 7 in Israel or the ongoing attack on Gaza.”
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Glazer’s words have met with both applause and opprobrium, including from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), who on Monday called them “morally reprehensible”.
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The ADL posted on social media: “Israel is not hijacking Judaism or the Holocaust by defending itself against genocidal terrorists. Glazer’s comments at the #Oscars are both factually incorrect & morally reprehensible. They minimise the Shoah & excuse terrorism of the most heinous kind.”
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This sentiment was echoed by Nemes, who – like Glazer – won the foreign language Oscar for a film about the Holocaust; in Nemes’ case his 2015 movie Son of Saul, about a Jewish prisoner forced to work in the gas chambers at Auschwitz.
US Holocaust survivors’ foundation calls Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars speech ‘morally indefensible’
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“The Zone of Interest is an important movie,” Nemes writes. “It is not made in a usual way. It questions the grammar of cinema. Its director should have stayed silent instead of revealing he has no understanding of history and the forces undoing civilisation, before or after the Holocaust.
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“Had he embraced the responsibility that comes with a film like that, he would not have resorted to talking points disseminated by propaganda meant to eradicate, at the end, all Jewish presence from the Earth.”</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-791964">This is how Hamas used Gazan journalists for the Oct. 7 massacre</a>
<blockquote>PEOPLE WHO HATE Jews can be journalists, but they should not be reporting about the Jewish state. Therefore, Reuters is wrong to continue paying for pictures from photojournalist Doaa Rouqa, whose social media posts, revealed by HonestReporting, have celebrated rockets fired at Israel and called Hamas’s attacks “brave resistance.” Last week, HonestReporting also revealed a disturbing social media post by Reuters Executive Editor Simon Robinson, who shared an extremely problematic essay titled “The Shoah after Gaza.”
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There is also plenty of evidence of journalists collaborating with Hamas that did not come through HonestReporting.
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The IDF revealed evidence that two Al Jazeera journalists were active terrorists in Hamas. Mohammed Wishnah held a senior role in the terrorist group’s anti-tank unit and taught young jihadis how to fire anti-tank missiles and make incendiary devices. Ismail Abu Omar was found to have accompanied Hamas terrorists into Israel on Oct. 7, going to Kibbutz Nir Oz.
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Gaza-based journalist Muthana Al-Najjar entered Israel on Oct. 7 and shocked Israelis with his stand-up to camera reports from Kibbutz Nahal Oz as gunshots were heard in the background. He did not wear a press vest or a helmet to make him identifiable as a member of the press, and clearly did not feel under threat from the Hamas terrorists in his midst.
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Al-Najjar filmed the kidnapping of terrified Shiri Bibas and her small children, Ariel and Kfir, instead of trying to save their lives. He also shared a picture showing two of the terrorists triumphantly stepping on the body of a murdered Israeli, with a comment translated from Arabic: “Their dead under the feet of the warriors of al-Qassam Brigades.”
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While Al-Najjar actively knew he was part of a Hamas plan, others listed here might not have. But the line in the Hamas document that Dayan revealed says clearly that the terrorist organization intended to take advantage of journalists, and on Oct. 7 it did just that.
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After HonestReporting asked questions about the Gazan photojournalists, reporters from media outlets that we put on the defensive interviewed me and asked what evidence we had. When I honestly – and perhaps foolishly – replied that we had merely raised questions and did not claim to have answers, I was attacked personally and falsely portrayed as if I had backtracked and undermined my organization’s report.
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Ilana Dayan’s report and the others mentioned here answer the questions and validate the work that HonestReporting is doing as a media watchdog. We asked legitimate questions, and now the answers are out there.</blockquote>
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David Collier: <a href=https://david-collier.com/bbc-verify/>BBC Verify – a hostile land of make believe – part one</a>
<blockquote>Everyone makes mistakes. But I learnt a long time ago that the true levels of integrity and professionalism are seen in how people react when things go wrong. BBC Verify was caught basing a story on the words of an Iranian regime mouthpiece. Its response was to deflect, deny and double-down. This reaction trashed its own legitimacy and reputation far more than the error itself did. Through its own actions BBC Verify confirmed that it will defend itself over and above the truth. Just like the used car dealer who spins you a line after he sells you a dud – BBC Verify has shown that it is not to be trusted at all.
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Then, just to prove that the BBC is total oblivious to its own failings, just a few days after I caught them with the Iranian mouthpiece, I caught them making sourcing errors again. And before I had a chance to make all that public, they did it a third time. I had started off trying to check levels of bias in BBC Verify reporting, and I am now simply drowning in evidence. I have never had to do this before but because of the amount of information I need to get across, I am writing this as a series. When it is done, I will stitch them together in a downloadable PDF. But for now, this is part one.
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A check of BBC Verify articles shows a clear bias against Israel<br>
The BBC verify lens is set up to prosecute only Israel<br>
The reliance on BBC Arabic destroys the credibility of BBC Verify<br>
BBC Verify has numerous agency problems – resulting in articles consistently built upon unreliable witnesses.<br>
Analysis of social media activity of the BBC Verify team underscores the bias.<br>
Almost none of the BBC Verify team bothered to post anything until long after October 7<br>
Some of the BBC Verify team have reposted the opinions of anti-Zionists and shared other fake news material demonising Israel<br>
It is clear the BBC is wrong when it says BBC Verify do not have an (anti-Israel) agenda.</blockquote>
<a href="https://honestreporting.com/bbc-ignored-complaints-about-journalists-anti-israel-terrorist-posts-for-over-a-year/">BBC Ignored Complaints About
Journalists’ Anti-Israel ‘Terrorist’ Posts for Over a Year</a>
<blockquote>The BBC ignored complaints about several journalists, including one who called Israel a “terrorist apartheid state,” for more than a year and even allowed them to report on the current Israel-Hamas war.
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In 2022, HonestReporting uncovered social media posts written by journalist Marie-José Azzi, who is based in Lebanon and has worked for the corporation since 2019, that said Israel was a “terrorist” and “apartheid” state in tweets that were supportive of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign.
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We also revealed a number of posts from an account belonging to Jordan-based BBC television and radio producer Layla Bashar Kloub, which described all Israelis as “terrorists” and suggested only Arabs have any right to be in Israel.
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Meanwhile, UK-based BBC video curator Hala Hindawi labeled Israeli Jews “settlers” and accused the country of “targeting children” in remarks posted to her Twitter account (now X). The latter remark is reminiscent of ancient blood libels in which Jews were accused of killing children for their blood to be used in religious rituals.
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We complained to the BBC in August 2022 that the posts breached the corporation’s impartiality and social media usage guidelines.
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In response, the BBC said that while it could not comment on individual staff matters, such cases would be “dealt with appropriately” where its rules had been breached.
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However, it appears the BBC failed to take action against any of the journalists named and, even more disturbingly, allowed them to work on the BBC’s coverage of the Israel-Hamas war.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-13207067/SIR-MICHAEL-ELLIS-no-surprise-two-BBC-reporters-exposed-liking-pro-Hamas-videos-anti-Israel-bia.html">SIR MICHAEL ELLIS: It's no surprise to me that two BBC reporters have been exposed for 'liking' pro-Hamas videos - because anti-Israel bias is blatant at our national broadcaster</a>
<blockquote>The BBC is a much-treasured national institution and its journalists provide an invaluable public service, often in dangerous circumstances.
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But in recent months we have witnessed a disturbing erosion of one of its most priceless attributes: a commitment to impartiality.
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While the BBC’s duty to be impartial is seen as so precious that it is enshrined in the Corporation’s Royal Charter as the foremost of its ‘public purposes’, its coverage of the Israeli-Hamas war is obviously not impartial.
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And that puts it in dereliction of duty. Claiming to be neutral while in fact being biased is a form of corruption, as it skews the delivery of accurate and reliable news and diminishes the public’s trust.
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It pains me to say that BBC managers are failing to stop the rot. Erroneous reports are not being corrected, or are aired without responsible checks. These have inflamed community tensions here in the UK and harmed diplomatic efforts internationally to end the violence.
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Take the report last week that accused Israel Defence Force (IDF) soldiers of beating and humiliating doctors in a Gaza hospital.
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Of course, such actions are very disturbing if true and Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron publicly called for ‘answers’ to the ‘very disturbing’ claims.
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But, as revealed in The Mail on Sunday today, two BBC journalists credited with working on the story, Soha Ibrahim and Marie-Jose Al Azzi, have ‘liked’ multiple online posts in support of Hamas, including videos of people in Lebanon and Tunisia dancing in celebration and waving Palestinian flags on the day of the October 7 terrorist attacks.
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In addition, Ms Al Azzi described Israel as a ‘terrorist apartheid state’ in a now-deleted post from 2018.
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How can the BBC claim to be impartial when individuals such as these are involved in its news-gathering? It responded to these findings by saying that it takes ‘allegations of breaches of our social media policy very seriously’. But, sadly, it is not the only instance of blatant anti-Israel bias at our national broadcaster.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13208169/BBC-suspend-journalists-liked-pro-Hamas-videos.html">The BBC is urged to suspend two journalists who 'liked' pro-Hamas videos celebrating the October 7 terror attacks</a>
<blockquote>The BBC is facing calls to suspend two journalists who shared anti‑Israel posts or 'liked' videos celebrating the October 7 Hamas terrorist attacks on social media.
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Last night, Nicola Richards, Tory MP for West Bromwich East and an officer for Conservative Friends of Israel, called for the Corporation to suspend the BBC Arabic journalists while it investigates.
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Soha Ibrahim and Marie-Jose Al Azzi were credited with reporting on a BBC story which carried claims Israeli soldiers beat and humiliated Palestinian medics during a hospital raid in Gaza last month.
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The BBC's report last week led to international condemnation of Israel, with Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron calling for 'answers from the Israelis'.
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On the day of the Hamas attacks on October 7, Ms Ibrahim 'liked' videos of people in Lebanon and Tunisia dancing and waving Palestinian flags, and Egyptian football fans chanting 'we sacrifice our souls, our blood for Palestine'.
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London-based Ms Ibrahim, who has worked for the BBC for 12 years, also 'liked' a post on October 7 which celebrated 'the first of the martyrs of the operation', it was revealed in The Mail on Sunday yesterday.
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Meanwhile Ms Al Azzi, who has worked at the BBC since 2019 and is based in Lebanon, described Israel as a 'terrorist apartheid state' in a post from 2018 that has since been deleted, according to anti-Semitism researchers.
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Ms Richards told the Mail: 'The BBC have got a responsibility not just in the UK, but around the world. People rely on them for impartial news.'
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Antisemitism tsar John Mann said: 'Any journalist who likes anything that is overtly racist is clearly not credible. I am sure they will want to investigate these allegations thoroughly.'</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">New Protocol of the Elders of Zion, paid for by UK taxpayers' money, no less <a href="https://t.co/AXCTgQfPgA">https://t.co/AXCTgQfPgA</a> <a href="https://t.co/FrTONB25gC">pic.twitter.com/FrTONB25gC</a></p>— Lahav Harkov 🎗️ (@LahavHarkov) <a href="https://twitter.com/LahavHarkov/status/1769712414440718848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href=https://archive.is/aQClf>The Islamist threat is all too real – Gove understands it needs tackling</a>
<blockquote>Responding to the Government’s new definition of extremism, the Muslim Association of Britain called the move “cynical… Orwellian” and an “erosion of civil liberties”.
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The response was a case study in how Islamists use the language of liberalism to pursue illiberal objectives. For the Muslim Association of Britain (MAB) is one of several organisations declared extremist by Michael Gove in Parliament last week. Previously, an expert government report called it “the Muslim Brotherhood in the UK”.
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Its concern for civil liberties does not apply to those who criticise Islamism, comment on Islam in ways it dislikes, or depict Mohammed in ways it finds offensive. It demands “action” against those who blaspheme – even if the blasphemers are not Muslim. It is among the organisations pushing for an official definition of “Islamophobia”, a one-religion blasphemy law that would be used to limit scrutiny of Islamists.
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British politicians and those with responsibility in wider society urgently need to understand who these extremists are, which organisations speak for them, and where their ideas come from. If they fail to do so, not only violence but political subjugation awaits us.
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Extremists insist, and sincerely believe, that they act in the name of Islam. Sermons by some imams – held in British mosques, often broadcast online for all to see – quote the Koran and sayings of Mohammed recorded in hadiths to justify hatred and violence. One hadith claims Mohammed said, “The hour will not be established until you fight with the Jews, and the stone behind which a Jew will be hiding will say, ‘O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, so kill him.’”</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/03/18/anti-zionism-is-an-abhorrent-ideology-regardless-of-antisemitism/">Anti-Zionism Is an Abhorrent Ideology Regardless of Antisemitism</a>
<blockquote>This strain of anti-Zionism, which encompasses almost the entire Palestinian national movement, has made it quite clear for decades in word and deed that the entirety of the land “from the river to the sea” must be cleansed of Jews, one way or another.
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The October 7 massacre and kidnapping and the consequent humanitarian crisis in Gaza as a result of Israel’s defensive war against Hamas are the direct result of this strain of anti-Zionism. So is the entire nearly century-long Palestinian predicament. Anti-Zionism, not Zionism, has been the cause of every Palestinian refugee and death since before the establishment of Israel.
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The second strain of anti-Zionism is the even more delusional Western form, the advocates of which insist that all they want is to dissolve Israel into a single “democratic” state of Palestine, with equal rights for both Jews and Arabs. Of course, there is no prospect of any such “democratic” Palestine: only the brutal, theocratic dictatorship of the terrorist organization Hamas or the thuggish autocracy of the PLO.
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These Western anti-Zionists are apparently unaware that fewer than 10% of Palestinians support such a goal. Moreover, not only is much of the Palestinian national movement eliminationist, as mentioned above, but according to surveys on traditional antisemitic beliefs unrelated to Israel or its activities, Palestinians are among the most antisemitic people in the world.
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Why Israel’s Jews would repudiate their national identity and suicidally dissolve their state to become a minority among such a people, is a question these anti-Zionists appear too detached from reality to answer.
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The bottom line is that Israel has existed as a legal fact for 75 years, and calling for its destruction or dissolution is extreme, immoral, illegitimate, and a recipe for endless violence.
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If the massacres and kidnappings on October 7 and the humanitarian consequences of Israel’s war of self-defense in Gaza are not desirable outcomes — and if people still believe in the international order and the illegitimacy of advocating genocide and the destruction of recognized UN member states — then anti-Zionist advocacy of any sort must be socially and politically stigmatized regardless of whether anti-Zionism is considered antisemitic.</blockquote>
<a href="https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/03/video-the-communist-origins-of-anti-zionist-antisemitism/">The Communist Origins of Anti-Zionist Antisemitism</a>
<blockquote>The antisemitism disguised as ‘anti-Zionism’ now sweeping campuses and cities didn’t just happen. It was a strategy devised by the communist bloc, particularly the Soviet Union.
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The communists weaponized anti-Zionism as part of their war on the free world, and those seeds are still bearing fruit. In this event, you will hear about how it started, and how it’s still going strong with the same manipulative themes devised by the KGB.
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This event is hosted by the Legal Insurrection Foundation.
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We’re pleased to host Izabella Tabarovsky. Izabella is a scholar of Soviet antizionism and contemporary antisemitism. She is a senior advisor with the Kennan Institute at the Wilson Center; a Fellow with The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) and a Research Fellow with the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism; and a contributing writer to The Tablet. Her writings have appeared in Fathom, Sapir, Quillette, and Newsweek, among others, as well as in several essay collections, including Jewish Priorities: 65 Proposals for the Future of Our People (Post Hill Press);The Rebirth of Antisemitism in the 21st Century: From the Academic Boycott Campaign to the Mainstream (Routledge); and Mapping the New Left Antisemitism: The Fathom Essays (Routledge). Follow her on X @IzaTabaro.
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Legal Insurrection Foundation founder and president, William Jacobson will also participate in the discussion moderated by Kemberlee Kaye, Operations and Editorial Director for Legal Insurrection Foundation.
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<A href=https://nationalpost.com/opinion/ndps-anti-israel-motion-is-a-moral-test-for-this-country>NDP's anti-Israel motion is a moral test for this country</a>
<blockquote>The horrors of conflict and the suffering of Gazans under the yoke of Hamas’s belligerence are tragedies that cannot be overstated. Yet, amidst this turmoil, Israel is committed to increasing aid. The expedited construction of a roadway in northern Gaza to facilitate aid, collaboration with Jordan and Egypt to expedite assistance and the convening of aid organizations for efficient delivery, all attest to Israel’s earnest efforts to mend the wounds of war, not deepen them.
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However, the NDP’s motion undermines these noble endeavours, misguidedly championing a unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state — a gesture that serves as a trophy to Hamas’s campaign of nihilistic violence.
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Such a move doesn’t just reward terror, it legitimizes it, emboldening Hamas as the de facto voice of the Palestinian cause, to the detriment of the Palestinian Authority’s already waning influence. This isn’t support for peace, it’s an endorsement of Hamas’s strategic objectives, an action that’s diametrically opposed to the assertion that Hamas, a recognized terrorist organization, must never be allowed to lead.
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Further complicating this debacle is NDP MP Don Davies’ tweet suggesting there is an equivalence between the innocent Israeli civilians who are being held under barbaric conditions by Hamas and the Palestinians who are being held by the Israeli justice system on terrorism charges.
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There is no justifiable comparison between perpetrators of terrorism who were arrested under Israeli law, and toddlers and the elderly taken hostage by Hamas on Oct. 7. Israeli prisoners have the right to access lawyers, to contact their families, to health care and to a trial in a court of law — none of which are afforded to the Israeli hostages being held in Gaza.
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This isn’t foreign policy, it’s laundering Hamas propaganda through the halls of Canadian democracy, a dangerous false equivalency that dehumanizes the victims of the Oct. 7 massacre and emboldens the terrorists who are responsible for it.
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And where does the Liberal government stand amidst this unfolding saga? Its tepid response is a far cry from the robust support one might expect for an ally in distress. If the Liberals stand for anything, this must be their red line. The Canadian public watches closely, their judgment poised to weigh heavily on a government that folds when its principles are tested.
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The crux of the matter, the heart around which all else orbits, is the precipice on which Canadian foreign policy teeters. For half a century, Canada has championed a two-state solution brokered through dialogue and mutual concessions. This motion, if passed, doesn’t just tilt at windmills, it dynamites the very foundation of this longstanding policy, granting a victory to terrorists and making this beleaguered Liberal government look weak.
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This decision transcends partisan lines and political calculations. It’s a question of who we are as a nation and what we stand for on the global stage. Do we side with democracy and peace, or do we capitulate to the demands of terror?
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The answer must be clear, resolute and unwavering: MPs must reject this motion, affirm our alliance with Israel and uphold the principles of negotiated peace that have guided our foreign policy for decades. Anything less is a concession to terror, a betrayal of our values and a dark omen for the future of international diplomacy.</blockquote>
<A href=https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/jewish-canadians-feel-abandoned-by-politicians-police-and-you>Jewish Canadians feel abandoned by politicians, police and you</a>
<blockquote>Until now, members of the Jewish community in York Region have looked at what has been happening in Toronto and felt lucky to have YRP policing their community. The relationship had been fairly decent until the protests and the police reaction, or non-reaction, to what happened.
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“They followed people to their homes,” Rabbi Rothman said of the protesters, who had one clear mission, to intimidate Jewish Canadians.
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“We have people afraid to come now,” Rabbi Korobkin said.
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Imagine people being afraid to go to temple to worship in Canada.
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I’ve been going to Catholic church my whole life and I’ve never been afraid to do so. I’ve also never seen a police officer at a Catholic church unless they were going to mass.
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At every synagogue I’ve been to over the past several months there have been paid duty police officers there as well as private security guards. The Jewish community has even had to establish their own rapid response security team to respond to incidents in conjunction with police.
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While security at Jewish schools, community centres and places of worship has long been high, the measures have only increased since October 7. It’s no wonder that many Jews in Canada no longer feel safe or welcomed.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Important statement by <a href="https://twitter.com/IsraelinCanada?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IsraelinCanada</a> Ambassador <a href="https://twitter.com/MoedIddo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MoedIddo</a>, ahead of vote on one-sided <a href="https://twitter.com/NDP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NDP</a> resolution, that will only unilaterally recognize Palestinian state and reward Hamas terror group! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/cdnpoli?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#cdnpoli</a> <a href="https://t.co/9pb0TGNdqN">https://t.co/9pb0TGNdqN</a></p>— Arsen Ostrovsky 🎗️ (@Ostrov_A) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ostrov_A/status/1769736091832070279?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/03/15/new-partnership-aims-revive-black-jewish-alliance/">New Partnership Aims to Revive Black-Jewish Alliance</a>
<blockquote>A new partnership has its sights set on reviving the formidable Black-Jewish alliance, which toppled the Jim Crow laws in the segregated south in the 1960s and prompted a massive expansion of social and civil rights in the US.
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The Academic Engagement Network (AEN), a nonprofit which promotes academic freedom and free speech, is partnering with South Carolina State University and Voorhees University — two Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) — on a project that will involve hosting a series of student and faculty seminars on the history of “Black-Jewish solidarity,” from the creation of Rosenwald Schools for Black children following the abolition of slavery to the advent of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement.
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“As Jewish scholars fled Nazi Germany, they unfortunately found many barriers in the US academy,” AEN executive director Miriam Elman said in a press release sent out Thursday. “But an exception were HBCUs that provided visas and employment to 50 German Jewish scholars, saving their lives. Black and Jewish communities in the US forged a unique bond as a result of these experiences.”
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Elman added, “This initiative will drawn on this inspiring history by empowering HBCUs to help combat contemporary antisemitism and disturbing efforts by extremists to create divisions between Black and Jewish communities.”
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Funded by an AEN Antisemitism Education Initiative grant — a project aimed at promoting awareness of diversity in the Jewish community and campus antisemitism — the seminars will also cover the history of antisemitism, Zionism and Jewish self-determination, and the ways in which Jews and Blacks can come together to oppose contemporary antisemitism and anti-Black racism in an age of rising hate.
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“This grant may mark a new beginning, but the bond between our communities is not new — it is steeped in history,” Voorhees University president Ronnie Hopkins proclaimed in Thursday’s press release. “Our students are poised to become the future leaders of various fields, including industry, business, science, and law. It is imperative they are equipped to combat all forms of hatred, including antisemitism.”</blockquote>
Dumisani Washington: <a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386429">The spiritual battle for Black America</a>
<blockquote>As I grew up in a Christian home, the Nation of Islam, mainstream Islam or Louis Farrakhan were not topics of discussion, so watching this in my 30’s was a novelty. I was struck by how the pastors and the attendees so readily received Farrakhan’s obvious conflation of Quranic and Biblical theology. Clearly, he was deceiving the people and his reception was cult-like.
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It wasn’t until a few years later that I heard Farrakhan’s antisemitic rantings. I’ve since lectured and written extensively about Farrakhan’s Jew-hatred, including in my book Zionism & the Black Church.
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Though Farrakhan’s speech provides much to unpack, I will focus on the final five to six minutes. This is how the conclusion begins:
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"What I gave is prophecy that you can find in the Bible and Quran, that Israel is not gonna stay in the Middle East … and when that war triggers all of the countries that it will trigger, the war of Armageddon will be all over the earth. China will be involved. Russia will be involved. … North Korea will be involved. And there’ll be no hiding place for anyone."
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Farrakhan references the international war against Israel (at Armageddon) explained by the prophet Ezekiel and implies that the result of that war will be Israel’s removal. The Bible states exactly the opposite. Let’s be very clear: Farrakhan’s statement is tantamount to calling God a liar.
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Shortly after, Farrakhan directly addressed Israeli officials attempting to reach Black American youth.
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"This [younger generation of Black Americans] refuse to be controlled by the [pro-Israel] forces that controlled their fathers and their grandfathers. That is over! So, I say to Israel, 'Leave the Black youth alone! Don’t come into our community trying to kill us to satisfy your blood lust.'”
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Let’s review. Louis Farrakhan:<br>
-Suggests that Armageddon means the end of Israel.<br>
-Infers that Black Israel supporters (many of whom base their sentiments on the Bible) are controlled by Israel/Jews.<br>
-Warns Israel to “Leave the Black youth alone!” after attempting to indoctrinate Black youth with false prophecies, and<br>
-Claims that Israel is trying to kill Black youth to “satisfy your blood lust”—yet another Jew-hating blood libel.
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For over 3,500 years, leaders much more powerful than Minister Louis Farrakhan have declared the end of [the Peop;le of Israel]—and that the Jewish homeland would cease to exist. All of those leaders are gone. Israel is still here—and will always be here.
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“'I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel, and they shall rebuild the ruined cities and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and drink their wine, and they shall make gardens and eat their fruit. I will plant them on their land, and they shall never again be uprooted out of the land that I have given them,' says the Lord your God." (Amos 9.14-15)</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In 1975, former Black Panther turned Zionist Eldridge Cleaver said that, in the event of increasing conflicting US-Israel interests in the Middle East, the U.S. government "was capable of sacrificing Israel." Cleaver was referring specifically to Arab states using "oil as a… <a href="https://t.co/6CwfloDLZ7">pic.twitter.com/6CwfloDLZ7</a></p>— Dumisani Washington (@DumisaniTemsgen) <a href="https://twitter.com/DumisaniTemsgen/status/1766518374035562997?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-792384">'He dumped Israel': Donald Trump accuses Biden of abandoning support</a>
<blockquote>Former US president Donald Trump accused successor Joe Biden of abandoning his support for Israel and telling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to leave office during an interview on FOX News with presenter Howard Kurtz on Sunday.
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"And all of a sudden, he dumped Israel. That’s what he’s doing. He dumped Israel," said Trump in a clip of the interview.
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After Kurtz interjected, Trump doubled down, saying, "I mean, he just said, essentially, that Bibi Netanyahu should take a walk."
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Additionally, Trump called on Netanyahu to end the war in Gaza quickly, saying, "Do it [end the war] quickly, and return to a world of peace."</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jpost.com/international/article-792456">EU to sanction violent West Bank settlers as Hungary drops veto</a>
<blockquote>The European Union is set to sanction settlers engaged in violent actions against innocent Palestinians, as Hungary dropped its veto of the move.
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The United States and the United Kingdom have already issued sanctions against such Jewish extremists.For the EU to follow suit, it would need consensus from all 27 of its member states.
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Hungary had been the sole country opposing such a step. On Monday, Budapest had appeared to drop its veto of the move as EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said the Foreign Affairs Council, made up of the bloc’s foreign ministers, could level sanctions against Jewish extremists.
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“We failed at the last Foreign Affairs Council having agreement on that. It seems that today all will agree on putting sanctions on both: Hamas and the violent settlers who are harassing Palestinians in the West Bank,” Borrell said.
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A diplomatic source told The Jerusalem Post that Budapest had considered it wiser to allow the issue of setter sanctions to move forward in exchange for movement on other issues, such as expanding the list of Hamas terrorists personally sanctioned by the European Union, the diplomat speculated.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Parliament House, Canberra, Australia - pro-Palestinian protestors disrupt parliamentary proceedings, before been evicted by security <a href="https://t.co/7rck0OZhT8">pic.twitter.com/7rck0OZhT8</a></p>— Menachem Vorchheimer (@MenachemV) <a href="https://twitter.com/MenachemV/status/1769663714742128908?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is not normal. <a href="https://t.co/Z6aIzbgSbs">pic.twitter.com/Z6aIzbgSbs</a></p>— Daniel Sugarman (@Daniel_Sugarman) <a href="https://twitter.com/Daniel_Sugarman/status/1769467192133726390?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"Abuse Haringey councillors to Free Palestine!"<br><br>One of the scenes from last Thursday. "Palestine Solidarity Campaign" comrades took turns to shout, making it impossible for the full council meeting to proceed normally.<br><br>The enemies of the democratic process in action. <a href="https://t.co/akqfKAjdpi">pic.twitter.com/akqfKAjdpi</a></p>— habibi (@habibi_uk) <a href="https://twitter.com/habibi_uk/status/1769708746614128749?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.jns.org/florida-reviewing-major-finance-firm-that-punishes-elbit-for-protecting-israelis/">Florida reviewing finance firm that punishes Elbit for protecting Israelis</a>
<blockquote>As one major investment firm takes concrete steps to ensure its processes of rating companies are no longer affected by anti-Israel sources, another major financial company is being accused of engaging in practices that boycott the Jewish state.
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Last month, Chicago-based Morningstar, which manages and advises on about $264 billion in assets, released a comprehensive report that it commissioned to address concerns that one of its subsidiaries has engaged in anti-Israel bias.
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JNS has learned that the financial arm of the State of Florida is researching the practices at New York-based MSCI, a financial company with some $5.2 billion in assets.
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Like Morningstar, which allegedly assigned damaging ratings to a dozen companies that it said committed “human rights violations” simply for conducting business in Judea and Samaria and eastern Jerusalem, MSCI’s environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) ratings appear to downgrade companies for the same reason.
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ESG ratings purport to provide socially conscious investors with information about the records of companies on the environment and human rights, but critics have long said that the ESG industry is steeped heavily in left-wing politics and on that basis, punishes companies whose business, often bound by fiduciary duties to shareholders, doesn’t align with its own.
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Using a publicly available search tool on the MSCI website, JNS found that MSCI has tagged nine companies that generated ESG controversy ratings at Morningstar for doing business in Judea and Samaria with its own such ratings.
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Those businesses are Bank Hapoalim, Bank Leumi, Bank Mizrahi, Caterpillar, CEMEX, Elbit Systems, Heidelberg Materials, Motorola and PayPal.</blockquote>
<A href=https://thehill.com/opinion/education/4537733-non-jewish-students-must-fight-anti-israel-initiatives-on-college-campuses/>Non-Jewish students must fight anti-Israel initiatives on college campuses</a>
<blockquote>In the months since the war between Israel and Hamas began, American college campuses have been rocked by anti-Israel, and, far too often, blatantly antisemitic incidents.
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Many of these have been driven by the Boycott, Divest, and Sanction (BDS) movement, which describes itself as “a Palestinian-led movement for freedom, justice, and equality” and advocates for companies, organizations, and individuals to divest and economically boycott Israel.
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BDS has also long been condemned for what many consider its role in fomenting antisemitism and anti-Jewish sentiment, particularly on college campuses, an issue which has received increased attention since Hamas’s brutal Oct. 7 attack, in which more than 1,200 Israeli civilians were killed and some 250 taken hostage, which sparked the current war in Gaza and a surge in anti-Israel and antisemitic demonstrations throughout the country.
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However, new polling by Schoen Cooperman Research, conducted on behalf of Israel on Campus Coalition, shines a troubling light on the danger Jewish college students now feel because of BDS and similar anti-Israel movements.
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Further, the data reveals the necessity — and likely success — of a campaign that would mobilize Jewish students against the spread of BDS on campus as well as work to inform the broader student body about the dangers posed by this nefarious movement.
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Alarmingly, the survey revealed that Jewish students on college campuses feel under attack solely because they are Jewish. Nearly three-quarters (73 percent) of Jewish college students say that as Jews, they are less safe on campus than they were before the war in Gaza began.
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That number mirrors a report by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and Hillel International last November, which found 73 percent of Jewish college students reported experiencing or witnessing antisemitism on campus. </blockquote>
<a href="https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/berkeley-safe-space-for-hate">Berkeley Is a Safe Space for Hate</a>
<blockquote>The antagonism between progressive dogmas like “equity” and the battle against antisemitism has become almost axiomatic. Audre Lorde, the godmother of intersectionality and contemporary grievance politics, once proclaimed there was “no hierarchy of oppressions.” In the activist left’s worldview, however, Jews, read as white or even “super-white,” are relegated to the bottom of the new pecking order. Antisemitism rates at best as a minor concern and at worst the excusable indiscretion of subalterns.
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Diversity, equity, and inclusion programs also take direct aim at the dominant political ethos of most Jews in the post-emancipation West—which has not been socialism so much as liberalism. Emancipation in 18th- and 19th-century Europe was premised on the notion that Jews ought to be seen first and foremost as individuals, not as members of an amorphous, indigestible mass. Despite the ambivalence at the heart of emancipation, the liberal ethos enabled European Jewry to reach the fore of the continent’s commerce, culture, and politics in a few generations. Antisemites, then and now, count heads: How many Jews are in this profession or that institution.
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Jewish organizations have wrongly responded to the rise in hate against our community in seeking inclusion into the DEI framework, incorporating education about antisemitism into their anti-bias trainings. At UC Berkeley, the diversity dean now sends out emails for Jewish Heritage Month, these having been added to the rotation of other vital communications about “Transgender and Nonbinary Empowerment Month” and “Becoming a LatinX-Thriving Institution.” Presumably, the diversity office would agree its mission of “perpetuating beauty in the center of injustice” through “actionable solutions that lead to transformative change” encompasses battling antisemitism. But only a fool would take them at their word: Anti-antisemitism and “anti-racism” have been made to rest on mutually exclusive predicates.
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The disparity in DEI’s treatment of antisemitism and anti-Black racism gives up the game, if nothing else. DEI and “decolonization” also reinforce one another in a shared assertion that historically disenfranchised groups have more moral value and greater rights than others—including the “right” to commit senseless violence. The entire “equity” edifice must be demolished; to do otherwise nourishes a parasitic bureaucracy that traduces academic freedom, contributes to antisemitism, and spreads a poisonous anti-liberalism into wider society.</blockquote>
<a href="https://freebeacon.com/?post_type=post&p=1869804">Ahead of Israeli Lawyer's Return to Berkeley, WFB Editor in Chief Asks: Do the Adults or the Mob Run the Show?</a>
<blockquote>Washington Free Beacon editor in chief Eliana Johnson appeared Saturday on CNN, where she previewed Israeli lawyer Ran Bar-Yoshafat's return to the University of California, Berkeley. Bar-Yoshafat's first appearance on campus was shut down last month by an anti-Semitic mob, and protesters are again planning to target his Monday speech.
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"Mr. Yoshafat had to be evacuated, they broke windows, they physically harassed students," Johnson said of the ordeal. "Mr. Yoshafat is returning to the Berkeley campus on Monday in an attempt to redo this event."
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"Protests are planned, and last month, after this happened, the chancellor of Berkeley said this was an attack on the fundamental principles of the university," she continued. "So I'm watching to see who runs this school, is it the protesters, or are the adults in charge there?"
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Bar-Yoshafat's first Berkeley event, which was organized by two pro-Israel student groups and scheduled to take place in late February, was abruptly canceled after an anti-Semitic mob rushed the venue. Violent protesters choked a female student attendee, spit in another's face, and shouted "Jew, Jew, Jew."
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Berkeley launched a hate crime probe in connection with the event. The school cited "two alleged incidents" of "overtly antisemitic expression," as well as "allegations of physical battery."
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Berkeley administrators offered no apology to Bar-Yoshafat in the wake of the violent protest, he told the Free Beacon.</blockquote>
<A href=https://nypost.com/2024/03/17/us-news/jewish-students-in-nyc-area-urged-not-to-apply-to-cornell-university-after-antisemitic-incidents-not-a-safe-place/>Jewish students in NYC area urged not to apply to Cornell University after antisemitic incidents: ‘Not a safe place’</a>
<blockquote>A group combating antisemitism has mailed a brochure to all high schools in the New York City metropolitan region urging them to discourage Jewish students from applying to Cornell University because of perceived Jew hatred on campus.
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“Considering Cornell? Cornell is not a safe place for Jewish students,” the group Alums for Campus Fairness claims in the brochure.
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Cornell, the leafy Ivy League university in upstate Ithaca, is among the New York colleges being investigated by the US Department of Education over complaints of antisemitism and Islamophobia on campus.
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A 21-year-old Cornell student was arrested last October for allegedly making violent threats against his Jewish peers in a series of online messages. The threats came just days after graffiti was scrawled on campus sidewalks, including “F—k Israel” and “Zionism = Racism.”
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Meanwhile, Cornell University history professor Russel Rickford was caught on camera at a rally telling students that Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel was “exhilarating” and “energizing.”
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Jewish students blasted his remarks as an antisemitic incitement of violence.
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The brochure also noted that some Cornell student groups also defended Hamas’ terrorism.
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“Cornell refuses to enforce the student code of conduct, fostering a hostile climate that endangers Jewish students,” the group’s brochure said.
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Avi Gordon, executive director of Alums for Campus Fairness said of the brochure, “As a national network of alumni dedicated to countering antisemitism on campus, we felt an obligation to warn prospective Jewish students and their families about Cornell’s failure to protect our community.”
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The group demanded that Cornell define and denounce antisemitism or adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s statement on antisemitism, which says, “Antisemitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities.”</blockquote>
<A href=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-792515>'Israelis should be burned to death’: Israeli employees experience wave of antisemitism</a>
<blockquote>"I have been working at Amazon in New York for nine years, and until October 7, I have not experienced anything antisemitic there," said Michael (a pseudonym; all names in the article are pseudonyms), an Israeli-American who works for the company as a software developer.
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"There have always been good relations between the Israelis who work here and the other employees. This is a company that has never had demonstrations, protests, or expressions of antisemitism, not even when Israel was involved in previous operations. But since the Black Sabbath, something has changed. It didn't happen all at once. It was a process," he said.
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Manifestation of the antisemitism<br>
"At first, there were small things, like being ‘forgotten’ from post-work social gatherings. Then, in office conversations, some employees denied the October 7 massacre and started talking about war crimes committed by Israel.
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Some said that all Israelis should be drowned in the sea and similar things like that. It's unpleasant to hear, especially from people I was on good terms with, and now they see me as an enemy. Then they started sending messages in WhatsApp groups that I’m part of, like 'I stand with Palestine,' 'It's time to free occupied Palestine,’ and 'Israelis should be burned to death.’ On the walls there are Free Palestine stickers, and in the elevators, you will see graffiti in Arabic, I assume they are against Israel."
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The magazine entitled The European Conservative revealed last January that Amazon employees were found to have been spreading pro-Palestinian and antisemitic messages after internal communication documents were leaked from the company. "It happened on Slack, the messaging platform," said Michael.
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"They wrote that the Israelis were raping Palestinian women and beheading children. My main fear is that someday it will escalate from words to actions, and there is no one here who is really protecting us."
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In the news, it was noted that several Israelis complained to the authorities about this.
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"Supervisors are afraid to deal with the pro-Palestinian and Arab employees in the company and prefer to be neutral," explained Michael. "So neutral, it has become anti-Israel. I feel that I do not have the support of the management."
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Amazon responded in a statement, "We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind in the workplace. We investigate any reported behavior of this nature and will take appropriate action against any employee found to have violated our policies, including termination of their employment."</blockquote>
<A href=https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-792418>Controversy at McGill : Pro-Palestinian protests</a>
<blockquote>On Thursday, February 22, McGill students on their way to classes in the Bronfman Building or coffee at the Couche-Tard were faced with pro-Palestinian groups blockading multiple entrances to the building.
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That morning, McGill Alert and Communications sent emails informing students that some classes had been moved to Zoom and others were canceled. Students attempting to attend class in the Bronfman Building were penalized by groups of students spreading hate and misinformation. As a Jewish and Israeli student, I, for one, will continue to purchase coffee from the Bronfman Couche-Tard, while proudly wearing my Star of David necklace.
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This was not the first time that groups were chanting against Israel on the McGill campus – specifically against McGill’s student exchange program with Israel’s Hebrew University of Jerusalem. However, this was the first radical protest right at the doors of a building funded by the Jewish Bronfman family.
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In mid-February, a pro-Palestinian protest took place in front of Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, a medical intuition initially founded to cater to Jewish patients and doctors, when no other hospital would allow a Jewish doctor to practice.
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All students wishing to attend classes on Thursday morning were blockaded by anti-Israel protesters. Whether students agreed with the anti-Israel groups or not, they were not able to enter their classes. As a McGill student, I strongly emphasize that it should be our right to attend class as scheduled.
Protests at McGill: inappropriate actions and antisemitism claims
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A school building houses student learning and working faculty members. It is completely inappropriate and goes against McGill’s policy and city laws to block an entrance or exit to a building.
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Protesting directly in front of Jewish-funded or Jewish-catered institutions makes it harder for groups to claim they are not antisemitic. The anti-Israel groups radicalized their cause by inappropriately taking that right away from students.</blockquote>
<A href=https://www.dailywire.com/news/fairfax-schools-to-let-students-opt-out-of-holocaust-lesson-citing-students-with-different-experiences>Fairfax Schools To Let Students Opt Out Of Holocaust Lesson, Citing Students With ‘Different Experiences’</a>
<blockquote>Fairfax County contains a hotbed of Muslim extremism. A mosque there, attended by several 9/11 hijackers as well as the Fort Hood terrorist, was presided over by the father of Abrar Omeish, who until this year was a member of the Fairfax County school board. Omeish voted against an FCPS resolution offering a moment of silence for victims of 9/11 and another for victims of October’s Hamas attacks on Israel, said the decisive World War II victor at Iwo Jima was “unfortunate,” and gave a graduation speech encouraging students to “remember your jihad” and reject capitalism.
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Jennifer Katz, a founding member of United Against Anti-Semitism and a Jewish parent of two FCPS students, told The Daily Wire that hearing from a Holocaust survivor is supposed to be emotionally difficult, and is part of gaining a full understanding of the tragedy.
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“If a specific student is directly tied to the Holocaust or a Holocaust survivor, and the topic is too sensitive for them, then it can be handled on an individual basis. To make a blanket opt out option is misguided and wrong,” she told The Daily Wire.
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“Given the hostile climate for many Jewish students nationwide, mandatory Holocaust education is more important than ever. The Holocaust is more than just learning that six million Jews were killed, it’s learning how this was able to happen in the first place,” she said.
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The opt-out of the Holocaust lesson in FCPS, whose school board is entirely Democrat, is a reversal from the Left’s position on opt-outs on topics like transgenderism and anti-racism, which typically holds that hard truths are often uncomfortable, that it is the role of a school to instill certain values, and that on some issues, there are not two sides, but only good and evil.
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“When a parent chooses to censor a lesson over its content, their child loses the opportunity to engage with a different perspective. This robs the child of the benefits to critical thinking, social development, and civic engagement that come from grappling with diverse perspectives. In engaging with difference, we promote the type of informed thinking that forms the bedrock of democracy. In avoiding difference, we stifle it,” an education researcher wrote in Time Magazine, layout out the dominant view of Democrat politicos, who have sought to prevent parents from opting their students out as schools have increasingly pushed Democrat politics under the guise of diversity and inclusion, social emotional learning, sed ed, and other topics.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Adnan Barq was on the “Long Live the Intifada” podcast to glorify violent armed resistance, discuss how Jews study Nazis to oppress Palestinians, and are “fucking creepy,” Naturally, he is speaking at Harvard next week. Harvard only loves free speech if it fuels antisemitism <a href="https://t.co/2JPIEYAD7x">pic.twitter.com/2JPIEYAD7x</a></p>— Shabbos Kestenbaum (@ShabbosK) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShabbosK/status/1769491565397839911?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A powerful message from Professor <a href="https://twitter.com/ShaiDavidai?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ShaiDavidai</a> at the 2024 StandWithUs International Conference: Speak up against antisemitism. Be safe, be smart when you speak up, but speak up! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StandUpToHatred?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StandUpToHatred</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SwuConf2024?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SwuConf2024</a> <a href="https://t.co/wpxEIOycgU">pic.twitter.com/wpxEIOycgU</a></p>— StandWithUs (@StandWithUs) <a href="https://twitter.com/StandWithUs/status/1769379904401949177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">As with everything else that <a href="https://twitter.com/Columbia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Columbia</a> has been doing, I assume that they were planning to simply ignore this blatant call for violence *by a student organization*<br><br>(after all, they've ignored it for five months, why would they stop now?)</p>— Shai Davidai (@ShaiDavidai) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShaiDavidai/status/1769537275380076946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/Columbia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Columbia</a> - we won't let you erase our identity.<br><br>This was not "a call for violence against individuals from specific national origins or with specific religious or ethnic identities"<br><br>This was a call for violence against JEWISH ISRAELIS.</p>— Shai Davidai (@ShaiDavidai) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShaiDavidai/status/1769537298029285642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Your thread is very popular today! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TopUnroll?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TopUnroll</a> <a href="https://t.co/ct2XZuU80F">https://t.co/ct2XZuU80F</a> 🙏🏼<a href="https://twitter.com/GeekYUAlum?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GeekYUAlum</a> for 🥇unroll</p>— Thread Reader App (@threadreaderapp) <a href="https://twitter.com/threadreaderapp/status/1769537970141347967?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">UPDATE: Archer Avelin (aka Nathan B Grage) is no longer with 'Home Land And Yachts' as the company has now pulled his active listing (live as of last night at the time of the original post).<a href="https://t.co/owwRxSpWJG">https://t.co/owwRxSpWJG</a> <a href="https://t.co/hkJrDS3Gw6">https://t.co/hkJrDS3Gw6</a> <a href="https://t.co/1d0wvuZ2UR">pic.twitter.com/1d0wvuZ2UR</a></p>— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) <a href="https://twitter.com/StopAntisemites/status/1769724631227760814?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="qme" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/5u8ZnN6hYf">https://t.co/5u8ZnN6hYf</a></p>— Canary Mission (@canarymission) <a href="https://twitter.com/canarymission/status/1769484695010689420?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Further evidence of her repulsive views. <a href="https://t.co/zn5bfaAEn6">pic.twitter.com/zn5bfaAEn6</a></p>— GnasherJew®גנאשר (@GnasherJew) <a href="https://twitter.com/GnasherJew/status/1769418705660739650?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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PreOccupiedTerritory: <a href="http://www.preoccupiedterritory.com/the-jewish-corpses-didnt-resist-so-it-wasnt-rape/">The Jewish Corpses Didn’t Resist, So It Wasn’t Rape by Muhammad El-Kurd, Palestine activist and commentator (satire)</a>
<blockquote>We’ve all had quite enough of the over-the-top descriptions of Hamas actions on October 7. The Zionist narrative has become so pervasive and has colonized the media, so that all one hears in relation to that date is about Palestinian brutality and depravity, with only marginalized but brave voices questioning the dishonest framing about Hamas “raping even the corpses” near Gaza. It’s not rape because the bodies didn’t resist. I can’t believe so many people don’t understand that.
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You can talk all you want about beheadings, mass murder, and other acts of legitimate resistance, but we cannot ignore the falsehoods. Those undermine the entire set of Zionist claims. Even the incidents caught on camera show not a single Israeli corpse trying to stop the men having sex with them. They weren’t drugged or asleep, either. And they didn’t say a word to indicate any refusal! I swear, this feminism thing has gone too far. And now it’s being weaponized against Palestinians.
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We should have expected this. Every social and political sin gets wielded against us. No one even lets us hijack airplanes anymore – remember that?! I guess I wonder why I thought things might proceed differently.
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Do not even get me STARTED on the “taboo” against baking a baby to death in the oven while you gang-rape his mother. The baby certainly didn’t say “No” either. If that even happened. Like the Holocaust.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The way Washington Post editors and writers justify to themselves to adopt open bias and becoming propagandists for terrorism and open bigots is definitely interesting… <a href="https://t.co/SSYZ83C2SA">pic.twitter.com/SSYZ83C2SA</a></p>— AG (@AGHamilton29) <a href="https://twitter.com/AGHamilton29/status/1769360049342738875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ask yourself why he’s using the word “hasbara” here. <a href="https://t.co/OLTGlmWR5P">https://t.co/OLTGlmWR5P</a></p>— Eli Steinberg (@HaMeturgeman) <a href="https://twitter.com/HaMeturgeman/status/1769477987517268328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://camera-uk.org/2024/03/17/guardian-revives-last-months-hamas-aid-convoy-libel/">Guardian revives last month's Hamas aid convoy libel</a>
<blockquote>The IDF’s investigation of was based in large measure on aerial sattelite footage of the incident.
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The IDF said that a second incident occurred a short time later at another spot at El-Nabusi Square, where armed Palestinians reportedly fired on the trucks and stole supplies. In the third stage, a large group of Palestinians descended on the trucks, but also came close to surprised Israeli forces stationed nearby to protect the deliveries. According to the IDF, once the large group of Palestinians were a few dozen meters away from forces, they fired in the air and issued warnings to stay away. When the same Palestinians reportedly continued to come closer to forces, they fired at the Palestinians’ legs.
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What’s even more telling is that Emma Graham-Harrison is the same reporter who co-wrote a Guardian article on March 1st about that very incident – an article which included not only Israel’s denial, but also the testimony of a Palestinian eye-witness which backed the military’s version of events. The Guardian journalist, presumably in order to give credence to the Israeli ‘siege within a siege’ narrative of ‘aid workers’ in the current article, decided to promote a Hamas libel that she knew Israel refuted.
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We complained to editors asking that they revise the sentence in question to more accurately reflect the available evidence regarding the incident.</blockquote>
<a href="https://camera-uk.org/2024/03/17/bbc-news-in-cant-be-bothered-to-do-journalism-mode-on-aid-convoy-story/">BBC News in ‘can’t be bothered to do journalism’ mode on aid convoy story</a>
<blockquote>As reported by the Times of Israel and others, contrary to the BBC’s portrayal, the Hamas health ministry did not merely ‘say’ that “20 people had been killed as they waited for aid”: it directly accused Israeli forces of having killed them:<br>
<i>“The Hamas-run health ministry in the Gaza Strip accused Israeli troops of opening fire from “tanks and helicopters” at the civilians gathered at Kuwait Square late Thursday, killing 21 people and wounding more than 150 others.”</i>
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Just after noon on March 15th the IDF published the results of its investigation into the Hamas allegations, including video footage.<br>
<i>““A review of our operational systems and IDF troops [on the ground] found that no tank shelling, airstrike or gunfire was carried out toward the Gazan crowd in the area of the aid convoy,” the military said.
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The IDF also issued aerial footage of what it said showed Palestinian gunmen opening fire amid the crowd during the first incident, an hour before the aid trucks had arrived.”</i>
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The original version of this BBC report was amended to include parts of that statement at around 13:00 Israeli time. Nevertheless, at least five subsequent versions of the report, including the one currently appearing on the BBC News website, continued to amplify a terrorist organisation’s propaganda that had not been verified by the BBC and that ‘he said – she said’ account.
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Notably, readers of this report are not provided with any background information, including on relevant topics such as Hamas’ efforts to incite violence during Ramadan, Hamas’ record of stealing humanitarian aid or the activities of armed criminal gangs which loot aid and then sell it at inflated prices.
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There is of course no excuse for the BBC’s ‘can’t be bothered to do journalism’ presentation of this story which results in the failure to inform BBC audiences what happened – and what did not – and the uncritical amplification of any and every old propaganda put out by a terrorist organisation. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">✅ <a href="https://twitter.com/UPI?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UPI</a> has now corrected its story in response to our request. <a href="https://t.co/0f0YUJx8MR">https://t.co/0f0YUJx8MR</a></p>— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) <a href="https://twitter.com/HonestReporting/status/1769795221670257041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://honestreporting.ca/petitions/global-news-gives-airtime-to-pro-palestinian-activist-yara-shoufani-who-defends-hamas-terrorism/">Global News Gives Airtime To Pro-Palestinian Activist Yara Shoufani Who Defends Hamas Terrorism</a>
<blockquote>All it would take is a simple 2-minute Google search to find out who Yara Shoufani is (a pro-Palestinian activist who defends Hamas terrorism) but it seems that Global News Toronto can’t even be bothered to do that in advance of its reporting, which raises the question: Does Global News do any due diligence prior to choosing who to give a platform to?
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Case in point, on March 16, Global News Toronto covered a protest outside the King Edward Hotel where Prime Minister Trudeau was having a fundraising event.
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During the protest, Global News interviewed Yara Shoufani. What was left untold by Global News is that Shoufani is a senior member of the Palestinian Youth Movement, a group that openly celebrated Hamas’ October 7 massacre of 1,200+ Israelis.
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As we exposed previously, the day before Hamas’ genocidal massacres on October 7, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, a federal research-funding agency, announced two grants each valued at $105,000 of taxpayer money, awarded to Yara Shoufani, a researcher at York University for her PhD for her work entitled: “Palestinian Urban Displacement in Israel: Anti-Colonialism and the Right to the City.”
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During the interview with Global News, Shoufani said the following:<br>
<i>“The Prime Minister thinks that it is appropriate to host a fundraising event with $1,700 tickets for purchase, while his government continues to send arms to Israel on month six of its ongoing genocide in Gaza”.</i>
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Not only did Global News give Shoufani a platform to spread disinformation, but the news outlet seemingly did not know who it was talking to, as Yara Shoufani has a long and sordid history of making statements that reasonable Canadians would find appalling.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Australia's <a href="https://twitter.com/abcnews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@abcnews</a> interviewed Israeli experts on the state's defense policies. But one isn't an expert at all.<br><br>🟢 Fmr. Shin Bet head Ami Ayalon<br>🟢 Current cabinet minister & fmr. Shin Bet head Avi Dichter<br>🟢 Fmr. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni<br>🔴 "Fmr. IDF commander" Yehuda… <a href="https://t.co/wevog2Yo0n">https://t.co/wevog2Yo0n</a></p>— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) <a href="https://twitter.com/HonestReporting/status/1769340315255685473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">More on how Breaking the Silence, as its critics have repeatedly alleged, appears to frequently rely on either fabricated or exaggerated testimonies from former soldiers — some of whom received a salary from Breaking the Silence — and are motivated by financial and political…</p>— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) <a href="https://twitter.com/HonestReporting/status/1769340320481698221?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.camera.org/article/october-rockets-reuters-makes-hezbollah-attacks-a-thing-of-the-past/">October Rockets Reuters Makes Hezbollah Attacks A Thing of the Past</a>
<blockquote>Alongside the rocket attacks, Hezbollah drone and deadly anti-tank attacks have continued regularly until March 13 (and since, with the most recent rocket attack targeting Shtula, Shumra, Zarit and Even Menachem as these words are written, at 5:15 am ET, March 17). The Institute for National Security Studies details (screenshot at left) Hezbollah’s daily attacks against Israeli targets through Feb. 20 (along with IDF strikes against Hezbollah). Indeed, there have been many, many more Hezbollah attacks against Israel, rockets and otherwise, since October than in October. Daily reports detailing Hezbollah attacks on Israel are also available at the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, and are updated (as of this writing) until March 14.
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Many of Hezbollah’s attacks have been deadly, killing numerous civilians along with soldiers. Most recently, on March 4, Hezbollah’s anti-tank fire killed a foreign agricultural worker in Moshav Margaliot and injured nine more. On Jan. 14, a Hezbollah missile attack killed an elderly mother along with her son at their home in Kfar Yuval. Electrician Shalom Aboudi was killed by a Hezbollah missile attack Nov. 12, as he attempted to repair lines damaged in an earlier Hezbollah strike. Additional civilian casualties killed in Hezbollah attacks since October include 60-year-old Eyal Uzan (Dec. 7);
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Nearly 100,000 Israelis from the north are still evacuated from their homes because of the ongoing Hezbollah fire.
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Though CAMERA communicated with editors about the misrepresentation of Hezbollah attacks as a phenomenom of the past, Reuters has yet to amend the misleading passage falsely suggesting that Israel is the only </blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Left: <a href="https://twitter.com/Telegraph?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@telegraph</a> states Israel "has refused to cooperate" with a UN investigation into UNRWA employees.<br><br>Right: UN investigation head Catherine Colonna tweets her thanks to Israeli officials for their cooperation.<br><br>Telegraph, please correct your error.<a href="https://t.co/i3eR8rMfYL">https://t.co/i3eR8rMfYL</a> <a href="https://t.co/A50daqiCi1">pic.twitter.com/A50daqiCi1</a></p>— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) <a href="https://twitter.com/HonestReporting/status/1769367383724953670?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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MEMRI: <A href=https://www.memri.org/reports/chinese-foreign-ministry-official-hamas-leader-ismail-haniya-hamas-part-palestinian-national>Chinese Foreign Ministry Official To Hamas Leader Isma'il Haniya: Hamas Is Part Of The Palestinian National Fabric; China Will Maintain Its Ties With It</a>
<blockquote>On March 17, 2024, a Hamas delegation led by Isma'il Haniya, head of the movement's political bureau, met in Qatar with Wang Kejian, an official in the Chinese foreign ministry. The meeting was also attended by China's ambassador to Qatar, Cao Xiaolin. According to a statement issued by Hamas after the meeting, China, unlike the U.S. and some European countries, recognizes it as a legitimate part of the Palestinian fabric.
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The following are details about the meeting, as presented in Hamas' statement.
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Posted on Hamas' Telegram channel, the statement notes that the sides discussed "the political developments on the ground that are relevant to the situation in the Gaza Strip, the ways to stop the war our [Palestinian] people are facing, and the delivery of urgent aid to rescue [the people], especially in light of the killing, starvation, massacres and attempts to create chaos."
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Haniya said that he was "proud of the close relations between the two friendly peoples" and hailed the role played by China in the UN, the Security Council and the International Court of Justice, as well as the aid it has dispatched to the Gaza Strip. The statement adds that Haniya "stressed the need to act quickly to stop the aggression and massacre, cause the occupation army to withdraw [from the Gaza Strip], return the displaced [Gazans to their homes] and provide what is needed to rebuild [the Strip]. In addition, [he called] to promote the political goals and aspirations, namely the establishment of a fully sovereign, independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital, and to implement the [Palestinians'] right of return and right to self-determination."
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Kejian, for his part, "stressed the close and historical relations between the Palestinian and Chinese peoples, as well as China's unwavering positions on the Palestinian issue and its support of the Palestinian people's just demands for freedom, independence and the establishment of the Palestinian state." He [too] called to stop the war, end the killing of the Palestinians and meet their humanitarian needs. The statement noted that he "emphasized that the Hamas movement is part of the Palestinian national fabric and that China is acting to preserve the relations with it."[1]</blockquote>
PMW: <a href="https://palwatch.org/page/35007">PA hypocrisy: Embrace Hamas or condemn Hamas based on political expediency</a>
<blockquote>The PA received much attention over the weekend for having condemned Hamas. However, it is important to recognize that the Fatah statement was not a condemnation or an attempt to distance itself from the atrocities of October 7 nor from Hamas terror in general. It was merely an issue of internal politics, reflected by criticism of a statement by Hamas attacking Mahmoud Abbas.
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Regarding the October 7 atrocities, the PA and Fatah have emphasized that they are proud to have never condemned Hamas. Mahmoud Abbas’ advisor for Religious Affairs Mahmoud Al-Habbash explained:<br>
<i>“From the leadership, from President Mahmoud Abbas to the last of the people in the Palestinian leadership – has anyone heard from us one word against the Hamas Movement or against any Palestinian?”
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[Mahmoud Abbas’ Advisor on Religious Affairs and Islamic Relations Mahmoud Al-Habbash, Facebook page, Nov. 6, 2023] </i>
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On the contrary, the PA and Fatah have consistently defended, justified, and glorified the October 7 massacre. Fatah Jenin branch member Abd Al-Rahman Abu Al-Rub gloated: <br>
<i>“We say to our people and to the members of the Palestinian people: A morning of victory, and morning of joy, a morning of pride. We ask Allah to send a blessing to our heroic Martyrs in the Gaza Strip … We [call] to all our brothers and to all our Palestinian people that they are compelled to take action and participate in this story of heroism.”
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[Official PA TV, Oct. 8, 2023]</i>
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At the end of November, when everyone knew the details of the horrific rapes, torture, and slaughter, Fatah Central Committee Secretary Jibril Rajoub described the October 7 massacre as heroic:<br>
<i>“What happened on October 7 was an earthquake, an unprecedented incident, and a war of defense full of epics and acts of heroism that the Palestinian people has been waging for 75 years.”
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[Al-Anba, Kuwaiti news website, Nov. 26, 2023]</i></blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Fatah Spokesman Dr. Jamal Nazzal Slams Hamas: Our Leaders Are in Palestine, While Hamas Leaders Live in Luxury in Turkey and Qatar; Al-Arouri’s Assassination Led to a Decline in Their IQ Level <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Fatah?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Fatah</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hamas?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Hamas</a> <a href="https://t.co/vNKktsiWqW">pic.twitter.com/vNKktsiWqW</a></p>— MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) <a href="https://twitter.com/MEMRIReports/status/1769693764258320681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Anti-Hamas Protests in the Gaza Strip: The People Want to Topple Hamas; Sinwar, You Are a Collaborator, Traitor, F*ck Off; Haniyeh, You Ass, We Want to Return Home; Osama Hamdan, Come Back from Lebanon <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hamas?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Hamas</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gaza?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Gaza</a> <a href="https://t.co/s3eP43JPEF">pic.twitter.com/s3eP43JPEF</a></p>— MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) <a href="https://twitter.com/MEMRIReports/status/1769708152394494355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Gazans driving on a road in Gaza that was Hamas closed military area before the war. Now they can drive on it, only to discover that it is really chicken and turkey farms, and lemon groves, stolen by Hamas leaders for their own profit. These were previously Israeli agricultural… <a href="https://t.co/gngbPB0AE5">pic.twitter.com/gngbPB0AE5</a></p>— Imshin (@imshin) <a href="https://twitter.com/imshin/status/1769599928697753873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sheikh Hani abu el-Qasem's charity in Rafah, south Gaza Strip, is still going strong - preparing food for displaced Gazans for breaking the fast - freshly slaughtered lamb with rice.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheGazaYouDontSee?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheGazaYouDontSee</a><a href="https://t.co/l7HIRC6TxW">https://t.co/l7HIRC6TxW</a> <a href="https://t.co/JtPenE35GD">https://t.co/JtPenE35GD</a> <a href="https://t.co/eOWWzfgyZk">pic.twitter.com/eOWWzfgyZk</a></p>— Imshin (@imshin) <a href="https://twitter.com/imshin/status/1769699293449884157?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lebanese Journalist Abdul Ghani Tlais: Benjamin Franklin Warned the Americans against Jewish Immigration, Jews Were Banished from France, Italy, Germany; The West Collected All that “Garbage” and Dumped it on the Arabs <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/antisemitism?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#antisemitism</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/AbdulTulais?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AbdulTulais</a> <a href="https://t.co/uVVlFQlmYx">pic.twitter.com/uVVlFQlmYx</a></p>— MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) <a href="https://twitter.com/MEMRIReports/status/1769658720043094417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.jns.org/keep-iranian-funds-frozen-12-attorneys-general-tell-biden/">Keep Iranian funds frozen, 12 attorneys general tell Biden</a>
<blockquote>Washington must stop releasing money to Iran, the attorneys general of Iowa, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Montana, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, Utah and Virginia wrote to U.S. President Joe Biden in mid-March.
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“Your administration has already given almost $1 billion to the U.N. agency that employed terrorists. We urge you to stop before compounding the problem by giving access to as much as $10 billion to one of the world’s top funders of terrorism—Iran,” the 12 chief state lawyers wrote.
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JNS reported in December that a Biden administration official revealed, seemingly for the first time, that Iran had made “transactions” on funds released by Washington.
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“As our states’ top law enforcement officials, we write, five months after the horrific Iran-sponsored terror attack on Israel and five months into non-stop Iran-sponsored terrorism directed against U.S. interests, to urge you to stop giving sanctions relief to the Islamic Republic of Iran,” the 12 wrote.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Blocking humanitarian aid from reaching Sudan, blowing up a Norwegian ship transporting palm oil to Italy, and killing random Filipino sailors is not "stopping a genocide."<br><br>Also religious UNDERTONES? The last two lines of their motto is "A Curse Upon the Jews. Victory to Islam." <a href="https://t.co/JEyIvi48uf">pic.twitter.com/JEyIvi48uf</a></p>— Kareem Rifai 🌐 (@KareemRifai) <a href="https://twitter.com/KareemRifai/status/1769749884259688857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.jewishpress.com/news/global/un/alternate-reality-iran-becomes-president-of-un-conference-on-disarmament/2024/03/18/">Alternate Reality: Iran Becomes President of UN Conference on Disarmament</a>
<blockquote>he Islamic Republic of Iran assumes the presidency of the United Nations Conference on Disarmament on Monday, a rotating position that will keep Iran in control over the international body from March 18 to March 29, and from May 13 to May 24.
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The 2024 session of the body, which is the single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum of the international community, is divided into three successive parts: from January 22 to March 28, from May 13 to June 28, and from July 29 to September 13.
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In addition to Iran, Israel, India, Iraq and Ireland are also set to preside over the conference this year.
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The irony of Iran leading this body becomes amazingly clear when considering the agenda of this year’s conference, as announced by the UN Office at Geneva and quoted by Iran’s Nour News:<br>
1. cessation of the nuclear arms race and nuclear disarmament;<br>
2. prevention of nuclear war;<br>
3. formation of a comprehensive program of disarmament; and<br>
4. transparency in armaments, among other issues.
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“The Islamic Republic of Iran holding this position while developing a nuclear bomb and being found to have committed serious human rights breaches is an embarrassment for the UN system,” the Liberal Senator for Tasmania and Shadow Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs, Claire Chandler wrote in a post Monday on the X social media platform.
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“We urge all world leaders to STOP legitimizing a radical regime that sponsors terrorism around the globe, kills its own people for protesting for their human rights, and is racing to build a nuclear bomb to threaten the world,” UN Watch director Hillel Neuer wrote on a petition seeking 12,800 signatures. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Today marks a sad and shameful day. It is a travesty that the murderous Islamic regime in Iran is becoming today the President of the UN Conference on Disarmament. <br><br>This is a terrorist regime that murders its own people, that beats, blinds, tortures, and rapes women and girls.… <a href="https://t.co/lmQ9KdjyCc">pic.twitter.com/lmQ9KdjyCc</a></p>— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/status/1769772532511477986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/03/18/mahsa-aminis-death-iran-custody-unlawful-says-un-mission/">Mahsa Amini’s Death in Iran Custody Was ‘Unlawful’, Says UN Mission</a>
<blockquote>A fact-finding mission mandated by the United Nations said on Monday that the death of Mahsa Amini in custody of Iran‘s morality police was “unlawful” and caused by violence and that women in the country remain subjected to wide-ranging discrimination.
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The death of 22-year-old Amini, a Kurdish Iranian woman, in Sept. 2022 while in custody for allegedly violating the Islamic dress code unleashed months of mass protests across Iran. Her death marked the biggest challenge to Iran‘s clerical leaders in decades.
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“Our investigation established that her death was unlawful and caused by physical violence in the custody of state authorities,” Sara Hossain, chairperson of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Iran, told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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She said the protests that followed were marked by “egregious human rights violations,” including extra-judicial executions, arbitrary arrests, torture, and ill-treatment, as well as rape and sexual violence.
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“These acts were conducted in the context of a widespread and systematic attack against women and girls, and other persons expressing support for human rights,” Hossain said.
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“Some of these serious violations of human rights thus rose to the level of crimes against humanity.”</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">15 years ago, 🇨🇦 activist Nazanin Afshin-Jam went before the UNHRC on behalf of 50 human rights defenders to demand an inquiry on Iran. 🔽<br><br>Finally this was created in 2022. Tomorrow they present their findings.<br><br>Nazanin is back, with this amazing panel: <a href="https://t.co/VUxWq4SCDD">https://t.co/VUxWq4SCDD</a> <a href="https://t.co/G4JWdxtUHF">https://t.co/G4JWdxtUHF</a></p>— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/status/1769547446357569714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/03/18/austrian-government-announces-news-measures-to-counter-orgy-of-hatred-targeting-jews/">Austrian Government Announces News Measures to Counter ‘Orgy of Hatred’ Targeting Jews</a>
<blockquote>In a bid to counter what she called the “orgy of hatred” targeting the Jewish community, Austria’s constitutional minister on Monday announced that the central European country’s strategy against antisemitism would be enhanced by a series of measures focused on the internet.
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Addressing a press conference in Vienna, Karoline Edtstadler unveiled a package of 15 goals to reduce antisemitic agitation online. These include the use of AI to detect and combat antisemitic hate speech, a campaign across all media formats warning of the dangerous consequences of antisemitism, enabling the Austrian Communications Authority to impose stricter regulations on online platforms under the terms of Austria’s Digital Service Act, and organizing a summit sponsored by the federal chancellery to address antisemitism online that will include the relevant stakeholders.
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Describing the measures, Edtstadler emphasized that “the internet is not a legal vacuum.”
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The minister’s announcement came less than a week after the IKG, Austria’s Jewish representative organization, disclosed new data showing that 2023 was the worst year for antisemitism in Austria since it began maintaining records in 2008.
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A total of 1,147 incidents were reported — a 60 percent increase on the previous year’s total of 719 incidents. The vast majority of last year’s incidents occurred after the Hamas pogrom in southern Israel on Oct. 7.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-792519">French Holocaust memorial damaged in act of vandalism</a>
<blockquote>A facade for the Shoah Memorial in Drancy, France was damaged in an act of vandalism last Tuesday, said local authorities.
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The Seine-Saint-Denis Prefect Jacques Witkowski condemned the smashing of the glass window, the prefecture said Tuesday.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="fr" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Condamnation?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Condamnation</a> <br><br>Jacques Witkowski, préfet de la Seine-Saint-Denis, condamne avec fermeté les dégradations commises cette nuit sur la façade du mémorial de la Shoah à <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Drancy?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Drancy</a><a href="https://twitter.com/Prefet93?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Prefet93</a> s’indigne de cet acte antisémite qui vise un lieu de mémoire. <a href="https://t.co/iV9cEoxNNw">pic.twitter.com/iV9cEoxNNw</a></p>— Préfet de la Seine-Saint-Denis (@Prefet93) <a href="https://twitter.com/Prefet93/status/1767882285951389741?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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"The Seine-Saint-Denis Prefecture is outraged by this antisemitic act which targets a place of memory," the local authority said on X on Wednesday.
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Drancy was an internment camp for Jews en route to death camps
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The Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions (CFIF) and the European Jewish Congress said on Wednesday and Thursday that the targeting of the Drancy memorial was aimed at erasing the memory of Holocaust victims and the history of antisemitism.
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According to the memorial center, the Paris suburb of Drancy was the site of a World War II internment camp for Jews, where they were held until deportation to German extermination camps. Between 1942 and 1944, "approximately 63,000 of the 76,000 Jews deported from France went through Drancy." </blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jns.org/trial-begins-for-uk-neo-nazi-who-attempted-to-attack-immigration-lawyer/">Trial begins for UK neo-Nazi who attempted to attack immigration lawyer</a>
<blockquote>Prosecutors in the United Kingdom began to lay out their case against Cavan Medlock, 31, for alleged threats in September 2020 against an attorney, Toufique Hossain, while bringing a knife, handcuffs, and Confederate and Nazi flags into a law firm, according to news reports in the British media.
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Medlock, who was also accused of preparing to unleash acts of terrorism, pleaded not guilty to attempting to attack Hossain.
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But witnesses such as trainee attorney Efrat Idelson at the Duncan Lewis law firm in Harrow, a town in Greater London, say otherwise. “He was very violent, aggressive, and his comments were very racist and antisemitic,” said Idelson, who witnessed the attack, wrote the BBC.
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Medlock made his views clear in interviews with police: “I would say I was a National Socialist, yeah, and I do believe Hitler should have won.”
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He said he brought confederacy and swastika flags with him to the law firm as a rallying call, part of his goal to “inspire other nationalists.”
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Evidence seized from Medlock’s phone suggested that he had researched Hossain and targeted the attorney due to his focus on immigration.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">By now, many of you are aware of Dr. Benjamin Harouni, the Jewish-Iranian dentist in San Diego who was murdered earlier this month. <br><br>I wanted to share this heartbreaking caption his mom posted about her son that moved me. It’s filled with the sort of details any good parent… <a href="https://t.co/jimc42TRV3">pic.twitter.com/jimc42TRV3</a></p>— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) <a href="https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1769535792656027978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-792498">Florida Chabad synagogue and community center set aflame in arson</a>
<blockquote>The Florida Las Olas Chabad Jewish Center was ravaged by a fire in an act of arson early Saturday morning, causing damage to the synagogue, Hebrew school, and community center, Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue, Fort Lauderdale Police Department, and Las Olas Chabad said.
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Security footage showed a man placing what appeared to be a flammable substance into the grill of a minivan parked outside the center. The arsonist, in custody and identified by the Fort Lauderdale Police Department as Scott Hannaford, 50, had attempted to set fire to other objects outside the center, including what appeared to be an electrical box. Fire Rescue said on Saturday on social media that the fire leaped from the vehicle to the building.
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Hannaford had come prepared with materials needed to commit arson, and it did not seem a crime of opportunity but a targeted attack, Las Olas Chabad codirector Rabbi Chaim Slavaticki told The Jerusalem Post on Monday. His belief was informed by previous interactions with the alleged arsonist.
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“It’s not just an attack on the community, it’s an attack on the entire city and the Jewish people,” said Slavaticki.
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Events that proceeded the fire<br>
The Friday evening before the fire, the alleged arsonist had blocked the rabbi and his wife from entering an alleyway by the facility when they sought to park the car before Shabbat and a Hebrew School family dinner. Slavaticki said that the arsonist screamed at the rabbi and raised his middle finger.
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The Chabad had negative interactions with Hannaford in the past, but Slavaticki said that while the center’s neighbors saw Hannaford around the area, they didn’t have such clashes with him. Consequently, Slavaticki personally believed that Hannaford was targeting the Jewish community.
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FLPD said that based on the information it had at the time, the arson was an isolated incident and was not considered a hate crime. Hannaford was a transient suffering from mental illness and has been charged with arson, criminal mischief, and possession of cocaine.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Florida Chabad synagogue and community center was destroyed in an act of arson over the weekend. <br><br>The synagogue, Hebrew school, and community center were all damaged. <br><br>Attacking the places where Jews pray, learn, and gather isn’t political protest, it’s an ugly act of hate. <a href="https://t.co/mj1Pd7lmzS">pic.twitter.com/mj1Pd7lmzS</a></p>— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) <a href="https://twitter.com/AvivaKlompas/status/1769687584836341860?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.jewishpress.com/news/us-news/ny/pro-hamas-goons-target-effys-cafe-on-nycs-upper-west-side/2024/03/18/">Pro-Hamas Goons Target Effy’s Cafe on NYC’s Upper West Side</a>
<blockquote>New Yorkers living on the city’s Upper West Side of Manhattan came together on Monday to help the owners of the popular kosher Effy’s Cafe clean up a horrific, vicious mess left by pro-Hamas anarchists.
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This is not the first time the cafe has been targeted.
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In response, X social media user Shai Davidai wrote, “No other way to say this: A kosher restaurant was targeted for for being Jewish. This is happening in the zip-code with one of the highest concentration of Jews in the US. We will not let them replay the 1930s in Germany. This time we’re fighting back.”
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On the sidewalk in front of the Israeli Jewish eatery, located on West 96th Street, spray-painted in large black capital letters, was the following: “FORM LINE HERE TO SUPPORT GENOCIDE.”
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The front windows and door were slathered with huge amounts of red paint that had obviously been thrown at the restaurant.
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Neighbors in the area came together and worked for hours to help remove the graffiti, purchasing the supplies themselves from local stores, according to X social media user Melanie Notkin.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🚨UPDATE🚨<br>The community has come together to clean up the anti Semitic vandalism on their own. <br>As our local politicians have abandoned Israel and fueled the campaigns of our enemies, we can’t wait around for the city to provide a clean up crew. <br>Cc: <a href="https://twitter.com/SenSchumer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenSchumer</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJerryNadler?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepJerryNadler</a> <a href="https://t.co/2oBQqIFy1x">https://t.co/2oBQqIFy1x</a> <a href="https://t.co/kQTt4cteXC">pic.twitter.com/kQTt4cteXC</a></p>— Manhattan Mingle (@ManhattanMingle) <a href="https://twitter.com/ManhattanMingle/status/1769727634500411849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/kindertransport-refugee-who-escaped-the-nazis-dies-aged-100-b91z2wfc">Kindertransport refugee who escaped the Nazis dies aged 100</a>
<blockquote>Tributes have flooded in after the death of Kindertransport refugee Henry Wuga, who has died aged 100.
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Olivia Marks-Woldman, chief executive of the Holocaust Memorial Trust, said: "We are heartbroken at the passing of Henry Wuga MBE.
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"Henry was a gentleman: charming, dapper and above all, a force for good.
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"The work that he, and his late wife Ingrid did, in sharing their testimonies, made an immense impact on thousands of people across Scotland.
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"Thank you for everything Henry. We will miss you."
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Wuga, who celebrated his 100th birthday in February, was also a well-known chef.
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Forced to leave school at the age of 14 following the implementation of the Nuremberg racial laws, on the advice of his mother he “learnt a trade" and began an apprenticeship as a junior chef in a kosher hotel in Baden-Baden.
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After six months of a 12-month apprenticeship, he decided to go home on 8 November, 1938 – the day before the pogrom that became known as Kristallnacht.
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He escaped Germany in May 1939 via the Kindertransport to Scotland, where he was subsequently arrested and interned for 10 months on the Isle of Man for “corresponding with the enemy”, because he had been sending letters to his mother via uncles in Paris and Brussels – a serious offence in wartime.
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He was a passionate educator and devoted years of his life educating people about the Holocaust.
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The Holocaust Memorial Trust said he had made an immense impact by sharing his testimony.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jewishrefugees.org.uk/2024/03/harari-writes-a-flawed-piece-referencing-the-jewish-exodus.html">Harari writes a flawed piece referencing the Jewish exodus from Arab countries</a>
<blockquote>This article by the celebrated author and philosopher Yuval Noah Harari is notable for describing the trauma experienced by Israelis who hail from Arab and Muslim countries (like his own family): it is not often that you read about this in The Financial Times. However, Harari’s argument is marred by moral equivalence. The Palestinian trauma of displacement was purely avoidable. It is a result of the failed Arab and Muslim campaign to eradicate the Jewish state. Unlike the Arab states who have wiped out their Jewish communities, Israel has never attempted transfer or ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians, despite the calls of a few extremist politicians.
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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is fuelled by the mutual horror of destruction. The current war has confirmed Palestinians’ deepest fears. After the Hamas attack on October 7 2023, calls for the utter destruction of the Gaza Strip and their mass killing and expulsion have become routine in the Israeli media and among some members of Israel’s ruling coalition. On October 7, the deputy Speaker of parliament, Nissim Vaturi, tweeted “Now we all have one common goal — erasing the Gaza Strip from the face of the earth.” On November 1, Israel’s minister of heritage, Amichai Eliyahu, posted “The North of the Gaza Strip, more beautiful than ever. Everything is blown up and flattened, simply a pleasure for the eyes.” And on November 11, Israel’s minister of agriculture, Avi Dichter, said that “we are now actually rolling out the Gaza Nakba”.
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If it wasn’t for Egyptian resistance and international pressure, it is not unreasonable to believe that Israel would have attempted to drive the Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip into the Sinai desert. As it is, according to Palestinian health officials, Israeli forces have so far killed more than 31,000, including combatants but largely civilians, and have forced more than 85 per cent of the civilian population of the Gaza Strip — almost 2mn people — out of their homes.
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Israelis carry their own historical traumas. The founding event of modern Jewish and Israeli identity is the Holocaust, when the Nazis exterminated about 6mn Jews, and wiped out most of Europe’s Jewish communities. Then in 1948, the Palestinians and their Arab allies made a concerted effort to annihilate the nascent state of Israel, and to kill or expel all its Jewish inhabitants.
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In the wake of their defeat and subsequent Arab defeats in the 1956 and 1967 wars, Arab countries took revenge by destroying their own defenceless Jewish communities. About 800,000 Jews were driven out of their ancestral homes in countries such as Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Yemen and Libya. At least half of Israeli Jews are the descendants of these Middle Eastern refugees. Jewish fears of murder and expulsion are not just the outcome of such historical memories.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jewishrefugees.org.uk/2024/03/how-4500-jews-were-rescued-from-syria-in-the-1990s.html">How 4,500 Jews were rescued from Syria in the 1990s</a>
<blockquote>Credit for the rescue of the remnant of Syrian Jewry usually goes to Judy Feld Carr, a Canadian housewife who raised funds to ransom individual Jews in the 1970s and 80s. The funds were delivered to Damascus Rabbi Abraham Hamra in order to provide bribes to the secret police. But the release between 1992 and 1995 of 4,500 Jews, held hostage by the butcher of Homs, Hafez al-Assad, may be attributed to the efforts of a US-based committee, the Council for the Rescue of Syrian Jews, which operated between 1988 and 1992. Egyptian-Jewish philanthropist and committee vice-president Clement Soffer, the recipient of several awards and honours, here describes their work :
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The Egyptian Jewish hero Eli Cohen, one of the greatest spies the world has ever known, recorded that Syria had appointed a huge number of secretive government officials. This led to the following situation:
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In 1972, Steven Shalom, son of community leader Isaac Shalom, in association of Congressman Steven Solarz, chairman of the House Foreign Relations Committee in Congress, sought to assist the remaining Jews in Syria. As a goodwill gesture towards the US, Syria released 14 Jewish women, allowing them officially to come to the USA. The move was designed to improve relations between Syria and the US. The Jewish Congressman Solarz represented the Brooklyn district where many Syrian Jews lived. They had reached out to Judy Feld Carr to raise funds to pay for some of these women’s travel expenses. The 14 rescued women came to Brooklyn, NY. Six got married and eight returned to Syria owing to a clash of cultures and because they were missing their families.
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Jews were not treated as equal citizens in Syria: they were not allowed to travel abroad as complete families for fear that they might escape. Only one individual from each family was allowed to travel for business or medical reasons. If he did not return on the last day of his exit visa, his family was never heard from again. Jews could not travel between cities unless given permission and supervised by the mukhabarat secret Syrian police. Each family was assigned three mukhabarat to oversee Jewish families. Their mail was opened and read and their ‘phones tapped. Their Palestinian neighbours spied on them.
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The bribes were paid to the secret police to reduce the pressure exerted on that community. Jewish men were killed in the street at random, women were raped in their apartments. Some were thrown into jail for no reason or falsely accused by their neighbors.
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Some of Judy’s funds were used to bribe the mukhabarat to allow families to escape to Lebanon. A couple of families succeeded but many were arrested at the border and suffered untold punishments at the hands of the mukhabarat after their arrest.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rylfjnnrp">Justice Salim Joubran - a symbol of Israeli coexistence between Jews and Arabs</a>
<blockquote>I was a young intern in my first week of work at the chamber of Supreme Court Justice Salim Joubran, who passed away over the weekend, and I prepared legal research for Justice Joubran on a specific issue. A few days later, the Justice called me into his room, and to my surprise, he asked me to examine the issue in sources of Jewish law, as he was interested in adding legal references to the Mishnah and Talmud in the judgment he was writing.
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After several weeks under Justice Joubran, I understood that I should not have been surprised at all. Justice Joubran was a symbol of Israeli coexistence between Jews and Arabs. Supreme Court Justice Elyakim Rubinstein rightfully wrote about him, "Justice Salim Joubran is a symbol of an Arab proud of his ethnicity, a Christian proud of his tradition, an Israeli proud of his Israeli identity, and a judge proud of his contribution to justice in the State of Israel."
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Justice Joubran was the first Arab-Israeli Supreme Court Justice, whose life path and values demonstrate the realization of the Declaration of Independence and the Israeli story, according to which the State of Israel " will uphold the full social and political equality of all its citizens without distinction of race, creed or sex ", alongside the call "for the Arab people, residents of the State of Israel...to take part in building the state on the basis of full and equal citizenship and due representation in all its institutions."
There was no instance in which Justice Joubran refused an invitation from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs to give a lecture in Israel or around the world, to represent Israel, and to share his personal story as the first Arab-Israeli Supreme Court Justice. There is no need to elaborate on the contribution of Justice Joubran and his life story to the international status of the State of Israel.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-792325">10,000 Foreign Construction Workers to Arrive in Israel by June</a>
<blockquote>Israel's Ministry of Housing has begun a plan to bring 40,000 more foreign workers to Israel for the construction industry.
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By the end of June, 10,000 foreign workers will arrive from India who will replace the foreign workers from China and Moldova, who left after the war.
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So far, 1,200 workers from India have arrived and another 1,200 more are now being processed.
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Also by the end of June, "the process of absorbing about 10,000 foreign workers from other countries such as Georgia, Sri Lanka, Azerbaijan, and more will begin," said Eldad Nitzan, Chairman of Foreign Workers' Manpower in the Construction Industry at the Chamber of Commerce.
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The goal is to ultimately bring 65,000 foreign workers to Israel to replace Palestinian workers.</blockquote>
<a href=https://www.ynetnews.com/business/article/ry00e6ihra>Special labels will mark fruits and vegetables from regions affected by Gaza war</a>
<blockquote>For the first time in Israeli supermarkets, labels on the packaging of fruits and vegetables from southern Israel will bear the message "Grown in Gaza border region and Western Negev."
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"The new labeling that will soon be seen on the shelves of our supermarket chains, mini markets and greengrocers, will help consumers choose products grown in the Gaza border region and the Western Negev and support the farmers of the south who are experiencing difficult times and have been personally and financially harmed," said Yoram Avigad, CEO of Negev Produce, an agricultural cooperative owned by kibbutzim from the Western Negev region and the surrounding area that sell and market agricultural produce from the region.
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"The move puts a spotlight on a critical issue for the State of Israel, the long-term economy and its ability to maintain food security, since without strong Israeli agriculture Israel will depend more and more on the import of vegetables and fruits and in times of crisis even suffer from significant shortages that will harm all citizens," Avigad also said.
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The war has put the issue of the state's ability to take care of food security in an emergency on the agenda. Attacks by the Houthis and the deterioration of relations with countries like Turkey have only intensified the fact that Israel is an "island economy," highlighting the importance of developing local agriculture for food security.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sport is an incredible platform to combat antisemitism and promote peace & tolerance. Thank you <a href="https://twitter.com/rubin_eric?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@rubin_eric</a> for all that you do! <a href="https://t.co/ChJxlBijGi">https://t.co/ChJxlBijGi</a></p>— Arsen Ostrovsky 🎗️ (@Ostrov_A) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ostrov_A/status/1769657387466592281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">One was before shipping off to Egypt: Legionnaires were ordered by the Brits to put down an Irish nationalist riot. The Jewish Legionnaires' response? Nope. We're not here to subjugate. <br>The Legionnaires refused to be errand boys; they were there only as a stopover to Egypt.></p>— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/1769548854372733425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My great-grandfather was a Legionnaire. In my office--I am looking at them right now--I keep souvenir replicas of the two medals my ggf was awarded for serving in the Legion. These are reminder of who we are and where we come from, and what we are on this earth to do.</p>— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/1769550211016274123?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">He was named after Robert Emmet and his brother was named Wolfe Tone Briscoe after the nationalist hero of 1798. Their father came to Ireland from Lithuania penniless and made a great life for them and in return raised his sons to be (constitutional) Irish nationalists as well.… <a href="https://t.co/5xltD2LUxn">https://t.co/5xltD2LUxn</a></p>— Michael Brendan Dougherty (@michaelbd) <a href="https://twitter.com/michaelbd/status/1769557811610931206?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Pop singer Mayer Malik boosts IDF soldiers morale with live performances on the Israel-Gaza border
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<blockquote>Archaeological work at an ancient Jewish site near the Sea of Galilee has revealed a complex of underground bolt holes that were likely used by Jewish villagers during revolts against Roman rule, some 2,000 years ago.
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The ongoing excavation of “the most extensive hiding complex discovered to date in the Galilee” has revealed “about eight hiding cavities” with “connecting tunnels… dug at 90 degrees, to hamper the heavily armed Roman soldiers chasing the rebels,” the Israel Antiques Authority said in a Monday statement announcing the find.
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The underground cavities in some cases had tunnels connected directly to the community mikveh or houses in the village, and one hiding space was created out of a converted Second Temple-era water cistern.
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The cavities were found to contain hundreds of broken ceramic and glass dishes, utensils, traces of non-perishable food and other small artifacts, including a ring with the central stone missing.
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The areas “weren’t for living, they were like small, underground bomb shelters,” said Prof. Yinon Shivtiel of the Zefat Academic College, one of the excavation directors.
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Speaking to The Times of Israel by phone from the dig site, he explained that during the period of the First Jewish Revolt, also known as the First Jewish-Roman War (66-70 CE), and during the Bar Kochba Revolt (132-136 CE), Jews could hide out underground or conceal certain people or items when Roman patrols were in the area.
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<p> </p>Ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024690260923786342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933777.post-43242717616943895542024-03-18T16:00:00.001-04:002024-03-18T16:00:00.127-04:00Hamas claims general that was killed was simply coordinating humanitarian aid<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-troops-raid-gaza-citys-shifa-hospital-battle-hamas-members-holed-up-inside/"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-troops-raid-gaza-citys-shifa-hospital-battle-hamas-members-holed-up-inside/"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKial2J7_vb7VGqHRaJfE47g39WnaX9b3HAgMBfq4MoLtWpBfwuxAMTwngrwjjdtgQ2-lA5lxPLrR-MfDecxVVWmSFrH-SVSkPzFRPESnmNsYvr__qf8-o9tyjEn7luQJJ0yurHS98RfHPNnEweyscYkwiidvVP7JptJMj-q7V51r10pWQt-jDvg/s809/172196216_6136941836331955_606878820827498378_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="809" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKial2J7_vb7VGqHRaJfE47g39WnaX9b3HAgMBfq4MoLtWpBfwuxAMTwngrwjjdtgQ2-lA5lxPLrR-MfDecxVVWmSFrH-SVSkPzFRPESnmNsYvr__qf8-o9tyjEn7luQJJ0yurHS98RfHPNnEweyscYkwiidvVP7JptJMj-q7V51r10pWQt-jDvg/s320/172196216_6136941836331955_606878820827498378_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Times of Israel reports:<div><blockquote><div>The Israel Defense Forces early Monday morning launched a raid on Gaza City’s Shifa Hospital, amid intelligence that senior Hamas officials were in the area and using the hospital to plan and carry out terror activity, the military said.</div><div><br /></div><div>During the operation troops killed a senior Hamas commander, according to the IDF.</div><div><br /></div><div><div>In one incident, the IDF said troops killed a senior Hamas commander, Faiq Mabhouh.</div><div><br /></div><div>Mabhouh, who served as the head of operations in Hamas’s internal security, was armed and hiding inside the Shifa complex, “from which he was working to advance terror activity,” the IDF said.</div><div><br /></div><div>Mabhouh was killed amid an exchange of fire during an attempt to arrest him, the IDF said. In a nearby room, the IDF said troops recovered a cache of weapons.</div><div><br /></div><div>Mabhouh, according to the IDF and Shin Bet, was responsible for the “synchronization” of various Hamas units in the Gaza Strip, including during the war.</div><div><br /></div><div>The slain operative was the brother of senior Hamas official Mahmoud Mabhouh, who was allegedly assassinated by the Mossad in Dubai in 2010, Israeli defense sources confirmed to The Times of Israel. Mahmoud Mabhouh was chief of logistics and weapons procurement for the military wing of Hamas.</div></div></blockquote><p>But <a href="https://ultrapal.ultrasawt.com/%D9%85%D9%86-%D9%87%D9%88-%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%AD%D9%88%D8%AD-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B0%D9%8A-%D8%A7%D8%BA%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%81%D9%8A-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%81%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A1%D8%9F%C2%A0/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B7%D9%8A%D9%86/%D8%A3%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1">Hamas says </a>he was an innocent police chief who was only doing humanitarian work:</p><p></p><blockquote><p> The government media office in Gaza confirmed that the occupation had assassinated Brigadier General Fayeq Al-Mabhouh, who was coordinating with the tribes and UNRWA to bring and secure humanitarian aid to northern Gaza.</p><p>The media office said in a statement that<b> Brigadier General Al-Mabhouh was carrying out purely humanitarian civilian work, </b>and he should have been protected and not harmed in accordance with international law.</p><p>He added, "The occupation committing such crimes, killing civilians, and targeting those in charge of humanitarian work confirms that it seeks with all force to spread chaos and chaos in the Gaza Strip, and prevent facilitating the access of humanitarian aid to hundreds of thousands of hungry people."</p><p>He said that the assassination indicates that the occupation is determined to starve and deprive the population of access to food supplies, despite their limited availability so far.</p></blockquote><p></p><div><div></div></div><div>Sure! Hamas police aren't also Hamas terrorists! And it is perfectly natural for them to secretly take over spaces in hospitals and bring in weapons caches. All normal. </div><div><br /></div><div>I don't doubt that Al Mabhouh did some regular police work and that he was in contact with UNRWA. He was in charge of Hamas' COVID-19 response. But Hamas police have always also been members of the Al Qassam Brigades. </div><div><br /></div><div>In Operation Cast Lead, Israel attacked a police ceremony and "human rights activists" screamed that police are considered civilians. <a href="https://www.brandeis.edu/crown/publications/papers/pdfs/cp5.pdf">72% of the police who were killed</a> were also listed as being Qassam Brigades members, and some 18% more were members of other terror groups.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2009/05/report-vast-majority-of-hamas-police.html">At the time:</a></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: #fefaef; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><blockquote><span style="background-color: #fefaef; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 13px;">An email correspondent has sent me the legal justification for the IDF targeting the Hamas policemen, from Yoram Dinstein's "</span><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=a88YJ7MuaMoC&dq=Yoram+Dinstein+The+Conduct+of+Hostilities+under+the+Law+of+International+Armed+Conflict&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=cKIZSoe5AeSwtgf58ryBDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5#PPA95,M1" style="background: 0px 0px rgb(254, 250, 239); box-sizing: border-box; color: #80520a; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; outline: none medium !important; text-decoration-line: none;">The Conduct of Hostilities under the Law of International Armed Conflict</a><span style="background-color: #fefaef; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 13px;">," where he writes:</span><blockquote style="background-color: #fefaef; border-left: 5px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 10px 20px;">Can police officers and other law enforcement agents be subsumed under the heading of armed forces (who are legitimately subject to attack)? The answer to the question depends on whether the policemen have officially incorporated into the armed forces or (despite the absence of official incorporation) have taken part in hostilities. If integrated into the armed forces, policemen - like all combatants - 'may be attacked at any time simply because they have that particular status'.</blockquote><span style="background-color: #fefaef; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 13px;">My correspondent asked Dinstein in an email</span><blockquote style="background-color: #fefaef; border-left: 5px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 10px 20px;">1) In the case of Hamas police would it be enough to constitute that all police could be targeted? and 2) where is the line of 'taking part in hostilities'?"</blockquote><span style="background-color: #fefaef; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 13px;">to which Dinstein replied</span><blockquote style="background-color: #fefaef; border-left: 5px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 10px 20px;">1. In a non-State entity the difference between police and other armed groups is hardly perceptible. This is true not only of Hamas. <span style="box-sizing: border-box;">In the Palestinian Authority, the "police" is the army.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />2. In any event, direct participation in hostilities (the alternative) includes<span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;"> also training prior to combat engagement.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />- <span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-style: italic;">(email Dated: 27/01/2009)</span></blockquote></blockquote></div><div>It is ridiculous to even consider that that Mabhouh was not also a part of the Hamas military.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><p></p><p></p><hr /><hr />
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<p> </p><p></p><p></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933777.post-46474306813958636802024-03-18T14:25:00.001-04:002024-03-18T14:25:00.133-04:00I’d rather write about the oranges of Be’eri (Forest Rain)<p class="MsoNormal"><i>By Forest Rain</i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBuwHaWgwInhrFBNunC59NMBuvb7X0yNkbI5BWsZAboXRRH5WFEXXN5RnpuXH0eY0CLWctL73k3iIBGq3mxfnduMERF3fnD-pNvg6Uys7v88aLYdFfWDmx5ZUhM1i0jI_fjOX_LhpvLRmS4H6ojVKhaqWTmacFwc7tEq8YM82jrdbNG_19raRDyw/s386/frb1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="309" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBuwHaWgwInhrFBNunC59NMBuvb7X0yNkbI5BWsZAboXRRH5WFEXXN5RnpuXH0eY0CLWctL73k3iIBGq3mxfnduMERF3fnD-pNvg6Uys7v88aLYdFfWDmx5ZUhM1i0jI_fjOX_LhpvLRmS4H6ojVKhaqWTmacFwc7tEq8YM82jrdbNG_19raRDyw/s320/frb1.png" width="256" /></a></div>Have you ever seen the essential oil in a mandarin burst
into the air when you peel it? Taken a deep breath, filling your lungs with the
clean smell of citrus fruit, fresh and ripe, asking to be picked off the tree?<o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Last week I went to Be’eri to help the farmers pick their
oranges and mandarins. The groves are straight, clean, and lush, full of fruit
more delicious than any other I’ve tasted. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Two months after my first visit to Be’eri following the
Hamas massacre, I still find myself reluctant to write about Be’eri. I’d rather
write about their oranges.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It was January when I went for the first time, three months
after October 7th. I thought I was ready to visit Be’eri. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I had already been to Nir Oz and Nirim, seen the
destruction, and heard survivors speak of their murdered neighbors, those taken
hostage, and what had happened to their families on October 7<sup>th</sup>. As
terrible as their stories were, I knew that what had happened in Be’eri was
worse. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Hamas massacre was so horrific that most of what
happened was not shown on Israeli TV, to not traumatize the public. Numerous
survivors refused to describe what they saw in detail because the details were
too horrible. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We all saw the staggering stream of bodies being carried out
of Kibbutz Be’eri. That image was deemed to be “clean” enough for the media to
air. 97 people were murdered from a community of around 1200. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I didn’t see the Hamas livestream of their slaughter. I saw
the videos and heard the testimonies of the rescue workers who desperately
searched for the living and discovered people who had been tortured, raped, and
burned to death. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I knew what had happened and thought I was ready to see
Be’eri. I wasn’t.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_gjdgxs"></a>My friend Eva Hetzroni lived in
Be’eri, (2.5 miles/4 kilometers from Gaza). When Gazans rioted near the fence,
burning tires (riots we now know were covers for practicing how to invade
Israel), Eva told me of the air being drenched in smoke and having difficulty
breathing. Helplessly I would apologize and sometimes afterwards I would cry
that my friend was suffering from the hate of her neighbors. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">No one prepared for the hate that would boil through the
fence and incinerate everything in its path… <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When things were peaceful, Eva would tell me about her
husband Avia and her beloved twin grandchildren Liel and Yannai. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Eva passed away some months before the war. It took me a few
weeks to gather up the courage to check what had happened to her family. The
lists of the murdered and the hostages from Be’eri were so long… Avia was
murdered. Yannai was murdered. Liel was murdered. Their great-aunt Ayala,
“Aylush” (who was raising them because their mother had become disabled during
childbirth) was also murdered. The twin’s mother, Shira, and her caregiver
survived. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The front door of Avia’s house was still marked with Zaka’s
sticker indicating that they had checked the house. There was also a piece of
tape where someone had written his name: Avia Hetzroni, HYD (the abbreviation
for May God avenge his blood). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Avia was a senior emergency medical technician and ambulance
driver for Magen David Adom. Everyone knew him.
He was one of those people that made others feel confident and safe.
People turned to him for help because he always seemed to know what to do, and
he did it with a gracious and generous spirit. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I braced myself before walking into the place where this
capable man was murdered. It seems he was in the “safe room” when the monsters
came. Although the house had been cleaned, the bullet holes remained, telling
the story of what had happened. <br />
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Bullet holes in the security glass of the safe room/ (made to protect people
from missile shrapnel, not terrorists shooting in through the glass). <o:p></o:p></p>
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Bullet holes in the wall across from the door.<o:p></o:p></p>
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and shot through the door to kill the man who helped save so many other
people’s lives.</div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I was told Avia crawled, dragging himself wounded, from the
safe room towards the kitchen. That image flashed through my mind before I
could erase it. The room I was standing in didn’t have streaks of blood on the
floor. Not anymore. Others had to deal with the reality of that horror.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Walking towards the house where Liel and Yannai lived with
their aunt Ayala, I was struck by the beauty of Be’eri. The homes are
comfortable and solid, structures that speak of easy living and
permanence. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Other kibbutzim, as lovely as they may be, are different.
The houses are often very simple, structures designed to be put up fast and
provide sufficient shelter. After all, what do people need in a place where
they spend much of their time outside and never lock their doors? The contrast
between the lovely communities and the destruction wrecked on them is
gut-wrenching. Of all the places I witnessed, the dichotomy is most harsh in
Be’eri. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Heavy-hearted, I knew I was going to see the place where Liel
and Yannai were murdered. I thought I was ready. Turning the corner, I felt
like I walked into an invisible brick wall. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My eyes understood what they were seeing. My brain gasped,
grasping for enough oxygen to process what was in front of me. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_30j0zll"></a>This wasn’t a terror attack. It
wasn’t a battle. This was a war. Inside our borders, inside our homes. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’ve never found it so hard to put one foot in front of the
other. To go see, from close. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The smashed homes, riddled with bullets and charred by smoke
don’t begin to tell the stories of the monsters who swarmed here destroying
everything in their path and laughing with joy. They tortured children in front
of their parents and parents in front of their children. They mutilated, raped,
and burned alive entire families. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And they did it for hours and hours on end. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I walked through destruction that told the story of the war
that happened when the army finally arrived. Late and too few they came - not
as they should have, an organized army ready for battle, but as individual
warriors, heroes willing to sacrifice themselves to save others. They succeeded
in pulling some out of the hell they were in. Other times, they failed. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">They didn’t succeed in saving Liel and Yannai or their aunt
Ayala. I was hesitant to walk into their home and did so with reverence, trying
to imagine what they experienced. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Liel’s room had a blue wall with a decorative metal piece
that looked like butterflies or leaves. The house, with things flung
everywhere, looked like a hurricane had blown through it. The monsters barged
in and dragged them to the neighbor’s home where they and others were held
hostage for hours. Rage welled inside me to see that the monsters spray-painted
the walls with writing declaring Allah’s supremacy and crediting their unit for
what they had done to my friend’s family. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">They had so much time on their hands that they could “sign”
their work. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Swallowing my rage made my head hurt. I thought I was going
to lose it when leaving the house, my feet crunched on beads strewn across the
floor. Liel’s beads? Was it a piece of jewelry she loved or beads for
handicrafts that she wanted to do? I don’t know. I only know that she should be
alive and isn’t. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I would rather write about the oranges of Be’eri. Or their
extraordinary printing business. I don’t want to write about the horror or the
feeling of being violently violated. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Perhaps people who have experienced rape or had their home
broken into can understand what it means to have your sanctuary, your home,
your body, broken into and ripped apart in a way that makes it clear that what
you thought was yours isn’t in your control. The violation that cannot be
healed. The burden of knowing what happened which must be carried forever. The
breaking of the spirit when you discover that you imagined yourself to be safe
but it was a fantasy, not reality. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It’s not something you want to talk about. It’s not
something you want to even admit to out loud. But we must. Otherwise, how will
we live? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The people of Be’eri, like the people of Israel, are strong.
Broken, yet still standing, we put one foot in front of the other and do what
we must. There are houses to rebuild, although it will take a long time and
enormous effort before they can again become homes. The printing house is
working. <br />
There are oranges to be picked. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p> </p><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933777.post-32823955089523454432024-03-18T12:00:00.190-04:002024-03-18T15:40:14.431-04:0003/18 Links Pt1: U.S. Fails to Understand What This War Means to Israel; Hamas are cruelly turning hospitals into targets; Hamas Blew Gaza's Golden OpportunityFrom Ian:
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<a href="https://www.israelhayom.com/opinions/biden-has-failed-to-understand-what-this-war-means-to-israel/">U.S. Fails to Understand What This War Means to Israel</a>
<blockquote>President Biden's standing by Israel at the start of the war with Hamas will be remembered as one of the high points in the special relationship between the countries. But this has been blunted by the passage of time and the images from Gaza.
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Biden's demand to increase humanitarian aid and related initiatives (airdrops, maritime pier) show that his administration has not internalized that the problem is not delivering aid to Gaza, but its distribution within it. Hamas will take control of everything that enters. It will use it to supply its fighters (and prolong their ability to fight) and strengthen its rule. The way to prevent this is to deliver the aid to areas where Hamas would not be able to access it.
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The U.S. discounts the extent of public support for Hamas in Gaza, and the fact that it is entrenched in all spheres of life. The administration holds an optimistic assessment regarding the ability to bring about deep change through governmental models under Arab or international auspices.
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America's vision includes peace agreements between Israel and Saudi Arabia and the establishment of a Palestinian state. But from Israel's perspective, normalization with Saudi Arabia will not compensate for Hamas' non-defeat. Talk of a "Palestinian state" after the Oct. 7 massacre constitutes a prize for Hamas and expresses a lack of understanding of the sentiment in the Israeli public. Anyone who thinks that after Oct. 7 Israel will take risks like those taken in the past lives in a fantasy land.
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The Biden administration has not internalized that for Israel, the defeat of Hamas is an existential issue. It is not like America's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, which were conducted thousands of miles away. Israel's deterrence that collapsed on Oct. 7 will not be restored if Israel stops short of meeting the goals it has defined for the war. The temptation for players in our region to attack it will grow.</blockquote>
WSJ Editorial: <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/palestinian-authority-security-forces-regavim-report-israel-terrorism-hamas-gaza-e0514b62?mod=opinion_lead_pos4">A "Revitalized" Palestinian Authority?</a>
<blockquote>The Biden Administration is pitching its "two-state solution" to Israel with the lure of a "revitalized" Palestinian Authority. However, a new report by Regavim, an Israeli NGO, reveals a pattern of Palestinian police "turning their Western-supplied guns on the State of Israel" and then being glorified for their terrorism by the PA.
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It specifically identifies 76 officers of the Palestinian Authority Security Forces (PASF) who have been killed or arrested while carrying out terrorist attacks against Israelis in the past three years. The latest example is Capt. Muhammad Manasrah, who shot up a gas station on Feb. 29, murdering two Israelis.
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The PASF was created to fight Hamas terrorism in collaboration with Israel, but for too long it has abetted, committed or celebrated terrorism. A serious reform would begin by axing the PA's "pay-for-slay" program, which pays terrorists in prison as well as families of "martyrs," such as the Oct. 7 killers. A reformed PA would also cut the incitement to hatred against Jews from its media, sermons and schools.
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The two-state solution is one of those diplomatic constructs that sounds nice but crashes against reality. In this case it's the reality that today's Palestinian leaders don't want Israel to exist.</blockquote>
Arsen Ostrovsky: <A href=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/11/16/hamas-are-cruelly-turning-hospitals-into-targets/>Hamas are cruelly turning hospitals into targets</a>
<blockquote>In principle, each of these hospitals, which Hamas has totally usurped for purposes of shielding their fighters and weapons, and using them as control and command centers, lose their protected status under international law and become legitimate military targets.
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Article 8(2) of the Rome Statute and Article 52(2) of the First Protocol to the Geneva Convention of 1949 both make clear that intentionally directing attacks against hospitals and medical locations, can only be permissible, provided there is a distinct military objective.
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In this case, the military objective is clear and defined: to eliminate the threat of Hamas, which continues to use hospitals and other civilian areas in Gaza to plan and execute acts of terror against Israel, as well as rescue the 239 hostages that the terror group is holding captive.
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However, merely because Hamas has seized hospitals as their own personal launching pads, does not give Israel carte blanche to automatically attack.
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International humanitarian law also dictates that, in the event a decision is made to attack a hospital or such target that would otherwise hold special protected status, there must be sufficient advanced warning provided that goes unheeded, and then ultimately, if an attack should proceed, that it still adhere to the principles of proportionality.
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In each case, Israel has been providing repeated warnings for civilians to evacuate and have created safe passages for them to do so. In circumstances where warranted, the IDF have even aborted what would otherwise be deemed legitimate military strikes. In the meantime, Israel continues to facilitate the provision of humanitarian goods and medical supplies into Gaza, and to the hospitals.
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Quite simply, the IDF have gone to unprecedented lengths, not seen in the history of modern warfare, to avoid and minimize civilian casualties, whereas Hamas are doing everything possible to maximise casualties.
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Having discharged its duty to provide ample warning, Israel is also adhering to the doctrine of proportionality, that is, should there be any potential loss of civilian life, that it not exceed the military advantage to be gained from such a strike or action.
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The goal here is clear: eliminate Hamas, a genocidal terrorist organization that seeks Israel’s destruction, and bring back the hostages, following the heinous October 7th massacre.
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If the international community truly cares about the wellbeing of civilians in Gaza and is rightfully aghast at the scenes coming out of Shifa, it would be well advised to direct its outrage at Hamas, which continues to unconscionably and illegally, turn hospitals into their personal control and command centers.</blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.jns.org/netanyahu-defeating-hamas-would-be-stinging-blow-to-iran/">Netanyahu: Defeating Hamas would be ‘stinging blow to Iran’</a>
<blockquote>Victory in the war against Hamas would deliver a “stinging blow to the Iran terror axis,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday, adding that Israelis are united in pursuit of this goal.
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“The vast majority of the people, the army, the [IDF] reservists. They want victory because they understand that victory is essential for survival,” the premier told board members of the pro-Israel AIPAC lobbying group at his office in Jerusalem.
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Contrary to the picture being presented in the United States, Netanyahu asserted that the vast majority of the public is behind the government’s goals of destroying Hamas, freeing the hostages and preventing Gaza from again threatening Israel.
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Additionally, Israel must push Hezbollah back from the border, the prime minister said.
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“The description [being painted in the U.S.] is that you have an outlier prime minister with some extreme fringe groups and that is what is driving the policy. It is false, deliberately false. Wrong. There is unity among the people to achieve victory along the lines I described. It is within reach, and we are going to do it,” Netanyahu said.
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“If we achieve these goals, then we will also deliver a stinging blow to the Iran terror axis which is behind everything that we are seeing here today,” he continued.
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This is not just Israel’s battle, but also “the battle for the victory of the Israel-American-moderate Arab axis against the Iran axis,” the prime minister stressed.
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<a href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/how-hamas-blew-gazas-golden-opportunity/">Hamas Blew Gaza's Golden Opportunity</a>
<blockquote>The argument that conditions in Gaza were so dreadful that Gazans had no choice but to "break out" on Oct. 7 is wrong-headed. Just how dire were the circumstances in Gaza before Oct. 7?
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The sheer growth of Gaza's population tells an eloquent story. In 1967, when Israel occupied the Strip, its population was slightly below 400,000. By the eve of the current conflict it had risen five-fold. Really fast population growth occurs when a society gets improved healthcare and rising access to food and other resources.
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Gaza's golden opportunity came after the Israelis arrived in 1967, accelerating the flow of many benefits of modernity. In the mid-1960s, around one baby in ten died in the Palestinian territories before he or she reached the age of one; by the late 2010s, this had fallen well over 80% to a level similar to other Arab countries such as Jordan and Egypt and equivalent to the level the UK reached in the early 1970s.
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At 75 years, life expectancy in Gaza was better than experienced by several U.S. states. Males in Glasgow live only a few months longer than males in Gaza. By 2020, the average Palestinian in the West Bank and Gaza was living a whole two decades longer than had been the case when the Israelis had conquered the Strip in 1967.
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Illiteracy has been more or less banished and the share of those going to university has approached 50%; before 1967, neither the West Bank nor Gaza had a single fully-fledged university. Better-educated people are invariably better able to keep themselves and their offspring alive, which accounts in large part for the rising life expectancy.
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So, too, does the general availability of food in Gaza which, despite the propagandistic claims of Hamas, was plentiful before it instigated the current war. There were more than four overweight children in the territories for each underweight one. Beach resorts, five-star hotels and luxury-car dealerships graced Gaza prior to the present conflict. Poverty had more to do with the welfare and redistributive policies of the Hamas regime rather than any restrictions on the import of goods by Israel or Egypt.</blockquote>
<a href=https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-792380>Former MK accused of spying on Israel helped draft hostage deal - report</a>
<blockquote>Former Knesset member Azmi Bishara took a significant part in the drafting of the agreement between Israel and the terrorist organization Hamas at the Paris Summit, which was intended to lead to the establishment of a hostage deal and a ceasefire, according to a report by French newspaper Le Figaro, on Sunday.
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Additionally, Bishara, who fled to Qatar after being suspected of espionage against Israel, is currently serving as a senior adviser to the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, according to the report.
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The outline drawn up in Paris was reported to include the release of several hundred Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the release of 35-40 Israeli abductees, among them women, soldiers, men over 50, and abductees whose medical condition is serious.
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In addition, the number of prisoners who would be released for each female soldier will be higher than for other abductees who would be released at this stage and will also include "heavier" prisoners (i.e., prisoners serving life sentences for murder.)
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Also, according to the reported deal outline, for each hostage who is released from Hamas captivity, Israel will agree to a day of cease-fire in the fighting in Gaza. This means that a ceasefire could last up to six weeks in the first phase of the deal.</blockquote>
<a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/4534559-does-the-us-need-a-palestinian-state/">Does the U.S. Need a Palestinian State?</a>
<blockquote>As the war in Gaza grinds on, the Biden administration has signaled interest in establishing a Palestinian state. Yet it is vital to recognize that the two-state solution has little support in the region itself from either side. The Israeli Cabinet, including both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his political rivals, has rejected a unilateral declaration of a Palestinian state without direct negotiations between the Palestinians and Israel. Not surprisingly, since the Hamas attack of Oct. 7, the Israeli public has grown more hawkish, with at least 2/3 opposing a Palestinian state.
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Meanwhile in the West Bank and Gaza, there is no clear majority for an independent Palestine side by side with Israel. There is, however, very clear indication of widespread support for Hamas, according to a December poll. This disconnect between Washington's policy aspirations and genuine public opinion in the region shows how this quixotic effort lacks credible realism.
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That a sovereign Palestinian state in the West Bank hills overlooking the Israeli population centers around Tel Aviv would represent a security threat to Israel is clear. Moreover, the implications for Jordan could be dire. A "free Palestine" will send shock waves to Amman. Instability in Jordan will then turn into opportunities both for terrorist factions that will spill over from Syria and Iraq, or for Iranian intrusion.
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In addition, the likely political character of the Palestinian state is cause for concern. Once elections take place, it is very likely that Hamas will come to power. Does Washington really want to build such a state as a platform for Hamas' Islamist radicalism? A Hamas-dominated Palestine is sure to ally with Iran, whose influence would then extend throughout the region. It should not be hard to understand that building the Iranian bloc is not in American national interest.
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Forcing Israel to accept the security threat that a Palestinian state will inevitably represent will harm America's reputation throughout the Middle East and beyond. If Washington suddenly chooses to reverse course on Israel, other partners will question the reliability of American promises. How Washington treats Israel will be watched closely around the world.
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The question of a Palestinian state is not only a question of an abstract principle of a right to national self-determination, since that ideal ought to apply equally for the Kurds and the Sikhs as well. For the U.S., the Palestinian question should be foremost about the effectiveness of American power in the region - particularly with regard to Iran.</blockquote>
Call Me Back PodCast: <a href="https://ricochet.com/podcast/call-me-back/bidens-bibi-problem-with-nadav-eyal/">Biden’s Bibi Problem – with Nadav Eyal</a>
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On October 6th of last year there was a long-standing ceasefire in place between Israel and Hamas. On October 7th, Hamas launched a massive war against Israel. Israel responded to this war that Hamas launched. Wars are violent. In all wars, civilians tragically get killed in the crossfire. What is unique about this war is how Hamas has used violence against civilians – Israeli civilians and Palestinian civilians — as core to its war-fighting strategy. What is unique to this war is how Hamas has built a 300-plus mile tunnel system underground to protect Hamas leadership and fighters while it set up its own civilian population to suffer. What is also unique about this war is the lengths the IDF has gone to telegraph so many of its operations so Palestinian civilians can re-locate in advance of those operations.
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This is the reality of this war. And, yet, the Biden administration has supported Israel in this war from Day 1. Israel articulated its objectives in this war. The Biden administration made clear it supported Israel in pursuit of those objectives.
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But suddenly, the Biden administration and some of its allies on Capitol Hill are excoriating Israel’s government. In fact, they are calling for the toppling of Israel’s leaders in the middle of this war. Well, as Minister Benny Gantz said on Friday, “ Israel is a strong democracy, and only its citizens will determine its leadership and future. Any external intervention is unacceptable.” How does this shifting US-Israel relationship impact actual events on the ground? The actual things that matter in this war — the hostage negotiations, the debate about a day-after plan for Gaza, and the coming operation in Rafah, to name a few.
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To help us understand what’s going on here,guest today is NADAV EYAL, who returns to the podcast. He is a columnist for Yediot. Eyal has been covering Middle-Eastern and international politics for the last two decades for Israeli radio, print and television news.</blockquote>
Gil Troy: <A href=https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/369334/beware-of-dangerous-advice-an-urgent-letter-to-president-biden/>Beware of Dangerous Advice: An Urgent Letter to President Biden</a>
<blockquote>Dear President Biden,<br>
Beware! Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and your favorite columnist (according to him) – Thomas Friedman – are giving you terrible advice about the Middle East mess. They misread the geopolitical situation, your political needs, and Israeli politics. It’s a counterproductive trainwreck: the more they bash Israel, the more they weaken America and your re-election prospects; and the more they bash Benjamin Netanyahu, for the wrong reasons, the more they boost his.
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First, a thank you. We Israelis appreciate your post-October 7 “Don’t – Don’t” speeches – and America’s steady flow of support and weaponry since. You faced a monumental attack on America and the West, not just Israel – and rose to the challenge.
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Second, I write as an occasional critic of Benjamin Netanyahu, who, like you appreciates the good he has done for Israel, especially economically, but considers him a walking advertisement for term limits. I encouraged him to gracefully retire – with a presidential pardon – in a 2017 column. After October 7, I suggested he announce a resignation date, soon, so none of his military actions would be misread as political. Still, like most Israelis, I don’t need outsiders telling us that Bibi must go – not least because it rouses his base.
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My biggest worry is that Blinken, Schumer and Friedman endanger America and the world. They’re giving Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran’s arc-of-evil propaganda victories they don’t deserve, while holding Israel to standards America and other democracies never meet.
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Consider Senator Schumer’s speech. We all know that when a Jew starts by “as-a-Jewing” Israelis, calling himself a “shomer” – guardian –of Israel…. buckle your seatbelts! Schumer demanded “a military operation in Rafah that prioritizes civilian life.” That fascinates me as an American historian. Please, consult America’s top military historians. Ask them if in World War II, or Iraq, or ever, America ordered soldiers to “prioritize” the enemy’s “civilian life.” In Vietnam, the army destroyed villages to save them. In Mosul – under Barack Obama – the army killed thousands of friendly civilians while saving them from ISIL. Similarly, in Gaza, Israel is being forced by Hamas to kill many unfriendly civilians and some innocents to save Israel, Gaza, and the world, from Hamas.</blockquote>
<A href=https://www.jns.org/chuck-schumer-helps-make-the-world-safe-for-hamas/>Chuck Schumer helps make the world safe for Hamas</a>
<blockquote>One irony of Schumer’s unfortunate statement is that Netanyahu is perhaps the greatest peacemaker in Israel’s history. He made the Abraham Accords possible and was on the cusp of making peace with Saudi Arabia. There were even reports that Israel was close to normalizing relations with Indonesia—the most populous Muslim country in the world.
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These are not the achievements of a “governing vision that is stuck in the past.” It is a vision that is laying the groundwork for a peaceful and prosperous Middle East.
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It is Biden and Schumer who are stuck in the past. The days of handwringing and mourning the deaths of Jews while decrying their legitimate efforts to defend themselves are over. If Biden and Schumer cannot give their full-throated support to Israel’s right to defend its citizens in the wake of such a heinous attack, they should at least get out of the way.
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Schumer’s perfidy is not unprecedented. When former President Barack Obama chose to ram the Iran nuclear deal down the throats of the American people, Schumer waited until he knew Obama had the Senate votes the president needed before Schumer fecklessly came out against it. It is possible that Schumer could have prevented the disastrous deal, but we will never know because he didn’t lift a finger to stop it.
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It is now clear that Chuck Schumer is no lifelong supporter of Israel. He is a lifelong supporter of Chuck Schumer. He has no moral compass.
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As U.S. allies in the region study Schumer’s betrayal of Israel, they will no doubt be further convinced that America is an unreliable and untrustworthy ally. To them, the catastrophic surrender in Afghanistan will no longer seem like a fluke, but part of a pattern of American retreat. If the retreat continues, our Middle Eastern allies will drift out of our sphere of influence and look to make accommodations with Iran, Russia and China. Indeed, that process has already begun.
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Schumer is right that “the world has changed radically” since the Oct. 7 attack. America has become weaker; the world has become more dangerous; and the American-led world order has never been more at risk.</blockquote>
JPost Editorial: <A href=https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-792421>Chuck Schumer: Don't interfere in Israel's politics</a>
<blockquote>Schumer has an impressive pro-Israel record that cannot be ignored. In 1994, he campaigned with the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Congress to revoke the tax-exempt status of the Holy Land Foundation, a Palestinian-American charity and the country’s largest Muslim charity until its closure in 2001.
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In 2010, Schumer’s comments at an Orthodox Union event, advocating for the economic strangulation of Gaza to discourage support for Hamas while emphasizing the importance of humanitarian aid, drew criticism. He credited economic prosperity in the West Bank to cooperation with Israel and justified Israel’s blockade of Gaza as a means to promote moderation.
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Schumer consistently supported Israel, notably during the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict – and in 2018, he dismissed the connection between Israeli settlements in the West Bank and the overall conflict. He also co-sponsored a Senate resolution opposing UN Security Council Resolution 2334, which condemned settlement-building, criticizing the Obama administration for its abstention.
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In 2017, he co-sponsored the Israel Anti-Boycott Act, proposing penalties for participating in boycotts against Israel and settlements in response to Israeli government actions. He also introduced a resolution celebrating the 50th anniversary of Jerusalem’s reunification and praised then-President Donald Trump in 2018 for moving the embassy to Jerusalem – which he supported for decades.
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In the complex realm of international relations, the urge to advocate for democracy and peace is noble, but the path to such ideals must be taken carefully, respecting the sovereignty and will of each nation’s people.
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Schumer’s intentions, rooted in a long history of support for Israel, reflect a genuine desire for peace and stability in the region, but intervening in the political process of another democracy, especially an ally like Israel, raises significant concerns about respect for self-determination and the potential for unintended consequences.
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The delicate balance between supporting allies and respecting their autonomy requires nuanced understanding and restraint.
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While external voices can play a role in encouraging dialogue and peace, the decision-making power ultimately lies with the citizens in question.
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As history has often shown, external interventions in another country’s politics can complicate and sometimes exacerbate tensions, however well-intentioned.
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Most Israelis reject a two-state solution, so promoting one must honor the principles of sovereignty and self-determination. Let’s encourage dialogue, support and cooperation, but also remember the importance of allowing nations to chart their own course democratically. </blockquote>
<a href=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4536965-lieberman-slams-outrageous-schumer-speech-i-cant-ever-remember-anything-like-it/>Lieberman slams ‘outrageous’ Schumer speech: ‘I can’t ever remember anything like it’ </a>
<blockquote>No Labels founding Chair and former Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) slammed Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) for a speech he made earlier this week in which he called for new elections in Israel.
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“For a U.S. Senator, let alone a majority leader, let alone the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in Washington, to tell Israelis that it’s time to get rid of [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu], that’s outrageous,” Lieberman said in a Sunday interview with radio host John Catsimatidis on “The Cats Roundtable” on WABC 770 AM.
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The former Connecticut senator also referred to the speech as a “mistake” and said that he “can’t ever remember anything like it.”</blockquote>
Mark Levin takes aim at Chuck Schumer: 'You are a disgrace'
<blockquote>Fox News host Mark Levin breaks down why the Democrat Party is a totalitarian party and reacts to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer criticism of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu on 'Life, Liberty & Levin.'</blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So hilarious to read that Rabbi Timoner is afraid to criticize Israel. Literally all she does and for years and years. The fact that Politico lets her portray herself as some sort of centrist is laughable. She's extremely far left. <a href="https://t.co/U7Ov8P75OF">https://t.co/U7Ov8P75OF</a> <a href="https://t.co/s2xGmgFcw2">pic.twitter.com/s2xGmgFcw2</a></p>— Karol Markowicz (@karol) <a href="https://twitter.com/karol/status/1769721466352738387?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Finally, I never named her but Timoner is the "activist" rabbi who said jack shit for years while Orthodox Jews were being beaten up daily in Brooklyn. She will always put Jews last in pursuit of leftism. <a href="https://t.co/iba8Mv3Z35">https://t.co/iba8Mv3Z35</a> <a href="https://t.co/MfEzTeP7JI">pic.twitter.com/MfEzTeP7JI</a></p>— Karol Markowicz (@karol) <a href="https://twitter.com/karol/status/1769723231261364450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Michigan Friday Sermon by Imam Abdou Zindani: One Day the Muslims Will Slaughter the Jews like Sheep; Oh Allah, Make Us Soldiers for You, Make Us Die the Way You Want Us to Die <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/antisemitism?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#antisemitism</a> <a href="https://t.co/mAw1dhZVnq">pic.twitter.com/mAw1dhZVnq</a></p>— MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) <a href="https://twitter.com/MEMRIReports/status/1769646621199868139?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<A href=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/niger-termination-of-us-military-ties-followed-accusation-of-iran-uranium-deal/ar-BB1k25as>Niger Termination of U.S. Military Ties Followed Accusation of Iran Uranium Deal</a>
<blockquote>Niger’s decision to end its counterterrorism alliance with Washington came after senior U.S. officials accused the country’s ruling junta of secretly exploring a deal to allow Iran access to its uranium reserves, Nigerien and U.S. officials say.
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The decision to end military cooperation with the U.S. was announced Saturday night by a spokesman for the Nigerien junta. It deals a serious blow to the Biden administration’s efforts to contain a sprawling Islamist insurgency in the Sahel, the semiarid region south of the Sahara. It could affect a $110 million base that was built by the U.S. and is used to fly surveillance drones over West Africa. It could also possibly force the withdrawal of more than 600 American troops still stationed in Niger.
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American officials had been working to salvage their relationship with Niger since the country’s military ousted President Mohamed Bazoum in a July coup, triggering restrictions on military aid under American law. The junta has been tightening ties with Russia and with two of its neighbors, Mali and Burkina Faso, which are also ruled by Moscow-aligned generals.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Biden admin sent a delegation to Niger to have "frank discussions" about how the Nigeriens were not living up to the Biden admin's values. <br><br>Guess what happened next! <a href="https://t.co/CU06mwLfJS">https://t.co/CU06mwLfJS</a></p>— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) <a href="https://twitter.com/omriceren/status/1769374728853061931?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.jns.org/hezbollah-terrorist-caught-at-us-border-wanted-to-make-a-bomb/">‘Hezbollah terrorist’ caught at US border wanted ‘to make a bomb’</a>
<blockquote>A Lebanese migrant caught trying to infiltrate into the United States told border authorities he belonged to the Iranian-backed Hezbollah organization and had planned to commit a terrorist attack on U.S. soil, The New York Post reported on Sunday.
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Basel Ebbadi, 22, was nabbed on March 9 near El Paso, Texas. He told authorities he aimed to reach New York and was “going to try to make a bomb,” according to an official document cited by the report.
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Ebbadi confessed to training with Hezbollah for seven years and guarding weapons sites for another four years, internal U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) documents indicated. His mission focused on “jihad” and killing those who are “not Muslim,” said the report.
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He was placed in isolation and referred for interrogation by the Tactical Terrorism Response Team (TTRT) for making “terroristic threats to personnel.”
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U.S. border agents recorded 172 encounters with terror-watchlisted individuals in the 2023 fiscal year that ended Sept. 20. Fifty-nine such individuals were apprehended in the first four months of 2024, according to federal data cited by the report.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-792443">IDF launches pre-planned op. in Gaza's Shifa hospital, heavy clashes reported</a>
<blockquote>The IDF's reinvasion of Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza started around 2:30 a.m. early Monday morning and included a mix of IDF Division 162 regular infantry, armor, special forces, the Shin Bet, and IDF intelligence collection Unit 504.
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Although the IDF said it achieved surprise on a group of terrorists who had returned to Shifa, it said it had both given a general warning to the medical staff there and had been following the return of terrorists for a long time.
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More specifically, the IDF said it had planned the operation for a number of days, waiting for the right timing when they could most catch Hamas off guard.
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Other than that this was a time when more terrorists had returned to Shifa, including some commanders, the IDF did not explain why taking over the hospital during Ramadan and heated criticism from the US over the humanitarian situation was smart strategic timing.
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It appeared that Defense Minister Yoav Gallant was updated about the operation, but not the full cabinet.
IDF Spokesperson Daniel Hagari discusses a new IDF operation in Shifa Hospital in Gaza. March 18, 2024 (Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
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There were no indications from the IDF that any members of the Hamas high command had been killed, wounded, or targeted, but the IDF said that several or more unidentified Hamas terrorists had been killed. Their identities were still unclear.
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There were also no indications that any hostages had been freed.
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Initial indications were that one IDF soldier was wounded.
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Rather, the IDF said it had arrested around 80 persons, some of whom are Hamas. The IDF is currently distinguishing who is among Hamas and who is a civilian or medical staff.
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The IDF said that there was no information to indicate that Hamas had used terror tunnels as in November.
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Hamas operating from within Shifa Hospital itself<br>
Rather, this time, they had stayed within the Shifa buildings themselves.
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Operationally, the IDF said it approached several different facilities in the sprawling Shifa complex simultaneously to prevent the terrorists from escaping from any of them.
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Shooting took place in multiple different rooms in the complex, and there are currently ongoing operations there with the IDF searching room to room for additional concealed terrorists.
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Over the past few hours, IDF soldiers identified terrorist fire toward them from a number of hospital buildings. The forces engaged the terrorists and identified several hits.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🔴IDF troops are currently conducting a precise operation in the area of Shifa hospital—based on intelligence information indicating the use of the hospital by senior Hamas terrorists to conduct and promote terrorist activity. <br><br>Watch IDF Spokeperson RAdm. Daniel Hagari describe… <a href="https://t.co/jKdUdNpY91">pic.twitter.com/jKdUdNpY91</a></p>— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) <a href="https://twitter.com/IDF/status/1769536658838311060?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"We see that the Hamas terrorist organization is continuing its military activity inside hospitals. We are willing to provide any humanitarian aid needed. Our request is simple: an immediate end to all of the terrorist activity in the hospitals." <br><br>Over the past few days, the… <a href="https://t.co/7PHZeO1JW9">pic.twitter.com/7PHZeO1JW9</a></p>— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) <a href="https://twitter.com/IDF/status/1769564019621318986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.israelhayom.com/2024/03/18/idf-eliminates-hamas-internal-security-commander/">IDF eliminates Hamas internal security commander</a>
<blockquote>The IDF eliminated overnight Monday the head of the Operations Directorate of Hamas' Internal Security, Faiq Mabhouh.
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The military was conducting an anti-terrorism operation at Al-Shifa hospital following intelligence about the presence of Hamas terrorists there.
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According to an IDF statement, Mabhouh was hiding in a compound at Shifa, from which he operated and advanced terrorist activity.
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He was in charge, among other things, of coordinating the Hamas mechanisms in the Gaza Strip. In the adjacent room to where he was killed, multiple weapons were found.
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During the raid, Staff Sgt. Matan Vinogradov was killed.
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Mabhouh's brother, Mahmoud, who was chief of logistics and weapons procurement for Hamas, was assassinated in Dubai in 2010, reportedly by the Mossad. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🔴 Eliminated: Faiq Mabhouh, head of the Operations Directorate of Hamas' Internal Security.<br><br>Mabhouh was hiding in a compound at the Shifa hospital, from which he operated and advanced terrorist activity. <a href="https://t.co/KFbGto2soE">pic.twitter.com/KFbGto2soE</a></p>— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) <a href="https://twitter.com/IDF/status/1769708756604993733?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hamas continues to abuse hospitals as their terror strongholds, using the most vulnerable as human shields.<br>WATCH: terrorists fire from buildings in the Shifa hospital compound.<br>The IDF is continuing to conduct a precise operation to thwart terrorism in the Shifa hospital area. <a href="https://t.co/bfAfrSO4sX">pic.twitter.com/bfAfrSO4sX</a></p>— COGAT (@cogatonline) <a href="https://twitter.com/cogatonline/status/1769639739013865866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">2/4: Terror funds intended for distribution to Hamas terrorist operatives, in addition to numerous weapons, were located in the hospital. This is further evidence of Hamas' systematic abuse of hospitals and civilian infrastructure for its terrorist activities. <a href="https://t.co/MajHJz4SIn">pic.twitter.com/MajHJz4SIn</a></p>— Documenting Israel (@DocumentIsrael) <a href="https://twitter.com/DocumentIsrael/status/1769752422644158771?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">4/4: This is a sync of a Deputy Squadron Commander in Shayetet 13 regarding the recent Shifa hospital operation <a href="https://t.co/Nqkgi7ZM7C">pic.twitter.com/Nqkgi7ZM7C</a></p>— Documenting Israel (@DocumentIsrael) <a href="https://twitter.com/DocumentIsrael/status/1769752427106853203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Right by the office of the director of the Shifa Hospital: a designated room for Hamas terrorists to operate from, with weapons and terror funds intended for distribution. <br>This is more evidence of Hamas' systematic abuse of hospitals for its terrorist activities. <a href="https://t.co/rzzMKkwONz">pic.twitter.com/rzzMKkwONz</a></p>— COGAT (@cogatonline) <a href="https://twitter.com/cogatonline/status/1769744974092829059?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Operational Update: Hamas terrorist funds found inside Shifa Hospital. <br><br>Along with the funds themselves were notes thanking the Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists for their “good work”. <br><br>Watch and see for yourselves: <a href="https://t.co/ghABxEHapH">pic.twitter.com/ghABxEHapH</a></p>— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) <a href="https://twitter.com/IDF/status/1769752899045687515?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A short time ago, the IDF distributed leaflets calling on everyone in the a-Rimal neighborhood and the vicinity of Shifa Hospital to evacuate immediately to the humanitarian area in al-Mawasi. <a href="https://t.co/T5Ab7wIRLo">pic.twitter.com/T5Ab7wIRLo</a></p>— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/IsraelWarRoom/status/1769643395071291844?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ICYMI, my article in <a href="https://twitter.com/Newsweek?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Newsweek</a> where I discussed hospitals in war and in Gaza. <a href="https://t.co/t5CCAuzTRY">https://t.co/t5CCAuzTRY</a></p>— John Spencer (@SpencerGuard) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpencerGuard/status/1769546544057917713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Does he agree with his brother - Hattem Ealeawa - who was overjoyed on Oct 7 - praising Allah and celebrating that he was alive for Jihad?<br><br>And does he agree with his wife - Razan - who celebrated the terror attack on 27 January 2023 in which 7 Israelis were murdered? 2/3 <a href="https://t.co/mF5fquQ9qW">pic.twitter.com/mF5fquQ9qW</a></p>— David Collier (@mishtal) <a href="https://twitter.com/mishtal/status/1769700490198028429?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Staff Sgt. Matan Vinogradov 🕯️<br><br>Matan, 20, was killed battling terrorists in the area of Gaza’s Shifa Hospital. Footage showed Hamas gunmen shooting at troops from the hospital premises and detonating a roadside bomb.<br><br>Matan gave his life for the people and State of Israel. May… <a href="https://t.co/nNGTQFRWDo">pic.twitter.com/nNGTQFRWDo</a></p>— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) <a href="https://twitter.com/AvivaKlompas/status/1769684381507969476?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.thejc.com/news/israel/son-of-world-mizrachi-movement-head-confirmed-killed-on-october-7-uv3wdsfm">Son of world Mizrachi movement head confirmed killed on October 7</a>
<blockquote>South African-Israeli dual national Daniel Perez was killed on October 7 by Hamas terrorists, who are holding his remains in the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defence Forces revealed on Sunday.
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Perez, 22, from Yad Binyamin, served as a platoon commander in the Israel Defence Forces’ 7th Armored Brigade’s 77th Battalion. His death was confirmed following an investigation by the military rabbinate, and his family was informed before the news was made public.
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The slain soldier’s father, Rabbi Doron Perez, serves as executive chairman of the religious Zionist Mizrachi World Movement.
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“Over the past 163 days we have desperately [prayed] for better news,” Rabbi Danny Mirvis, the organization’s acting CEO, stated on Sunday. “Throughout that time, the Perez family has inspired us and strengthened us as we have sought to strengthen them. The global [prayers] for his well-being will now become global wishes of comfort.”
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The statement noted that the news came on the 7th of Adar, the Hebrew date of the biblical Moses’ death. This date is associated with mourning for all those whose burial place is unknown. “As we have prayed and hoped for Daniel’s return until now, we continue to pray and hope for his return to a kever Yisrael [Jewish burial],” said Mirvis.
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Daniel Perez immigrated to the Jewish state from South Africa in 2014 along with his parents and three siblings. In a Feb. 28 interview with Jewish Insider, Rabbi Perez declared that his son holds a South African passport and said that Pretoria “has a responsibility to return a South African, whatever their political position on the conflict.”
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Asked by the outlet whether the South African government was doing anything to bring about Daniel’s release, Rabbi Peretz said the family had been in touch with officials and efforts were being made.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The IDF announced the death of Cpt. Daniel Perez. The 22-year-old was declared a fallen soldier captured by a terror organization. His body was taken by terrorists on October 7.<br><br>Daniel’s death was declared by the Military Rabbinate based on findings and new intelligence… <a href="https://t.co/TcuVexwZT1">pic.twitter.com/TcuVexwZT1</a></p>— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) <a href="https://twitter.com/AvivaKlompas/status/1769447822875558334?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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F-16 pilot who fought ISIS, now in Gaza: Naftali Hazony | The Israel-Hamas War
<blockquote>Naftali is an Israeli F-16 fighter pilot who spent 8 years in the Israeli Air Force. Recently, he has been fighting in Gaza, where he is part of a special forces unit tasked with some of the most dangerous missions.
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Visegrad24 presents an in-depth series covering the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. This comprehensive series features on-the-ground interviews, bringing firsthand insights from a diverse range of voices, including politicians, professors, journalists, experts and influencers.
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00:00 - Introduction<br>
02:40 - Being a fighter pilot<br>
04:27 - Top Gun, real or not?<br>
06:05 - The future of warfare<br>
06:40 - Iran & war<br>
09:37 - Western civilization & Islamism<br>
13:50 - What to do about Gaza?<br>
15:45 - The IDF and politics<br>
18:35 - October 7th changed everything<br>
21:25 - Gaza 24 months from now<br>
24:23 - Civilian casualties in Gaza<br>
26:06 - How many in Gaza oppose Hamas?<br>
28:42 - UNRWA is the center of terror<br>
30:22 - Living conditions in Gaza<br>
31:42 - Strength and winning<br>
35:18 - Israeli politicians<br>
36:26 - The multicultural IDF and God</blockquote>
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<A href=https://www.meforum.org/65645/bruce-bechtol-on-north-korea-and-the-middle-east>Bruce Bechtol on North Korea and the Middle East</a>
<blockquote>Bruce Bechtol, professor of political science at Angelo State University, spoke to a February 26 Middle East Forum Podcast (video). The following summarizes his comments:
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North Korea's significant role in the violence roiling the Middle East was most recently evident in Hamas's October 7 attack against Israel. North Korean F-7 rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) sold to the terror group were fired at kibbutzim in southern Israel during Hamas's incursion. An Israel Defense Force's (IDF) investigation revealed Korean writing on the F-7s trigger mechanism, proving its origins – "it's not a smoking gun, it's a smoking Howitzer." As early as 2014, a deal with North Korea brokered through a Lebanese front company supplied Hamas with multiple rocket launchers (MRLs), rockets, and laser-guided (specifically produced by North Korea) anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) that Hamas has used against Israel.
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Gaza's vast tunnel network "look[s] almost exactly" like the tunnels under the demilitarized zone [DMZ] in Korea for a reason. North Korea gave Hamas the technical support and training for construction of its extensive tunnel system within which the terror group can hide. The arms smuggled into the Gaza Strip go through Sudan and through tunnels under Egypt's border with Gaza. The huge cache of weapons in Hamas's possession points to the ineffectiveness of Egypt's interdiction.
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North Korea has no compunction selling weapons to terrorist groups. Thus, countries such as Israel and the U.S. must consider North Korea's proliferation of weaponry "an existential national security threat" they have yet to address through "proactive means." Washington has been "slow" to focus on Pyongyang, ostensibly because the U.S. is in "sensitive talks" with the regime about its nuclear program. Yet, North Korea still has nuclear weapons, and it is destabilizing not only the Middle East, but also Sub-Saharan Africa.
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In his 2018 book, North Korean Military Proliferation in the Middle East and Africa, Bechtol details North Korea's supply of weapons to Hamas, which is but one of the Iranian regime's many proxies receiving North Korean weaponry and destabilizing the region. Other Iranian proxies receiving North Korean weaponry include Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the Houthis in Yemen. Therefore, "destroying North Korea's illicit arms networks in the Middle East runs through Iran." (h/t L_King)</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jns.org/herzog-honors-samaria-reservist-who-killed-palestinian-terrorist/">Herzog honors Samaria reservist who killed Palestinian terrorist</a>
<blockquote>Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday visited Eli in Samaria, where he honored an Israel Defense Forces reservist who killed a terrorist who murdered two civilians at the town’s gas station on Feb. 29.
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Aviad Gizbar, who owns a hummus restaurant at the petrol station and was on leave from the military at the time, shot and killed the terrorist from his restaurant, preventing further bloodshed.
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Herzog presented Gizbar with a certificate of appreciation during a visit to Eli’s prestigious Bnei David pre-military academy, where he also met with hundreds of students, staff and bereaved families.
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“We can’t—by no means—return to the days before the Black Sabbath [of Oct. 7],” the president told attendees, per the Israeli news outlet Kipa. “We can’t return to words that lash out, of hate and division. If there’s anything we can swear on the memory of the fallen, it is that their deaths were not in vain.”
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Herzog expressed his appreciation on behalf of the entire nation of Israel to the soldiers “who, for over five months, have been guarding our land and the cities of our God, and are all dedicated to victory.”</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-792387">Israel Police preparing for mass terrorist infiltration from Jenin</a>
<blockquote>Israel Police's Lowlands division conducted training exercises and security assessments throughout Israel's Northwest in recent weeks. These precautions are due to the ongoing warnings of possible Palestinian terrorist infiltrations into Jewish settlements within the region.
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Since the infiltration of Hamas terrorists into Israeli territory on October 7, police units have been preparing for any possible scenario of high-risk terrorist attacks. This comes following previous reports that under Hamas's original plan, attacks would occur beyond Gaza but throughout the West Bank as well, perpetrated by local terror cells and allies.
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Jenin as a hotbed for terrorism<br>
Jenin, located in the northwestern part of the West Bank, has become, in recent years, a hotbed for terrorist activity. The IDF and Shin Bet killed a Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist in Jenin in a drone strike in late February en route to committing a shooting attack likely on Israeli forces.
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In January, three Palestinian men were killed in a hospital by Israeli commandos, with one being a member of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.
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As of last week, over 3,500 terror suspects have been arrested or killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank, with many affiliated with Hamas and other terrorist groups, since Operation Swords of Iron began.
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Avi Daniel, Commander of Israel Police's Lowland Region, discussed the readiness of the security forces if a possible infiltration occurs, saying, "We are exceptionally strong and prepared for any scenario and intrusion."
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Timur Yagudaev, commander of the Israel Police Special Patrol Unit (Yasam) in the Lowlands district, stated that "following the events on October 7, we learned our lessons and understood that events could be in multiple locations with many injured with Magen David Adom (MDA) not being able to reach them.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">And the fight continues between Muslim Arabs in Jerusalem.<br><br>Happy Ramadan!!! <a href="https://t.co/7tQ6dR6JNc">pic.twitter.com/7tQ6dR6JNc</a></p>— Documenting Israel (@DocumentIsrael) <a href="https://twitter.com/DocumentIsrael/status/1769474065721356628?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.jns.org/netanyahu-i-suggested-gaza-aid-sea-route-to-biden/">Netanyahu: I suggested Gaza aid sea route to Biden</a>
<blockquote>The humanitarian initiatives for the civilian population of the Gaza Strip came about with Israeli support, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told leaders of the pro-Israel AIPAC lobbying group on Monday.
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“Everything that you see: The airdrops, that’s with us; the sea route, that’s with us—it actually started out as an idea that I presented to President Biden two weeks into the war,” Netanyahu said during the meeting in Jerusalem, a recording of which was shared by his office.
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“And then alternative ground routes; that’s us. Kerem Shalom [to southern Gaza], and now in the center of what is called Karni [the Karni crossing near Gaza City], that’s us, we’re providing it,” added the premier.
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Netanyahu did not elaborate on what he meant by the “sea route” and whether this included Biden’s plan to build a pier to supply Gaza. A spokesperson for the Prime Minister’s Office told JNS that Jerusalem would not be “adding to what we already put out.”
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During the meeting with AIPAC, Netanyahu noted, “The problem is not getting the trucks into Gaza—that’s a problem, but not a big problem. The problem is how do you distribute.
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“The problem is how do you prevent looting by Hamas and by others so it does get to the civilian population; we’re working on that,” he said.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jns.org/israeli-fm-slams-eus-borrell-for-claiming-jlem-starving-gazans/">Israeli FM slams EU’s Borrell for claiming J’lem starving Gazans</a>
<blockquote>Ahead of a summit of European Union foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday, Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz called on E.U. foreign policy chief Josep Borrell to stop bashing the Jewish state and recognize its right to defend itself.
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“Israel allows extensive humanitarian aid into Gaza by land, air and sea for anyone willing to help,” tweeted Katz, noting that Israel persists in assisting the Strip’s civilian population “despite Hamas violently disrupting aid convoys and UNRWA‘s collaboration with them.”
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According to Katz, “it’s time” for the E.U. diplomat to “stop attacking Israel and recognize our right to self-defense against Hamas’ crimes.”
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Katz’s post on X tagged the foreign ministers of Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Romania.
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Speaking at a conference in the Belgian capital shortly before he met with 27 E.U. foreign ministers on Monday, Borrell accused Jerusalem of “provoking famine” in the Gaza Strip, claiming that the Israel Defense Forces is weaponizing starvation as a “weapon of war.”
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“Gaza was before the war the greatest open-air prison. Today, it is the greatest open-air graveyard,” Borrell claimed in separate comments. “A graveyard for tens of thousands of people, and also a graveyard for many of the most important principles of humanitarian law.”
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According to Israel, at least 14,000 terrorists are among the estimated 31,000 Palestinians that Hamas claims have been killed in the war.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">To falsely accuse the Jewish state of deliberately starving Palestinians is reminiscent of a medieval blood libel.<br><br>By making such outrageous claims, <a href="https://twitter.com/JosepBorrellF?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JosepBorrellF</a> not only defames Israel but also, even if unintended, fans the flames of antisemitism amid an explosion of… <a href="https://t.co/VJcPd13eom">https://t.co/VJcPd13eom</a></p>— Daniel Schwammenthal (@DSchwammenthal) <a href="https://twitter.com/DSchwammenthal/status/1769722650207629419?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We are also terribly worried, <a href="https://twitter.com/DrTedros?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DrTedros</a>, that Hamas once again militarizes hospitals in Gaza, using Palestinians as human shields.<br><br>The <a href="https://twitter.com/IDF?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IDF</a> thwarted terrorist activities in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AlShifaHospital?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AlShifaHospital</a>, where Hamas’ internal security forces Chief was operating.<br><br>Israel is willing to provide…</p>— Meirav Eilon Shahar 🇮🇱 (@MeiravEShahar) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeiravEShahar/status/1769732865250439365?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The report literally says *at the top* that its projection is based on an out of date assessment, and as such does not take account of the recent efforts to turbocharge aid deliveries to the minority of Gazans still in the north. <br><br>But UNRWA is still a Hamas front. <a href="https://t.co/UsTTiXHTIF">https://t.co/UsTTiXHTIF</a></p>— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) <a href="https://twitter.com/EylonALevy/status/1769720327133712505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ok, this is freaking incredible.<br><br>After posting those questions about the malnourishment screenings allegedly conducted by "UNICEF and its partners" in shelters in northern Gaza, I have decided to check how many people are actually staying in those shelters.<br><br>Turns out that in… <a href="https://t.co/o3fRs88jjZ">https://t.co/o3fRs88jjZ</a></p>— Mark Zlochin - מארק זלוצ'ין༝ (@MarkZlochin) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkZlochin/status/1769732592968892580?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The US needs to stop playing Hamas's game in Gaza.<br><br>The game is rather simple: Hamas seeks to disrupt the distribution of aid in areas where they were defeated on the battlefield, establish the narrative of crisis, and then partner with its close collaborator UNRWA to provide the…</p>— Richard Goldberg (@rich_goldberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/rich_goldberg/status/1769744598648095103?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Then again you can’t expect much from a Senator who supports the Iran deal, thinks the IR can be negotiated with, and wanted to change US sanctions to allow Syria’s Assad to collect revenue from a pipeline…<br><br>Chris is a great friend to dictators. <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisVanHollen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChrisVanHollen</a></p>— Emily Schrader - אמילי שריידר امیلی شریدر (@emilykschrader) <a href="https://twitter.com/emilykschrader/status/1769708214453440668?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.jns.org/australian-lawmakers-slam-government-for-renewing-unrwa-funding/">Australian lawmakers slam government for renewing UNRWA funding</a>
<blockquote>The Australian government’s decision to renew aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency before any independent inquiry into the agency’s terror links violates the country’s domestic laws, a group of Australian lawmakers said this weekend.
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The parliamentary condemnation came just hours after Australia announced that it was resuming funding for UNRWA, following similar moves by Sweden, the European Commission and Canada even before the U.N.’s own investigation of the agency is completed.
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“Australians are right to expect the Federal Government to withhold any further funding to UNRWA, and they are rightly concerned that the Federal Government has breached its responsibility to uphold the norms and mechanisms of accountability, community development, fundamental human decency and its own domestic laws,” according to a statement by Australian MP Andrew Wallace on behalf of his parliament’s 22-member Israel Allies Caucus.
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“The decision to resume funding to UNRWA without any independent findings is an appalling affront to the people of Israel and to Jewish Australians who continue to suffer at the hands of Hamas terrorists and their allies,” he said.
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A bombshell Israeli intelligence report, shared with the U.S. administration, showed that dozens of UNRWA employees actively participated in the Hamas massacre on Oct. 7, and that the agency has 450 “military operatives” belonging to Hamas and other terrorist groups on its payroll.
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The intel prompted 18 nations, led by the United States and Germany, UNRWA’s biggest donors, to suspend contributions to the agency totaling $438 million, or more than half of this year’s expected funding.
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However, several countries, voicing concern over the humanitarian situation in Gaza, have since resumed their donations. The United States, which provides about 30% of UNRWA’s budget and is its largest donor, has frozen its donations, something that may become permanent in the wake of congressional legislation.
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“The best available current advice from agencies and the Australian government lawyers is that UNRWA is not a terrorist organization,” Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong told reporters Friday in Adelaide while she announced the aid package.
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“[We have] been working with a group of donor countries and with UNRWA on the shared objective of ensuring the integrity of UNRWA’s operations, rebuilding confidence, and so importantly, ensuring aid flows to Gazans in desperate need.”
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The Australian lawmakers said that the government’s “inexplicable decision” funded in part by the tax dollars of Australians was both an egregious betrayal of Israel and an affront to the Australian public.</blockquote>
Penny Wong makes ‘outrageous decision’ to resume UNRWA funding
<blockquote>Sky News host Sharri Markson says Penny Wong and Anthony Albanese on Friday announced the “unsurprising but outrageous decision” to resume funding to UNRWA.
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Ms Markson said it is the UN agencies where employees took part in the October 7 attacks.
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“And where thousands of members have expressed support for Hamas.
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“Penny Wong didn't even bother to wait for the outcome of the independent review which is being conducted by a former French Minister into the organisation.
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“You have to ask, why is she so desperate to reinstate the $6 million of your taxpayer funds, that she can't wait just a few more days until the outcome of the review?”</blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Former UNRWA Official Ahmad Oueidat: Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh Was a Teacher in One of Our Schools, as Was PFLP-GC Leader Talal Naji; The West Tried to Corrupt Our Curricula <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hamas?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Hamas</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/UNRWA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UNRWA</a> <a href="https://t.co/iox8enfmzf">pic.twitter.com/iox8enfmzf</a></p>— MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) <a href="https://twitter.com/MEMRIReports/status/1769684295193448878?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If this is your position, which is essentially that Israel isn’t entitled to exist and attacks on it are justified, then I don’t really care about your whining about the consequences of the war you started and support just because your are losing. <a href="https://t.co/BtTyjwRK3P">https://t.co/BtTyjwRK3P</a></p>— AG (@AGHamilton29) <a href="https://twitter.com/AGHamilton29/status/1769734152356540714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<A href=https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/its-taken-too-long-to-respond-to-hamas-sexual-violence/> It’s taken too long to respond to Hamas’ sexual violence </a>
<blockquote>Unimaginable acts of barbarism were committed by Hamas when it attacked Israel on Oct. 7. These planned atrocities targeted civilians, with more than 1,200 men, women, children and infants slaughtered that day and more than 250 taken captive into Gaza. Out of those, 132 are still being held, including 14 young women.
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The immediate release of all hostages must be a top priority. However, with these young women sits the most urgent concern, especially after a harrowing United Nations report detailed the horrific sexual torture endured by women massacred in Hamas’ savagery in Israel and evidence that those being held in Gaza underwent, and are still subject to, similar atrocities. That’s why the lack of response and outrage is so alarming.
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Pramila Patten, Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, led a team to investigate sexual violence related to the attacks. Her report, released March 4, details evidence of systemic, weaponized sexual violence including rape and gang rape, and the rape of corpses. Many female victims were found naked or partially naked, with genitals shot and mutilated.
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As for those women still held, Patten wrote her team “found clear and convincing information that some have been subjected to various forms of conflict-related sexual violence including rape and sexual torture and sexualized cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.”
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She also noted some of that treatment “may be ongoing.” These women have already been held captive for five months under conditions too difficult to comprehend.
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Patten’s report is indeed damning but should not come as a surprise. Last month, the Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel, a collective of nine organizations, delivered a report to the U.N. detailing sexual violence on and after Oct. 7.
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Through the testimony of survivors, eyewitnesses, released hostages and others, there is ample evidence that these sadistic acts were premeditated with precision as weaponized sexual violence by Hamas terrorists.
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These were not isolated incidents. Hamas terrorists livestreamed their crimes from GoPro cameras, took selfies with victims and went as far as to post the assaults on the social media accounts of some victims.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-792557">Hostages had to prepare food but couldn't eat it, mother of hostage says</a>
<blockquote>The hostage, Liri Elbag, has been detained in Gaza captivity for 164 days along with 133 other hostages, some of whom were murdered.
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Liri’s mother, Shira, spoke on Monday with "Kan B" about information she received from hostages released in November, which indicates that her daughter was exploited by her captors.
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"Liri moved between houses. She had to cook for the family with whom she was staying, take care of their children, and clean their house. The hostages had to prepare food, but they themselves could not eat," she said.
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"In a week that apparently concentrated a large number of hostages, some of whom were later released, they shared their experiences. At that point in time, Liri remained in the tunnel; we assume that she is still there," she said.
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She also said, “I tried a few times to sit enclosed in a dark room in the house, without a phone, without anything - I managed maybe for an hour and got up crying."
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Regarding the sexual abuse committed by Hamas terrorists on the hostages in captivity, Liri’s mother said: "I constantly try to imagine what she goes through there; it's very difficult. We all know that many girls have been abused there, and as a mother, I try not to think about it at all - I try not to imagine it."
'Only want to hear good things'
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"When I meet female hostages who were released, I ask about things they may not have told me. The truth is that I only want to hear the good things that happened at that time because the bad things are no longer relevant either," she noted.
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"Some things are funny because Liri is a very imaginative girl," Shira said. "She would say to them, 'Let's imagine we are in a restaurant, what would you like to eat?'. Each one had to say what she liked the most, and they would also get angry with her - 'But Liri, because of you we are even hungrier now.'"</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rescued from captivity last month by the <a href="https://twitter.com/IDF?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IDF</a>, Luis Har tears up sharing news that one of his rescuers died in combat just two weeks later. 💔 <a href="https://t.co/ROXGGmMkLY">pic.twitter.com/ROXGGmMkLY</a></p>— Embassy of Israel to the USA (@IsraelinUSA) <a href="https://twitter.com/IsraelinUSA/status/1769408857640439915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.jns.org/israeli-turns-86-in-hamas-captivity-in-gaza/">Israeli turns 86 in Hamas captivity in Gaza</a>
<blockquote>Israeli hostage Shlomo Mansour, the oldest of 134 captives still being held by Hamas in Gaza, turned 86 years old on Sunday.
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“Of course, it is not an easy day for us,” Moshit Mansour, Shlomo’s daughter, told JNS. “We are trying to keep it together by sticking with one another and doing things that our father loves. This is how we deal with it.”
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The last time Shlomo’s family heard from him was on Oct. 7 right before Hamas terrorists stormed his Kibbutz Kissufim home. After Shlomo was beaten, he was led away in handcuffs in full view of his wife of 60 years, who miraculously escaped.
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Shlomo’s family, including his 15 grandchildren, are anxious for his return.
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“We are waiting to finally be on the safe side after a deal and the return of the captives. Until then we can’t really say anything,” Moshit said in reference to Mossad Chief David Barnea’s reported imminent departure for hostage negotiations in Doha.
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A source told Reuters that the talks will center around the remaining gaps between the sides, including the number of Palestinian terrorists to be released from Israeli prisons and the delivery of humanitarian aid into the coastal enclave.
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On Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the latest Hamas demands “absurd,” yet still agreed to send a delegation to Qatar.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Day 162.<br><br>🎗️His name is Shlomo Mantzur.<br><br>🎗️Today this Holocaust survivor spent his 86th BIRTHDAY in a terror dungeon. <br><br>🎗️He is the OLDEST hostage. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BringThemHome?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BringThemHome</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StandWithIsrael?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StandWithIsrael</a> <a href="https://t.co/kCOql43TA1">pic.twitter.com/kCOql43TA1</a></p>— The Persian Jewess (@persianjewess) <a href="https://twitter.com/persianjewess/status/1769205816748576974?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Koren Taasa, whose father Gil died after jumping on a grenade to save his sons’ life, celebrates his Bar Mitzvah at the Kotel. <br><br>Even in the midst of unbearable heartbreak, we celebrate our traditions, our faith, and our resiliency as <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Jewish?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Jewish</a> people. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AmYisraelChai?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AmYisraelChai</a> <a href="https://t.co/BwUqLaQkn3">https://t.co/BwUqLaQkn3</a> <a href="https://t.co/0DCdFs1iHH">pic.twitter.com/0DCdFs1iHH</a></p>— The Persian Jewess (@persianjewess) <a href="https://twitter.com/persianjewess/status/1769548753688731666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hamas needs to release American hostages immediately. <a href="https://t.co/AisYUMASb7">pic.twitter.com/AisYUMASb7</a></p>— Joni Ernst (@SenJoniErnst) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenJoniErnst/status/1769489144332353715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Earlier today, Hamas supporters showed up at <a href="https://twitter.com/RepAdamSmith?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepAdamSmith</a>'s town hall at Sammamish High School calling him "...worse than H*tl*r" because of his support for Israel and added, "We don't want 2 states, we want 1948" meaning an end to Israel <a href="https://t.co/JfGrpXjz49">pic.twitter.com/JfGrpXjz49</a></p>— Ari Hoffman (@thehoffather) <a href="https://twitter.com/thehoffather/status/1769554743297441953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Smith previously voted "No" on a bill for Israel aid legislation because it didn't include aid to Palestinians in Gaza & because it wasn't tied to $ for Ukraine<a href="https://t.co/A0UNg4ciDH">https://t.co/A0UNg4ciDH</a></p>— Ari Hoffman (@thehoffather) <a href="https://twitter.com/thehoffather/status/1769554748573905239?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Islamist fanaticism & Israeli high-tech: Michael Eisenberg | Israel-Hamas War
<blockquote>Michael is an American-Israeli businessman and venture capitalist, co-founder and general partner of Aleph, a Tel Aviv-based venture capital firm.
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Visegrad24 presents an in-depth series covering the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. This comprehensive series features on-the-ground interviews, bringing firsthand insights from a diverse range of voices, including politicians, professors, journalists, businessman, experts and influencers.
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00:00 - Introduction<br>
01:00 - Jewish migrants & meritocracies<br>
02:50 - Jews and the media <br>
04:50 - Is Israel part of the West?<br>
08:16 - Geopolitics<br>
08:58 - Why should the West care about Israel?<br>
13:49 - Religious fanaticism and the clueless West<br>
15:26 - Israel losing the information war<br>
19:08 - Storytelling <br>
20:08 - Competing narratives<br>
22:14 - The long war & civic responsibility <br>
27:18 - Culture and social cohesion</blockquote>
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Migration, the far-left and Israel: Attila Somfalvi | The Israel-Hamas War
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Visegrad24 presents an in-depth series covering the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. This comprehensive series features on-the-ground interviews, bringing firsthand insights from a diverse range of voices, including politicians, professors, journalists, experts and influencers.
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00:48 - Intelligence failure on October 7th<br>
01:53 - Flexibility of Israeli society<br>
02:50 - Israel as a militarised society<br>
06:04 - Legacy media and social media<br>
08:58 - Israeli influence operations<br>
10:58 - The radical left<br>
13:25 - Europe's open borders<br>
17:55 - What happened to Europe?<br>
22:08 - War against Hezbollah?<br>
25:07 - The Islamic regime in Iran<br>
29:04 - The U.S. - Israel relation<br>
31:07 - Will Israel administer Gaza after the war?</blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You can search Google for answers about Israel. Or you can listen to <a href="https://twitter.com/stateofapod?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@stateofapod</a> and get answers straight from the top experts I'll be interviewing in my studio.<br><br>Subscribe now! <a href="https://t.co/liVM2PMsFo">pic.twitter.com/liVM2PMsFo</a></p>— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) <a href="https://twitter.com/EylonALevy/status/1769414883278282977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://freebeacon.com/?post_type=post&p=1869477">A California Synagogue Leased Space to a Muslim Group, Telling Members They Had an Obligation To 'Strengthen the Bonds' Between Communities. Things Went South From There.</a>
<blockquote>A California synagogue axed its leadership and is struggling to retain members after leasing its facility to a Muslim group that brought in an anti-Israel speaker who compared Israel to Nazi Germany.
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Hamakom synagogue, a conservative congregation of around 900 families located in an upscale Los Angeles suburb, says it was trying to ease tensions between the Jewish and Muslim communities when it decided to lease its space this month to the Islamic Society of West Valley, a neighboring Muslim faith group that needed space to hold services during the holy month of Ramadan.
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Hamakom entered into an agreement with the Islamic Society that allowed it to take over the synagogue’s main campus, pushing Jewish members onto a smaller satellite branch. In anticipation of the lease’s commencement, the synagogue’s leadership covered up pictures of Israeli hostages captured by Hamas during its Oct. 7 attack on Israel, according to photographs reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon, sparking anger among Jewish congregants.
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Soon after the Islamic Society began using Hamakom’s facility, it hosted anti-Israel activist Hussam Ayloush, who said last year that Israel did not have a right to defend itself following the Oct. 7 attack and compared Israel to Nazi Germany. The invite led many Jewish members to threaten to resign from the shul, according to internal emails viewed by the Free Beacon, and prompted Hamakom to sever its rental contract with the Islamic Society within days of inking it.
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Hamakom’s two copresidents have now resigned from their posts and the synagogue is promising a "thorough internal review to understand the missteps taken and to implement corrective measures," according to a statement from rabbis Stewart Vogel and Richard Camras. The incident comes as Jewish communities in America face rising anti-Semitism across the country.
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"Recent decisions, including our outreach efforts with the Islamic Society of West Valley (ISWV) and related actions, have fallen short of the high standards of excellence and inclusivity we strive to uphold," the synagogue’s rabbis said in their statement issued through a crisis management PR firm. "It's clear that these decisions have had a profound impact on our community, eroding trust and causing distress among our members."</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Only the Forward could publish such absolute bullsh%t 😡 <br><br>For the record, only Hamas and antisemites are responsible for antisemitism! <a href="https://t.co/1JPJgRytWk">pic.twitter.com/1JPJgRytWk</a></p>— Arsen Ostrovsky 🎗️ (@Ostrov_A) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ostrov_A/status/1769470916117791113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dialogue attempt<br><br>Israeli: "the Quran says that Israel is the land of the Jews"<br><br>Palestinian: "Yes, you are here for us to slaughter you"<br><br>What do you think? Did it go well? <a href="https://t.co/t4bPIIJjIk">pic.twitter.com/t4bPIIJjIk</a></p>— Hamas Atrocities (@HamasAtrocities) <a href="https://twitter.com/HamasAtrocities/status/1768991113354908147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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NYT's Editorial: <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/03/15/opinion/anti-israel-protesters-who-disrupt-commerce-and-traffic-need-to-be-arrested/">Blocking Newspaper Trucks Is NOT "Peaceful Protest"</a>
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No: It was a forceful attack on a private enterprise (on private property, too), and on the freedom of the press.
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So now we get uncontrolled "pro-Palestine" demonstrations, targeting everything from the Thanksgiving Day parade to Christmas services at St. Patrick's Cathedral, with periodic actions to close commuting chokepoints from Grand Central Station to city bridges and assaults on the press.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This happened today at a Jewish day school in Florida <a href="https://t.co/hAzA0Jt5Yb">pic.twitter.com/hAzA0Jt5Yb</a></p>— neveragainlivepodcast@gmail.com (@neveragainlive1) <a href="https://twitter.com/neveragainlive1/status/1769530155855233230?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Alvarez said one of Al-Kabra's demands was "The release of all hostages: both Israelis in Gaza & Palestinians imprisoned in Israel"<br><br>Hostages aren't being held in Israel. Terrorists are in Israeli jails & Hamas demanded them in return for women & children<a href="https://t.co/25q6GHmCJo">https://t.co/25q6GHmCJo</a></p>— Ari Hoffman (@thehoffather) <a href="https://twitter.com/thehoffather/status/1769545927793279091?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Less than 24 hours after Hamas raped, tortured, and executed move than 1,200 people & kidnapped 250 more, Al Karba was involved in the violent protests against Israel in Kirkland on Oct 8 <a href="https://t.co/ln5FVaKfl3">https://t.co/ln5FVaKfl3</a></p>— Ari Hoffman (@thehoffather) <a href="https://twitter.com/thehoffather/status/1769545933375836454?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Last month during a speech in Olympia, Rami wore his signature Hamas keffiyeh and stood next to signs mimicking the posters of hostages kidnapped by Hamas, except these alternate versions use numbers and talking points from terrorists to bash Israel <a href="https://t.co/ObU2CyvXAL">pic.twitter.com/ObU2CyvXAL</a></p>— Ari Hoffman (@thehoffather) <a href="https://twitter.com/thehoffather/status/1769545940208431356?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Look at what happens if you call for the release of hostages and criticise Hamas at a "Palestine Solidarity Campaign" hate march. Abuse will be your reward.<br><br>Trade unions continue to back the PSC, an antisemitic hatred movement for terrorists. <a href="https://t.co/oGiYVCKmUd">https://t.co/oGiYVCKmUd</a></p>— habibi (@habibi_uk) <a href="https://twitter.com/habibi_uk/status/1769460636583403665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Why is the UK supportive of Israel?<br><br>A comrade provides an answer at Saturday's Israel hatred rally in Manchester.<br><br>"We all know that the only extremists are the Zionist powers running our country!"<br><br>Nice keffiyeh. But I think he'd look better in a white robe and pointy hat. <a href="https://t.co/4JWc20bKCC">pic.twitter.com/4JWc20bKCC</a></p>— habibi (@habibi_uk) <a href="https://twitter.com/habibi_uk/status/1769435532054990994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">She added a despicable Holocaust slur. Of course she did. <a href="https://t.co/mEH0vuVWk6">pic.twitter.com/mEH0vuVWk6</a></p>— habibi (@habibi_uk) <a href="https://twitter.com/habibi_uk/status/1769428313913606510?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">why does this always happen <a href="https://t.co/zwytlM7KoP">https://t.co/zwytlM7KoP</a> <a href="https://t.co/9BggkLl2p4">pic.twitter.com/9BggkLl2p4</a></p>— ✧.* ℜ𝔞𝔫𝔡♡𝔪 🎀 (@gen0cidej0e) <a href="https://twitter.com/gen0cidej0e/status/1769543447386701829?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 18, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The only thing Queers for Palestine have accomplished is setting back the LGBTQ+ movement. <br><br>How can you expect anyone to take you seriously when you easily fall for the lies and propaganda of the genocidal homicidal terrorist death cult that despises you? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StandWithIsrael?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StandWithIsrael</a>… <a href="https://t.co/30hMEhOqVE">https://t.co/30hMEhOqVE</a></p>— The Persian Jewess (@persianjewess) <a href="https://twitter.com/persianjewess/status/1769490968330502483?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<p> </p>Ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024690260923786342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933777.post-55651625280069752282024-03-18T10:49:00.002-04:002024-03-18T10:49:21.815-04:00Hamas makes a cartoon<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmCtynwqcBVDSjhDqHe9Ur6b-ecM4uHOBUDjEtNUN-x8HFzMukSkq6ivREtHr61rR4SD3di2JU_sSEECLUxHV2Iolo1UdxlWZoOYpz73OnaAtqX55J6XtFtX8fLHt0eCSJtxyhCkUH0xBv-KnmcVccTheCAy1zCI5R0qEybTOgrlT4hQZ_GhpB3Q/s1389/Screenshot%202024-03-18%20104559.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="707" data-original-width="1389" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmCtynwqcBVDSjhDqHe9Ur6b-ecM4uHOBUDjEtNUN-x8HFzMukSkq6ivREtHr61rR4SD3di2JU_sSEECLUxHV2Iolo1UdxlWZoOYpz73OnaAtqX55J6XtFtX8fLHt0eCSJtxyhCkUH0xBv-KnmcVccTheCAy1zCI5R0qEybTOgrlT4hQZ_GhpB3Q/w400-h204/Screenshot%202024-03-18%20104559.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />This was posted on Hamas media. It's target audience seems to be whoever reads +972 magazine in Hebrew, because no one else would fall for it.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='607' height='371' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxia8zRoZ_pLCJLBhDbPmXUHBAgw6SSEIsZFy2Xc8B8F_EAILMKvQlEX0TXE_8GcmxckPRzHYFbZTQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>It shows Israeli quadcopter drones shooting at Gazans trying to get food. Of course.</div><div><br /></div><div>Hamas is improbably claiming that any Israeli restrictions on food to Gaza is starving the hostages to death.</div><div><br /></div><div>The thing is, Hamas has plenty of food. If the hostages are starving, it is because Hamas is starving them. None of the people we've seen in the videos of captured Gazans indicates they are starving.</div><div><br /></div><div>The video tries to prove Israelis are immoral. But it shows Hamas is.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><p></p><p></p><hr /><hr />
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<p> </p><p></p><p></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933777.post-34302224221867202052024-03-18T08:25:00.000-04:002024-03-18T08:25:20.058-04:00Another way to show that the Gaza Media Office is lying about Gaza casualtiesI <a href="https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2024/03/trusted-media-sources-more-proof-that.html">showed last week</a> that the Gaza Ministry of Health only counts a percentage of the deaths in Gaza, the rest come from the Hamas-run Gaza Media Office. And I showed that while the percentage of women and children counted by the MoH has been 58% since the beginning of the war, that means that in order to have a total of 72% women and children killed, the GMO must be counting 90% of their deaths to be women and children.<div><br /></div><div>I looked at the statistics month by month since January through March 12 based on the MoH figures. It shows that the percentage of women and children casualties counted in the hospitals has been steadily going down every month, while the percentage counted by the Hamas media office has remained absurdly high.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1pjAZSyKpy4GlIVJQOqw1-Dtk2cL1ux4h_FbVHkGszhBU44VoEekguZtbbD-SqBysNfIwroliNG8fjPw2Z8x4pDmZfdibg-fMY6nJYs-WpqWHYV3uxjCBRcW44bdNVqGkIwzuqT2sq_1KBAAAoB5ZHQ-VHKRFbuS4ZKRXyLy1zCNVQaNKCWD1IA/s703/moh%20vs%20gmo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="703" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1pjAZSyKpy4GlIVJQOqw1-Dtk2cL1ux4h_FbVHkGszhBU44VoEekguZtbbD-SqBysNfIwroliNG8fjPw2Z8x4pDmZfdibg-fMY6nJYs-WpqWHYV3uxjCBRcW44bdNVqGkIwzuqT2sq_1KBAAAoB5ZHQ-VHKRFbuS4ZKRXyLy1zCNVQaNKCWD1IA/w640-h438/moh%20vs%20gmo.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /><div>It is impossible that two different sources of casualty information would have such major differences in demographics, month after month. </div><div><br /></div><div>One other bizarre anomaly that proves that the Gaza Media Office just makes up numbers. </div><div><br /></div><div>As of the end of December, the MoH counted 15,349 deaths in hospitals. Since then that number has increased by only 2,148, or 14%.</div><div><br /></div><div>But the number of deaths that came from the Gaza Media Office was 6,929 at the end of December, and now it is at 13,775, an increase of 6,846 or 98%.</div><div><br /></div><div>Since February 1, the GMO has reported four times more deaths as the hospitals did. With zero evidence, no documentation, no proof. </div><div><br /></div><div>The MoH at least has detailed breakdowns by hospital of its statistics. The GMO - nada.</div><div><br /></div><div>Yet the total numbers reported by the Ministry of Health include the obviously false Hamas media office numbers. </div><div><br /></div><div>And not one reporter, not one statistician, not one data scientist, not one doctor is publishing what can be seen easily by just reading the Ministry of Health detailed reports on their<a href="https://t.me/MOHMediaGaza/5122"> Telegram channel</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div>It isn't like the information isn't out there. It is that these people don't want to find any proof that Israel is anything less than pure evil, and that the "trusted" Ministry of Health is relying on completely made up numbers for its total statistics. <br /><br /><p></p><p></p><hr /><hr />
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<p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933777.post-68699247557374040892024-03-18T05:45:00.001-04:002024-03-18T05:45:00.135-04:00Egyptian columnist: Jews need to realize that October 7 was a punishment from God, not from HamasYou know that anyone who has a raging desire to find reasons to justify the slaughter of 1,200 Israelis on October 7 is an antisemite. <div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi61Qvzyd1C3KCKkHOh6QBABXdgm529DP8PMgomjsWh_977IfbyWWyQwRDrtkL4mvbkXC2rFt82_7pSnArQT4qNGqoYXbVOJh0Si1qPhRiKWxmuhSm3V017chb2mHK2Z3hxeCHnuLWoF_O19MzzdGvtsIMu-hN1JYWgYGaU2egWZXW8y2bZKGp7CA/s380/3naTSipk.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="380" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi61Qvzyd1C3KCKkHOh6QBABXdgm529DP8PMgomjsWh_977IfbyWWyQwRDrtkL4mvbkXC2rFt82_7pSnArQT4qNGqoYXbVOJh0Si1qPhRiKWxmuhSm3V017chb2mHK2Z3hxeCHnuLWoF_O19MzzdGvtsIMu-hN1JYWgYGaU2egWZXW8y2bZKGp7CA/s320/3naTSipk.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>Hisham Al-Najjar is a columnist in both Egypt's major newspaper Al Ahram as well as for Al-Arab, a London-based Arabic news site. He has appeared on a number of TV interview shows, and is apparently a professor. He is anti-Hamas and anti-extremist, but as we will see, he is also an antisemite.</div><div><br /></div><div>In Al Ahram, he writes that <a href="https://gate.ahram.org.eg/daily/News/204799/4/935940/%D9%82%D8%B6%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A1/%D8%AD%D9%84-%D9%85%D8%B4%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A5%D8%B3%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84.aspx">the massacre was the Jews' fault </a>for not learning the proper lessons from previous slaughters of Jews. </div><div><div></div><blockquote><div>Israel's root problem is that it has embraced the idea of conspiracies and intrigues, and is under the illusion that others are plotting against it to erase it from existence. Thus, it has developed a psychology of hatred, constant morbid fear, hatred, and seeking revenge. The Jews - starting from the punishment inflicted on them by the Assyrian ruler Sargon II, the King of the Levant, Antiochus IV, and the Roman King Titus, and continuing through what the Nazi regime did until the Al-Aqsa Flood attack - <b>were accustomed to attributing the tribulations that befell them to the enemies, and they did not realize at any time that this was from God - even if it was in the hands of humans - to stop corruption and reform themselves.</b></div><div><br /></div><div>The heavenly books confirm that all these events are planned by God. <b>He does not send His punishments through angels, but rather they are implemented by humans, and all the bearers of these holy books have a special divine law, the summary of which is that when corruption and injustice spread in their societies, God sends down urgent punishments on them so that they pay attention and reform themselves.</b> If the Jews had realized this, the spirit of repentance would have arisen in them and someone who would correct would have arisen among them. Mistakes and changing the course, and be humble and become normal human beings whose actions and reactions are characterized by rationality within the human components around them, but they saw that these persecutions were the result of intrigues and conspiracies, so a spirit of negligence, rebellion, and arrogance was born in them.</div></blockquote><div></div><div>So therefore, if tens of thousands of Gazans are being killed, it must be because of something they did t deserve it, right? This is all divine punishment! Israel is innocent!</div><div><br /></div><div>Somehow, I don't think that the "lessons" that Jews are supposed to learn from being slaughtered is the same as the lessons for Muslims. I don't think there are too many op-eds saying that the huge death tolls in inter-Arab wars are proof of Allah's taking sides. I wonder what sins he attributes to Egypt for its defeats in 1956 and 1967 (1973, too, but Egypt regards that as a victory.) </div><div><br /></div><div>If any Muslim says that Israel's existence is a reason for retrospection and repentance by the Arab world, or that 1948 and 1967 are proof that God supports Israel over the Arabs I'd love to see it.. </div><div><br /></div><br /><p></p><p></p><hr /><hr />
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<p> </p><p></p><p></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933777.post-25245882095350420542024-03-17T15:30:00.002-04:002024-03-17T16:22:40.789-04:00More than half, and maybe as many as 75%, of Gaza deaths are Hamas terrorists. Here's why.<div>More than half of those killed in Gaza are Hamas terrorists.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Gaza ministry of health has not directly counted 31,000 dead. Their own documentation says that they directly counted some 17,000 in their hospitals, and (as of March 4) over 13,000 from "trusted media sources."</div><div><br /></div><div>Those "<a href="https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2024/03/trusted-media-sources-more-proof-that.html">trusted media sources</a>" are the Hamas "government media office," that the UN calls "<a href="https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2024/03/un-deliberately-laundering-its-gaza.html">GMO</a>."</div><div><br /></div><div>Now, let's look at the incident from the Kuwaiti roundabout last week. The Ministry of Health said that 20 were killed while<a href="https://paltoday.ps/ar/post/501785/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%AD%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%B6%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1"> the Hamas media office said 100 were killed. </a></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix9rudyADmDQ_hb2uB8IHgLE5BrXZKaBuzQomkAcCXsgGl6bASTjg5YmijEpW6fU4FBgGAuHCIKIuAaDcmN0c8MQgFjNpJqDaRlXNrvTtnghZjtE75jU_OxuzZRyPHbRB4uWG1yoMpYv5Mh58SwI-LBy15edZtj_GbiTdzE-dGb-wEAO3j5wt-mQ/s805/vid%20shots.jpeg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="429" data-original-width="805" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix9rudyADmDQ_hb2uB8IHgLE5BrXZKaBuzQomkAcCXsgGl6bASTjg5YmijEpW6fU4FBgGAuHCIKIuAaDcmN0c8MQgFjNpJqDaRlXNrvTtnghZjtE75jU_OxuzZRyPHbRB4uWG1yoMpYv5Mh58SwI-LBy15edZtj_GbiTdzE-dGb-wEAO3j5wt-mQ/s320/vid%20shots.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br />The Hamas media office simply makes things up out of thin air. Just as we've seen from the Al Ahli hospital explosion, they will <a href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-france-intelligence-7be0d59b9ceb58bbf2f03c5dc8222356">inflate death tolls</a> by 5 times or more. And the media knows it - none of them reported the higher Kuwaiti roundabout figures (that were <a href="https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-792075">killed by Palestinian gunmen</a>.) Yet the UN relies on the Hamas media office for its statistics of women and children killed, as well as the total number killed given by the MoH which includes the 13,000 from Hamas, and then the UN figures get reported as factual by the media.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now that means that the 13,000 killed reported by Hamas are highly suspect. We can imagine there are some bodies that never made it to hospitals, but not anything close to 13,000.</div><div><br /></div><div>In short, there are not 31,000 dead in Gaza. The real number is thousands less.</div><div><br /></div><div>Let's be generous and pretend that Hamas only inflates their portion of the death toll numbers by a factor of 2. That would mean that the total Gaza death toll is closer to 23,000, not 31,000.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now, Israel is reporting that it has killed <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/netanyahu-says-least-13000-terrorists-among-palestinians-killed-2024-03-10/">13,000 Hamas and other terrorists.</a> From previous wars, IDF estimates of terrorists killed were <a href="https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2024/03/it-took-hamas-22-months-to-admit-israel.html">found to be accurate</a> even though they were hotly disputed at the time.</div><div><br /></div><div>If the IDF has killed 13,000 terrorists, and the total Gaza death toll is 23,000 and not 31,000, that means that 56% of those killed are Hamas. </div><div><br /></div><div>If the real death toll is closer to 20,000 (which would be my guess with Hamas inflating their numbers by a factor of 5), then the percentage goes up to 65% - nearly two out of three being terrorist, which is an absolutely stunning number given how much Hamas relies on human shields as its defensive strategy.</div><div><br /></div><div>But the number killed could be even less than that.</div><div><br /></div><div>We are not even counting the number of civilians killed by Hamas fire and rockets that fell short that are blamed on Israel. Gaza authorities count 471 in the hospital explosion, 117 in the <a href="https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2024/02/we-dont-know-exactly-what-happened-in.html">stampede on Al-Rashid Street</a>, 70 in the <a href="https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2024/03/journalists-know-hamas-lies-about.html">Salah al-Din </a>road explosion, and numerous other incidents that Israel has denied being involved with. There were also undoubtedly other misfired terror rockets that killed Gazans. Hundreds of Gazans have been killed by terrorist fire, and yet Israel is blamed for all the deaths.</div><div><br /></div><div>Beyond that, in previous wars we saw that Hamas would blame <a href="https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2009/04/gazans-who-died-naturally-called.html ">people who died a natural death</a> on Israeli fire. About 500 Gazans die of natural causes every month, and we can expect most or all of them - 2,500 so far - have been included in the casualty figures. It is the easiest way to pretend Israel is responsible for thousands of real deaths that would have happened anyway.</div><div><br /></div><div>That is easily 3,000 more deaths that are likely counted by "Gaza authorities" and had little or nothing to do with Israel. </div><div><br /></div><div>Which may mean that the actual number of deaths by Israeli fire is closer to 17,000 - meaning that 75% of Gazans killed may be Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists, a 3-1 ratio of terrorists to civilians!</div><div><br /></div><div>The real story of this war is the one discussed by military experts like John Spencer an Col. Richard Kemp - that the IDF has done an incredible job not only of crippling Hamas but doing so with the absolute minimum of civilian deaths given the difficulty of urban and tunnel warfare. </div><div><br /></div><div>Once you realize that the total casualty figures are likely to be exaggerated, the IDF accomplishments are even more impressive.</div><br /><p></p><p></p><hr /><hr />
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Dore Gold: <a href="https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-792020">Defeating Hamas requires a joint effort from the Western world</a>
<blockquote>Ed Husain is a Muslim professor teaching at Georgetown University in Washington. Last week, he made a startling observation in the London Times. Husain noted, ironically, that the Muslim Brotherhood may be banned in Mecca but actually, it thrives in London.
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Prof. Husain bravely called for shutting the various arms of the Muslim Brotherhood operating in the United Kingdom, observing that presented danger to British security and British democracy. He observed that Hamas, which is waging a war against Israel in the Gaza Strip, is the Palestinian arm of the Muslim Brotherhood. Moreover, Hamas has vowed to act against Israel again until it succeeds.
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True, Hamas has been designated as an international terrorist organization by the European Union (EU), among others, but there has been a disturbing trend in the West to underestimate, to misjudge, and even to misrepresent Hamas and its parent organization, the Muslim Brotherhood.
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They have not disavowed their charter or their stated aims. The motto of the Muslim Brotherhood was cosmetically modified after 9-11, now reads: “Jihad is our path; Martyrdom is our aspiration.”
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Hamas’s vile assaults on captured Israeli women during and following the October 2023 attacks were not condemned by the Muslim Brotherhood. Indeed many Brotherhood-tied groups shouted their support for what Hamas did. There is no reason to doubt that similar reactions would greet similar atrocities in the future.
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The Muslim Brotherhood has global goals<br>
The goals of the Muslim Brotherhood are still global, as the organization reaches out to wider audiences many of whom (Christians, Jews) are themselves targets of the Brotherhood.
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But right now the urgent challenge for Israel and the West is Hamas (Arabic: Harakat al-Muqawwima al-Islamiyya – The Islamic Resistance Movement).
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Foreign Policy published an analysis in December 2023 of the October attacks on Israel titled “Could Hamas Become a Global Threat?” and the conclusion was yes.</blockquote>
Danny Danon: <a href="https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-792024">All Rafah terrorists must be purged</a>
<blockquote>Any call from the world’s representatives for Israel to forgo the operation in Rafah amounts to calling for Israel to surrender to Hamas. Leaving operational Hamas terror cells in Rafah guarantees the regrouping of Hamas and its continuation of its brutal, genocidal path. This unquestionably jeopardizes Israel’s security and paves the path to a recurrence of the atrocities witnessed on October 7, as Hamas’s leaders have promised time and again.
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This is unthinkable. For Israel, surrendering is not an option. We will never allow our security to be threatened again.
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Israel has no choice. Our people have no choice. To decisively win the war and ensure lasting peace, and also to ensure a better life for the people of Gaza, Hamas must be completely demilitarized, and Rafah strongholds must be eradicated to prevent the re-emergence of terrorism and smuggling through Hamas’s elaborate tunnel system under the Philadelphi Corridor. Following this, the entirety of Gaza must be demilitarized completely. Only once this has been achieved can we begin to discuss the day after in Gaza.
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We cannot win the war decisively with Hamas remaining operational in any part of Gaza. Rafah is not up for debate, and we will not rest until the full defeat of Hamas.</blockquote>
Melanie Phillips: <A href=https://melaniephillips.substack.com/p/the-palestinian-terrorist-authority>The Palestinian Terrorist Authority</a>
<blockquote>For western liberals, the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel is the only answer to the Palestinian-Israel conflict.
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The Biden administration wants post-war Gaza to be ruled by the Palestinian Authority (PA). This is being resisted by Israel, one of its disagreements with the US over the conduct of the war for which the Biden administration is increasingly punishing it.
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The US is impervious to the argument that the PA, no less than Hamas, would turn Gaza once again into a terror state. The Bidenites close their eyes to the copious evidence of PA incitement and rejectionism. They dismiss the huge salaries the PA pays to terrorists incarcerated in Israeli prisons and to the families of terrorists who have been killed.
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They ignore the survey published 100 days after the outbreak of the Gaza war which revealed that around 82 per cent of Palestinian Arabs in Judea and Samaria support the October 7 pogrom, and that support for Hamas among the Arabs in Judea and Samaria rose from 12 per cent in September 2023 to 44 per cent in November-December 2023.
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Now a startling and important report by the Israeli group Regavim, which works to protect Israel’s land and resources in order to uphold its integrity as a Jewish state, illustrates the insanity of assuming that the PA is a route to peace and security in the region.
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Under the 1995 Oslo Agreement, a broad Palestinian security apparatus was established consisting of the Palestinian Police and other security officials who are supposed to combat terrorism and collaborate with Israel on security matters. But the Regavim report, “Officers by Day, Terrorists by Night”, has identified at least 78 members of the Palestinian Authority Security Forces (PASF), many of them officers, who since 2020 have carried out terrorist attacks against Jews.
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Since Regavim gathered its information from official PA statements and announcements, this figure is likely to be a significant underestimate.</blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.jns.org/netanyahu-israel-will-not-cave-to-demands-hamas-survive/">Netanyahu: Israel will not cave to demands Hamas survive</a>
<blockquote>Israel will continue to fight until the Hamas terrorist group is defeated in the Gaza Strip, despite efforts to force Jerusalem to end the war immediately, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed at the start of Sunday’s Cabinet meeting.
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“It is no secret that international pressure against us is increasing. There are those trying to stop the war now, before all of its goals are achieved,” began the premier. “They do this by making false accusations against the IDF, against the Israeli government and against the prime minister of Israel. They do this by trying to bring about elections in the midst of the war.
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“So, let’s be clear,” continued Netanyahu, “if we stop the fighting now it means that Israel has lost the war, and we will not allow that. That is why we must not give in to these pressures, and we will not do so.”
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The comments come amid growing tensions with the Biden administration and after Israeli officials across the political spectrum hit out at U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who implied that Netanyahu was the main obstacle to a “healthy and open decision-making process” concerning the future of the Jewish state.</blockquote>
<A href=https://www.gov.il/en/departments/news/pm-netanyahu-s-remarks-at-the-start-of-the-government-meeting-17-mar-2024>PM Netanyahu's remarks at the start of the Government meeting</a>
<blockquote>Following are Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's remarks [translated from Hebrew], today (Sunday, 17 March 2024), at the start of the Government meeting:
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"Since the start of the war, we have been fighting on two fronts – military and diplomatic.
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On the diplomatic front, until now we have succeeded in allowing our forces to fight in an unprecedented manner for five full months. However, it is no secret that the international pressure is increasing.
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In the international community, there are those who are trying to stop the war now, before all of its goals have been achieved. They are doing so by hurling false accusations at the IDF, the Government of Israel and the Prime Minister of Israel.
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They are doing so by means of an effort to bring about elections now, at the height of the war. They are doing this because they know that elections now will halt the war and paralyze the country for at least six months.
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Then let it be clear: If we stop the war now, before all of its goals are achieved, this means that Israel will have lost the war, and this we will not allow. Therefore, we cannot, and will not, succumb to this pressure.
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On the contrary, this simple truth only strengthens our determination to continue rejecting the pressure, and fighting to the end – to total victory. No international pressure will stop us from realizing all of the goals of the war: Eliminating Hamas, freeing all of our hostages and ensuring that Gaza never again constitutes a threat to Israel.
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In order to do this, we will operate in Rafah. This is the only way to eliminate Hamas's murderous brigades, and this is the only way to use the military pressure necessary to free all of our hostages.
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To this end, we have approved the operational plans for action in Rafah, including advancing the steps to evacuate the civilian population from the combat zones. This is an essential stage ahead of the military action.
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Those who say that the action in Rafah will not occur are those who also said that we would not enter Gaza, or act in Shifa or in Khan Yunis, and that we would not resume the fighting after the lull.
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Therefore, I reiterate: We will operate in Rafah. This will take several weeks, and it will happen.
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To our friends in the international community, I say: Are your memories that short? Have you so quickly forgotten October 7, the most horrific massacre of Jews since the Holocaust? Are you so quick to deny Israel the right to defend itself against the Hamas monsters? Have you so quickly lost your moral consciences?
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Instead of pressuring Israel, which is fighting a war, the justice of which is unparalleled, against an enemy of unparalleled brutality, apply your pressure to Hamas and its patron – Iran. It is they who constitute a danger to the region and to the entire world.
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In any case, we will withstand any pressure and with G-d's help, we will continue to fight together until total victory."</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's remarks, today, at the start of the Government meeting >><a href="https://t.co/giGRHUuQfe">https://t.co/giGRHUuQfe</a> <a href="https://t.co/telN7gy0B2">pic.twitter.com/telN7gy0B2</a></p>— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) <a href="https://twitter.com/IsraeliPM/status/1769351804876214714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">An interesting documentary on the October 7 Hamas-led attack produced by Israel's News 13. It's subtitled in English. <a href="https://t.co/aljK7JqXYi">pic.twitter.com/aljK7JqXYi</a></p>— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeTruzman/status/1769166618729545764?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<A href=https://www.jns.org/solidarity-mission-palestinian-state-rewards-genocide/>Faith leaders solidarity mission: ‘Pressuring Israel into a two-state solution is outrageous’</a>
<blockquote>A delegation of leading American faith leaders visited the Jewish state this week to stand with Israel’s leadership against White House calls for a Palestinian state.
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“What our administration is doing in pressuring Israel into a unilateral two-state solution…is absolutely outrageous,” Mario Bramnick, head of the Latino Coalition For Israel and leader of the delegation, told JNS.
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A Palestinian state would be a “reward for genocide,” he said.
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The solidarity mission was joined by by Southern Baptist pastor and U.S. politician Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, and Ellie Cohanim, who served as deputy special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism during the Trump administration.
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The group met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and separately with former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, who would likely occupy a key diplomatic position if his former boss Donald Trump returns to office. The faith leaders also received a security briefing and toured key strategic areas, including the Gaza envelope, Israel’s north and Judea and Samaria.
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“Israel needs to make its own decisions without external pressures, and we expressed that to the prime minister, who is representing the will of the people as evidenced by the Knesset resolution opposing any imposition of a unilateral two-state solution at this stage of the game,” Bramnick told JNS.
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Bramnick referred to the 99-11 Knesset vote to back the Israeli government’s decision to reject any unilateral recognition of Palestinian statehood.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jns.org/us-envoy-americans-equally-support-israeli-self-defense-gazan-rights-two-state-solution/">US envoy: Americans ‘equally’ support Israeli self-defense, Gazan rights, two-state solution</a>
<blockquote>Echoing remarks marking the month of Ramadan from U.S. President Joe Biden and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Amy Gutmann, the U.S. ambassador to Germany, stated that the Muslim holy month comes “at a time of conflict and pain for many Muslim communities.”
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Biden’s statement only singled Gaza out, but Gutmann, using the exact words that Blinken did, referred to the “Uyghurs in Xinjiang, Rohingya in Burma and Bangladesh and Palestinians in Gaza.”
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“The heart-wrenching news every day out of Gaza makes the message of Ramadan especially powerful,” the U.S. envoy in Berlin stated.
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“President Biden, I and the American people stand equally strong for three important moral positions. And I stress the word ‘equally,'” she said. “These are Israel’s right to defend itself, the rights of the people in Gaza, the overwhelming majority of whom had nothing to do with the Oct. 7 attacks, and the need for a two-state solution.”
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“We strongly believe these three priorities are essential and compatible,” she added.
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Recent polling suggests there are vast differences in the ways that Americans view the three “moral positions” on which the ambassador stated that Americans “stand equally strong.”
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Americans support an independent Palestinian state by just a “slim majority” of 53%, with 34% opposed, according to Gallup’s Feb. 1-20 World Affairs survey. Those numbers are “essentially unchanged” from 2023 and “generally similar” to Gallup’s results since 2019, it stated.
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“Before that, Americans were more likely to favor than oppose an independent Palestinian state, but support was generally below the majority level, with higher percentages not expressing an opinion either way,” it added.
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There are also “vast” political differences, with 74% of Democrats, 55% of independents and 26% of Republicans favoring an independent state, and most Republicans (59%) oppose such a state, per Gallup.
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The Gallup survey suggested that many more Americans support Israelis more than Palestinians (51%), while 27% support Palestinians more. The rest don’t favor either more (10%), don’t have a view on the matter (8%) or side equally with both (4%).</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jns.org/biden-admin-reportedly-delaying-arms-shipments-to-israel/">Biden admin reportedly delaying arms shipments to Israel</a>
<blockquote>The Biden administration has begun slow-walking some military aid to Israel as the IDF offensive against Hamas enters a crucial stage, according to a senior official in Jerusalem cited by ABC News over the weekend.
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According to the Israeli official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, military aid shipments at the beginning of the war were coming “very fast,” but Jerusalem is “now finding that it’s very slow.”
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The official said he was not sure what the cause was, but that Jerusalem was aware of President Joe Biden’s frustration with the conflict and his demand that Israel do more to provide humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip.
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When asked about the allegations by ABC, U.S. officials claimed there was no change in official policy or any deliberate delay in delivering previously promised aid or weapons to the Israel Defense Forces.
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But Politico reported last week that Biden is considering conditioning military aid to Israel if it decides to move forward with its conquest of the last Hamas stronghold of Rafah in the southern Strip.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jns.org/israeli-officials-blast-new-us-sanctions-against-judea-and-samaria-residents/">Israeli officials blast Biden admin sanctions over ‘settler violence’</a>
<blockquote>For the second time in as many months, the U.S. State Department, in coordination with the U.S. Treasury, is again issuing financial sanctions against Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria.
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According to an official State Department spokesperson “fact sheet,” three Israeli males are “being accused of undermining peace, security, and stability in the West Bank, which undermine the national security and foreign policy objectives of the United States, including the viability of a two-state solution, ensuring Israelis and Palestinians can attain equal measures of security, prosperity, and freedom, and reducing the risk of regional destabilization.”
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The sanctions are in pursuant to U.S. President Joe Biden’s Feb. 1 Executive Order 14115, outlined by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, which states that financial sanctions would be applied to individuals in the West Bank (Judea and Samaria), who are seen as “undermining stability” and the “prospects of peace.”
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The latest announcement states: “All property and interests in property of the designated persons that are in the United States or in possession or control of U.S. persons are blocked and must be reported to the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).”
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The new sanctions also apply to the actual farms owned by two of the three sanctioned men, as the State Department claims the properties are serving as bases from which the accused are perpetrating “violence against Palestinians.”
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Washington has yet to levy sanctions on any Palestinian Authority Arabs who have carried out acts of violence, despite the EO’s wording, which supposedly can apply to both Israelis and Arabs alike. </blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jns.org/netanyahu-schumer-opposes-not-just-me-but-the-majority-of-israelis/">PM: Schumer opposes not just me, but the majority of Israelis</a>
<blockquote>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday slammed Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s demand for early elections in the Jewish state as “totally inappropriate,” telling CNN that the legislator is not just opposing his leadership, but also the will of the Israeli people.
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“The majority of Israelis support the policies of my government. … It represents the policies supported by the majority of the people. If Senator Schumer opposes these policies, he’s not opposing me—he’s opposing the people of Israel,” Netanyahu told Dana Bash of CNN’s “State of the Union” program.
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In a speech on the Senate floor Thursday that Schumer described as a “major address” on a possible two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians, the Democrat labeled some of Netanyahu’s senior Cabinet members and “bigots” and “extremists” and called for an early election.
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Schumer claimed that he was speaking on behalf of “mainstream Jewish Americans” to represent their views on the Arab-Israeli conflict. He suggested that Washington should condition or cut off military aid to Jerusalem unless a new government is formed.
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Netanyahu reiterated on Sunday that Israelis should decide when an election should be held, denouncing Schumer’s demand as “ridiculous.”
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“It’s like after 9/11, you’re in the midst of fighting the war against Al-Qaeda, and an Israeli would say: ‘You know, what we need now is either new elections in the U.S., or if your system doesn’t allow it, then President Bush should resign and we should have an alternative leader. … You don’t do that to a sister democracy, an ally,” the premier charged.</blockquote>
Daniel Greenfield: <a href="https://www.jns.org/schumers-rabbi-is-an-anti-israel-activist/">Schumer’s ‘rabbi’ is an anti-Israel activist </a>
<blockquote>The media decided to defend Sen. Schumer’s attack on Israel and call to spare Hamas and create a terrorist state by rushing out his “rabbi,” Rachel Timoner, to claim that “he said what most of us think” and “what the overwhelming majority of American Jews are saying to each other.”
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The first part of that is probably true.
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Rachel Timoner is an activist with such anti-Israel groups as J Street and T’ruah and co-founded the New York Jewish Agenda leftist organization alongside Sharon Kleinbaum, who faced an exodus from her “temple” after saying Kaddish for Hamas terrorists, with a mission of fighting the city’s Orthodox Jews.
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The latter isn’t because these anti-Israel extremists don’t represent Jews. They represent only the Jew-hating far left.
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Bringing out Timoner, the clergywoman of the leftist congregation Schumer attends, doesn’t help him. It reveals how bad he really is.
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Let’s take a look at what Rachel Timoner has been up to.
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Timoner took part in a recent anti-Israel “ceasefire” rally while whining that “continued war and Israeli occupation of Gaza will be an unmitigated disaster.”
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She signed on to a letter by the T’ruah anti-Israel hate group which claimed that “there is no military solution” and demanded that Biden “ensure that Israel does not invade Rafah” and finish off Hamas.
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In the past, Timoner had signed on to a T’ruah/J Street letter defending BDS.
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Timoner, the author of op-eds such as “Fellow Dykes: We Must Be Both Pro-Israel And Pro-Palestine,” tries to have it both ways, but she picked her side.
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The side of those who murder Jews.</blockquote>
Jake Wallis Simons: <A href=https://archive.is/6MPZ6>This could be the devastating proof that Hamas is faking its death figures</a>
<blockquote>In February, Hamas admitted to losing 6,000 of its fighters, representing more than 20 per cent of the total casualties reported. Given its claims that 70 per cent of the dead were women and children, there were two possible conclusions: either almost no male civilians had died, or almost all the men in Gaza were fighting for Hamas. Both were obviously absurd.
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Therefore, the number of women and children killed was likely grossly exaggerated. If that is the case – if, as Prof Wyner suggests, “the casualties are not overwhelmingly women and children, and the majority may be Hamas fighters” – where does that leave western outrage? Has the West fallen victim to a monstrous con?
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The true ratio of civilian casualties to combatants is likely to be exceptionally low, “at most 1.4 to 1 and perhaps as low as 1 to 1”. This, Prof Wyner says, is a “successful effort to prevent unnecessary loss of life while fighting an implacable enemy that protects itself with civilians”.
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By rights, if the central pillar of the anti-Israel edifice has been discredited, the whole structure should come tumbling down. But don’t hold your breath. The reason why Hamas’s dodgy data is so easily believed is confirmation bias. The drip-drip of Israelophobic propaganda over the years has created a powerful tendency to view the Jewish state, Britain’s democratic ally, as a colonialist aggressor and the Palestinians – even as they butcher children – as the “freedom fighters”. Regardless of the evidence, to many people this has become second nature.
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It speaks of millennia of inherited anti-Semitism. A 2012 study by economists Nico Voigtländer and Hans-Joachim Voth found that Germans from towns where Jews were blamed for the Black Death and burnt alive in the 14th century were significantly more likely to vote for the Nazis 600 years later. In his 1945 essay, Orwell recalls a “young intellectual, communist or near-communist” remarking: “No, I do not like Jews. I’ve never made any secret of that. I can’t stick them. Mind you, I’m not anti-Semitic, of course.” Depressingly little has changed.
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That is the advantage enjoyed by the jihadis of Gaza. They didn’t even need to keep their strategy a secret. Everyone knows they try to get civilians killed for propaganda gains, aiming to curtail Israeli operations with international outrage. Everyone knows that their censors keep dead terrorists away from the cameras, giving the world the impression that Israel is only attacking civilians (look up former AP reporter Matti Friedman’s seminal 2014 essay, “What the media gets wrong about Israel”, for a sense of how long such games have been played). A gang that murdered and mutilated babies may also, on occasion, be tempted to lie. So much should be obvious. But all this is smoothly eclipsed when a greater narrative is at work.
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It’s not that there is a lack of journalistic curiosity in large parts of the media. It’s just that, when it comes to Israel, facts are subordinated to assumptions. In February, BBC Verify quoted a World Health Organisation official: The [Hamas] ministry has “‘good capacity in data collection’ and its previous reporting has been credible and ‘well developed’”. This was the same WHO that had singled out Israel for condemnation at an international assembly largely devoted to Covid. And this was the same BBC Verify that had partly based a story on an eyewitness who had reportedly worked for an Iranian state news outlet and celebrated the deaths of Jews on social media.
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It is time for us to say: J’Accuse. Just as Emile Zola laid the charge of anti-Semitism at the feet of the French establishment during the Dreyfus Affair in 1898, we must do so to the international establishment today.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How does the Hamas Health Ministry arrive at the death toll so quickly and precisely?<br><br>-Hamas Health Ministry doesn't provide birth certificates for every death certificate they have been issuing. <br>-The Health Ministry doesn’t report how Palestinians were killed, whether from…</p>— Mosab Hassan Yousef (@MosabHasanYOSEF) <a href="https://twitter.com/MosabHasanYOSEF/status/1769311263195050466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Melanie Phillips: <A href=https://melaniephillips.substack.com/p/eyeless-in-question-time>Eyeless in Question Time</a>
<blockquote>I appeared on last Thursday’s edition of BBC TV’s Question Time which came from Liverpool. On the panel with me were the Labour MP Jonathan Reynolds, the Conservative MP and housing minister Lee Rowley, the leader of the Scottish National Party in the House of Commons Stephen Flynn MP, and Ayesha Hazarika, a broadcaster and former Labour Party adviser.
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We discussed extremism, prisons — and the war in Gaza. The segment about the war was a shocking if unsurprising experience — up-front and close — of the Orwellian ignorance that constitutes much public discourse about Israel. The Gaza segment starts at around 28 minutes into the show, which you can watch by clicking below.
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What Matters Now to Haviv Rettig Gur PodCast: <A href=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-matters-now/id1067953235?i=1000649194701>Hamas starves Gazans as a war tactic</a>
<blockquote>As Gazan gunmen raid aid trucks and abscond with necessary supplies, what is Israel's legal obligation to protect the conveys?
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This week, as humanitarian aid is being brought into the Gaza Strip by land, air and sea, we ask Haviv Rettig Gur, what matters now.
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What Matters Now podcasts are available for download on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode was produced by the Pod-Waves.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is interesting, watching yourself slip away from honest intellectual positions into faith and identitarian advocacy, and feeling it too strongly to want to reclaim that honesty.<br><br>Lots of people experience it, few do it in full self-awareness that it’s happening. He knows… <a href="https://t.co/qT9SfPVKbi">https://t.co/qT9SfPVKbi</a></p>— Haviv Rettig Gur (@havivrettiggur) <a href="https://twitter.com/havivrettiggur/status/1769231252303843723?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<A href=https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2024/0314/Hamas-gambled-with-our-lives-Gazans-are-now-daring-to-speak-out>‘Hamas gambled with our lives’: Gazans are now daring to speak out</a>
<blockquote>All those interviewed stressed that Hamas left the Gaza public “in the dark” about its plans even after Israel’s counterattack began. Added to the lack of communication was a seeming lack of concern for civilians as Hamas forces retreated to their tunnels.
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“Hamas followed the same old war plan and left the people to the mercy of Israelis,” says Walid, the aid worker.
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“We gave in to Hamas for a long time, and we thought Hamas as a party would be prepared for the war after Oct. 7 as they claimed. But they were only ready to protect themselves,” says Rana Alsayed, a mother and feminist activist from Gaza City who was displaced four times by Israel’s offensives.
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“This war is beyond Hamas’ capabilities,” says Ahmed, a Gaza photojournalist who blames intense targeting by Israel’s military for the movement’s inability to govern or protect its citizens. “It cannot help itself, let alone the people.”
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For some Palestinians in Gaza, the war has cemented the idea of Hamas as a militant faction looking out only for itself rather than for the people it has governed since first being elected by a plurality in 2006. It has ruled unopposed since 2007, when it drove out its rival Fatah and seized the strip.
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“They see their role is to fight Israelis and not to care for the people. But since Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip, they implicitly agreed to care for its people,” says Walid, who, like many, sees Hamas as “evading that responsibility.”
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“At least provide enough food for the people to not die of hunger. Build shelters and safe places for the people to go to. Establish a form of civic protection and law enforcement to keep people in check,” the aid worker says.
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“The Oct. 7 operation was nothing but a continuation of the series of political and military gambles that the movement has made since its inception, an operation that brought nothing but destruction, killing, displacement, and deportation of the residents of the Gaza Strip,” says Mr. Mohammad, the civil engineer.
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He likens the movement to “a group of mercenaries and militias that do not rise to the level of a Palestinian movement” and don’t “care about Palestinian blood.”
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He, and others, point to statements by Hamas’ leadership abroad at the onset of the war that it was the responsibility of the United Nations and the international community, not Hamas, to protect Gaza civilians.
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Anger over aid, profiteering<br>
With a breakdown of law and order, organized crime is increasing and aid is looted and sold on the secondary market before many can get it. And there is a growing belief that not only does Hamas bear responsibility for the looting and profiteering through its absence, but it also may be complicit or participating in it.
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“We have to buy food that was sent to Gaza as aid. We hear lots of rumors that this aid was stolen under the eyes of Hamas, sometimes in complicity with people from the government,” says Walid.
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Mohammed, an accountant and former government employee now in Rafah, says the links between Hamas and aid theft across Gaza are “clear.”
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“We cannot provide definitive proof, but who has the guns? Who has the monopoly on force in Gaza? It’s Hamas. The work of organized criminal groups wouldn’t happen without their consent,” Mohammed says via WhatsApp messaging. “They are profiting politically and economically from our death and misery.”</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Egyptian TV Host Ibrahim Eissa: The Arabs Have Been Deluding Themselves for 75 Years that They Are Victorious, While They Are Actually Defeated; Palestinians Are to Blame for Their Situation <a href="https://t.co/IlCa1NnYAP">pic.twitter.com/IlCa1NnYAP</a></p>— MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) <a href="https://twitter.com/MEMRIReports/status/1769309751509135759?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href=https://fathomjournal.org/arabs-and-jews-the-holocaust-and-its-aftermath/>Arabs and Jews: The Holocaust and its Aftermath</a>
<blockquote>Efforts to guide much of the Arab world away from antisemitism has been hindered by the utter absence of denazification and education about the Jewish people, alongside ideological and politically-motivated hatred. The Palestinian viewpoint claims that the establishment of the state of Israel was enabled by Western nations motivated by their guilt over the Holocaust; that the Nakba, the expulsion and displacement of 700,000 Palestinians during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, is tantamount to the systematic extermination of six million Jews during the Holocaust; and that the Holocaust is a purely Western and Christian crime unrelated to them or other Arabs. Former Knesset Member, Dr. Einat Wilf, further categorised these arguments as (i) ‘Holocaust denial, Holocaust minimization (‘6 million is an exaggerated number’); (ii) Holocaust equalisation (‘there were other genocides and ethnic cleansings, the Holocaust was no different’); (iii) Holocaust reversal (‘what the Nazis did to the Jews is what the Jews are doing to others’); (iv) Holocaust marginalisation (‘other people were also killed in the War’); and (v) Holocaust by association (‘the Palestinians are the secondary victims of the Holocaust’).
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While weaponizing the Holocaust in casting Israel as the ultimate evil, Arab anti-Zionism demonstrates a concern ‘not with what Israel does but what Israel is,’ as Dr. Wilf suggests. Dor Shachar, a former Gazan who converted to Judaism after fleeing to Israel, describes how his education was ‘focused on martyrdom, not life skills,’ having been raised to believe that ‘Jews have three legs’ and that he ‘needed to kill Jews.’ Loay Al-Shareef from Saudi Arabia whom I personally met last summer, Hussain Abukar Mansour from Egypt, Lebanese-Iraqi Hussain-Abdul-Hussain, and Muhajeed Kobbe from the United Arab Emirates, all shared similar stories from their childhoods. Countering misinformation with factual and earnest conversation about Israel—its people, culture, history, and language—plays a pivotal role in disrupting the cycle of hatred between Arabs and Israelis.
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The burdensome impact of Palestinian intransigence has led to a significant waning of anti-Zionist sentiment in some parts of the Arab world, particularly among Gulf-area nations. This weariness along with the geopolitical interests of some Arab countries laid the groundwork for The Abraham Accords, leading to the normalisation of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco.
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Bridging the gap between Jewish and Arab worlds requires an Arab acknowledgement and comprehension of the Jews’ most deep-seated trauma, the Holocaust, and the ethnic cleansing of Jews from the Middle East and North Africa during the mid-late 20th century. Signatory countries to the Abraham Accords have made remarkable strides in this regard, including visits to Jerusalem’s World Holocaust Centre, Yad Vashem. The UAE, most notably, has taken a step further, becoming the first Arab nation to impart Holocaust education in schools and purging antisemitic material from its literature.
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Abrahamic success and similar breakthroughs can only succeed via the cultivation of people-to-people relationships through education. Yet, the persistence of antisemitic teachings, notably in UN Refugee Works Agency programs, hinders the possibility of peaceful Israeli-Palestinian relations. Moreover, the celebratory parades in Palestinian cities following acts of terrorism, exemplified by the reactions to Hamas’ attack on October 7th, resonate deeply with many Israelis, evoking sombre memories of the Holocaust, as well as massacres in the Arab and Muslim world. Indeed, recent polling revealed that three in four Palestinians believe the attacks of October 7th were correct.</blockquote>
<a href=https://www.thearticle.com/pankaj-mishra-on-israel-gaza-and-the-holocaust>Pankaj Mishra on Israel, Gaza and the Holocaust</a>
<blockquote>That’s why it is no coincidence that in almost 8,000 words Mishra doesn’t mention October 7 or the hostages, doesn’t mention Iran at all, and mentions Hamas only twice. Of course, Israel can seem like the perpetrator, if you never mention those who want to slaughter its people. Israel is not perpetrating genocide. Given the chance, Hamas and Iran certainly would.
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Similarly, Mishra makes no reference to any of the pogroms before 1948, any of the invasions of Israel in 1948 and since, or the expulsions of Jews from every single Muslim country in North Africa and the Middle East. All of this is airbrushed from history. For Mishra it simply never happened. None of it.
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Instead, he writes about “the targeted killings of Palestinians, checkpoints, home demolitions, land thefts, arbitrary and indefinite detentions, and widespread torture in prisons seemed to proclaim a pitiless national ethos: that humankind is divided into those who are strong and those who are weak, and so those who have been or expect to be victims should pre-emptively crush their perceived enemies.”
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And then, of course, we come to Gaza and “the victims of Israeli barbarity [sic] in Gaza today”. Mishra goes on to distort the history of the current conflict with Hamas (who are virtually invisible in his account). “Worse,” he writes, “the liquidation of Gaza” [sic] “is daily obfuscated, if not denied, by the instruments of the West’s military and cultural hegemony: from the US President claiming that Palestinians are liars and European politicians intoning that Israel has a right to defend itself, to the prestigious news outlets deploying the passive voice while relating the massacres carried out in Gaza.”
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There is not a single reference to the support of the UN, UNWRA and a number of NGOs for Palestinians and their constant use of data taken from the Palestinian Health Ministry (better known as Hamas), the worldwide support for Palestinians in Gaza and the biased pro-Palestinian coverage on the major British and American news networks. All of this is simply ignored.
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Then we come to the familiar rhetoric of post-colonial self-pity, or what he calls “a long-simmering racial bitterness”. “In 2024,” he writes, “many more people can see that, when compared with the Jewish victims of Nazism, the countless millions consumed by slavery, the numerous late Victorian holocausts in Asia and Africa, and the nuclear assaults on Hiroshima and Nagasaki are barely remembered.”
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Really? Have we really all forgotten about Hiroshima and Nagasaki, or about slavery? It’s more likely that some of us have forgotten or never knew about the terrible crimes committed by non-whites: the rape of Nanking, the millions of victims of Indian Partition, the slaughter of countless Muslims by tyrants like Assad and Saddam Hussein, the role in slavery of Africans and Arabs, the homophobia and misogyny of countless Muslim regimes, the ongoing persecution of Christians in many parts of Africa and the Middle East and the desperate plight of girls and women in Iran and Afghanistan. Again, no reference to any of this history, past or present.
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Mishra’s essay is also full of omissions and distortions. He writes, “When I look at my own writings about the anti-Muslim admirers of Hitler and their malign influence over India today, I am struck by how often I have cited the Jewish experience of prejudice to warn against the barbarism that becomes possible when certain taboos are broken.” Curiously, he forgets to mention the Muslim admirers of Hitler — in particular, the Palestinian admirers of Hitler such the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, Amin Al-Husseini.
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Then we come, inevitably, to the unique perfidy of Israel. “Israel today,” he writes, “is dynamiting the edifice of global norms built after 1945, which has been tottering since the catastrophic and still unpunished war on terror and Vladimir Putin’s revanchist war in Ukraine. The profound rupture we feel today between the past and the present is a rupture in the moral history of the world since the ground zero of 1945.”
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This isn’t just hyperbole. It is bad history. Where were these “global norms built after 1945” when there was genocide in Bosnia and Rwanda, the terrible wars between Iran and Iraq, the mass slaughter in Cambodia, civil wars in Nigeria and Syria, all with fatalities which dwarf what has happened so far in Gaza?
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On every page, there are errors, omissions, distortions and hyperbole. Of course, because this presumably fits the world view of the editors and many of the readers of the LRB. This hatred of Israel, the anti-colonialist rants and the silences about Hamas, Muslim support for the Nazis, and Muslim antisemitism in Africa and the Middle East, are all part of the new progressivist ideology in our universities, our mainstream TV news networks and newspapers like The Guardian. He is preaching to the converted. It is the orthodoxy of our age.
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That’s why it’s important to condemn Mishra’s polemic in some detail and to ask why the authorities at a Cambridge college think he is an appropriate person to give a lecture in memory of VS Naipaul, of all people, who was one of the great truth-tellers about the tyrants and slaughterhouses of the post-colonial world. Naipaul would have relished the irony, but he would also have condemned Selwyn College for betraying his memory.</blockquote>
<A HREF=https://onthedarkside410122300.wordpress.com/2024/03/08/more-antisemitic-shit-from-london-review-of-books/>More Antisemitic Shit from London Review of Books</A>
<blockquote>The London Review of Books has a long history of Israel demonisation which crosses the line into antisemitism. The latest example is a 7437 word piece of trash by Pankaj Mishra. Unbelievably it has been endorsed on X/Twitter by Louis Theroux who has 2.2m followers. Also unbelievably a Church in London (St James’s Church, Clerkenwell) hosted Mishra for the ‘lecture’ on which the article is based. The Barbican Centre had refused to host the talk.
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(In an earlier LRB piece in January Mishra wrote this: ‘Israel: an ethnonational state that violates international legal, diplomatic and ethical protocols with its language of ethnic homogeneity, unwavering policy of territorial expansion, extrajudicial killings and demolitions‘).
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His antisemitic theme is simple and one beloved of antisemites for years: that Israel references the Holocaust to justify Nazi-equivalent crimes against the Palestinians. It’s not just ‘Holocaust Inversion’, it’s Double Holocaust Inversion. He even refers to ‘Jewish supremacism’. ‘Jewish’ not ‘Zionist’, note …. (he did the same in his January LRB piece, op cit).
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Like Thomas Suarez, Mishra sprays pseudo-academic references – the problem being that they are either to antisemites or they are misleadingly selective quotes. An example is his reference to the the Austrian writer Jean Améry, whom he cites extensively at both ends of his piece of shit. What he DOESN’T tell you is that Améry published several essays on the relationship between antisemitism and anti-Zionism. ‘Anti-Zionism contains antisemitism like a cloud contains a storm’, he wrote in the German newspaper Die Zeit in 2005.
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Another clue to the pseudo-academic nature of Mishra’s piece of drek is his failure to reference most of the citations! (Incredibly he has been Visiting Fellow at UCL in London….)</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Like a classic propagandist, Pankaj Mishra takes quotes out of context to create an impression that is wholly unrepresentative of reality. Here he suggests a statement supposedly made by Ben Gurion indicates that Israel had no concern for Holocaust survivors. <a href="https://t.co/aYPydzXzDm">pic.twitter.com/aYPydzXzDm</a></p>— Shelley G (@ShelleyGldschmt) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShelleyGldschmt/status/1764098024744374718?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Neither Begin nor Israeli leaders needed to choose to make the Shoah an intense national preoccupation. The Holocaust, in which 2/3 of Europe's Jews were systematically annihilated, loomed large on the minds of Israelis, many if not most of whom had been personally affected by it <a href="https://t.co/5xfphIPObx">pic.twitter.com/5xfphIPObx</a></p>— Shelley G (@ShelleyGldschmt) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShelleyGldschmt/status/1764099410232029646?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The notion of Jewish supremacy-a bizarre and inappropriate concept for a tiny, persecuted minority-has its roots in Nazi Propaganda.<br><br>Nazis, and their predecessors in The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, sought to portray a small cabal of Jews as yielding disproportionate power.</p>— Shelley G (@ShelleyGldschmt) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShelleyGldschmt/status/1764100796277473564?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Liel Leibovitz 2019: <A href=https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/pankaj-mishras-moral-mish-mash>Pankaj Mishra’s Moral Mishmash</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Writing in the London Review of Books Pankaj Mishra has written a polemic against Israel, invoking the words of several Holocaust survivors to attack the Jewish state and Holocaust memorial.<br><br>He writes "James Baldwin sought to profane what he termed a ‘pious silence’ around… <a href="https://t.co/Isi2q1Pkgf">pic.twitter.com/Isi2q1Pkgf</a></p>— Marc Goldberg (@MarcGoldberg111) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarcGoldberg111/status/1769108206993690633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.jns.org/israel-can-refuse-unrwa-access-to-gaza-says-ex-agency-legal-adviser/">Israel can refuse UNRWA access to Gaza, says ex-agency legal adviser</a>
<blockquote>Israel can prevent UNRWA from operating in the Gaza Strip, and should be using this time of international spotlight on the U.N. aid organization due to its terror ties to plan for its closure, a former legal adviser to the agency said on Sunday.
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James G. Lindsay’s unequivocal remarks made at a Knesset session discussing alternatives to UNRWA came as Australia joined Canada, Sweden and the E.U. in lifting funding freezes on the main Palestinian aid agency even before the U.N.’s own investigation of the organization is completed.
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“This current time of maximum pressure on UNRWA should be used by both donor nations and host nations to demand reforms of UNRWA and prepare plans for its eventual dissolution,” Lindsay, a former legal adviser and general counsel to UNRWA, told a special session of the bipartisan Knesset Caucus: UNRWA: The Day After.
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He said that while the agency “will not disappear overnight,” the chances of seeing that happen are greater now than at any time in the past, and need to be seized upon.
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“The window of opportunity is beginning to close, cautioned Knesset member Sharren Haskel. “More and more countries will resume their funding to UNRWA if the Israeli government does not act.”
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Haskel has been a leading parliamentary voice in calling for UNRWA’s dissolution and chairs the caucus, which hosted a variety of international aid experts to discuss alternatives to the organization.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">''UNRWA is rotten to the core, it shouldn't be that complicated.''<br><br>ILF Head of Operations <a href="https://twitter.com/AsherNStern?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AsherNStern</a> discusses our groundbreaking UNWRA claim on Modi'in and Beyond, and why we must stand up not just against terrorists, but also those who support them.<a href="https://t.co/rYpILZS04t">https://t.co/rYpILZS04t</a> <a href="https://t.co/2KnHEknfGX">pic.twitter.com/2KnHEknfGX</a></p>— The International Legal Forum - ILF (@The_ILF) <a href="https://twitter.com/The_ILF/status/1769376979436941736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I will go around the world to fight the terrorist-infested UNRWA agency. In the last week, I was at their Jerusalem HQ, in The Hague to brief Dutch MPs, New York & Geneva. Last week in Paris on <a href="https://twitter.com/franceinfo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@franceinfo</a>. On Tuesday, I’m heading to Brussels to the European Parliament. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EndUnrwa?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EndUnrwa</a> <a href="https://t.co/VtnJrIEAnN">https://t.co/VtnJrIEAnN</a> <a href="https://t.co/mSOTwPbWZj">pic.twitter.com/mSOTwPbWZj</a></p>— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/status/1769184276438786294?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In wake of our appeal to Ms. Emhoff, she has now scrubbed the UNRWA fundraiser from her Instagram account. We commend her for that, and hope to continue the conversation. We will ask her instead to use her platform to demand Hamas free the hostages.<a href="https://t.co/67ojfyqW7J">https://t.co/67ojfyqW7J</a></p>— UN Watch (@UNWatch) <a href="https://twitter.com/UNWatch/status/1769395763056926933?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<A href=https://fathomjournal.org/telegram-warfare-the-new-frontier-of-psychological-warfare-in-the-israel-palestine-conflict/>Telegram Warfare: The New Frontier of Psychological Warfare in the Israel-Palestine Conflict</a>
<blockquote>Following the 7 October attacks, Palestinian militant groups persistently employed psychological warfare tactics against Israel. They circulated videos of captives held by various groups and disseminated numerous unsourced claims, and out-of-context photos and videos to further diminish Israels attempts at controlling the narrative in the aftermath of October 7th. In response, Israeli journalists and government representatives rushed to gather documentation of the attack, leading to the publication of several high-profile claims. However, some of these claims, such as the infamous ‘40 beheaded babies’ story, were later retracted due to misquoting or the inability to verify them by third parties. This undermined Israel’s credibility as it struggled to keep pace with the combative psychological warfare tactics employed by these groups, hindering efforts to garner international support and fostering greater distrust within Israeli society. This also impacted the IDF, prompting a rush to release numerous graphics claiming evidence of Palestinian militant activity near or in civilian areas. However, much of this evidence couldn’t be verified by any independent third party, undermining its effect on public opinion.
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Furthermore, it came to light that while officially utilising Telegram for activity updates akin to its social media platforms, an unofficial IDF channel surfaced, uncovered by Haaretz,. This channel, overseen by an IDF psychological warfare unit, disseminated graphic images and videos of injured or deceased Palestinian militants and civilians, alongside captions that dehumanised them. According to Maj. Gen. Oded Basyuk’s internal investigation, this unit operated without authorisation, and the initiation of the page was done without approval or authority from leadership (the channel is still active). Whether directed to emulate the methods of Palestinian militant groups or acting independently, it underscored the alarming effectiveness of this tactic against Israeli society, compelling imitation.
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Simultaneously, the pressure on the State of Israel to legitimise itself and garner support intensified with the deployment of numerous strikes on Gaza targets. The IDF’s objective was clear: to ‘Remove Hamas and its capabilities from power.’ This escalation resulted in civilian casualties and prompted constant scrutiny and mutual blame between Palestinian telegram channels and IDF officials. The explosion at the Al-Ahli hospital courtyard on the 17 of October, 2023, further fuelled this blame game. Initial reports claimed around 500 people were killed in an alleged IDF airstrike, but the IDF promptly denied involvement, presenting evidence to shift blame onto Palestinian militants. Conflicting narratives and a high reported death toll prompted extensive scrutiny from analysts and media outlets.
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Despite thorough investigation efforts by major news sources and analysts, including my own comprehensive analysis of the event, definitive conclusions remained elusive. Most investigations conducted have concluded that the probable source of the blast was a misfired rocket by a Palestinian militant group. Additionally, there was a notable absence of third-party investigators who could verify claims on the ground. The proliferation of false testimonies, photos, and videos further compounded the challenge of independently verifying claims online. These factors highlight the difficulties faced by individuals caught between the information warfare of Palestinian militant groups and Israel. Even those seeking impartiality were not immune to the spread of misinformation, underscoring the complexities of the conflict.
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As the conflict between IDF forces and Palestinian militant groups in Gaza persists, the psychological warfare waged by these groups against the Israeli public inevitably affects onlookers as well. It is essential for other governments to recognise the significance of this aspect of warfare, as it is likely to become a central tactic for these militant groups and even individual actors in the near future. The ability to undermine the morale of a society should be a national security concern and not be taken lightly.
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<A href=https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-792364>Sinwar's hideout: IDF commander describes operation to control Hamas compound</a>
<blockquote>For IDF Lt.-Col. Elichan, searching senior Hamas leadership’s hideaway apartment, was “another day at the office.” The 36-year-old battalion commander described the mission in which they discovered the apartment and its trap door to the Hamas tunnel system.
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“We kept advancing, scanning houses,” described Elichan. “We knew that there were houses with terror infrastructure and terrorists,” he said, adding that the houses in the neighborhood that Elichan describes as “luxury” were nice and full of nice furniture, as well as stocked with ammunition, weaponry, or Hamas uniforms.
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“There isn’t a house you would go into that didn’t have grenades or ammunition, or Hamas uniforms, or something about Hamas,” he said.
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Elichan was part of the IDF push to take control of the Hamas leadership command center. The compound included a network of tunnels that connected hideaway apartments and offices of senior Hamas officials, the military said.
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But “one tunnel was different than the others,” Elichan said, explaining how they knew they had found an apartment used by senior Hamas officials such as Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. “The tunnel was in the basement, covered in ceramics. When we pushed on it, a trap door opened, and there was an elevator that came out of the ground and went down 20 meters to tunnels below,” he said.
IDF sits where Sinwar and Deif planned October 7 massacre
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“The division commander came to see the tunnel, and I told him we should sit in a nearby apartment that was in better shape,” said Elichan. “He said, ‘This is where Sinwar and [Mohammed] Deif sat and planned the massacre,’ and that there is where he wanted to sit.
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“It was a statement of values,” explained Elichan. “I want to sit here even though it is in bad condition because this is where they sat.”
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Elichan’s battalion and Special Forces explored the tunnel thoroughly while they were in that area, he said. When they left, they destroyed the tunnel and its entrances.</blockquote>
Israel-Hamas war: IDF eliminates 15 terrorists in 24 hours, amid Hamas aid attack
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<a href=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-792264>Hamas confirms Marwan Issa killed, buried under rubble - report</a>
<blockquote>Hamas stated behind closed doors that Marwan Issa, deputy to Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif, who was targeted in an Israeli strike last week, has been killed, according to a Sunday Kan News report, citing Palestinian sources.
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According to the sources, the number three in Hamas’s high command was killed in the IDF strike in Nusirat, in central Gaza, while he was hiding in one of Hamas's terror tunnels.
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The sources further told Kan that his body was still buried underneath the rubble.
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According to the report, Razi Abu Tomeh, Commander of a Hamas Brigade, was also killed in the strike.
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Last week, the IDF announced it had targeted Issa during a strike on the Strip. However, the military could not confirm Issa had been killed, and Hamas remained silent on the subject.
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The military confirmed, however, that no hostages had been in the vicinity of the attack.
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According to a report published by the Guardian on Sunday, following the attack, Hamas's communications went silent for 72 hours.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Palestinian Authority official: “PA security officers in civilian clothes have been deployed in northern Gaza Strip, in coordination with Israel.”</p>— Khaled Abu Toameh (@KhaledAbuToameh) <a href="https://twitter.com/KhaledAbuToameh/status/1769306280479371378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The IDF is engaging Hamas terrorists in high-intensity urban fighting in Khan Yunis to eliminate terrorists and destroy their infrastructure, including tunnels. <a href="https://t.co/J9sJ8uDRIr">pic.twitter.com/J9sJ8uDRIr</a></p>— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) <a href="https://twitter.com/EylonALevy/status/1769319366170906812?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.jns.org/idf-destroys-longest-hamas-terror-tunnel-in-northern-gaza/">IDF destroys longest Hamas terror tunnel in northern Gaza</a>
<blockquote>Israeli forces last week destroyed the longest Hamas terror tunnel discovered in the northern Gaza Strip, the IDF said on Sunday afternoon.
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Stretching 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles), the route passed Hamas battalions and brigades and connected the northern and southern Strip, according to the IDF.
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The tunnel was destroyed by engineering forces from the IDF’s 162nd Division and the Combat Engineering Corps’ elite Yahalom unit working together.
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“We are at the end of destroying part of a network of tunnels,” said Lt. Col. Ran, the 162nd Division’s engineering officer. “About 12 kilometers of outdoor tunnels. From there we will continue to more tunnels.”
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IDF ground units continue to operate in the center of the Gaza Strip, killing 18 terrorists over the past day with sniper fire and shelling and in cooperation with the Israeli Air Force.
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The army is also continuing activities in the Khan Yunis area in the southern Gaza Strip, killing terrorists and confiscating weapons.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🔴WATCH: IDF combat engineering forces destroy over 2.5km of an underground tunnel connecting Hamas terrorists through northern and southern Gaza. <a href="https://t.co/YbU8WpUURD">pic.twitter.com/YbU8WpUURD</a></p>— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) <a href="https://twitter.com/IDF/status/1769370450251878541?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The IDF says engineers from the 162nd division destroyed a section of the longest tunnel in the northern Gaza Strip. The length of the destroyed tunnel is over two and a half kilometers long. <a href="https://t.co/lKQTNnOpBm">pic.twitter.com/lKQTNnOpBm</a></p>— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeTruzman/status/1769373433476063338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Fascinating footage from Gaza: <br><br>A Namer secures a corridor, then uses smoke grenades to block it off.<br><br>Via <a href="https://twitter.com/plovejet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@plovejet</a> <a href="https://t.co/lersJMLSE2">pic.twitter.com/lersJMLSE2</a></p>— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) <a href="https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/1769324630077010368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If they're telling you Israel can't go after Hamas because civilians will get hurt, but it also can't ask them to move temporarily for their safety, because they'd be displaced, they're telling you Israel shouldn't go after Hamas after 10/7. Which is a take, but just say it. <a href="https://t.co/AtedZUbYCe">https://t.co/AtedZUbYCe</a></p>— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) <a href="https://twitter.com/EylonALevy/status/1769322645571489856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Facts: <br>✅80% more food trucks are entering Gaza compared with before the war<br>✅UNRWA is a Hamas front that employs terrorists on a massive scale and covers up Hamas’ militarization of its facilities and theft of aid <br>✅UNRWA is desperate to cover up the two above facts <a href="https://t.co/e9rwikCUuy">https://t.co/e9rwikCUuy</a></p>— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) <a href="https://twitter.com/EylonALevy/status/1769313373731041432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Before the current war in Gaza, the whole world believed it was an unlivable prison. Now that Gazans miss their previous life of plenty, the truth has started coming out.<br>Today they have new lies.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheGazaYouDontSee?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheGazaYouDontSee</a><a href="https://t.co/eskQW2XsXf">https://t.co/eskQW2XsXf</a> <a href="https://t.co/PUcDHjzVxt">pic.twitter.com/PUcDHjzVxt</a></p>— Imshin (@imshin) <a href="https://twitter.com/imshin/status/1769321906463744321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If you are in a position to turn your nose up at military rations, you are by definition not starving. <br><br>This stuff is just dense calories designed to be transported in large quantities in unrefrigerated cargo planes. It’s not supposed to be winning any Michelin Stars. <a href="https://t.co/QJS00uWBAV">pic.twitter.com/QJS00uWBAV</a></p>— Peter Hague PhD (@peterrhague) <a href="https://twitter.com/peterrhague/status/1769282949445214636?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kinda feel like people who are actually getting genocided and starved don’t performatively turn their noses up at the food their alleged genociders are giving them, in the middle of a war their side started. <a href="https://t.co/q9uIivQbXi">https://t.co/q9uIivQbXi</a></p>— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) <a href="https://twitter.com/guypbenson/status/1769261715655397475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"Look at the contents of the aid that is dropped into the sea!" Writes this TikToker. "By Allah, it's shameful!"<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheGazaYouDontSee?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheGazaYouDontSee</a><a href="https://t.co/BvTpdO59hr">https://t.co/BvTpdO59hr</a> <a href="https://t.co/79NRQdZ4Hh">pic.twitter.com/79NRQdZ4Hh</a></p>— Imshin (@imshin) <a href="https://twitter.com/imshin/status/1769297558608719900?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Starving Gazans complain Aid Packages contained Chocolate Ice Cream, although they "specifically requested Vanilla." <a href="https://t.co/VGkvhGonIa">pic.twitter.com/VGkvhGonIa</a></p>— Associated Fress (@AssociatedFress) <a href="https://twitter.com/AssociatedFress/status/1769367874412392789?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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PreOccupiedTerritory: <a href="http://www.preoccupiedterritory.com/gazans-panic-as-us-airdrops-watermelons/">Gazans Panic As US Airdrops Watermelons (satire)</a>
<blockquote>Palestinians hoping to bypass Hamas’s tight control of aid distribution in this embattled coastal territory by getting to the parachuted packages of food by American Air Force, discovered to their horror today that the latest payload, in a misguided attempt to show solidarity with Palestinians with a new symbol of their struggle, contained mostly watermelons. Six Palestinians were killed and a dozen injured. The Air Force has promised an investigation. Gaza officials, who give the official Hamas line, will include the casualties in the count of innocents killed by Israel.
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Aid distribution inside the Gaza Strip has proved a tough logistical nut to crack, experts noted, given the monopoly that the Islamist terrorist group maintains through its control of the major aid organizations operating there. Israel allows in hundreds of trucks per day, but those vehicles sit idle on the Gaza side of the border while Hamas hoards the supplies, distributing it only to cronies who then sell the goods to those in need. Deadly clashes and stampedes have occurred as a result, with Gazans attempting to reach the aid before Hamas thugs can seize it. American and Jordanian air drops of supplies have tried to address the situation, with limited success.
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Last week, a State Department employee passed a suggestion to a colleague in the Pentagon that the US military demonstrate its support for the people of Palestine by showering them with watermelons. The watermelon became a symbol of Palestinian resistance to Israel in the wake of the October 7 massacre last year that saw Hamas invade southern Israel and slaughter 1200 people, among other atrocities. The fruit evokes the green, black, white, and red Palestinian flag, and celebrates the “cutting open” of Israeli security on that day. The watermelon features in social media handles and has become a new shorthand for support for Palestinian violence against Israel.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You ever notice how whenever there is an attempt to deliver aid to Gaza that doesn’t go through Hamas “protection” of armed gunmen hijacking the trucks and controlling and selling the aid…that the international NGOs all have message discipline condemning the alternative? They…</p>— Seth Frantzman (@sfrantzman) <a href="https://twitter.com/sfrantzman/status/1769366646261440709?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is also why they fear a Rafah op because it would make it harder for Hamas to control and sell the aid. Hamas profits from controlling the aid. Never in history had there been such a strong partnership between an extremist group and major organizations as occurs in Gaza. The…</p>— Seth Frantzman (@sfrantzman) <a href="https://twitter.com/sfrantzman/status/1769366654339649614?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Interesting photo on an aid truck coming in from Egypt. <br><br>A little too much of a statement? <br>Via <a href="https://twitter.com/kann_news?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kann_news</a> <a href="https://t.co/2XfvSbBvnd">pic.twitter.com/2XfvSbBvnd</a></p>— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) <a href="https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/1769323487259164838?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Honestly with Bari Weiss: <a href=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-free-press-in-israel-part-1-running-toward-fire/id1570872415?i=1000648331807>The Free Press in Israel Part 1: Running Toward Fire </a>
<blockquote>What happens when a country has to ask its citizens the unthinkable: What are you willing to die for?
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It’s a question that feels so outside the current American experience. When was the last time you asked yourself, What would I do if I had to fight for my home, my family, my nation?
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When the citizens of Israel were confronted with the worst disaster imaginable, what emerged was a level of civic obligation, duty, and sacrifice that they themselves didn’t think they were capa</blockquote>
Honestly with Bari Weiss: <A href=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-free-press-in-israel-part-2-shattered-illusions/id1570872415?i=1000649298118>The Free Press in Israel Part 2: Shattered Illusions </a>
<blockquote>When we went to Israel, we tried tirelessly to get into Gaza but Israel’s counteroffensive made it impossible for us to go to the strip during those days. Instead, we spent time in and around the West Bank. First, we went to the Qalandia checkpoint, one of the biggest in Israel, where tens of thousands of Palestinians cross from the West Bank into East Jerusalem daily. Then, we went to the key Palestinian political and cultural center of Ramallah.
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We wanted to hear the unfiltered voices of ordinary Palestinians and ask them what they think about October 7, about the ongoing war, and about the prospect of two states between the river and the sea. If you grew up attached to the idea of a two-state solution, what you'll hear is surprising. Over and over, people told us they supported the events of October 7.
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At the same time, our week in Israel revealed something else surprising about this place, and that’s how cohesive Israeli society has become, even and including among Israel's 20 percent Arab minority.
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In this episode, you’ll hear from both Palestinians in the West Bank as well as one extraordinary Muslim Israeli Arab woman, who sits on the fence between these two very different worlds—and from that unique vantage point, offers a hopeful vision for the future.
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<A href=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-792351>Knesset to establish committee for victims of sexual violence in Iron Swords War</a>
<blockquote>The Knesset approved a proposal to establish a committee for victims of sexual crimes, which will focus on victims who suffered these crimes as a result of Operations Swords of Iron on Sunday.
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The responsibilities of the committee will include the treatment of victims of sexual crimes, setting policies to support victims, and increasing victims' awareness of their rights and the services to which they are entitled.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jns.org/israel-to-mark-hamas-massacre-with-annual-commemorative-day/">Israel to mark Hamas massacre with annual commemorative day</a>
<blockquote>The Israeli Cabinet voted on Sunday to mark Hamas’s massacre of some 1,200 people with an annual commemoration on the 24th day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei.
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The event will be marked separately from the Remembrance Day (Yom Hazikaron) for the Fallen of Israel’s Wars and Victims of Terrorism, which is held on the 4th of Iyar, a day before Independence Day.
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In 2024, a one-time commemorative ceremony will also be held on Oct. 7, and because the 24th of Tishrei this year coincides with Shabbat (on Oct. 26), the ceremonies will take place on Sunday, Oct. 27.
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Two state ceremonies will be held every Tishrei Remembrance Day, one at 11 a.m. in honor of those killed in action in the war against Hamas, and another at 1 p.m. in memory of the civilians murdered during the terrorist group’s invasion of the northwestern Negev.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“I am painting a hostage a day until they are all back home safe.Their families must not feel alone or forgotten”.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/elisabettafurcht?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#elisabettafurcht</a> is a self taught italian artist and this is how she shows her support. <br><br>How I respect and value this kind of people….🙏🎗️ <a href="https://t.co/loUcl7Uhyg">pic.twitter.com/loUcl7Uhyg</a></p>— miha schwartzenberg (@mihaschw) <a href="https://twitter.com/mihaschw/status/1769012132710887641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<A href=https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13205515/BBC-plunged-new-bias-row-journalists-damning-report-accusing-Israeli-soldiers-beating-humiliating-medics-like-videos-celebrating-Hamas-terror-attacks.html>BBC plunged into new bias row after journalists behind damning report accusing Israeli soldiers of beating and humiliating medics 'like' videos celebrating Hamas terror attacks</a>
<blockquote>BBC journalists behind a damning report which accused Israeli soldiers of beating and humiliating medics at a Gaza hospital have 'liked' videos celebrating Hamas terror attacks and anti-Israel posts online.
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The story last week led to worldwide condemnation of Israel, and was called 'very disturbing' by Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron who called for 'answers'.
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Now The Mail on Sunday can reveal concerns about the views of two BBC Arabic reporters, Soha Ibrahim and Marie-Jose Al Azzi, who were credited with working on the story.
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Earlier this month Ms Ibrahim liked a video on X of Palestine Action activists slashing an oil painting of former British prime minister Arthur Balfour, who helped pave the way for the creation of Israel. On the day of the Hamas attacks on October 7, she 'liked' videos of people in Lebanon and Tunisia chanting, dancing and waving Palestinian flags in the street in apparent celebration.
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London-based Ms Ibrahim, who has worked for the BBC for 12 years, also liked another post on X on October 7 which celebrated 'the first of the martyrs of the operation'. The tweet featured a picture of an Egyptian man who was killed after shooting dead three Israeli soldiers last June.
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Ms Ibrahim also liked a video of Egyptian football fans chanting 'we sacrifice our souls, our blood for Palestine' following the attacks.
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Meanwhile Ms Al Azzi, who has worked at the BBC since 2019 and is based in Lebanon, described Israel as a 'terrorist apartheid state' in a post from 2018 that has since been deleted, according to anti-Semitism researchers.
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Last week's BBC report also credited a freelance photo journalist Muath Al Khatib, based in Jerusalem, who works part-time for WAFA, the Palestinian state news agency.
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He previously made an anti-Jewish post on Facebook while on holiday in Thailand in 2016. 'I'm fleeing from the city to the Far East, and I find more Jews than locals on the island on Ko Pha Ngan,' he wrote.
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Jewish Tory MP Andrew Percy called the BBC 'institutionally Israel-phobic', saying: 'The fact they are using reporters who appear to be openly hostile to Israel and potentially openly hostile to Jews, again demonstrates the issues the BBC has here on reporting this conflict fairly.'</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The first is Soha Ibrahim. Her social media accounts are full of anti-Israel venom. On X she even liked posts that celebrated Oct 7 and support Hamas. <br><br>This woman is not a random bystander. She WORKS for the BBC. <a href="https://t.co/HV4ShAcKk8">pic.twitter.com/HV4ShAcKk8</a></p>— David Collier (@mishtal) <a href="https://twitter.com/mishtal/status/1769274926047908305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The third was a Palestinian, Muath Al Khatib. His timeline is also no different from an anti-Israel activist - and in 2016 he even got triggered by the number of Jewish people he saw in Thailand <a href="https://t.co/lHf9pio0Ev">pic.twitter.com/lHf9pio0Ev</a></p>— David Collier (@mishtal) <a href="https://twitter.com/mishtal/status/1769274932662341817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Another was Abu Sabha. Here he is publicly glorifying and celebrating the terrorist Uday Al Tamimi <a href="https://t.co/K1NvG6yG55">pic.twitter.com/K1NvG6yG55</a></p>— David Collier (@mishtal) <a href="https://twitter.com/mishtal/status/1769274938953814180?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">That is it. Three Arabic journalists who support terrorism / hate Jews and three Gazans who support terrorists / hate Jews.<br><br>These are the people the BBC rely on to create the BBC Verify reports.<br><br>This is how the lies go mainstream and antisemitism spreads.<br><br>We fund this!!</p>— David Collier (@mishtal) <a href="https://twitter.com/mishtal/status/1769274945362616672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Democrat Party has become radically anti-Israel.<br><br>It is not just AOC, Ilhan Omar, & the Squad who are opposing Israel. It runs right to the top, with Chuck Schumer & Joe Biden actively undermining Israel in the midst of potentially existential wars.<a href="https://t.co/frUFUZIyz3">https://t.co/frUFUZIyz3</a> <a href="https://t.co/rUmdDGdMpE">pic.twitter.com/rUmdDGdMpE</a></p>— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1769100827409686720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There is a way to address this. All people have to do is ask themselves, if they could go back to October 6 and prevent October 7, would they? If they would they are still on the side of decency. Some of them wouldn’t…the ones who glorify “resistance” and massacre and who adore…</p>— Seth Frantzman (@sfrantzman) <a href="https://twitter.com/sfrantzman/status/1769234023132332133?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bubble boy proving me right over and over. <a href="https://t.co/hB8cqJo6MP">pic.twitter.com/hB8cqJo6MP</a></p>— Noam Blum (@neontaster) <a href="https://twitter.com/neontaster/status/1769375917640466736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lots of people going around claiming "I used to support Israel, but what they're doing now has turned me against them."<br><br>But if you look into their history on X, every single one of them was spouting the same inane pro-Hamas BS on October 6th as they do now.</p>— Russells Teapot (@teapot_russells) <a href="https://twitter.com/teapot_russells/status/1769124903943295002?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<A href=https://www.timesofisrael.com/post-oct-7-antisemitism-upends-an-australian-jewish-community-with-holocaust-history/>Post-Oct. 7 antisemitism upends an Australian Jewish community with Holocaust history</a>
<blockquote>In the past few months, while active on Twitter, Vorchheimer has received death threats for openly supporting Israel. Despite filing formal police reports months ago, he has yet to receive any response from law enforcement.
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“Both at a Federal and State level [within Australia] they have tools available to them, but they are not adopting a zero-tolerance approach,” he said.
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Delayed and slow responses from law enforcement are becoming increasingly evident in various sectors across Australia. Tammie, a 45-year-old pro-Israel advocate and philanthropist in Melbourne, requested that her last name be withheld due to online threats she received because of her pro-Israel work.
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“I was unprepared and dismayed by the absolute explosion of blatant Jew-hatred following October 7 in this country,” she said. “More worryingly was observing how unprepared and indecisive our government and police have been combating this scourge in our society,” she said.
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Tammie’s family history is also rooted in the aftermath of the Holocaust, making her vigilant against antisemitism. Born in Vienna post-Holocaust, her mother came to Australia at 6 months old, while her father, born in Israel to Holocaust survivor parents, moved to Australia at the age of 6. Both families chose Australia as a welcoming haven for rebuilding their lives.
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For now, Tammie is monitoring the situation closely.
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“There is no question that if the [Australian] government of the day became too antisemitic, I would leave. My grandparents made the mistake of staying too long in Europe in the 40s and it cost them dearly,” she reflected.
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Amid the challenging and uneasy time for Australian Jews, Jeremy Leibler, president of the Zionist Federation of Australia, finds a glimmer of hope. While recognizing the increasing antisemitism in Australia, he also observes support from unexpected quarters, indicating that the unabated hatred has inadvertently sparked a counter-response.
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“This hate has backfired in two ways. Firstly, rather than being intimidated into isolation, the antisemitism has actually strengthened the Australian Jewish community’s identity and connection to Israel,” said Leibler.
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“Secondly, I have been inundated by messages from non-Jewish Australians who tell me they’d never really seen antisemitism before, but now they understand what Jews are facing… if this terrible situation has a plus side, it’s that the usually hidden hatred of the antisemites has been exposed to those willing to see it,” he said.</blockquote>
‘Vile hypocrisy’: Sky News host slams ‘disgraceful’ Oscars speech on Israel-Hamas war
<blockquote>Sky News host Rowan Dean has slammed a “disgraceful” speech by British film director Jonathan Glazer which ignored the “ongoing horrors” of Hamas’ hostage-taking campaign.
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Speaking at the award ceremony, Glazer said they stand there as men who “refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked by an occupation which has led to conflict for so many innocent people”.
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Mr Dean criticised the director for living in a “Hollywood bubble”.
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“Glazer was of course applauded by the luvvies, the left-wing cultural elites of Hollywood,” Mr Dean said.
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“I reiterate, this is the leftist mindset, the modern left – making Holocaust movies and winning awards for showing empathy for the dead Jews of the past but at the same time ignoring similar horrors being perpetrated against Jews in the present.”</blockquote>
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‘I was too controversial’: Jewish singer speaks out after ABC cancels her
<blockquote>Singer Deborah Conway has spoken out on the ABC cancelling her appearance on its radio program in Melbourne last week.
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“On the morning of the ... interview, I was contacted by the publicist and told that the producer had just arrived back from overseas and had suddenly caught up with the controversy that I was surrounded by,” she told Sky News Australia.
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“And decided that I was too hot, too controversial to have on their live evening entertainment show.
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“So, I was summarily dismissed, and I’m like, ‘wait a minute, I’m not there to talk about the Middle East’, I had no interest in talking about politics.
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“But it was not to be, so I decided we should go to the press.”</blockquote>
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Lord Balfour defaced: 'Cambridge have been fanning the flames'
<blockquote>Charles Moore, former editor of the Spectator writes for the magazine this week about why he wasn't surprised that an activist at defaced a portrait of Lord Balfour Trinity College Cambridge and what violent protests like this </blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.commentary.org/articles/christine-rosen/hateful-candace-owens/">The Hateful Candace Owens</a>
<blockquote>What is sinister is Owens’s “just asking questions” approach as a means of encouraging anti-Semitism, a posture she’s doubled down on since the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7. She has emerged as a loud and ill-informed critic of the State of Israel, one whose views would be far more at home on the progressive left than among most Republicans and conservatives, who support Israel.
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On X, Owens wrote of Israel, “No government anywhere has a right to commit a genocide, ever. There is no justification for a genocide.” She also called the Muslim Quarter in Jerusalem a “ghetto” and remarked, “If you think it’s antisemitism to notice that innocent Christians were killed in an IDF bombing, then you need to log off.”
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Owens is the one who needs to spend more time offline. A typical tweet, (from October 24, 2023) about the state of Florida removing Students for Justice in Palestine groups from two Florida college campuses after they violated the state’s anti-Semitism laws, featured Owens proclaiming: “I’ll ask the obvious question here. Do people believe that in the future moves like this will increase or decrease feelings of anti-semitism? Do you think these students are going to shut down and think ‘well—guess we have to support Israel now’? This is a serious question.”
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This is not a serious question, but it is representative of her approach. First, she prefaces any statement about the Jews or anti-Semitism by noting that she’s just stating the “obvious question.” Then, while pretending to show concern for anti-Semitism, she dishonestly reframes the question and implies that it is Jews who are responsible for anti-Semitism.
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Her disingenuousness was on frank display during a feud she had with Daily Wire founder Ben Shapiro, an outspoken supporter of Israel and an observant Jew. When he correctly described Owens’s behavior as “disgraceful,” she took the feud public on social media, posting Bible verses, including Matthew 5:9, which states, “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
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Shapiro responded, “Candace, if you feel that taking money from The Daily Wire somehow comes between you and God, by all means quit.”
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Owens misrepresented Shapiro’s response while simultaneously casting herself as a Christian martyr: “You are utterly out of line for suggesting that I cannot quote biblical scripture. The Bible is not about you. Christ is king.” For this, she received praise from Tucker Carlson, who compared her to Galileo.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Notice how Biden does not mention antisemitism when he discusses Islamophobia. But the second he talks about antisemitism he always mentions Islamophobia. <a href="https://t.co/DzflZrlbe1">pic.twitter.com/DzflZrlbe1</a></p>— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarinaMedvin/status/1768707571295088972?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Yes, Randi. You speak for the majority of American Jews as you hobnob with one of the country's biggest antisemites. <a href="https://t.co/vkzNmxXNGM">https://t.co/vkzNmxXNGM</a> <a href="https://t.co/0UVvAF2plz">pic.twitter.com/0UVvAF2plz</a></p>— Shelley G (@ShelleyGldschmt) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShelleyGldschmt/status/1769141964308611375?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“We have not seen a single Jew destroy a church…We have not seen a single Jew protest by killing people…״<br><br>״Only Muslims defend their beliefs by burning down churches..״<br><br>Syrian Writer Wafa Sultan on Al Jazeera:<br><br> <a href="https://t.co/EQoPo3EndF">pic.twitter.com/EQoPo3EndF</a></p>— David Saranga (@DavidSaranga) <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidSaranga/status/1769225002954391971?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href=https://nypost.com/2024/03/15/media/teen-vogue-tweaks-article-on-aaron-bushnell-suicide-in-front-of-israeli-embassy/>Teen Vogue quietly tweaks article on US airman’s self-immolation after ‘glorifying suicide’</a>
<blockquote>Teen Vogue has quietly made changes to a controversial story it published about a US airman who lit himself on fire in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington last month — days after critics slammed the article for “glorifying suicide” and promoting “propaganda”.
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The Condé Nast-owned magazine published a March 5 article about Aaron Bushnell — the 25-year-old US airman who self-immolated on Feb. 25 while screaming, “Free Palestine!” — and the glossy publication got blasted for minimizing Bushnell’s potential mental health issues while portraying him as a martyr fighting an alleged “genocide.”
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In one passage that riled critics, author Lex McMenamin wrote: “Some attempted to attribute [Bushnell’s] choice to a matter of “mental health”; others suggested that to report on Bushnell’s self-immolation was akin to promoting it or would cause others to copy him, an implication that independent journalist Talia Jane called ‘plainly absurd.’”
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The article sparked an immediate backlash, with many raising concerns about the takeaway among Teen Vogue’s “impressionable” teenage readers.
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“Glorifying suicide puts vulnerable people at risk.
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Might want to rethink this on a page for young people,” seethed one critic on the magazine’s Instagram page, adding, “Next you’ll be glorifying suicide bombers.”
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A Teen Vogue spokesperson told The Post in a statement, “At Teen Vogue we take seriously the responsibility of providing fact-based reporting on news and current events for our readers. We stand by our reporting.”
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Nevertheless, the magazine has quietly edited the inflammatory passage — deleting independent journalist Talia Jane’s claim that concerns about promoting suicide were “plainly absurd”.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jns.org/london-cinema-to-scrub-eurovision-screening-if-israel-in-final/">London cinema to scrub Eurovision screening if Israel in final</a>
<blockquote>A London movie theater threatened this week to cancel the screening of the Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final on May 11 if Israel remains in the competition, according to Deadline.
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The Rio Cinema in East London, known for previously broadcasting the Grand Final and its ties with Eurovision Party London, declared its decision via social media, and added that it will continue to support Palestinian charities.
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This stance isn’t isolated, with recent calls from Belgian ministers for Israel’s exclusion from the contest due to its anti-terrorism operation against Hamas.
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Controversy has also surrounded Britain’s entry, Olly Alexander, for signing a petition critical of Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip. Conversely, notable figures including actress Helen Mirren have advocated for Israel’s inclusion in the event.
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The Israeli entry has faced challenges in balancing Eurovision’s apolitical mandate with national sentiment, leading to alterations in both the lyrics and title of Eden Golan‘s song from “October Rain” to “Hurricane” to comply with the European Broadcasting Union’s guidelines.
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Organizers of the Eurovision Song Contest on Feb. 15 reaffirmed that Israel will be allowed to compete amid the war against Hamas, rejecting parallels drawn by pro-Palestinian activists with Russia’s exclusion from the competition over its invasion of Ukraine.
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“Comparisons between war and conflict are complex and difficult and, as an apolitical media organization, it is not our place to make them,” Noel Curran, director-general of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), which organizes the annual musical extravaganza, told AFP.
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A review by the EBU’s governing bodies found “that the Israeli public broadcaster Kan met all the competition rules for this year and can participate, as it has for the past 50 years,” Curran noted.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tell me you’re Nazis without telling me you’re Nazis.<br><br>Boycotting Jews because they are fighting back against terrorists who raped, burned and beheaded civilians 🤦♂️ <a href="https://t.co/sqo1weL0pn">https://t.co/sqo1weL0pn</a></p>— GnasherJew®גנאשר (@GnasherJew) <a href="https://twitter.com/GnasherJew/status/1769356300461252976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What is a “hate march”?<br><br>Learn from the experts at the “Palestine Solidarity Campaign”, shouting that they hate the Prime Minister in Leeds yesterday.<br><br>Then the ritual cry for Israel's annihilation.<br><br>Note the banner calling the Houthi death cult terrorists “heroes”. 1/3 <a href="https://t.co/O7bwIAha96">pic.twitter.com/O7bwIAha96</a></p>— habibi (@habibi_uk) <a href="https://twitter.com/habibi_uk/status/1769349458653806930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">One of the more disturbing scenes from this hate march. <br><br>“Zecharia you can’t hide, we charge you with genocide!”<br><br>That’s the Leeds university chaplain who did go into hiding in the face of horrific abuse and death threats.<br><br>The PSC ghouls think he hasn’t suffered enough. 3/3 <a href="https://t.co/ZBfHjapLxD">pic.twitter.com/ZBfHjapLxD</a></p>— habibi (@habibi_uk) <a href="https://twitter.com/habibi_uk/status/1769349462290239944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">NYC (W 65th) - man spotted tearing down posters of kidnapped children because they were a “propaganda tool”.<br><br>Recognize him? DM us! <a href="https://t.co/W7rHn4KMEK">pic.twitter.com/W7rHn4KMEK</a></p>— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) <a href="https://twitter.com/StopAntisemites/status/1769148114298962372?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">'Palestinian' flag makes appearance in Brisbane elections. <br><br>The elections for Brisbane City Council were held yesterday. <br><br>The Palestinian Authority flag made an unwelcome appearance. It joined a growing collection of other flags, on the campaign material of the Greens candidate… <a href="https://t.co/ybmkUohu1z">pic.twitter.com/ybmkUohu1z</a></p>— Australian Jewish Association (@AustralianJA) <a href="https://twitter.com/AustralianJA/status/1769160042841067832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Melbourne, Australia - it appears that Mohammad Sharab, who has been charged over the alleged kidnapping, torture & threats to kill, was an attendee / leader at Sunday’s pro-Palestinian rally<a href="https://twitter.com/3AW693?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@3AW693</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/theheraldsun?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@theheraldsun</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/australian?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@australian</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/SkyNewsAust?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SkyNewsAust</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/theage?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@theage</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/VictoriaPolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VictoriaPolice</a> <a href="https://t.co/P96wAwKTE7">pic.twitter.com/P96wAwKTE7</a></p>— Menachem Vorchheimer (@MenachemV) <a href="https://twitter.com/MenachemV/status/1769348334375092472?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">People got this weird notion that the Islamist extremists who run terror organizations are just as progressive as they are. <br><br>👨🎨Tamir Ashurav <a href="https://t.co/eitE41Dblb">pic.twitter.com/eitE41Dblb</a></p>— The Mossad: Satirical, Yet Awesome (@TheMossadIL) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheMossadIL/status/1769375233306153435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<A href=https://jweekly.com/2024/03/15/does-uc-berkeley-have-an-antisemitism-problem-chancellor-carol-christ-weighs-in/>Does UC Berkeley have an antisemitism problem? Chancellor Carol Christ weighs in</a>
<blockquote>The Anti-Defamation League and others are calling on the university to take measures against students, after, I suppose, the criminal investigation is complete. To take some kind of disciplinary action, either against students or against Bears for Palestine, the campus group that organized the protest.
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CC: The organizations are not under criminal investigation.
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That investigation and deliberation about the organizations, and whether any sanction is called for against them, is going on right now.
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Sorry, you said that an investigation about whether any sanctions on the organization are called for is going on?
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CC: Yeah, that’s right. Yes.
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We’re in this moment where questions about free speech — people are asking themselves when does it cross the line? I’m actually just curious, broadly speaking, does hate speech violate campus policy in any way?
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CC: It’s actually a complicated question. I’m going to sound like those ladies in front of Congress.
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So hate speech in an abstract context is protected by free speech. I could say something like, you know, in the context of a dinner party at my house, I could say, ‘I hate the Chinese.’ And that would be protected if there weren’t individual Chinese people there that were threatened by that speech.
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If my speech creates a harmful atmosphere that detracts from the educational benefits that a student might receive — if I said that very same thing, ‘I hate the Chinese,’ in a classroom in which they were Chinese students — that would not be protected. And I would be subject to discipline.
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The thing that determines what is not protected is if it is understood as a threat to the people hearing the speech.
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So it would have to be understood as a threat? Let’s say for example, someone posts on Snapchat, you know, something overtly Islamophobic. Calling Muslim people terrorists, and 300 people see it. Would that violate campus policy?
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CC: No, it would be protected free speech. We’ve actually had instances of that. And the only thing we can do is if a person makes a comment like that, on a website, for example, that attaches itself to the University of California, they can’t do that. But if they’re using some sort of vehicle in the marketplace like Snapchat, they can say an alarming range of really abhorrent things that is protected speech.
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Well, let me ask you, and this is not a hypothetical. There were groups of protesters at the Feb. 26 [protest] chanting, “intifada, intifada,” essentially at Jewish students who were attending the event. Would that violate school policy?
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CC: I don’t think so.</blockquote>
<A href=https://www.thejc.com/news/world/anti-imperialist-sex-worker-exposes-herself-as-supporter-of-hamas-m31jr7j6>Anti-imperialist adult content creator exposes her support for Hamas</a>
<blockquote>An adult content creator and vocal “anti-imperialist” has been exposed as a strident defender of terror group Hamas.
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American Sally Buxbaum Hunt, who has described herself as a “work-from-home Service Coordinator helping people with developmental disabilities”, has also cast doubt on the atrocities of October 7.
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Buxbaum Hunt’s inflammatory social media posts have been exposed by digital investigator GnasherJew.
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In January, Buxbaum Hunt tweeted: “Zionists are lying about what happened on October 7. 'Israel' killed a large number of their own citizens, and they intentionally told the music festival to be extended because they knew of Hamas's plan.”
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In November, she tweeted: “Israel has always held all power over Gaza, not Hamas. Hamas is an armed resistance group, and I, too, would take up arms if colonisers were stealing my family’s land and killing my family members & my entire community. Israel treats the native people like shit. #FreePalestine.”
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Buxbaum Hunt, who is Jewish and uses the name “Sally Hates Capitalism…but loves [Palestine emoji]” on Twitter / X, uses quotation marks to refer to Israel.
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In several posts she referred to Israel as “Nazi”. In one post she wrote: “'Israel' is a racist, Jewish supremacist, hyper-nationalist ethnostate. It's exactly like what the Nazis were trying to create”.
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In a vast stream of videos uploaded to her YouTube channel, Buxbaum Hunt called the IDF a “genocidal cult” and said of 9/11: “That sh*t is actually not really that shocking when you think about the horrible sh*t that the United States has been doing all over the world”.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Now take a look at the results that come up for Lee Mordechai on Google before vs after his post.<br><br>The difference is astronomical. <br><br>Within days, I guarantee you that Lee's thread will be covered in various prominent media outlets — because legacy media is almost uniformly… <a href="https://t.co/VsUB2h1lpx">pic.twitter.com/VsUB2h1lpx</a></p>— Eitan Fischberger (@EFischberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/EFischberger/status/1769244145715978437?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just understand that they support Hamas and are sad that more Jews aren’t dead. <a href="https://t.co/kNBh83vcfU">https://t.co/kNBh83vcfU</a></p>— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) <a href="https://twitter.com/guypbenson/status/1769174236386472056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Delusional! On Nov.4, 2023, <a href="https://twitter.com/Cornell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Cornell</a> prof Eric Cheyfitz tweeted: “Unlike Al Qaeda or ISIS, Hamas does not advocate universal jihad. It is...focused solely on the liberation of Palestine.” So, let's get this straight: <br>If it's global jihad, it's bad, but if it's just about wiping… <a href="https://t.co/yqHf40V00X">pic.twitter.com/yqHf40V00X</a></p>— Canary Mission (@canarymission) <a href="https://twitter.com/canarymission/status/1769390565685084485?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/AJArabic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AJArabic</a> journalist <a href="https://twitter.com/Benguennak?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Benguennak</a> <br>(left): Israel is preventing Muslim worshippers from entering the Temple Mount <br><br>Also journalist Khadija Benganna (right): Praying on the Temple Mount <a href="https://t.co/LAkzUnXKK0">pic.twitter.com/LAkzUnXKK0</a></p>— Israel ישראל 🇮🇱 (@Israel) <a href="https://twitter.com/Israel/status/1769329541711798648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Not so. Appeasement fueled Iran’s enrichment not withdrawal. 👇 <a href="https://t.co/erJEUyGJ4F">https://t.co/erJEUyGJ4F</a> <a href="https://t.co/nA5fqquUT1">pic.twitter.com/nA5fqquUT1</a></p>— Robert Greenway (@RC_Greenway) <a href="https://twitter.com/RC_Greenway/status/1769128406522740996?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Meir Y. Soloveichik: <a href="https://www.commentary.org/articles/meir-soloveichik/setsuzo-kotsuji-japanese-abraham/">The Japanese Abraham</a>
<blockquote>There’s a bestselling book by the psychologist Robert Cialdini titled Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade. In one point in this largely non-Jewish book, we are shown a photograph from 1941 of two rabbis from Eastern Europe who found themselves in front of the Japanese foreign ministry in Tokyo. They were two of the leaders from a group of thousands of yeshiva students who had been given transit visas by the Japanese consul in Kovno, Lithuania. His name was Chiune Sugihara. The visas allowed the students to flee across Europe and Asia and land in Kobe, Japan. Two of them were my maternal grandparents, Rabbi Shmuel Dovid and Nachama Warshavchik.
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Germany was, of course, then allied with Japan. Cialdini writes, “The Nazis had sent Josef Meisinger, a colonel in the Gestapo known as ‘the Butcher of Warsaw’ for ordering the execution of 16,000 Poles, to Tokyo. Upon his arrival in April 1941, Meisinger began pressing for a policy of brutality toward the Jews under Japan’s rule—a policy he stated he would gladly help design and enact. Uncertain at first of how to respond and wanting to hear all sides, high-ranking members of Japan’s military government called upon the Jewish refugee community to send two leaders to a meeting that would influence their future significantly.”
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Two rabbis came down from Kobe to Tokyo, and, in what must have seemed a surreal moment, met with the Japanese generals. The rabbis received an utterly unanswerable question: Tell us, why do the Nazis hate you so much? One of the rabbis was frozen, terrified, but the second, Shimon Kalisch, known as the Amshinover Rebbe, remained calm. Cialdini writes:
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<i>Rabbi Kalisch’s knowledge of human nature had equipped him to deliver the most impressive persuasive communication I have encountered in over thirty years of studying the process: “Because,” he said calmly, “we are Asian, like you.”
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The older rabbi’s response had a powerful effect on the Japanese officers. After a silence, they conferred among themselves and announced a recess. When they returned, the most senior military official rose and granted the reassurance the rabbis had hoped to bring home to their community: “Go back to your people. Tell them we will provide for their safety and peace. You have nothing to fear while in Japanese territory.” And so it was.</i>
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The photograph featured in Cialdini’s book is (at least in my Kindle version) incomplete, cut off; in the original, there is a Japanese gentleman standing to one side of Rabbi Kalisch. This man’s name is Setsuzo Kotsuji, and his tale is told in his extraordinary 1962 autobiography, From Tokyo To Jerusalem, which is entirely out of print. Kotsuji’s obscurity is an enormous shame, because the book is much more than a memoir. It is, in a certain sense, a religious classic, the story of a man raised in the religion of his ancestors who turned to the Jewish faith while still retaining a deep respect for his own Japanese past. These elements merged together to form one of the great heroic personalities of the 20th century.
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Kotsuji was truly an Asian Jew: From Tokyo to Jerusalem is not published under the name Setsuzo Kotsuji, but rather Abraham Kotsuji, the name he would ultimately adopt in converting to Judaism. This is apt, as one of the mesmerizing themes of the book is how his own life mirrors that of Abraham, and how his heroism allows for the Abrahamic journeys of so many others to come to fruition. Discovering Kotsuji’s story has given me a better understanding of my own Abrahamic familial identity.</blockquote>
<A href=https://jewishinsider.com/2024/03/tim-carney-family-unfriendly-author/>New book highlights America’s ‘Family Unfriendly’ culture — in contrast with Israel</a>
<blockquote>While Tim Carney was working on his new book, Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than It Needs to Be, he joined a Catholic pilgrimage to Israel and found himself in the country with the highest fertility rate of the world’s wealthiest nations.
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Israel has a birthrate of three children per woman, according to the most recent data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. That’s almost twice the OECD average of 1.58 and significantly more than second-place country Saudi Arabia at 2.43 or the U.S., in 18th place with a birth rate of 1.66.
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Carney, an American Enterprise Institute fellow and Washington Examiner columnist — but perhaps most importantly to his latest project, a father of six — extended his visit to Israel, seeking to find out Israel’s secret, and how it can be replicated. He spoke with secular parents at a public playground in Tel Aviv and Orthodox parents on the streets of Jerusalem about why they had kids and how they’re raising them.
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As anyone sitting next to a parent on an El Al flight may have observed, it is perfectly natural for an Israeli to hand his or her baby to a stranger so he or she can use the restroom. It’s also quite common in Israel for a fourth grader to walk home from school without an adult and pick up a younger sibling from preschool on the way.
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It’s phenomena like these that helped Carney reach his conclusion that culture, rather than policy or even religion, is behind Israel’s exceptional fecundity, and Carney decided to dedicate a chapter of his book to the Jewish state.
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He spoke with Jewish Insider this month about his new book and his findings.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-791959">I ran the Jerusalem Marathon: Here's 4 reasons Israel will thrive</a>
<blockquote>Everyone ran for somebody<br>
Israel and its people are in pain. We’ve realized over the past five months that we’re like a big family. Even if we weren’t directly affected by the events in southern Israel on Oct. 7, or if we didn’t have to leave our homes in the North, or if our sons and daughters aren’t serving in the IDF, we’re all part of this conflict.
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At the Jerusalem marathon, you could see this manifestation come to life. Everyone ran for someone, whether it was for the release of the hostages, for the soldiers who lost their lives protecting us, for the individuals who were brutally slaughtered by Hamas, or for the emergency responders who risked everything to save us.
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The race was in Jerusalem, and Jerusalem belongs to us<br>
The Jerusalem Winner Marathon is a breathtaking race through the streets of the world’s most significant city. It takes us from our ancient past to our present, running on the slippery ancient stones of the Old City and past the President’s Residence.
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Each stride serves as a reminder that this land is deeply tied to the Jewish people; it’s a gift from God.
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Following in the footsteps of our ancestors is a fantastic way to remember our identity, values, and purpose. It also reminds us of the importance of safeguarding Jerusalem, which we’re lucky to have as a united city today. We must cherish it, protect it, and make it our own – because it could be lost at any time.
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JERUSALEM IS a city of hills. As someone who lives at the top of some of our city’s steepest and longest hills, I’m reminded each day that even if you conquer them today, they’ll be there to challenge you anew tomorrow.
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Last Friday, I tackled the uphills one by one during the race and allowed the downhills to carry me.
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I won. Not a specific place in the race, and not my best time. But I did PR (personal record): I successfully reaffirmed my and my country’s strengths. Our power is believing that tomorrow will be better. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">On March 17, 1992, 29 people were brutally murdered and 242 additional civilians were injured in a terrorist attack on the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Israeli?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Israeli</a> embassy in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BuenosAires?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BuenosAires</a>. A terror group named Islamic Jihad Organization, linked to the Iranian regime and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hezbollah?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Hezbollah</a> claimed responsibility. <br><br>32… <a href="https://t.co/VrZ3cWdo4l">pic.twitter.com/VrZ3cWdo4l</a></p>— StandWithUs (@StandWithUs) <a href="https://twitter.com/StandWithUs/status/1769336148185288901?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<p> </p>Ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024690260923786342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933777.post-15573958982108916472024-03-17T11:00:00.001-04:002024-03-17T11:00:00.138-04:00Will Blood Feud With Gazan Tribe Spell The End of Hamas? (Daled Amos)<div class="separator" style="background-color: #fefaef; box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRCFz31IO_Qrt76lysJ5LhUf3f6b9MS9FzXaJ4DeriYrBGknMxOS9ZSKZUzVNrxwmJijnRWTzc3mf5Qz4MoA3r0GeJ1SjEMM9vrwgo5bOGbARjbz1d0lGOVCq0O6PMHEAVV5vmy7QnFTZPE75PAU3RHmr4l5SfET3opxgUCBsRxQCPWdMuT2g/s320/daledamos2.jpg" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #cf8308; font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; outline: none medium; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="115" data-original-width="320" height="115" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRCFz31IO_Qrt76lysJ5LhUf3f6b9MS9FzXaJ4DeriYrBGknMxOS9ZSKZUzVNrxwmJijnRWTzc3mf5Qz4MoA3r0GeJ1SjEMM9vrwgo5bOGbARjbz1d0lGOVCq0O6PMHEAVV5vmy7QnFTZPE75PAU3RHmr4l5SfET3opxgUCBsRxQCPWdMuT2g/s1600/daledamos2.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="320" /></a></div><p style="background-color: #fefaef; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"></p><p style="background-color: #fefaef; box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: Merriweather, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;">By Daled Amos</i></p><p style="text-align: left;">Hamas has a history of executing Palestinians who the terrorists claim are collaborating with Israel. Back in 2014, for example, the Times of Israel reported that <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-said-to-kill-over-30-suspected-collaborators-with-israel/" target="_blank">Hamas killed over 30 suspected collaborators with Israel</a>. And that was over just a few days. Of course, there is no way to tell whether Hamas actually executes collaborators, or is killing off opposition to its rule in Gaza.</p>
According to Hamas, collaborating with Israel is not limited to spying for the Jewish state and relaying information that helps to target Hamas terrorists. <div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/palestinians-israel-gaza-aid-collaborators-142836376.html" target="_blank">Helping Gazans can also get you killed by Hamas</a>:</div><div><blockquote>A Hamas-linked website warned Palestinians who assist Israel in providing aid to Gaza that their actions will not be “tolerated”.<br /><br />Those who did would be treated as collaborators and be handled with an iron fist, the Hamas Al-Majd security website said on Monday, quoting a security official in Palestinian militant forces.</blockquote>
Considering how <a href="https://twitter.com/havivrettiggur/status/1747494047118164041" target="_blank">Hamas has been taking Gazan aid for themselves and in some cases selling it to the people at inflated prices</a>, it is understandable that the terrorists might be piqued.</div><div><br /></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Hamas is stealing aid and trying to sell it back to Gazans at exorbitant prices. <a href="https://t.co/AXQ363orF7">https://t.co/AXQ363orF7</a></p>— Haviv Rettig Gur (@havivrettiggur) <a href="https://twitter.com/havivrettiggur/status/1747494047118164041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><br />
<br />But this time, Hamas may have gone too far. On Thursday, JNS reported, <a href="https://www.jns.org/hamas-executes-gaza-clan-prince-in-message-to-potential-collaborators/" target="_blank">Hamas executes Gaza clan ‘prince’ in message to potential ‘collaborators’</a>:</div><div><blockquote>Hamas has executed a “prince” of the Doghmush clan in Gaza City, sources in Gaza said on Thursday. The killing was a message to those considering cooperating with Israel, which is looking for ways to bypass the terror group in the enclave, according to the sources.<br /><br />Israel has floated the idea of Gaza clans acting as partners in running the internal affairs of the Strip after Hamas has been eliminated.</blockquote><p>If Hamas was trying to dissuade Gazans from participating in Israel's plan, it may have been unnecessary. The clans are reported to have rejected what they considered Israeli interference in internal matters. More to the point, if Hamas felt the need to kill tribal leaders to maintain control, that constitutes a major change in tactics indicating that Hamas is afraid of losing control.</p><p>On March 10, Khaled Abu Toameh reported that <a href="https://www.jns.org/pa-hamas-vie-for-support-of-palestinian-clans/" target="_blank">Hamas was competing with the PA to get the support of the clans</a>:</p><blockquote>The P.A. and Hamas understand that the backing of the clans is crucial for maintaining their control over the Palestinians in both the West Bank and Gaza Strip. That’s why P.A. and Hamas leaders have always treated the large families and their leaders with utmost respect. In some instances, clan leaders were elevated to the unofficial position of supreme judges and arbitrators, replacing the official judiciary and law enforcement of both organizations.</blockquote><p>This is all the more reason to see the Hamas execution of a clan leader as an admission of a potential threat to Hamas control in Gaza. The fact that Hamas killed the leader supports Toameh's report that some of the clans sided with the PA and were enforcing law and order in some of the towns and refugee camps, preventing looting and anarchy. And one clan was in fact reported to be escorting some of the trucks carrying humanitarian aid that entered through Egypt and Israel.</p><p><a href="https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/sjwfjnomt" target="_blank">This is not the first time Hamas has sparked revenge over their killing of an Arab</a>. This past November, a Bedouin family accused Hamas of torturing, humiliating, and executing Osama Abu Asa during the October 7 massacre. They offered a reward of $1 million for help in identifying who killed him. <a href="https://www.nysun.com/article/arab-israeli-bedouins-declare-blood-feud-against-hamas-for-slaughtering-fellow-tribesmen-on-october-7" target="_blank">An uncle made clear</a>, "a<span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "Blanco OSF"; font-size: 16px;">s with the bedouins, we have a blood feud with the terrorists. This account will be closed, no matter how long it takes.”</span></p><p>But this time, the backlash is against all of Hamas: <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/major-gaza-clan-says-it-considers-all-hamas-members-legitimate-targets-after-leader-assassinated/" target="_blank">Major Gaza clan says it considers all Hamas members legitimate targets after leader assassinated</a>:</p><blockquote>The Doghmosh Family — a major clan in Gaza — has issued a statement declaring that all Hamas members are legitimate targets after its leader was assassinated by members of the terror group along with ten other relatives allegedly for stealing humanitarian aid and being in contact with Israel.<br /><br />The statement pledges retribution against all responsible and warns Hamas fighters not to test the clan’s patience.</blockquote><p>How serious is this threat to Hamas?</p><p>On November 9, 2005, the leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, al-Zarqawi, claimed responsibility for the three suicide bombers who killed 60 people at hotels in Amman Jordan. <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna10250404" target="_blank">He was rebuked by members of his own tribe</a>.</p><blockquote>“We, the sons of the Bani Hassan tribe in all its branches in the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan, support and express solidarity with <b>our cousins, the al-Khalayleh clan, and their decision to sever relations with the terrorist Ahmad Fadheel Nazzal al-Khalayleh, who calls himself Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,</b>” said the letter published in four leading newspapers.<br /><br />...In a similar letter on Nov. 20, almost 60 members of al-Zarqawi’s extended family disowned him and pledged fidelity to the crown.</blockquote><p>This signaled the beginning of al-Zarqawi's downfall. He was killed in a US airstrike the following year.</p><p>We can only hope that the blood feud Hamas has brought upon itself, from Arabs who have outright threatened to kill Hamas members, will have similar results.</p>
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None of these products appear to have any kosher certification! </p></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><p></p><p></p><hr /><hr />
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<p> </p><p></p><p></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933777.post-43611999590353834432024-03-17T05:45:00.001-04:002024-03-17T05:45:00.234-04:00Hamas keeps publishing great commercials for Rafael's Trophy active defense systemSince the beginning of the war, Hamas has published scores of videos showing their jihadists aiming RPGs at tanks and then showing explosions while they cry "Allah hu Akbar!"<div><br /></div><div>Here's one from Saturday.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='559' height='348' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzidiqxbWhjVgfKmTa0L7IHYqU93XUBq1KEXVhk2WRf9Mx06gy5EE2ECOmw2vds6wAV9m_uAQT_KEU' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div>But the explosions are the RPGs exploding before they hit the tanks - because the tanks have the Rafael Trophy active defense system, that shoots them before they can reach the tank.</div><div><br /></div><div>Israel has been using these since the mid-2000s, as this video showing the systems in a US Army test in 2006 shows.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="323" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5M3wJvB-Zu8" width="550" youtube-src-id="5M3wJvB-Zu8"></iframe></div><br /><div>Whether Hamas realizes it or not, their videos help convince other countries to buy Israeli defensive weapons systems. </div><div><br /></div><div>Rafael also has a system to identify the source of the incoming fire and respond within seconds. Which may be why we never see the Hamas videos for more than a second or two after the explosion. </div><div><br /><br /><p></p><p></p><hr /><hr />
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<blockquote>When Israelis speak about Oct. 7, they frequently say “there are no words.” But one word they consistently use is “shattered.”
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Israeli psychologists have been treating severe trauma, complex trauma and collective trauma. The word “trauma,” however, fails to convey the scale, the savagery or the sadism of events that day. The term does not encompass the complex mix of disorientation, anguish, emotional overload and the experience of utter brokenness after the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust.
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There is no word for the shock felt by Jews around the world when Israel was suddenly and without warning attacked by thousands of rockets targeting civilians from the north to the south and from the river to the sea. There is no word to describe what it is like to be a Jew kidnapped by terrorists indoctrinated since early childhood to believe that murdering Jews is rewarded in the afterlife. Or to know that the people you love are in the hands of terrorists who delight in rape, torture and slaughter; who enjoy forcing parents and children to watch as they inflict horrors on loved ones.
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There is no word to convey the terrifying ordeal suffered by survivors of the attempted genocide that Hamas perpetrated on Oct. 7. There is no word that communicates the panic, betrayal, horror and distress of those who hid for hours waiting for help to come, reading WhatsApp messages about terrorists inside their neighbors’ houses. Hearing terrorists break into their own homes. Hearing the screams of injured and dying friends and relatives. Hearing sounds of gunfire and exploding RPGs punctuated by ecstatic shouts of “Allahu Akbar.” All the while knowing they were being hunted.
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Everyone in Israel is just one or two degrees of separation from someone who was murdered, injured or kidnapped on Oct. 7. And everyone knows someone who sped to the rescue that day, many of whom never returned.
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There is no word to describe the grief of a country still holding its breath while more than a hundred hostages remain in Gaza, and while hundreds of thousands of soldiers, many in their teens and early 20s, go to battle. Some returning badly injured. Some returning to be buried.
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Israel, which in the 20th century absorbed hundreds of thousands of displaced Holocaust survivors as well as nearly 900,000 Jewish refugees fleeing antisemitism and violence in neighboring Arab countries, is now temporarily housing about 200,000 displaced Israelis — refugees in their own country — some in hotels and even dormitories.
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This includes not only those evacuated from areas near the Gaza border, but also from the north, as confrontations with terrorists in Lebanon escalate. Many displaced families are unsure how long it will take before they can return home. Some refugees from the south have already returned. Some don’t have homes to return to. Some don’t know if they want to return.
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There is no word in the psychological lexicon for what happened on Oct. 7 or the new world in which Israelis now live. But “shattered” comes closer than “trauma.”
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<a href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-791906">Sharansky: Oslo sowed the seeds for the October 7 massacre</a>
<blockquote>THE DISCUSSION quickly turns to Oct. 7 and the “shocking” and “terrible” failure beforehand of Israel’s intelligence community and of the IDF that day. He says that everyone wants "to fight back and restore peace, but our perception of our security changed that day.”
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On the other hand, he says, “I think so much good has come out of our people” since the massacre. “In one day, we went from being a polarized society to the most united. Suddenly, it was clear that the whole year of these mutual accusations was not in the hearts of the people.
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“I am sure there will be at least two new parties in the next elections: one to the left of Likud, and one to the right, with new faces for everyone.”
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But Sharansky cannot let go of what he believes was the catalyst for the Gaza war: the Oslo Accords, meaning that the seeds of Oct. 7 were planted 30 years ago. He says the Olso approach essentially communicated that “It’s not our business, and it’s not important for us in what kind of society the Palestinians live” but rather that Israel “find a dictator who can guarantee our stability.”
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“That was the idea of Oslo,” Sharansky explains. “We are bringing [Yasser] Arafat. We know that he is a ruthless dictator. And we say to the Palestinians, ‘Whether you want it or not, he will be your leader.’ And we say to ourselves, ‘Our prime minister said that it’s good he [Arafat] is not restricted by democracy because that’s how he will defeat Hamas much quicker than we can do it.’”
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Sharansky opposed Oslo because he believed Arafat would quickly understand that the only way he could maintain power by force was to find an external enemy. “What other external enemy would he have except us?” he asks. “A lot of public money was put into Arafat’s account so he would be loyal to us. And it failed big.”
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The former minister says that not only did Arafat fail to defeat Hamas, but “Hamas defeated him.”
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Then came the Disengagement in 2005 and the vision that Israel could separate from Gaza. Sharansky was the first minister to resign over the idea.
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It’s not that he does not want peace or believe it is achievable, Sharansky stresses. Rather, he does not think Israeli and world leaders have gone about obtaining it in the right way. He calls former prime minister Shimon Peres “primitive and a neo-Marxist,” having fully bought into a blissful vision of Mideast peace.
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“He was so popular because of his optimism,” Sharansky says of Peres. “I am also optimistic, but I am not naive.” Former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, he opines, was more realistic but felt it was worthwhile to proceed.
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He says he does not believe that then-prime minister Ariel Sharon really felt the Disengagement would achieve its goal. Sharon told Sharansky that he thought if Israel separated from Gaza and gave the Gazans complete independence, Israel would have 10 years of international approval – and be able to respond if Gazans carried out attacks against the Jewish state.
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“I told him, ‘We don’t have 10 years; we don’t have 10 days,’” Sharansky says. “I was wrong. We had a couple of months.
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“We are paying a very big price for our attempts,” he continues, speaking quickly. “We have no choice now. If we want to continue to exist as a state, we have to destroy Hamas. We have to take control over the security.”</blockquote>
Seth Frantzman: <A href=https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-792201>Why wasn’t October 7 prevented? Time to look to the West </a>
<blockquote>While Israel will need to investigate its own failures on and leading up to October 7, there is also enough blame to go around Western nations.
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Hamas is hosted by Qatar, a major non-NATO ally of the US. Doha is also close to many other western countries. In addition, Turkey, a member of NATO backs Hamas. As such, two of the West’s closest allies in the Middle East are both closely connected to Hamas.
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How did Hamas plan the greatest mass murder of Jews in a single day since the Holocaust while also being hosted by western allies? How is it possible that western allies hosted and backed Hamas while western governments knew nothing about the plans for October 7?
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These are important questions because October 7 was certainly not in the interests of Israel or Gazans. More than 200,000 Israelis had to be evacuated in its wake, and Hezbollah’s supporting rocket fire.
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'Ceasefire' calls amid post-Oct. 7 realities<br>
Some 1,200 people were killed in Israel and 253 were taken hostage. Israel’s inevitable response has been massive. Most countries in the region as well as in the West would surely have wanted to avoid this war. Pro-Palestinian activists across the West demand a ceasefire and there are fears of a wider regional war Gaza war and famine in Gaza.
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All of this could have been prevented, not just by more vigilant Israeli protection of its Gaza border. October 7 could not possibly have been carried out by a handful of terrorists alone. Hamas has never carried out such a complex attack. In fact, Hamas has only recently become powerful enough to conceive of such an attack. Its sophistication point to foreign support and advice.
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Reports have shown that Hamas cyber and intelligence capabilities have expanded in recent years. It expanded its rocket arsenal and ability to fire large barrages of rockets simultaneously. It expanded its knowledge of Israel’s border fence electronics and sought to use new methods to outsmart artificial intelligence-driven technologies.
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In addition to two Western backers Hamas’s main backer is Iran. After October 7, Russia and China did not condemn Hamas and have appeared to excuse its attack. In addition, the Iranian regime sent its foreign minister to Qatar to congratulate the Hamas high command.</blockquote>
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<a HREF=https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-792183>New warfare standards gives 'terrorists absolute immunity', Netanyahu tells West Point scholar</A>
<blockquote>In an interview with a scholar at West Point's Modern War Institute posted on X on Friday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu explained why it was imperative for Israel to enter Rafah to win the war.
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Netanyahu met with John Spencer, Chair of Urban Warfare Studies while on his visit to Israel.
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Spencer described the current war, also titled Operation Swords of Iron, as "one of the most historic wars of our generation" at the beginning of the interview, also noting it as a "generational war."
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Spencer also notes in the interview the importance of not forgetting past wars that took place in urban locations, to which the prime minister noted the Battle of Manila of 1945 during World War II, where the two drew comparisons between it and the Hamas war in regards to the utilization of underground tunnels and embedment within the civilian population - actions in which Hamas has been recorded to have done.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">While I was in Israel recently I had the opportunity to interview Prime Minister Netanyahu <a href="https://twitter.com/netanyahu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@netanyahu</a> on the ongoing Israel-Hamas War. We discussed everything from the strategic goals of the war, historic comparisons, to the progress of the <a href="https://twitter.com/IDF?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IDF</a> <a href="https://t.co/cRH2wUvHV3">pic.twitter.com/cRH2wUvHV3</a></p>— John Spencer (@SpencerGuard) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpencerGuard/status/1768643077235708197?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Netanyahu went on to say that victory against the terrorist organization is "within reach" and that three-quarters of their fighting battalions have been destroyed. He has said that the IDF "intends to complete the job while evacuating civilians and taking care to provide them humanitarian aid."</blockquote>
John Spencer: <a HREF=https://mwi.westpoint.edu/urban-warfare-project-podcast-studying-the-october-7-terrorist-attacks/>Urban Warfare Project Podcast: Studying the October 7 Terrorist Attacks</A>
<blockquote>On October 7, 2023, four thousand terrorists from Hamas and other groups crossed into Israel and attacked over twenty sites in southern Israel. The attacks killed over 1,200 Israelis and the attackers kidnapped 240 hostages, taking them back into Gaza. The attack sparked the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
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In this episode of MWI’s Urban Warfare Project Podcast, John Spencer discusses his research on the October 7 attacks. Based on multiple visits to Israel and interviews with first responders, victims, and officials, he describes the details of a number of the sites targeted in the attacks, the tactics and the composition of the Hamas attacking force, and the initial responses to the attacks. He highlights many of the common characteristics of urban warfare that were on display during the attacks and how it might serve as a case study from which to extract lessons on terrorism and urban warfare.
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You can find the two articles John references during the episode here:<br>
<a href="https://mwi.westpoint.edu/urban-warfare-project-podcast-studying-the-october-7-terrorist-attacks/">“‘You Cannot Unsee the Evil’: A Report on the Graphic Hamas Terror Video, From Combat Veteran John Spencer“</a><br>
<a href="https://time.com/6554560/lesson-on-human-suffering-kibbutz-kfar-aza/">“A Lesson on Human Suffering from a Kibbutz“</a><br>
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Ruth R. Wisse: Jews and Power: After October 7
<blockquote>Join Harvard University Professor Emerita and Distinguished Senior Fellow at Tikvah Prof. Ruth R. Wisse as she speaks on the impact of October 7 on Israeli and American Jewry – and on new questions about the paradoxes in the international perception of Jews in politics and power.
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In this conversation, sponsored by Mosaic and our friends at Beit Avi Chai, Ruth R. Wisse speaks with the Israeli journalist Moav Vardi about her 2007 book Jews and Power. The book explains the political strategies Jews developed during their centuries of diasporic powerlessness, their rediscovery of political nationhood in 1948, and the moral confusion of those who have trouble accepting that rediscovery. Here she addresses, among other topics, the functions of anti-Semitism, Israel’s current predicament, how to defend the Jewish state, and the “moral solipsism” that has poisoned so many Jews today. </blockquote>
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Don’t Expect the NY Times to Report This Awful Hamas Detail | Ron Dermer
<blockquote>Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” talks to former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. and now Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer about the ongoing conflict in Israel; how Hamas intentionally built schools over terrorist tunnels to use human shields as a part of its larger strategy; how Israel is fighting a war on many fronts, with skirmishes on the northern border and an all-out war in the south; how Israel is systematically dismantling Hamas' military machine in Gaza; the importance of Israel's victory for the United States; his hopes for the conflict in the north being resolved diplomatically; and much more.</blockquote>
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Bassem Eid: <A href=https://www.newsweek.com/my-fellow-palestinians-stop-blaming-jewshamas-starving-our-brothers-sisters-gaza-opinion-1875962>My Fellow Palestinians: Stop Blaming the Jews—Hamas Is Starving Our Brothers and Sisters in Gaza</a>
<blockquote>Beyond economic manipulation, Hamas's rule in Gaza is marked by a severe crackdown on political dissent. Opposition and press voices are silenced, often violently, with human rights organizations reporting arbitrary arrests, torture, and extrajudicial killings. LGBTQ+ individuals, and anyone else who defies the harsh religious extremism governing all life in the Strip face torture and execution.
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The real victims of Hamas's governance are the ordinary people of Gaza, who endure the consequences of their rulers' bloodthirsty actions. The youth, facing unemployment rates that are among the highest in the world, see their futures evaporate in an economy stifled by mismanagement and artificially exacerbated conflict. The sick suffer from a health care system in disarray, with hospitals overwhelmed and under-resourced, in part due to the diversion of medical supplies to serve Hamas's fighters and the repurposing of these healing spaces into military command centers.
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As a Palestinian human rights activist, my loyalty lies with the Palestinian people, whose rights and future have been compromised by a cruel leadership that prioritizes military and terrorist objectives over human welfare. For those of us caught in the middle, the path forward requires an honest confrontation with the reality of our situation.
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The plight of Gaza is a wound at the heart of the Middle East, a testament to the failures of an international policy that has foolishly coddled a brutal tyrant and implacable foe. Only by dismantling the governing rule of the irredeemable Hamas can we begin to heal this wound and move toward a future where the rights and dignity of all Palestinians are upheld, and peace and economic development alongside our Israeli neighbors can at last bear fruit for both sides.</blockquote>
Bassam Tawil: <a href="https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/20486/biden-should-threaten-qatar">Biden Should be Threatening Qatar and the Terrorists, Not Israel</a>
<blockquote>Biden's reported threat to halt or suspend US military supplies to Israel if the IDF enters Rafah is what encourages Hamas to continue fighting and reject every proposal to release the hostages. When Hamas leaders hear that Biden is threatening Israel to prevent the IDF from entering Rafah, they must say to themselves: "Why should we make any concessions to Israel? America doesn't want the Israelis to destroy the four remaining battalions. The US administration is opposed to Israel's plan to eliminate Hamas, so let's wait!"
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A total defeat means the elimination of all of Hamas's battalions. An Israeli victory will never be complete as long as one, or even half, a Hamas battalion remains intact.
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Biden is actually sending a message to Hamas and Iran's other terror proxies, including Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the Houthis, that America is about to throw Israel under the bus. Cutting off US weapons supplies to Israel is the ultimate fantasy of the terrorists.
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The administration could show impressive leadership and in fact "bring this to an end as quickly as we can" -- not just for Israel but for all in the region who are seeking peace -- by encouraging Israel to take out the terrorists in Rafah without delay.
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Instead of pressuring Israel, Biden should be pressuring his friends in Qatar to force their Hamas puppets to hand over the Israeli hostages and surrender. Instead of threatening to cut off weapons supplies to Israel, he should be threatening the leaders of Qatar with the withdrawal of US forces from the country's Al Udeid Air Base and to officially designate Qatar as a State Sponsor of Terrorism (for its funding of Hamas, Hizballah, ISIS, Al Qaeda, Taliban, Al Shabab, Al Nusra Front, among others).
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This is the way – the only way – to end the war quickly, as well as to send a signal to America's adversaries looking on, that the US is prepared to uphold the values of civilization, not the values of terror.</blockquote>
<A href=https://www.foxnews.com/world/schumers-anti-netanyahu-speech-strengthens-bibi-israels-war-defeat-hamas>Schumer’s anti-Netanyahu speech strengthens Bibi in Israel's war to defeat Hamas</a>
<blockquote>Mideast expert Caroline Glick told Fox News Digital this dynamic is playing out.
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"Schumer spoke about Netanyahu, but Netanyahu is simply acting in accordance with the demands of the public. As a result, calls from Schumer and the White House for Netanyahu's ouster only strengthen him politically," Glick said.
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The law of unintended consequences also might help Netanyahu. The Israeli Prime Minister’s support could solidify and he could gain new followers due to Schumer’s efforts to dislodge a sitting head of state.
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The New York senator is the highest-ranking Jewish politician in Congress.
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Schumer’s anti-Netanyahu speech sent shock waves throughout the Jewish state as it aims to root out the last vestiges of the Hamas terrorist organization in Rafah, Gaza, as part of its ongoing self-defense war.
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"Charles Schumer, like the Biden administration, fundamentally misunderstands the war, and, as a result, cannot understand Israel's behavior," said Glick, a former adviser to Netanyahu. "This is not a counterterror operation. This is a conventional war. Hamas did not carry out a terrorist attack on Oct. 7.
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"Hamas invaded Israel with the strength of a division. That division of terror soldiers seized villages, bases and kibbutzim as Hamas carried out a massive cyberattack against Israeli critical infrastructure and first response team and pummeled Israel with thousands of rockets.
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"This is not a tactical battle. This is a strategic contest for survival. Either Israel survives or Hamas survives. Israelis overwhelmingly understand this, which is why 75% of Israelis demand the conquest of Rafah and oppose Palestinian statehood."
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Israelis fired back at Schumer’s call to oust Netanyahu.
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"Regardless of my opinion of Netanyahu and his fitness to serve, Senator Schumer’s call for new Israeli elections is deeply disrespectful of our democracy and sovereignty," Michael Oren, the former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. during the Netanyahu administration, wrote on X.
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"Israel is an ally, not a vassal state. Along with the U.S., we’re one of the few countries never to have known a second of non-democratic government, and the only democracy never to have known a moment of peace. We certainly deserve that respect."</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">President Biden must make it clear: If the world knows nothing else the world knows this, America Stands with Israel. <a href="https://t.co/LRauJR53WT">pic.twitter.com/LRauJR53WT</a></p>— Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mike_Pence/status/1768735875897156066?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">New: Bipartisan group of 8 US senators, including SFRC chairman & ranking member, call for Qatar to expel Hamas if talks fail. <br><br>“If Hamas refuses reasonable negotiations, there is no reason for Qatar to continue hosting Hamas’ political office or any of its members in Doha." <a href="https://t.co/R6LyJkCWvZ">pic.twitter.com/R6LyJkCWvZ</a></p>— Elizabeth Hagedorn (@ElizHagedorn) <a href="https://twitter.com/ElizHagedorn/status/1768664165873291626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Too cowardly and unable to engage in conventional warfare, Hamas relies on killing, raping, mutilating, and abducting civilians. Senior Hamas leaders must be brought to justice or eliminated.<br><br>Bring every hostage back home. NOW. <a href="https://t.co/Q338BqeBdk">pic.twitter.com/Q338BqeBdk</a></p>— Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenFettermanPA/status/1769044721475768732?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The fact that Israel must trade convicted murderers for elderly civilian hostages speaks to a fundamental truth about this conflict: it's good vs. evil.</p>— Mike Pompeo (@mikepompeo) <a href="https://twitter.com/mikepompeo/status/1769085441318252755?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">UK Foreign Secretary <a href="https://twitter.com/David_Cameron?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@David_Cameron</a>:<br><br>"Hamas started this conflict by their appalling invasion and terrorist pogrom in Israel. If Hamas wanted to end this conflict, they could do so tomorrow, they could do so today, by releasing those hostages, getting their leaders out of Gaza &… <a href="https://t.co/oOZn0duOep">pic.twitter.com/oOZn0duOep</a></p>— Arsen Ostrovsky 🎗️ (@Ostrov_A) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ostrov_A/status/1769106504215376337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-792242">US drafts UN ceasefire resolution, discussion on Hamas demands pushed back again</a>
<blockquote>Israeli political officials have received an updated outline of the ceasefire proposal that the US will present to the UN, which allegedly focuses on an "immediate and lasting ceasefire," Maariv reported on Saturday.
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According to the report, the new draft has more severe language regarding a ground operation in Rafah, claiming that conditions on the ground wouldn't allow it to happen.
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The report also stated that the updated proposal can not be changed further at this time.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-792220">Iranian official calls for forming international coalition against Israel at NY UN meeting</a>
<blockquote>Iran’s Vice President for Women and Family Affairs, Ansieh Khazali, has called to form an international coalition against Israel, Iranian-state-backed Mehr News Agency reported on Saturday.
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Khazali's comments came in a meeting with Nigeria's Minister of Women Affairs and Social Development Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye in New York.
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The two were in New York to attend the 68th annual meeting of the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
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While discussing the war in Gaza, Khazali said that Iran was concerned over the hunger and the increasing number of dead and injured, Gazan women and children in particular.
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Khazali and Kennedy-Ohanenya also raised additional issues related to women, family, the environment, and corruption.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-reportedly-pushed-us-to-broker-gaza-ceasefire-during-secret-talks-in-oman/">Iran reportedly pushed US to broker Gaza ceasefire during secret talks in Oman</a>
<blockquote>During recent indirect talks, Iran asked the Biden administration to bring about a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war while the US pressed Tehran to curb attacks by its proxies, according to a New York Times report published Friday.
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The report offered further details on the January meeting in Oman between the Biden administration’s Middle East czar Brett McGurk and special envoy on Iran Abram Paley, and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani, which was first reported by The Financial Times.
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In addition to asking Iran to rein in attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels and expressing concerns about its nuclear program, The New York Times said the American officials called for Iranian-backed militias in Iraq and Syria to stop targeting US forces.
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Citing US and Iranian officials, the report said Kani in turn relayed an Iranian request for the US to broker a ceasefire in Gaza, without specifying whether this meant a temporary truce or a permanent end to the fighting between Israel and Hamas. Iran is a key sponsor of the Gaza-ruling Palestinian terror group, and its leaders praised the October 7 onslaught that triggered the ongoing war.
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Two Iranian officials were quoted saying that the Islamic Republic continued to deny it controls the activities of its proxies, in particular the Houthis, but said it could influence them to bring attacks to a complete stop only after a ceasefire is reached.</blockquote>
<A href=https://archive.is/qBSop>The ‘lawfare’ waged against arms sales to Israel reveals a dangerous Western delusion</a>
<blockquote>If this did happen, it would be, to use everyone’s current favourite word, “performative”. Unlike the United States, we are not Israel’s arms lifeline. Britain sells less than £50 million worth of arms-related material to Israel annually. We buy much more from the Israelis than we sell them. Some of what they get from us is useful in tasks like reclaiming Gazan tunnels from Hamas, but its loss would not be materially large.
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Think of the propaganda sensation achieved by an embargo, though. It would be a big political chance to show off, like that which South Africa took by bringing Israel to the International Criminal Court.
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It would turn us against an ally. It would break our trust with Israel, which has grown deep in matters of intelligence and may even be helping find some of the hostages. Israelis who feel that the West’s response is almost as if the October 7 massacres were their fault would be dismayed. The “from the river to the sea” marchers here at home would be emboldened, not placated.
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It would make it much harder for Britain to conduct future arms sales to countries like Saudi Arabia, whose help will be needed if plans for a durable Middle Eastern peace are revived. It would make Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Iran gleeful.
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A delegation of worried Conservative MPs went to see Lord Cameron about the matter this week. On balance, it seems likely that ministerial and backbench resistance will see off the moves for an export embargo. Israel is starting to concede more on the aid front, promising to “flood” Gaza with it, and thus allowing people like Lord Cameron to claim that progress is being made without recourse to law.
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But there are lessons in the Israel-Gaza case that go wider. In its obsession with “lawyering up”, the West is allowing a strange ideological equivalent of the Nazi-Soviet Pact to be forged between two apparently antagonistic groups which hate its values.
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The first group is the law-intoxicated activist internationalists who dream of a world without borders but with universal high-minded jurisdictions. The second group consists of autocrats who hold all law in contempt but love it when it ties their opponents up in knots – Putin, Xi, Hamas etc. They note that our deepening engagement with international legal processes seems increasingly to mean that we are the losing stomach for any long fight.
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Europeans called Putin “delusional” when he invaded Ukraine, but the sad truth may be that we are the more deluded.</blockquote>
<A href=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/13035a58-6d38-4fe9-b2ff-cbeba1c4cb75?shareToken=6f494aecce5acbec1ca3f25358aabe25>Israeli lobby has ‘insidious influence in UK politics’, civil servants told</a>
<blockquote>Aseries of meetings has been held by hundreds of civil servants discussing how to force the government to change its policy on the Israel-Gaza war and has featured numerous antisemitic tropes, The Times can disclose.
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One official involved in the webinars allegedly told staff that the “Israel lobby” had an “insidious influence” on British politics, widely regarded as a common antisemitic trope.
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He also shared anecdotes from a lecture given by Lowkey, a controversial anti-Zionist rapper, claiming the western media was covering up US and UK involvement in the war against Hamas.
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The civil servant told fellow officials: “So we are in the belly of the beast in that respect.” The same official claimed the mainstream media was “biased” and “full of lies”.
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The comments came during meetings of the Civil Service Muslim Network (CSMN), a cross-government umbrella network that represents and supports Muslim civil servants, although those attending do not have to be Muslim.
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Several webinars have been organised by the CSMN to discuss the government’s stance on the Israel-Gaza war since the Hamas attacks on October 7 and have taken place during working hours, with some running for more than 90 minutes with up to 595 civil servants in attendance.
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A memo of the meetings, handed to The Times, has been compiled by civil servants who have become increasingly worried about antisemitic remarks and conduct of individuals in the CSMN.
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On Friday evening, Oliver Dowden, the deputy prime minister, ordered an immediate suspension of the CSMN and all of its activities pending an investigation after being made aware of the findings, and the individual who convened the meetings is facing disciplinary proceedings.</blockquote>
<A href=https://archive.is/MeGor>Pro-Palestinian activists target dozens of MPs in ‘litany of menace’</a>
<blockquote>A damning dossier has revealed almost 40 incidents of MPs and councillors being targeted with intimidatory tactics by pro-Palestinian activists, The Telegraph can disclose.
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Counter-extremism analysis has revealed a “litany of menace” since the start of the year, involving elected representatives experiencing verbal abuse, intimidation and disruptive protests related to the Israel-Hamas war.
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Earlier this month, Rishi Sunak condemned a “shocking increase in extremist disruption” since the Oct 7 Hamas attacks on Israel and the ensuing military action in Gaza.
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The analysis shows how widespread and routine the disruption of political meetings and barracking of MPs has now become.
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The dossier of incidents – compiled by a counter-extremism analyst who asked not to be named – reveals that at least 38 such incidents took place across England between Jan 1 and March 15.
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While politicians from both main political parties have been targeted, the data shows that Labour has borne the brunt of the protests.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is what happens when Western countries don’t speak out forcefully enough against South Africa’s ludicrous lawfare campaign for Hamas against Israel … they will themselves get caught up, when the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ICJ?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ICJ</a> becomes such political tool! <a href="https://t.co/vmIaCSmi9c">https://t.co/vmIaCSmi9c</a></p>— Arsen Ostrovsky 🎗️ (@Ostrov_A) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ostrov_A/status/1768894847207751954?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Belgium is the best friend of Hamas in Europe. And with ‘leaders’ like this, no wonder that Jew-hatred and antisemitism is so rampant in their country! <a href="https://twitter.com/alexanderdecroo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@alexanderdecroo</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BelgiumMFA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BelgiumMFA</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BelgiuminIsrael?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BelgiuminIsrael</a> <a href="https://t.co/LBRnxWW78i">https://t.co/LBRnxWW78i</a></p>— Arsen Ostrovsky 🎗️ (@Ostrov_A) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ostrov_A/status/1768959513661493466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/03/16/idf-chief-halevi-we-are-in-a-multi-arena-war-during-ramadan/">IDF Chief Halevi: ‘We Are in a Multi-Arena War’ During Ramadan</a>
<blockquote>In a recent situational assessment, IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi highlighted the complexity of security challenges faced by Israel during the month of Ramadan, characterizing it as a “multi-arena war.”
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“We are in a multi-arena war – Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank, and Gaza, and threats even further away,” said Halevi.
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During the meeting, attended by key military officials including the commander of the West Bank division, Lt.-Col. Yaki Dolef, and the commander of the Binyamin region, Lt.-Col. Liron Biton, Halevi emphasized the continuous stream of attempted terror attacks since the beginning of Ramadan.
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The IDF Chief of Staff also took the opportunity to engage with soldiers and special forces deployed across various regions, all of whom are on high alert to counter multiple security threats.
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Ramadan, a period of heightened religious observance for Muslims, has historically seen an increase in tensions in the region, with various terrorist groups exploiting the situation to carry out attacks or escalate hostilities.</blockquote>
<a HREF=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-792197>IDF, air force eliminate 25 Hamas terrorists in Gaza over past day</A>
<blockquote>The IDF killed some 25 terrorists over the past 24 hours in Khan Yunis and Nuseirat, in the Gaza Strip and dismantled Hamas infrastructure, the IDF announced on Saturday.
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Soldiers from the Givati Brigade identified two terrorists entering and leaving a structure in Khan Yunis and directed an aircraft that attacked and eliminated both of them.
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Additionally, the 215th Combat Brigade killed about 15 terrorists in the Nuseirat area over the past day. The soldiers received information of multiple terrorists entrenched in a building. They subsequently directed an aircraft to attack the building, as well as the terrorists inside.
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The same brigade directed a separate aircraft that attacked a group of Hamas terrorists, as well as a commander of a Hamas sniper cell.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-said-to-complain-of-slowdown-in-us-arms-deliveries-amid-growing-rift/">Israel said to complain of slowdown in US arms deliveries amid growing rift</a>
<blockquote>The United States has slowed the pace of its military aid to Israel compared to the beginning of the war, according to a report Friday that was denied by American officials.
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As ties between the Biden administration and Israel become increasingly strained over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, an unnamed senior Israeli official told ABC News that supply shipments “were coming very fast” when the war erupted after Hamas’s October 7 attack, but “we are now finding that it’s very slow.”
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The official said Israel was running out of 155 mm artillery shells and 120 mm tank shells, and also required sensitive guidance equipment, without discussing details.
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According to the official, it was not clear what was causing the slowdown.
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The Israel Defense Forces refused to offer a comment on the report.
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US officials told the network that there was no purposeful delay in aid shipments and that no policies have changed.
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Both Israeli and US officials acknowledged American frustrations with the war and the mounting death toll in Gaza, but US sources said the White House has not signed off on any decision to leverage military support to pressure Israel to do more to protect civilians.
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US officials said that rather than a slowdown, the administration was considering increasing aid to encourage Israel to do more to prevent innocent deaths.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is the dumbest thing I've read in quite some time. Congratulations!<br><br>I can't imagine a worse place for a major naval base than Gaza: it lacks natural harbors, is totally open to the elements, & is a security nightmare. Plus, it's not even very strategically important! <a href="https://t.co/tKSjW9tQOw">https://t.co/tKSjW9tQOw</a></p>— Mike Coté (@ratlpolicy) <a href="https://twitter.com/ratlpolicy/status/1768720104605245561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WATCH?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WATCH</a>: After Hamas launched rockets at Sderot, the Israeli Air Force responded instantly and eliminated the rocket launcher in a precision strike.<a href="https://t.co/nR3rdPfg39">pic.twitter.com/nR3rdPfg39</a></p>— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/IsraelWarRoom/status/1768736466127990936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Another angle of the Israeli elite undercover police (Mista'arvim) who performed a surprise arrest on a wanted terrorist in Bethlehem <a href="https://t.co/Irf5fvZdJp">https://t.co/Irf5fvZdJp</a> <a href="https://t.co/RSY5oEilV9">pic.twitter.com/RSY5oEilV9</a></p>— Documenting Israel (@DocumentIsrael) <a href="https://twitter.com/DocumentIsrael/status/1769099947842863352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-gunman-opens-fire-at-hebron-settlement-neighborhood-is-killed-by-troops/">Palestinian gunman opens fire at Hebron settlement neighborhood, is killed by troops</a>
<blockquote>A Palestinian gunman opened fire Saturday at an Israeli settlement neighborhood in the West Bank city of Hebron, according to the military, before being shot dead by troops.
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Video footage showed the gunman shooting from a cemetery before he was fatally struck.
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Suspected infiltration alarms sounded in the area as the Israel Defense Forces said troops were scanning for additional suspects.
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There were no injuries in the attack, several hours after which the Home Front Command gave residents an all-clear to leave their homes.
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The gunman was named by Palestinian media as Muhammad Nofal, the imam of Hebron’s al-Qassam mosque. He was also reportedly affiliated with Hamas.
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The IDF later announced troops were operating around Nofal’s home and questioning suspects in the area, as Central Command chief Maj. Gen. Yehuda Fox and other commanders held a security assessment at the scene of the shooting.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Breaking?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Breaking</a>: Terrorist infiltration in Hebron. According to reports, one terrorist was eliminated. The security forces are deployed in the area. <a href="https://t.co/c6gqXFkkfY">https://t.co/c6gqXFkkfY</a> <a href="https://t.co/TpMrzm1s92">pic.twitter.com/TpMrzm1s92</a></p>— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/IsraelWarRoom/status/1768964356929126840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">IDF statement: Following the initial report, a short while ago, a terrorist opened fire toward a Jewish community in the city of Hebron. IDF soldiers operating in the area engaged and neutralized the terrorist, and are continuing to conduct searches in the area. No injuries were…</p>— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeTruzman/status/1769003685697536174?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Terrorist attack in Hebron: gunman fires from cemetery, before being shot
<blockquote>A terrorist fired from a cemetery toward the Jewish settlement in Hebron, triggering an alert for suspected infiltration before being shot. The search for accomplices is ongoing. Defense and government commentator Amir Oren provides analysis</blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Interviewing a member of a terrorist organization as if he is a civilian is another reason why everything the Qatari-funded Al-Jazeera media network (<a href="https://twitter.com/AJArabic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AJArabic</a>) publishes out of Gaza should be heavily scrutinized. <a href="https://t.co/LEMuFhEN5G">https://t.co/LEMuFhEN5G</a></p>— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeTruzman/status/1768804755378446740?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Humanitarian aid entering Gaza by sea: A ship carrying 115 tons of aid from <a href="https://twitter.com/WCKitchen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WCKitchen</a>, donated by the UAE, arrived yesterday (Fri) in Gaza’s maritime space. This was in accordance with the government's decision. <br>12 WCK trucks distributed the aid to the northern Gaza Strip. <a href="https://t.co/x5BwmuB8Y0">pic.twitter.com/x5BwmuB8Y0</a></p>— COGAT (@cogatonline) <a href="https://twitter.com/cogatonline/status/1769063275474436368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Notably, WCK made no mention of its coordination with Israel. <a href="https://t.co/Jc4L3mswbu">https://t.co/Jc4L3mswbu</a></p>— Richard Goldberg (@rich_goldberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/rich_goldberg/status/1768760083830166006?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Israel isn’t blocking trucks from entering, and it’s trying to deliver aid to civilians in need in a way that makes sure Hamas terrorists can’t steal it, but whatever floats your aid boat. <a href="https://t.co/3o8FDGabub">https://t.co/3o8FDGabub</a></p>— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) <a href="https://twitter.com/EylonALevy/status/1769026797834825823?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Aid sent to the Gaza Strip intended to be distributed for no cost is being diverted and sold on the black market in Rafah. Note the "not for sale" sign on the World Food Program boxes. <a href="https://t.co/y5SqgWYvYH">pic.twitter.com/y5SqgWYvYH</a></p>— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeTruzman/status/1769029304950948070?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I highly doubt that Gazans are suffering from a famine <a href="https://t.co/LPKt22gbb7">pic.twitter.com/LPKt22gbb7</a></p>— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) <a href="https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/1769083230542553143?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A lot of people are wondering about the food situation in North Gaza. Hussein takes us round a market in Gaza City to show us what's available and what are the prices. Posted on TikTok 1 day ago.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheGazaYouDontSee?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheGazaYouDontSee</a><a href="https://t.co/Pj5leFA17x">https://t.co/Pj5leFA17x</a> <a href="https://t.co/CUVV16nabn">pic.twitter.com/CUVV16nabn</a></p>— Imshin (@imshin) <a href="https://twitter.com/imshin/status/1769077577572827461?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A Gazan resident made an "unboxing" video showing the contents of the US aid packages which were dropped over Gaza.<br><br>He wasn't satisfied with it. 😂<br><br>If he were literally starving, it would be amazing for him, so he proved that Gazans are not starving to death. <a href="https://t.co/cc6gKlRj83">pic.twitter.com/cc6gKlRj83</a></p>— Documenting Israel (@DocumentIsrael) <a href="https://twitter.com/DocumentIsrael/status/1769104255900692591?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Look how stupid everything has become. <a href="https://t.co/WSt9Gdzb3F">pic.twitter.com/WSt9Gdzb3F</a></p>— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) <a href="https://twitter.com/omriceren/status/1769109601062903890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Seth Frantzman: <a href=https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-792203>Losing control of Gaza: Hamas crackdown on clans, civilians with new intensity</a>
<blockquote>It’s not clear if the gunmen who massacred the people near the Kuwait roundabout were Hamas members, but it stands to reason that they were. Hamas is the group that has access to weapons and it is in Hamas’s interest to massacre people.
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The Hamas-run health authorities put out claims that Israel was responsible for the “massacre” as it did after the stampede in late February.
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Israel is now facilitating more aid into Gaza by sea via a new artificial pier. This, and another aid corridor for trucks, is supposed to bypass Hamas control. Hamas wants to stop this aid being delivered and also opposes airdrops. Hamas has likely encouraged its contacts in international organizations to issue statements against the airdrops.
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A HAMAS CRACKDOWN is also targeting Gazan clans. Reports of an Israeli initiative to work with Gaza clans clearly concerns the terrorist group.
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Hamas recently murdered several Gaza clan members to send a mafia-like message against these family-based groups. One victim was a leader of the Doghmush clan, powerful in eastern Gaza, in areas such as Tal al-Hawa and Sabra, according to a report on Ynet. Saleh Doghmush is a leader of the clan, but it was not immediately clear if he was the victim. Hamas has increased its rhetoric against the clans over the last week.
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The IDF said last week that “in accordance with government directives, six humanitarian aid trucks containing aid from the World Food Programme (WFP) entered the northern Gaza Strip via the “96th” gate on the security fence last night (Tuesday). This was done as part of a pilot in order to prevent the Hamas terrorist organization from taking over the aid.”
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In addition, on Wednesday, the IDF said that ”following IDF and ISA (Shin Bet) intelligence, an IDF aircraft precisely targeted and eliminated a terrorist in Hamas’s Operations Unit in the area of Rafah, Muhammad Abu Hasna. Hasna was a combat support operative in Hamas’s military wing. He was also involved in taking control of humanitarian aid and distributing it to Hamas terrorists.”
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These two statements illustrate how Israel is also following developments in Gaza regarding the aid distribution issue. To remove Hamas from controlling Gaza will require removing their control over aid.
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Now there are discussions about Israel’s operations in Rafah, which Hamas uses to control aid coming into Gaza. Israel has approved plans for an operation in Rafah, and hostage talks are continuing.
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Its recent spate of murders clearly indicates the lengths to which Hamas will go to keep its monopoly on aid distribution, concentrating more on suppressing Gazans than on fighting Israel. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hamas has succeeded in deterring Gaza's clans and prominent families from acting in any way that undermines the group's de jure control as a governing entity. Recently, Hamas killed a significant figure in a large clan in Northern Gaza, claiming that this man and his followers…</p>— Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib (@afalkhatib) <a href="https://twitter.com/afalkhatib/status/1768846572773941451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/03/16/hamas-lashes-out-at-abbass-unilateral-designation-of-new-pm/">Hamas Lashes Out at Abbas’s ‘Unilateral’ Designation of New PM</a>
<blockquote>The Islamist terrorist group Hamas on Friday criticized the “unilateral” designation by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of an ally and leading business figure as prime minister with a mandate to help reform the Palestinian Authority (PA) and rebuild Gaza.
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Mohammad Mustafa’s appointment comes after mounting pressure to overhaul the governing body of the Palestinian territories and improve governance in the West Bank where it is based.
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Hamas said the decision was taken without consulting it despite recently taking part in a meeting in Moscow also attended by Abbas’ Fatah movement to end long-time divisions weakening Palestinian political aspirations.
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“We express our rejection of continuing this approach that has inflicted and continues to inflict harm on our people and our national cause,” Hamas said in a statement.
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“Making individual decisions and engaging in superficial and empty steps such as forming a new government without national consensus only reinforces a policy of unilateralism and deepens division.”
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At a time of war with Israel, Palestinians needed a unified leadership preparing for free democratic elections involving all components of their society, it added.
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In the West Bank, Fatah fired back at Hamas’ criticism of Abbas, blaming it for what had befallen Gaza since it unilaterally carried out “the Oct. 7 adventure.”
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“Has Hamas consulted the Palestinian leadership as it is negotiating with Israel now and offering the concessions, in a bid to secure guarantees of its leaders’ personal safety in return?” said the Fatah statement.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-792241">Fatah slams Hamas: Responsible for the current ‘Nakba’</a>
<blockquote>Fatah also referred to Hamas’s bloody takeover of Gaza in 2007 after winning the election, questioning whether “Hamas consulted anyone when it carried out its black coup against Palestinian national legitimacy in 2007, and refused all initiatives to end the division?”
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As for the appointment of Mustafa, Fatah mocked Hamas, saying he “is armed with the national agenda and not with false agendas that have brought nothing but woes to the Palestinian people and have not achieved anything for them,” also asking cynically if Hamas would rather they “appoint a prime minister from Iran, or let Tehran appoint a prime minister for the Palestinians,” pointing at Hamas’s alliance with the Islamic Republic.
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The Fatah statement also made a point to refer to the lavish lifestyles led by Hamas leadership in Qatar, noting that “it seems that the comfortable life that this leadership lives in seven-star hotels has blinded it from what is right.”
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Fatah also wondered why they and their families fled Gaza and left the Palestinian people to face a “brutal war of extermination” without any protection.
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Hamas has shown increased popularity in the Palestinian street, recording major successes in local and student elections. According to a poll conducted by Khalil Shikaki during the temporary ceasefire of December 2023, the terrorist group has enjoyed more popularity since the October 7 massacre.
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The poll showed that 57% of respondents in Gaza and 82% in the West Bank believed that Hamas was correct in launching the massacre. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Palestine's Fatah party has responded to Hamas's criticism of the formation of a PA government "without Hamas's consultation.” And it gets ugly:<br><br>The party retorts that "whoever caused Israel's reoccupation of the Gaza Strip, and caused the Nakba that the Palestinian… <a href="https://t.co/h8ni0i6VH5">pic.twitter.com/h8ni0i6VH5</a></p>— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) <a href="https://twitter.com/HenMazzig/status/1769029551315726761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://jewishjournal.com/community/369154/when-israeli-children-were-released-from-gaza-an-interview-with-dr-efrat-bron-harlev/">When Israeli Children Were Released From Gaza: An Interview with Dr. Efrat Bron-Harlev</a>
<blockquote>In much of the West, the focus on Israeli hostages in Gaza has revolved primarily around the campaign to bring them home. But while their return home is the end of the story for many of us, for the returnees, it marks the beginning of a long, unimaginable process of recovery.
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Treating an adult who returned from Hamas captivity is one thing. But what about the children? I spoke to Dr. Efrat Bron-Harlev, director of Schneider Children’s Medical Center in Petah Tikva, which received 19 children freed from captivity in Gaza. In our conversation, which has been edited for length and clarity, we discussed how Efrat and her staff prepared for the unprecedented scenario of treating released child hostages, those first few days of freedom, and the hope she holds for the children going forward.
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What did a normal work week look like for you before October 7?<br>
Every week in a hospital is different. There is no such thing as a normal week. As with any pediatric hospital, we have a work plan for each of our wards. Our hospital has everything in the pediatric world, from our emergency department and general pediatric wards, to neurosurgery, severe trauma patients, organ transplantation and cardiac operations.
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The special thing about Israel is that because this is a public system, any Israeli is entitled by law to receive medical services everywhere, and when children come to our hospital from throughout Israel, I always say it’s an above and beyond hospital because children are above and beyond. All children come here. It doesn’t matter if they’re Jews, Arabs, ultra-Orthodox Jews, secular Jews, Muslims, Christians, whatever. And we say that we speak the language of the children, so our everyday work is to look at children as children and not as children with a disease, and to treat them as children.</blockquote>
Rescued Israeli hostage breaks silence on captivity ordeal
<blockquote>Louis Har, who, along with his brother-in-law, Fernando Marman, was liberated from Hamas captivity, recounts the bold IDF mission last month that saved them and shares his experience upon returning to Israel after 129 days in captivity</blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There are only 2 Israeli hostage children still in Gaza— the two redheaded Bibas brothers— baby Kfir who turned 1 in captivity and his 4 year old brother Ariel.<br><br>IF Hamas is being honest offering to exchange children, they’re specifically referencing the Bibas brothers.<br><br>That’s a… <a href="https://t.co/x2LE9laIQ4">pic.twitter.com/x2LE9laIQ4</a></p>— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) <a href="https://twitter.com/MarinaMedvin/status/1769010435540263077?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">134 held in Gaza for now 160 days.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BringThemHome?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BringThemHome</a> 🎗️<br><br>—<br>Video by <a href="https://twitter.com/MMAJunkie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MMAJunkie</a> <a href="https://t.co/6qLBt4nwk0">pic.twitter.com/6qLBt4nwk0</a></p>— Natan Levy ✡︎ (@Natan_Levy) <a href="https://twitter.com/Natan_Levy/status/1768827747202408512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<A href=https://nypost.com/2024/03/16/us-news/kamala-harris-stepdaughter-ella-emhoff-publicly-raising-money-for-unrwa-despite-alleged-terror-ties/>Kamala Harris’ stepdaughter Ella Emhoff publicly raising money for relief group allegedly tied to Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel</a>
<blockquote>The stepdaughter of Vice President Kamala Harris is publicly raising cash for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency — even as the United States has cut funding to the group over its members’ alleged participation in the Oct. 7 terrorist attack in Israel.
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Ella Emhoff — whose father is second gentleman Doug Emhoff — posted a link to UNRWA’s English-language fundraising page on her personal Instagram, and only removed it after a Post inquiry to the White House.
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“We urge Ms. Emhoff to go on the website of UN Watch and read our reports showing how UNRWA teachers and school principals systematically promote and encourage Jihadi terrorism and the slaughter of Jews,” said Hillel Neuer, Executive Director of the nonprofit United Nations watchdog.
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“I am sure that if Ms. Emhoff understood how UNRWA promotes hatred and murder, she would stop raising money for them, and she would apologize to victims such as Ayelet Samerano, whose 21-year-old son Yonatan was kidnapped on October 7th by an UNRWA social worker.”
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UNRWA, the largest employer in Gaza, has long faced international criticism for its close ties to Hamas, which has ruled the enclave since 2006.
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President Trump cut US aid to the organization in 2018 — a decision President Biden initially reversed when he took office.
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Under Biden’s leadership, at least $730 million found its way to UNRWA’s coffers.</blockquote>
The Israel Guys: What U.S. Senate Leader Chuck Schumer Just Did to Israel is INSANE
<blockquote>Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer just called for a regime change in the middle east. Not in Iran, Syria, Gaza, or the Palestinian Authority, but in Israel. We’ll get into that, along with a tragic stabbing attack that just happened in southern Israel. </blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If only using reason, facts, and logic actually worked when dealing with the Pro-<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HamasISIS?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HamasISIS</a> Genocidal Jihadist Death Cult Rapist crowd. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StandWithIsrael?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StandWithIsrael</a><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FreeGazaFromHamas?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FreeGazaFromHamas</a> <br><br>🎥 <a href="https://twitter.com/Facts_For_Peace?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Facts_For_Peace</a> <br><br> <a href="https://t.co/Uc0Oj5JGe1">pic.twitter.com/Uc0Oj5JGe1</a></p>— The Persian Jewess (@persianjewess) <a href="https://twitter.com/persianjewess/status/1768694437188903317?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A lie that needs to go: Arabs welcomed Jews warmly after the Holocaust and then the Jews turned on them and stole their land. This is an absolute fantasy.<br>Arabs murdered Jews in Mandatory Palestine from the minute it was established (1921 Jaffa riots, 1929 Hebron massacre, 1938… <a href="https://t.co/SuHQBUEgEo">pic.twitter.com/SuHQBUEgEo</a></p>— Uri Kurlianchik (@VerminusM) <a href="https://twitter.com/VerminusM/status/1769006285981098098?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This sickening video was released by Hamas to “celebrate” Ramadan. <br><br>A video guide on how to sharpen knives, to encourage Radical Islamists to stab Israelis. <br><br>Hamas is a death cult. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StandWithIsrael?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StandWithIsrael</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HamasRapists?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HamasRapists</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HamasISIS?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HamasISIS</a> <a href="https://t.co/70ZFfyrdI4">pic.twitter.com/70ZFfyrdI4</a></p>— The Persian Jewess (@persianjewess) <a href="https://twitter.com/persianjewess/status/1768719896291291417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hamas celebrates death — in Gaza and in NYC <a href="https://t.co/nXEWaeYoo3">https://t.co/nXEWaeYoo3</a></p>— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) <a href="https://twitter.com/LevineJonathan/status/1768749990589997199?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here is <a href="https://twitter.com/normfinkelstein?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@normfinkelstein</a> threatening to tell the INS to deport his immigrant neighbors. What a guy <a href="https://t.co/JV68ORNkdQ">https://t.co/JV68ORNkdQ</a></p>— Eli Lake (@EliLake) <a href="https://twitter.com/EliLake/status/1768726580887482551?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">2/ HOLY LORD. <a href="https://twitter.com/normfinkelstein?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@normfinkelstein</a> got arrested for banging on a pregnant woman’s apartment door brandishing a knife and what appeared to be a gun. <a href="https://t.co/dqukFsevms">pic.twitter.com/dqukFsevms</a></p>— Brianna Wu (@BriannaWu) <a href="https://twitter.com/BriannaWu/status/1768739835844448531?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Finkelstein comparing Muslim journalist Mehdi Hasan to a "sewer rat" 🤮<br><br>And of course, it was confirmed. <a href="https://t.co/7m9hrhIe0K">pic.twitter.com/7m9hrhIe0K</a></p>— John Aziz (@aziz0nomics) <a href="https://twitter.com/aziz0nomics/status/1769049660008624429?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">My comments on Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s defense of the Farrakhan’s mural in NYC: Including Farrakhan on any sort of mural is nothing less than an attempt to whitewash his blatant racism, and to gaslight Americans into viewing him as anything other than a bigot…Jamal Bowman’s failure… <a href="https://t.co/gjJHQsxWNl">pic.twitter.com/gjJHQsxWNl</a></p>— Brooke Goldstein (@GoldsteinBrooke) <a href="https://twitter.com/GoldsteinBrooke/status/1768789685034160314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sinn Fein politicians booed off stage at a far-left rally in Belfast in support of Palestine <br><br>They think that Sinn Fein hasn’t taken enough action against Israel.<br><br>Sinn Fein started pandering to these people, but as always, the revolution eats its own. <a href="https://t.co/Syc7CVQBX2">pic.twitter.com/Syc7CVQBX2</a></p>— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) <a href="https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1769064297961766933?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13203205/Hard-Left-inciting-chilling-anti-Semitism-campuses-students-occupy-university-buildings-pro-Palestine-protests-organised-extremist-Socialist-Workers-Party.html">Hard Left inciting chilling anti-Semitism on campuses as students occupy university buildings in pro-Palestine protests organised by the 'extremist' Socialist Workers Party</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Proving the Palestinian lobby are Antisemitic yet again <a href="https://t.co/Zt91vdVu4m">pic.twitter.com/Zt91vdVu4m</a></p>— Eye On Antisemitism (@AntisemitismEye) <a href="https://twitter.com/AntisemitismEye/status/1769019603265392886?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This was taken at the last big Palestine march, it's a chant in Arabic and I provide the translation below, highly militant, nationalistic and racist words:<br><br>Oh dalal,oh dalal,<br>the Arab rulers are scoundrels,<br>you cowardly Arab governments,<br>Gaza is resistance and you are treason,… <a href="https://t.co/qdSQu1L40S">pic.twitter.com/qdSQu1L40S</a></p>— Yonatan יונתן #AdoptIHRA (@__jacker__) <a href="https://twitter.com/__jacker__/status/1768969625574813759?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Susan from Renton texted me this picture of a new Billboard on I-5 southbound near Tacoma <a href="https://t.co/toHSBUfs1K">pic.twitter.com/toHSBUfs1K</a></p>— Ari Hoffman (@thehoffather) <a href="https://twitter.com/thehoffather/status/1768788708114014271?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a HREF=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/judge-renews-injunction-on-protests-outside-jewish-buildings-in-montreal>Judge renews injunction on protests outside Jewish buildings in Montreal</A>
<blockquote>A judge has renewed an injunction issued last week to bar protests at six Jewish community buildings.
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An order to bar protests within 50 metres of the buildings was granted on March 6 by the Quebec Superior Court for a period of 10 days on a provisional basis until the merits of the case can be heard. The renewal on Friday means the injunction will remain in place until at least April 8.
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The buildings affected by the order are the Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue on St-Kevin Ave., the Federation CJA building on Côte Ste-Catherine Rd., the YM-YWHA building on Westbury Ave., Herzliah High School on Mountain Sights Ave. and United Talmud Torahs of Montreal on St-Kevin is in effect for 10 days. It took effect Tuesday, the day the injunction was granted.
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The order is issued against the groups Independent Jewish Voices, Montréal4Palestine, Palestinian Youth Movement Montreal and Alliance4Palestine.QC and an individual, Bara Iyad Abuhamed. Representatives of the groups named in the injunction were not present in court on Friday.
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The injunction comes after two consecutive evenings of protests in front of the Jewish community buildings. On March 5, a group waving Palestinian flags and chanting in front of the Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue of Montreal protested against the synagogue hosting a trade fair called The Great Israeli Real Estate Event.
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The day before, protesters barred the doors to the Cummings House on Côte-Ste-Catherine St. for four hours during an event with three Israeli speakers, former members of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF). Audience attendees said they were yelled at, spat on and shoved.
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Reacting to the renewal of the judgement, Federation CJA CEO Yair Szlak said he was pleased.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🚨<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a>: Toronto Police just arrested David Menzies (<a href="https://twitter.com/TheMenzoid?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheMenzoid</a>) AGAIN, this time for reporting on a Hamas hate rally!<br><br>When he tried to interview an extremist, police grabbed him. <br><br>Watch this insanity — and help us fight back.<br><br> <a href="https://t.co/ZlCLrO4PAx">pic.twitter.com/ZlCLrO4PAx</a></p>— Avi Yemini (@OzraeliAvi) <a href="https://twitter.com/OzraeliAvi/status/1768830676923769243?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: Toronto Police release journalist David Menzies (<a href="https://twitter.com/TheMenzoid?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheMenzoid</a>) from jail, charge him with two crimes<br><br>The Toronto police violated David’s freedom of the press, freedom of religion, and freedom of movement. That’s illegal. <a href="https://t.co/RCnhYlb1X6">https://t.co/RCnhYlb1X6</a></p>— Rebel News (@RebelNewsOnline) <a href="https://twitter.com/RebelNewsOnline/status/1769067451520573683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I waited at the jail past midnight for our reporter David Menzies to be released. The <a href="https://twitter.com/TorontoPolice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TorontoPolice</a> laid two criminal charges against him. <br><br>We will fight those and win. <br><br>And then we will sue the police and win. <br><br>Please help me <a href="https://t.co/BHTruvhJfV">https://t.co/BHTruvhJfV</a>.<a href="https://t.co/JyVeEE3EZz">pic.twitter.com/JyVeEE3EZz</a></p>— Ezra Levant 🍁🚛 (@ezralevant) <a href="https://twitter.com/ezralevant/status/1769100880710635581?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Top: Hamas ally in the West tells English speakers that Ramadan is about peace.<br><br>Bottom: Hamas tells Arabic speakers that Ramadan is about jihad and victory.<br><br>A perfect demonstration of how the non-Arabic speakers are being lied to. <a href="https://t.co/vdBRpbW6a8">pic.twitter.com/vdBRpbW6a8</a></p>— Ridvan Aydemir | Apostate Prophet (@ApostateProphet) <a href="https://twitter.com/ApostateProphet/status/1768643722390986759?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Do they protest when Hamas misfires rockets and kills Palestinian children? No.<br><br>Do they protest when Hamas and the PIJ shoot at peaceful protestors? No.<br><br>Do they protest Hamas's imprisoning of political dissidents? No.<br><br>But, folks, they will protest McDonald's chicken nuggets.… <a href="https://t.co/xwfUphZe8K">pic.twitter.com/xwfUphZe8K</a></p>— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) <a href="https://twitter.com/HenMazzig/status/1768720163220693368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The generous folks of Twitter could could have your Gaza trip GoFundMe covered in a matter of minutes... only catch, you have to wear a gopro camera at all times. Just say the word & wish granted. <a href="https://t.co/LHo97ME6lJ">https://t.co/LHo97ME6lJ</a></p>— 🍹 Princess Consuela Banana-Hammock (@kimmie_c_) <a href="https://twitter.com/kimmie_c_/status/1768710779321065610?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TODAY?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TODAY</a> "Our Streets!" - Hundred Gathered for School Walkout for PALESTINE in Staten Island's Susan E Wagner High school this afternoon.<br><br>Group chanted and marched towards the Jewish Community Center on Staten Island as a small counter protest gathered nearby /1<br><br>Video by G Dano <a href="https://t.co/VkUDzL629E">pic.twitter.com/VkUDzL629E</a></p>— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) <a href="https://twitter.com/ScooterCasterNY/status/1768804381548269785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"Do not support this occupation, stop it in its step" spoke Natura Karta Rabbi Yisroel Weiss with the Jews United Against Zionism as they joined the students and protesters in Staten Island /3 <a href="https://t.co/rmUUtFSEC8">pic.twitter.com/rmUUtFSEC8</a></p>— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) <a href="https://twitter.com/ScooterCasterNY/status/1768806329257279864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">High School students, protestors walked out from the front of the high school towards the Jewish Community Center on Staten Island to show their support for Palestine. Small Israeli counter protestors were blocked by the police department /5<br><br>FULL VIDEO: <a href="https://t.co/KyVawtHEaL">pic.twitter.com/KyVawtHEaL</a></p>— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) <a href="https://twitter.com/ScooterCasterNY/status/1768824070559166624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What’s the difference between a permanent ceasefire and peace? <br><br>Why do none of the people calling for a permanent ceasefire with Hamas never call on Hamas to make peace?<br><br>Is it because they understand how naive and fantastical it sounds when you say it out loud? <a href="https://t.co/8oMxGYHSnS">https://t.co/8oMxGYHSnS</a></p>— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) <a href="https://twitter.com/EylonALevy/status/1768924853661274269?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Phoenix, Ariz. — A "diversity" themed bookstore <a href="https://twitter.com/palabras_books?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@palabras_books</a> is hosting an all-ages "Drag Show for Palestine" event on March 16. Homosexuality is condemned in the Palestinian territories and is criminalized in Gaza under the Muslim government. Read: <a href="https://t.co/cs6TDNvZgV">https://t.co/cs6TDNvZgV</a></p>— Andy Ngô 🏳️🌈 (@MrAndyNgo) <a href="https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1768692581402030297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nobody could have foreseen this. <a href="https://t.co/eNfr8UTIBp">pic.twitter.com/eNfr8UTIBp</a></p>— The Mossad: Satirical, Yet Awesome (@TheMossadIL) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheMossadIL/status/1769078030738108619?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/03/15/california-state-university-long-beach-president-denounces-antisemitic-flyers-campus/">California State University, Long Beach President Denounces Antisemitic Flyers on Campus</a>
<blockquote>The president of California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) has denounced a recent antisemitic hate campaign targeting a professor that involved posting flyers across campus.
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An unknown person or groups plastered in several buildings posters calling the professor, whose picture was included, a “genocide denier” and other demonizing names, The Daily 49er, a campus newspaper, reported on Wednesday.
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“Earlier this week, flyers appeared on campus featuring the image of one of our professors and characterizations purporting to represent his views related to the Hamas/Israel conflict,” president Jane Close Conoley said in email quoted by the paper. “Everyone involved in the conflict is hurting … but no one on this campus is bombing Palestinians or was involved in the horror of Oct. 7.”
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Pleading for civility, Conoley added, “No one on this campus deserves to be seen as an enemy. We are all reluctant observers of an unfolding tragedy.”
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CSULB has been fraught with tension over Israel’s war with Hamas since Oct. 7, when the Palestinian terror group invaded the Jewish state, murdered 1,200 people, and kidnapped 253 others. Jewish students at CSULB have reported feeling unsafe on campus amid a burst of anti-Zionist sentiment. The same has been true for Jewish members of the academic community across the state, where anti-Zionism has led to incidents described as “riots” and Jewish students being spat on.
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As The Algemeiner previously reported, University of California, Santa Barbara Student Association president Tessa Veksler last month discovered in the school’s multicultural center over a dozen messages, written on placards, which said, “resistance is justified,” “you can run but you can’t hide Tessa Veksler,” and “get these Zionists out of office.” In marker, someone else graffitied “Zionist not allowed” on the door, just inches away from a mezuzah, a small parchment scroll containing Hebrew verses from the Torah that members of the Jewish community fix to their doorposts.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Internal documents show left-wing DEI officials at taxpayer-backed University of Virginia downplayed public concerns about a teacher offering her class extra credit to attend a pro-Hamas rally after Oct 7<a href="https://twitter.com/benshapiro?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@benshapiro</a> and I discussed this revelation first reported in <a href="https://twitter.com/dcexaminer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@dcexaminer</a> <a href="https://t.co/THsQff87Vs">pic.twitter.com/THsQff87Vs</a></p>— Gabe Kaminsky (@gekaminsky) <a href="https://twitter.com/gekaminsky/status/1768744627140460740?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/UPDATE?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#UPDATE</a>: The <a href="https://twitter.com/VanderbiltU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VanderbiltU</a> administration has blocked the antisemitic BDS referendum being pushed by SJP from proceeding because BDS runs counter to state and federal law.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BDSisBS?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BDSisBS</a> <a href="https://t.co/0ELQcCuBCz">pic.twitter.com/0ELQcCuBCz</a></p>— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/IsraelWarRoom/status/1768761798755266889?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The developer of this App Ahmed Bashbash is promoting foul antisemitism on his official <a href="https://twitter.com/X?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@x</a> pages <br><br>Cc <a href="https://twitter.com/GooglePlay?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GooglePlay</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Apple?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Apple</a> <a href="https://t.co/5AzS26fzNX">pic.twitter.com/5AzS26fzNX</a></p>— GnasherJew®גנאשר (@GnasherJew) <a href="https://twitter.com/GnasherJew/status/1769053184322928730?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="qme" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/ixIFq6tJ5z">https://t.co/ixIFq6tJ5z</a></p>— Canary Mission (@canarymission) <a href="https://twitter.com/canarymission/status/1769073454375198972?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/HCZJYOAZin">https://t.co/HCZJYOAZin</a></p>— Canary Mission (@canarymission) <a href="https://twitter.com/canarymission/status/1769073765458321856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Daniel Mazahreh, an engineer in San Mateo, California, says, “The Hamas rapes were confirmed a lie. Israel and New York Times lied.” He also claims, “...Seriously, what is the difference between the Israel/USA and Nazi Germany?” <a href="https://t.co/0O9OrX23b5">https://t.co/0O9OrX23b5</a> <a href="https://t.co/hQY6FYtoJu">pic.twitter.com/hQY6FYtoJu</a></p>— Canary Mission (@canarymission) <a href="https://twitter.com/canarymission/status/1769106369221959856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Additional posts of Joseph Faisal Nusairat & as well as all archives: <br>- <a href="https://t.co/7iOP3s5cji">https://t.co/7iOP3s5cji</a><br>- <a href="https://t.co/FB6jieUzvJ">https://t.co/FB6jieUzvJ</a><br>- <a href="https://t.co/w50NUv3XJo">https://t.co/w50NUv3XJo</a><br>- <a href="https://t.co/M11HTOFIG1">https://t.co/M11HTOFIG1</a><br>- <a href="https://t.co/OwjRs5X73g">https://t.co/OwjRs5X73g</a><br>- <a href="https://t.co/gb8rG3yRP7">https://t.co/gb8rG3yRP7</a><br>- <a href="https://t.co/qMDRJS6zmb">https://t.co/qMDRJS6zmb</a> <a href="https://t.co/YLyONAGePw">pic.twitter.com/YLyONAGePw</a></p>— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) <a href="https://twitter.com/StopAntisemites/status/1768738756939416040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Minneapolis, MN - Casey Pearson, a makeup/hair specialist, refuses to work with Zionists (aka 90%+ of Jews) wnd wants to warn everyone in the industry about them.<br><br>Are you working with this vile bigot <a href="https://twitter.com/RuggieroTalent?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RuggieroTalent</a>? <a href="https://t.co/yGTZW5Z9ug">pic.twitter.com/yGTZW5Z9ug</a></p>— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) <a href="https://twitter.com/StopAntisemites/status/1768797143119044721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“Roro” is a certified medical assistant with the Beaumont Allied Medical Group in Westland, MI.<br><br>“Roro” also tells Jews on social media to “go back to the [gas] chambers”. <br><br>Imagine entrusting this antisemite with your Jewish baby! <a href="https://t.co/DZVLmPDDMB">pic.twitter.com/DZVLmPDDMB</a></p>— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) <a href="https://twitter.com/StopAntisemites/status/1769025151159398735?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">📍San Francisco- Ramzy Halteh is an employee with the restaurant “Seafood Station”. <br><br>Ramzy Halteh’s IG bio reads "falestine bladna wu el yahood clabna," which translates to "palestine is our land and the Jews are our dogs”. 😱 <br><br>Concerned? Reach out here:… <a href="https://t.co/Lx0Ag0MHqv">pic.twitter.com/Lx0Ag0MHqv</a></p>— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) <a href="https://twitter.com/StopAntisemites/status/1769117724809081199?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">On October 7, Israelis were the victims of a massacre perpetrated with Nazi-like cruelty and Nazi-like efficiency, in the service of a Nazi-like ideology.<br><br>If the Nazis are no longer the ultimate form of evil, it's because of what Hamas did on 10/7.<br><br>Revolting antisemitic cover. <a href="https://t.co/49MUuWYHWP">pic.twitter.com/49MUuWYHWP</a></p>— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) <a href="https://twitter.com/EylonALevy/status/1769043680331985030?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There plenty of ways of criticising Israel over the war in Gaza but writing 8000 words lecturing Jews that they are like Nazis and anyway the Holocaust actually wasn’t so special so they should stop obsessing about it says more about this pseud than it does about Israelis or Jews <a href="https://t.co/jo3SGKtak2">pic.twitter.com/jo3SGKtak2</a></p>— Anshel Pfeffer אנשיל פפר (@AnshelPfeffer) <a href="https://twitter.com/AnshelPfeffer/status/1769037869539012703?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Washington Post headline writer of "news" article literally parrots anonymous Biden official: <br><br>Headline: "Israel faces crisis of its own making as chaos and hunger engulf Gaza"<br><br>Quote: "“This was chaos of Israel’s own making,” said one of the administration officials..." <a href="https://t.co/eZkT9YFuiB">pic.twitter.com/eZkT9YFuiB</a></p>— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) <a href="https://twitter.com/JerylBier/status/1768745946471415828?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/03/16/houthi-official-confirms-beirut-meeting-with-palestinian-terror-groups/">Houthi Official Confirms Beirut Meeting with Palestinian Terror Groups</a>
<blockquote>A Houthi official has confirmed that Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels held a meeting with Palestinian terror groups in Beirut, Lebanon.
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The discussion revolved around strategies to escalate confrontations and encircle Israel, according to information shared with AFP.
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The meeting, which took place last week, included representatives from Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). These groups are known for their terrorist activities against Israel and have been active participants in the ongoing war in Gaza.
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Speaking on condition of anonymity, the Houthi official revealed that the discussions focused on coordinating actions of resistance for the next phase of the war in Gaza. This meeting underscores the growing cooperation between the Houthi rebels and Palestinian factions in their shared objectives against Israel.
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One Palestinian source, also speaking anonymously, disclosed that the meeting addressed the potential role of the Houthis alongside Palestinian factions, particularly in the event of an Israeli offensive on Rafah.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I mean, that's a true statement as far as it goes. The problem is their equities are sinking other people's ships. <a href="https://t.co/fzxjGPGOIB">https://t.co/fzxjGPGOIB</a></p>— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) <a href="https://twitter.com/omriceren/status/1768795456052568106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Imagine a world where the hard left support this evil tyrant. But think they're the good guys<br><br> <a href="https://twitter.com/GhorbaniiNiyak?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GhorbaniiNiyak</a> <a href="https://t.co/DypXc0gezR">pic.twitter.com/DypXc0gezR</a></p>— Jack - refollow my new account (@jackinthecentre) <a href="https://twitter.com/jackinthecentre/status/1769098457887736105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/03/15/synagogue-english-city-spawned-anti-jewish-blood-libel-vandalized-antisemitic-slogans/">Synagogue in English City That Spawned Anti-Jewish ‘Blood Libel’ Vandalized With Antisemitic Slogans</a>
<blockquote>The sole synagogue in the English city where the first known instance of the medieval anti-Jewish “blood libel” occurred has been vandalized with antisemitic graffiti.
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The wall of the Norwich Synagogue was daubed with the slogan “Zionism = Nazism, Isra’hell, apartheid. Tsiahal [sic] + Saitanyahu = Genocide.” The word “Tsiahal” (“Tsahal”) is the Hebrew acronym for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), while “Saitanyahu” is a contraction of the Arabic word for “Satan” with the name of current Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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The offensive graffiti was spotted by a congregant as he walked with his family near the synagogue last weekend.
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The witness, who chose to remain anonymous, told the London-based Jewish Chronicle that he had been deeply shocked by the message.
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“I stopped in my tracks when I noticed the writing,” he said. “I quickly ushered my wife and children along saying I’d catch up with them while I reread it again to try and take it in. I didn’t want them reading any more of it. I was quite shocked and saddened that they had targeted our lovely little community, and I didn’t really want to have to inform other members.”</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">On March 15, 2011, Amjad & Hakim Awad broke into the Fogel family home<br><br>Parents Ehud & Ruth were stabbed to death in their beds together with 10-y-old Yoav, 4-y-old Elad & 3-month-old Hadas<br><br>They didn’t know 2-y-old Yishai & 8-y-old Roi slept in another room<br><br>Via <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamAlbilya_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AdamAlbilya_</a> <a href="https://t.co/68ULd8DlCs">pic.twitter.com/68ULd8DlCs</a></p>— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) <a href="https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1768742889331343733?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mohammed Merah, a drug dealer from Toulouse turned Islamist terrorist <a href="https://t.co/1J4dBECCc5">pic.twitter.com/1J4dBECCc5</a></p>— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) <a href="https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1768920585260655009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-792240">Sao Paulo adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism</a>
<blockquote>Tarcisio de Freitas, the Governor of the State of São Paulo, alongside key figures from the Jewish community and the Israeli Consulate, endorsed the International Alliance for Holocaust Remembrance's (IHRA) definition of antisemitism on Friday.
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The ceremony, marked by unity and commitment to fight prejudice, was also attended by notable personalities such as the President of the Israeli Federation of São Paulo, Marcos Knobel; Executive President Ricardo Berkiensztat; CONIB President Claudio Lottenberg and Director Sergio Napchan; Deputy Governor Felicio Ramuth; Arthur Luis Pinho de Lima, Head of the Civil House of the Government; Fernando Lottenberg, the Organization of American States (OEA) Commissioner for Monitoring and Combat against Antisemitism; and representatives from StandWithUs Brazil, Daniel Bialski and Hana Nusbaum.
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In a statement, Governor De Freitas expressed the importance of this membership, "By joining the IHRA, Sao Paulo reaffirms its commitment to combating antisemitism and all forms of discrimination. Education and remembrance are powerful tools in this fight."</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The State of São Paulo adopted <a href="https://twitter.com/TheIHRA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TheIHRA</a> definition of antisemitism - result of a long democratic process, that enables to identify ALL strains of a lethal hatred - that fuelled 10/7 massacre, & RESPONSES that are silent, deny, justify & attack Jews around world. <a href="https://twitter.com/fernandolotten?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@fernandolotten</a> <a href="https://t.co/wxhFGSYFLt">pic.twitter.com/wxhFGSYFLt</a></p>— מיכל קוטלר-וונש | Michal Cotler-Wunsh (@CotlerWunsh) <a href="https://twitter.com/CotlerWunsh/status/1769055430397854099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I took my <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/israeli?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#israeli</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/American?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#American</a> flags to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LasVegas?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LasVegas</a> to spread some <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/jewish?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#jewish</a> pride! Viva Las Vegas, Viva Israel! 🇮🇱🇺🇸🇮🇱 <a href="https://t.co/CitlJr0nsR">pic.twitter.com/CitlJr0nsR</a></p>— The Flag Guy (@TheFlagGuy_) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheFlagGuy_/status/1768718469644620014?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">They are like “I support Palpatine, but I know nothing about Palpatine, I just ha-te Jews”!<br><br>👉Iraqi 🇮🇶 & stand with Israel 🇮🇱💙✡️ <a href="https://t.co/7Vv08al2bz">pic.twitter.com/7Vv08al2bz</a></p>— Hayder Alasadi 海得 (@1AlasadiHayder) <a href="https://twitter.com/1AlasadiHayder/status/1768840209989517470?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">By the way, the video was also uploaded to Youtube and divided to topics with timestamps, if you prefer:<a href="https://t.co/dJ8jOC9eAA">https://t.co/dJ8jOC9eAA</a></p>— Dani Buller (@askdani__real) <a href="https://twitter.com/askdani__real/status/1768983842457612548?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<A href=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/article-792188>Israel's Eurovision song ranked sixth most streamed entry on Spotify among 2024 contestants</a>
<blockquote>As the Eurovision Song Contest nears with the event taking place in early May, the participating nations have released the songs that will be represented in this year’s competition in Malmö, Sweden.
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Israel’s Eurovision representative Eden Golan is expected to perform her song “Hurricane,” which, after many changes and much anticipation, was released on Sunday.
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The song’s title and contents underwent several changes until it was finally approved by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). It was originally titled “October Rain,” alluding to the October 7 attacks on southern Israel and the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war.
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However, the EBU deemed the song’s lyrics, title, and message to be overtly political, mainly because it supports the State of Israel and the IDF, which caused friction with the EBU and the Eurovision contest, which claimed to be non-political.
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Numerous Spotify streams<br>
“Hurricane” was officially approved by the EBU on March 7. With the song’s recent release and increased coverage, it has already received numerous streams. According to X account Eurovision Charts, an unofficial and unaffiliated account that claims to be a “Fan-made account tracking music charts, sales, and streaming data for Eurovision songs and artists,” Golan’s “Hurricane” has received some attention.</blockquote>
Guns & Guitars: IDF soldier reveals the real secret to victory in Gaza
<blockquote>Noam Buskila, IDF Soldier, has been on the front lines of battle on the the Northern border of Israel since October 7th.
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Noam continues to uplift the spirits of all Jews around the world with his angelic voice and guitar in tow.
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This is the story of how Noam Buskila is so positive and B'simcha amidtst such chaos and terror.</blockquote>
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<p> </p>Ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024690260923786342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933777.post-34015118981890859512024-03-15T18:00:00.228-04:002024-03-15T18:48:10.733-04:0003/15 Links Pt2: As a Zionist; The West’s abandonment of the Jews; Glazer’s Partners Refute Glazer; Musical LemmingsFrom Ian:
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Melanie Phillips: <A href=https://www.jns.org/the-wests-abandonment-of-the-jews/>The West’s abandonment of the Jews</a>
<blockquote>As the ultimate particularist culture, Judaism is in the way of all universalizing creeds; and so Israel, the particularist Jewish state, had to be dumped. The stage was set for the demonization of Israel tied to the increasing dominance of international human rights doctrine.
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A living example of this is Samantha Power, head of the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Obama administration’s U.S. ambassador to the U.N.
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A noted expert on genocide, Power has long said the United States bears a unique responsibility to prevent mass atrocities.
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It was therefore an irony that, earlier this year, Power was attacked by current and former USAID employees for belonging to an administration providing military support to Israel in the war against Hamas. Although she told these officials it was “very important that what happened on Oct. 7 never happen again,” she failed to push back against their claim that Israel was committing “genocide” in Gaza.
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Given her history, this perhaps wasn’t surprising. In 2002, she was asked as a “thought experiment” what she would advise the U.S. president to do about the Israel-Palestinian problem “if one party or another [starts] looking like they might be moving towards genocide.”
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In response to this already disturbingly loaded question, Power said that something should be put “on the line” to help the situation. This might mean “alienating a domestic constituency of tremendous political and financial import. … It does require external intervention.”
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Power wasn’t talking about preventing the Palestinians from committing genocide against the Jews of Israel. She was talking about invading Israel to prevent an Israeli genocide against the Palestinians.
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She was suggesting that Israel might commit atrocities against people who themselves make Israel the victim of precisely such atrocities: The vile smear being used against Israel today.
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She also suggested that the only people who might be alienated if the U.S. invaded Israel for this purpose would be American Jews, who she said exercised tremendous political and financial power over America.
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The antisemitism of this remark aside, the thinking here was that Jews can’t be allowed to get in the way of the human rights doctrine that state power is always used to make victims and never to protect people from becoming victims in the first place.
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Israel is fighting a desperate battle for its survival. Its people are in a state of ever-deepening trauma, grief and anxiety. Some of their families and friends are still hostages in Gaza meeting unthinkable fates. The death toll among their conscripted children and grandchildren fighting to defend their country is steadily ticking upwards.
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They understand that genocidal savages intend to continue their attacks until they have destroyed the Jewish homeland and slaughtered every Jew.
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In this truly desperate situation, what’s even worse is that the so-called “civilized” West—which also wants the Jews removed from its headspace and its conscience—is accusing them of the crime of which they are the present and intended victims.
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That is an unspeakable abandonment of the Jewish people and to the West a source of ineradicable shame.</blockquote>
<a href="https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/he-made-a-good-speech-biden-says-after-schumer-calls-to-oust-netanyahu/">‘He Made a Good Speech,’ Biden Says of Schumer's Call To Oust Netanyahu</a>
<blockquote>President Joe Biden told reporters on Friday that Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer's (D., N.Y.) call for Israelis to vote out Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came in "a good speech."
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"Sen. Schumer contacted my staff, my senior staff, he was gonna make that speech. I'm not going to elaborate on the speech," Biden told reporters in the Oval Office. "He made a good speech, and I think he expressed a serious concern shared not only by him, but by many Americans."
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Schumer in the Thursday speech on the Senate floor said Netanyahu was "stuck in the past" and that he allied with "radical right-wing Israelis," even saying that he should not remain in power.
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"I believe a new election is the only way to allow for a healthy and open decision-making process about the future of Israel," Schumer said.
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Several Republicans blasted Schumer for his remarks. Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) said his call for new elections was "inappropriate and offensive."
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"Israel is a close ally and a healthy, vibrant democracy. The last thing Israel needs is the 'foreign election interference' that Democrats so often decry here," Cotton said in a statement.
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Even the more centrist American Jewish Committee admonished Schumer for his call.</blockquote>
Douglas Murray: <a href=https://nypost.com/2024/03/14/opinion/why-do-clueless-hamas-supporters-keep-getting-away-with-disruptive-protests-arrest-them/>Why do clueless Hamas supporters keep getting away with disruptive protests? Arrest them!</A>
<blockquote>If your print copy of The New York Post was slightly delayed yesterday morning you can blame the “peace” brigade.
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The same people who have spent the last few months blocking bridges and stopping New Yorkers getting to work yesterday morning targeted one of this paper’s printing works in Queens.
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The plant also prints The Wall Street Journal, Newsday, USA Today and the New York Times.
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The protestors seemed especially angry about the last of these. Though I’m tempted to say that they deserve each other.
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In the early hours of the morning these protestors lay across the road and put a barricade in the middle of it.
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They also put up a sign saying “Consent for genocide is manufactured here.”
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Wearing Palestinian bandanas and other terrorist-chic the protestors sought to disrupt the operations of the free press. All to demonstrate their opposition to something that isn’t happening.
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Because of course there is no “genocide” in Gaza. There is a targeted military operation in a heavily built-up area where Hamas hide behind the civilians and also dress as civilians.
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In any case, what military operation there is could stop at any moment if the terrorists of Hamas just handed back the more than 100 Israeli hostages who they are still holding.
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But you never hear calls like that from these activists. Because human details don’t disturb them. Any more than facts or reality do.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/03/15/we-should-salute-them-hezbollah-leader-expresses-gratitude-american-anti-israel-activists/">‘We Should Salute Them’: Hezbollah Leader Expresses Gratitude for American Anti-Israel Activists</a>
<blockquote>Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday praised Americans who are putting pressure on US President Joe Biden to limit support for Israel because they are helping the Lebanese terrorist group’s cause.
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“Today, what many people demonstrating in America are doing … Of course, we should salute them and be grateful to them,” Nasrallah said in remarks translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).
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In his speech, the terrorist leader highlighted the importance in his view of anti-Israel activism in the US.
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Nasrallah went on to praise Democrats in America who are threatening not to vote for Biden in this year’s US presidential election due to his support for Israel in its war against the Hamas terrorist group in Gaza.
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“The Arabs, the Muslims, and the non-Muslims, from among the other free Americans — Christians and others — in the Democratic Party who wrote to Biden: ‘We are uncommitted to vote for you.’ These people are very influential at this stage,” Nasrallah said.
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These Americans are so important, Nasrallah explained, because Biden “is not afraid of the world, the international community, God, history, or anything. Biden now is afraid of one thing only — that his policy and actions in Gaza will lead him to lose the presidential elections. This is why he keeps debating, denying, and playing games.”
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More than that, Nasrallah seemed to see an opening to help his cause, saying, “If the pressure and opposition [to Biden] in America continues, this may also open a door for hope.”
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Both Hamas and Hezbollah are backed by Iran, which provides the Islamist terrorist groups with arms, funds, and training.
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In its 1985 manifesto, Hezbollah wrote, “Our struggle will end only when this entity [Israel] is obliterated. We recognize no treaty with it, no cease fire, and no peace agreements, whether separate or consolidated.”
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The terror group’s praise for American anti-Israel activists comes amid rising pressure in the US from segments of the Muslim community, the far left, and increasingly the mainstream left on Biden to lessen his support for Israel.</blockquote>
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<a href=https://www.jns.org/as-a-zionist/>As a Zionist</a>
<blockquote>It is a strange feeling to be politically homeless, after years of feeling pride in “resistance.” It’s like waking up on an island with no ship in sight. And if the only ship that showed up was a Democratic Socialist ship, I would be stranded forever.
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But the reason I will no longer donate, make phone calls or perhaps even vote for the Democrats is because of the millions of Democrats who have stayed silent. The ones who think it is ok to be neutral on this issue even after everything we have learned about how the Holocaust was able to happen.
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I expected Democrats to care about antisemitism—to call it out without always adding “and Islamophobia.”
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I recently visited the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. I was struck by so many things, but I will name just two of them here.
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First, there is story after story of Germans who looked the other way; who stayed silent when their Jewish neighbors disappeared, who participated in the looting of Jewish homes and businesses.
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Second, there are the thousands of names of people who saved Jewish children and Jewish families. We call them “Righteous Among the Nations.” There were so many names I had never seen before; so many good people who did the right thing.
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We always have a choice whether to speak or remain silent; to listen to the different perspectives of those to whom we normally might not listen; to consider whether we might be wrong; to step away from the crowd and lose friends for the sake of what’s right; to acknowledge the pain of all sides and all people.
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I have had to make the difficult choice to step away from the left. I am not really on the right either. Not so long as I believe in a woman’s right to choose. I am somewhere in the middle with the majority of people who reject extremists, reject antisemitism and reject “by any means necessary,” no matter which side it comes from. I am officially unaffiliated.
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I’ve been told that my allyship shouldn’t be transactional; at the same time, it has been made clear that my allyship is expendable.
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If there is one thing I’ve learned, it is to believe people when they tell you that you don’t matter to them.
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Most importantly, I will now vote only for candidates who stand unconditionally with Israel. I am not speaking “as a Jew.” I am speaking as a Zionist. As a Zionist, I stand with the singular country that guards the culture and existence of a tiny 0.2% of the world population: the Jews.</blockquote>
Seth Mandel: <a href="https://www.commentary.org/seth-mandel/glazers-partners-refute-glazer/">Glazer’s Partners Refute Glazer</a>
<blockquote>Cohen reiterated that he and Blavatnik were unaware of what Glazer was going to say. Producer James Wilson, who was onstage as well, and Glazer “have been collaborators on filmmaking and in life and in ideas for a long time so I believe it was—well, I know it was—something they wrote together,” Cohen said. Collaborators indeed.
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Cohen went as far as he was able in making it clear that Blavatnik—a billionaire Jewish philanthropist who cut off Harvard and Penn in December—disagreed with Glazer as well, which is important to have on the record.
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And the third significant part of Cohen’s remarks has to do with the effect of Glazer’s prostration before Hollywood, which risks canceling out the intended effect of the movie itself. “John spent 10 years making the film and has made something remarkable but people are talking this week more about what he said for 30 seconds,” Cohen said. “And I think that’s regrettable because I’d love the conversation to be focused on the film itself.”
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That conversation, Cohen said, was supposed to be about educating the public about the Holocaust, and advancing that education in new and creative and striking ways without compromising the lesson at its core. He made sure to include Blavatnik in that as well: “Big picture is we are honored and thrilled to win Academy Awards. The film as I say is remarkable and I think that’s what’s going to be remembered in the long term, not that speech. And we’re extremely proud of the film. There’s been a bump in the road here but I don’t think it takes away from us that it’s a remarkable film and the impact it can have on Holocaust education which was certainly the purpose for Len Blavatnik and [me].”
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We can only hope Cohen is right that Glazer’s stunt will fade in the public’s mind far sooner than will the movie’s ability to impart on a new generation the horrific reality of the Holocaust.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This statement is totally unwarranted, Piotr. Glazer’s acceptance speech was a gross misuse of the Shoah and Jewishness to make a misguided political statement. This tweet by none other than <a href="https://twitter.com/AuschwitzMuseum?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AuschwitzMuseum</a> damages significantly the struggle against Holocaust weaponization. <a href="https://t.co/B7yLUSJD9T">https://t.co/B7yLUSJD9T</a></p>— Dani Dayan (@AmbDaniDayan) <a href="https://twitter.com/AmbDaniDayan/status/1768646659364229529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<A href=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/zone-of-interest-producer-jonathan-glazer-israel-1235942734/>‘Zone of Interest’ Executive Producer Danny Cohen Refutes Director Jonathan Glazer’s Oscar Speech: ‘I Just Fundamentally Disagree’</a>
<blockquote>Speaking on the Unholy podcast, Cohen, president of Access Entertainment and former director of BBC television, said: “It’s really important to recognize it’s upset a lot of people and a lot of people feel upset and angry about it. And I understand that anger frankly.”
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Cohen said that he’d been contacted by “a lot” of people in the Jewish community who thought the film was crucial to Holocaust education and were upset that it had been “mixed up with what’s going on now [in Gaza], whether that was Jonathan’s intention or not to do that.”
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The producer added he did not support Glazer’s comments. “I just fundamentally disagree with Jonathan on this,” he said. “The war and the continuation of the war is the responsibility of Hamas, a genocidal terrorist organization which continues to hold and abuse the hostages, which doesn’t use its tunnels to protect the innocent civilians of Gaza but uses it to hide themselves and allow Palestinians to die. I think the war is tragic and awful and the loss of civilian life is awful, but I blame Hamas for that.”
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Glazer’s comments caused controversy particularly among some members of the Jewish community, with Holocaust survivors writing open letters to repudiate his claims. However, his speech also received support from those calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, including Stefanie Fox, the executive director of leftist group Jewish Voice for Peace.
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In a statement to Variety, Fox said that Glazer “wants to apply the lessons of the Holocaust to the horrors that ‘confront us in the present’ … Glazer speaks for the massive and growing number of Jews who honor our histories by joining our Palestinian siblings in their struggle for freedom and justice.”
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Asked by “Unholy” co-hosts Jonathan Freedland and Yonit Levi whether Glazer had discussed the speech with anyone else in advance, Cohen revealed the director had planned it with Wilson, specifying the “we” when Glazer said: “We stand here as men who refute their Jewishness and the Holocaust being hijacked.” (Blavatnik was reportedly not aware of what Glazer had planned to say.)
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Glazer and Wilson “have been collaborators on filmmaking and in life and in ideas for a long time so I believe it was – well, I know it was — something they wrote together,” Cohen said.
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The producer also expressed disappointment that he believed the success of film – which picked up a second Academy Award for best sound – had been overshadowed by Glazer’s comments. “John spent 10 years making the film and has made something remarkable but people are talking this week more about what he said for 30 seconds,” Cohen said. “And I think that’s regrettable because I’d love the conversation to be focused on the film itself.”
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“Listen, it’s his film,” Cohen said. “He can stand up there and choose his own words and that’s fine and he’ll do that and he’s a strong person and I’m sure he’ll stand by those but for me it wasn’t the right time and didn’t have enough context and I thought it was a distraction from the great piece of art. John is someone who really, he allows his work to do the talking.”</blockquote>
<A href=https://www.thejc.com/news/wife-of-zone-of-interest-producer-wears-israel-inspired-solidarity-dress-to-baftas-vvfetz0k>Wife of Zone of Interest producer wears Israel-inspired ‘solidarity’ dress to Baftas</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Had to share: Noreena Hertz, renowned author and economist, wearing this Shai Shalom masterpiece at the BAFTAs! 🌟 Choosing an Israeli designer 🔥and sporting the blue and white of the Israeli flag 🇮🇱🙏 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AmYisraelChai?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AmYisraelChai</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BAFTAs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BAFTAs</a> <a href="https://t.co/EHEJK3mXLP">pic.twitter.com/EHEJK3mXLP</a></p>— Israel in the UK 🇮🇱🤝🇬🇧 (@IsraelinUK) <a href="https://twitter.com/IsraelinUK/status/1759677098057154927?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 19, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In the 1970s Palestinians hijacked airplanes and took hostages. <br><br>In the 2020s they took hostages hijacked the Oscars. <a href="https://t.co/KDaRf1jyvN">pic.twitter.com/KDaRf1jyvN</a></p>— The Mossad: Satirical, Yet Awesome (@TheMossadIL) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheMossadIL/status/1768621585919799455?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Seth Mandel: <a href="https://www.commentary.org/seth-mandel/musical-lemmings/">Musical Lemmings</a>
<blockquote>This is the golden age for hilariously earnest declarations of “bravery” and “courage” supposedly displayed by those in the arts and entertainment industries who express the only opinion their peers will allow them to hold.
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Smug conformism is nothing new in popular art, especially music. Edginess is like a muscle that atrophies from lack of use, and the social media age has terrified most public-facing artists into submission. But this year’s stunning and brave participants in the annual SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, may have reached a new high—or low—in this regard.
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Many artists and other presenters are backing out of their commitments to South By Southwest fest over the participation and sponsorship by the U.S. Army and defense contractors. But such firms have been involved in the festival for years, so what makes this SXSW different from all other SXSWs? Like you even had to ask.
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“For more than 30 years, the festival has been a platform for some of the biggest established bands, as well as up and coming recording artists,” reports NPR. “But this year, dozens are boycotting over the festival’s sponsorship by U.S. military contractors months into Israel’s war in Gaza.”
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Ah. Then we get the most clarifying exchange we could ever hope to find, when reporter Andrew Weber talks to Eric Braden of the punk band Big Bill.
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Weber: “For years, the festival has featured the CIA, the NSA and defense contractors on panels and in its programming during its tech portion. But [Braden] says nobody really ever talked about it.”
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To which Braden explained, “I think there was kind of a turning point this year for me at least. It’s not, like, the first year that they’ve had some unsavory partners. But I think sometimes putting pressure on people, making people feel uncomfortable is important.”
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And there it is. The festival’s “unsavory partners” aren’t a new phenomenon. But this was the first year that artists were told to object. So they have. As everyone knows, nothing’s more punk rock than waiting around for people to tell you what to do.</blockquote>
<A href=https://europeanconservative.com/articles/commentary/ceasefire-now-the-lefts-outrage-over-gaza-is-an-old-trick/>“Ceasefire Now”: The Left’s Outrage over Gaza Is an Old Trick </a>
<blockquote>The purpose of the protests is not to draw attention to reality but, quite the opposite, to obscure it behind the gesture of making a very self-regarding cry for justice. And it was a gesture that came so naturally and uniformly to all sorts of Europeans! All that was needed was an appropriate set of slogans to turn a blinding and unforeseen reality into one of the familiar terms in the wordplay of a bourgeois society of airheads. We are presented with the spectacle of an entire generation of young people choosing to deny there is such a thing as objective truth. In its stead, there is only my word—as weightless as a feather—and, behind it, my fist. And perhaps the protestors fury is indeed understandable: for just as a guilty child insists on his innocence to the point where he enters into a frenzy, so these protestors insanely insist that their poor words, formulated in minds schooled on video games and pornography, actually correspond with the complex, history-driven reality they’re describing. Deep down, of course, they know it’s not true. What these demonstrations really show is the frightful choice to say, “All there is in the universe, is what I say.”
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Indeed, there is much that the vicious condemnation of Israel shares in common with cynicism about God. Judging from appearances, our generation views the question of God as something philosophical, impractical, beside-the-point. By contrast, the entire civilised world until 250 years ago implicitly knew that a relationship with God is the most practical undertaking a person can and should make during their lifetime. And this is not, even in the slightest, meant metaphorically. Europeans knew that life in this world isn’t really about itself; that the death of a child demonstrates, not the chaos of the world, but the inscrutability of its Creator. It was clear that this universe couldn’t just be an eternal rubbish-dump of meaningless suffering, because why should there be one at all? The unstated context of life was God, Who remembers man’s poor deeds in eternity. To search for God was simply to ask: What is the world actually accomplishing, and for Whom?
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Similarly, when street marchers keep on yelling “Ceasefire Now!”—as if Israel’s actions shouldn’t be viewed in the context of the brutal attack that preceded them, or the aims the army is pursuing—it’s a renunciation of common sense. It’s a war on the intellect, waged by people whose minds have been reduced to a palette of emojis and who wish, in their bitter frustration, to establish a world controlled by the gorilla’s fist. Besides, we see that much of their behaviour seems aimed at deliberately degrading the emotion of reverence, and here I’m thinking of the defacement of national monuments. This gives us an indication that we could really be seeing a battle against God taking place.
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The Left’s instinct to ally itself with terrorism reveals something intimate about it: it sees nothing wrong with murder. The reason is that the Left sees no divinity in man and no sense or order in the universe—nothing that could justify holding a murderer to account. On the contrary, the Left seems anxious to prove before the whole world that terrorist killings are the same thing as freedom fighting, that excusing murderers is the same thing as caring for peace. It refuses to connect the dots and see a narrative. In place of the will to find meaningful, coherent stories that make sense of reality, the Left offers only isolated phrases, repeated until one starts to believe they are oracular.
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And when Leftists claim to be outraged by murder, it is to hide the fact that they, in a very literal sense, know they are likely to do the same. The sign they sometimes display at protests that suggests we should ‘Gas the Jews’ doesn’t leave this in much doubt. Their turning a blind eye to the real massacres that have been going on over the last twenty years is revealing enough on its own. It’s not an accident that Rudyard Kipling’s stories, which teem with reverence for the spiritual in life, no less than with gentle affection for foreign peoples, come from a conservative mindset. And when George Orwell flatly labelled the great man a racist bigot, in spite of all the evidence from The Jungle Books and Kim, it wasn’t an accident that his worldview was anything but conservative.</blockquote>
The Abraham Accords, Trump & media : Aryeh Lightstone | The Israel-Hamas War
<blockquote>Our guest today: Aryeh Lightstone served as Senior Advisor to David Friedman, the U.S. Ambassador to Israel between 2017 and 2021. Mr. Lightstone was also the U.S. Special Envoy for the Abraham Accords and thus responsible for representing US interests in normalizing economic relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Sudan, Kosovo, and Morocco.
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The Abraham Accords were signed on September 15th, 2020 after mediation by the U.S. and constituted the first peace agreement in the Middle East in 25 years.
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Visegrad24 presents an in-depth series covering the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. This comprehensive series features on-the-ground interviews, bringing firsthand insights from a diverse range of voices, including politicians, professors, journalists, experts and influencers.
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00:00 - Introduction<br>
01:48 - Preparations for the Abraham Accords<br>
04:45 - A fresh start in the Middle East<br>
07:54 - The role of Saudi Arabia<br>
09:46 - Wearing a kipper in Bahrain<br>
11:40 - Within the walls of the State Department<br>
13:15 - The threat of the Islamic regime in Iran<br>
16:25 - Visegrad24 and the Middle East<br>
17:46 - Al-Jazeera and Qatar<br>
20:30 - Europeans and the Palestinian Authority <br>
22:22 - Trump's peace plan<br>
23:15 - The future of Israel<br>
25:49 - Biden and Israel<br>
27:04 - The 2024 US presidential election<br>
29:10 - Israel and the UN<br>
30:43 - UNRWA<br>
31:41 - The religious alliance</blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">First sensible approach I've seen ... <a href="https://t.co/FZb4C13AxO">https://t.co/FZb4C13AxO</a></p>— Arsen Ostrovsky 🎗️ (@Ostrov_A) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ostrov_A/status/1768353384833106416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Let me tell you a little bit about <a href="https://twitter.com/RawaneOsmane?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RawaneOsmane</a> <br><br>She is a Syrian-Lebanese woman who grew up in Lebanon. She actually used to be a fan of Hezbollah in her teenage years. <br><br>But when she moved to Europe and lived amongst Jewish people and got to know what we are really about, she… <a href="https://t.co/4MxwJu7abp">pic.twitter.com/4MxwJu7abp</a></p>— Eitan Chitayat (@EitanChitayat) <a href="https://twitter.com/EitanChitayat/status/1768617968206786666?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href=https://www.jns.org/new-uk-extremism-definition-ignores-group-that-backed-hamas/>New UK extremism ‘definition’ ignores group that backed Hamas</a>
<blockquote>The British government has unveiled a new official definition of “extremism.” The update, announced by Department for Leveling Up, Housing and Communities Secretary Michael Gove on Thursday, aims to bolster national security measures and prevent the legitimization of extremist factions.
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Gove said the British National Socialist Movement and Patriotic Alternative far-right groups, will be evaluated against the new definition, as will groups such as the Muslim Association of Britain (MAB), Cage, and MEND, which have been accused of links with Islamism. Under the plans, groups deemed “extreme” will be barred from receiving taxpayers’ money and meeting with ministers or senior civil servants.
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Gary Mond, chairman of the National Jewish Assembly, told JNS that the revised definition was a significant step forward, adding that it was “a positive development that several Islamist and far-right Jew-hating groups are likely to be included.”
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Referring to the controversy over the alleged last-minute decision to remove the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), an umbrella body that has been at the center of several controversies, from the list, Mond said it was “up to the relevant governmental body to determine whether individual groups such as the Muslim Council of Great Britain require banning and this decision should be based on their past actions.”
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In February 2009, the MCB’s deputy secretary-general, Daud Abdullah, backed a statement that endorsed Hamas and celebrated its “victory” against “this malicious Jewish Zionist war over Gaza.”
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Mond noted that the concept is new and needs to be watched carefully to ensure that groups that do not promote hatred of people or violence are not inadvertently caught under this new definition.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/03/15/israel-set-formally-declare-annual-day-remembrance-oct-7-massacre/">Israel Set to Formally Declare Annual Day of Remembrance for Oct. 7 Massacre</a>
<blockquote>The Israeli government is set to vote on Sunday to formally declare an annual day of remembrance for the victims of Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre across southern Israel and those who subsequently fell in battle fighting the Palestinian terror group in Gaza.
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The date chosen for the annual remembrance is the 24th of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Hebrew lunisolar calendar and two days after the 22nd of Tishrei, the day that marks the Jewish festival of Simchat Torah, when the attack occurred.
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According to the draft that will be voted on at Sunday’s cabinet meeting, the day “will be celebrated as much as possible in the state institutions,” including ceremonies at military bases and other sites of the war.
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If the measure is approved, the ceremonies will be held this upcoming Tishrei on the 25th day of the month, as the day of remembrance is set to fall on Shabbat, the Jewish day of rest, for which holidays in Israel are postponed a day until Sunday.
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In Israel, public and religious holidays are held in accordance with the Hebrew calendar. For this year, however, there will also be ceremonies for the Oct. 7 massacre held on the more widely used Gregorian calendar date.
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“Oct. 7 is engraved in the public consciousness in Israel as the day of the terrible massacre,” the draft says. “Precisely to mark the first year of the largest terrorist attack in our history, in response to the public’s concerns in Israel, there is a need to commemorate the event in a one-time manner on its foreign date, which was enshrined in the consciousness of the people of Israel and in its consciousness of the world. The expression “seventh of October” is ambiguous and related to the Jewish term ‘seven,’ which indicates the mourning at the end of the first year of the outbreak of the attack.”</blockquote>
<A href=https://www.timesofisrael.com/dances-with-wolves-a-tel-aviv-choreographer-forces-audiences-to-face-oct-7s-horrors/>Dances with wolves: A Tel Aviv choreographer forces audiences to face Oct. 7’s horrors</a>
<blockquote>When choreographer Oded Ronen was tasked with creating a new work for the Ulm Theater Ballet Company in Germany, he had no desire to think of anything beyond those killed, taken hostage or in mourning after the brutal Hamas attacks of October 7.
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Ronen, a choreographer who trained in Israel and abroad and choreographs both locally and in Europe, felt compelled to create a different kind of dance. The result is “The Missings,” which uses movement to create an emotional connection to the victims of Hamas’s atrocities in southern Israel that day, specifically at the Supernova music festival, where some 360 people were killed and dozens more kidnapped.
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Ronen, who is based in Tel Aviv, was active in last year’s anti-judicial overhaul protests. Following the Hamas massacre, he watched as WhatsApp groups that had been dedicated to anti-government activism transitioned to support affected families, survivors, evacuees and bereaved.
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He volunteered at a “war room” set up by former demonstrators at the Tel Aviv Expo Center, working with families frantically trying to find information about their missing loved ones. He described his attempts to gather information as something akin to the forensic police procedural “CSI.”
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After several weeks, the government stepped in and Ronen turned back to dance, aiming to create a visual piece that would help people understand what happened at the desert rave.
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“I wanted something that would create empathy as the support for Israel started decreasing,” he said. “I wanted to show a personal story to show that what happened could happen to anyone at any party.”</blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.thejc.com/life-and-culture/this-is-not-a-scene-from-fauda-this-is-real-life-wjumd6sn">Fauda’s next series will include October 7 says producer</a>
<blockquote>Idan Amedi’s X/Twitter post last October 12 was blunt. “It’s not a scene from Fauda, it’s real life,” it read, and the fact that it appeared in a video showing the Fauda actor dressed in military fatigues ensured it hit home with even greater force.
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Fans of the hit Netflix show will know Amedi as Sagi Tzur, a new recruit to the undercover Mista’arvim unit team led by Doron (Lior Raz) tasked with infiltrating terror groups intent on destroying Israel. Millions more will know him as the singer behind hits such as Pain of Warriors and Finished.
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But in this X post he was just one of the 300,000 Israeli reservists called up for service in the days after the Hamas attack.
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It was a concise, powerful reminder of Israel’s new post-October 7 reality. Fact and fiction in this new reality have blurred. The intense on-screen danger that engrosses fans of Fauda has morphed into terrifying actuality.
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Soon after this post, Amedi was pitched into the most hellish scenes of this new reality — the battlefields of Gaza.
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As one of the first IDF first Israeli forces to reach the strip’s coastline in the invasion, he was then tasked with the critically dangerous missions of locating and destroying Hamas’s booby-trapped tunnels.
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“Idan was one of the first to volunteer after October 7,” says Fauda producer Liat Benasuly Amit. “I was in touch with him. I was very worried.
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“Every time we spoke I told him he’d done enough. ‘You’re two months over there come home’”.</blockquote>
<A href=https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/03/14/report-biden-officials-to-meet-palestinians-in-chicago/>Report Biden Officials to Meet Palestinians in Chicago amid Wave of Antisemitism</a>
<blockquote>Senior White House officials will reportedly meet with members of the Arab, Muslim, and Palestinian immigrant communities in Chicago on Thursday, without having commented on the latest wave of antisemitism in that city.
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CNN reported:<br>
<i>Senior White House officials are planning to meet with Arab-, Muslim- and Palestinian-American community leaders in Chicago on Thursday, multiple sources familiar with the meeting told CNN, as President Joe Biden continues to grapple with anger and concern across the country about the Israel-Hamas war.
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Among those expected to participate in the meeting, according to sources, are: Tom Perez, the White House’s director of intergovernmental affairs; Steve Benjamin, White House director of public engagement; Mazen Basrawi, White House liaison to Muslim-American communities; Curtis Ried, the National Security Council chief of staff; and aides Dan Koh and Jamie Citron.
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Vivian Khalaf, chairman of the board of the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund, told CNN that she was invited to Thursday’s meeting with White House officials but declined to attend. In an interview, she made clear her deep dissatisfaction with the Biden administration’s handling of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.</i>
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The White House did not comment on an outbreak of antisemitism in Chicago, the latest manifestation of which was the cancelation of a concert by the Jewish musician Matisyahu over the “threat of protests” at the House of Blues.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I hope everyone is aware of their new collective talking point. That criticism of Hamas and the people who defend them is Islamophobia and dangerous. <br><br>It's the same playbook. Every time. <a href="https://t.co/Og9EeDIjmG">https://t.co/Og9EeDIjmG</a></p>— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) <a href="https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1768669184240566774?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<A href=https://jewishinsider.com/2024/03/council-on-american-islamic-relations-biden-administration-chicago/>Confusion over CAIR’s role in planned Biden meeting with Muslim leaders in Chicago</a>
<blockquote>The White House was snubbed this week by the Muslim community in Chicago after Biden administration officials sought a meeting with Muslim, Arab and Palestinian American leaders.
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At least, that’s what several Muslim advocacy groups said on Thursday. More than two dozen Chicago-area groups signed onto a letter stating that the “Palestinian American leadership of Chicagoland has unanimously decided (along with key Muslim and Arab leadership) against attending planned meetings with White House officials in Chicago this week.”
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But it turns out that several of the groups who claimed to have turned down the meeting never received an invite in the first place, according to a source familiar with the planned event. The letter was organized by the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim advocacy group that has faced criticism over praise from several of its leaders for Hamas — and a group that the White House pledged in December not to meet with, due to its executive director’s comments lauding the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks in Israel.
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In fact, no one from CAIR was actually invited to the meeting, according to White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates. The White House no longer invites CAIR to any events, Bates told JI.
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Tarek Khalil, a Chicago lawyer who is involved with CAIR, said the group had an obligation to weigh in, though he did not respond to a specific inquiry about whether CAIR was invited.
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“There was no invite list that was released; the meeting was pitched as for Palestinian, Arab and Muslim groups,” Khalil told JI on Thursday. “Naturally, the largest and most respected Palestinian, Arab and Muslim community groups in Chicago felt inclined to respond and were in consensus seeing no value to such a meeting in this moment.”</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Biden spox Andrew Bates can't get away with such a brazen lie.<br><br>CAIR literally released a press release on their White House visit: <a href="https://t.co/hgOHTC9rm3">https://t.co/hgOHTC9rm3</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZAvbp1Dhqx">pic.twitter.com/ZAvbp1Dhqx</a></p>— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveGuest/status/1768335998914576632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">CAIR Executive-Director Nihad Awad in Michigan Mosque on the Eve of Democratic Presidential Primary: Inshallah, Our Votes Will Make Biden Lose the Elections; He Lacks the Mental, Moral, and Physical Capacity Needed for a Second Term <a href="https://twitter.com/CAIRNational?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CAIRNational</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/NihadAwad?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NihadAwad</a> <a href="https://t.co/QRni1HjIhk">pic.twitter.com/QRni1HjIhk</a></p>— MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) <a href="https://twitter.com/MEMRIReports/status/1768592799471952328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<A href=https://jewishinsider.com/2024/03/summer-lee-bob-casey-pennsylvania-democrats/>Rep. Summer Lee’s campaign removes Casey endorsement from website</a>
<blockquote>A subtle change to Rep. Summer Lee’s (D-PA) campaign site in recent days suggests a possible tension with one of her top supporters, Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA), as the two incumbents gear up for tough reelections.
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Within the past week, Lee, a freshman Squad member, appears to have removed Casey’s name from an obscure section of her website that is used to communicate messaging instructions to outside groups prohibited from directly coordinating with campaigns.
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In the so-called “red box,” Casey’s endorsement of her campaign had been listed as recently as March 7, according to a screenshot reviewed by JI. But it no longer mentions his support, instead swapping in House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), who has also backed Lee’s bid for a second term.
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The initial choice to include Casey in a short list of supporters was a tacit signal to friendly super PACs and other political groups to cite his endorsement in their ads leading up to the April primary, where Lee is facing a formidable Democratic challenger, Bhavini Patel.
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It was not immediately clear what had motivated the recent edit, though it seems unlikely that Lee herself would not want to be associated with Casey, a key mainstream validator whose endorsement is still listed at the top of another page on her website. Representatives for Lee and Casey did not respond to requests for comment from JI this week.</blockquote>
<a href="https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/democrats-warn-bidens-controversial-judicial-nomination-is-doomed-report/">Democrats Warn Biden's Controversial Judicial Nomination Is Doomed: Report</a>
<blockquote>Senate Democrats have reportedly warned the White House that a controversial judicial nominee associated with radical left-wing groups does not have enough votes to secure confirmation.
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President Joe Biden nominated Adeel Mangi to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in November. If confirmed by the Senate, Mangi would be the first Muslim American to serve on a federal appeals court. Biden's Democratic allies in the Senate, however, have told the president in private that there is likely not enough support for Mangi in the body, with even Democrats defecting, CNN reported.
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Republicans in the Senate have slammed the nominee for his associations with left-wing groups that have pushed for radical policies or hosted questionable events.
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As the Washington Free Beacon reported in January, Mangi served on the board of the Legal Aid Society, which in June 2020 advocated for defunding the New York City Police Department. He also served on an advisory board, which met once per year, for the Center for Security, Race, and Rights at Rutgers Law School. That think tank hosted an event on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11 with an activist who helped fund the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a terrorist group.
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"As the Anti-Defamation League made clear, the debunked rightwing smear campaign against Mr. Mangi is ‘profoundly wrong,’" White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates told CNN. "Mr. Mangi was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the White House continues to fight for his confirmation and to repudiate the vicious hate and bigotry with which he has been targeted because of his Muslim faith."</blockquote>
<a href="https://freebeacon.com/?post_type=post&p=1869204">Hamas Patron Qatar Quietly Bankrolling Group Building Medal of Honor Memorial in DC</a>
<blockquote>The National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation had a great 2021.
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In June, the group held a successful forum featuring two Medal of Honor recipients and former acting secretary of defense Christopher Miller. That December, President Joe Biden signed a law green-lighting the group's plan to construct a monument in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial honoring America's greatest war heroes.
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The National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation enjoys broad bipartisan support: Every living former president serves as an honorary director on the group's board, save Donald Trump. Along with its memorial in Washington, D.C., the group is at work on a museum in Arlington, Texas, to honor the 3,517 Medal of Honor recipients. It counts among its largest donors Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.
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But the foundation has another donor, one that stands out among former presidents and Texas football tycoons: Qatar, the oil-rich Gulf monarchy that has come under fire in recent months for supporting Hamas and other terrorist groups.
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The foundation lists "the people of Qatar" as one of its "Founders Circle" donors, the highest rung of patrons. In reality, the money flows from the authoritarian Qatari government, controlled by the Thani family dynasty. The Qatari embassy has pledged $5 million in all to the foundation, according to previously unreported documents submitted to Congress last year.
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That makes the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation another spoke in Qatar's multi-front approach to buying influence and prestige in the United States. Qatar has spent $6 billion on lobbying and funding for American universities and think tanks, the Washington Free Beacon reported.
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"This is consistent with Qatar's M.O.," Jonathan Schanzer, a senior vice president of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said of Qatar's funding. "It's buyer beware. [The National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation] certainly isn't the first to take money from the Qataris, and they won't be the last."</blockquote>
<A href=https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/tory-mp-accused-of-critical-errors-of-judgement-as-two-staffers-share-antisemitic-tropes/>Tory MP accused of errors of judgment as two staffers share ‘antisemitic’ tropes</a>
<blockquote>A Conservative MP has been accused of making “critical errors of judgment” after a second member of his private office staff faced claims that had shared messages containing antisemitic tropes.
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Paul Bristow had previously claimed to want to “tackle” antisemitism in his Peterborough constituency after it emerged he had chosen to employ someone expelled from Labour over the issue as one of his staff members.
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Ansar Ali, who once sharing an article about a medal bearing a swastika on one face and a Star of David on the reverse while in Labour, continues to work for the Tory MP.
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We can also reveal that Bristow, who served as parliamentary private secretary to the Secretary of State for Science Michelle Donelan until last November, is also employing Muhammad Ikram as a caseworker in his office.
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A leaked WhatsApp message sent by Ikram to a Conservative Muslims group chat, shows him branding as “disgraceful” a female Muslim Labour councillor who wrote an article for Jewish News expressing her outrage at the scourge of antisemitism.
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Ikram writes of Dr Shabina Qayyum’s article, which expressed her shame at antisemitism in Labour, “Disgraceful. Trying to win Jewish support for her own political greed”.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">March 10: <a href="https://twitter.com/melaniejoly?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@melaniejoly</a> visits Yad Vashem where she writes in the guest book how she “owes it to the survivors, to the victims, to protect their children…”<br><br>4 days later: she & <a href="https://twitter.com/YaaraSaks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@YaaraSaks</a> hold hands with Holocaust denier Abbas, who’s PA incentivizes the murder of Jews<br><br>Despicable <a href="https://t.co/Y6mQ5tmsBC">pic.twitter.com/Y6mQ5tmsBC</a></p>— Becca Wertman-Traub (@becca_w13) <a href="https://twitter.com/becca_w13/status/1768671201365315915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Seth Mandel: <a href="https://www.commentary.org/seth-mandel/the-great-jewish-tiktok-conspiracy/">The Great Jewish TikTok Conspiracy</a>
<blockquote>Congress took a sudden and bipartisan step toward preventing the Chinese Communist Party from collecting the personal information of millions of unsuspecting Americans. The House passed a bill directing the CCP-linked owner of TikTok to divest itself of the brand. An activist and former Democratic congressional nominee, repeating talking points bubbling up online, had two strange reactions to this news. One, it’s bad; two, it’s the Jews’ fault. And she was not even the most prominent voice raising this conspiracy theory.
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Welcome to the Protocols of the Elders of Zion for the social media age.
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“Wow! I am f***ing SHOCKED that Dems are voting to ban Tik Tok,” exclaimed Florida’s Pamela Keith. “This is AIPAC at work.”
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AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobbying firm, was not involved in any way. But when you’ve got “Jews on the brain,” there is no issue or event that doesn’t somehow have Jewish money behind it.
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Yet Keith is an amateur at this compared to Briahna Joy Gray. The national press secretary for Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign and cohost of The Hill’s video-news show has been one of the more successful figures of the left at pivoting to pro-Hamas propaganda full-time since Oct. 7. Whether she calls for the ethnic cleansing of Jews from the Middle East out of a desire for online engagement or because she simply believes in the healing power of genocide is irrelevant to her audience, which laps it up. The same is true for her “rape trutherism” dismissing the widely documented sexual assault perpetrated by Palestinians on Oct. 7.
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And it is also the case for her latest flash bomb of medieval delirium. “A foreign government is influencing the 2024 election,” Gray posted yesterday. “I’m not talking about China, but Israel. In a leaked recording, ADL head Jonathan Greenblatt admitted that Israel had a ‘TikTok problem.’ Suddenly, a divided congress agrees on one thing: A social media ban.”
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We’ll come back to her misrepresentation of what Greenblatt said, because that’s also an important part of this story. Greenblatt is not Israeli, he is an American Jew—a fact that makes him automatically disloyal in Gray’s eyes.
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The socialist magazine Jacobin took a slightly different approach, choosing instead to list Jews who object to TikTok’s prioritizing of authoritarian propaganda in its algorithm. To Jacobin, that this all is a Jewish conspiracy is obvious—just look at the Cohens and the Goldblooms and the Greenblatts who don’t like TikTok.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The current owner of TikTok is engaged in genocide against Muslims, but Mehdi doesn’t care because there are no Jews to smear <a href="https://t.co/iqCfTwMba9">https://t.co/iqCfTwMba9</a></p>— Sunny (@sunnyright) <a href="https://twitter.com/sunnyright/status/1768419251839267153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Like maybe this is a policy debate to which their Jewishness is totally tangential? And yes, I know the JFNA said they support the ban, but this was proposed long before they added their voice to the conversation.</p>— Lahav Harkov 🎗️ (@LahavHarkov) <a href="https://twitter.com/LahavHarkov/status/1768611725715095900?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<A href=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2919277/candace-owens-has-lost-her-mind/>Candace Owens has lost her mind</a>
<blockquote>On Tuesday, she hit a point of no return. She claimed that Brigitte Macron, the wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, was not really a woman but instead a biological man. Owens was so sure of this embarrassing claim that she would bet her career on it. She then claimed that any journalist who doubted her was “establishment.”
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“This episode is blowing up so I just want to say — After looking into this, I would stake my entire professional reputation on the fact that Brigitte Macron is in fact a man,” Owens posted on X on Tuesday. “Any journalist or publication that is trying to dismiss this plausibility is immediately identifiable as establishment. I have never seen anything like this in my life. The implications here are terrifying.”
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Well, I guess I am establishment, then, because Owens’s claim is absolutely bonkers. And bonkers is probably an understatement. There may not be enough words in the English language to describe how absurd this claim is. I am not entirely sure why she went down this path or even cares about Brigitte Macron. It has nothing to do with the country and doesn’t affect any American in any way.
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And, most importantly, none of what she said is remotely true. Brigitte Macron is not a man, has never been a man, and will never be a man. Most importantly, Candace Owens has no evidence to prove her claims. Unfortunately, Candace Owens has lost her mind. Owens suggesting this nonsense does nothing to help the ideological and cultural movements she claims she supports. It is not productive and extremely detrimental to the cause. She just made herself look like an unreliable and untrustworthy clown.
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Unfortunately, such things do nothing but discredit anything Owens ever said. All of the very valid points she made and will probably continue to make in the future will now be overshadowed by this drivel. She will be branded as a lunatic, which will be weaponized to delegitimize her political beliefs and any good idea Owens ever had. Instead, she will be viewed as a court jester and not the serious person fighting for change she once was.
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It’s a sad turn of events for a once-bright star. Owens went from a sophisticated political pundit to a baseless conspiracy gossiper, usually reserved for the newspapers people read in grocery store checkout lines. At this point, no one should be shocked if her next claim is that she really saw Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, or had lunch with Tupac Shakur. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Candace namedrops Greenblatt and the ADL as potential culprits.<br><br>Concern-trolls Jews that this can only create more antisemitism.<br><br>Uses two antisemitic TikTokers as sources. <a href="https://t.co/NvVSoAt3vN">pic.twitter.com/NvVSoAt3vN</a></p>— Jingoistic Pig (@jingoisticpig) <a href="https://twitter.com/jingoisticpig/status/1768410969775174124?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<A href=https://www.jns.org/grave-concern-about-twitch-award-for-gamer-who-justified-oct-7-attacks/>‘Grave concern’ about Twitch award for gamer who justified Oct. 7 attacks</a>
<blockquote>The Combat Antisemitism Movement sent a letter on Wednesday to the video game live-streaming platform Twitch, calling for it to take back its “Legendary Woman of the Year” award from a player who goes by the username “fr0gan.”
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“The individual in question has utilized their platform on Twitch to propagate dangerous and harmful antisemitic rhetoric, particularly the justification of the barbaric Oct. 7 massacre in Israel perpetrated by Hamas, a U.S.-designated terror organization,” wrote Sacha Roytman, CEO of the nonprofit movement.
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He added that “it is deeply troubling that Twitch, as the largest gaming platform with hundreds of millions of users, many of whom are children or teenagers, has chosen to endorse and amplify such harmful messages through its official channels.”
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Roytman cited the gamer’s Oct. 7 social-media post, in which fr0gan states that “leftists preach and foam at the mouth at the thought of a revolution happening in America, but as soon as it happens in the Middle East, what they’re doing is wrong.”
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Twitch’s “legendary woman” sought to defend the prior post in a comment on Oct. 11.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-791922">Is Instagram antisemitic? Jewish, pro-Israel influencers speak out</a>
<blockquote>A video circulating on social media claims to be a conversation between an Instagram user and a Meta customer service representative (CSR). Meta owns Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and other social media platforms.
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Although there is overlap, the Instagram platform specializes in photos and videos over others that focus on text. The video opens with an unidentified Instagram user whose account has been flagged for posting “violent content” for sharing posts about the hostages still held in Gaza by Hamas.
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She asks the Meta CSR: “Are you telling me that I can’t post anything on Instagram in support of the hostages?”
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The CSR responds, “Yes ma’am. We would highly suggest not to post that kind of content.”
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Is Instagram inherently antisemitic? We spoke to six Jewish, pro-Israel Instagram content creators to learn more about their experiences on Instagram and other social media platforms since Oct. 7.
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Shai Albrecht<br>
For 15 years, fitness trainer Shai Albrecht (@shaialbrecht 57.2K followers on Instagram) has been sharing on social media, including Facebook and X. She was raised in Maryland by Israeli ex-pat parents. Her social media content “started out fitness focused” until she became aware that “people didn’t realize Orthodox Jews came in all different ‘flavors,’ so I shifted to talking about the beauty in Judaism and Orthodoxy in all its different flavors.”
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As soon as the war broke out, she says, “I shifted my focus again, to correcting all the lies people are sharing about Israel.”
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Over the following two months, Albrecht gained 20,000 followers, but she has also paid a price for being outspoken in favor of Israel. She explains that when a large anti-Israel account reposts her content, “their followers will come to my page and report my videos and report my page, which shuts my page down.”
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Called “shadow banning” in the social media world, it means that the algorithm prevents new followers from finding her content, sometimes even if they search for her by name. Albrecht has experienced this five or six times.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/opinion/harvard-mit-and-systemic-antisemitism.html">Harvard, M.I.T. and Systemic Antisemitism</a>
<blockquote>A legal complaint about antisemitism against Harvard states, "Harvard permits students and faculty to advocate, without consequence, the murder of Jews and the destruction of Israel, the only Jewish country in the world. Meanwhile, Harvard requires students to take a training class that warns that they will be disciplined if they engage in sizeism, fatphobia, racism, transphobia, or other disfavored behavior."
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I spent virtually my entire legal career defending free speech on campus, including the free speech of Muslim students and staff members. During those decades of litigation and my subsequent years in journalism, I have never seen such comprehensive abuse directed against a vulnerable campus minority group as I've seen directed at Jewish students and faculty since Hamas' terror attack on Oct. 7. What's happening to Jewish students and faculty at several elite campuses is so comprehensive and all-consuming that it can only be described as systemic antisemitism.
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The Harvard complaint details an incident at Harvard Law School where campus police allegedly observed passively as a mob of protesters "stormed Harvard Law's main building, marched down the length of the building's primary first-floor hallway, and blocked the hallway outside the study room where [Students Against Anti-Semitism and a visiting speaker] were hiding. Fearing a violent attack, students in the study room removed indicia of their Jewishness, such as kippot, or hid under desks." Think about that for a moment. In 2024, Jewish students felt the need to hide under their desks for their physical safety.
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Universities and schools demonstrate far greater tolerance for antisemitic speech and behavior than for virtually any other kind of offensive speech or behavior. They bend or break the rules to accommodate pro-Palestinian protests. Jewish students then face intimidation and even assaults.</blockquote>
<A href=https://nypost.com/2024/03/13/us-news/fire-princeton-professor-who-helped-irans-terror-campaign/>Princeton faces demands to fire researcher for alleged role in Iran’s campaign of terror — including Hezbollah murders</a>
<blockquote>Princeton University is facing demands to fire a specialist once accused of being part of an Iranian campaign to murder the country’s enemies, The Post has learned.
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The school is also facing a congressional probe into why it hired specialist researcher Seyed Hossein Mousavian — who works to form policy on Middle East security and nuclear policy — despite him being a former top Iranian diplomat steeped in Tehran’s regime of fear.
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Mousavian was hired by the Ivy League school in 2009. Before that, he was a prominent figure in the Iranian government, both as a diplomat and editor of the Tehran Times, the English-language newspaper which is a mouthpiece for the regime.
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Princeton hired Mousavian in 2009 as a specialist of Middle East security and nuclear policy, but is facing demands to fire him for his past as a key part of the Iranian regime and allegations he was involved in its crimes.
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He was Iran’s ambassador to Germany in 1992 when four dissidents were murdered in the back of a restaurant in Berlin in 1992, leading to an anti-regime group demanding he be stripped of his role at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.
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The House Education and the Workforce Committee, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), is demanding to know what checks Princeton made and whether the Obama administration lobbied the school to give Mousavian a job.
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“Mousavian’s troubling history of association with state-sponsored terrorism and human rights abuses demands decisive action from Princeton University’s administration,” said Lawdan Bazargan, a former political prisoner, human rights activist, and member of the US-based Alliance Against Islamic Regime of Iran Apologists.
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When The Post reached out to Mousavian for comment, he declined to be interviewed but provided links to a previous interview which suggested “Zionists” were targeting him.
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The group demanding that he be fired by Princeton alleges that when he was ambassador to Germany, 23 Iranians were killed in Europe for being enemies of the mullahs.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/03/15/french-cops-prevent-students-mounting-pro-palestinian-demonstration-elite-paris-university/">French Cops Prevent Students From Mounting Pro-Palestinian Demonstration at Elite Paris University</a>
<blockquote>French police on Thursday prevented pro-Palestinian students at the Sciences Po university in Paris from staging a demonstration, deepening the conflict over antisemitism and free speech that has engulfed the elite institution.
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Students arriving for the evening protest at the main campus on rue Saint-Guillaume were confronted by a cordon of police officers who blocked them from access. About 20 students gathered for a simultaneous protest at another campus building a few blocks away, chanting “Free Palestine” and “This isn’t a war, it’s a genocide” before being dispersed by police.
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Concern over the impact of the conflict in Gaza on student life at the Sciences Po — formally known as the Paris Institute of Political Studies, a public research university — came into sharp focus earlier this week when a group of pro-Hamas students blockaded a lecture hall, allegedly preventing Jewish students from accessing the space.
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The Union of Jewish Students in France (UEJF), whose members were confronted at the protest, said in a statement that “UEJF students are attacked as Jews and Zionists. We call for the immediate lifting of the blockade and exemplary sanctions against these students.” One Jewish student said she was regaled with cries of “she’s a Zionist, don’t let her in.”
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The spectacle drew strong condemnation from leading French politicians, among them President Emmanuel Macron. Addressing the Council of Ministers on Wednesday, Macron denounced the protest as “unspeakable and completely intolerable.”</blockquote>
<a href="https://freebeacon.com/?post_type=post&p=1869558">Anti-Semitic Cartoonist Will Teach Fall Course at Penn, Ivy League School Announces</a>
<blockquote>The University of Pennsylvania communications lecturer who published a slew of anti-Semitic cartoons will return to the classroom in the fall to teach a course on political humor, the Ivy League school announced.
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Dwayne Booth, a lecturer at Penn's Annenberg School for Communication, will teach a course during the upcoming fall semester titled "Sick and Satired: The Insanity of Humor and How it Keeps Us Sane," according to a new course description updated Friday morning. The course, which will run from August to December, examines "the role of satire in revealing and mediating differences between disparate social groups" based on "political affiliation," "cultural identity," and "religious fellowship."
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The revelation comes roughly one month after the Washington Free Beacon unearthed anti-Semitic cartoons from Booth, who publishes the images under the pen name "Mr. Fish."
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One cartoon depicts Zionists sipping Gazan blood from wine glasses, a version of the ancient blood libel employed in anti-Semitic propaganda. Another shows Jews in a Nazi concentration camp holding signs that read "Stop the Holocaust In Gaza" and "Gaza, The World's Biggest Concentration Camp." A third depicts a Nazi flag with a Star of David drawn in place of a swastika.
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While Penn's interim president, Larry Jameson, described the images as "reprehensible," he made clear that he would not take action to sanction or remove Booth from the faculty, citing the school's "bedrock commitment to open expression." Booth's upcoming class confirms he remains in good standing at Penn.
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Booth has taught the "Sick and Satired" course in the past, most recently during the fall 2023 semester. As of Feb. 1, Penn's course description site said Booth taught the class in "Fall 2022" and "Fall 2023," an archived version shows. The site was recently updated to note that Booth will teach the class in "Fall 2024." Penn also began allowing students to enroll in the course this week, an online posting shows.</blockquote>
<a href="https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/03/education-rot-massachusetts-teachers-association-to-host-anti-israel-webinar-led-by-anti-zionist-jewish-voice-for-peace/">Education Rot: Massachusetts Teachers Association To Host Anti-Israel Webinar Led By Anti-Zionist Jewish Voice For Peace</a>
<blockquote>On Thursday, March 21, the Anti-Racism Task Force of the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) will host a webinar, “The Struggle Against Anti-Palestinian Racism.” The virtual event, sponsored in honor of the United Nations “International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination,” will be co-hosted by Jewish Voice for Peace, which among other things, honored convicted terrorist bomber and murderer Rasmeah Odeh at it’s annual meeting in 2017.
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According to the event description, in the wake of the Hamas massacre, more attention needs to be paid to the plight of the Palestinians :
<i>It is often said that the issue of Palestine is ‘complicated.’ For this reason, many teachers do not feel confident to speak about it in their classrooms or with their colleagues. However, the idea that Palestinian history is more complicated than the history of other struggles against oppression means that anti-Palestinian racism too often goes unnoticed.
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A team of MTA rank and file members, along with Jewish Voice for Peace, have created a workshop to engage their MTA siblings in a conversation about questions such as: What is anti-Palestinian discrimination? How does Palestine fit into the larger framework of colonialism and imperialism? What are Zionism, anti-Zionism and their histories? Why is anti-Zionism not anti-Semitism?</i>
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That this event is sponsored by the MTA in cooperation with JVP in honor of a UN “international day” tells you all you need to know.
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The MTA drew fire last year when it joined the United Auto Workers and other labor unions in a lopsided call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. They also opposed US support of “the Netanyahu government’s genocidal war on the Palestinian people in Gaza.” Though they subsequently issued a more balanced statement, you already knew whose side they were on.
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Their choice of co-sponsor is another dead giveaway. Jewish Voice for Peace is an anti-Israel, anti-semitic “as-a-Jew” organization that wasted no time condemning the Jewish state for “oppressing” those who raped, pillaged, and murdered their way through southern Israel on October 7:</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A Holocaust survivor is coming to speak to my son’s 7th grade History class on Monday. Wonderful. What’s less than wonderful, though, is the opt-out for this lesson because “We understand that all students have different experiences.”<br>What does that even mean? <a href="https://t.co/FEDldcu1hi">pic.twitter.com/FEDldcu1hi</a></p>— Adele Scalia (@AdeleScalia) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdeleScalia/status/1768416461154820413?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-792097">New Jersey school apologizes for anti-Israel Ramadan letter</a>
<blockquote>A New Jersey school district issued an apology after a letter on Ramadan with anti-Israel content had been sent by an assistant principal, NBC New York reported earlier this week.
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According to the report, the assistant principal of Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey shared a widely circulated note, which offered seemingly innocent information regarding the month of Ramadan, but also included some anti-Israel comments.
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Against the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war, the letter stated the US is “co-conspiring” with the Jewish State to bar “Muslim Palestinians from partaking in Ramadan."
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The letter further noted that "the Israeli Zionist occupation enacts a genocide against” Palestinians.
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The note incurred severe criticism and parents' complaints.
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New Jersey school responds to Ramadan letter incident <br>
"The document was not reviewed or approved by any district office or personnel,” school Superintendent Dr. Kevin Gilbert said later in response.
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“While the intention of sharing the document was to provide a resource, serious content was overlooked," he added.
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"This resource contained language that, at any time, would be inflammatory but, particularly now, is deeply problematic and inappropriate for our schools."
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"The language in the document does not reflect what we believe creates a community that values inclusivity and belonging," Gilbert concluded.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“Zionism? Nein danke.”<br><br>This gross sticker was seen today at <a href="https://twitter.com/UniversityLeeds?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UniversityLeeds</a>.<br><br>Earlier this week, a stall that was being operated by Jewish students at the University was attacked.<br><br>Last month a professor at the University led a “From the river to the sea” chant.<br><br>In a separate… <a href="https://t.co/IwjfSaJ7Hr">pic.twitter.com/IwjfSaJ7Hr</a></p>— Campaign Against Antisemitism (@antisemitism) <a href="https://twitter.com/antisemitism/status/1768643194613383278?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This post was shared earlier today by a student organization at <a href="https://twitter.com/Columbia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Columbia</a>. <br><br>It calls for an uprising in Israel.<br><br>There is no two ways about this. This is support for terrorism.<br><br>But wait, there's more... <a href="https://t.co/KCCinuw5XG">pic.twitter.com/KCCinuw5XG</a></p>— Shai Davidai (@ShaiDavidai) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShaiDavidai/status/1768362443590217867?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I want you to consider that for a moment.<br><br>A student organization at <a href="https://twitter.com/Columbia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Columbia</a> University is amplifying a call for violence by a terrorist organization.</p>— Shai Davidai (@ShaiDavidai) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShaiDavidai/status/1768362448048853106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Check out <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CNN</a>'s coverage of the escalation of antisemitism at <a href="https://twitter.com/UCBerkeley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UCBerkeley</a>: <br><br>Delving into the February 26th protest against a Jewish speaker, Prof. Ron Hassner's call for further action by the administration through a sit-in protest and the unease Jewish students feel on campus. <a href="https://t.co/Ww4GYqXcRX">pic.twitter.com/Ww4GYqXcRX</a></p>— JCRC Bay Area (@SFJCRC) <a href="https://twitter.com/SFJCRC/status/1768336297456705919?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Marwan Saleh, VP of Software Engineering for JP Morgan Chase (Columbus, OH), is a:<br><br>- vile rape and atrocity denier<br>- attempts to justify the actions of Hamas by separating their ambition to murder Jews vs. Zionists (over 90%+ of Jews globally are Zionists)<a href="https://twitter.com/jpmorgan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jpmorgan</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Chase?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Chase</a>… <a href="https://t.co/IWAJ1N9sKj">pic.twitter.com/IWAJ1N9sKj</a></p>— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) <a href="https://twitter.com/StopAntisemites/status/1768697289583784386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Philadelphia (Narbeth Main Line) - the kosher eatery Nanas Kitchen has been vandalized with “Free Gaza” graffiti.<br><br>In the area? Give them some business and spread the word to your friends and family to support them!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AmIsraelChai?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AmIsraelChai</a> 💪🏼💙 <a href="https://t.co/9xYRd3F3ZW">pic.twitter.com/9xYRd3F3ZW</a></p>— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) <a href="https://twitter.com/StopAntisemites/status/1768662604359094506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Update: Marwa Salamah Maaita is no longer part of Bellevue Hospital’s residency program. <a href="https://t.co/EnwyiQKkGS">https://t.co/EnwyiQKkGS</a></p>— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) <a href="https://twitter.com/StopAntisemites/status/1768465127454486560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">IEEE Standards Association (<a href="https://twitter.com/IEEESA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IEEESA</a>) is a leading building organization that develops and advances global technologies.<br><br>Meet one of their Board Members, Sara Biyabani.<br><br>Sara Biyabani is a rape and atrocity denier. <a href="https://t.co/j63PR0Q84q">pic.twitter.com/j63PR0Q84q</a></p>— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) <a href="https://twitter.com/StopAntisemites/status/1768427126816919616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">UPDATE: Dr. Abdelrhman Maher Abo-Zed hospitalist privileges have been revoked at the following locations -<br><br>- Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mt. Holly<br>- Virtua Willingboro Hospital, Willingboro <br>- Acuity Specialty Hospital, Willingboro <br>- Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center <a href="https://t.co/zRpG3MiElA">https://t.co/zRpG3MiElA</a></p>— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) <a href="https://twitter.com/StopAntisemites/status/1768391865517105507?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ian Millard friend to Alison chabloz just incase you don’t know who he is (2)</p>— Eye On Antisemitism (@AntisemitismEye) <a href="https://twitter.com/AntisemitismEye/status/1768659387105607969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/03/15/all-the-news-in-gaza-is-coming-from-hamas/">All the News in Gaza Is Coming From Hamas</a>
<blockquote>There is no freedom of the press in Gaza. If journalists don’t follow Hamas’ guidelines for press coverage, they are arrested, beaten, and/or tortured.
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These are not controversial statements; they are based on reports from Freedom House, Reporters Without Borders, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International.
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When journalist Hajar Harb revealed doctors in Hamas’ Gaza Health Ministry were arranging illegal medical transfers out of Gaza for Palestinians who did not require medical treatment — and profiting off of them — she was harassed and threatened by both the police and by the doctors.
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Fouad Jarada was arrested for writing a Facebook post critical of Hamas’ patron, Qatar. He was beaten and whipped during his detention.
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Ismael el-Bozom was arrested and beaten for “drawings and writings critical of Hamas” that were uploaded to his Facebook account.
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Amer Balousha was arrested for “Misuse of Technology” — a crime that does not exist in Palestinian law — for daring to post about corruption among Hamas leaders. He was beaten in custody and told, “It’s forbidden to write against Hamas, we will shoot you.”
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In 2014, the Foreign Press Association called out Hamas for having “harassed, threatened or questioned [foreign reporters] over stories or information they have reported through their news media or by means of social media.” This claim was later confirmed by a Hamas official, who explained, “the security agencies would go and have a chat with these people. They would give them some time to change their message, one way or another.”
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The journalists’ crime? Reporting on terrorists firing rockets from civilian areas, which meant to Hamas that these reporters were “collaborating with the occupation [i.e. Israel].”</blockquote>
<a href="https://camera-uk.org/2024/03/15/bbcs-knell-again-promotes-selective-and-deficient-ramadan-framing/">BBC’s Knell again promotes selective and deficient Ramadan framing</a>
<blockquote>Previously we discussed a March 4th report by the BBC Jerusalem bureau’s Yolande Knell in which she used the PLO recommended term “al-Aqsa Mosque compound” despite the instructions in the BBC’s style guide:
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In the early hours of March 10th, the BBC News website published another report by Knell under the headline “Gaza war fuels Jerusalem fears as Ramadan set to begin”.
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In that report too, Knell ignores the instructions in BBC’s style guide, repeatedly referring to the whole site as “al-Aqsa Mosque”, “al-Aqsa” and “al-Aqsa mosque complex”.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Despite attempts by Hamas to foment violence, the first Friday of Ramadan has so far gone smoothly at Al-Aqsa Mosque. <a href="https://t.co/MjTnBXigbF">pic.twitter.com/MjTnBXigbF</a></p>— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeTruzman/status/1768619229698462053?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chef Hamada's wartime shawarma, Najma Square, Rafah, South Gaza Strip. <br><br>The spirit of this guy is just amazing. He used to have a very big restaurant in Gaza City and now he's reduced to a street stall, but is he beaten? Not a bit!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheGazaYouDontSee?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheGazaYouDontSee</a> <a href="https://t.co/EZdu5idMnj">https://t.co/EZdu5idMnj</a> <a href="https://t.co/FNYkfCZLbl">https://t.co/FNYkfCZLbl</a> <a href="https://t.co/nTffZDBfKI">pic.twitter.com/nTffZDBfKI</a></p>— Imshin (@imshin) <a href="https://twitter.com/imshin/status/1768642141654229501?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tasneem fixed a delicious Iftar for her family in Rafah, south Gaza Strip - meat soup, rice, molokhiya and a variety of salads.<br>Food prices:<br>0.5kg meat - $20<br>1kg rice - $15<br>Molokhiya - $10 (for 1kg?)<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheGazaYouDontSee?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheGazaYouDontSee</a> <a href="https://t.co/PJFUdMe5RP">https://t.co/PJFUdMe5RP</a> <a href="https://t.co/EjnKo7YwdK">pic.twitter.com/EjnKo7YwdK</a></p>— Imshin (@imshin) <a href="https://twitter.com/imshin/status/1768637199942033877?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">On the 2nd day of Ramadan, Hanin goes to the market in Nusseirat, central Gaza Strip, to buy mulukhiya for Iftar.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheGazaYouDontSee?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheGazaYouDontSee</a> <a href="https://t.co/oN5uAnh6Tu">https://t.co/oN5uAnh6Tu</a> <a href="https://t.co/O0CDyGswIS">https://t.co/O0CDyGswIS</a> <a href="https://t.co/GTowjPSHb1">pic.twitter.com/GTowjPSHb1</a></p>— Imshin (@imshin) <a href="https://twitter.com/imshin/status/1768570483094524175?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hanin, a Gazan woman in Nusseirat, central Gaza Strip, shares her experience of the first days of Ramadan in wartime. <br><br>[This is just an excerpt. I'll share more later]<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheGazaYouDontSee?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheGazaYouDontSee</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZwInoKXUB1">https://t.co/ZwInoKXUB1</a> <a href="https://t.co/fP2CDEFzZo">pic.twitter.com/fP2CDEFzZo</a></p>— Imshin (@imshin) <a href="https://twitter.com/imshin/status/1768532405315334154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It is good to be reminded from time to time of the huge <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Pallywood?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Pallywood</a> team that lives in Gaza these days and its many abilities in the field of films, especially of the tear-jerking kind.<br>And the boy sings wonderfully btw <a href="https://t.co/m9ABB1MC16">pic.twitter.com/m9ABB1MC16</a></p>— GAZAWOOD - the PALLYWOOD saga 🇮🇱 VS 🇵🇸 (@GAZAWOOD1) <a href="https://twitter.com/GAZAWOOD1/status/1768601612782559648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">📢 Yesterday, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Pallywood?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Pallywood</a> supporters reported that Israel bombed humanitarian aid that Egypt and Belgium had landed in Gaza. <br>As proof, they showed two different videos showing the same place during the aid landing, and during the bombing.<br>But when we looked deeper, we discovered… <a href="https://t.co/AKVDphe7ot">pic.twitter.com/AKVDphe7ot</a></p>— GAZAWOOD - the PALLYWOOD saga 🇮🇱 VS 🇵🇸 (@GAZAWOOD1) <a href="https://twitter.com/GAZAWOOD1/status/1768314713383866461?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Happened for real<br>(The boy's sunglasses are Photoshop). <a href="https://t.co/3fCGZ72645">pic.twitter.com/3fCGZ72645</a></p>— GAZAWOOD - the PALLYWOOD saga 🇮🇱 VS 🇵🇸 (@GAZAWOOD1) <a href="https://twitter.com/GAZAWOOD1/status/1768559602763808801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/03/15/hezbollah-tells-iran-it-would-fight-alone-war-israel/">Hezbollah Tells Iran It Would Fight Alone in War With Israel</a>
<blockquote>With ally Hamas under attack in Gaza, the head of Iran’s Quds Force visited Beirut in February to discuss the risk posed if Israel next aims at Lebanon’s Hezbollah, an offensive that could severely hurt Tehran’s main regional partner, seven sources said.
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In Beirut, Quds chief Esmail Qaani met Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the sources said, for at least the third time since Hamas’ deadly Oct. 7 attacks on southern Israel and Israel‘s military response in Gaza.
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The conversation turned to the possibility of a full Israeli offensive to its north, in Lebanon, the sources said. As well as damaging the Shi’ite Islamist terrorist group, such an escalation could pressure Iran to react more forcefully than it has so far since Oct. 7, three of the sources, Iranians within the inner circle of power, said.
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Over the past five months, Hezbollah, a sworn enemy of Israel, has shown support for fellow Iran-backed terrorist group Hamas in the form of volleys of rockets fired across Israel‘s northern border.
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At the previously unreported meeting, Nasrallah reassured Qaani he didn’t want Iran to get sucked into a war with Israel or the United States and that Hezbollah would fight on its own, all the sources said.
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“This is our fight,” Nasrallah told Qaani, said one Iranian source with knowledge of the discussions.
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Calibrated to avoid a major escalation, the skirmishes in Lebanon have nonetheless pushed tens of thousands of people from their homes on either side of the border. Israeli strikes have killed more than 200 Hezbollah fighters and some 50 civilians in Lebanon, while attacks from Lebanon into Israel have killed a dozen Israeli soldiers and six civilians.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Monday: I will be at the United Nations in Geneva to protest Iran regime becoming President of UN Conference on Disarmament.<br><br>Having Ayatollah Khamenei preside over global nuclear weapons disarmament is like putting a serial rapist in charge of a women’s shelter.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WalkoutIRI?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WalkoutIRI</a> <a href="https://t.co/n5Jm1ErCxR">https://t.co/n5Jm1ErCxR</a> <a href="https://t.co/mmCVoFD3Bo">pic.twitter.com/mmCVoFD3Bo</a></p>— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/status/1768389295126024206?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.jns.org/holocaust-survivor-ben-stern-102-helped-thwart-neo-nazi-rally-in-skokie/">Holocaust survivor Ben Stern, 102, helped thwart neo-Nazi rally in Skokie</a>
<blockquote>Ben Stern, one of a number of vocal Jewish community members who led activism in his hometown of Skokie, Ill., that led to a landmark civil-liberties case in 1977, died on Feb. 28 102 from congestive heart failure at his home in Berkeley, Calif. He was 102 years old.
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Stern was born Bendit Sztern in Warsaw on Sept. 21, 1921, to a large Orthodox Jewish family who operated a general store. The Germans invaded Poland in the fall of 1939, and about a year later, he and his family were forced into the Warsaw Ghetto.
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The Nazis killed his parents, sister and six of his seven brothers over the course of World War II and the Holocaust. Stern survived for years in concentration camps.
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He was one of the few survivors of a forced march from Buchenwald to the Tyrolian Mountains near the Austrian border and eventually liberated by the U.S. Army on May 3, 1945, according to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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Stern met Helen (Chaya Kielmanowicz), another Warsaw survivor, in a displaced persons camp; they married and moved to America in 1946, settling in Skokie to run a chain of Chicago-are laundromats. They raised three children in a community comprised of an estimated 6,000 Holocaust survivors.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jns.org/kosher-agencies-make-no-bones-about-flawed-canadian-slaughter-laws/">Kosher agencies make no bones about ‘flawed’ Canadian laws</a>
<blockquote>Two kosher certifying agencies and two meat processors have a big beef with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, which suddenly changed the rules and made kosher slaughter a longer and more burdensome procedure.
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CFIA has begun in recent months to enforce regulations it enacted in 2018 “with vigor,” Rabbi Saul Emanuel, executive director of Montreal Kosher, told JNS. It appears to be doing so “on a whim,” the rabbi said.
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The government agency’s actions have already resulted in a 60% drop in domestic kosher meat production, facility closures, higher prices and larger shipments of imported meats from other countries, according to Emanuel.
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An independent organization that oversees Canadian slaughter procedures, CFIA mandates that cows be shot in the head with a bolt gun, to avoid causing pain to the animal. Kashrut laws require that an animal be killed with a single, rapid motion with a sharp knife that instantly kills the animal by severing the primary blood supply to the brain. Kosher laws preclude the use of bolts, as Canadian law requires.
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CFIA requires that Jewish ritual slaughterers conduct a series of bodily checks in between each shechita to ensure that the animal is “insensible,” which means that slaughter houses must wait up to three minutes rather than 15 seconds between each slaughter. At an industrial scale, the three minutes add up.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-792153">AI translates Hitler speech, social media users express support for Fuhrer</a>
<blockquote>A translation, made by artificial intelligence, of Adolf Hitler’s 1939 Reichstag speech has gained viral traction on X, with many X users responding positively to the genocidal German leader's remarks.
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Hitler’s speech, given seven months before the outbreak of World War II, was dubbed with an English accent.
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“In connection with the Jewish question, I have this to say,” Hitler began. “It is a shameful spectacle to see how the whole democratic world is oozing sympathy for the poor tormented Jewish people but remains hard-hearted and obturate when it comes to helping them, which is surely, in view of its attitude, an obvious duty….”
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The speech continues with claims that Germany could not house Jews due to a lack of space and that Jews had nothing but “infectious political and physical diseases.” Hitler added that what was under Jewish ownership had come at the expense of a “less-astute German nation” through “manipulation.”
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Hitler continued to blame the Jewish population for the hyperinflation that plagued Germany as a result of financial sanctions placed on the nation after World War I. </blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-792164">2023 Austrian antisemitism report reveals wave of post-October 7 Jew-hatred</a>
<blockquote>Antisemitism in Austria spiked after October 7, most of it directly related to Israel, according to a Wednesday report by Antisemitismus-meldestelle.
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The report recorded 1,147 antisemitic incidents, although it cautions that even in normal years, significant amounts of antisemitism go unreported. However, due to the fallout from Hamas's attacks on October 7, the organization received such an overwhelming number of reports that they were forced to exclude some incidents that were not fully recorded due to issues of prioritization.
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It also noted that on social media, where a single post contained many instances of antisemitism, it was only counted as a single incident, further reducing the recorded number.
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The two largest categories of incidents were mass mailings and abusive behavior, then damage and desecration, and finally, the two lowest were physical assaults and threats.
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On average, there were 3.14 daily antisemitic incidents, a rise from the 2022 figure of 1.97. However, when pre-October 7 data and post-October 7 data are taken separately, the former period contained an average of 1.55 daily incidents, while the latter period contained 8.31.
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The only other year that had such a high rate of antisemitic incidents was 2021, which was attributed to antisemitic conspiracies related to COVID-19.
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The report also claimed that the majority of the anti-Israel activists are from the Austrian far-left, but also that Israel has split left-wing groups in Austria into an "unbridgable chasm."</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="ro" dir="ltr">🔥Antizionism IS Antisemitism🔥<br><br>🔥Antizionism IS Antisemitism🔥<br><br>🔥Antizionism IS Antisemitism🔥<br><br>🔥Antizionism IS Antisemitism🔥<br><br>🎥 <a href="https://twitter.com/ISRAELI_SPIRIT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ISRAELI_SPIRIT</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StandWithIsrael?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StandWithIsrael</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NeverAgainIsNow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NeverAgainIsNow</a> <a href="https://t.co/DYhJ47fudj">pic.twitter.com/DYhJ47fudj</a></p>— The Persian Jewess (@persianjewess) <a href="https://twitter.com/persianjewess/status/1768359092408717749?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<A href=https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hy1q67e0a>Palantir CEO stands firm in support of Israel despite employee departures</a>
<blockquote>Palantir CEO Alex Karp has revealed that some of the company’s employees have left in recent months due to his public support for Israel in its war against Hamas.
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“We’ve lost employees. I’m sure we’ll lose employees,” Karp said in an interview Wednesday with CNBC’s “Money Movers.” “If you have a position that does not cost you ever to lose an employee, it’s not a position.”
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“From my perspective, it’s not just about Israel,” added Karp, who co-founded Palantir alongside venture capitalists Peter Thiel and Joe Lonsdale. “It’s like, ‘Do you believe in the West? Do you believe the West has created a superior way of living?’”
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Palantir and Karp have been steadfast in their support of Israel since the Hamas attack, both publicly and technologically.
In January it announced that it had agreed a strategic partnership with the Israel Ministry of Defense to “supply Palantir technology to help the country’s war effort.”
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The agreement followed a visit by Palantir executives to Israel, with the company holding its first board meeting of 2024 in Tel Aviv.
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“I think so few people speak out because they believe they can skirt by with no opinion but there is no one who doesn’t have an opinion on Israel, especially if you are a big company,” said Karp in a conversation with legendary Israeli entrepreneur Yossi Vardi at Tel Aviv University. “There are a lot of people in the industry who are maybe not as pro-israel as I am but they think of Israel as a very special place and are generally more understanding of the Israeli position and view Israel’s accomplishments of building a nation from a desert.”</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">They found the APARTHEID!!!!<br>Proof is in the Apartheid!!!<a href="https://twitter.com/_danieltbraun?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@_danieltbraun</a> incredible investigative reporting!!! <a href="https://t.co/0TCVqgDaUP">pic.twitter.com/0TCVqgDaUP</a></p>— MichaelRapaport (@MichaelRapaport) <a href="https://twitter.com/MichaelRapaport/status/1768332552371065240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Influencer and IDF soldier - Lilaq Logan | Israel-Hamas War
<blockquote>Visegrad24 presents an in-depth series covering the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. This comprehensive series features on-the-ground interviews, bringing firsthand insights from a diverse range of voices, including politicians, professors, journalists, experts and influencers.
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Our guest today: Lilaq Logan is an Israeli social media influencer and soldier in the Israel Air Force.
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00:00 - Introduction<br>
00:49 - A soldiers perspective<br>
01:32 - Soldiers in the PR war<br>
04:50 - Intifada<br>
06:22 - TikTok<br>
08:03 - Israel as a colonial state?<br>
11:34 - The IDF as a moral army<br>
13:35 - Attacks against civilians<br>
15:39 - Islamist attacks in Europe<br>
17:20 - Muslim vs Muslim<br>
18:44 - Message for the world</blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thank you <a href="https://twitter.com/Jumpshot8?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Jumpshot8</a> for all you do to build bridges between all people - especially the African-American & Jewish communities. I’m blessed to call you a friend for 25 years & am so grateful you are part of <a href="https://twitter.com/ProjectMaxClub?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ProjectMaxClub</a> <a href="https://t.co/yEuKNpZ92w">https://t.co/yEuKNpZ92w</a></p>— ERIC RUBIN אריק 🟦 (@rubin_eric) <a href="https://twitter.com/rubin_eric/status/1768371770942276048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/salim-joubran-first-arab-israeli-supreme-court-justice-dies-at-76/">Salim Joubran, first Arab Israeli Supreme Court justice, dies at 76</a>
<blockquote>Salim Joubran, the first Arab Israeli to serve as a Supreme Court justice, died Friday at the age of 76 after a battle with cancer.
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A Christian who grew up in the northern city of Haifa, Joubran was also the first Arab Israeli to chair the Central Elections Committee in 2015. He eventually served as deputy president of the court in June 2017 and retired in August that year.
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Joubran was involved in several important verdicts. He was one of three judges who rejected the appeal of former president Moshe Katsav, sending him to prison for seven years for rape and sexual abuse.
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A graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Joubran practiced private law from 1970 until 1982, before leaving to accept an appointment to the Haifa Magistrate’s Court. In 1993 he was appointed to the Haifa District Court and was then being elevated to the Supreme Court in 2003, first as an acting justice and then as a permanent member.
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In March 2012, Joubran was criticized by some on the right when he refrained from singing the national anthem during a swearing-in ceremony for new Supreme Court justices. His position was supported by his predecessor in the post, justice Elyakim Rubinstein, who wrote in a letter that while non-Jewish citizens should show respect for the anthem by standing, they should not feel obligated to sing words that do not speak to their hearts.
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On the bench, Joubran gained a reputation as a liberal reformer and an advocate for religious freedom, pitting him against the Orthodox rabbinic establishment.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Former Israeli Supreme Court Justice Salim Joubran has died, aged 76. He was the first Arab-Israeli to have a permanent seat on the Supreme Court and to oversee Israel’s Elections Committee. His nephew is a StandWithUs Fellow and we wish condolences to his entire family. <a href="https://t.co/LkTJcnc8LC">pic.twitter.com/LkTJcnc8LC</a></p>— Michael Dickson (@michaeldickson) <a href="https://twitter.com/michaeldickson/status/1768541976394187023?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Really looking forward to taking part in this <a href="https://twitter.com/HJS_Org?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@HJS_Org</a> panel next week (Thu 21st), together with colleagues <a href="https://twitter.com/BarakSeener?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BarakSeener</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ARomirowsky?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ARomirowsky</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/reh0v?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@reh0v</a>, making the case why it is time for the Hamas proxy <a href="https://twitter.com/UNRWA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UNRWA</a> to be replaced & abolished, once and for all! <a href="https://t.co/DzuuW5x8NN">pic.twitter.com/DzuuW5x8NN</a></p>— Arsen Ostrovsky 🎗️ (@Ostrov_A) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ostrov_A/status/1768641782189809736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A message to all pro-Israel campus and high school students from Brett Gelman and Ari Dayan: Keep fighting and keep being on the right side of history! 🇮🇱<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StandUpToHatred?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StandUpToHatred</a> <a href="https://t.co/nxgWfjYo5O">pic.twitter.com/nxgWfjYo5O</a></p>— StandWithUs (@StandWithUs) <a href="https://twitter.com/StandWithUs/status/1768517735498318282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<A href=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-792053>Matisyahu: 'It feels pretty f***in’ scary,' to be a Jew in America</a>
<blockquote>On Wednesday night, some two dozen members of the Portland, Maine, police force held a line outside the city’s downtown State Theater wielding Tasers, nightsticks, and pepper ball guns. According to the Bangor Daily News, an equal number of protesters gathered on the other side of the street shouting hackneyed clichés through bullhorns.
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The reason for the tense standoff wasn’t global warming, the divisive US border issue, or the upcoming contentious presidential election. It was because inside the theater, nearly 2,000 fans were getting ready to dance and sway to the music of Jewish, reggae-tinged rocker Matisyahu.
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The protesters, ironically mostly from a loose aggregate called Maine Jews for Palestine, were not pleased that the singer has unabashedly backed Israel in its efforts to eradicate Hamas and return the hostages being held in Gaza, and didn’t think he should be allotted the freedom of speech that other Americans are granted.
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That irrational response, alongside the cancel culture permeating America for anyone who utters the dreaded Z-word (Zionism) in the toxic post-October 7 atmosphere, has thrust Matisyahu into the headlights as a prime target of pro-Hamas activists.
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The 44-year-old Grammy-nominated singer, who has established a staunch following with spiritual anthems like “One Day,” and “King Without a Crown,” has been one of the few in the US entertainment industry to visit Israel since the beginning of the Gaza war. In addition to performing in Tel Aviv, he appeared at a rally for the hostages, met with their families, and performed for IDF troops during a January visit.
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After returning to the US, he told Newsweek “I would like to see any terrorist, Hamas, or person who believes Israel has no right to exist or the Jews have no right to it, I would like Israel [to] destroy those people.”</blockquote>
Will there be a "One Day"?: Matisyahu | Israel-Hamas War
<blockquote>Visegrad24 presents an in-depth series covering the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict. This comprehensive series features on-the-ground interviews, bringing firsthand insights from a diverse range of voices, including politicians, professors, journalists, experts and influencers.
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Our guest today: Matthew Paul Miller, known by his stage name Matisyahu, is an American reggae singer, rapper, beatboxer, and musician.
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00:00 - Introduction<br>
01:14 - Artists react to Oct. 7th<br>
01:50 - Music industry reacts to Oct. 7th<br>
03:03 - The fight against antisemitism<br>
04:38 - Antisemitism on campus<br>
05:32 - Visiting Israel after October 7th<br>
06:25 - Music & war<br>
07:25 - Building international alliances<br>
08:35 - U.S. tour<br>
10:10 - Massacre at a music festival<br>
12:10 - Will there be a "one day"?</blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">People are seeing this, right? Jews who support existence of Israel, the most normal thing in the world for both Jews and non-Jews to do since Israel exists and will exist, are being stopped from performing across America. Normal people can't just accept this. <a href="https://t.co/8Xl6MTiNvn">https://t.co/8Xl6MTiNvn</a></p>— Karol Markowicz (@karol) <a href="https://twitter.com/karol/status/1768427804197101703?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Boxing legend Floyd Mayweather appears on stage at Israeli pop star Osher Cohen’s concert. <br><br>Mayweather was gifted a massive painting on stage to thank him for his continued support for the Jewish community. <br><br>Days ago, the boxer was also awarded the Champion of Israel Award. <a href="https://t.co/dktjiPuXSI">pic.twitter.com/dktjiPuXSI</a></p>— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/OliLondonTV/status/1768336998534672685?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ramadan Kareem. It is currently the holy month of Ramadan. A time of fasting, reflection, and togetherness for Israel’s 1.7 million Muslim citizens. Israel prides itself on religious freedom for all. Jews, Muslims, Christians, all religions can practice equally in Israel.<br><br>That’s… <a href="https://t.co/sskWbkYdpw">pic.twitter.com/sskWbkYdpw</a></p>— (((noa tishby))) (@noatishby) <a href="https://twitter.com/noatishby/status/1768476130850251262?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<p> </p>Ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024690260923786342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933777.post-86510755319794456082024-03-15T14:10:00.001-04:002024-03-15T14:10:00.245-04:00The people shooting at Gazans clamoring for aid are not necessarily all Hamas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpkHQ9V9Bqt-roEeoS3by-eK7IuWaM5KXgw3qdurC1nb9dPbuTUZ2A_h9T7e64Rg36HKdB9gwffmKDZ5EBDBgncSKZ90KonFPrRLT8MuQMqzVIJJga9RVxfMfV96W0CWdZzlcQE1njKCAkfyzVzfqBDB4MdqWz-RaUI8urgsoAjFgQFF43Cqgzcg/s480/trfRI.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="321" data-original-width="480" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpkHQ9V9Bqt-roEeoS3by-eK7IuWaM5KXgw3qdurC1nb9dPbuTUZ2A_h9T7e64Rg36HKdB9gwffmKDZ5EBDBgncSKZ90KonFPrRLT8MuQMqzVIJJga9RVxfMfV96W0CWdZzlcQE1njKCAkfyzVzfqBDB4MdqWz-RaUI8urgsoAjFgQFF43Cqgzcg/w640-h428/trfRI.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-probe-palestinian-gunmen-killed-gazans-waiting-for-aid-army-did-not-fire/">Times of Israel </a>reports:</div><div><div></div><blockquote><div>The Israel Defense Forces on Friday denied claims by the Hamas terror group that troops had opened fire on crowds of civilians waiting for aid at a square in Gaza City, saying that Israeli soldiers did not shoot at any stage during the incident and that Palestinian gunmen caused the casualties.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Hamas-run health ministry in the Gaza Strip accused Israeli troops of opening fire from “tanks and helicopters” at the civilians gathered at Kuwait Square late Thursday, killing 21 people and wounding more than 150 others.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Israeli military said that after conducting an “intensive preliminary review,” it found that “the IDF did not open fire at the aid convoy at Kuwait Square.”</div></blockquote><p></p><blockquote><p> “<a href="https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-03-15-24/h_68cafb206a7f88db9f7d36e8e4335be1#:~:text=The%20Israel%20Defense%20Forces%20says,food%20aid%20were%20reported%20killed.">Approximately </a>one hour before the arrival of the convoy to the humanitarian corridor, armed Palestinians opened fire while Gazan civilians were awaiting the arrival of the aid convoy. As aid trucks were entering, the Palestinian gunmen continued to shoot as the crowd of Gazans began looting the trucks. Additionally, a number of Gazan civilians were run over by the trucks.”</p><div></div></blockquote>Meanwhile, the imaginary death toll from the incident has now climbed in Palestinian media from about 15 to <a href="https://paltoday.ps/ar/post/501785/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%AD%D8%B5%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%B6%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1">over 100</a>, according to the Hamas media office. The <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MOHGaza1994/posts/pfbid0MRbcC82LXS9DcpogzmwHrk5PMGhd7RGsPx1zG5k1dAbu2rAZ1zfxkrbuXx3aP2kol?__cft__[0]=AZV_jjpLcrnm6icw0ONr3Yv_BcoVPI4eFW-Fwq3e_rE9pbJz_jT5xeNf9cHFj47yIcc8kyOe3kb0aPM5_iOfQPs3S0obIdWmlEofjTQZDe2g-Lf2Rk_yX63gwthJ_GWEe9SbZIg6CMioeq3sYoGCSm8nGPFnoSzYOCtZKxK3W3ncfw&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R">health ministry</a> still says 20. </div><div><br /></div><div>We know there were people shooting. We know it wasn't the IDF - even without their denial, why would they go through the trouble to facilitate bringing in aid trucks when if just want to shoot civilians? Only a crazed antisemitic conspiracy theory would say that somehow the IDF spends hundreds of man hours to facilitate aid and then turn around and attack the people it was meant for.</div><div><br /></div><div>But there is another option besides assuming it was Hamas.</div><div><br /></div><div>For all its terrorism, Hamas largely kept law and order in Gaza. It is in Hamas' interest to keep Gaza in chaos in order to give the impression that it is the only party that can restore order. But the chaos, while perhaps fomented and encouraged by Hamas, can come up organically. And Hamas wants to make itself look like <a href="https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2024/03/hamas-steals-flour-from-un-sells-it-to.html">it alone can make things better.</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Gaza is now a black market society. People are selling the food and aid they don't need to informal pop-up stores. The prices have increased dramatically. People are desperate.</div><div><br /></div><div>Gaza is a wonderful place to be a criminal. And criminals who want to profit off the shortages would have no problem shooting people to make their money - and to keep the supply available to the public low.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm not saying Hamas couldn't be involved as well. But Hamas can more easily get the aid off the trucks coming from Egypt than the trucks going up north. A lot of the food is paid for by Qatar, which would collude with Hamas to hand it over to them. Hamas has limited resources in Gaza and hijacking food trucks up north is probably not one of their highest priorities. </div><div><br /></div><div>But they could easily be encouraging, or even paying, criminals - perhaps even sprung from jail - to create the chaos that Hamas benefits from. They get to blame Israel for any deaths, they get to multiply the deaths by a factor of 5 or 10, they get to look like a better alternative to the IDF occupying Gaza. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><p></p><p></p><hr /><hr />
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<p> </p><p></p><p></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933777.post-67238559493182391182024-03-15T12:00:00.205-04:002024-03-15T14:57:49.362-04:0003/15 Links Pt1: The Problem in Gaza Is Hamas, Not How to Provide Aid; Schumer provides cover for Biden’s smears of Israel; Netanyahu approves Rafah operationFrom Ian:
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<a href=https://www.commentary.org/articles/david-adesnik/media-lies-about-israeli-bombs/>The Big Lies About Israel’s Big Bombs</a>
<blockquote>President Joe Biden says Israel is losing support because of its “indiscriminate bombing” in Gaza. He says that Israeli conduct in Gaza has been “over the top.” His secretary of state, secretary of defense, and vice president have all said Israel must do more to make the war in Gaza less destructive. Yet the White House has never laid out precisely what Israel is doing wrong on the battlefield. How does one wage a less destructive war when facing an enemy that has spent more than a decade building hundreds of kilometers of tunnels underneath densely populated areas, turning whole neighborhoods into human shields?
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A growing contingent of journalists believes it has the answer to this question: Israel must stop using 2,000-pound bombs in Gaza and shift to smaller, less powerful munitions. Investigations by CNN, the Washington Post, and the New York Times all make the case that employing such large bombs in dense urban environments is inherently reckless, even criminal.
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Yet the military analysis that informs this conclusion is amateurish, placing inordinate emphasis on the potential of 2,000-pound bombs to inflict grave harm on people and buildings far from the point of impact. This ignores how a well-trained air force can limit such harm by fusing a bomb to detonate below ground, as well as adjusting factors such as the angle and velocity of its delivery.
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The indictments also tend to brush aside that Hamas has spent a decade constructing a tunnel network that is more extensive, built tougher, and buried deeper than those of other insurgent forces, such as ISIS. Ignoring this key fact, the critics ask why Israel needs to use 2,000-pound bombs if the United States and its allies used them infrequently in urban environments when fighting ISIS.
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Another flaw of the broadsides against Israel’s use of large bombs is that their conclusions rest heavily on analysis provided by experts drawn from progressive ranks, and especially from organizations calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza and an immediate end to U.S. military support for Israel. The voices of independent military experts are conspicuously absent.
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Finally, the critics shy away from observing that Hamas has embedded its military infrastructure directly under homes, hospitals, schools, and mosques. This is a war crime, plain and simple, yet the media’s emphasis remains on Israel’s alleged culpability, with no reference to the original sin of locating military infrastructure in prohibited spaces. Unquestionably, the war has inflicted unprecedented suffering on the people of Gaza. Yet that is part of Hamas’s plan.</blockquote>
<A href=https://ringsideatthereckoning.substack.com/p/top-us-intelligence-officials-refuse>Top U.S. intelligence officials refuse to reject claim that Israel is "exterminating" Palestinians</a>
<blockquote>Avril Haines, director of national intelligence, and Williams Burns, director of the CIA, testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Monday. Sen. Tom Cotton asked Haines and Burns whether they agreed with allegations that Israel is “exterminating” the Palestinian people.
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For any honest, non-biased intelligence director, answering would be easy. Of course, Israel isn’t exterminating the Palestinian people; nor is it attempting to do so.
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Yet, neither Haines nor Burns disavowed this slanderous claim. Cotton gave Burns two tries. Both times, Burns refused to disagree with the slander, choosing instead to mouth non-responsive Biden administration talking points about the need for a cease-fire, etc.
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Cotton then asked Haines the same question. She replied that she fully endorses Burns’ (non) response. You can watch these exchanges here, beginning at around the 1 hour, 8 minute mark
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The answers Burns and Haines gave are disgraceful. One can be “mindful” of the deaths of innocent civilians in Gaza, as Burns said we should be, without lending credence to the calumny that Israel is exterminating the Palestinian people. But neither of Americas two top intelligence repudiated that charge.
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The charge is manifestly false. According to Hamas, Israel has killed around 31,000 Palestinians in Gaza. This number is garbage, but let’s assume, for purposes of argument, that it’s accurate. And let’s add in the nearly five hundred Palestinians that, allegedly, have been killed in the West Bank.
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Prime Minister Netanyahu says that Israeli forces have killed approximately 13,000 Hamas terrorists. I have no reason to doubt this figure, but let’s say, again for the sake of argument, that the real number is half of what Netanyahu claims.
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Under these assumptions, all of which are highly favorable to the Hamas propaganda machine, Israeli forces have killed approximately 25,000 Palestinian civilians, around 24,500 of whom resided in Gaza. The population of Gaza is around two million.
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“Exterminate” means to destroy completely. Clearly, there has been nothing resembling an extermination.
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Nor, especially in light of Hamas’ strategy of hiding among civilians, has there been an attempt at extermination. Given Israel’s massive military superiority, if its forces were trying to exterminate Palestinians, they would have killed many times more of them than they have.
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Yet, America’s two top intelligence chiefs wouldn’t deny the calumny — a modern day blood libel — that Israel is exterminating Palestinians.</blockquote>
Caroline Glick: <A href=https://www.jns.org/israels-strategic-game-of-survival/>Israel’s strategic game of survival</a>
<blockquote>To understand the nature of the armed conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, “you really have to go back to World War II-style battles,” said Spencer.
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“Defense is always the strongest form of warfare … Hamas has had 15-plus years to build defensive positions. … Yes, they don’t have an air force. They don’t have armor and tanks. They’re mostly light infantry. But they’re in probably the most defensive terrain that could ever be created. They’re in literally bomb-proof bunkers underneath every house. … It’s 400 miles of tunnels that range from 15 feet to 300 feet underground where no military munition can reach.”
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The IDF, Spencer noted, “has lots of drones and things above, but you can’t see through concrete. You can’t see underneath the buildings. It’s an immense defensive capability, but also the rocket supply. The fact that Hamas has launched over 12,000 rockets at Israel’s civilian sites—every one of them a war crime—is part of their combat power. … The fact that they’re sitting in their defensive positions, waiting for attack and have been planning for that for 15 years means it doesn’t really matter how big the IDF is or how powerful they are.”
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The second fundamental feature of Hamas’s war against Israel that the United States refuses to acknowledge is that Hamas’s Oct. 7 operation was not a terrorist attack. “They did terrorist things, but that was a full division-level invasion of a nation, of Israel,” and “while Hamas is a terrorist organization, it’s also an army.”
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The terrorists that carried out the slaughter that day didn’t “penetrate” Israel, like a suicide bomber who explodes himself in a crowded cafe. Hamas operatives invaded Israel with thousands of well-trained, heavily armed terror forces organized as light infantry and artillery units. Their goals were to seize whole communities, military bases and villages, and enact a premeditated plan of sadistic slaughter, gang rape, seizure of hostages of all ages, seizure of strategic targets, and, if possible, the holding of territory within Israel. The ground invasion was synchronized with a massive missile and drone strike, in addition to a cyber-attack against first-response systems and other critical infrastructure.
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Three things Israel must do to win<br>
Israel’s mini-war against Hamas in 2014 ended with a tactical victory and strategic stalemate. Ten years ago, Netanyahu was able to withstand the Obama-Biden administration’s demand that Israel capitulate and enable Hamas to win a strategic victory by mobilizing the support of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which opposed Hamas.
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Fearing Hamas’s mastermind Iran—and in light of the U.S.’s determination to enable a Hamas victory to empower Iran—today the moderate Arab states are unwilling to stick their necks out. In the absence of Sunni support, Israel is compelled to stand alone against the United States.
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To win, Israel must do three things. It must remain politically stable. Schumer’s broadside from the Senate floor was just the latest salvo in an all-out effort by the administration to destabilize Israel politically and replace Netanyahu with his chief rival Benny Gantz, whom they believe will agree to capitulate and accept the formation of a Palestinian state. Minister-without-Portfolio Gideon Sa’ar’s decision on Tuesday to ditch Gantz’s party and take his faction’s four Knesset seats into the coalition speaks to the near consensus view in Israel that Netanyahu is the only leader that will fight to victory despite U.S. opposition. On Wednesday, a new Direct Polls survey showed that U.S. hostility has strengthened Netanyahu and the right. Netanyahu leads Gantz 47 % to 37% in public support. His right-religious bloc of parties, (including Sa’ar) is polling a 62 seat-majority to Gantz’s leftist bloc of parties’ 48 seats.
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The second thing Israel must do is mobilize U.S. public opinion on behalf of its goal of achieving strategic victory by eradicating Hamas and maintaining its security control over Gaza for the foreseeable future. According to last month’s Harvard-Harris poll. Americans support Israel against Hamas 82% to 18%. Netanyahu opened a campaign this week to secure public support with a slew of interviews to the American media and his speech to AIPAC’s annual convention.
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Schumer’s hysterical attempts to walk his remarks back amid a furious storm of criticism from all quarters revealed that pro-Israel public opinion remains a factor in American politics.
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Finally, Israel must conquer Rafah in defiance of the Biden’s redline and do so as quickly as possible.
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As the weeks and months pass, and Election Day in America draws nearer, if Israel remains politically stable, if the IDF continues its brilliant fight in Gaza and if U.S. opinion remains supportive, just as Israel has turned Hamas’s tactical advantages into its own, it will turn the Palestinian U.S.-centered strategy on its head. For once, time will work in Israel’s favor, and Israel will win the strategic victory it needs to secure its survival.</blockquote>
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Jonathan Tobin: <a href="https://www.jns.org/the-problem-in-gaza-is-hamas-not-how-to-provide-aid/">The Problem in Gaza Is Hamas, Not How to Provide Aid</a>
<blockquote>After months where media outlets seemed to only highlight the suffering of Palestinians since Hamas started a war on Oct. 7, President Joe Biden felt he had to respond with a tangible demonstration of his sympathy for Gaza civilians - to build a floating port from which food and other supplies would flow to alleviate the shortages that have produced a steady stream of appalling images of conditions there. Yet there remain unanswered questions about how the food will actually reach needy Palestinians without being stolen by Hamas.
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But the real problem in Gaza isn't about aid or its distribution. The main issue in Gaza is Hamas itself. As long as the terrorist group is still armed and in charge of any part of Gaza - and still able to use parts of the tunnel system it built with international aid intended to help ordinary Palestinians - all talk about humanitarian concerns there is essentially a diversion.
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The only reason residents in Gaza continue to suffer is precisely because the international community, the media, and the U.S. government have been persuaded to treat the impact on Palestinians of the war that began on Oct. 7 as more important than its cause. The only way it will truly end is by Hamas' complete defeat.
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A ceasefire now would essentially reward Hamas for its assaults on Jewish communities in Israel. It would make the repeat of that spree of murder, rape, torture and kidnapping a virtual certainty; Hamas has said as much. All the suffering in Gaza and the casualties on both sides is the fault of Hamas alone. It started the war with cross-border attacks and unspeakable atrocities. And by not releasing the men, women and children it took as hostages, it must accept the responsibility for the inevitable consequences.
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Hamas is counting on the images of Palestinian anguish, which they caused, to bail them out. They see the focus of the international community and the U.S. on the aid question, rather than on demanding that Hamas end its futile resistance. By acting as if the priority is to push aid into Gaza, regardless of the fact that most of it is being stolen by Hamas, they are prolonging the war and increasing rather than alleviating the pain of Palestinians.
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The only way to ease Palestinian suffering is to help Israel to complete the defeat of Hamas and end its control of any part of Gaza. Once that happens, the problem of feeding and caring for Palestinians becomes simpler. Pressure on Israel to agree to a ceasefire before the terrorists are finished will only mean more privation for Palestinians as well as more blood spilled by Hamas.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-792152">Hamas demands 50 released prisoners for every female soldier - report</a>
<blockquote>Hamas has revealed its proposed terms for a hostage deal that was passed along to Israeli officials, including releasing 50 prisoners for every female soldier, and a permanent ceasefire, according to a report on Friday by Qatari stated-owned news source Al-Jazeera.
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According to the report, Hamas wants its terms for a hostage deal to be carried in three stages, with each stage lasting 42 days.
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Allegedly, the group demanded that during the first stage the IDF must withdraw from Rashid street and Salah al-Din street in Gaza, so that displaced civilians can return to their homes.
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During the second stage, a complete and permanent ceasefire must be announced, and only then will Hamas begin to release Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
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The report specified that for every female soldier released by Hamas, Israel must release 50 Palestinian prisoners. it also mentioned that 30 of the prisoners that Hamas demanded to be released are serving life sentences in Israeli prison.
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Finally, the report stated that the third phase would include the "comprehensive reconstruction" of Gaza, but didn't specify what this meant.</blockquote>
<A href=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/03/14/iran-weapons-hezbollah-israel-gaza/>Iranian bombs dropped on Israel are transported on ships using European ports</a>
<blockquote>Iran is using European ports to provide cover for shipments of weapons to Hezbollah, The Telegraph can reveal.
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The Lebanese terror group has received missiles and bombs on ships that go on to dock in ports in Belgium, Spain and Italy, sources said.
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Hezbollah and Israel are close to all-out war amid daily exchanges of cross-border fire, causing border regions to be evacuated.
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Iran has switched to shipping weapons by sea after Israel’s air force began to target consignments coming in by land into northern Syria via Iraq, the source said.
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Weapons and other goods are now shipped to the Syrian port of Latakia before the vessels go on to ports in Antwerp, Valencia and Ravenna, the Telegraph was told, in an attempt to disguise the purpose of the journeys.
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From Latakia, the weapons are transported south to Lebanon.
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“Using Europe helps to hide the nature and the source of the shipments, switching paperwork and containers… to clean the shipments,” a senior intelligence source in Israel said.
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“Europe has huge ports so Iran is using that as a camouflage. It’s very easy to do manipulations in those big ports where things have to get moved quickly, rather than a small port where there will be more scrutiny.
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“It’s like a cat and mouse between us and the Iranians. They’re trying to smuggle and we’re trying to stop it. It’s been at least three years like this.”</blockquote>
<A href=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/iran-air-could-be-banned-from-europe-if-tehran-sends-missiles-to-russia-us-warns/>Iran Air could be banned from Europe if Tehran sends missiles to Russia, US warns</a>
<blockquote>G7 nations are prepared to respond with severe new penalties that could include a ban on Iran Air flights to Europe if Iran proceeds with the transfer of close-range ballistic missiles to Russia, a senior US official says
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“Our message today is, if Iran proceeds with providing Russia with ballistic missiles, the response from the international community will be swift and severe,” the official tells a small group of reporters.</blockquote>
<A href=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-792092>Houthis: The captain of the 'Galaxy Leader' ship was transferred to Hamas</a>
<blockquote>“The ship and its crew are in the hands of the brothers in the Hamas resistance movement and the Al-Qassam Brigades,” Houthi spokesman Nasr Al-Din Amer said, CNN reported.
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The Galaxy Leader cargo ship was hijacked by a Houthi-owned helicopter on November 19 in the Red Sea, 116 days ago, as the terrorists laid siege to the ship and took hostage the ship’s crew of 17 Filipinos, two Bulgarians, three Ukrainians, two Mexicans and a Romanian.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">March 14 Red Sea Update<br><br>Between 6:50 a.m. on March 14 and 12:40 a.m. on March 15 (Sanaa time), Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists fired two anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBMs) from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen toward the Gulf of Aden and two additional ASBMs towards the Red… <a href="https://t.co/Mck2CEEZSC">pic.twitter.com/Mck2CEEZSC</a></p>— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) <a href="https://twitter.com/CENTCOM/status/1768449891087589574?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Jonathan Tobin: <a href="https://www.jns.org/schumer-provides-cover-for-bidens-smears-of-israel/">Schumer provides cover for Biden’s smears of Israel</a>
<blockquote>Yet what made Schumer’s speech truly newsworthy—and appalling—was his open call for a change of government in Israel. While he claimed that he only wanted to give Israel’s people a “choice,” they gave the current coalition a clear majority only 16 months ago. It’s been a stormy term for Netanyahu, and the fact that the Oct. 7 disaster happened on his watch may ultimately end his political career.
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But even though Americans like Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama have been trying to interfere in Israeli politics for decades, never has a U.S. official been so brazen in demanding that Israel’s democratic system bow to Washington’s wishes that it produce a government more amenable to the diktats of the White House on the Palestinians and Iran.
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That isn’t merely hypocritical, given the nonstop bleating of Democrats over the past eight years about Russian efforts to intervene in U.S. elections. Schumer thinks that Netanyahu should condemn Israeli politicians who are part of his coalition, like Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, because of their extremism. But has Schumer done the same to the antisemitic extremists in his own party of the left-wing “Squad” or sought to expel its members from Congress?
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The damage Schumer is doing to the U.S.-Israel relationship is evident from the condemnations that his speech has received across the board from Israelis, including chief Netanyahu rival Benny Gantz. The irony is, as Gantz knows well, that by seeking to oust Netanyahu by unfairly attacking the IDF’s war effort and saving Hamas, as well as by demanding a two-state solution that Israelis from right to left oppose, Biden and Schumer are helping rather than hurting the prime minister. They are making new elections—something that is not going to happen in the middle of a war—even less likely than before.
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Treating Israel as a client state that must sacrifice its security for the sake of discredited policies like a two-state solution that has been tried and failed is bad enough when it comes from those who don’t pose as advocates of the Jewish state as Schumer does. Yet his stance is rooted entirely in partisan political interests rather than principle. This is one of the most perilous times in Jewish history, when Jews are being attacked for backing Israel, and others are fighting and dying to ensure that the Jewish state will live. For Schumer to speak in this disgraceful manner and to undermine Israel in wartime for the sake of helping Biden hold onto office is a decision that should permanently associate his name with that of betrayal and dishonor.</blockquote>
<A href=https://archive.is/hHk4y>Chuck Schumer’s Problem Is with Israel, Not Netanyahu</a>
<blockquote>Schumer’s remarks are designed to establish the fiction that new leadership in the Israeli government would yield a new approach to this war and the subsequent effort to establish a healthier social contract in the Gaza Strip. He has no reason to believe that, though he probably thinks you might.
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Netanyahu’s government is no longer wholly dependent on the right-wing coalition that brought him back to power after an 18-month interlude from 2021 to 2022. It’s a wartime unity coalition led by a tripartite pact composed of political rivals. Netanyahu’s foremost domestic political opponent, Benny Gantz, is a minister in that government without portfolio. Nor is Yoav Gallant, Israel’s defense minister, a member of Netanyahu’s party. Like all coalition governments, this one is reportedly riven by strife and internal conflict, but it has shown the world no indication that it is disunited on the tactical approach to the war in the Gaza Strip. It is united in pursuit of its strategic objective — eliminating Hamas once and for all — because Israeli society is united behind that objective.
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New elections might produce a new prime minister, but it would not yield a new war because it would not create a new Israel. That is the unspoken source of Schumer’s consternation, but he is not alone. “I cannot support sending Israel more weapons as long as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains in power,” Congressman Joaquin Castro insisted. “We should not provide this money to allow Netanyahu to continue the indiscriminate bombardment,” Senator Bernie Sanders barked. The “U.S. military aid can’t be a blank check to a right-wing Netanyahu government,” Senator Elizabeth Warren insisted.
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Netanyahu is not a popular figure — not in America, not in Israel, and, indeed, not even in his own party, if the polling is to be believed. He makes for an easy target. Schumer has only borrowed his colleagues’ tactic because it gives to the Democrats who adopt it a plausible claim that they are merely critical of Israeli leadership, not the state or its people. But they don’t believe it. Not if the White House’s conduct is any indication. If Democrats genuinely thought Netanyahu was the villain here, the administration would not have given Gantz the Bibi treatment during his recent visit to Washington.</blockquote>
<A href=https://thehill.com/opinion/4533142-schumer-stabs-israel-in-the-back-with-disgraceful-remarks/>Schumer stabs Israel in the back with disgraceful remarks</a>
<blockquote>It’s hard to believe that the smart Brooklyn boy I knew 60 years ago has so completely missed the mark. Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza is determined by a War Cabinet agreed upon in October, which includes some of Netanyahu’s toughest critics. Moreover, the vast majority of Israelis approve of the government’s conduct of the war. Israel has done more than any nation in history to protect innocent civilians in wartime, while taking down a terrorist infrastructure in Gaza that has been decades in the making.
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Netanyahu is leading a country that is still in shock, in mourning and unwaveringly determined that the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust will never be repeated. Ironically, attacking Netanyahu now will only make him stronger politically at home, as he defends Israel from both Hamas and its supporters in the U.S. at the same time.
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While Israelis face an existential enemy that publicly announces its intention to repeat Oct. 7 over and over again, Democrats are trying to look tough on Israel to please their radical supporters sitting safely here in the U.S. This is not the time to insert American political calculations into our relationship with a key strategic partner and a democratic ally in an increasingly fragmented world.
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In this moment of crisis, Israel deserves our wholehearted support. Americans know this — the majority of them support Israel. But Democrats in Washington are seeing their poll numbers dropping, and Schumer’s remarks make clear that they are increasingly willing to sacrifice our ally Israel to win votes in certain battleground states. It is a “shanda,” a disgrace, that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of Brooklyn, New York, is the one holding the knife.</blockquote>
Elliott Abrams: <A href=https://www.cfr.org/blog/schumer-s-attack-ally-war>Schumer 's Attack on an Ally at War</a>
<blockquote>Schumer seems deeply confused about what Israelis want. Prime Minister Netanyahu is very unpopular and may well lose the next election—or be tossed out sooner if he loses his majority in the Knesset. But his unpopularity is tied to accusations of corruption and last year’s judicial reform battle, not to “peace.” In fact the Israeli populace supports the actions of the current war cabinet. As the Israeli journalist Amit Segal write in the Wall Street Journal on March 13,
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Yes, there is a significant disparity between Israel’s leadership and its citizens—but it’s the opposite of what people in Washington assume. The Israeli public is far more “right-wing” than the policies of its government. While Mr. Netanyahu has previously voiced support for a Palestinian state, a February survey conducted by Midgam for Channel 12 News found that 63% of the Israeli public strongly opposes such a state under any circumstances. While the cabinet implicitly agreed that a renewed Palestinian Authority would control Gaza, 73% of those who expressed an opinion in the survey opposed it.
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Israelis are notoriously outspoken and have a vibrant democracy. In the middle of a war the very last thing they need is for a Democratic Party politician to elevate his own party’s electoral needs over Israeli national security and over Israeli democracy. This speech, coming after the Vice President’s, appears to signal a continuing campaign against Netanyahu. It’s a shameful and unprecedented way to treat an ally, and an unconscionable interference in the internal politics of another democracy.</blockquote>
The Commentary Magazine Podcast: <a href="https://ricochet.com/podcast/commentary-podcast/ground-chuck/">Ground Chuck</a>
<blockquote>Hosted by Abe Greenwald, Christine Rosen, John Podhoretz & Matthew Continetti
Dan Senor joins the podcast to discuss the politics behind Chuck Schumer’s dumbfounding speech calling for the deposition of Benjamin Netanyahu. What does it tell us about Democratic party politics and Israel’s standing with the party Jews have historically supported by huge margins? </blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It is highly inappropriate and simply wrong for Senator Schumer to be calling for new elections in Israel. <br><br>We need to stand strong with Israel, but the White House and Senate Democrats are seemingly standing with and supporting Iran and its proxies instead. <a href="https://t.co/5NGJifz0GO">pic.twitter.com/5NGJifz0GO</a></p>— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1768337209726308577?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">McConnell quite rightly hits Schumer’s Israel comments — hard: <a href="https://t.co/ig7Po4OuVQ">pic.twitter.com/ig7Po4OuVQ</a></p>— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) <a href="https://twitter.com/guypbenson/status/1768310593226780743?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/LindseyGrahamSC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@LindseyGrahamSC</a> is spot-on. <br><br>5 American lives are on the line in Gaza, and the Left is calling on Prime Minister Netanyahu to step down for executing a war strategy that most Israelis support. <br><br>Israel can fight this war however they want. <a href="https://t.co/geoWcW4GK7">https://t.co/geoWcW4GK7</a></p>— Morgan Ortagus (@MorganOrtagus) <a href="https://twitter.com/MorganOrtagus/status/1768418655812137141?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WATCH: Chairman <a href="https://twitter.com/SenJohnBarrasso?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenJohnBarrasso</a> rebuts Chuck Schumer’s outrageous claim that the Prime Minister of Israel is an “obstacle to peace.”<br> <br>Schumer is wrong.<br> <br>“It is terrorists, rapists, and murderers of Hamas who are obstacles to peace.” <a href="https://t.co/tYwGbDhupE">pic.twitter.com/tYwGbDhupE</a></p>— Senate Republicans (@SenateGOP) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenateGOP/status/1768345469795602723?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">RELEASE: Sen. Cruz Response to Schumer’s Israel Comments<a href="https://t.co/xeP7c8NqEl">https://t.co/xeP7c8NqEl</a> <a href="https://t.co/FlJyihAnmE">pic.twitter.com/FlJyihAnmE</a></p>— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenTedCruz/status/1768369932771758336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://freebeacon.com/?post_type=post&p=1868925">'Inappropriate and Offensive': Tom Cotton Slams Chuck Schumer's Call To Oust Netanyahu</a>
<blockquote>Sen. Tom Cotton (R., Ark.) on Thursday blasted Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer's (D., N.Y.) call for Israelis to vote out Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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"Chuck Schumer's demand for new Israeli elections is inappropriate and offensive," Cotton said in a statement. "Israel is a close ally and a healthy, vibrant democracy. The last thing Israel needs is the 'foreign election interference' that Democrats so often decry here."
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Schumer, who is Jewish, in a Thursday Senate floor speech fulminated against Netanyahu, saying the Jewish state's leader "has lost his way" by forcefully responding to Hamas's Oct. 7 attack on Israel, in which the terrorist group killed more than 1,200 Israelis.
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The majority leader, who accused Netanyahu of allying with "radical right-wing Israelis" and being "stuck in the past," went so far as to call the prime minister a "major obstacle to peace," on par with Hamas and the Palestinian Authority's president.
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"I believe a new election is the only way to allow for a healthy and open decision-making process about the future of Israel," Schumer said.
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Schumer, who as recently as last year shared pictures of himself embracing Netanyahu, is just the latest Democrat to express hostility toward Israel's government as the party's progressive wing criticizes the Jewish state for defending itself. Mere hours after Hamas attacked Israel, far-left "Squad" members Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) and Cori Bush (D., Mo.) blamed Israel for the attack. In February, Bush and fellow Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D., N.Y.) teamed up to host a fundraiser alongside anti-Semitic activists who have defended terrorism.
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An anonymous Democratic congressman told Politico last year that he fears anti-Semitism will "grow and metastasize" throughout his party. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chuck Schumer’s demand for new Israeli elections is inappropriate and offensive. <a href="https://t.co/dWgDJgltij">pic.twitter.com/dWgDJgltij</a></p>— Tom Cotton (@SenTomCotton) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenTomCotton/status/1768296913273569754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chuck Schumer’s attack on the Israeli government is an outrage and undermines the relationship between America and Israel at the worst possible time. The prime minister of the democratic State of Israel is chosen by the citizens of Israel; not the Majority Leader of US Senate.…</p>— Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mike_Pence/status/1768603438558908692?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Chuck Schumer’s attack on the Israeli government is an outrage and undermines the relationship between America and Israel at the worst possible time. The prime minister of the democratic State of Israel is chosen by the citizens of Israel; not the Majority Leader of US Senate.…</p>— Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) <a href="https://twitter.com/Mike_Pence/status/1768603438558908692?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Regardless of my opinion of Netanyahu and his fitness to serve, Senator Schumer’s call for new Israeli elections is deeply disrespectful of our democracy and sovereignty. Israel is an ally, not a vassal state. Along with the U.S., we’re one of the few countries never to have…</p>— Michael Oren (@DrMichaelOren) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrMichaelOren/status/1768340678625440152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/SenSchumer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenSchumer</a> You are not Moses. You are not the "protector" of the Jewish people. SHAME SHAME SHAME! <a href="https://t.co/xaj5pzJ4eh">pic.twitter.com/xaj5pzJ4eh</a></p>— Dov Hikind (@HikindDov) <a href="https://twitter.com/HikindDov/status/1768347323204075875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So the Hill’s story isn’t that Schumer is calling for regime change in our ally Israel. It’s that Republicans are reacting to it? We’re pouncing?<br><br>Get a clue. <a href="https://t.co/RJIcGWRy9H">pic.twitter.com/RJIcGWRy9H</a></p>— Matthew RJ Brodsky (@MattRJBrodsky) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattRJBrodsky/status/1768403516005953627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/RJC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RJC</a>'s <a href="https://twitter.com/Sam_Markstein?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Sam_Markstein</a> to TPM's Ari Hoffman <a href="https://twitter.com/thehoffather?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@thehoffather</a> on Chuck Schumer's comments about Netanyahu: <br><br>"This is full-out political warfare on our key ally Israel, while also rewarding Hamas terrorists. It really is mind-boggling." <a href="https://t.co/kfO7HpK6LY">pic.twitter.com/kfO7HpK6LY</a></p>— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href="https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1768420812053180612?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/israel-must-can-and-will-win-hamas-defeat-rafah-war-gaza-22e9a19d?mod=opinion_lead_pos7">Israel Will Defeat Hamas in Rafah</a>
<blockquote>Mounting international pressure to end the war won't weaken Israel's resolve to accomplish its mission of destroying Hamas, freeing the hostages and guaranteeing that Gaza will never pose a threat to Israel again. Detractors dismiss total victory as implausible, but the facts on the ground indicate otherwise. Israel has already incapacitated more than 21,500 Hamas terrorists. John Spencer, chairman of urban warfare studies at West Point, says that Israel is setting the "gold standard" for avoiding civilian casualties.
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Israel doesn't need prompting to provide humanitarian aid or to act with caution. According to retired British Col. Richard Kemp, the average combatant-to-civilian death ratio in Gaza is about 1 to 1.5. According to the UN, the average combatant-to-civilian death ratio in urban warfare has been 1 to 9.
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The city of Rafah is Hamas' last stronghold and its defeat there is a prerequisite for victory. Whoever pressures Israel to refrain from entering Rafah is preventing the destruction of Hamas and the freeing of Israel and Gazan civilians from Hamas' stranglehold. Gen. David Petraeus, who led the 2007 American surge in Iraq, said last week that the "key now is to not stop until Hamas is fully destroyed." Asking Israel to stop the war now is akin to telling the Allies to stop halfway to Berlin in World War II.</blockquote>
Aaron David Miller: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/opinion/biden-israel-gaza-policy.html">Why Biden Isn't Pressuring Israel</a>
<blockquote>President Biden may be increasingly uncomfortable with how Israel is waging this war and the appalling loss of life of innocent civilians, but he shares Israel's war aims: to both eliminate Hamas' capacity to pull off another Oct. 7 and end its sovereignty in Gaza. This is a war against Iran-backed Hamas - a terror organization that seeks to replace Israel with an Islamic state; that engaged in a rampage of indiscriminate, sadistic killing and raping; and that holds hostages.
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That war is occurring in a densely populated area roughly twice the size of Washington, D.C., where Hamas has embedded its military assets around and under civilian structures and population.
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If the president had a compelling alternative to how Israel could wage a war in these circumstances without doing grievous harm to civilians, he might have more leverage. Moreover, a large majority of Israelis, including Prime Minister Netanyahu's rival, Benny Gantz, support the war.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-792140">Netanyahu approves Rafah operation, Israeli officials to head to Qatar</a>
<blockquote>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved a military operation for Rafah in Southern Gaza, that will also include the evacuation of civilians, his office said on Friday after the war cabinet met in the early afternoon.
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The Rafah operation has been one of the levers Israel has used to pressure Hamas to make a deal for the return of the remaining 134 captives held in the enclave.
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The international community has opposed the move fearing for the fate of the over 1.3 million Palestinians in the area of Rafah, many of whom fled there to escape bombing in northern Gaza.
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The US has insisted that Israel must present a credible and realistic plan to protect civilians in Rafah, with US National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby saying on Thursday that the Biden administration has yet to see such a plan.</blockquote>
FIDF Briefing: Lt. Col. (Res.) Jonathan Conricus, Former. IDF Spokesperson - March 13, 2024
<blockquote>FIDF Chief Executive Officer Steve Weil welcomes Lt. Col. (Res.) Jonathan Conricus, Sr. Fellow, Foundation for Defense of Democracies and Former IDF Spokesperson to provide a briefing on dismantling Hamas, fighting against Iran, Hezbollah, and Lebanon, thwarting the attempts from the Houthis in Yemen, the need to oppose Iran, the narrative surrounding Rafah and the significance of it in the bigger picture, and more.
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LTC (Res.) Conricus also answers questions about defending against the stock of weaponry Hezbollah has, the expected response to Lebanon, the lack of accountability being held to Iran, the Gaza evacuation efforts as UNRWA chose to disobey, and more.
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Donate NOW at FIDF.org for the fastest and most direct way to give IDF Soldiers what they need most. 100% of your contribution will go to meet their emergency humanitarian needs.</blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The sooner Israel starts the necessary assault on Hamas in Rafah, the sooner the war and suffering will end. My thoughts on out of bounds US statements as well on <a href="https://twitter.com/BBCWorld?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BBCWorld</a> <a href="https://t.co/VHoZaBxcI4">pic.twitter.com/VHoZaBxcI4</a></p>— Jonathan Conricus (@jconricus) <a href="https://twitter.com/jconricus/status/1768598213420863857?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-792141">IDF destroys 200 meter tunnel under Gaza Strip agricultural area</a>
<blockquote>The IDF uncovered munitions and terror infrastructure in the Hamad area of Khan Yunis, including a 200-meter-long tunnel under a pepper field in an agricultural area, the IDF announced on Friday.
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According to the IDF, the discovery was part of continued operations by the 7th Armored Brigade's combat team, which has been operating in the Hamad area, eliminating terrorists and locating and destroying tunnel shafts and enemy compounds.
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During searches in an agricultural pepper field in the area, soldiers located an underground terror tunnel approximately 200 meters long, which was used by Hamas and had weapons stored inside of it.
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The tunnel was thoroughly inspected before being destroyed<br>
Combat Engineering soldiers inspected the tunnel for traps before destroying it.
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Additionally, the soldiers located additional weapons in the area, including grenades, RPG missiles, explosives, rocket launchers, vests, and cameras. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here’s aerial footage of the massive tunnel that was just exposed by the IDF <a href="https://t.co/yLlEpi3o8g">https://t.co/yLlEpi3o8g</a> <a href="https://t.co/TDsVum9xZr">pic.twitter.com/TDsVum9xZr</a></p>— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) <a href="https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/1768584800548364464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.jns.org/palestinian-authority-police-officers-engrossed-in-terror/">Palestinian Authority police officers embroiled in terror</a>
<blockquote>Almost 80 members of the U.S.-trained and armed Palestinian Authority security forces have been implicated in acts of terrorism against Israeli civilians and military personnel in the past three years alone, according to research published by the Jerusalem-based Regavim Movement think tank on Friday.
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The report, titled “Officers by Day, Terrorists by Night,” provides a detailed account of dozens of cases in which P.A. police officers “turned their Western-supplied guns against the State of Israel,” Regavim said.
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Regavim’s research primarily relies on official “martyrdom proclamations” released by the P.A.’s ruling Fatah faction and Ramallah’s security organs. The study focuses exclusively on P.A. employees with terror links and does not include countless attacks perpetrated by Fatah members.
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Between January 2021 and December 2023, 44 P.A. officers were declared “martyrs” by Ramallah after being killed by Israeli forces while perpetrating acts of terror. Seven others sustained injuries. During the same period, Israel arrested at least 25 members of the P.A. Security Forces (PASF) on various terrorism charges.
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The figures are likely an underestimate, Regavim noted, as they do not include PASF terrorists who managed to escape justice or whose connection to the P.A. has not been made public in any way.
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“To continue to claim that the P.A. is a moderating force that fights terrorism is to prop up the same failed concepts and paradigms that collapsed on Oct. 7,” said Regavim director Meir Deutsch. He charged that “these attitudes and misperceptions endanger the safety and security of every citizen of Israel.”
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Late last month, a P.A. police officer murdered two Israelis at a gas station outside the town of Eli in the Binyamin region of Samaria.
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The P.A. has one of the largest per capita security forces in the world, trained and armed by the U.S. and other Western nations. Members of the PASF have a long history of carrying out terror attacks. Last year, Fatah boasted that most of its “martyrs” served in the PASF.</blockquote>
Caroline Glick: SHOCKING: Palestinian Security Forces Heavily Involved in Terrorism
<blockquote>A US Intellegence Report warns that Bibi's rule is unstable just as an old foe joins his government and a new shocking report shows that terrorism is "baked in" to the Palestinian Authority. </blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr">Mahmoud Ziyad Abu Al-Haija (محمود زياد أبو الهيجاء מחמוד זיאד אבו אלהיג'א) was a Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades terrorist. Mahmoud fired at the IDF. The forces returned fire and eliminated the terrorist.<br><br>Mahmoud was buried in his Hamas uniform.<br><br>The Mustafa Barghouti whitewashing… <a href="https://t.co/YpRMfrTSsV">https://t.co/YpRMfrTSsV</a> <a href="https://t.co/6E9g15nXsf">pic.twitter.com/6E9g15nXsf</a></p>— GnasherJew®גנאשר (@GnasherJew) <a href="https://twitter.com/GnasherJew/status/1768486224090812906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-792129">IDF finds bomb in vehicle at Tzofim checkpoint, arrests four suspects</a>
<blockquote>IDF arrested four suspects at the Tzofim checkpoint after finding a bomb in their vehicle, the IDF said on Friday.
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Soldiers who were operating at the checkpoint stopped the vehicle and, after searching it, found the explosive device on the side of the car door.
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After conducting a further search, photos of weapons were also found on the suspect's phones.
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The suspects have been arrested and transferred for further investigation.
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Further IDF arrests<br>
In addition to the four arrested, Shin Bet arrested 14 wanted people on Thursday night throughout the area of Judea and Samaria.
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According to the IDF, in the villages of Arraba in Northern Israel and Tulkarm in the West Bank, five wanted people were also arrested.
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Those arrested had all their weapons confiscated from them, while no IDF soldiers were injured in the process.
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Since the beginning of the war, approximately 3,500 wanted persons have been arrested, over 1,500 of whom are associated with the terrorist organization Hamas, the IDF said. </blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WATCH?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WATCH</a>: <br><br>The footage of the attempted break in to Eldad by two Palestinian terrorists. IDF acted quickly, Impressive. <a href="https://t.co/x32ag70dHa">https://t.co/x32ag70dHa</a> <a href="https://t.co/iNaizOa1fp">pic.twitter.com/iNaizOa1fp</a></p>— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) <a href="https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/1768586023573897451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-probe-palestinian-gunman-killed-gazans-waiting-for-aid-no-army-fire-at-all/">IDF probe: Palestinian gunmen killed Gazans waiting for aid, no army fire at all</a>
<blockquote>The IDF says that last night, Palestinian gunmen opened fire at Gazan civilians waiting for aid at Kuwait Square in Gaza City, leading to casualties. It says IDF troops did not open fire at any stage during the incident.
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According to the IDF’s probe, a convoy of 31 trucks containing food and other humanitarian aid for civilians made its way to northern Gaza.
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An hour before the convoy arrived at an IDF-established corridor, armed Palestinians opened fire while civilians were waiting for the aid trucks, the probe finds.
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“As aid trucks were entering [the corridor], the Palestinian gunmen continued to shoot as the crowd of Gazans began looting the trucks,” the IDF says, adding that it also identified several civilians who had been run over by the trucks.
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Hamas health officials said at least 21 people were killed and more than 150 were wounded in the incident.
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The IDF says that after conducting an “intensive preliminary review,” it found that “the IDF did not open fire at the aid convoy at Kuwait Square.”
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“A review of our operational systems and IDF troops [on the ground] found that no tank shelling, airstrike or gunfire was carried out toward the Gazan crowd in the area of the aid convoy,” the military says.
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The IDF adds that it is continuing to investigate the incident.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a>: <br><br>The IDF reports that Palestinian gunmen fired at civilians waiting for aid at Kuwait Square in Gaza City last night, resulting in casualties. IDF troops did not fire during the incident.<br><br>As per the IDF's investigation, a convoy of 31 trucks carrying food and… <a href="https://t.co/tpui5zwxWd">https://t.co/tpui5zwxWd</a></p>— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) <a href="https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/1768585030412976318?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Full IDF English statement:<br><br>About an hour before the entry of the aid convoy last night, Palestinian gunmen were seen opening fire in the midst of a crowd of Gazan civilians. We emphasize that there was no opening of fire by IDF forces at the aid convoy in Kuwait Square. The IDF…</p>— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeTruzman/status/1768683729084625028?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Approximately one hour before the arrival of the convoy to the humanitarian corridor, armed Palestinians opened fire while Gazan civilians were awaiting the arrival of the aid convoy. As aid trucks were entering, the Palestinian gunmen continued to >></p>— דובר צה״ל דניאל הגרי - Daniel Hagari (@IDFSpokesperson) <a href="https://twitter.com/IDFSpokesperson/status/1768604103024779506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A review of our operational systems and IDF forces on the ground found that no tank fire, air-strike or gunfire was carried out toward the Gazan civilians at the aid convoy.<br><br>The IDF is continuing to review the incident >></p>— דובר צה״ל דניאל הגרי - Daniel Hagari (@IDFSpokesperson) <a href="https://twitter.com/IDFSpokesperson/status/1768604106661273904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">As a result, on the first Friday of the month of Ramadan, a smear campaign was created with the aim of spreading baseless misinformation for the sake of instigating violence in other arenas.</p>— דובר צה״ל דניאל הגרי - Daniel Hagari (@IDFSpokesperson) <a href="https://twitter.com/IDFSpokesperson/status/1768604110591340608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Palestinian gunmen opened fire on Palestinian civilians waiting for humanitarian aid.<br><br>Then the Palestinian propaganda machine went into overdrive to blame the IDF. <br><br>Now the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza has added the victims to its casualty count and blames the IDF for… <a href="https://t.co/4N09FOmNwf">pic.twitter.com/4N09FOmNwf</a></p>— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) <a href="https://twitter.com/AvivaKlompas/status/1768613576397172811?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is how the United Nations launders information for Hamas.<br><br>What it DOESN'T tell you is the "Hamas commander" Israel "says" was targeted was involved in hijacking humanitarian aid and diverting it away from civilians in need. Because that would make <a href="https://twitter.com/UNRWA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UNRWA</a> look bad. <a href="https://t.co/yoAFBu9DVE">pic.twitter.com/yoAFBu9DVE</a></p>— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) <a href="https://twitter.com/EylonALevy/status/1768637259241116047?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This never happened.<br><br>Once again, <a href="https://twitter.com/SkyNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SkyNews</a> has rushed to copy-paste a Hamas press release as a headline, while Israel "denies" it. Not waiting for the facts. Not investigating itself. Just taking a Hamas talking point and covering up it's a Hamas talking point. <br><br>Unprofessional. <a href="https://t.co/K8oAwM3lHR">pic.twitter.com/K8oAwM3lHR</a></p>— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) <a href="https://twitter.com/EylonALevy/status/1768630219466854532?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Last night, Palestinian gunmen opened fire at Palestinian civilians waiting for the arrival of a humanitarian convoy in northern Gaza. Hamas immediately blamed Israel.<br>Naturally, mainstream media ran with Hamas's version of the story. <a href="https://t.co/RFPgjZDTzn">pic.twitter.com/RFPgjZDTzn</a></p>— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/IsraelWarRoom/status/1768659667029315888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/03/14/biden-blundering-into-another-middle-east-war/">The Challenges of Providing Aid to Gaza</a>
<blockquote> One of the key contributing factors to the suffering of Palestinians caught up in the Gaza conflict are the numerous difficulties aid convoys are experiencing in their efforts to provide adequate humanitarian relief.
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Whether it is the rigorous checks being applied by the IDF, who are rightly concerned about weaponry and other supplies being diverted to Hamas, or desperate Palestinians looting the convoys the moment they enter Gaza, ensuring an orderly and even distribution of food and medicine to those in need is proving to be enormously challenging.
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The Israeli government insists that more than 14,000 trucks of aid have entered Gaza in the five months since the conflict started, more than sufficient to keep endemic hunger at bay.
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Claims that Palestinians are dying of starvation are bitterly rejected by Israel.
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Much of the data being provided by humanitarian groups to support the contention Gaza faces widespread famine is being provided by Hamas itself, whose primary goal is to discredit both Israel and its allies.</blockquote>
<A href=https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/03/the_temporary_pier_and_the_question_of_why.html>The Temporary Pier and the Question of Why</a>
<blockquote>Since Oct. 7, 2023, external humanitarian aid has primarily had to enter the Gaza Strip via the land crossing at Rafah, which is run by Egypt.
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Gen. Abdel Fatteh El-Sisi, the ruler of Egypt for the past decade, is as committed as Israel to the goal of keeping arms out of the hands of terrorists, so Israel trusts his government in Egypt to vet these shipments and ensure that armaments aren’t smuggled in among the convoys of food and beverages that cross every day.
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Neither Israel nor Egypt have put a limit on the number of trucks that can enter at Rafah, and the Gaza Strip is not a particularly big place – it’s only about twice the size of Washington D.C., in fact. One entrance with unlimited trucks is quite sufficient to bring in aid for such a small area.
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But ever since Hamas’s horrific attacks on Israel on October 7 that started this long-needed police action, the global anti-Israel lobby has declared that they need another way to bring in humanitarian aid – one outside Egypt. They need a seaport, they tell us, to bring in aid directly from the Mediterranean.
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Why?
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The answer is obvious. The terrorists of Hamas and their fellow travelers have allies in Cyprus, Turkey, Greece, Iran, and the United Nations. Anyone else who might ship cargo to Gaza would – intentionally – have weaker security checkpoints than Egypt has.
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There’s a reason, after all, why Israel hasn’t been allowing relief vessels to serve Gaza, and it dates back to long before October 7. Israel has frequently caught weapons caches being smuggled into Gaza by sea in the past – always under the guise of humanitarian aid.
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This isn’t Israel being mean or suspicious; this is Israel learning from experience, and acknowledging reality.
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If the West wants to get food, medicine, and beverages into Gaza, all they have to do is send it to Rafah, and Egypt will make sure it gets there.
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But Hamas doesn’t want Western food, medicine and beverages. Hamas wants weapons.</blockquote>
What's Going on With Shipping? : US Army Sets Sail on Some Slow Boats to Gaza
<blockquote>March 13, 2024<br>
In this episode, Sal Mercogliano - maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner - discusses the deployment of five US army watercraft to Gaza and the preparation to load a Ready Reserve Force cargo ship with causeways.</blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So the landing craft are off of Charleston now <a href="https://t.co/BsgXriOfrk">pic.twitter.com/BsgXriOfrk</a></p>— Seth Frantzman (@sfrantzman) <a href="https://twitter.com/sfrantzman/status/1768591301233062169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Col. Elad Goren, head of our civilian affairs dept, delivered a briefing at the Kerem Shalom crossing. He discussed Israel's ongoing humanitarian efforts & highlighted the considerable measures implemented in recent months to enhance humanitarian aid inspection and facilitation. <a href="https://t.co/KJHpxGXspu">pic.twitter.com/KJHpxGXspu</a></p>— COGAT (@cogatonline) <a href="https://twitter.com/cogatonline/status/1768290855834497126?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🚛244 humanitarian aid trucks were inspected and transferred to Gaza today (Mar. 14). <br><br>44 aid trucks can be inspected in one hour in both Crossings combined. <br>Coordinate aid, we will facilitate. There is no limit. <a href="https://t.co/uE3LIkjZ2b">pic.twitter.com/uE3LIkjZ2b</a></p>— COGAT (@cogatonline) <a href="https://twitter.com/cogatonline/status/1768349819704086637?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Since the beginning of March, an average of 126 food trucks entered Gaza daily. This is 80% more food trucks entering compared to before Oct. 7.<br>500 trucks entered Gaza daily before Oct. 7, carrying building, agriculture and industrial supplies; only an average of 70 carried food <a href="https://t.co/PA3Izbd05R">pic.twitter.com/PA3Izbd05R</a></p>— COGAT (@cogatonline) <a href="https://twitter.com/cogatonline/status/1768565827031216375?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<A href=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/brother-of-naama-levy-i-cant-help-feeling-that-i-failed-to-keep-her-safe-hohsffts>Brother of Naama Levy: ‘I can’t help feeling that I failed to keep her safe’</a>
<blockquote>The older brother of 19-year-old hostage Naama Levy has said the possibility that his sister has been sexually assaulted is “a fear that I go to sleep with every night and wake up with every morning.”
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Amit Levy, 21, shared Naama’s story during a meeting with MPs at Westminster, joining a delegation of hostages’ family members to continue to keep the issue of the hostages at the top of the UK government’s agenda.
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Naama, who Amit called a “gentle and loving soul” and “the kindest person I know”, was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nahal Oz on October 7. Amit's voice cracked as he said: “You’ve probably seen the video of Naama being dragged by the hair, hands bound, into a jeep at gunpoint somewhere in Gaza.”
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In the widely circulated video from that fateful day, Naama’s grey sweatpants appear stained with blood around the crotch area, which has convinced many that Naama — along with countless other October 7 victims — were subjected to sexual violence.
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“It’s very, very hard to stay optimistic,” said Amit. “My mom can’t sleep and everyone is worried sick about what Naama, as a teenager, may be going through.”
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“I can’t help but feel that I failed to keep her safe. I can’t imagine the horrors she must be going through every day and with every passing hour. This situation is a nightmare for my family personally and for many other families, but it’s also a historic moment for the world, and we all must stand on the right side of history. The clock is ticking. Every minute the hostages stay in Gaza is too long. Time is running out for them. Please help us bring my sister back.”</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A powerful moment from former hostage Itay Regev’s speech at the British parliament. <a href="https://t.co/b7pUkLi105">pic.twitter.com/b7pUkLi105</a></p>— Elad Simchayoff (@Elad_Si) <a href="https://twitter.com/Elad_Si/status/1768575184619921469?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Dave Rubin’s Reaction to Seeing the 47-Minute Hamas Unreleased Attack Footage
<blockquote>Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” describes his emotional reaction to seeing Israel’s 47-minute reel of raw footage of Hamas’ October 7 attacks and what he has learned about the risk of Hezbollah attacks from Lebanon.</blockquote>
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<A href=https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bkr63dbra>Over 250,000 Israelis evacuated their homes amid war, report says</a>
<blockquote>Amid the ongoing war in Gaza, 250,000 Israeli residents evacuated their homes. Some 164,000 were instructed or recommended to evacuate under government compensation, and between 100,000 to 150,000 people evacuated without being asked to by the government.
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February saw a sharp decline in the number of evacuees staying in hotels: at the beginning of the month, 46,000 evacuees resided in hotels, and by March 9, about 29,000 evacuees stayed – marking a 137% decrease. Most of southern Israel’s residents left hotels, and currently, less than 10,000 of them still stay.
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These figures come from an internal governmental report written by Israel’s Information and Knowledge Center aimed at supporting the country’s home front in emergencies. The institute is technologically supported by the National Digital Agency. The report details the evacuees’ situation as a result of the war, relying, among other things, on information from the IDF Home Front Command.
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According to the report, as of the start of 2024, the government issues evacuation plans for eligible communities in which a total of 127,000 Israelis reside, with the aim of presenting the main trends seen in February and early March, as well as overviewing the current situation in southern Israel - where the government encourages residents to return to their homes via grants.
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The report’s main points indicate that most of the evacuees from Sderot left hotels due to the government’s financial incentives and the announcement the school year would open as usual – with schools in the city reaching a 50% attendance rate since the beginning of March.</blockquote>
<A href=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-792023>Gazan women, teens took part in Hamas's October 7 attacks on Israel - report</a>
<blockquote>As investigations continue to find evidence of who participated in Hamas's October 7 attack, it was found that women and teens were involved in both the attacks and kidnappings of hostages, according to a Makor Rishon report.
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Since the devastating attacks on October 7, there has been much investigation into who was involved. One of the leaders of the investigation in the Israel Police's Unit of International Crime Investigations, Alex Namirovski, related his efforts to collect concrete evidence, hoping that the justice system would be able to use it to indict those who are suspects.
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According to Namirovski, those currently detained are "teenagers, aged 17 or 16. Some adults are also close to the age of sixty."
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"There were also women who assisted in the kidnappings, guarded the hostages, and helped the terrorists. Women participated on October 7, although there were not many," Namirovski continued.
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How to indict terrorists who were involved on October 7 <br>
Israel has been faced with the issue of how to prosecute the terrorists who were involved in the attack. For example, there is currently a lack of evidence when it comes to proving sexual assault.
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"On the issue of sexual assault, we do not have concrete evidence because most of the victims were probably murdered," Namrvoski explained.
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Due to this lack of concrete evidence, Namirovski also mentioned the difficulty of differentiating between which terrorists were involved, as there were many on the scene, and it is difficult to know which terrorist did the act of shooting.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ONE SMALL OCT 7 RESTITUTION<br><br>IDF soldier in Gaza recovers Pesach (Passover) Seder Plate which was stolen by Hamas terrorists from an Israeli home on October 7.<br><br>Aside from kidnapping, murder and rape, the Gazans also engaged in a great deal of theft on Oct 7. <a href="https://t.co/QCX3csmr4w">pic.twitter.com/QCX3csmr4w</a></p>— Australian Jewish Association (@AustralianJA) <a href="https://twitter.com/AustralianJA/status/1768436929258020909?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I like our pins better. 😎<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AmYisraelChai?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AmYisraelChai</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StandWithIsrael?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StandWithIsrael</a> <a href="https://t.co/tmslNERVge">pic.twitter.com/tmslNERVge</a></p>— The Persian Jewess (@persianjewess) <a href="https://twitter.com/persianjewess/status/1768550420492808382?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Contact <a href="https://twitter.com/netflix?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@netflix</a> and request this documentary be made available:<br><br>Supernova: Music Festival <br>Massacre <br><br>Link: <a href="https://t.co/hqQo3W3h9s">https://t.co/hqQo3W3h9s</a><br><br>No login required.<br>Takes seconds, submit and share. <a href="https://t.co/UhkDZpLwRt">pic.twitter.com/UhkDZpLwRt</a></p>— Corrected Media (@correctedmedia) <a href="https://twitter.com/correctedmedia/status/1767933839605653882?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Visiting the site of the Nova music festival massacre — harrowing & horrifying. On 10/7/23, more than 350 innocent people were slaughtered in cold blood here by Hamas terrorists. These photos now mark what was once the victims’ dance floor. Look at their faces, please: <a href="https://t.co/K5tZyB7YIs">pic.twitter.com/K5tZyB7YIs</a></p>— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) <a href="https://twitter.com/guypbenson/status/1768352306049716631?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is Alona Tzur, who hid under this tree for 7 hours after Hamas attacked the Nova Party on October 7th.<br><br>5 months later, she came back to where she thought she would be raped & murdered. <br><br>She is singing with joy how she won & also the song "He who believes, is not afraid" <a href="https://t.co/d6EKtCSlau">pic.twitter.com/d6EKtCSlau</a></p>— Documenting Israel (@DocumentIsrael) <a href="https://twitter.com/DocumentIsrael/status/1768527706797277309?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<A href=https://san.com/cc/us-funding-pause-to-unrwa-could-become-permanent/>US funding pause to UNRWA could become permanent</a>
<blockquote>U.S. officials are preparing for a potential permanent halt in American funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Funding from the U.S. and several other Western nations was suspended in January, following allegations of UNRWA staff involvement in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel.
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UNRWA is presently under investigation regarding the allegations.
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Representative Brian Mast, R-Fla, claimed that UNRWA “masquerades as a relief organization while building the infrastructure to support Hamas… it is literally funneling American tax dollars to terrorism.”
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As the largest donor to UNRWA, providing $300-400 million annually, the U.S. aims to await the investigation’s results before reconsidering funding.
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A spokesperson for the agency stressed UNRWA’s broader role beyond Gaza, encompassing health care, education and social services in East Jerusalem, the West Bank, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.
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Even if U.S. funding resumes funding, only $300,000 in appropriated funds would be released without congressional approval.
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A U.S. congressional bill, which includes aid to Israel and Ukraine, carries a provision that blocks UNRWA funding, and it is supported by President Biden’s administration.
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UNRWA is currently conducting an independent review. Earlier this year, the agency terminated a dozen employees over allegations of ties to Hamas. According to a recent UNRWA report, some employees claim they were coerced by Israel into making false statements linking the agency to Hamas.
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Sweden and Canada have pledged to restart their contributions to UNRWA.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-792116">Australian Jewish community responds to country's resumption of UNRWA funding</a>
<blockquote>The Australia/Israel & Jewish Affair Council (AIJAC) and the Zionist Federation of Australia (ZFA) criticized the Australian government’s decision to resume funding UNRWA on Friday.
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The AIJAC voiced its “grave disappointment” at the decision. The organization's executive director, Colin Rubenstein, said, “Funding for needy Palestinians must, of course, be supplied urgently, but this can and should have been done through alternative agencies to UNRWA,” such as the “UN World Food Programme,” with which Israel is already cooperating to bring aid into Gaza.
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He highlighted the dangers behind the decision, stating, “The reckless decision to resume UNRWA funding now risks both inadvertently assisting Hamas, a banned terrorist group, and undermining Australia’s own foreign policy goals for the Middle East.”
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Rubenstein also noted the discrepancy in the Australian government’s actions. While in its Friday statement, it welcomed the investigations regarding allegations that UNRWA staff participated in the October 7 massacre, it reinstated funding for the organization before investigations were completed.
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He remarked on the “ample evidence” that illustrates UNRWA affiliations with Hamas, terrorism, and incitement to terror. This “deliberately perpetuates and exacerbates the Palestinian refugee problem over multiple generations, rather than helping resettle Palestinian families in permanent homes, and thus undermines the prospect of a Palestinian state living in peace alongside Israel in the future," he added.
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ZFA slams Australian government<br>
The Zionist Federation of Australia issued a similar statement, with President Jeremy Leibler stating, “We are deeply concerned that a resumption of funding to UNRWA may be wholly counterproductive” to aiding civilians in Gaza.
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“If that funding ultimately strengthens Hamas, as it has in the past, it will only extend this war and the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza,” he explained.
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He referred to attempts made by the US, “UNRWA’s largest donor,” to find an alternative conduit for aid that does not involve the organization nor bolster Hamas.
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Leibler also dismissed the Australian government’s suggestions that Israel was baring aid from entering the Gaza Strip. “This is demonstrably false,” he stated before adding, “Israel has been encouraging donor states to send additional aid and has committed to facilitating its entry into Gaza.”
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“The best future for Gazans is one without Hamas, and that includes preventing aid going to any organization that is complicit with this terrorist organization,” Leibler concluded.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Shameful 🇦🇺:<br>Australia openly says the country will use loopholes to shield itself from prosecution while resuming funding to <a href="https://twitter.com/UNRWA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UNRWA</a> which is now associated with terrorism<br><br>The Foreign Minister now has a look-away policy re: terrorism..<br><br>"I don’t know what I don’t know" - "What I… <a href="https://t.co/ITBXxwIqic">pic.twitter.com/ITBXxwIqic</a></p>— Ron M. (@Jewtastic) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jewtastic/status/1768517183498535231?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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‘Disgraceful move’: Albanese government reinstates funding to UNRWA
<blockquote>Australian Jewish Association President Dr David Adler has criticised the Albanese government over its move to reinstate funding to UNRWA.
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Mr Adler called the move from the government “outrageous” and “disgraceful”.
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Australia was among a dozen other donor countries that froze funding to the Palestinian aid agency after evidence emerged that some of its workers had been part of the October 7 Hamas terror attacks.
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“There has been overwhelming evidence that Hamas and UNRWA are closely integrated ... there [were] active participants of the October 7 massacre employed by UNRWA,” Mr Adler told Sky News host Erin Molan.
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“This is a dreadful move by our government.”</blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">MEDIA STATEMENT – LABOR RESTORES UNRWA FUNDING<br><br>The Australian Jewish Association (AJA) is outraged that Labor has announced the resumption of Australian taxpayer funding for UNRWA (UN Relief and Works Agency), despite mounting evidence of the use of UNRWA facilities by Hamas and… <a href="https://t.co/yDaw55b5gm">pic.twitter.com/yDaw55b5gm</a></p>— Australian Jewish Association (@AustralianJA) <a href="https://twitter.com/AustralianJA/status/1768479448272441555?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There is no excuse for this. <br><br>Labor knows that there is a good chance that Australian taxpayer dollars will now be used to kill Jews. <br><br>They have complete disregard for Jews and for Israel and will throw the Jews under a bus to pick up a few extra votes. <a href="https://t.co/ytUrJNermE">pic.twitter.com/ytUrJNermE</a></p>— Australian Jewish Association (@AustralianJA) <a href="https://twitter.com/AustralianJA/status/1768511572681650599?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Dear Sen <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisVanHollen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChrisVanHollen</a>:<br>From one Marylander to another, let me explain to you how things work in Gaza. No matter how much aid goes into the strip, Hamas fears that distribution without its control allows for the emergence of alternative patronage networks that can compete with,… <a href="https://t.co/ij2DVXyQTm">https://t.co/ij2DVXyQTm</a></p>— Hussain Abdul-Hussain (@hahussain) <a href="https://twitter.com/hahussain/status/1768390503911837970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/melaniejoly?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@melaniejoly</a> Why are you embracing Mahmoud Abbas who just in September was condemned by the Mayor of Paris for denying the Holocaust? <a href="https://t.co/ZqMAUrWKnl">https://t.co/ZqMAUrWKnl</a><br>Who is now in the 20th year of his 4-year term?<br>As a Canadian, you shame us for embracing a Holocaust denying despot. <a href="https://t.co/9AmmitchcB">https://t.co/9AmmitchcB</a></p>— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/status/1768409393312497823?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It’s is unconscionable that Teachers at Dawson here in Montreal are hosting an all day event raising money for Hamas Rapists and murders - UNWRA has been proven to be a Hamas front. <a href="https://t.co/T6kcrBxQLj">pic.twitter.com/T6kcrBxQLj</a></p>— Elisheva Ysabella Hazan (@ysabellahazan) <a href="https://twitter.com/ysabellahazan/status/1768328222318510289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Call Me Back PodCast: <a href="https://ricochet.com/podcast/call-me-back/the-sobering-of-the-israeli-left-with-dr-einat-wilf/">The Sobering of the Israeli Left – with Dr. Einat Wilf</a>
<blockquote>Hosted by Dan Senor<br>
Since October 7, we have heard from more and more friends in Israel who came of age — politically — in the 1990s. Some of these friends were key political figures on the Israeli Left and were committed to working on a two-state solution as the final resolution to achieve regional peace.
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Dr. Einat Wilf joins us to discuss the sobering of many of these figures and what it means for Israel’s future. Einat also discusses an essay she penned for Sapir journal about the tendency of activists in other countries to project their political debates on Israel — something happening today — however disconnected from Israel those debates may be. Her essay is called “How Not to Think About the Conflict” and it can be found <A href=http://sapirjournal.org/social-justice/2021/04/how-not-to-think-about-the-conflict/>here:</a>
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Einat was born and raised in Israel. She was an Intelligence Officer in the IDF. She has worked for McKinsey. She was Foreign Policy Advisor to Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres and an advisor to Yossi Beilin, who was Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Dr. Wilf was a member of the Israeli Parliament (the Knesset) in the early 2010s, where she served as Chair of the Education Committee and Member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.
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She has a BA from Harvard, an MBA from INSEAD in France, and a PhD in Political Science from the University of Cambridge. She was a Visiting Professor at Georgetown University and is a lecturer at Reichman University in Israel.
Einat is the author of seven books that explore key issues in Israeli society. “We Should All Be Zionists“, published in 2022, brings together her essays from the past four years on Israel, Zionism and the path to peace; and she co-authored “The War of Return: How Western Indulgence of the Palestinian Dream Has Obstructed the Path to Peace”, which was published in 2020.<br>
<A href=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-war-of-return-adi-schwartz/1131959248?ean=9781250364845>“THE WAR OF RETURN”</a>
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Question Time | 14th March 2024
<blockquote>Fiona Bruce presents an hour of topical debate from Liverpool. On the panel, from the government, Lee Rowley MP, minister in the Department for Levelling-Up, Housing and Communities; Jonathan Reynolds MP, who is Labour’s shadow Business and Trade Secretary; the Scottish National Party’s Westminster leader, Stephen Flynn MP; the broadcaster Ayesha Hazarika, who was an adviser to the Labour Party; and the commentator Melanie Phillips. </blockquote>
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Defending Israel with David Harris: Batya Ungar-Sargon
<blockquote>Batya Ungar-Sargon author, journalist and freelance writer discusses the world’s response following the events of October 7th and the rise of antisemitism with David Harris.</blockquote>
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The Israel Guys: Why the Health Ministry Is Lying About This
<blockquote>Since the beginning of the war, Gaza’s Health Ministry has been casually throwing out numbers of those killed in the conflict with surprising regularity. Since the Health Ministry is controlled by Hamas, and they have proven themselves to be inaccurate in past conflicts, one would think that no one would take them at face value. Mainstream media has been quoting this corrupt organization since the beginning of the war without any caveats. This is misleading at best, and propaganda at worst.
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On today’s episode, we dive into the numbers put forth by the Gaza Health Ministry. A casual look will both shock and alarm you. Has Israel really killed 30,000 Palestinians in Gaza since October 7th? All of this, and much more on today’s program. </blockquote>
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Hamas deal proposes ‘females, sick, injured and children’ for ‘700 to 1,000’ prisoners
<blockquote>Foreign correspondent Sarah Coates says a proposal by Hamas for a hostage release would see “females, sick, injured and children released from the Gaza Strip” in exchange for “700 to 1,000 Palestinian prisoners”.
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“According to Reuters, it would seem a proposal by Hamas for a hostage release and also a ceasefire plan … would see females, sick, injured and children released from the Gaza Strip, these hostages, in exchange for some 700 to 1,000 Palestinian prisoners,” Ms Coates told Sky News host Erin Molan.
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“It will be during this first phase that they discuss a ceasefire.
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“Still no response yet from the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, but he has been calling these demands by Hamas ridiculous, really vowing to finish the job inside Gaza.
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“We’re still waiting for a response from Israel, but certainly seems as though there could be a little bit of movement on this.”</blockquote>
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‘Disgusting thing to do’: Jonathan Glazer under fire over Oscars speech
<blockquote>Newsweek opinion editor Batya Ungar-Sargon has expressed outrage over ‘The Zone of Interest’ director Jonathan Glazer for his divisive Oscars speech.
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Ms Ungar-Sargon called the speech “disgusting”.
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“I want you to understand why so many Jews were so horrified by what he said,” she told Sky News host James Morrow.
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“He said that he ‘refutes his Jewishness and the Holocaust’ being used to justify the occupation.
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“First of all who is doing that, nobody is out there saying because there was a Holocaust therefore Israel can mistreat Palestinians. No one says that.
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“He is giving sucker and comfort to the anti-Semites saying, there are all these bad Jews out there, you’re right and I am the good Jew.
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“What a disgusting thing to do after winning an award for a Holocaust movie.”</blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Co-sign. 🇮🇱 <a href="https://t.co/jgyvIsMeyE">pic.twitter.com/jgyvIsMeyE</a></p>— Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenFettermanPA/status/1768404519845605623?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Representative Ilhan Omar is calling Jake Sullivan's integrity into question because he reported on Hamas' unwillingness to release hostages.<br><br>The only question I have is, does Omar seriously doubt that Hamas would act in that manner or is she purposely playing dumb?<br><br>Hamas is a… <a href="https://t.co/SSbm39N5Ob">pic.twitter.com/SSbm39N5Ob</a></p>— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) <a href="https://twitter.com/HenMazzig/status/1768342519530615132?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">AJA Exclusive: DON’T ALLOW EXTREMISM TO FESTER IN AUSTRALIA<br><br>by Rabbi Yossi Engel<br><br>Adelaide, South Australia<br><br>On Sunday March 3, in Adelaide, hundreds of Christian and other non-Jews, joined the Adelaide Jewish community, to stand up against anti-Semitism, which has recently…</p>— Australian Jewish Association (@AustralianJA) <a href="https://twitter.com/AustralianJA/status/1768417954260251037?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">AJA in the Jewish Report - The Middle East conflict is disrupting Australia's multicultural harmony<br><br>Pick up your copy of the Jewish Report at many Kosher stores and supermarkets in Sydney and Melbourne. <a href="https://t.co/b0fJLZGUWp">pic.twitter.com/b0fJLZGUWp</a></p>— Australian Jewish Association (@AustralianJA) <a href="https://twitter.com/AustralianJA/status/1768453877161136608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wonder how many people know that pro-Palestinian groups like Free Palestine Melbourne oppose 2 State Solution with Jews & Palestinians living side by side in peace?<br><br>Rather they want to destroy Israel & take it all, including Judaism’s holiest site Jerusalem<br><br>That’s not peace <a href="https://t.co/znCqTRjfSl">pic.twitter.com/znCqTRjfSl</a></p>— Menachem Vorchheimer (@MenachemV) <a href="https://twitter.com/MenachemV/status/1768439701890064844?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">LOCAL ACTIVISTS: TERRORISM (IN AUSTRALIA) IS JUSTIFIED RESISTANCE. <br>SHORT CLIP<br><br>Is the Indigenous First Nations Aboriginal movement in Australia being co-opted and hijacked by radical Islamists and Pro-Palesitnian Hamas activists?<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/auspol?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#auspol</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hamas?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Hamas</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Israel?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Israel</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Palestine?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Palestine</a> <a href="https://t.co/W2JptoY29C">pic.twitter.com/W2JptoY29C</a></p>— 🚨 Kofy Time (@kofy_time) <a href="https://twitter.com/kofy_time/status/1768522478480167351?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.thejc.com/news/usa/pro-palestine-protesters-swarm-new-york-times-for-reporting-hamas-rape-lies-q0vlztqy">Pro-Palestine protesters swarm New York Times for reporting Hamas rapes</a>
<blockquote>Over 100 pro-Palestine protesters were arrested on Thursday for swarming The New York Times headquarters in midtown Manhattan several hours after surrounding the paper’s printing facilities in Queens, according to ABC7 News.
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Organised by the Palestinian Youth Movement, the 150-strong group were protesting over the left-leaning paper’s coverage of Israel’s offensive in Gaza.
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The demonstrators held signs that read “Lies” in the Times’ trademark font, chanted “New York Times you can’t hide, we charge you with genocide,” and handed out fake versions of the paper retitled “New York War Crimes.”
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The parody paper’s website features articles by pro-Palestine writers and activists, with one article that says: “And then you have The New York Times pumping out nonsense: whatever it is that the Israeli military spokesman or Netanyahu’s media person wants the story of the day to be. So, the International Court of Justice is meeting, and the rape story is released. Whatever is happening, a story gets released by Israel and fed to this outlet, such that this is the story that hits the front page – rather than whatever it is Israel wants to cover up.”
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“Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians,” another article read. “The New York Times, however, would like its readers to believe that this is not the case. The Times presents the dead as the unfortunate toll of a just war to rid the world of evil.”
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According to the NYPD, 124 of the protesters were taken into custody for disorderly conduct.
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The incident came just hours after demonstrators blocked trucks from entering the Times’ printing facility in Queens by obstructing the roads with debris at around 1am, according to ABC7. They held signs that read: "Stop the presses. Free Palestine" and "Consent for genocide is manufactured here.”</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Over 100 Pro-Palestinian protesters have been arrested today after they stormed The New York Times's lobby.<br><br>They were infuriated over The Times's in-depth investigation of Hamas' sexual crimes committed on October 7th and claimed that the newspaper "manufactured consent of… <a href="https://t.co/8tedaoRBI5">pic.twitter.com/8tedaoRBI5</a></p>— Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) <a href="https://twitter.com/HenMazzig/status/1768355008704078043?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"Shame!" Pro-palestine protesters chant as the speaker says: "The freelancer they hired is in an ex IDF Soldier with no journalistic experience" <a href="https://t.co/PyqWFb1XxU">pic.twitter.com/PyqWFb1XxU</a></p>— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) <a href="https://twitter.com/ScooterCasterNY/status/1768299935978430786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"Maccy Maccy shame shame"<br><br>"McDonalds gives the IOF Happy meals every time they kill children"<br><br>If only there was mobilisation like this for the million held in Chinese concentration camps... <a href="https://t.co/c8pqVPH8HC">pic.twitter.com/c8pqVPH8HC</a></p>— Harry's Place (@hurryupharry) <a href="https://twitter.com/hurryupharry/status/1768626467364040704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 15, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Free Palestine 'Human rights activist' has spent her Ramadan morning celebrating the death of young women..<br><br>This is who they are. It's not the exception - It's the rule. I said what I said. 🇵🇸 <a href="https://t.co/4nwxNjhgvW">pic.twitter.com/4nwxNjhgvW</a></p>— Ron M. (@Jewtastic) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jewtastic/status/1768405836802748697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What Palpatinians thinks of Q*ueers for Palpatine!?<br><br>👉Iraqi 🇮🇶 & stand with Israel 🇮🇱💙✡️ <a href="https://t.co/mNc8tk5mtZ">pic.twitter.com/mNc8tk5mtZ</a></p>— Hayder Alasadi 海得 (@1AlasadiHayder) <a href="https://twitter.com/1AlasadiHayder/status/1768073671867093052?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<p> </p>Ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024690260923786342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933777.post-30032277605805327672024-03-15T10:25:00.001-04:002024-03-15T10:25:00.142-04:00As bad as things are for Jews in the US, it's much worse in Western Europe<div>My<a href="https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2024/03/hate-crimes-against-jews-in-us-cities.html"> last post</a> surveyed the huge uptick in antisemitism in the US in the past few months.</div><div><br /></div><div>But if you want to know how thing will look into the future, look at Western Europe. Because everything that happens to Jews there ends up happening to Jews in the US afterwards. </div><div><br /></div><div>SkyNews has a<a href="https://news.sky.com/story/its-got-much-worse-jewish-people-in-belgium-say-friends-have-packed-bags-ready-to-flee-amid-spike-in-antisemitism-13094652"> depressing video feature</a> of how bad things are for the Jews in Belgium nowadays.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='465' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyCaQqQD708Hx5H7AzTNPhFwDbxA4BHtI10iHnaZUM7A_9PhxWq-k9aXxIpckg39dr7CyxEC-vqha0' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div><blockquote><div><br />A Holocaust survivor in Belgium says she knows Jewish people who have packed their bags ready to flee amid a spike in antisemitism.</div><div><br /></div><div>Regina Sluszny, 84, from Antwerp, says incidents have rocketed since the outbreak of the latest conflict between Israel and Hamas.</div><div><br /></div><div>"In Antwerp, the Jews are much more visible with these black coats and big hats, and bunches of boys go by, and they just try to throw the hat on the floor, or when they drive with the bicycle, they try to push them from the bicycle," Ms Sluszny says.</div><div><br /></div><div>"We really feel it - that it's much, much worse than it was before."</div><div><br /></div><div>Ms Sluszny says some people are so scared, they've packed bags in case they have to flee.</div></blockquote><div></div><div>A text graphic in one of the videos, not mentioned in the article, says that Sluszny had been discussing her family history in Belgian schools for years - but this year teachers found this Holocaust survivor's presence to be "offensive."</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdaCn5vkFaHSZgXuTkhb9jVYZ5ZUOHlxqn3mva5BKD9vzs-pOT7i23R4bl_GOhDrHB80aGzrhrsjI2plYqzDb7X-LPNeqjLzwNx9XERc4sU0O6oGc9AFABXWIi-3DDkWu0J3x8LrVbhuJeA6HGtwRAxQxIIDfF4b2t9Hli_iKQpkWYv1I5GXcQ2A/s1073/sluz.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1019" data-original-width="1073" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdaCn5vkFaHSZgXuTkhb9jVYZ5ZUOHlxqn3mva5BKD9vzs-pOT7i23R4bl_GOhDrHB80aGzrhrsjI2plYqzDb7X-LPNeqjLzwNx9XERc4sU0O6oGc9AFABXWIi-3DDkWu0J3x8LrVbhuJeA6HGtwRAxQxIIDfF4b2t9Hli_iKQpkWYv1I5GXcQ2A/w371-h353/sluz.png" width="371" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>In France, already a scary place for Jews, <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240125-anti-semitic-acts-nearly-quadrupled-last-year-in-france-says-jewish-organisation">antisemitic incidents quadrupled</a> after October 7.</div><div><br /></div>In England, things are <a href="https://uk.style.yahoo.com/britain-feels-nazi-germany-jewish-083855996.html">just as bad:</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div></div><blockquote><div>Among the victims of abuse in the UK is Jack Christie, 25, who says he had never felt threatened by antisemitism until recently. While on a train home after a march against antisemitism in November, Mr Christie and his friends were targeted by a man who used racial slurs and threatened to assault him.</div><div><br /></div><div>“There was nothing to do with the conflict, just a few people holding signs about antisemitism like ‘never again means now’,” he told The Independent. “Some people were wearing kippahs on their heads and there were quite a few visibly Jewish people on the train.</div><div><br /></div><div>“I was talking to my friend and then next to me I hear someone say ‘pigs’. The guy next to me was on FaceTime and says, ‘I’m on the train with a bunch of dirty Jewish pigs, scumbags and baby killers’.</div><div><br /></div><div>He went on to accuse other passengers of “supporting killers”, being “donkeys” and branded them “child molesters”.</div><div><br /></div><div>“No one said anything to spark a reaction, it was out of nowhere,” Mr Christie said, adding that it has made him not want to be openly Jewish on public transport anymore. “It wasn’t even about Israel, it was just plainly antisemitic.”</div></blockquote><div></div><div>It was not that long ago that synagogues in America didn't need to have combination locks, bulletproof glass and heavy planters or gates in front to stop potential truck bombs - but synagogues in Europe had been fortresses years before that. </div><div><br /></div><div>Jews in the US and Canada have a crystal ball as to how things are going to be. Just look across the pond.</div><div><br /><p></p></div></div><br /><p></p><p></p><hr /><hr />
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<p> </p><p></p><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933777.post-59657465102248314322024-03-15T08:00:00.001-04:002024-03-15T08:00:00.130-04:00Hate crimes against Jews in US cities exploded in 2023, and 2024 looks to be worse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Not all cities have up to date hate crimes databases, but most of the ones that do show that the number of hate crimes against Jews has been exploding in most major cities.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The <a href="https://app.powerbigov.us/view?r=eyJrIjoiYjg1NWI3YjgtYzkzOS00Nzc0LTkwMDAtNTgzM2I2M2JmYWE1IiwidCI6IjJiOWY1N2ViLTc4ZDEtNDZmYi1iZTgzLWEyYWZkZDdjNjA0MyJ9">NYPD hate crimes databas</a>e shows a huge increase in antisemitic crimes since October 7. This graphic shows the proportion of anti-Jewish hate crimes compared to all others combined, per month, in 2023. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglnmYin9X7wt-Nhad7mJ3k5VgZ8VpP1YT7OnYsNyZzx_IdgW_eztPs9CTK3xFZRQYY0-kyjD3w__xzgI58UHqLL6I_pThxW-FCDW1m7mDA73Q5wpDbDRt5vyI4DC8KcdzRVLPiSSfg89dXx8wMQ3Z2zMQsh1NdOcEnZDpcmetzBF_bEVg84FIQSA/s1352/nypd%20hate.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="1352" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglnmYin9X7wt-Nhad7mJ3k5VgZ8VpP1YT7OnYsNyZzx_IdgW_eztPs9CTK3xFZRQYY0-kyjD3w__xzgI58UHqLL6I_pThxW-FCDW1m7mDA73Q5wpDbDRt5vyI4DC8KcdzRVLPiSSfg89dXx8wMQ3Z2zMQsh1NdOcEnZDpcmetzBF_bEVg84FIQSA/w640-h398/nypd%20hate.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In <a href="https://lapdonlinestrgeacc.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/lapdonlinemedia/hcrim_bias_ab485_030224.pdf">Los Angeles</a>, 90% of the anti-religious hate crimes in 2023 were anti-Jewish. And after only two months of 2024, it is clear that this year will smash last year's records for antisemitic hate.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In <a href="https://home.chicagopolice.org/statistics-data/data-dashboards/hate-crime-dashboard/">Chicago</a>, hate crimes against Jews soared in 2023, and already in 2024 there are half as many as in all of 2023.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMK506Ia9N0OgTR_g2kHs1UBxJ7krPd41wqUPsDwmabyUTHDjEZRHEdLETrL6VfZjIx932O2kudvSSO1lX44pu40jxIabsFutDUGQMrg_oqQaF9YwZvnmTozt-8Qf2l_RWPXB-nBMrOqAWE4rc_DtwgFQKgvpPGdhgHO2s1gk1aUYPzbVpQzSsSQ/s742/chicago%20hate.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="742" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMK506Ia9N0OgTR_g2kHs1UBxJ7krPd41wqUPsDwmabyUTHDjEZRHEdLETrL6VfZjIx932O2kudvSSO1lX44pu40jxIabsFutDUGQMrg_oqQaF9YwZvnmTozt-8Qf2l_RWPXB-nBMrOqAWE4rc_DtwgFQKgvpPGdhgHO2s1gk1aUYPzbVpQzSsSQ/w640-h310/chicago%20hate.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In <a href="https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/portlandpolicebureau/viz/ReportedBiasCrimes/BiasCrime">Portland</a>, anti-Jewish hate crimes dwarfed that of all other anti-religious hate crimes, with a spike in the fourth quarter (although the third quarter was also very bad.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaLtjQTPSJDZt8ZXHQ0oXR8tjqtJ2SrtdRWX2CDb6tg2TvCcdvwPJ4_c8-7Lc7itLPrER8RvNaMMH6cE3RhZjlUwCFxYczKAKAayq_eJlPYyErl5csdp01CUdXvqLPWAbWgvvSvmFLILEUSt84cSCUuwBZGMDVS_RKkNKj6gS_J32Dm8l9t-JG2A/s853/portland%20hate.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="748" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaLtjQTPSJDZt8ZXHQ0oXR8tjqtJ2SrtdRWX2CDb6tg2TvCcdvwPJ4_c8-7Lc7itLPrER8RvNaMMH6cE3RhZjlUwCFxYczKAKAayq_eJlPYyErl5csdp01CUdXvqLPWAbWgvvSvmFLILEUSt84cSCUuwBZGMDVS_RKkNKj6gS_J32Dm8l9t-JG2A/w562-h640/portland%20hate.jpeg" width="562" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Antisemitic hate crimes are an order of magnitude more prevalent than anti-Islamic and anti-Arab hate crimes in all these cities. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If anti-Zionism is not related to antisemitism, then what else can possibly account for these huge increases in hate crimes in the fourth quarter of 2023?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And if "progressive" Americans are as much against antisemitism as they claim, then why aren't they protesting this giant rise of antisemitic crimes the way they protest racism and sexism?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div><div><hr />
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<p> </p><p></p><p></p></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933777.post-29666615172328092662024-03-15T05:45:00.001-04:002024-03-15T05:45:00.127-04:00Qatar apparently built luxury apartment buildings in Gaza to Hamas military specifications in case of war<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8e9Qu-W3yOunT0xfeq7ZewJC3QbGXK7PHqIG5_f2keUxW20YHa1Yd5bQTyCDHABtmiLLRHOWCNIJofqp7_esIhG6kDnyV8h4U7upvRlsdZVR3ib-fgkXF8_ppYOZh0F2frQVJvXC9EQangKIkPSNani-ApBQ-9sXNSxZSaOgD1jTmMsLN4HJdzA/s1200/emadi1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8e9Qu-W3yOunT0xfeq7ZewJC3QbGXK7PHqIG5_f2keUxW20YHa1Yd5bQTyCDHABtmiLLRHOWCNIJofqp7_esIhG6kDnyV8h4U7upvRlsdZVR3ib-fgkXF8_ppYOZh0F2frQVJvXC9EQangKIkPSNani-ApBQ-9sXNSxZSaOgD1jTmMsLN4HJdzA/w640-h426/emadi1.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mohammed Al Emadi in Khan Yunis in 2017</td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-03-14/ty-article/.premium/israeli-army-meets-fierce-fighting-in-gazas-qatari-built-luxury-neighborhood/0000018e-3c37-d21d-a3ef-3f7786a70000">Haaretz </a>reports on fierce fighting in the Hamad neighborhood in western Khan Yunis, known for its Qatari-built luxury apartments.<blockquote><div>"We have experienced combat here the likes of which we have not seen anywhere else in the Gaza Strip," said [Col. Omer] Cohen. "The neighborhood is full of terrorists and advanced combat equipment, including sophisticated explosive devices that have already been used against us."</div><div><br /></div><div>Built with Qatari aid money, the neighborhood was seized by Hamas as a protected area that Israel would be wary of harming. Intelligence information may have indicated the presence of hostages in the area, as well as the presence of senior Hamas members who likely fled to <b>the tunnels that IDF bulldozers are currently working to uncover.</b></div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>It almost seems as though parts of the neighborhood were built in preparation for the day when IDF forces enter the area. Each building has hiding places and corners beneficial for urban fighting.</b></div><div><br /></div><div>"Everything here seems extraordinarily organized. On its face, it is a beautiful and quiet neighborhood," says Lt. Col. A. ... "We understand that there is an underground system here, and it's only a matter of time before we expose it."</div><div><br /></div><div>"Only when you come in do you understand that this is really a hornet's nest of terrorists," A. adds. He leads us to a nearby building and into an apartment where weapons were found. Guns, grenades, explosive devices, intelligence materials and other items are arranged neatly. "All these are just from this building," he explains before we hear another radio call about a clash.</div></div></blockquote><div>A number of years ago, a European diplomat told me some information about how the Qatari envoy to Gaza, Mohammed Abdul Karim Al Emadi, operated when he was building apartments there. </div><div><br /></div><div>Emadi bragged about bringing in suitcases of cash to pay Hamas salaries, for example.</div><div><br /></div><div>The diplomat had directly dealt with Emadi. </div><div><br /></div><div>Emadi is not a diplomat. He is a builder. He has a<a href="https://alemadi.com.qa/ceo-message/"> successful real estate enterprise</a> in Qatar. He did not feel bound by agreements and diplomacy, which he felt only slowed him down. At one point, the only construction materials allowed into Gaza came from Qatar. This was clearly allowed by Israel - and it appears to have been a major mistake.</div><div><br /></div><div>The diplomat described how Emadi worked:</div><blockquote><div><b>The whole objective of Qatari engagement in Gaza is to strengthen Hamas.</b> This Emadi guy is an engineer who has his own construction company, so he's not a politician and he's certainly not a development aid person. He was appointed to implement the $1 billion that Qatar pledged in 2014.</div><div><div> </div><div>They build roads, hospitals and apartment complexes, but when I asked him, what they do with the apartments once they are finished, he said "we hand them over." When I asked to whom, he said it depends, some people just get it as a present, others have to pay some money for an apartment in installments that goes into a fund. When I asked according to what criteria they chose who gets an apartment and who doesn't, he said they decide it with the local partners (Hamas) and the only real criteria is that the person doesn't own an apartment yet. And he said sometimes his wife comes and talks to the people and when she meets someone needy she gives them an apartment as a present.</div><div><br /></div><div>What it means is that Hamas sympathisers and important people get an apartment as a present. And then we're back to the question of how is Arab gulf money used to reward "martyrs."</div></div></blockquote><div><div></div><div>Qatar worked hand in glove with Hamas to build and then hand over these apartments to people Hamas approved. </div></div><div><br /></div><div>Seeing what is reported today about these apartments, and how tenaciously Hamas is fighting there, is there any doubt that the Qatari engineers designed the buildings to Hamas specifications, to include the connection to the tunnels (or maybe the tunnels themselves) and rooms that could be used for military purposes? Hamas has been building the tunnel system since 2006 for military purposes, why would anyone think that they wouldn't plan a luxury apartment complex meant for Hamas members and sympathizers for the exact same purposes? </div><div><br /></div><div>The Haaretz article ends with this:</div><div></div><blockquote><div>"We will finish the work here, do what is necessary and expose what needs to be revealed before people return," said a senior officer in the brigade in a conversation near the fighters' makeshift coffee corner at headquarters. "<b>They are fighting stubbornly here over something important to them, and we will find out exactly what it is</b>."</div><div></div></blockquote><div>Whatever it is, the Qataris already know about it. Because they built it.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div></div><br /><p></p><p></p><hr /><hr />
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<p> </p><p></p><p></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933777.post-56605797719012951612024-03-14T18:00:00.182-04:002024-03-14T18:53:31.286-04:0003/14 Links Pt2: Arnold Roth: Betrayal, lies, politics and grief; The world must be reminded of the Palestinian genocide campaign against JewsFrom Ian:
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Arnold Roth: <A href=https://www.jns.org/betrayal-lies-politics-and-grief/>Betrayal, lies, politics and grief</a>
<blockquote>Seven years have passed since criminal charges were brought in Washington, D.C. against the woman who murdered my sunny, lovely, empathetic 15-year-old daughter Malki. The anniversary of the charges being made public is today, March 14.
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As milestones go, this one is dark. The fugitive killer admits to her central role in the massacre for which she is being prosecuted. Though she brags about her atrocity, she lives the life of a celebrity and an inspiration to others. Yet her ongoing freedom gets negligible attention in the news industry and public discourse—even in the U.S. To the extent that the Arab media report on her, it is overwhelmingly favorable and sympathetic.
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The dry details of Ahlam Aref Ahmad al-Tamimi’s long-thwarted prosecution are easy to find. The mugshots, biographical details and charges are accessible via three sites: The FBI’s list of Most Wanted Terrorists, the 2017 Department of Justice announcement of the previously secret charges and the State Department’s 2018 post of a $5 million reward that is still unclaimed two decades after it first went public.
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What’s behind Tamimi’s freedom is harder to ascertain. Those who know don’t talk openly and those with a stake in her ongoing freedom are too often untruthful about it. Understanding this and conjecturing why it is the case is at the heart of the nightmare my wife and I endure years after our beautiful child’s life was extinguished.</blockquote>
Yisrael Medad: <a href="https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-791802">The world must be reminded of the Palestinian genocide campaign against Jews</a>
<blockquote>If you do a Google search for the entry “Palestinian genocide accusation,” it starts with the 1948 Nakba, goes on to the 1967 Naksa, includes the Maronite-perpetrated Sabra and Shatila killings, and ends with the Gaza blockade. It references such terms as “ethnic cleansing,” “politicide,” “spaciocide,” and “cultural genocide.”
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However, if you are looking for this year’s model, the entry is titled “Allegations of genocide in the 2023 Israeli attack on Gaza.” That includes such sub-sections as “Alleged genocidal intent,” “Academic and legal discourse,” “Statements by political organizations and governments,” and “Cultural discourse.” When I last looked, there were 299 references, not including footnotes.
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The charge that Israel is engaged in a campaign of genocide in Gaza is ubiquitous, from The Hague to campuses, to the media, and in the streets. It is heard in museums and art galleries. It has led to the slogan “Abolish Zionism.” In a medical journal, British Medical Global Health, Israel’s policies were described as an “eliminatory settler colonial strategy.”
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All this is propaganda, of course. After all, despite Israel’s campaigns against Hamas aggression, Gaza’s population shows no real signs of any serious demographic downfall. Neither has that of Judea and Samaria, except for voluntary emigration abroad.
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Yet, there was a genocide campaign. It was conducted not against ‘Palestine’, but in Palestine, in the Mandate of Palestine. It was a campaign of attempted genocide, not against Arabs but against the Jews. It began in April 1920, and through riots, pogroms, and terror, as well as political and diplomatic pressure, it has not let up.</blockquote>
Michael Oren: <a href="https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-792073">Hamas has reminded us that we are a nation, a family - a mishpacha</a>
<blockquote>Anybody who’s ever concluded a speaking tour, especially one as long as mine—nine weeks—knows this feeling. Of being in an airport and not being able to say for sure what city it’s in or even the date of the month. All that remains are the impressions which, gathered in a time of desperate war, of a deepening sense of Jewish loneliness, and of skyrocketing antisemitism, are unprecedentedly profound.
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In visits to several dozen Jewish communities across North America, I saw a degree of confusion and fear I never before encountered. People unfamiliar with antisemitism now confront it persistently and in multiple forms—in the Jew-hating slurs of pro-Palestinian protestors, in university administrators indifferent to their Jewish students’ plight, to the ovations received by comedians poking fun at Hollywood’s Jews, and filmmakers weaponizing the Holocaust against Israel.
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Virtually every Israel supporter I met had lost friends because of that support. Though an occasional heckler accused Israel of causing antisemitism by killing Palestinians—internalizing the antisemitic claim that all Jews everywhere are liable for Israel’s actions—the vast majority of American Jews understood that rampant anti-Zionism merely exposed a latent Jew-hatred that existed well before October 7. All but a few realized that Israel’s security was directly linked to their own and that the state of American Jewry was severely threatened by attacks on the Jewish state.
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Asked repeatedly, “What should we do?” I responded that American Jews could adopt one of three courses. They could remove the mezuzah from their doors, lock themselves in, and ignore all the prejudice outside. They could move to Israel. Or they could stay and fight. They could resist in the Churchillian sense, I explained, on the campuses, in the media, and through their elected officials. And Jews were only beginning to discover the many ways they can fight back.
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Recalling the resignation of the presidents of Penn and Harvard, I reminded my listeners of their ability to exact a price from any official who fails to stand up to antisemitism. “Support pro-Israel media initiatives,” I urged them. “Support anti-boycott legislation.” </blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-792037">Israel receives Hamas list of hostage deal demands from Qatar</a>
<blockquote>The cabinet will convene Friday at noon and discuss the response of Hamas, which this evening officially submitted its response to the mediating countries, according to Israeli media.
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According to the announcement published by Hamas, the deal was intended to allow the return of the residents of Gaza to their homes and the withdrawal of the IDF from the Strip.
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Qatar sent Israel an official letter via Hamas detailing the Gaza terror group's demands as part of the Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal, KAN News reported on Thursday night.
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Hamas said on Thursday it presented to mediators a comprehensive vision of a truce deal that is based on stopping the Israeli "aggression" against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, providing relief and aid, the return of displaced Gazans to their houses, and the withdrawal of Israeli forces.
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The vision also included the group's stance on the prisoners-hostages exchange deal, Hamas added in a statement, but did not elaborate.
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<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/man-50-critically-hurt-in-stabbing-in-south-terrorist-shot-dead-by-victim/">Career soldier, 51, killed in stabbing in south; terrorist shot dead by victim</a>
<blockquote>A senior non-commissioned officer in the Israel Defense Forces was fatally stabbed in a terror attack at a gas station in southern Israel on Thursday. The assailant, an Israeli citizen originally from the Gaza Strip, was shot dead by the victim.
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Another three people were slightly wounded.
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The attack took place inside a branch of the Aroma coffee chain at Beit Kama Junction, just north of Beersheba.
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Surveillance camera footage from the attack showed the assailant approaching Chief Warrant Officer Uri Moyal from behind, pulling out a knife and stabbing him in the back. Amid a struggle, the terrorist was seen attempting to also stab Moyal in the neck. The pair then fell to the ground, as another man was seen trying to pull the knife from the terrorist’s hand.
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Moyal was seen managing to get up, then opening fire at the terrorist with his handgun, before collapsing outside the cafe.
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Moyal, 51 from the southern city of Dimona, served as a senior technology and maintenance NCO at the Nahal Infantry Brigade’s training base.
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The Magen David Adom ambulance service said it took the victim to Soroka Hospital in Beersheba in critical condition, where he was pronounced dead shortly upon arrival.
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The terrorist, a 22-year-old resident of the southern Bedouin city of Rahat, was killed.</blockquote>
Seth Mandel: <a href="https://www.commentary.org/seth-mandel/maryland-rabbis-wont-take-van-hollens-contempt-lying-down/">Maryland Rabbis Won’t Take Van Hollen’s Contempt Lying Down</a>
<blockquote>It’s possible that American Jewry is reaching the point at which its seemingly limitless patience reveals itself to be a finite resource. While the Jews of Berkeley were sitting-in and marching in protest of campus anti-Semitism, the rabbis of Maryland were taking the unusual step of rebuking a senator who has made anti-Israel rhetoric a centerpiece of his political agenda.
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Chris Van Hollen is serving his first term as Maryland senator after representing parts of Montgomery County for seven terms in the House. Maryland is among the ten largest Jewish populations by state, and Montgomery County—very much including areas represented by Van Hollen during his House career—has more than 100,000 Jewish residents, accounting for 10 percent of the county’s entire population.
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A Jewish community of that size right next to Washington, D.C. should loom large in the political sphere, especially for its congressional representative. But Van Hollen is working hard to erase it from his constituency. A particular low point came in February, when Van Hollen stood on the Senate floor and accused Israel of intentionally starving Palestinian children. This was not only a lie but a lie in the mold of the classic blood libels. Van Hollen went on to call this invented tale of Jewish perfidy “a textbook war crime” and Israeli leaders “war criminals.” Just yesterday, Van Hollen tried to use these unfounded allegations to raise the specter of an aid cut-off to Israel during wartime.
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Van Hollen’s regular demagoguery was enough to provoke a letter from more than 70 Maryland rabbis from across the major Jewish denominations informing him that his vicious grandstanding is one thing they all can agree on: “We have differing opinions about some of the rhetoric and actions taken by the current Israeli government, but today we write with a unified voice to urge you to change your rhetoric and actions that we believe mischaracterize the current war and undermine America’s support for the Jewish state.”
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The rabbis do not pull punches. “Following the worst pogrom against Jews since the Holocaust, we here at home have faced the worst wave of antisemitism in our lifetimes,” they write. “Yet to our dismay, rather than standing with us, your efforts in the Senate have only stoked deeper divisions and further isolated Israel and our Jewish community.”</blockquote>
<A href=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/richard-trank-why-jonathan-glazers-oscar-speech-was-so-offensive-1235851872/>I Produced an Oscar-Winning Holocaust Film. Here Is Why Jonathan Glazer’s Speech Was So Offensive</a>
<blockquote>There is no one I know in Israel who is rejoicing about the war that the Jewish State has been forced to fight because of the Hamas attack. I have not heard one person in my large family or friend circle express happiness about how in the Israel Defense Force’s efforts to eradicate Hamas, 30,000 innocent people have reportedly been killed and many more injured. But I was forced to hear Hamas supporters chanting “From the river to the sea” when I found myself stuck in a New York city traffic jam in December caused by one of their protests — a chant calling for the genocide of my family and friends and all Israeli Jews.
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Upon hearing Glazer’s words, I thought about the assistant camera operator who has worked on three of my films, and whose 79-year-old father was kidnapped. This man had been spending his retirement years volunteering to drive Gazans needing medical care into Israel, care which Hamas could not provide for them despite billions in aid that has been sent to the area since the terrorist organization took control of it in 2006. I thought about the young people I have met in the last few weeks who survived the massacre at the Nova music festival. And then I reflected on this incredibly arrogant man who equated Israeli Jews to Nazis, and then left the Dolby Theatre with his statue when the awards show ended to party the night away.
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Now that the afterparties are over, I have a few questions for the celebrated filmmaker: Can you explain the dramatic antisemitism around the world since Hamas invaded Israel on Oct. 7, an act its leaders have promised to do again and again and again? Can you help me understand how on International Women’s Day, women’s groups largely ignored how Jewish women were sexually abused by Hamas? Can you give me an idea, as a British citizen, why British Jews, in recent polls, have said that if they could, they’d leave the U.K. because of the onslaught of Jew hatred they have been facing since Oct. 7? How have the streets of Central London become “a no-go zone for Jews every weekend” because of massive anti-Israel demonstrations held by pro-Palestinian protesters?
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Eighty years ago, at the 16th Academy Awards, no Oscar winner accepted his or her statue with a speech equating what the Allies were doing to win World War II with the Nazis. No attendees wore swastika pins in sympathy with Hitler’s Reich. However, during last night’s broadcast, there were those in their tuxedos and designer gowns wearing red pins in support of a Cease Fire Now and Palestinian flags on their lapels. At least there were also those in the audience who wore yellow pins, remembering the remaining hostages, including my assistant camera operator’s 79-year-old father.
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Jonathan Glazer made a powerful film based on an incredibly powerful book. Sadly, his arrogant performance accepting his Oscar has diminished that achievement for people like me as well as my family and friends. He can return to England to what I assume is a very comfortable home while many of his fellow British Jews continue trying to figure out a way to leave the U.K. Hundreds of thousands of Israelis are homeless in the south and now in the north, under attack by Hamas’ ally Hezbollah, backed by Iran. It’s unclear whether these facts trouble Jonathan Glazer as he calls for people to “resist” and equates Israel with Nazi Germany. One thing I do know is that many Jews around the world were outraged and disgusted by what the Oscar winner had to say at this year’s Academy Awards. And joining that group, I would say that if we are going to resist or refute anything, it’s statements like the one issued by Jonathan Glazer. </blockquote>
<A href=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/jonathan-glazer-oscars-speech-len-blavatnik-1235851549/>Pro-Israel ‘Zone of Interest’ Producer Len Blavatnik Did Not Sign Off on Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars Statement (Exclusive)</a>
<blockquote>Joining Glazer on the Oscars stage, representing the “we” of his remarks, were producer Wilson and executive producer Blavatnik. Wilson, while accepting a BAFTA earlier this year, commented that “we should care about innocent people being killed in Gaza or Yemen in the same way we think about innocent people being killed in Mariupol or in Israel” — a statement very much simpatico with what Glazer had to say.
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Blavatnik’s situation is a bit more unusual. The 66-year-old billionaire, born to a Jewish family in Soviet-era Ukraine and who now holds British and American citizenship, last made news in December when he announced a withholding of donations to Harvard following the controversy surrounding its then-president Claudine Gay and accusations of leniency toward antisemitism. (Harvard Medical School includes a Blavatnik Institute. If you’ve sat in the fancy seats at Carnegie Hall recently, you’ve been in the Blavatnik Family First Tier, and a visit to the Tate Modern in London probably included the Blavatnik Building; his name is all over the place.)
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Blavatnik also owns a controlling stake in an Israeli television channel and, per eJewishPhilanthropy, is “a major donor to a number of Israeli and Jewish causes, including a Chabad-run food bank in southern Israel, the National Library of Israel and Birthright Israel.”
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Though Blavatnik maintained a steely expression during Glazer’s speech, he had not been consulted on it. “No, he didn’t clear the speech,” says Lisa Shields, a spokesperson for Blavatnik, “but he’s incredibly proud of the film and the accolades it has received and he doesn’t want to distract from the important themes of the movie.”
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Representatives for Glazer did not respond to THR’s request for clarification.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What Hollywood SHOULD use its power to say 🎞️🍿 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/oscars?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#oscars</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/academyawards?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#academyawards</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/hamasisisis?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#hamasisisis</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/manonthestreet?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#manonthestreet</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nyc?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#nyc</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/gameshow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#gameshow</a> <a href="https://t.co/Dj58yyoWl1">pic.twitter.com/Dj58yyoWl1</a></p>— FactsForPeace (@Facts_For_Peace) <a href="https://twitter.com/Facts_For_Peace/status/1767585411646333394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://freebeacon.com/?post_type=post&p=1868310">'Either Evil or Stupid': Family of Palestinian Terror Victim Slams Oscars Ceasefire Pin</a>
<blockquote>Norzhich, a nurse and father of three from Or Akiva, suggested the Artists4Ceasefire activists educate themselves by visiting Auschwitz, the Nazi concentration camp in Poland, or Ramallah, the Palestinian capital in the West Bank.
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"I invite them to come to Ramallah without any Israeli security," he said. "I want to know what symbol they will leave with on their chest: a gunshot, a knife wound, or a hole from an RPG."
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On Oct. 12, 2000, Norzhich's brother, Vadim Norzhich, and fellow reservist Yossi Avrahami ended up in Ramallah after taking a wrong turn. Palestinian Authority police officers arrested the Israelis, and a mob stormed the police station, stabbing and stomping the young men to death and gouging out their eyes.
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Avrahami's wife called his cellphone during the lynching, and a voice on the other end of the line said, "I have just killed your husband."
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Norzhich's pregnant wife, whom he had married six days earlier, also phoned her husband that day. She heard someone speaking Arabic, and then the line went dead.
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Irena Norzhich told the Free Beacon that she avoids any news related to her husband's death and it is too painful to discuss.
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Michael Norzhich said the family has never recovered from the death of his fun-loving little brother.
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"My father has been closed up in his room for 23 years now," he said.
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The lynching—instantly encapsulated by the photo of the killer displaying his bloody hands from the police station window—changed Israel, too. It marked the beginning of the the second intifada, a years-long wave of Palestinian terrorism that largely crushed the Jewish public's hopes for peace.
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But according to Norzhich, the country failed to fully learn the lesson of that day. Over his objections, Israel in 2011 released 1,027 Palestinian security prisoners—including Aziz Salha, the killer from the photo—in exchange for the return of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier captured by Hamas.
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Also among the released Palestinian prisoners was Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader who is said to have masterminded the Oct. 7 attack.
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"I knew it would happen. It was a matter of time," Norzhich said of Oct. 7, when a Hamas-led mob killed more than 1,200 people, most of them Israeli civilians, and took 253 hostages, 130 of which remain in Gaza.
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Israel has reportedly agreed to a U.S.-backed ceasefire deal under which it would release 10 prisoners for every hostage held by Hamas. But Hamas has rejected the agreement, demanding Israel permanently end the war and withdraw from Gaza.
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Artists4Ceasefire, whose organizers have remained anonymous, did not respond to an interview request.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">LAPD abandoned us after a mob swarmed me at the Oscars.<br><br>Here’s what happened: <a href="https://t.co/5eHDk7nWDe">pic.twitter.com/5eHDk7nWDe</a></p>— The Flag Guy (@TheFlagGuy_) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheFlagGuy_/status/1768092422142337130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In the running for my favorite tweet ever <a href="https://t.co/eFGE2PUHnv">https://t.co/eFGE2PUHnv</a></p>— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) <a href="https://twitter.com/jpodhoretz/status/1768010077489820064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<A href=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-791849>Deborah Lipstadt to 'Post': Antisemitism is a threat to democracy - interview</a>
<blockquote>To the heads of governments and opinion makers: take this seriously; it's not just the passing moment, Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt told The Jerusalem Post last week during the Anti-Defamation League's "Never is Now" summit on antisemitism.
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"This has very serious overtones, and above all, this is the message I've been giving worldwide before October 7, but with much greater clarity since October 7, is recognize this as more than solely a threat to the welfare of Jews and the Jewish community," Lipstadt said, "which if that were just the reason would be a good enough reason to fight it, but it's also a threat to democracy."
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"Anybody who buys into the conspiracy myth which is at the heart of antisemitism and accepts the notion that Jews control the media, the banks, government or judiciary has given up on democracy," Lipstadt said.
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Lipstadt said it's multi-layered: the welfare of the Jewish community, democracy, and now, the most ominous threat, to the security and stability of nations.
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"Bad actors" might not hate Jews, but they recognize that ginning up antisemitism is a good way of making democracies look like failed states, according to Lipstadt.
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Lipstadt described antisemitism as a ladle used to stir the pot.
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"They can't add fuel to a non-existing fire. But if there's a fire, they can gin it up," Lipstadt said.
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Lipstadt said moving past the initial shock and pain of October 7 and the following rise in antisemitism can be done through community and having a sense of Jewish identity outside of fighting antisemitism.
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"Don't go at it alone," Lipstadt said; find a synagogue or an affinity group.
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"Even more than finding a community, learn who you are and what you are, because you can't build an identity solely based on 'I'm against the people who hate me,'" Lipstadt said. "Because then the people who hate you determine how [Jewish] you feel. You can say, "Oh, I feel strongly Jewish because there's antisemitism, if there's no antisemitism, forget it."</blockquote>
<A href=https://www.thefp.com/p/alaa-legal-aid-attorneys-antisemitism-congress>Union Lawyers Call Jewish Colleagues ‘Deranged’ and ‘Fascist’</a>
<blockquote>Jewish lawyers say members of their own labor union are attacking them for supporting Israel—claims that have led Congress to investigate the group for antisemitism.
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Members of the Association of Legal Aid Attorneys (ALAA), which represents 2,700 public interest attorneys and advocates in the New York City area, say the union fostered a hostile environment toward Jews after Hamas invaded Israel on October 7. Four lawyers who spoke to The Free Press said the abuse was so severe it almost forced them to quit their jobs. As one lawyer who has been in the union for over 15 years put it: “I hate it there. I think the union is a sinking ship. So I am actively looking for an escape plan.”
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The Free Press independently obtained hundreds of ALAA messages from its group chat—known internally as a “gaggle”—that appeared after October 7, which could play a role in the congressional investigation. Messages show multiple ALAA members backing the Palestinian cause and calling on the union to pass a cease-fire resolution in Gaza. Members who defended Israel in the chat were called “fascist,” “deranged,” and “mentally disturbed.” One Jewish union member was told he needs “therapy” and that he needs to “develop some sort of conscious [sic].”
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Hundreds of messages also accused Israel of “genocide,” “ethnic cleansing,” and “apartheid.” One post in December called Israel the “racist white status quo,” while the following post called Zionism an “ethnocentric racist bigoted belief.”
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In one message, lawyer Niteka Raina—whose anti-Israel sentiment was previously reported by the New York Post—described her opposition to the country as a “fight against settler-colonial occupying genocidal states.” She signed off her post below with an apparent attempt at humor, using Nazi imagery: “Goosestepping outside!” (Raina did not respond to a Free Press request for comment.)</blockquote>
<A href=https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2024/03/guernica-retracted-essay-joanna-chen/677738/>The Cowardice of Guernica</a>
<blockquote>In the days after October 7, the writer and translator Joanna Chen spoke with a neighbor in Israel whose children were frightened by the constant sound of warplanes. “I tell them these are good booms,” the neighbor said to Chen with a grimace. “I understood the subtext,” Chen wrote later in an essay published in Guernica magazine on March 4, titled “From the Edges of a Broken World.” The booms were, of course, the Israeli army bombing Gaza, part of a campaign that has left at least 30,000 civilians and combatants dead so far.
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The moment is just one observation in a much longer meditative piece of writing in which Chen weighs her principles—she refused service in the Israeli military, for years has volunteered at a charity providing transportation for Palestinian children needing medical care, and works on Arabic and Hebrew translations to bridge cultural divides—against the more turbulent feelings of fear, inadequacy, and split allegiances that have cropped up for her after October 7, when 1,200 people were killed and 250 taken hostage in Hamas’s assault on Israel. But the conversation with the neighbor is a sharp, novelistic, and telling moment. The mother, aware of the perversity of recasting bombs killing children mere miles away as “good booms,” does so anyway because she is a mother, and her children are frightened. The act, at once callous and caring, will stay with me.
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Not with the readers of Guernica, though. The magazine, once a prominent publication for fiction, poetry, and literary nonfiction, with a focus on global art and politics, quickly found itself imploding as its all-volunteer staff revolted over the essay. One of the magazine’s nonfiction editors posted on social media that she was leaving over Chen’s publication. “Parts of the essay felt particularly harmful and disorienting to read, such as the line where a person is quoted saying ‘I tell them these are good booms.’” Soon a poetry editor resigned as well, calling Chen’s essay a “horrific settler normalization essay”—settler here seeming to refer to all Israelis, because Chen does not live in the occupied territories. More staff members followed, including the senior nonfiction editor and one of the co-publishers (who criticized the essay as “a hand-wringing apologia for Zionism”). Amid this flurry of cascading outrage, on March 10 Guernica pulled the essay from its website, with the note: “Guernica regrets having published this piece, and has retracted it. A more fulsome explanation will follow.” As of today, this explanation is still pending, and my request for comment from the editor in chief, Jina Moore Ngarambe, has gone unanswered.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-791928">Judith Butler defends calling October 7 Massacre 'armed resistance'</a>
<blockquote>Feminist icon and American philosopher Judith Butler on Monday defended remarks describing the Hamas October 7 massacre as “armed resistance” and downplaying the antisemitic nature of the attacks during a March 3 panel in Paris.
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At the Pantin event hosted by Paroles d’honneur and co-organized by Tzedek! Decolonial Jewish collective, Permanent Revolution, Organisation antifasciste autonome, Paris-Banlieue, Union Juive Française pour la paix, and the New Anticapitalist Party, Butler said that Hamas’s actions were operations against the state in a response to Israeli subjugation, and not chiefly antisemitic. She also questioned the role that sexual violence took in the pogrom.
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“We can have different views as Hamas as a political party, we can have different views on armed resistance, but I think it is more honest and historically correct to say that the uprising of October 7 was an act of armed resistance,” Butler said on March 3. “It is not a terrorist attack and it’s not an antisemitic attack, it was an attack against Israelis.”
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While Butler said that she did not like the attack and it caused her anguish, she also said she would be “foolish if I then decided that the only violence in the scene was the violence done to Israeli people.”
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“The violence done to Palestinians has been happening for decades. This was an uprising that comes from a state of subjugation and against a violent state apparatus,” Butler explained. “Now you can be for or against armed resistance, you can be for or against Hamas, but let us at least call it armed resistance and then we can have a debate about whether we think it’s right or whether they did the right thing.”
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Butler said that it was a problem that if one called it armed resistance it was presumed that one was in favor of armed resistance or a tactic. She decried Palestinian self-defense being often called terrorism when it was a way for them to stay alive and seek liberty. In contrast, she said that Israel had subjugated a people in the name of self-defense, a term that allowed the rationalization of systematic oppression.
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The Berkeley professor said that non-violence was not an absolute principle in every situation, but an aspiration for what was needed to restructure the world so that people could live in a world without violence. She said that aspiration could be maintained when engaging in armed resistance.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here's the links for the Israel-Palestine debate:<br>YouTube: <a href="https://t.co/Q3ICHSaGi2">https://t.co/Q3ICHSaGi2</a><br>Transcript: <a href="https://t.co/UvKpOX3qvy">https://t.co/UvKpOX3qvy</a><br>Podcast: <a href="https://t.co/uxqXcfXs8M">https://t.co/uxqXcfXs8M</a> <a href="https://t.co/vMHpWRTrfL">pic.twitter.com/vMHpWRTrfL</a></p>— Lex Fridman (@lexfridman) <a href="https://twitter.com/lexfridman/status/1768290868409356290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://jewishreviewofbooks.com/foreign-policy/15881/israels-tiktok-problem/">Why TikTok Promotes Anti-Israel Sentiment</a>
<blockquote>Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed a bill banning the popular video app TikTok if the Chinese media company ByteDance doesn’t divest its shares. The app allows for the easy sharing of short videos and, thanks especially to its algorithms, wastes countless hours of time. But the more serious problem is that companies like ByteDance are de-facto organs of the Chinese government, and TikTok is already being used to surveil and collect tremendous amounts of data about Americans. Moreover, because the app works by offering up a stream of suggested videos to users, its programmers can amplify content with the political and ideological messages it favors. And that’s why Jews, and friends of the Jewish state, should hope the Senate approves the bill. Cole Aronson explains:<br>
<i>One month after the October 7 Hamas attack, TikTok videos with hashtags like #freepalestine were watched by Americans about 50 times more than pro-Israel ones. Although the app’s users skew young and hence leftward, their politics probably don’t account for the ratio. . . . Moreover, the company apparently rejected ads from the families of Israeli hostages as too political while accepting ones from pro-Palestinian groups.</i>
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In fact, a 2023 study suggested that spending at least 30 minutes per day on TikTok increases a person’s chance of holding anti-Semitic or anti-Israel beliefs by 17 percent. Aronson looks into why this is so:<br>
<i>One way to approach China’s strategic interest in American opposition to Israel is through the works of Wang Huning, the fourth-highest ranking member of the ruling Politburo Standing Committee and China’s most powerful intellectual. . . . In 1988, Wang spent several months in the United States. The final section of his remarkable philosophical travel memoir, America against America, notes America’s difficulty cultivating faithful heirs of its traditions.
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Wang’s early tract and his seniority in the CCP suggest . . . a hostile bid for the management of what young Americans believe and feel, to impede older Americans from passing on their way of life.
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The U.S.-Israel alliance is especially vulnerable to such a strategy. In Congress, and among older voters, support for Israel remains a point of unusual bipartisan agreement. But a Quinnipiac poll from October 17, 2023, found a 30-percentage-point gap between voters older than 50 and voters younger than 35 on whether America should arm Israel against Hamas. It is difficult to think of another political topic with that degree of intergenerational fracture.</i></blockquote>
<A href=https://www.ynetnews.com/article/bj1ebxjrp>A fitting Israeli reply to Erdogan: Recognize the Armenian Genocide</a>
<blockquote>The main impediment for Israeli recognition of our genocide has been Turkey, which vehemently denies the genocide, fearing that acknowledgment would lead to demands for reparations. Israel, seeking to maintain diplomatic ties and military cooperation with Turkey, has rather meekly complied. That figurative ship appears to have decisively sailed in recent months. Erdogan is a friend of Hamas and not of Israel.
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We understand very well that Netanyahu is using the genocide issue as a cudgel against the increasingly belligerent Turkish leader. But there is a wider picture as well. Israel is rather isolated in the world right now. It doesn’t need more cynicism and scheming from its prime minister. Rather, now would be a great time to do the right thing.
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There is a realpolitik argument for this, for those who need it. U.S. President Joe Biden, who recognized the genocide two years ago, would undoubtedly be pleased – which would help ease the rift with the US administration. Moreover, Turkey's influence in the region has waned in recent years, while Israel's relations with other regional actors, such as Greece and Cyprus, have strengthened.
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But realpolitik, though often hailed as a pragmatic and realistic approach to international relations, has a dark side. It can involve excruciating moral compromise and result in alliances with oppressive regimes, turning a blind eye to human rights abuses. Such actions undermine the credibility of nations and tarnish their reputation. They start standing for cynicism and hypocrisy.
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As a nation founded on the principles of justice, human rights, and remembrance of historical injustices, Israel has a moral obligation to recognize the Armenian Genocide, which is deemed by an overwhelming majority of scholars and experts as a historical fact. The denial of our genocide undermines the global fight against genocide denial and impunity.
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By taking a principled stand and acknowledging the Armenian Genocide, Israel can demonstrate its commitment to universal values and strengthen its moral standing in the international community – at a time when that standing is being questioned.
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So Netanyahu should do more than fire off a tweet. He should follow in Biden’s footsteps. The time for Israel to recognize the Armenian Genocide is now. It would be a fitting reply to Erdogan.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-792040">Italy arms exports to Israel continued despite block, minister says</a>
<blockquote>Italy has continued to export arms to Israel, the Italian defense minister said on Thursday, despite assurances last year that the government was blocking such sales following Israel's invasion of the Gaza Strip.
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However, Guido Crosetto told parliament that only previously signed orders were being honored after checks had been made to ensure the weaponry would not be used against Gaza civilians.
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Under Italian law, arms exports are banned to countries that are waging war and those deemed to be violating international human rights.
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Crosetto announced last year following the explosion of violence in Gaza that the Italian authority that oversees the sale of military goods, known as Uama, had blocked authorization of the transfer of arms to Israel.
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However, picking apart data from statistics agency ISTAT, independent media outlet Altreconomia this week reported that Italy had exported 2.1 million euros ($2.30 million) in arms and munitions to Israel in the last three months of 2023.
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In December alone, Italy exported 1.3 million euros worth of arms, three times the level of the same month in 2022.
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Crosetto told parliament these were outstanding contracts. "Uama checked them on a case-by-case basis, and they did not concern materials that could be used against civilians in Gaza," he said.</blockquote>
<a href=https://jewishinsider.com/2024/03/gaza-at-top-of-the-agenda-for-irish-pms-white-house-visit/>Gaza at top of the agenda for Irish PM’s White House visit</a>
<blockquote>As the White House prepares for St. Patrick’s Day, breaking out the shamrocks and preparing a speech in which President Joe Biden will express pride in his Irish heritage, there’s another item on the agenda that one may not normally associate with a celebration of the Emerald Isle: the war in Gaza.
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Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has said he plans to call for an immediate cease-fire in his scheduled meeting with Biden on Friday.
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Ireland has long been one of the European countries most critical of Israel, and has been among the most antagonistic Western countries to the Jewish state following Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist massacre.
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Ireland joined South Africa’s case at the International Court of Justice claiming that Israel is committing genocide. When countries withdrew funding from the U.N. Relief and Works Agency due to some of its workers’ participation in the Oct. 7 attack, Ireland announced an additional contribution. Ireland and Spain have asked the European Commission to assess whether Israel is committing human rights violations that would invalidate its trade deal with the EU – Israel’s largest trading partner, accounting for 28.8% of trade.
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Varadkar has said Israel is “blinded by rage” and at risk of committing a massacre in Rafah, while Irish Trade Minister Simon Coveney said that Israel was acting “like a monster.” Ireland’s Junior Foreign Minister Sean Fleming accused Israel of spreading disinformation, claiming that the hundreds of miles of tunnels found under Gaza are just “a few little manholes.” The Irish parliament held a vote on a motion to expel Israeli Ambassador Dana Erlich, which was voted down.
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Varadkar also faced criticism for his comments on 9-year-old Irish-Israeli Emily Hand’s release after being held hostage by Hamas terrorists for 50 days. He posted on X (formerly Twitter) that “an innocent child who was lost has now been found and returned, and we breathe a massive sigh of relief. Our prayers have been answered.” </blockquote>
<a href="https://www.thejc.com/news/world/ballet-ireland-drops-routine-created-by-israeli-choreographer-in-1999-wvkxknqb">Ballet Ireland drops routine created by Israeli choreographer in 1999</a>
<blockquote>Ballet Ireland has pulled a dance number from a performance later this month due to an Israeli choreographer’s involvement in the work.
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According to a statement released by Ballet Ireland on Wednesday, the Minus 16 piece will be withdrawn from the Bold Moves 2024 programme which is set to take place from 22-30 March.
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Originally choreographed by Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin for Nederlands Dans Theatre in 1999, the piece has been performed by a variety of international dance companies over the last 25 years.
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“We stand by the right to freedom of artistic expression, and despite our belief that art should not be drawn into politics, we feel the time is not right to be performing this work,” said Anne Maher, artistic director and chief executive officer of Ballet Ireland.
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“Our programming is done well in advance of the performance dates. In this instance, Minus 16 was independently licensed directly from Mr Naharin in 2019 and programmed for Bold Moves 2024 long before the current conflict in Gaza began. We are sensitive to the fact that the situation is very different now.”
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The routine faced opposition from members of the Irish dance community in a group called Apartheid Free Dance, who wrote in a statement saying they found it “deeply troubling” that Ballet Ireland intended to present a work created by “an Israeli state-funded choreographer.”</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is very ugly. A taxpayer funded body - Ballet Ireland - refusing to perform a piece because an Israeli citizen was involved in its creation 25 years ago.<br><br>I'll believe any of this shit is sincere when these people all give up their smartphones with Israeli tech in them. <a href="https://t.co/b0fluuFH6D">pic.twitter.com/b0fluuFH6D</a></p>— John McGuirk (@john_mcguirk) <a href="https://twitter.com/john_mcguirk/status/1767971476248920400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-791996">Portuguese festival: 'Zionism has no place on a dancefloor'</a>
<blockquote>Portuguese festival Waking Life said that Zionism shouldn't be allowed on dancefloors and compared it to racism, homophobia, and sexism in an essay posted on its website and Instagram page on Monday.
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In The Last Sky, the essay by Waking Life organizer Ivan March, the self-styled "Grooveologist" argued for allowing people with divergent and clashing views to take part in festivals and other events but singled out Zionism as monstrous.
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"I don’t think that Zionism has a place on a dancefloor. Neither does nationalism, neither does homophobia, neither does racism or sexism or any other form of racial, gendered, cultural superiority – but we still carry our traumas around with us, so there are no guarantees when it comes to dancefloor politics," said March. "I grew up with both blood family and strangers on dancefloors deeming me, and others like me, monsters.
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But it turns out that many people like coming to monsters’ balls, and we simply need to build spaces that will attract those who find belonging there. What we need to do is build structures of care, we need to speak to one another, dance closely with one another, channel radical receptivity side-by-side with radical honesty. We need to cultivate compassionate cultures and find a way to tend to our collective wounds while keeping tenderness with the troubled boundaries."
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March bemoaned the destruction in Gaza and the violence around the world that was being given media attention, as well as the conflicts being ignored. He praised Israeli Queerhana for its "anarchy and peace" message but said that its legacy was "a distant echo" and "what is needed the most right now, alongside cessation of violence, is grieving, union and collective processing of the intergenerational traumas that have erupted all over the globe."</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jpost.com/international/article-792006">Almost half of South Africans believe Hamas rape to be 'propaganda'</a>
<blockquote>One in four South Africans say that “rape can be justified as a means of attacking and weakening the enemy” during wartime, according to a new survey commissioned by the Women’s Action Campaign South Africa (WACSA) and carried out by Victory Research, a market research firm.
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That same number say there is no need for the South African government to apply any pressure on international authorities to prosecute Hamas terrorists responsible for the rape, torture, and killing of citizens on October 7, and about 40% of South Africans believe that the reports Hamas raped Israelis during that attack are merely propaganda.
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Asked what the consequences should be for “Hamas militants if they did rape, torture, and kill citizens,” only 60% of respondents— 65% of women and 55% of men— said that every international effort should be made to hold the perpetrators to account.
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Another 6% went further, endorsing the statement “Israeli citizens are not innocent, they are complicit in their country’s behavior toward Palestinians over decades, and thus are responsible for what Hamas did to them.”
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Interpretation of those numbers, however, is challenged by the fact that when asked if they were even aware of the organization called Hamas, a majority (56%) said no, and only a minority (40%) said they were aware of the attack on October 7.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/03/14/lchaim-intifada-rashida-tlaib-meets-fringe-anti-israel-group/">‘L’Chaim Intifada’: Rashida Tlaib Meets With Fringe Anti-Israel Group Amid Gaza War</a>
<blockquote>US Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) on Wednesday met with a group of activists representing a fringe anti-Israel organization that did not condemn Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre across southern Israel and has long celebrated terrorism against Israelis.
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Tlaib posted a picture on social media with a group of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) activists who visited her office, writing, “I am so grateful for @JVPLive Rabbis on the Hill for standing with us in solidarity to demand a lasting ceasefire in Gaza. I am so inspired by their advocacy to save lives, no matter their faith or ethnicity, and their commitment to uplifting the human dignity of Palestinians.”
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In response to Tlaib’s meeting, pro-Israel activist Hen Mazzig wrote on X/Twitter: “The Jewish community knows which viewpoints from our community are mainstream or fringe, when we’re correctly being represented or not.”
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“Tokenizing Jews is never to heal your relationship with our community; it’s to play kosher to people who don’t know better,” he continued.
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JVP has long been criticized for allegedly celebrating and advocating terrorism. On Oct. 7, it reposted a user who wrote, “Today’s events are more than just an operation, uprising, revolt, etc. Palestinian bulldozers tearing down the barrier that imprisoned them for more than 16 years is symbolic of Gaza’s defiance in the face of decades of siege, massacres, & occupation.”
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Hamas terrorists launched a surprise invasion of Israel on Oct. 7, murdering 1,200 people, kidnapping 253 others as hostages, and launching the current war in Gaza.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">an actual quote from JVP: <br><br>“[hamas] treated hostages with dignity and respect…[hamas] shows its humanity and continues to demonstrate that it is not a threat to Jewish people.” <a href="https://t.co/m3WWm5jxpA">https://t.co/m3WWm5jxpA</a></p>— neuroticjewishgay (@neuroticjewgay) <a href="https://twitter.com/neuroticjewgay/status/1768088494084092079?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">CNN pundit calls Democratic Rep. <a href="https://twitter.com/IlhanMN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IlhanMN</a> a “public relations agent for Hamas” with no push back. <br><br>Islamophobia is not only normalized in American politics, it’s rewarded. <a href="https://t.co/aoe8qIIhNf">pic.twitter.com/aoe8qIIhNf</a></p>— Jeremy Slevin (@jeremyslevin) <a href="https://twitter.com/jeremyslevin/status/1768043830358466776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The far-left is attempting to make this a thing. Except it only makes sense to suggest this claim is Islamophobia if you pretend Omar’s anti-Semitism and pro-terrorist propaganda efforts are representative of Muslims. <br><br>This isn’t Islamophobia, it’s an accurate description. <a href="https://t.co/lvCZQlXIwq">pic.twitter.com/lvCZQlXIwq</a></p>— AG (@AGHamilton29) <a href="https://twitter.com/AGHamilton29/status/1768258380806647888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Noted antisemite Pramila Jayapal says everyone gets aid — but the Jews. She wants to help defeat Putin, but not Hamas. <a href="https://t.co/8T1wLpgWol">https://t.co/8T1wLpgWol</a></p>— Jason Rantz on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) <a href="https://twitter.com/jasonrantz/status/1767953475772821878?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">There's no shortage of the harrowing evidence of the rape, mutilation and extreme brutality carried out by Hamas against Israeli women.<a href="https://t.co/gfVe8SThfO">https://t.co/gfVe8SThfO</a></p>— The Electronic Uprising (@uprising_1) <a href="https://twitter.com/uprising_1/status/1767974936289677390?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Norway?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Norway</a> wants to engage in BDS campaigns against Israel, maybe it's time to establish a hypocrisy free zone and to stop buying Norwegian products? Besides, there are plenty other options to Salmon 🐟 besides Norwegian. <a href="https://t.co/LDiSuwyTIc">pic.twitter.com/LDiSuwyTIc</a></p>— Arsen Ostrovsky 🎗️ (@Ostrov_A) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ostrov_A/status/1768232412868169746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Brazilian President Lula keeps coming with antisemitic statements during the Israel-Hamas War.<br><br>That why it’s not surprising that his allies in Brazil act this way <br><br>However, the Brazilian people stand with Israel<br><br>🇧🇷🇮🇱 <a href="https://t.co/nqzgkoLfQ3">pic.twitter.com/nqzgkoLfQ3</a></p>— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) <a href="https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1768093941629415556?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-791980">Two arrested as hundreds protest Teaneck Synagogue Israel real estate expo</a>
<blockquote>Two anti-Israel protesters were arrested for spraying cars with paint during a Sunday demonstration against an Israeli real estate exposition at Congregation Keter Torah Synagogue in Teaneck, New Jersey.
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The Teaneck Police department said on Monday that Letticia Freitas and Mahdy Suleimen were arrested for spraying passing cars with a red liquid as they passed the demonstration area. Freitas was charged with five counts each of bias intimidation, criminal mischief, simple assault, and harassment. Suleiman was charged with single counts of bias intimidation, criminal mischief, and harassment.
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The Bergen County Jewish Action Committee (BCJAC) claimed in a Monday statement that protesters also hurled objects at commuters and pedestrians.
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BCJAC spokesman said that the My Home in Israel Real Estate informational program held at the Orthodox Jewish synagogue faced “a cynical attempt to target a religious institution under false pretenses as part of a coordinated and malicious campaign to harass Teaneck’s Jewish community”.
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“These protestors knowingly misrepresented, and made utterly unfounded and inflammatory claims about, the event in an attempt to mask what was little more than the targeted harassment of a peaceful religious community by a violent mob,” said Gross.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jns.org/la-synagogue-presidents-resign-after-covering-up-israeli-hostage-posters/">LA synagogue presidents resign after covering up Israeli hostage posters</a>
<blockquote>The HAMAKOM synagogue in Los Angeles conducted town hall meetings on Tuesday in response to the outrage that had arisen in the community over images that had circulated showing that posters of Israeli hostages hung in the building had been covered in preparation for the use of the space by the Islamic Society of West Valley for Ramadan.
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As a result, hundreds of congregants reportedly threatened to leave the congregation. According to the synagogue website, it counts as many as 900 families as members.
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In a statement on Wednesday, the synagogue’s leadership team revealed that “our co-presidents have tendered their resignations from their positions.”
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The synagogue also canceled the rental agreement with the Muslim group upon learning that, as it said in another statement, “there was a speaker this evening, Hussam Ayloush, who has spoken out against Israel and its rightful actions to defend its people.”
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The synagogue stated, “We cannot give audience to comments that denigrate Israel’s right to protect itself after Oct. 7.”
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Ayloush is the longtime executive director at the LA chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. On March 1, he told a San Diego mosque, “What is happening in Palestine is an American genocide. It is a Biden genocide against the Palestinian people.”</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/awash-in-qatari-money-have-us-campuses-become-incubators-for-dohas-interests/">Awash in Qatari money, have US campuses become incubators for Doha’s interests?</a>
<blockquote>As campuses have become battlegrounds over Israeli and Palestinian narratives in the wake of the October 7 massacre of 1,200 people in southern Israel by Hamas terrorists, many have found it hard to ignore Qatar’s university funding and what that funding could buy.
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Though presenting itself as a fair mediator in indirect talks between Israel and Hamas, including over terms for the release of hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 and still held in Gaza, Qatar has long hosted Hamas’s leadership and has been harshly critical of Israel. In a statement released as Hamas terrorists were carrying out atrocities across southern Israel, Doha declared Israel “solely responsible for the ongoing escalation” and justified the terror onslaught.
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“The Qataris excel at leveraging the Palestinian issue to draw attention to what suits them,” Admoni said. “In Western countries, particularly within educated circles, the pro-Palestinian struggle is perceived as a ‘convenient’ cause. Consequently, from the Qatari perspective, this portrayal positions them favorably on what they consider to be the right side of public opinion, especially among the youth.”
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According to Marcus, the draw of Qatari money also means school administrators may be less willing to call out antisemitism on campus.
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“It’s not at all surprising when US administrators are reluctant to impose the same discipline on foreign students when they’re getting foreign money because there is a range of pressures on them to avoid doing the right thing,״ he said.
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Doha’s ‘pragmatism’<br>
As shown by the fact that it hosts both a major American military base and a Taliban embassy, Doha excels at maintaining alliances while navigating shifting and often discordant interests.
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Admoni noted that when Qatar was accused of funding the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda in 2017, Doha launched a charm offensive aimed at keeping Washington in its court, including cozying up to Jewish leaders.
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“They are very pragmatic and cynical politicians, and if they have a global goal like appearing as those who solve the Palestinian issue, they will do whatever it takes for that,” he said.
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“The Qataris aim to be tone-setters, active participants in the discourse, exerting influence wherever they can impact and where decision-makers gather,” Admoni added. “This involves investing in global sports, culture, politics, and academia to establish ‘soft power’ influence. It’s a form of soft diplomacy, ensuring that they cannot be ignored.”</blockquote>
<A href=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/2915652/uva-dei-staff-privately-downplayed-pro-hamas-rally-extra-credit/>University of Virginia DEI staff privately downplayed professor’s pro-Hamas rally extra credit offer</a>
<blockquote>Top diversity, equity, and inclusion staffers at the University of Virginia appeared to immediately downplay outside concerns over a professor offering students extra credit to attend a rally about “how we can stand in solidarity with Palestinians resisting occupation,” emails show.
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The emails were obtained by the Washington Examiner through the Freedom of Information Act and have not yet been reported. They provide an inside look at how officials at one of the top-ranking universities in the United States scrambled to determine how to respond to scrutiny in connection to UVA global studies and anthropology professor Tessa Farmer’s heavily scrutinized extra credit offer last year to students on Oct. 12, just five days after Hamas killed more than 1,200 Israelis in the Jewish state. In turn, two senior DEI employees at UVA seemed to dispute whether Farmer was actually providing that extra credit opportunity, which the office of Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares said he was “very concerned” about, documents show.
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“Internal emails show DEI staffers were apparently unperturbed by this professor’s promotion of a Students for Justice in Palestine event despite the group’s radical rhetoric,” said Adam Andrzejewski, CEO of Open the Books, a federal spending watchdog. The organization found through an analysis that UVA spent an estimated $20 million in 2023 paying the salaries of 235 staffers working in DEI-related roles.
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“They appeared surprised the outside world found their divisive identity politics objectionable,” Andrzejewski said.
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News of the emails comes as DEI offices at universities continue to come under intensified scrutiny from Republicans, who have likened the ideology to a form of discrimination due to DEI’s emphasis on viewing social interactions in terms of gender and race. The release of the emails could further expand open GOP-led investigations into antisemitism in Virginia on the heels of Oct. 7.
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Now, the U.S. Department of Education is investigating threats made against Jewish students at UVA, according to multiple reports. The agency declined to comment. </blockquote>
Columbia University Continues to Fail Jewish Students & Faculty
<blockquote>Accuracy in Media returned to Columbia University to interview Jewish students and faculty about their experiences facing antisemitism on campus. Their stories were shocking and disturbing.</blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.jns.org/bbyo-survey-reports-that-71-of-jewish-teens-have-experienced-antisemitism/">BBYO survey reports that 71% of Jewish teens have experienced antisemitism</a>
<blockquote>BBYO has released the results of a new survey of 1,989 Jewish students conducted from Jan. 23 to Feb. 5.
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The researchers found that 71% had experienced antisemitic hate or discrimination. Those who have faced it in person numbered 61% while 46% saw it online, and 36% had experienced both forms. Of those who had experienced in-person hate, 46% said it occurred at school and 45% chose not to report the incident.
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For the teens who encountered online anti-Jewish hate, they reported that the most common platforms were Instagram (33%), TikTok (23%) and Snapchat (17%).
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Matt Grossman, CEO of BBYO, called the survey “a critical wake-up call, revealing the stark reality that Jewish teens are enduring.”
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The Jewish youth organization said in a statement that “the data indicates that the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks by Hamas and the subsequent spread of misinformation and antisemitic rhetoric and violence have had a traumatic impact on Jewish high school students’ safety, well-being, and mental health.”
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According to the report, 74% of BBYO members have seen more discrimination since Oct. 7.
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Grossman emphasized that “every Jewish teen deserves to feel safe and supported, and it is incumbent upon us to ensure they have those safe spaces, as well as the tools and assistance they need, to navigate these turbulent times with strength and pride. We are so proud and grateful that involvement with BBYO has played such a significant role in helping teens cope with elevated levels of stress and anxiety.”</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This morning on <a href="https://twitter.com/JInsider?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JInsider</a>: Jewish high-school kids are also getting the treatment <a href="https://t.co/cWun6yj4Zt">pic.twitter.com/cWun6yj4Zt</a></p>— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) <a href="https://twitter.com/jpodhoretz/status/1768240662409793553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I’m off this week because I was just married, but I do need to bring this to people’s attention:<br><br>The Massachusetts teachers union is gearing up to push anti-Semitic propaganda in your children’s schools. <a href="https://t.co/63ruBK0NDu">pic.twitter.com/63ruBK0NDu</a></p>— Kassy Akiva (@KassyDillon) <a href="https://twitter.com/KassyDillon/status/1768288776575496446?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<A href=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/kikes-out-and-up-hamas-scrawled-on-walls-in-manchester-university-union-building-kqhasrgp>‘Kikes out’ and ‘Up Hamas’ scrawled on walls in Manchester University union building</a>
<blockquote>Antisemitic and pro-terror graffiti has repeatedly been scrawled inside Manchester University students’ union.
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Slogans including “kikes out”, “up Hamas”, “I hate Zionists”, “death to Zionism” and “victory to the resistance” have repeatedly been discovered in university bathrooms.
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One student said it took 72 hours for “kikes out” – which had been etched into a cubicle wall with a sharp object – to be erased.
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Second-year student Samuel Bartlett said he reported the graffiti to the student union on numerous occasions.
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“It took emailing the union, the university, and security before they removed the ‘up Hamas’ graffiti,” Bartlett said.
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A religion and theology student originally from York, Bartlett wears a yarmulke and a Star of David. Last week, a fellow student shouted “Free Palestine” at him.
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Many months after October 7, Bartlett said that Manchester University campus “still feels like a very hostile environment.”
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“Jewish students have lost faith in the university to tackle antisemitism”, Bartlett said.</blockquote>
<A href=https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-french-university-rocked-by-domestic-violence-scandal-antisemitism-allegations/>Top French university rocked by domestic violence scandal, antisemitism allegations</a>
<blockquote>Meanwhile, more controversy struck the Sciences Po campus after around 100 students occupying the main lecture hall as part of a pro-Palestinian demonstration on Tuesday were accused of barring entry to a Jewish student and insulting her.
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The student — a member of the Union of Jewish Students in France (UEJF) that claims a national membership of 15,000 — was greeted with shouts of “Don’t let her in, she’s a Zionist,” the union said on X, formerly Twitter.
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‘Unspeakable and perfectly intolerable’<br>
The incident sparked condemnation at the highest level of government, with Macron telling Wednesday’s cabinet meeting that the remarks were “unspeakable and perfectly intolerable.”
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Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said the government would be filing a legal complaint over the incident, warning of an “active and dangerous minority” on campus.
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But students on the ground said the government should be more circumspect in its condemnation.
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“It’s really sad that unverified information is taken directly to the French president,” said one student who declined to be named. “We don’t tolerate any form of antisemitism.”
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Another student told AFP that the Jewish student had been denied access to the lecture hall because “she previously intimidated pro-Palestinian students” at the protest.
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The student was the only representative of the Jewish student union to be barred from entering.
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“Other UEJF members were able to take part in the debates,” said the student, who declined to give her name.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🚨The Committee is bringing in former Harvard Antisemitism Advisory Group Member Dr. Dara Horn for a transcribed interview as part of its antisemitism investigation. <a href="https://t.co/HHxvogcIjk">https://t.co/HHxvogcIjk</a><a href="https://twitter.com/virginiafoxx?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@virginiafoxx</a>'s statement: <a href="https://t.co/oV4IJcKH19">pic.twitter.com/oV4IJcKH19</a></p>— House Committee on Education & the Workforce (@EdWorkforceCmte) <a href="https://twitter.com/EdWorkforceCmte/status/1768004420896272474?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://freebeacon.com/?post_type=post&p=1868886">Israeli Lawyer Ran Bar-Yoshafat Will Return to Berkeley After Anti-Semitic Mob Shut Down His Speech</a>
<blockquote>Ran Bar-Yoshafat, the Israeli lawyer whose University of California, Berkeley, speech was shut down last month by an anti-Semitic mob, will return to the school next week to deliver a new talk.
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Bar-Yoshafat will speak on Berkeley's campus at a Monday event sponsored by Tikvah Students for Israel and other pro-Israel groups. His appearance comes just weeks after a talk he was scheduled to deliver at Berkeley was shut down by violent demonstrators, who choked a female student attendee, spit in another's face, and shouted "Jew, Jew, Jew."
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The lawyer and Israel Defense Forces reservist told the Washington Free Beacon he plans to give an altered speech that will address the ordeal and subsequent attempts to shut down his speech.
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"I really think this is bigger than an Israeli issue or a Jewish issue," Bar-Yoshafat said. "This is Western civilization collapsing because people are not willing to even let me speak."
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"I'm not that important. I'm a low-ranking officer," he continued. "If you're not even willing to have a dialogue or discourse, that's really the end of free speech, which is quite amazing, because the 1964 free speech movement started at Berkeley."
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Berkeley launched a hate crime probe in the wake of Bar-Yoshafat's canceled February speech, with the school citing "two alleged incidents" of "overtly antisemitic expression," as well as "allegations of physical battery."
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"As we stated in last week's message, what happened on Monday, Feb. 26 is unacceptable," the school's chancellor, Carol Christ, said in a Mar. 4 statement. "After we sent last week’s message, UCPD and OPHD received reports that two of the Jewish students who organized the event, as well as some of the attendees, were subjected to overtly antisemitic expression."
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"UCPD is investigating these two alleged incidents, which also included allegations of physical battery, as hate crimes."</blockquote>
<a href="https://freebeacon.com/campus/mit-refused-to-host-dennis-ross-it-invited-a-hamas-apologist-instead/">MIT Refused To Host Dennis Ross. It Invited a Hamas Apologist Instead.</a>
<blockquote>In the wake of Hamas's Oct. 7 attack, MIT president Sally Kornbluth responded to a rise in campus anti-Semitism with a new initiative: "Standing Together Against Hate." Launched on Nov. 14 of last year, Kornbluth trumpeted it as an effort aimed at "community building." She put MIT chancellor Melissa Nobles in charge.
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Trouble began to brew when, as a part of this initiative, the school invited a Hamas apologist to speak, an event slated to take place on March 18. Last month, members of MIT's Jewish Alumni Alliance met with Kornbluth to request that the school also consider hosting Dennis Ross, the former U.S. envoy to the Middle East and a well-respected diplomat who has served in both Democratic and Republican administrations.
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Kornbluth expressed interest in the suggestion, the alumni group said in a statement, and the group's members extended an invitation to Ross, who agreed to participate in a separate event, his office told the Washington Free Beacon. But MIT administrators, led by Nobles, backed out, telling the Jewish alumni group they were "steering clear of politicians, current or past," according to an email, the contents of which were reviewed by the Free Beacon.
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Ross has worked in the White House, most recently on the National Security Council in the Obama administration. Before that, he served in the National Security Council under Ronald Reagan and in the State Department under George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. He has never run for office.
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"Needless to say, I am not a politician and also have the distinction of having been appointed by two Republican presidents—Reagan and Bush 41—[and] two Democratic presidents, Clinton and Obama," Ross told the Free Beacon.
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Jewish alumni are up in arms. The school's response reflects a "double standard" that MIT "applies only to Jews," the group said in a statement obtained by the Free Beacon. If Ross is a politician, the group argues, then Dalia Mogahed—a Boston University "antibigotry fellow" who has justified Hamas terrorism and is scheduled to speak as a part of the initiative—is too.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/MIT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MIT</a> Faculty Newsletter includes a nauseating showing of intellectually dishonest antisemitism, fueled by distorted DEI ideology!<br><br>Opening sentence: "The massacre and kidnappings in Israel and the ongoing war against Palestinians"<br>No mentioning that Jews were massacred in Israel… <a href="https://t.co/9eSe6JyKVr">pic.twitter.com/9eSe6JyKVr</a></p>— Retsef Levi (@RetsefL) <a href="https://twitter.com/RetsefL/status/1768018159234097306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Elias Serna, a faculty member <a href="https://twitter.com/SMC_edu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SMC_edu</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/csuci?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@csuci</a>, said about Israel, “We are living through a fascist and RACIST genocide operation, funded by our tax dollars. At this point I support all acts of revolt against tyranny, overseas and at home.” <a href="https://t.co/A4lvjYUpqH">https://t.co/A4lvjYUpqH</a> <a href="https://t.co/UBBuHuPmv7">pic.twitter.com/UBBuHuPmv7</a></p>— Canary Mission (@canarymission) <a href="https://twitter.com/canarymission/status/1767981452732592200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">UPDATE: Dr. Alhusain Aly has "parted ways" with the Veterans Affairs Southern Nevada Healthcare System. <a href="https://t.co/rig0qkRiqU">https://t.co/rig0qkRiqU</a></p>— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) <a href="https://twitter.com/StopAntisemites/status/1768361687109841244?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">UPDATE: Dr. Abdelrhman Maher Abo-Zed hospitalist privileges have been revoked at the following locations - <br><br>- Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mt. Holly<br>- Virtua Willingboro Hospital, Willingboro<br>- Acuity Specialty Hospital, Willingboro<br>- Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center</p>— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) <a href="https://twitter.com/StopAntisemites/status/1768361409765576723?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In MA looking for cannabis? You might want to stay away from a supplier that compares Jews to Nazi and is a rabid rape denier. <br><br>Meet Sherif Osman, owner of Faded Flowers. <br><br>Sherif, a former accountant, now like to play with varieties of marijuana and deny women were raped. <a href="https://t.co/fivc15kcD8">pic.twitter.com/fivc15kcD8</a></p>— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) <a href="https://twitter.com/StopAntisemites/status/1768328873022771460?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">UPDATE: after his hateful Facebook comments were exposed, Dr. Mark Mohammed Zahid is no longer practicing at:<br><br>- St. Vincent's East<br>- Chilton Medical Center<br>- Brookwood Baptist Medical Center <a href="https://t.co/1OVwlgkIvN">https://t.co/1OVwlgkIvN</a></p>— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) <a href="https://twitter.com/StopAntisemites/status/1768302863699067316?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Concerned? Reach out to Discovery Mental Health Counseling via email at info@discoverymhc.com or call the office: 347-696- 6968</p>— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) <a href="https://twitter.com/StopAntisemites/status/1768085634332152284?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This man has been identified as Hassan Rakan Al Ramadan.</p>— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) <a href="https://twitter.com/StopAntisemites/status/1768003664264720483?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The King County Police Officers Guild previously demanded that Abouzeid be removed from his position at OLEO for “his support of terrorists.” The King County Council ignored the request even after passing a resolution last year to combat antisemitism<a href="https://t.co/Gv02UZNvoN">https://t.co/Gv02UZNvoN</a></p>— Ari Hoffman (@thehoffather) <a href="https://twitter.com/thehoffather/status/1768125920295149906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Abouzeid has a long history of antisemitism. In a 2001 Letter to the Editor of the Chicago Tribune called “Not Terrorists” he defended Palestinian terrorism against civilians<a href="https://t.co/GoBD8vWVKV">https://t.co/GoBD8vWVKV</a></p>— Ari Hoffman (@thehoffather) <a href="https://twitter.com/thehoffather/status/1768125923386327444?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Abouzeid's social media is filled with rhetoric demonizing Jews and the Jewish state. He has even shared the work and posts of multiple well-known antisemites <a href="https://t.co/f0BKM7CijS">pic.twitter.com/f0BKM7CijS</a></p>— Ari Hoffman (@thehoffather) <a href="https://twitter.com/thehoffather/status/1768125927555522866?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/MIT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MIT</a> Faculty Newsletter includes a nauseating showing of intellectually dishonest antisemitism, fueled by distorted DEI ideology!<br><br>Opening sentence: "The massacre and kidnappings in Israel and the ongoing war against Palestinians"<br>No mentioning that Jews were massacred in Israel… <a href="https://t.co/9eSe6JyKVr">pic.twitter.com/9eSe6JyKVr</a></p>— Retsef Levi (@RetsefL) <a href="https://twitter.com/RetsefL/status/1768018159234097306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/03/14/what-new-york-times-left-out-its-starving-gaza-children-story/">What the New York Times Left Out of Its ‘Starving Gaza Children’ Story</a>
<blockquote>A front-page story in Sunday’s New York Times accuses Israel of starving Gazan children to death.
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The story, though, is missing crucial context.
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The Times reports, “Obtaining enough to eat had already been a struggle for many in the blockaded Gaza Strip before the war. An estimated 1.2 million Gazans had required food assistance, according to the United Nations, and around 0.8 percent of children under the age of 5 in Gaza had been acutely malnourished, the World Health Organization said. Five months into the war, that appears to have spiked: About 15 percent of Gazan children under the age of 2 in northern Gaza are acutely malnourished, as well as roughly 5 percent in the south, the World Health Organization said in February.”
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The Times reports these numbers for Gaza, but it doesn’t say what the figures are in other places.
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If you look them up, you’ll find that the same World Health Organization reports figures of “severe wasting prevalence among children under 5 years of age” of 1.1 percent in the Marshall Islands, 3.1 percent in Oman, 2.4 percent in Pakistan, 4.5 percent in Saudi Arabia, 1.7 percent in South Africa, 5.5 percent in Syria, 2.7 percent in Thailand, and 5.4 percent in Yemen. The numbers were 0.7 percent in China, 0.6 percent in Cuba, 1.4 percent in Ecuador, 4.8 percent in Egypt in 2014, 4.9 percent in India in 2017, and 2.9 percent in Lebanon.
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Got that? For all the Times hype about the “struggle” caused by the “blockade,” Gazans before the Hamas-initiated war were eating better than in some non-blockaded countries. That’s because the so-called blockade wasn’t designed to starve Gazans. It was intended — unsuccessfully, alas — to prevent the Hamas terrorist group from amassing more weaponry with which to kill Israelis.
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Even months into the war, the 5 percent acute malnutrition rate reported by the WHO, if accurate, for Gazans who followed Israeli instructions to move south puts them in roughly the same shape as residents of India, Egypt, Syria, and Saudi Arabia. Why aren’t starving children in those non-Gaza countries on the front page of the Sunday New York Times? Because the Times can’t find a way to portray Jews as responsible for the deaths of those other children, and thus the news can’t be shoehorned into a classical antisemitic trope.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">✊ Stop the Spread of Misinformation: Dive into the true meaning of "intifada" and its violent history.<br><br>❌ Many use it to justify terrorism, not peaceful "resistance."<br><br>Educate yourself and others. Share this to spread awareness. <a href="https://t.co/ZRufqqOpOw">pic.twitter.com/ZRufqqOpOw</a></p>— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) <a href="https://twitter.com/HonestReporting/status/1768320004871664084?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">See for yourself: <a href="https://t.co/kloNI9EviR">pic.twitter.com/kloNI9EviR</a></p>— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) <a href="https://twitter.com/HonestReporting/status/1768297910737813973?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here's more on how Neturai Karta, this fringe, extremist Jewish group, is used by the media and personalities like <a href="https://twitter.com/GaryLineker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GaryLineker</a> to attack Israel.<a href="https://t.co/WfZBGrGXvM">https://t.co/WfZBGrGXvM</a></p>— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) <a href="https://twitter.com/HonestReporting/status/1768225592615297155?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">✅ In response to our request, <a href="https://twitter.com/guardian?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@guardian</a> has amended its erroneous post.<br><br>But it's time the newspaper finally comes to terms with the fact that Jerusalem is Israel's capital. <a href="https://t.co/21aaboL2sx">https://t.co/21aaboL2sx</a> <a href="https://t.co/ep8lesqdTb">pic.twitter.com/ep8lesqdTb</a></p>— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) <a href="https://twitter.com/HonestReporting/status/1768212691254976548?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This, from <a href="https://twitter.com/rivkahbrown?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@rivkahbrown</a>, a journalist who wrote a tweet celebrating the Hamas attack of October 7th and was forced to apologise for it, is staggering. I'd be delighted to meet you in court, Rivkah, to discuss holocaust denial. <a href="https://t.co/3qiLnR2T6Q">https://t.co/3qiLnR2T6Q</a></p>— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1768214270288736308?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It's funny how frequently those who claim to be on the side of good need to "clarify" their statements so that they aren't "accidentally" seen as experiencing near orgasmic pleasure at the thought of Jews getting murdered. <a href="https://t.co/1a1HJQnDjB">https://t.co/1a1HJQnDjB</a></p>— Noam Blum (@neontaster) <a href="https://twitter.com/neontaster/status/1768283082358919225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="qme" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/LY0ER8p5EE">https://t.co/LY0ER8p5EE</a></p>— Leftism (@LeftismForU) <a href="https://twitter.com/LeftismForU/status/1768240605631484344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Yes, it's true. Another employee of this supposedly prestigious human rights organization is a member of Hamas. He's also a "journalist" at the Hamas-run Al Aqsa TV. <a href="https://t.co/Q0CJl0emxG">pic.twitter.com/Q0CJl0emxG</a></p>— Eitan Fischberger (@EFischberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/EFischberger/status/1768016319230661017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">See my prior threads about the group here<a href="https://t.co/L43B1wYVXG">https://t.co/L43B1wYVXG</a></p>— Eitan Fischberger (@EFischberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/EFischberger/status/1768018353057055106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Your thread is everybody's favorite! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TopUnroll?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TopUnroll</a> <a href="https://t.co/svnD9ZqVn7">https://t.co/svnD9ZqVn7</a> 🙏🏼<a href="https://twitter.com/Udabby?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Udabby</a> for 🥇unroll</p>— Thread Reader Unroll Helper (@UnrollHelper) <a href="https://twitter.com/UnrollHelper/status/1768068657651863818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rape-denying lowlife antisemite has now decided Jews are also responsible for the TikTok bill she doesn’t like (bc she prefers the CCP and every other anti-American cause).<br><br>The Hill is going to carry a black mark of their association w her for years to come & deservedly so. <a href="https://t.co/2Yrn1hi1RE">pic.twitter.com/2Yrn1hi1RE</a></p>— AG (@AGHamilton29) <a href="https://twitter.com/AGHamilton29/status/1768015277743079549?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">AIPAC had nothing to do with the House bill forcing a sale of TikTok. Nothing. <br><br>Blaming AIPAC for everything you find disagreeable is antisemitism at work. <a href="https://t.co/Vp4qZE4vPJ">pic.twitter.com/Vp4qZE4vPJ</a></p>— Ritchie Torres (@RitchieTorres) <a href="https://twitter.com/RitchieTorres/status/1768119777015238841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I assume you know the picture about which the pro-Palestinian say things that sound roughly between "the evil IDF evacuates people with bulldozers!!!" and "the IDF kidnaps civilians endangering babies and journalists with the help of brutal war machines with teeth!!".<br>Well, this… <a href="https://t.co/ppRPx3g2qx">pic.twitter.com/ppRPx3g2qx</a></p>— GAZAWOOD - the PALLYWOOD saga 🇮🇱 VS 🇵🇸 (@GAZAWOOD1) <a href="https://twitter.com/GAZAWOOD1/status/1767985100308762855?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Apartheid at it's best. <br><br>The Temple Mount is full of Arabs but not one Jew is allowed up there when they are there. The only Jews are some of the police officers.<br><br>This is the real Apartheid and look how not oppressed they are <a href="https://t.co/T4z9njx2rT">pic.twitter.com/T4z9njx2rT</a></p>— Documenting Israel (@DocumentIsrael) <a href="https://twitter.com/DocumentIsrael/status/1767987738643407327?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The third day of Ramadan: Thousands of people of all ages are making their way to the Temple Mount for the Tarawih prayer after breaking the fast. The police are facilitating the freedom of worship and working to maintain security and order in the Old City of Jerusalem <a href="https://t.co/kZ26cTJiCf">pic.twitter.com/kZ26cTJiCf</a></p>— Israel Police (@israelpolice) <a href="https://twitter.com/israelpolice/status/1768003365147967827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Fatah Representative in Cyprus Moein Alsaeed: I Urge the World Health Organization to Supervise American Aid to Gaza to Make Sure They Are Not Trying to Infect Palestinians with Diseases Like They Did to the Native Americans <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Fatah?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Fatah</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Gaza?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Gaza</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/conspiracytheories?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#conspiracytheories</a> <a href="https://t.co/Y9zJB0pxbI">pic.twitter.com/Y9zJB0pxbI</a></p>— MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) <a href="https://twitter.com/MEMRIReports/status/1768220652840870210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">San Francisco Bay Area Islamic Scholar Dr. Yousef Al-Shehabi: October 7 Was a “Big Lie”; Allah Punished the Jews for Killing Prophets, Trying to Kill Jesus, Prophet Muhammad <a href="https://t.co/OMrrhp9ige">pic.twitter.com/OMrrhp9ige</a></p>— MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) <a href="https://twitter.com/MEMRIReports/status/1768208959993741519?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Russian Mufti Nafigullah Ashirov: Al-Aqsa Mosque Is Calling for Us from Under the Brunt of Judaism; Gaza and Palestine Are the Responsibility of All the Muslims, Not Just the Arabs <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Russia?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Russia</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Algeria?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Algeria</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Palestinians?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Palestinians</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hamas?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Hamas</a> <a href="https://t.co/DxkMtAU4FR">pic.twitter.com/DxkMtAU4FR</a></p>— MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) <a href="https://twitter.com/MEMRIReports/status/1768238877964115978?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Michigan Islamic Scholar Ahmad Musa Jibril on Peace Treaties with the Jews: There Can Be No Permanent Peace Treaty with the Infidels Because It Cancels Out Jihad; When Muslims Get Stronger, the Treaty Is Over <a href="https://t.co/02wIjyniaU">pic.twitter.com/02wIjyniaU</a></p>— MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) <a href="https://twitter.com/MEMRIReports/status/1768266257990623574?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Did you know that during the height of the 2007 fierce battles between Palestinian Authority forces & Hamas's militias in Gaza, President Abbas & instead of organizing stiff resistance and a counteroffensive, instructed senior PA security officials, nominally under the control of… <a href="https://t.co/i6ZUjii1GK">pic.twitter.com/i6ZUjii1GK</a></p>— Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib (@afalkhatib) <a href="https://twitter.com/afalkhatib/status/1768155928040521977?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Children's song in Gaza: "Palestine is our country and the Jews are our dogs."<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheGazaYouDontSee?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheGazaYouDontSee</a> <a href="https://t.co/8NAOBv7yln">https://t.co/8NAOBv7yln</a> <a href="https://t.co/OFPbfillfE">https://t.co/OFPbfillfE</a> <a href="https://t.co/8vzxS3clCq">pic.twitter.com/8vzxS3clCq</a></p>— Imshin (@imshin) <a href="https://twitter.com/imshin/status/1768267133098623196?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/QJFtiShHko">https://t.co/QJFtiShHko</a></p>— Imshin (@imshin) <a href="https://twitter.com/imshin/status/1768271986654867820?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/386728">What Queen Rania doesn't want anyone to know</a>
<blockquote>On March 12, 2024 Arutz 7reported "Queen Rania of Jordan once again criticized Israel in an interview last night with CNN. “As devastating and as traumatic as October 7th was, it doesn't give Israel license to commit atrocity after atrocity. Israel experienced one October 7th - since then the Palestinians have experienced 156 October 7ths,” she accused.
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It is certainly not true that "Palestinians have experienced 156 October 7ths". Israelis did not deliberatly target civilians like Hamas did in October 7th. If Palestinian Arab civilians were killed it was because they were used as human shields by Hamas.
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Hamas could have ended the war a long time ago if it had released the hostages and surrendered the leaders who orchestrated October 7th but Queen Rania does not say this.
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Why is Queen Rania omitting important information? Why is she distorting the truth? Why is she so biased?
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Not everybody knows that Queen Rania is a Palestinian Arab.
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The Queen of Jordan Rania Al-Yassin was born in Kuwait to Palestinian Arab parents Faisal Sedki Al Yassin and Ilham Yassin from Tulkarm.
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What else does Queen Rania not want anyone to know? That the two-state-solution was already implemented with the creation of Jordan: </blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The embodiment of evil<br><br>Ahlam Tamimi is a special kind of terrorist and "deserves" a thread 🧵<br><br>Tamimi participated in the Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing<br><br>See here how happy she was seeing the death toll rising. It will freeze your blood<br><br>Listen to the entire clip! <a href="https://t.co/JCJ4RrAOnr">pic.twitter.com/JCJ4RrAOnr</a></p>— Hamas Atrocities (@HamasAtrocities) <a href="https://twitter.com/HamasAtrocities/status/1767913023727968508?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If you want a window into the Jihadi mindset here she explains it perfectly<br><br>The attacks are like a "crown on her head"<br>She is forever grateful for having the privilege of following "Allah's path" <a href="https://t.co/klPvyCjZsS">pic.twitter.com/klPvyCjZsS</a></p>— Hamas Atrocities (@HamasAtrocities) <a href="https://twitter.com/HamasAtrocities/status/1767913089540763904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">16 people died in the Sbarro restaurant bombing, including 7 children and a pregnant woman. 122 were injured.<br><br>Tamimi is on America's Most Wanted list. Jordan refuses to extradite her.<br><br>She hosts a television show about Palestinians in Israeli prisons.<br>She's quite a celebrity! <a href="https://t.co/sOG7P8cqsw">pic.twitter.com/sOG7P8cqsw</a></p>— Hamas Atrocities (@HamasAtrocities) <a href="https://twitter.com/HamasAtrocities/status/1767913104443166963?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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MEMRI: <A href=https://www.memri.org/reports/forty-years-after-palestine-liberation-organization-plo-withdrew-lebanon-hamas-working-build>Forty Years After Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Withdrew From Lebanon, Hamas Working To Build Military Infrastructure There With Hizbullah's Encouragement</a>
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MEMRI: <a href=https://www.memri.org/reports/hizbullah-sec-gen-nasrallah-we-salute-demonstrations-us-and-uncommitted-campaign-originating>Hizbullah Sec-Gen Nasrallah: We Salute The Demonstrations In The U.S. And The 'Uncommitted' Campaign (Originating In Dearborn, Michigan); Voting 'Uncommitted' In The Democratic Primary Is The Most Influential Means Of Pressure On Biden And His Administration</a>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hizbullah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah: We Salute the People Who Demonstrate in the US; Voting “Uncommitted” in the Democratic Primary Is the Most Influential Means of Pressure on Biden and His Administration <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hizbullah?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Hizbullah</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/uncommitted?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#uncommitted</a> <a href="https://t.co/HqRjixx0nH">pic.twitter.com/HqRjixx0nH</a></p>— MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) <a href="https://twitter.com/MEMRIReports/status/1768213091173519552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Children’s programming in Yemen, where there is currently a <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Jewish?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Jewish</a> population of ZERO. <br><br>This is pure Nazi propaganda.<br><br>This is Radical Islam. <br><br>This was NEVER about land. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StandWithIsrael?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StandWithIsrael</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AntizionismIsAntisemitism?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AntizionismIsAntisemitism</a> <a href="https://t.co/PvwyuI8P8T">pic.twitter.com/PvwyuI8P8T</a></p>— The Persian Jewess (@persianjewess) <a href="https://twitter.com/persianjewess/status/1767952745917768047?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Maybe Israel should invade Yemen?<br>Someone would finally notice over 90,000 children have died there under severe famine and maybe "Flood Yemen with AID" like Blinken says about GAZA - where no one has died of famine. 🤔</p>— Ron M. (@Jewtastic) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jewtastic/status/1768133229671014777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://freebeacon.com/?post_type=post&p=1868715">Biden Admin Renews Iran Sanctions Waiver That Unlocks Upwards of $10 Billion for Regime</a>
<blockquote>The Biden administration on Wednesday reapproved a sanctions waiver that unlocks upwards of $10 billion in frozen funds for the Iranian government, according to a copy of the notice submitted to Congress late Wednesday and reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon.
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The sanctions waiver—which has drawn fierce GOP opposition on Capitol Hill—allows Iraq to transfer electricity payments to Iran via third-party countries. The sanctions waiver was last approved by the Biden administration in November and set to expire this month, putting the White House in a tight position as a mounting chorus of GOP lawmakers express concern about sanctions being bypassed. The authority granted in the latest waivers allows Iraq to convert dinars into Euros and transfer payments into Iranian banks accounts in Oman.
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Republican foreign policy leaders in Congress raised concerns about the waiver earlier this week, the Free Beacon reported, saying that sanctions should not be lifted on the hardline Iranian regime in light of its support for Hamas and other terrorist proxy groups waging war on Israel and American outposts in the region.
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While the State Department maintains the funds can only be accessed by Iran to pay for humanitarian supplies, like food and medicine, critics of the sanctions waiver argue that money is fungible, and that the waiver frees up cash for Iran to spend on its global terrorism operations.
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The State Department would not immediately confirm transmitting the sanctions waiver to Congress, but defended its previous renewals on Tuesday in response to Free Beacon questions.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Republican Senator <a href="https://twitter.com/SenTomCotton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenTomCotton</a>: "Nothing sums up the Biden administration’s weakness better than asking Iran for help with a problem that they are playing a leading role in, and that our own Navy is capable of solving." <a href="https://t.co/g75GzC3E6O">https://t.co/g75GzC3E6O</a> <a href="https://t.co/30clJBcmpf">pic.twitter.com/30clJBcmpf</a></p>— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) <a href="https://twitter.com/IranIntl_En/status/1768081854479937927?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Congressman <a href="https://twitter.com/RepPatFallon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepPatFallon</a>: "Why is Biden granting sanctions relief to Iran while its proxies aim to kill US personnel? Does Biden want to fund terrorism, or does it want to protect our troops abroad? Another chapter in the Biden foreign policy legacy of disgrace!" <a href="https://t.co/KqDTjSOpKI">https://t.co/KqDTjSOpKI</a></p>— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) <a href="https://twitter.com/IranIntl_En/status/1768085668759023744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WSJ reports on an explosion of Iran-backed terror plots in Europe.<br><br>For years, most terror threats to Europe were ISIS-linked, but since the groups demise at the hands of the US-led <a href="https://twitter.com/coalition?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@coalition</a>, the Iranian regime and its IRGC have moved to fill the void.<a href="https://t.co/ZMs5CVf2sS">https://t.co/ZMs5CVf2sS</a> <a href="https://t.co/laUVGyt1hV">pic.twitter.com/laUVGyt1hV</a></p>— Jokerman Intel (@JokermanIntel) <a href="https://twitter.com/JokermanIntel/status/1768013928825848011?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">.<a href="https://twitter.com/USEnvoyIran?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@USEnvoyIran</a>: "Sanctions enforcement and multilateral cooperation are paramount in confronting Iran's destabilizing behavior. Today's engagement with the Panamanian Government is part of our larger diplomatic effort to advance that work." <a href="https://t.co/1CImGHmOsB">https://t.co/1CImGHmOsB</a> <a href="https://t.co/iqCvMVpZ0K">pic.twitter.com/iqCvMVpZ0K</a></p>— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) <a href="https://twitter.com/IranIntl_En/status/1768093407765766336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="zxx" dir="ltr"><a href="https://t.co/tHd9bVFfKq">https://t.co/tHd9bVFfKq</a> <a href="https://t.co/1UujAApIeq">pic.twitter.com/1UujAApIeq</a></p>— Noah Pollak (@NoahPollak) <a href="https://twitter.com/NoahPollak/status/1767966419579519229?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://freebeacon.com/?post_type=post&p=1868352">Senator Wants Iran Banned From 2024 Olympics</a>
<blockquote>A Republican senator is calling on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to ban Iran from the 2024 games set to be held later this year in Paris, citing the country’s "oppression and abuse" of female athletes.
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"The [Iranian] Regime should not gain any glory from the Games until they meet the standards and ideals of Olympism by allowing all Iranian athletes—regardless of gender or political persuasion—to practice their sport freely and without persecution," Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R., Tenn.) wrote in a letter sent Wednesday to the Olympic committee and obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. "I ask that the Iranian Regime be held accountable for its crimes, and I request an update from the IOC on the status of Iran’s participation in the 2024 Olympic Games."
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The senator’s letter comes amid the high profile defection of a female Iranian athlete who says she has been persecuted by the Islamic Republic’s hardline leadership. Iranian athletes have also been "harmed, imprisoned, or murdered" for speaking out against the hardline government and participating in pro-democracy protests, according to Blackburn.
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The Iranian regime’s routine abuse of women and girls, including Olympic athletes, constitutes a "direct violation" of the IOC’s charter and should disqualify Tehran from participating in the 2024 Paris games, according to Blackburn, who is joining a coalition of exiled Iranian athletes in calling for Iran to be barred from the 2024 games.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Iranians keep protesting against the despised Islamist regime. The international media continues to ignore this story. <a href="https://t.co/ieaF0e1InY">https://t.co/ieaF0e1InY</a></p>— Mark Dubowitz (@mdubowitz) <a href="https://twitter.com/mdubowitz/status/1768296188187451749?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/03/14/former-lyft-driver-facing-10-year-jail-sentence-antisemitic-assault-jewish-passenger/">Former Lyft Driver Facing 10-Year Jail Sentence for Antisemitic Assault on Jewish Passenger</a>
<blockquote>A former Lyft driver in San Francisco is facing a maximum 10-year jail sentence and a fine of $250,000 for a brutal assault on a Jewish passenger last October.
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Csaba John Csukás, 39, was arrested on Wednesday for the Oct. 26 assault at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). According to the indictment against him, he struck his passenger — an unnamed Israeli who lives in the San Jose region — in the face after learning his nationality. The victim was rushed to the hospital where he received treatment for minor injuries.
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The indictment stated that when Csukás, a resident of Daly City, “approached the victim at a predetermined pickup location, [he] asked the victim if the victim was Jewish or Israeli, stated that he would not transport a Jewish or Israeli person, and attacked the victim by striking the victim in the face with his fist.” The assault occurred less than three weeks after the Oct. 7 Hamas pogrom in southern Israel, amid a rising tide of antisemitic attacks in the US and around the world.
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Csukás appeared in court on Wednesday “charged with committing a federal hate crime which prohibits, among other things, causing bodily injury because of the actual or perceived religion or national origin of a person in circumstances affecting interstate commerce,” according to a statement issued by the US Department of Justice (DOJ).
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Csukás faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine of $250,000 for the hate crime charge. “If convicted, a federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the US Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors,” the DOJ said.
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US Attorney General Merrick Garland warned that the DOJ was determined to prosecute discriminatory actions like those of Csukás.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jns.org/south-carolina-man-arrested-for-dumping-antisemitic-fliers/">South Carolina man arrested for dumping antisemitic fliers</a>
<blockquote>A repeat offender illegally distributing antisemitic propaganda in South Carolina could face as many as three years in prison for what he has described as “political and religious activism.”
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The County Sheriff’s Office in the city of Florence, S.C., about 80 miles east of the capital of Columbia in the central part of the state, arrested Jamin Fite, 48, on March 11. He was charged with seven counts of communicating obscene messages, which could land him in prison for three years, and seven counts of littering, which includes $200 fines or 30 days in jail as potential sentences.
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Fite allegedly dumped his fliers on March 5 in multiple neighborhoods throughout Florence. They reportedly contained anti-Jewish language and links to a video-sharing site featuring racist content.
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He was charged last year for a similar offense in Myrtle Beach, for which he received a fine of more than $500, and subsequently lost his appeal. Fite had thrown 400 baggies with antisemitic conspiracy-theory leaflets from his car; police seized 800 more.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/2024/03/14/millions-are-starving-in-sudan-the-media-doesnt-care-because-israel-cant-be-blamed/">Millions Are Starving in Sudan; the Media Doesn’t Care Because Israel Can’t Be Blamed</a>
<blockquote>On March 6, the United Nations warned that a current conflict that has already killed and displaced millions of people risks triggering “the world’s worst hunger crisis.”
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Some of the statement’s key points include:<br>
“A staggering 14 million children are in desperate need of lifesaving assistance”<br>
“Millions of lives and the peace and stability of an entire region are at stake”<br>
“Across the war-torn country, 18 million people are acutely food insecure and five million now face starvation”<br>
“Restricted in their movements by ongoing violence and interference from warring parties and severely underfunded, humanitarian aid workers can barely help those in need”<br>
“Humanitarian assistance was further disrupted after the authorities revoked permits for cross-border truck convoys”
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Less than 24 hours later on March 7, the United Nations issued another warning:<br>
“The situation is appalling. Every minute, every hour, it is getting worse”<br>
“In the north, one in six children under the age of two is acutely malnourished…”<br>
“We need to flood the market… with humanitarian goods as well as re-energize the private sector so commercial goods can enter to meet the need of civilians…”<br>
“At the same time, humanitarian supplies via air or sea are ‘not a substitute for what we need to see arrive on land…’”
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The first statement was about Sudan, a country that has been racked by a conflict that erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in April 2023.
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Former African Slave & Refugee Stand with Israel Against A Familiar Enemy | Our Middle East
<blockquote>Dan Diker and Arab-Israeli journalist Khaled Abu Toameh talk with former African slave Simon Deng and refugee Naka Pitia about their steadfast support for Israel against Hamas. They explain how the October 7th atrocities remind them of the horrors that were done to the South Sudanese and how that has led them to stand with Israel during these troubling times. </blockquote>
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“A friend said she posted that antisemitism is bad, and people called her ‘pro-genocide.’ All she posted was that antisemitism is not OK. This makes it cool to not be OK with antisemitism,” said Julia Haart, the star of “My Unorthodox Life” on Netflix.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The free world must support the vital work of democracy dissidents uniting to fight tyranny in the <a href="https://twitter.com/WLCongress?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WLCongress</a> led by <a href="https://twitter.com/AlinejadMasih?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AlinejadMasih</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Kasparov63?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Kasparov63</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/leopoldolopez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@leopoldolopez</a>. At the UN, I have seen how the dictatorships band together. It’s time for the free world to work together. <a href="https://t.co/gfikAGe6K3">https://t.co/gfikAGe6K3</a></p>— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/status/1768127303941321134?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ramadan in Israel, where quiet coexistence happens every day. <a href="https://t.co/SS7HXOkYjV">pic.twitter.com/SS7HXOkYjV</a></p>— Michael Dickson (@michaeldickson) <a href="https://twitter.com/michaeldickson/status/1767991900483522693?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">All it takes is 30 seconds to prove that Israel is not an Apartheid State. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FactsForPeace?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FactsForPeace</a> <a href="https://t.co/j2dHLtXll8">pic.twitter.com/j2dHLtXll8</a></p>— FactsForPeace (@Facts_For_Peace) <a href="https://twitter.com/Facts_For_Peace/status/1767943905591325062?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<p> </p>Ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024690260923786342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933777.post-81430868285463862142024-03-14T15:59:00.002-04:002024-03-14T16:08:11.885-04:00Chuck Schumer is clueless<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiLVG8lwWpK_6euQZe3pBWnafTqnf7wPqI099Fay2afsBJb60Z4tJHIJQke63Nv-NTfBw_4n-yOlHof7-oasGIrbRWzLv4rQU_ajrXL1sMnq083ah8DkY9yB98g269HtvnMounWhPsiLHyhv4vu7aBvsu-RAlBDR_tWuDrzeGk-0UIfZ7qXc22yw/s1042/schumer%20speech.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="1042" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiLVG8lwWpK_6euQZe3pBWnafTqnf7wPqI099Fay2afsBJb60Z4tJHIJQke63Nv-NTfBw_4n-yOlHof7-oasGIrbRWzLv4rQU_ajrXL1sMnq083ah8DkY9yB98g269HtvnMounWhPsiLHyhv4vu7aBvsu-RAlBDR_tWuDrzeGk-0UIfZ7qXc22yw/w640-h352/schumer%20speech.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>From<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/senior-us-democratic-senator-schumer-urges-elections-in-israel-saying-netanyahu-unfit-to-serve/"> Times of Israel:</a><div><div></div><blockquote><div>US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer urges Israel to hold snap elections, arguing that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is “no longer fit” to serve as premier, as gaps between the US and Israel continue to grow over the latter’s prosecution of its war in Gaza against Hamas.</div><div><br /></div><div>“The Netanyahu coalition no longer fits the needs of Israel after October 7. The world has changed – radically – since then, and the Israeli people are being stifled right now by<b> a governing vision that is stuck in the past,</b>” says Schumer.</div><div><br /></div><div>Netanyahu has “lost his way, putting himself in coalition with far-right extremists like [Finance Minister] Bezalel Smotrich and [National Security Minister] Itamar Ben-Gvir.”</div></blockquote><p>Schumer doesn't have a clue about how Israelis think.</p><p>Netanyahu is not popular. His government rates abysmally in polls with only 20% of the people finding it trustworthy. He would not get a majority in any election, although he is probably still the most likely to put together a coalition. </p><p>But Schumer cannot distinguish between Netanyahu and Israel, and he is poorly informed about what Israel is doing in Gaza.</p><p>The people of Israel overwhelmingly support the war in Gaza, including how it is being waged. While trust in the government is low, trust in the IDF is quite high, and has remained so throughout the wat.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLzB2OK28vI6_1DHtFIqyDxSSnPKXBNODQ7N5ECKsPoCZHqDrGgmAP0ykRWPOCALYtb0TFALUOgeYBdqIRyCdMuo6dQWP_Tp_4utRBX1zsdysrbQvRxSMxye4xuToZdxsAKDk-ovdBDiuRI_4R-ETLW868zq3N51HhVbZlIRAV8zjchWFCoL4UQ/s1106/gaza%20survey.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="1106" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLzB2OK28vI6_1DHtFIqyDxSSnPKXBNODQ7N5ECKsPoCZHqDrGgmAP0ykRWPOCALYtb0TFALUOgeYBdqIRyCdMuo6dQWP_Tp_4utRBX1zsdysrbQvRxSMxye4xuToZdxsAKDk-ovdBDiuRI_4R-ETLW868zq3N51HhVbZlIRAV8zjchWFCoL4UQ/w640-h350/gaza%20survey.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Schumer may consider himself pro-Israel, but his speech appears to betray that he believes the lies of Hamas over the truth from the IDF. </p><p>He has access to the best and brightest military minds in the world from the US armed forces. Yet he apparently has never asked any general or military expert what Israel could do better to minimize the loss to human life while maintaining the goal of destroying Hamas. Because, as the military experts that have visited Israel all testify, Israel is doing about as good a job as humanly possible, and better than any of them expected. </p><p>Not even asking the question - or, worse, knowing the answer and still claiming that Israel is acting recklessly in Gaza - is not pro-Israel. To say the least.</p><p>Beyond that, Schumer is attempting to conflate the war with the two state solution, something that practically no Israeli is stupid enough to do outside some writers at Haaretz. Israelis realize that tlking about a Palestinian state now is a reward for October 7. Any thinking person can see that - attack Israel and achieve what couldn't be achieved through negotiations that went nowhere not because of Israel but wholly because of Palestinian intransigence.</p><p>Even worse, every poll of Palestinians show that they supported the October 7 attacks. They have proven more than ever that as they are now, they do not deserve a state. A Palestinian state would be pro-terror, antisemitic, misogynist, anti-gay and would, in short order, become a vassal state for Iran. </p><p>How would Schumer prevent that? If he cares so much about the day after the war, certainly he has a plan for the year after a Palestinian state, right? But I haven't seen any such plans promoted by any Democratic leader, or any progressive mouthpiece. </p><p>The idiots who still believe in a two state solution have no plan. They have a religion. It is all based on faith, on hopes, on dreams, and on the fatal assumption that Palestinians would act like rational Westerners would when given a state. </p><p>The second intifada proved that a Palestinian state is not a realistic solution for Israel's future, not as the Palestinians act today, with terrorists as their role models and Hamas the most popular institution in the West Bank, today.</p><p>The Oslo process ended long ago. If anyone is stuck in he past, it is Schumer. </p><p>Chuck Schumer loves to say - and he said it <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxKyNNx1xY8">during this speech as well </a>- that his last name is derived from the Hebrew word "shomer," or guardian. </p><p>It is almost certainly a lie. <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Schumer">Wiktionary </a>says "The surname Schumer was an occupational name for a cobbler. The name Schumer is derived from the Old German words "<i>schuoch</i>" and the suffix "<i>mann</i>," which means shoe maker." <a href="https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=schumer">Ancestry.</a>com says it is "probably an occupational name for a dairy man from his activity of milking cows which produces foam, from Middle High German <i>schūm </i>German <i>Schaum."</i></p><p>However, based on this speech, I think the true origin for Chuck Schumer's surname is the one mentioned in the <a href="https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780195081374.001.0001/acref-9780195081374-e-56124#:~:text=North%20German%20(Sch%C3%BCmer)%3A%20nickname,'vagabond'.%20...">American Dictionary of Family Names</a>, which actually tracks far better than "<i>schuoch</i>" and "<i>schaum</i>."</p><p></p><blockquote><p>North German (Schümer): nickname from Middle Low German <i>schumer </i>‘<b>good-for-nothing</b>.'</p><p></p></blockquote><p>Sounds about right.</p><blockquote><br /></blockquote><div></div><br /><p></p><p></p><hr /><hr />
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Six Palestinians were killed and a dozen injured. The Air Force has promised an investigation. Gaza officials, who give the official Hamas line, will include the casualties in the count of innocents killed by Israel.<p></p><p style="outline: none !important;">Aid distribution inside the Gaza Strip has proved a tough logistical nut to crack, experts noted, given the monopoly that the Islamist terrorist group maintains through its control of the major aid organizations operating there. Israel allows in hundreds of trucks per day, but those vehicles sit idle on the Gaza side of the border while Hamas hoards the supplies, distributing it only to cronies who then sell the goods to those in need. Deadly clashes and stampedes have occurred as a result, with Gazans attempting to reach the aid before Hamas thugs can seize it. American and Jordanian air drops of supplies have tried to address the situation, with limited success.</p><p style="outline: none !important;">Last week, a State Department employee passed a suggestion to a colleague in the Pentagon that the US military demonstrate its support for the people of Palestine by showering them with watermelons. The watermelon became a symbol of Palestinian resistance to Israel in the wake of the October 7 massacre last year that saw Hamas invade southern Israel and slaughter 1200 people, among other atrocities. The fruit evokes the green, black, white, and red Palestinian flag, and celebrates the "cutting open" of Israeli security on that day. The watermelon features in social media handles and has become a new shorthand for support for Palestinian violence against Israel.</p><p style="outline: none !important;">The suggestion moved through the ranks of military until approved by the chain of command, who requisitioned several tons of watermelon, loaded them onto cargo planes, and dropped them over areas of the Gaza Strip where locals might be able to collect them.</p><p style="outline: none !important;">The USAF investigation will attempt to determine who gave the green light for the mission without verifying that the air dropped cargo had parachutes, and will set forth revamped protocols to ensure no such disaster occurs again, according to a statement by the Air Force.</p></div><p></p><p></p><hr /><hr />
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<p> </p><p></p><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933777.post-20094523901014497842024-03-14T12:00:00.201-04:002024-03-14T17:19:46.682-04:0003/14 Links Pt1: Biden's Middle East Is a Fantasy World; Schumer urges elections in Israel, saying Netanyahu unfit to serve; Fmr Hostage: Nurses cheered at captured ‘prey’From Ian:
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<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-middle-east-is-a-fantasy-world-israelis-and-palestinians-arent-as-he-thinks-198003a8?mod=opinion_lead_pos6">Biden's Middle East Is a Fantasy World</a>
<blockquote>According to the White House, the Palestinians aspire to peace, reject Hamas, and are ready to make painful concessions. In reality, according to a November survey by Arab World for Research and Development, affiliated with Birzeit University, 59% of Palestinians "extremely support" the Oct. 7 massacre, and another 16% "somewhat support" it.
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When President Biden refers to the Palestinian Authority as the legitimate representative of the Palestinian people, he ignores that its president, Mahmoud Abbas, was last elected 19 years ago to a four-year term, and that the last time the Palestinians went to the polls, in 2006, they voted for Hamas.
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Vice President Kamala Harris this week uttered a statement about Israel typically reserved for dictatorships: "It's important for us to distinguish or at least not conflate the Israeli government with the Israeli people." Yes, there is a significant disparity between Israel's leadership and its citizens - but it's the opposite of what people in Washington assume.
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A February survey conducted for Channel 12 News found that 63% of the Israeli public strongly opposes a Palestinian state under any circumstances. The Israeli government has been providing humanitarian aid to Gaza, but a January survey found that 72% of the public opposes such aid until all hostages are released.
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The Israel Mr. Biden knows - the one that supports deep withdrawals, settlement evacuations, and the two-state solution - ceased to exist two decades ago during the second intifada. Savage Palestinian violence at that time indiscriminately claimed the lives of more than 1,000 Israelis, including babies, women and the elderly.
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It's time the administration recognizes reality: The Palestinians overwhelmingly support the murder of Jews, and the Israelis don't think the Palestinians deserve a state.
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I'd like to remind my fellow Israelis that it's important for us to distinguish, or at least not conflate, the American government with the American people. According to a recent Harvard Caps-Harris poll, the American public supports Israel much more than the president does.</blockquote>
Dennis Ross: <a href="https://www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/israel-needs-new-strategy">Building a New Security Reality for Israel in Gaza</a>
<blockquote>Oct. 7 changed Israel, inflicting trauma and hardening Israelis' belief that they cannot live with Hamas in control of Gaza. Israel needs a strategy for ensuring that its military efforts and achievements in Gaza translate into a new political reality that means Israel will no longer be threatened from the strip.
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Israel does not want to be responsible for the Palestinians living in Gaza. However, Israel should not leave Gaza before it knows that Hamas is not in a position to reconstitute itself, its military means, and its political control. This requires that Hamas' military infrastructure, weapons depots, military industrial base, systems of command and control, and organizational coherence are largely destroyed. Israel's objective - and that of the U.S. - needs to be a permanently demilitarized Gaza, which can never again be used as a platform for attacks against Israel.
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As long as 91% of Palestinians believe that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas should resign and 80% are convinced that the PA is corrupt, it is pointless to talk about a political horizon or an endgame involving the PA.
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Everyone knows that Hamas will seek to divert the assistance and to reconstitute itself and its military machine. No donor will invest in Gaza if Hamas is in control or siphoning away supplies. So a condition for reconstruction must be a genuinely different administration in Gaza.</blockquote>
<a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4524779-theres-no-such-thing-as-a-ramadan-truce/">There's No Such Thing as a "Ramadan Truce"</a>
<blockquote>An aspect of Ramadan that has been a tradition through the ages is the holy month as a time for war.
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There is a history of Muslim armies waging war during Ramadan.
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This makes it ironic that some well-meaning non-Muslims are calling on Israel to suspend its military operations against the Islamist extremists of Hamas out of respect for Ramadan.
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The 1973 Arab-Israeli war is widely known in the Arab world as the Ramadan War, when Anwar Sadat dispatched Egyptian forces to cross the Suez Canal.
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The Saudi newspaper Arab News reported that "some of the greatest victories in Islam occurred during Ramadan."
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The Washington Institute's Patrick Clawson noted: "Modern proposals for Ramadan ceasefires by secular governments - the Soviets in Afghanistan, Saddam Hussein when fighting the Islamic Republic of Iran - were uniformly rejected by the Islamist side, which usually intensified fighting during Ramadan."
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For Hamas and their fellow travelers, waging war during Ramadan is as valid as in the other months of the year.
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The American government should not fall for well-meaning calls to urge Israel to display one-sided military restraint out of deference to Ramadan.
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We can be sure that Hamas (or what's left of it) won't be devoting the next month to introspection, service and worship.</blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/israel-oscars-2024-gaza-billie-eilish-mark-ruffalo-b1144736.html">There Will Be No Peace until Hamas Is Dismantled.</a>
<blockquote>When most people call for a "ceasefire," what they mean is that Israel must end its military campaign - unilaterally. Blame is laid squarely on one side. Yet it was Hamas, after all, that broke the ceasefire five months ago. It was Hamas that killed more than 1,160 people on Oct. 7, deploying torture, sexual violence and sadistic terror. It is Hamas that still holds 134 hostages, some of whom are believed to already be dead.
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The Oct. 7 attacks generated the certainty that no Israeli government could ever again do business with the terrorist group responsible for the slaughter. It is too seldom reported that Hamas remains utterly committed to the annihilation of Israel. Hamas deliberately constructed the warrens and public buildings of Gaza in such a way as to put as many civilians as possible in harm's way. The terrible death toll is a direct consequence of Hamas strategy.
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Even if Netanyahu is replaced as prime minister, no Israeli government can countenance an enduring ceasefire until this Islamist death cult has been destroyed as a viable military force. It will take time. It is a bleak task, forced upon the Israelis by what happened to them on Oct. 7. There will be no peace until Hamas is indeed dismantled. </blockquote>
<a href="https://www.ft.com/content/2106fb53-64bb-4f2f-86fc-d2b772c0a8d1">Hamas Has Been Shattered. Now It Is Fighting to Survive</a>
<blockquote>In the Defense Minister's office at Israeli military headquarters in Tel Aviv, a large pyramid adorns the wall made up of images of Hamas' top ranks. The title: "Status of leadership assassinations." After five months of ferocious conflict in Gaza, those still alive greatly outnumber the mostly mid-ranking commanders whose fate is illustrated by an X across their faces. But the Xs on the pyramid are gradually spreading, just as Hamas' fighting options appear to be dwindling.
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The quasi-state in Gaza that Hamas used to rule is wrecked, its forces are decimated and its population is enduring a deepening humanitarian catastrophe. For Hamas, an Islamist militant group founded to destroy the Jewish state, victory now has largely narrowed to one thing: survival. "Does Hamas still exist militarily? Yes," said one senior Israeli military official. "Is it organized? No. The path to completely dismantling them goes on."
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Yezid Sayigh, a Beirut-based fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said Hamas' predicament stemmed from its catastrophic miscalculation over the real balance of military power. The bloody Oct. 7 attacks laid bare the group's "delusion" that the cross-border raid would trigger uprisings against Israel across the Middle East - and thereby limit the war or tip the balance.</blockquote>
<a href="https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-if-i-were-25-id-be-in-gaza-with-a-gun-in-the-idf-1001473367">"If I Were 25, I'd Be in Gaza with a Gun in the IDF"</a>
<blockquote>Prof. Alan Dershowitz said in an interview: "I was a lawyer for many of the protesters during the 1960s and the 1970s, and many of them were very radical, but nothing comes close to this [recent mass protests against Israel]. This is essentially equivalent to Nazi youth. The protesters are mostly ignorant. They know nothing about Israel. They know nothing about Hamas."
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"All they know is that they're joining a demonstration based on intersectionality between oppressors and oppressed, and Jews are the oppressors and Palestinians are the oppressed. These are not pro-Palestine demonstrations. These are anti-Israel, anti-American and anti-Jewish demonstrations. And they're getting worse and they're spreading beyond the campus."
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"It's time for Israel to win the war. It's time for Israel to ignore world public opinion, to thumb its nose, and ignore the Red Cross and Physicians Without Borders and the UN. Israel has to make its own decisions. Tragically, Israel cannot completely ignore the U.S., but it cannot be dictated to by the U.S. We in the U.S. have to take responsibility for assuring American support."
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"There cannot be a two-state solution that's based on Oct. 7....Oct. 7 requires a complete dismantling and destruction of Hamas. Once that's done, we can go back and talk about various possible solutions, but nothing will ever be the same. For example...it cannot be that Hamas can come right up to the border....There has to be security done only by Israel, because that's the only country you can trust to do security. The same thing is true in the West Bank, but the key point is Hamas cannot be rewarded right now."
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"I'm 85 years old. If I were 25 years old, I wouldn't be talking to you today. I'd be in Gaza with a gun joining the IDF." </blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jns.org/netanyahu-israeli-right-hamas-abbas-the-four-obstacles-to-peace-schumer-says/">Netanyahu, Israeli right, Hamas, Abbas ‘the four obstacles to peace,’ Schumer says</a>
<blockquote>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) identified Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and “radical right-wing Israelis,” alongside Hamas and Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, as “the four obstacles to peace” between Israelis and Palestinians.
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In a Thursday speech on the Senate floor that Schumer described as a “major address” on the two-state solution, the senator labeled Israeli cabinet members “bigots” and “extremists” and called for new elections in Israel.
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“Five months into this conflict, it is clear that Israelis need to take stock of the situation and ask, ‘Must we change course?’” Schumer said. “I believe a new election is the only way to allow for a healthy and open decision-making process about the future of Israel, at a time when so many Israelis have lost their confidence in the vision and direction of their government.”
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Schumer cited as particular obstacles to peace the inclusion in the governing coalition of Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israeli finance and national security minister respectively, and both of religious Zionist parties.
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“There’s a nastiness to what Ministers Smotrich and Ben-Gvir believe and how they use their positions of authority and influence, and eagerness to inflame and provoke, that is profoundly irresponsible and self-destructive,” Schumer said.
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Schumer, who is Jewish, said he was speaking out both as a senator and on behalf of “mainstream Jewish Americans” to represent their views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He implied that Washington should condition or cut off aid to Israel unless a new government is formed.
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“If Prime Minister Netanyahu’s current coalition remains in power after the war begins to wind down and continues to pursue dangerous and inflammatory policies that test existing U.S. standards for assistance, then the United States will have no choice but to play a more active role in shaping Israeli policy by using our leverage to change the present course,” he said.
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“If extremists continue to unduly influence Israeli policy, then the administration should use the tools at its disposal to make sure our support for Israel is aligned with our broader goal of achieving long-term peace and stability in the region,” he added. “I believe this would make a lasting two two-state solution more likely.”</blockquote>
John Podhoretz: <a href="https://www.commentary.org/john-podhoretz/shame-of-schumer/">The Shame of Schumer</a>
<blockquote>Simply put, the deposition or removal of Bibi Netanyahu would neither further the “cause” of the two-state solution, which is dead for now and probably for a long time, nor change the approach to the war in Gaza one bit.
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So much for the policy implications of Schumer’s speech. Now for the geopolitical implications. Imagine Mike Mansfield, Senate Majority Leader in the 1970s, calling for the collapse of the parliamentary government in Great Britain; or Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole calling for a new government in Australia in the 1990s. You can’t. Because it would have been unthinkable to them. In our lifetimes, the only governments our public officials ever suggest should be replaced by their populaces are authoritarian and totalitarian ones.
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Israel is neither, to put it mildly. But Israel is a problem—for Democrats, in 2024. Or at least they believe it is, and Biden has been trying to split the baby since October 7. The administration says and acts as though Israel has the right to defend itself, and has backed its stated policy of destroying Hamas. But the Bidenites don’t want their leftist and Arabist and progressive constituencies to get so mad they will stay home or vote for Trump.
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Those of us who support the Israeli goal of destroying Hamas have to take seriously the fact that the Biden people believe they are endangering themselves politically and give them some running room in the way they’ve given Israel running room. The administration’s policy toward Israel since October 7 seems almost miraculous because he hasn’t bent backward, or changed course, or made concrete demands that Israel cease its efforts. No other American leader has given Israel the leeway or the runway he has. The war has been on for five months now.
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Now look. I am a conservative and I’ve been around a long time, so believe me when I say I’ve had contempt for Joe Biden for nearly 40 years—since the first time I heard him speak, and speak, and speak, and speak, and speak, at a lunch at the Washington Times in 1986. A question was posed. He opened his mouth to answer it. He closed his mouth…45 minutes later.
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But I’m still grateful for what he’s done—so far. And what he’s decided is that he wants people to think he supports Israel but just despises that monstrous Bibi. Everything bad is Bibi. Everything wrong is Bibi. Biden is Bibi’s enemy. Kamala Harris said last week that we have to draw a distinction between the government of Israel and its people. As I’ve shown above, this is ridiculous as a matter of fact. It’s even worse as a matter of political theory, since we do not draw such distinctions when we’re talking about a democratically elected government. But she’s a good soldier, and was playing her part, which is the demonization of Benjamin Netanyahu even as what Netanyahu does the Biden administration continues to support.
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In this sense, Schumer was being a good soldier too. But a bad Jew.
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For 25 years now, I’ve heard Schumer say at Jewish events that his name means “guard” in Hebrew. Schumer = shomer. “My people,” he would shout over a piece of rubber kosher chicken at the Marriott Marquis ballroom, “were the guardians at the gates of Jerusalem! And that is still the role that is most important to me!” When I first heard this spiel, after he was newly elected to the Senate, I found it discomfiting—shouldn’t his most important role be to represent the people of New York? Was he deliberately trying to create a dual-loyalties narrative? What on earth was he doing?
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Well, if being a shomer for Israel was his supposed birthright, he just traded it for a mess of political pottage. The highest-ranking Jewish elected official in American history just used his status and his standing to provide cover to Biden for his “trash Bibi while supporting Israel” plan. And in so doing, he has defamed the Jewish state, he has slandered its legitimately elected prime minister, he has made outrageous and unseemly demands of a democratic ally, and he has turned himself into Biden’s Luca Brasi—a designated political hit man in service of a disingenuous argument.
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I’m willing to forgive Biden for his game-playing here, at least until he changes course. Schumer deserves no forgiveness, and American Jews who support Israel especially after 10/7 have every reason now to view him with open contempt—and close their hearts and, most important, their wallets to him.</blockquote>
JPost Editorial: <a href="https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-791811">The US and Israel should stay out of their respective elections</a>
<blockquote>US attempts to influence Israeli politics<br>
But Netanyahu did not invent the wheel here. For decades, the US has sought to tip the political scales in Israel.
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In 1992, then-US president George H.W. Bush withheld loan guarantees badly needed by Israel knowing this would help Yitzhak Rabin defeat Yitzhak Shamir in that year’s election.
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In 1996, Bill Clinton did everything short of handing out leaflets for Shimon Peres to get him elected over Netanyahu. In 2022, President Joe Biden tried to prop up then-prime minister Yair Lapid by visiting here in July, even though new elections were to be held four months later that would pit Lapid against Netanyahu.
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The problem with trying to interfere in another country’s elections is not only that it is wrong and breeds resentment – trust the country’s citizens to know what is good for them – but, as has been the case when US presidents looked to unseat Netanyahu, it often backfires.
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Clinton, Obama, and Biden all did what they could to turn the public against Netanyahu, but in each case, it had the opposite effect.
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Following Netanyahu’s speech to Congress in 2015, Obama’s refusal to meet him in Washington just weeks before an Israeli election was designed to signal to the Israeli public the president’s displeasure with the prime minister. The administration believed that the Israeli public valued a good relationship with Obama more than they liked Netanyahu. They were proven wrong.
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Israelis are mature enough and intelligent enough to know what is good for their country and do not need America’s help in choosing their leaders. Likewise, the American people do not require input from Jerusalem to determine who should be its president.
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Here’s a rule the US and Israel would be wise to honor, especially with the US approaching its election in November and Israel likely facing its new election in the not-too-distant future: You stay out of my elections, and I’ll stay out of yours. </blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-792007">'Israel not a banana republic': Netanyahu slams Schumer's 'undermining' speech</a>
<blockquote>Israel expects US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to "refrain from undermining the Israeli government," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud faction said in a statement on Thursday.
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Reacting to Schumer's speech, in which he accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of holding up peace in the Middle East and calling for elections in Israel, the Likud wrote that "Israel is not a banana republic, but a democracy proud of its choice in PM Netanyahu."
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Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Herzog posted on X his response to statements by US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
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"Israel is a sovereign democracy. It is unhelpful, all the more so as Israel is at war against the genocidal terror organization Hamas, to comment on the domestic political scene of a democratic ally. It is counterproductive to our common goals," Herzog wrote.
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Opposition head MK Yair Lapid wrote that Schumer's speech "is proof that, one by one, Netanyahu is losing the staunchest supporters of Israel.
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"What's worse is, he is doing it on purpose," the former prime minister charged. "Netanyahu is causing serious damage to the national effort to win the war and maintain Israel's security.
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Former PM Bennett: Israel not a banana republic<br>
Fellow former prime minister Naftali Bennett also sent a statement on the Senate majority leader's speech, stating that he "strongly opposes external political intervention in Israel's internal affairs.
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"We are an independent nation, not a banana republic," Bennett wrote.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Seriously <a href="https://twitter.com/SenSchumer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenSchumer</a>? Now comparing PM Netanyahu to Hamas? Shame on you. <a href="https://t.co/Zmp4j1pL3X">https://t.co/Zmp4j1pL3X</a></p>— Arsen Ostrovsky 🎗️ (@Ostrov_A) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ostrov_A/status/1768286126551298530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The problem here is that Israel and the Democratic Party no longer have "common goals." <a href="https://t.co/WZLpXBU8TF">https://t.co/WZLpXBU8TF</a></p>— Noah Pollak (@NoahPollak) <a href="https://twitter.com/NoahPollak/status/1768310030770770228?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<A href=https://jewishinsider.com/2024/03/gideon-saar-benny-gantz-israeli-right-national-union-split/>Israel’s moderate right wakes up, with Sa’ar breaking off from Gantz’s party</a>
<blockquote>As new polling reveals that Israel’s voters are increasingly seeking a more pragmatic center-right choice for prime minister, politicians on the right are jockeying for position.
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In the boldest move yet, security cabinet Minister Gideon Sa’ar has broken off from war cabinet Minister Benny Gantz’s National Union faction and is making a bid to join the three-man war cabinet. The maneuvering suggests an ongoing debate over what it means to be “right wing” in Israel as the war in Gaza grinds on and domestic issues such as Haredi conscription in the IDF reemerge.
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Sa’ar’s call to join Gantz, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant in the war cabinet, which Sa’ar argued is insufficiently hawkish, immediately brought the same demand from National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, leader of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party.
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Sa’ar, who has served in several cabinet posts, was once one of the most popular figures in Likud, viewed as Netanyahu’s likely successor. He left the Likud in 2020 to establish his own party, after losing a Likud leadership primary against Netanyahu. In light of lackluster polling, he merged his list with Gantz’s ahead of the 2022 election.
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Sa’ar announced the split from Gantz after months of rumors of discord within the National Union and reports that he was in talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (This iteration of Sa’ar’s party is so new that it does not have an English name yet; its Hebrew name roughly translates to “the statesmanlike right,” but native English speakers working with Sa’ar are still using “New Hope,” the previous name, until an official name is determined.)</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">'How do we bring down Bibi?'<br><br>"What if we just forced all his opponents and critics to publicly rally to his defense?"<br><br>'Genius.'</p>— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/1768319276065194081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">"This is not only highly inappropriate. It’s just plain wrong for an American leader to play such a divisive role in Israeli politics, while our closest ally in the region is in an existential battle for its very survival." - <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpeakerJohnson</a> on Schumer speech. <a href="https://t.co/5xv4lTKDUc">pic.twitter.com/5xv4lTKDUc</a></p>— Arsen Ostrovsky 🎗️ (@Ostrov_A) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ostrov_A/status/1768318074162213276?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Elliot Abrams on Chuck Schumer speech:<br><br>“Israelis are notoriously outspoken and have a vibrant democracy. In the middle of a war the very last thing they need is for a Democratic Party politician to elevate his own party’s electoral needs over Israeli national security and over…</p>— Arsen Ostrovsky 🎗️ (@Ostrov_A) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ostrov_A/status/1768302385678450801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">McConnell on Schumer’s Israel speech: “It is grotesque and hypocritical for Americans who hyperventilate about foreign interference in our own democracy to call for the removal of a democratically elected leader of Israel. This is unprecedented. We should not treat fellow…</p>— Manu Raju (@mkraju) <a href="https://twitter.com/mkraju/status/1768298299138666681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">More Schumer: “Too many news agencies and newspapers give Hamas a pass by hardly ever discussing this shameful practice that is central to their fighting strategy, and this has led to an inaccurate perception of the harsh realities of this war. <br><br>I believe stories that…</p>— Josh Kraushaar (@JoshKraushaar) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoshKraushaar/status/1768291240418677139?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">That doesn't sound like a lot, but it was the largest majority in a decade in an Israeli election. It's a parliamentary system, so unlike here, a government can collapse before its tenure is reached, but the full term of an Israeli government is four years.</p>— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) <a href="https://twitter.com/jpodhoretz/status/1768283075182551483?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Daniel Greenfield: <a href="https://www.frontpagemag.com/bidens-trojan-pier-for-gaza/">Biden’s ‘Trojan Pier’ for Gaza</a>
<blockquote>The Trojan pier is not only about bypassing Israel, but also Egypt. The administration’s vision is that the new arrangement will allow it to directly move materials into Gaza without having to get permission from either Israel or Egypt. And that’s a major victory for the terrorists.
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Currently, the Israeli military is saying that it will coordinate the construction and inspect the cargo being transferred into Gaza, but that is yet another mistake in a series of them. Once the system is in place and if Israel has been pressured into withdrawing, it gives the terrorists a direct connection to their allies on the outside. And that includes so-called humanitarian groups.
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Biden’s actions are a violation of Israel’s sovereignty. After a decade and a half of trying to bottle up Hamas after the group seized power due to Condoleezza Rice’s push for elections, Biden has decided to uncork the bottle. And while that’s bad for Israel, it’s also bad for America.
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The last quarter century has been a series of painful lessons in the cost of trying to win the hearts and minds of Islamic terrorists. Having learned nothing from Afghanistan and Iraq, Biden is bent on repeating the same lunatic experiment by “flooding” Gaza with aid and rebuilding it. If he’s hoping for gratitude, the locals throwing U.S. aid packages in the trash aren’t showing it.
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Nor will they.
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The United States spent American lives bailing out Iraqi Shiites and Syrian Sunnis only to have them kill Americans. Obama’s Arab Spring toppled Yemen’s government and turned the Red Sea into a terror zone for international shipping. The Iran Deal gave the terror regime in Tehran billions of dollars that it used to wage war across the region. And the Biden administration helped negotiate the deals to appease Hamas that led directly to the Oct 7 atrocities.
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After all that, the Biden administration wants to open up Gaza to the rest of the world.
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If this latest treasonous episode of nation building succeeds, the Israelis will pay the price, but so will all of us. The ‘trojan pier’ is not about delivering aid, it’s about giving the terrorists a gateway to the world. And when that gateway is in place, the world will burn even faster.</blockquote>
<A href=https://www.jns.org/pro-israel-americans-need-to-send-biden-a-message/>Pro-Israel Americans need to send Biden a message</a>
<blockquote>Biden should know the Arab/Muslim community is not monolithic. Only about a quarter of American Muslims are of Arab descent, so not all are part of the anti-Israel lynch mob. The Lebanese, who are also concentrated in Dearborn, Mich., are mostly Christians who abhor the Palestinians because they made their lives hellish in Lebanon.
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Israel’s detractors will most likely hold their noses and vote for Biden. They could sit out the election, but it’s hard to imagine them shifting to the Muslim-banning Trump. It would be typical, though, for the Palestinians and their supporters to cut off their noses to spite their faces. Just as Palestinians would rather live as they do than accept a Jewish state, their supporters here prefer throwing a tantrum and the election to Trump to accepting the defense of our ally against the people who would persecute them if they lived under their rule.
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Now is the time for us to stand united in defense of Israel. We cannot afford to let a vocal minority drown out our voices. Let us remind Biden that the strength of our support for Israel far outweighs the influence of those who seek to undermine it.
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By voting uncommitted, we can send a powerful message and ensure America’s commitment to Israel remains unwavering.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Among those expected to participate in the meeting, according to sources, are: Tom Perez, the White House’s director of intergovernmental affairs; Steve Benjamin, White House director of public engagement; Mazen Basrawi, White House liaison to Muslim-American communities; Curtis…</p>— Richard Goldberg (@rich_goldberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/rich_goldberg/status/1768102199928693041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Breaking: Politico reports the pro-Hamas activists in Chicago have refused to meet with White House officials today. Among them: CAIR!<br><br>The White House requested a meeting with CAIR leaders among others. While completely ignoring violence against Jews.<a href="https://t.co/N0mWsQU1Ww">https://t.co/N0mWsQU1Ww</a> <a href="https://t.co/z6y47m1fn1">https://t.co/z6y47m1fn1</a></p>— Richard Goldberg (@rich_goldberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/rich_goldberg/status/1768256344501432352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">White House disavowed CAIR on December. Offered to meet with CAIR’s Chicago director today. <a href="https://t.co/zk7eiEGFFL">pic.twitter.com/zk7eiEGFFL</a></p>— Richard Goldberg (@rich_goldberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/rich_goldberg/status/1768285141279936815?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This Ramadan, Hamas is still holding five Muslim hostages among the 134 hostages from 10/7 and before. Government spokesman <a href="https://twitter.com/AviHyman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AviHyman</a> wishes them, citizens of Israel, a special <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RamadanKareem?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RamadanKareem</a> . <br><br>We are fighting to get you home to your families. <a href="https://t.co/ySVIh62Jac">pic.twitter.com/ySVIh62Jac</a></p>— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) <a href="https://twitter.com/EylonALevy/status/1768279639204495537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<A href=https://www.jns.org/blinken-israels-job-number-one-is-protecting-aiding-gazans/>Blinken: Israel’s ‘job No. 1’ is protecting, aiding Gazans</a>
<blockquote>U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that protecting and aiding residents of Gaza is Israel’s primary mission as it wages war against the Hamas terrorist group.
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“We look to the government of Israel to make sure this is a priority. Protecting civilians, getting people the assistance they need—that has to be job No. 1, even as they do what is necessary to defend the country and to deal with the threat posed by Hamas,” the top American diplomat told reporters in Washington after a meeting with his international counterparts on Gaza.
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The foreign ministers from Britain, Cyprus, the European Union, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates spoke with Blinken about the initiative underway to establish a temporary pier off the Gaza coast, announced by U.S. President Joe Biden during his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress last week.
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Hamas is still holding 134 of the 253 Israelis it abducted during its bloody Oct. 7 assault on the northwestern Negev. Their safe return is one of the three goals set forth by the Israeli War Cabinet—the other two being the destruction of Hamas and ensuring that Gaza can never again threaten Israel.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“defeat Hamas” not in the plan? <a href="https://t.co/edu2wbISoU">https://t.co/edu2wbISoU</a></p>— Joel Pollak (@joelpollak) <a href="https://twitter.com/joelpollak/status/1768073941992804640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<A href=https://www.timesofisrael.com/qatar-emir-proposed-expelling-hamas-officials-in-meet-with-blinken-days-after-oct-7/>Qatar emir proposed expelling Hamas officials in meet with Blinken days after Oct. 7</a>
<blockquote>Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani proposed expeling Hamas’s leaders from Doha during a meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken days after the terror group’s October 7 onslaught, two officials familiar with the matter told The Times of Israel on Wednesday.
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The proposal was made in somewhat of a roundabout way during the emir’s opening remarks at an October 13 closed-door meeting in Doha with Blinken. Thani began by expressing his horror over Hamas’s attack in which some 1,200 people in Israel were slaughtered and another 253 were abducted into Gaza. He then asked whether it was time for the US to ask Qatar to expel the Hamas’s leaders, the two officials said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
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When Blinken began his own remarks, he didn’t respond directly to the emir’s proposal but did go on to say that he thought it would be better for Qatar to use its contacts with Hamas — through the office it allowed the terror group to establish in Doha in 2012 at Washington’s behest — to mediate between the Gaza war parties to secure a hostage deal, the officials recalled. They added that the US secretary of state also clarified that it would not be “business as usual” for Hamas in Qatar once the conflict concludes.
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Qatar has come under increasing pressure for what critics in the Israeli government — along with some US Republicans — say has been its refusal to lean hard enough on Hamas to agree to a hostage deal with Israel, including by threatening to oust the terror group’s leadership in Doha; and the back-and-forth in October 13 meeting revealed a more complex picture.
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The US State Department declined to comment on the record, but an American source familiar with the matter said Blinken and Thani discussed the issue of Hamas’s presence in Doha and that the secretary told the emir to focus on securing the release of the hostages in the short term, adding that it wouldn’t be “business as usual with Hamas” in the long term.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.jns.org/us-sanctions-three-jewish-men-in-judea-samaria/">US sanctions three Jewish men, two outposts in Judea, Samaria</a>
<blockquote>Washington announced sanctions against three more Jewish men in Judea and Samaria who it accused of undermining “peace, security and stability in the West Bank.”
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In the Thursday announcement, the Biden administration said the three “undermine the national security and foreign-policy objectives of the United States, including the viability of a two-state solution, ensuring Israelis and Palestinians can attain equal measures of security, prosperity and freedom, and reducing the risk of regional destabilization.”
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Recent polling suggests that most Israelis reject a Palestinian state alongside a Jewish one in exchange for ending the war with Hamas and normalizing with Saudi Arabia.
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Washington alleged that Zvi Bar Yosef “engaged in repeated violence and attempts to engage in violence against Palestinians in the West Bank” from a farm that he owns and “prevents local Palestinian farmers from accessing and using their lands.”
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The Biden administration accused Moshe Sharvit, who also owns a farm, of having “repeatedly harassed, threatened and attacked Palestinian civilians and Israeli human-rights defender.”</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Biden admin's Middle East policy is to waive sanctions on Iran and impose sanctions on Israel. <a href="https://t.co/a3euxMO32Z">pic.twitter.com/a3euxMO32Z</a></p>— Omri Ceren (@omriceren) <a href="https://twitter.com/omriceren/status/1768255318557851728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Let’s never forget that Hamas is the enemy.<br> <br>Hamas broke a ceasefire to massacre, rape, and kidnap civilians on 10/7.<br> <br>Hamas has blocked a pause in fighting and refused to release hostages for months.<br> <br>We need to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BringThemAllHome?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BringThemAllHome</a>. 🇺🇸🇮🇱🎗️ <a href="https://t.co/bJrjGqoDPg">pic.twitter.com/bJrjGqoDPg</a></p>— Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (@RepDWStweets) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepDWStweets/status/1767993470977761547?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">By far the most interesting and potentially game-changing finding of the latest <a href="https://twitter.com/IDIisrael?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IDIisrael</a> survey is that Arab Israeli trust in every institution has risen, dramatically, since last year.<br><br>If Israeli authorities don't capitalize on this, it would be a profound missed opportunity. <a href="https://t.co/HbDKDBZM7A">pic.twitter.com/HbDKDBZM7A</a></p>— Judah Ari Gross (@JudahAriGross) <a href="https://twitter.com/JudahAriGross/status/1768187793023356994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nonetheless, Israel identified Hamas activists on UNRWA's payroll on several occassions. In 2012, Israel alerted UNRWA one of its principals, Sohail al-Hindi, was a Hamas activist. It took til after Hindi's election to Hamas's politburo in 2017 for UNRWA to fire fire him, per spx</p>— Jacob Magid (@JacobMagid) <a href="https://twitter.com/JacobMagid/status/1768010736297459948?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Also note, this is never asked of any other country…ever. And Israel does more to or to text civilians than any country…ever.<br><br>So they basically want the Jews to die, and then more Jews to die while trying to save some Jews who may or may not be dead yet.<br><br>Meanwhile if Mexico…</p>— Dave Rubin (@RubinReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/RubinReport/status/1768032959171354812?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Samantha Power today is the same Samantha Power who called for the US to invade Israel in 2002. The "genocide chick" loves genocidal jihadists and hates their victims. <a href="https://t.co/CMMPIvhY3q">https://t.co/CMMPIvhY3q</a></p>— Caroline Glick (@CarolineGlick) <a href="https://twitter.com/CarolineGlick/status/1768198752722952628?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">wow.<br><br>Why not just shut up.. Israel is the only democracy in the entire region. Israelis decide who to vote for and the Israeli system gets to call elections...<a href="https://t.co/1gAaKSaoUM">https://t.co/1gAaKSaoUM</a></p>— David Collier (@mishtal) <a href="https://twitter.com/mishtal/status/1768286556425474068?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<A href=https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-would-support-limited-pinpoint-idf-op-against-high-value-targets-in-rafah-report/>US would support limited, pinpoint IDF op against high-value targets in Rafah — report</a>
<blockquote>US officials have relayed to their Israeli counterparts that the Biden administration would support a limited operation in Gaza’s southernmost city, Rafah, that would prioritize “high-value” Hamas targets in and underneath the city instead of a large-scale offensive, the Politico site reported Wednesday, citing four US officials.
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The US has opposed an Israeli offensive in Rafah — believed to be Hamas’s last stronghold and home to its last four battalions — without a plan to protect over a million displaced Gazans who have found refuge in the city from fighting in the northern and central parts of the Palestinian enclave. Other countries have also warned Israel against an invasion of Rafah.
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Two Israeli officials told Politico that the Israel Defense Forces is still developing a plan for protecting the civilians.
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But unnamed US officials told Politico that in private meetings, top administration officials have told the Israelis that the US would back a strategy for “counterterrorism operations” in Rafah rather than the full-scale war waged elsewhere in Gaza.
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All the officials spoke to Politico on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive matters.
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An Israeli official told the outlet that some kind of offensive or operation in Rafah is inevitable.
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“At the end of the day, we cannot win this war without defeating Hamas’s battalions in Rafah,” the official said.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Why the Biden Plan to SAVE Hamas in RAFAH is totally unworkable. Why RAFAH is so critical to WINNING THE WAR. 🇮🇱 👇<a href="https://t.co/EEPJSI2UlX">https://t.co/EEPJSI2UlX</a> <a href="https://t.co/75sqwZXXuY">pic.twitter.com/75sqwZXXuY</a></p>— Ron M. (@Jewtastic) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jewtastic/status/1768050913015660569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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FDD: <A href=https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/03/14/how-to-ensure-israel-has-the-weapons-it-needs/>How to Ensure Israel Has the Weapons It Needs</a>
<blockquote>Since the October 7 Hamas terror attack, the United States has provided Israel with an enormous number and variety of weapons, which have played a vital role in helping Israel defend itself. Yet some in the United States have called for curtailing or stopping the flow of weapons to Israel, leaving Israelis concerned that the United States might not have its back in a future war.1 Accordingly, many Israelis are pushing to dramatically expand Israel’s defense industrial base (DIB) so it can meet its own needs for weapons and reduce its dependence on the United States.2
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To ensure Israel has the weapons it needs in the future, it should pursue a hybrid strategy focused on quickly acquiring key munitions in large quantities from the United States when possible while making targeted investments to expand Israel’s domestic DIB. Israel is a technological superpower, not an industrial one, lacking the capacity to build many of the platforms, weapons, and munitions it needs. While Israel seeks “to defend itself, by itself,” its already outsized defense budget is not sufficient to meet current requirements, raising serious doubts as to its ability to afford a large, across-the-board DIB expansion. But at the same time, between the political realities of the American left and isolationist right and the increased pressure on America’s DIB, Israel needs to reduce its reliance on the United States, particularly for the munitions it most needs to fight enduring battles on multiple fronts.
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By focusing on targeted DIB expansions for the munitions most likely to be in short supply from the United States in the future (whether for practical or political reasons), aligning American and Israeli DIB initiatives where possible, and establishing select manufacturing redundancies in both countries, Israel can effectively stockpile the weapons it needs for near-term conflicts, maintain investments in high-tech research and development, and still make its own DIB somewhat less dependent on Washington.
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To explain why this is the best approach, this memo discusses the security assistance the United States has provided Israel since the October 7 terror attack, explains growing Israeli concerns about the future of such assistance, and recommends policies that Israel should pursue in the short- to medium-term to ensure it has the means to defend itself and its citizens in future conflicts. Admittedly, significant reform of Israel’s DIB will take decades, but this memo focuses on some initial steps that Israel should take to put it in a better position for a major war later this decade while jumpstarting necessary first steps in a process to enhance Israel’s DIB that will take a generation.</blockquote>
<A href=https://www.israelhayom.com/2024/03/12/the-target-hamas-strategic-brain/>The target: Hamas' strategic brain</a>
<blockquote>It isn't difficult to understand the considerable degree of caution being adopted by Israel with regard to the possibility that one of the most senior figures in Hamas, Marwan Issa, was killed in an IDF targeting operation on Saturday night. On numerous occasions in the past, Israel has bragged about targeting senior terrorists, only to later discover that they were in fact completely unharmed.
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Mohammed Deif is a living example of this: Despite a number of attempts to target him and hopes that he had indeed been killed or at least severely wounded, photos and video clips captured by the IDF during the current war have clearly shown that he is in much better shape than anybody in Israel could have possibly imagined. Issa, better known in the Gaza Strip by his nom de guerre Abu al-Baraa, is the less well-known member of the Hamas 'triumvirate' that has ruled the Gaza Strip in recent years.
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He does not enjoy the public aura surrounding Yahya Sinwar or the military reputation of Mohammed Deif, but his importance to the organization is no less critical than that of his two partners in the leadership structure. The reports describing him as a subordinate or "underling" of Deif do not do justice to the reality of the situation; Issa is the brilliant strategic brain among this threesome, he is also the individual who serves as the liaison between Deif and Sinwar – and there are those who even claim that he is the balancing factor who often 'irons out the creases' and calms things down in the complex relationship between these two top men.
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Issa was born in 1965 in the Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. He is among the close group of confidants who surrounded Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, the founder of Hamas, and in the past, he served a five-year prison sentence in Israel for his activity in the terrorist organization. Since Hamas took over the Gaza Strip in 2007 he has amassed tremendous power and following the successful IDF targeting of Ahmed Ja'abari in 2012, he was appointed overall commander of the Hamas military force. He took pains to maintain a low public profile and refrained almost completely from any public appearances.
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Issa paid a heavy price for his part in terrorist activity. His eldest son, Baraa, was wounded in 2008 and subsequently died several months later from his wounds, while his youngest son, Mohammed, was killed only last December. Issa himself has been on the terrorist wanted lists in the USA and Europe, and Israel has tried to assassinate him on several occasions in the past, including during IDF Operation Guardian of the Walls in 2021.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/strike-on-unrwa-facility-in-rafah-took-out-hamas-commander-who-stole-aid-says-idf/">Strike on UNRWA facility in Rafah took out Hamas commander who stole aid, says IDF</a>
<blockquote>The IDF said a strike Wednesday on an UNRWA facility in Rafah killed Muhammad Abu Hasna, a commander in Hamas' operations unit who was involved in seizing humanitarian aid entering Gaza and distributing it to Hamas operatives.
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Abu Hasna was involved in "integrating extensive activity of the various Hamas units, was in contact with the field operatives of Hamas and directed them," the IDF said.
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He was also tasked with a Hamas intelligence war room that collected information on IDF movements.
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Abu Hasna's elimination "significantly harms the functioning of various Hamas units in Rafah."</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">UNRWA lets Hamas steal aid from civilians in need.<br><br>Israel eliminates Muhammad Abu Hasna, a Hamas terrorist who stole aid and distributed it to terrorists. <br><br>UNRWA blames Israel.<br><br>Because UNRWA is a Hamas front that's running interference for Hamas abusing its UN logo. <a href="https://t.co/mJqnAEkv1d">pic.twitter.com/mJqnAEkv1d</a></p>— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) <a href="https://twitter.com/EylonALevy/status/1768178620063727836?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<A href=https://www.israelhayom.com/2024/03/13/jaw-dropping-findings-how-hamas-compromised-security-cameras-in-the-runup-to-oct-7/>Jaw dropping: How Hamas compromised security cameras in the runup to Oct. 7</a>
<blockquote>In recent years, the IDF, Mossad, and Shin Bet security agency have noticed increased activity by Hamas when it comes to its intelligence-gathering efforts. As time passed, it seemed that the terror organization, which has always sought to obtain as much information as possible about Israel, was striving to step up its efforts in this field, in a dramatic way.
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The central body in Hamas that dealt with this was the "Military Intelligence Department" – Moddatz, as it is called in Israel – which before the war had 2,100 operatives, which got their equipment and know-how from Iran and Hezbollah. The dominant figure in Hamas' intelligence array was Ayman Nofal, who was eliminated in the first days of the war. The IDF Military Intelligence Directorate, which closely monitored the department, was convinced that it had information on the entire range of Hamas' intelligence gathering apparatus.
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But only after Oct. 7, when the IDF forces carried out a wide-scale operation into the Gaza Strip and raided the offices and retrieved the data on the server farms that Hamas had set up underground and the computers connected to them, did the true extent of Hamas' capabilities in intelligence become apparent. What was revealed there left Israeli intelligence officials speechless.
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One example that illustrates the intelligence lapse is clearly illustrated in the security cameras that were compromised by Hamas. Although the IDF was aware of Hamas successfully hacking some civilian security cameras in Israeli communities to collect information, only after entering Gaza did the enormous scope of this Hamas endeavor become clear: The terrorist organization managed to get access to dozens of cameras, many of them inside kibbutzim on the Gaza border. The military now admits that the camera issue had been flagged but was not addressed with the necessary urgency.
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Another area in which Hamas' real capabilities came to light after the war began is cyber warfare. In recent years, the IDF has noticed many attempts by Hamas' Moddatz elements to hack into soldiers' mobile phones. As was the case with the camera hacking, only after entering Gaza and seizing Hamas' servers in the tunnels did it become clear that this was just the tip of the iceberg. The IDF now understands that there were Hamas attacks that went undetected in real-time and that despite the organization's relatively limited cyber capabilities, the intelligence information it extracted from the phones it did manage to hack served it well on October 7.
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In addition, Hamas succeeded in developing reconnaissance capabilities that included drones, which hovered over the Gaza Strip and carried out oblique photography of Israeli territory. Here too, Israel was aware of this activity taking place.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Journalists present on the scene of the crimes on Oct. 7th were no coincidence. They were always crucial in Hamas’ plans.<a href="https://twitter.com/Uvda_tweet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@uvda_tweet</a>, uncovered an intel report detailing Hamas' plan - down to the initiative to have journalists & photographers present to document the atrocities. <a href="https://t.co/Fddq7LLS0C">pic.twitter.com/Fddq7LLS0C</a></p>— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) <a href="https://twitter.com/HonestReporting/status/1767968896290615704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.israelhayom.com/2024/03/13/an-upscale-neighborhood-teeming-with-terrorists-a-visit-to-the-qatari-build-hamas-stronghold/">A Visit to the Qatari-Built Hamas Stronghold in Gaza</a>
<blockquote>The Hamad neighborhood in Khan Yunis is comprised of luxury homes in multi-story buildings, built by Qatar, located just a few hundred feet from the sea, with a view of the ruins of the Israeli communities of Netzarim and Kfar Darom.
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"We have been fighting for five months already, but this is the toughest combat zone we have been in so far. The terrorists here are suicidal, they fight for every square foot," IDF officers of the Commando Brigade said.
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"This neighborhood looks nice, but it is actually one big battlefield," says Lt.-Col. M.
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"There isn't a single location where we didn't encounter terrorists or ammunition. This is a very significant battle with very significant achievements. Unfortunately, two of our fighters were also killed right here."
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"There isn't a day that we don't encounter the enemy here. There is a very large number of them here, an unusual amount compared to what we have experienced so far in Khan Yunis," explains Col. Y.
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"There are a lot of terrorists who decided to retreat to this area in recent months from other areas."
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Outside one of the buildings I met a physician for one of the units, a reservist who has been serving since Oct. 7. A psychiatrist by profession, he told me, "Morale is high, it's amazing. I wish everyone had the level of courage and the will to win like these fighters."
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In one of the buildings, a terrorist used his family members as human shields. The fighters identified a woman and two children raising their hands, with the barrel of the terrorist's gun behind them. The forces managed to eliminate the terrorist, with the woman only lightly injured.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hamad towers near Khan Younes consists of about 60 5-story buildings with ~3,000 apartments initiated & funded by Qatar in 2016 with over $200 million in donated costs. The towers were built & inhabited in phases as part of a new luxury neighborhood. 2/ <a href="https://t.co/EvOSEhQJEX">https://t.co/EvOSEhQJEX</a></p>— Aizenberg (@Aizenberg55) <a href="https://twitter.com/Aizenberg55/status/1768255368008773819?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Intense fighting has been ongoing in Hamad with close building-to-building, apartment-to-apartment combat. Again, no carpet bombing, no “genocide” as some civilians still remain. IDF troops have been killed at Hamad as a result of adherence to rules of war. 6/ <a href="https://t.co/JXYiD4n89F">pic.twitter.com/JXYiD4n89F</a></p>— Aizenberg (@Aizenberg55) <a href="https://twitter.com/Aizenberg55/status/1768255377320087718?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It’s also true as some will say, IDF did not need to go into Hamad. It could instead allow 100s of would be serial killers to survive to kill, rape & kidnap Israelis as Hamas vows to do again. But Israel decided that was not acceptable, so it went in to destroy Hamas. END <a href="https://t.co/9N5T6WOiml">pic.twitter.com/9N5T6WOiml</a></p>— Aizenberg (@Aizenberg55) <a href="https://twitter.com/Aizenberg55/status/1768255384270021060?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">IDF: In central Gaza, a terrorist cell located adjacent to the troops was identified and eliminated using tank fire. An additional terrorist was killed in the area during a joint IDF and IAF aerial strike. <br><br>IDF troops of the 98th Division are continuing to operate in Khan Yunis,… <a href="https://t.co/Bp2o19E7hj">pic.twitter.com/Bp2o19E7hj</a></p>— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/IsraelWarRoom/status/1768170016027935221?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.jns.org/idf-troops-in-khan-yunis-find-rocket-launcher-next-to-school/">IDF troops in Khan Yunis find rocket launcher next to school</a>
<blockquote>Soldiers from an elite Israel Defense Forces counter-terror unit found a missile and rocket launcher next to a school in the former Hamas stronghold of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, the army said on Thursday.
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During the targeted raids, troops also located missiles, explosives and other weapons under a bed in the home of a Hamas operative, according to the IDF.
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The rocket launcher was destroyed.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Troops from the elite LOTAR counter-terrorism unit uncovered a multiple rocket launcher positioned near a school and rockets hidden under a bed in the residence of a Hxmas operative in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, as reported by the IDF.<br><br>The IDF indicates that these… <a href="https://t.co/JeuX8H1LPf">pic.twitter.com/JeuX8H1LPf</a></p>— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) <a href="https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/1768248545495179293?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The IDF identified and observed terrorists on the fifth floor of a building in the Khan Younis area. The IDF said it eliminated the terrorists in an airstrike. <a href="https://t.co/HxVuBolHtq">pic.twitter.com/HxVuBolHtq</a></p>— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeTruzman/status/1768331525538615581?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is footage from the Givati Brigade's operations in the Hamad area in Gaza <a href="https://t.co/PQ7YemrA6c">pic.twitter.com/PQ7YemrA6c</a></p>— Documenting Israel (@DocumentIsrael) <a href="https://twitter.com/DocumentIsrael/status/1768019766839550362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Amazing!!<br><br>The latest IDF recruits of the ultra-Orthodox combat unit known as Netzach Yehuda stopped by the place where the Nova festival massacre took place and sang some songs there.<br><br>They were on their way to the south and took the time to do this. <a href="https://t.co/EFip13D8Vf">pic.twitter.com/EFip13D8Vf</a></p>— Documenting Israel (@DocumentIsrael) <a href="https://twitter.com/DocumentIsrael/status/1767989022142431604?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is What Being an IDF Soldier is All About ✊🏽🇮🇱<br><br>You are the best! ❤️ <a href="https://t.co/hSs4tpM7ZB">pic.twitter.com/hSs4tpM7ZB</a></p>— Adam Albilya - אדם אלביליה (@AdamAlbilya) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamAlbilya/status/1768018229308346450?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I recall when the worst thing the IDF had to deal with at the start of the surge in violence was small pipe bombs. At some point one of these IEDs is going to destroy an Israeli military vehicle. <a href="https://t.co/A2S16364fV">https://t.co/A2S16364fV</a></p>— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeTruzman/status/1768061001579319762?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.jns.org/israeli-wounded-in-stabbing-attack-in-negev/">Israeli wounded in Negev terror stabbing</a>
<blockquote>One person was wounded on Thursday in a terrorist attack at a gas station near Beit Kama in the northern Negev, close to the Bedouin city of Rahat.
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Magen David Adom emergency medical personnel treated the victim, a man in his 50s, at the scene before evacuating him to Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva in serious condition.
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The terrorist was neutralized by the victim using his personal weapon, the Ynet news outlet reported.
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“When we arrived, there was a lot of commotion and near one of the shops a man was lying unconscious and suffering from penetrating injuries to his body,” said senior MDA medic Kalman Ganzburg.
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“We immediately put him in an intensive care vehicle and transported the victim to the hospital while CPR was being performed,” he added.
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The Israel Security Agency later identified the terrorist as Fadi Abu Latif, 22, originally from the Gaza Strip.
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Abu Latif’s mother is from Rahat and his father from Gaza, where his parents currently reside.
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Abu Latif, a resident of Rahat, lived in the Strip until the age of 18. He was granted Israeli citizenship in 2019 after getting married.
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Following an assessment at the attack site, Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai called on the public to remain alert and report suspicious people or objects. The Merhavim Regional Council, which administers the area, instructed civilian security guards to increase vigilance.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Another angle of the attack in Beit Kama: <a href="https://t.co/oUqIwOvFWj">pic.twitter.com/oUqIwOvFWj</a></p>— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/IsraelWarRoom/status/1768287169569771641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/man-50-critically-hurt-in-stabbing-in-south-terrorist-shot-dead-by-victim/">Career soldier, 51, killed in stabbing in south; terrorist shot dead by victim</a>
<blockquote>A senior non-commissioned officer in the Israel Defense Forces was fatally stabbed in a terror attack at a gas station in southern Israel on Thursday. The assailant, an Israeli citizen originally from the Gaza Strip, was shot dead by the victim.
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Another three people were slightly wounded.
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The attack took place inside a branch of the Aroma coffee chain at Beit Kama Junction, just north of Beersheba.
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Surveillance camera footage from the attack showed the assailant approaching Chief Warrant Officer Uri Moyal from behind, pulling out a knife and stabbing him in the back. Amid a struggle, the terrorist was seen attempting to also stab Moyal in the neck. The pair then fell to the ground, as another man was seen trying to pull the knife from the terrorist’s hand.
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Moyal was seen managing to get up, then opening fire at the terrorist with his handgun, before collapsing outside the cafe.
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Moyal, 51 from the southern city of Dimona, served as a senior technology and maintenance NCO at the Nahal Infantry Brigade’s training base.
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The Magen David Adom ambulance service said it took the victim to Soroka Hospital in Beersheba in critical condition, where he was pronounced dead shortly upon arrival.
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The terrorist, a 22-year-old resident of the southern Bedouin city of Rahat, was killed.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Yesterday, the Iran-backed Jenin Brigade terror group was touting a supposedly successful IED attack targeting the IDF during routine counterterrorism raids. <br><br>New video from the operation shows that the vehicle was only minimally damaged, with no IDF injuries reported. <a href="https://t.co/uczRWspFah">pic.twitter.com/uczRWspFah</a></p>— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/IsraelWarRoom/status/1768021452085932335?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lebanon files a ‘complaint’ to the UN Security Council over IDF "deep" strikes.<br><br>Lebanese Foreign Minister said he had instructed the country's permanent representative to the UN to file a complaint against Israel with the Security Council "for the strikes, which in recent days…</p>— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/IsraelWarRoom/status/1768198216082702644?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Summery of Nasrallah Ramadan speech:<br><br>- Nasrallah mentioned that eliminating Hxmas or the ‘resistance’ is impossible and cited Israel's negotiations with Hxmas as a sign of failure.<br><br>- He expressed support for all Palestinian factions demanding an end to the war, Israel's… <a href="https://t.co/harYCj0mja">pic.twitter.com/harYCj0mja</a></p>— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) <a href="https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/1768028416148648046?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-03-13/ty-article/.premium/israel-changes-its-policy-on-supplies-to-gaza-intends-to-flood-in-aid-idf-says/0000018e-390e-db12-a9ef-fbff14c50000">Israel Intends to "Flood" Gaza with Humanitarian Aid</a>
<blockquote>The Israel Defense Forces is planning to "flood" Gaza with supplies, spokesperson Rear-Adm. Daniel Hagari said Wednesday. The IDF is working on opening up multiple routes to Gaza by land, sea and air. Israel will provide the security for the floating pier that the U.S. will build and the supplies arriving at it, and will maintain a secure corridor for their distribution in northern Gaza.
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Another sea route is already in operation. The World Central Kitchen has launched a barge-style ship from Cyprus carrying supplies meant for Gaza. According to Hagari, this is "a pilot" which has been "fully coordinated" with Israel.
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A new land route, used for the first time on Tuesday, enabled a convoy of six trucks, carrying food bought by private contractors in Gaza, through a new road built by the IDF south of Gaza City. Hagari added that Israel will continue to coordinate airdrops of supplies to Gaza by the U.S., Jordan and other countries.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Col. Elad Goren, head of our civilian affairs dept, delivered a briefing at the Kerem Shalom crossing. He discussed Israel's ongoing humanitarian efforts & highlighted the considerable measures implemented in recent months to enhance humanitarian aid inspection and facilitation. <a href="https://t.co/KJHpxGXspu">pic.twitter.com/KJHpxGXspu</a></p>— COGAT (@cogatonline) <a href="https://twitter.com/cogatonline/status/1768290855834497126?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Israel Defense Force appears to have begun the Construction of a Pier in the Northern Gaza Strip which will eventually likely Connect to the Temporary Floating-Dock that will be Established off the Coast by the U.S. Army; the Dock and Pier once Built will hopefully allow… <a href="https://t.co/TopKCp2zMr">https://t.co/TopKCp2zMr</a></p>— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) <a href="https://twitter.com/sentdefender/status/1768305753721274645?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Something I've noticed in these videos is that the Gazans always thank their Arab brethren profusely for the aid, but never once thank the people of the Western countries that are usually footing the bill. This video 👆 is a good example.</p>— Imshin (@imshin) <a href="https://twitter.com/imshin/status/1768209499255455774?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">☀️More food is now delivered to Gaza than pre-conflict. Most is stolen by Hamas and sold at 10x prices. Hamas purposely harms their own people to gain support.<br><br>☀️Hamas must be defeated to protect Israel, Arabs in Gaza, the region, and the world. They're supported by Iran and… <a href="https://t.co/abY8zCwCdy">pic.twitter.com/abY8zCwCdy</a></p>— Quantum Flux (@QuantumFlux36) <a href="https://twitter.com/QuantumFlux36/status/1768000425708630479?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">How is Israel scaling up humanitarian aid to Gaza?<br><br>✅ Coordinated departure of 🇦🇪-funded <a href="https://twitter.com/WCKitchen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WCKitchen</a> aid ship from Larnaca<br>✅ Launched pilot for six <a href="https://twitter.com/WFP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WFP</a> aid trucks to enter n. Gaza through a gate in the security fence <br>✅ Facilitated over 12 airdrops over the past week <a href="https://t.co/2d409g6yKm">pic.twitter.com/2d409g6yKm</a></p>— Eylon Levy (@EylonALevy) <a href="https://twitter.com/EylonALevy/status/1768177639947206862?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-791831">King of Gaza: Yahya Sinwar still holds large Palestinian support in Gaza</a>
<blockquote>A special analysis conducted by the business intelligence company "Buzzilla" for Maariv shows that in the last three weeks, the general discourse on Arabic language social media in Gaza has been mainly positive towards the Hamas terrorist organization in general and towards its leader in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar, in particular.
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The data analysis showed that the general discourse towards Sinwar is positive—a surprising figure since discourse on social media tends to be critical.
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The company's experts point out that it is possible to detect an increase in the positive discourse towards Sinwar personally when threats against him from the Israeli side come up in the media.
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For example, after the IDF spokesman stated that "the fighters will get to Sinwar alive or dead," many reactions were seen on Gazan social media praising him as the one who surprised Israel, and despite all the intelligence in Israel's possession, he is still in hiding.
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No conversation calling for the release of the abductees was found during the inspection.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hamas terrorists are taking over aid trucks in Gaza <a href="https://t.co/c745xQEmJj">pic.twitter.com/c745xQEmJj</a></p>— Raylan Givens (@JewishWarrior13) <a href="https://twitter.com/JewishWarrior13/status/1768260356558758013?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A statement issued by clans in the Gaza Strip: “Hamas is the sole representative of Gaza, and we will not cooperate with anyone who does not belong to the Palestinian security services in the Gaza Strip.”</p>— Khaled Abu Toameh (@KhaledAbuToameh) <a href="https://twitter.com/KhaledAbuToameh/status/1768244732369519071?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.jns.org/hamas-executes-gaza-clan-prince-in-message-to-potential-collaborators/">Hamas executes Gaza clan ‘prince’ in message to potential ‘collaborators’</a>
<blockquote>Hamas has executed a “prince” of the Doghmush clan in Gaza City, sources in Gaza said on Thursday. The killing was a message to those considering cooperating with Israel, which is looking for ways to bypass the terror group in the enclave, according to the sources.
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Israel has floated the idea of Gaza clans acting as partners in running the internal affairs of the Strip after Hamas has been eliminated. In January, Israel’s National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer submitted a plan to the Security Cabinet that looked to the clans to form part of the backbone of a post-war civil administration.
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Pro-Hezbollah Lebanese news station Al-Mayadeen reported that the clans have rejected the proposal.
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“We will remain supporters of the resistance, and the management of the Strip is an internal matter,” they said, according to the report.
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“Even if there are tribes that want to say yes to Israel and participate in the management of the Strip, they know that this is a danger to their lives because Hamas has not yet been completely destroyed,” said a Palestinian source, cited by Israel Hayom on Tuesday.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hamas has executed two clan representatives who allegedly expressed readiness to be part of a new administration in the Gaza Strip.</p>— Khaled Abu Toameh (@KhaledAbuToameh) <a href="https://twitter.com/KhaledAbuToameh/status/1768258954654540203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Dughmush clan in Gaza issued a statement saying members of Hamas are a legitimate target following the killings of family members by the group overnight. The family is reportedly accused of having talks with Israel about controlling parts of the Gaza Strip. <a href="https://t.co/kuYjAtDjZP">pic.twitter.com/kuYjAtDjZP</a></p>— Joe Truzman (@JoeTruzman) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeTruzman/status/1768264237745631448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">We can’t have a situation where with one hand we oppose Hamas but then with the other Hamas is supported and backed and gets massive amounts of weapons and money. <br><br>It’s obviously possible to not have Hamas as powerful as it is. But some interests wanted Hamas empowered…</p>— Seth Frantzman (@sfrantzman) <a href="https://twitter.com/sfrantzman/status/1768258746868748343?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Guess which one is Israel’s border with Gaza and which one is Egypts<br><br>Via <a href="https://twitter.com/MarinaMedvin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MarinaMedvin</a> <a href="https://t.co/rJ3sHpcBLv">pic.twitter.com/rJ3sHpcBLv</a></p>— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) <a href="https://twitter.com/Osint613/status/1768253755470811222?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Do the IDF's bulldozers endanger Palestinian lives? <a href="https://t.co/6QR3TbA9oE">pic.twitter.com/6QR3TbA9oE</a></p>— יוסף חדאד - Yoseph Haddad (@YosephHaddad) <a href="https://twitter.com/YosephHaddad/status/1768159520226791595?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<A href=https://www.newsnationnow.com/vargasreports/hostage-hamas-gaza-hospital/>Mom kidnapped by Hamas: Nurses at Gaza hospital cheered at captured ‘prey’</a>
<blockquote>A Chicago-area mom abducted by Hamas during its Oct. 7 attack on Israel said her captors were greeted as heroes when she and her daughter arrived as hostages at a Gaza hospital.
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“The minute we came in, all the nurses were standing there and going like this [cheering]. They were all so happy that they came back with prey, with Israeli-Jewish prey,” Judith Raanan told NewsNation’s Elizabeth Vargas in her first TV interview since the ordeal.
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Raanan and her now 18-year-old daughter Natalie were the first hostages to be released by Hamas after the Oct. 7 attack.
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At the hospital, Raanan said she interacted with a man she believed to be a “very high-ranked” Hamas leader who spoke “brilliant Hebrew.”
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Just hours earlier on that Saturday morning, Raanan and her daughter had been sleeping in the Nahal Oz kibbutz near the Gaza border when they received a phone call warning them not to go outside.
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“I started walking towards the room of my daughter, and that was also the moment that a rocket hit the bedroom where I was,” Raanan said.
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It was the start of a massive Hamas ambush that ultimately left 1,200 people, mostly civilians, dead.
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Realizing an attack was underway, Raanan explained to her daughter what was happening.
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“I simply said, ‘Honey, do you remember how you’ve seen the movies? Those guys that have all this military artillery and stuff that come with guns and all? That’s what’s going to come through the door, so don’t panic.'”
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Raanan recalls armed men bursting into the room while she and Natalie were still in their pajamas.
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“My girl was afraid. She said, ‘Mom, I’m afraid to be raped.’ I said nobody’s going to do nothing to you,” Raanan said.
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The attackers held the two at gunpoint and ordered them to convince neighbors to leave the safe rooms where they were hiding, Raanan said.
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“He’s telling me, ‘You tell them to get out, you tell them to get out, or I’m going to bomb the whole building,'” she described.
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Fearing the Israeli Air Force could arrive at any moment, the Hamas attackers rounded up the hostages they’d managed to capture and marched them, zip-tied and at gunpoint, through the desert to the Gaza border, Raanan said.
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<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13193961/trophy-British-man-19-held-hostage-Gaza-captured-Nova-music-festival-tells-ordeal-hands-Hamas-terrorists-operation-scared-doctor-without-anaesthetic.html">EXCLUSIVE'I was their trophy': Man, 19, held hostage in Gaza after being captured at Nova music festival tells of harrowing ordeal at hands of Hamas terrorists - including operation by 'scared' doctor performed without anaesthetic</a>
<blockquote>A 19-year-old former Israeli hostage - who was operated on by a Gazan doctor without anaesthetic - has urged the world not to forget about the brutality of the October 7 terror attacks.
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Itay Regev - who was kidnapped from a peace music festival alongside his sister Maya Regev, 21, and their 21-year-old friend Omer Shem Tov - blasted the world for not doing more to rescue the remaining hostages.
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On October 7, Itay, Maya and Omer were chased by nine terrorists who shot at them relentlessly while they were fleeing the Nova music festival.
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After being shot in both his legs he was tied up, loaded onto a pickup truck and paraded around the Gaza strip while Gazans laughed and cheered at him.
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He was then smuggled through the underground Hamas terror tunnels and taken into a hospital where he was operated on by a 'sweaty and scared' doctor without anaesthesia.
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After the operation terrorists disguised Itay as a corpse and later in a burqa before transporting him to a safe house.
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Speaking about his experiences as a hostage he said: 'Inside Gaza I was kept in a locked room and I couldn't see the sky.
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'I was given cans with food and every so often some pita to eat.
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'My captures would torture me by telling me that other hostages had been killed in IDF airstrikes and that the Israeli Government didn't care about me.
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'And everyday and in every moment I would think about my family and my parents.'
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Itay - who was held prisoner inside three different houses in Gaza until he was eventually released after 54 days - said he was filled with hatred towards Hamas and those that were keeping him captive.
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He said: 'One family that kept me captive would let their children come and look at me and point at my wounds.
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'I felt like I was their trophy and like no one in Gaza cared about me.
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'No one that I met is innocent.'</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">After the UNSC meeting on the report of sexual violence as a method of war, I spoke with Israeli Amb. to Germany and former Ambassador to the U.N., <a href="https://twitter.com/Ron_Prosor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Ron_Prosor</a>, about the UN’s systemic bias against the Jewish state and UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese’s outrageous… <a href="https://t.co/m1NKtbGrNo">pic.twitter.com/m1NKtbGrNo</a></p>— Emily Schrader - אמילי שריידר امیلی شریدر (@emilykschrader) <a href="https://twitter.com/emilykschrader/status/1768019927120662782?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hamas cut off 19 year old Adir’s head, threw it in a bag, and took it to Gaza as a trophy so they could get a $10,000 reward. <br><br>Adir’s head was found in an ice cream freezer. <br><br>This is the savage barbarity of the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HamasRapist?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HamasRapist</a> monsters. <br><br>Don’t look away. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StandWithIsrael?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StandWithIsrael</a> <a href="https://t.co/5V9HHwTXYY">pic.twitter.com/5V9HHwTXYY</a></p>— The Persian Jewess (@persianjewess) <a href="https://twitter.com/persianjewess/status/1767922901758480436?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Firstly, we searched for the original videos in our database. We will list them below along with the source. The videos are named "Drone vid" and "Vid 01"<br><br>Drone vid: <br><br>Footage taken from the entrance towards the festival on the 232 road, filming north. <br><br>Grid: 31.397487,… <a href="https://t.co/L9Ul4Cc9pq">pic.twitter.com/L9Ul4Cc9pq</a></p>— GeoConfirmed (@GeoConfirmed) <a href="https://twitter.com/GeoConfirmed/status/1768014100502577460?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Debunking Ivy League Myths About Israel | Yoseph Haddad
<blockquote>Dave Rubin of “The Rubin Report” talks to Yoseph Haddad about how media and higher education systems are being infiltrated by anti-Semitic sentiments; how Israel has successfully been a society for Jews and also Arab Israelis like himself; the surprising stats about diversity within Israel; ignored facts that prove that Israel is falsely portrayed as an apartheid state; how Hamas targeted both Jews and Arabs in the October 7 attacks; why Israel must take control of every inch of Gaza to defeat Hamas; and much more.</blockquote>
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The Israel Guys: The Conflict With Lebanon Is ALMOST At the BREAKING POINT
<blockquote>An Israeli-American soldier who was believed to be kidnapped by Hamas on October 7th, was just revealed by the IDF to be dead. Massive rocket barrages from Lebanon continue to rain down on northern Israel everyday, and still Joe Biden is still worried about saving the Hamas terrorists trapped inside of Rafah. </blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hamas: cowards and rapists who hide in tunnels behind refugees.<br><br>Israel has the absolute right to pursue Hamas until it is dismantled in Rafah. Stop pretending peace in Gaza is possible without this end game. <a href="https://t.co/MLqdi5Uppv">pic.twitter.com/MLqdi5Uppv</a></p>— Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenFettermanPA/status/1768253320093680067?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Palestinians use EU money on the so-called “Martyrs Fund”<br><br>It provides income for families of terrorists who kill Jews. <br><br>This Member of the European Parliament wanted to stop EU funds as long as the Martyr’s Fund exists, but was voted down by the left <a href="https://t.co/qHCopKdf7Y">pic.twitter.com/qHCopKdf7Y</a></p>— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) <a href="https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1768295096649207868?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Recently there was a manifestation in Brussels calling for a ceasefire. But I heard nobody talk about the atrocities committed by Hamas. And that view is becoming more and more mainstream in our media. <br><br>We must not forget what ignited this horrible situation for ordinary… <a href="https://t.co/ai1na2mMdQ">pic.twitter.com/ai1na2mMdQ</a></p>— Assita Kanko MEP (@Assita_Kanko) <a href="https://twitter.com/Assita_Kanko/status/1768009896983765337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bands pull out of SXSW over U.S. Army sponsorship.<br><br>Bye. Don’t come back.<br><br>Austin remains the HQ for the Army Futures Command. <br><br>San Antonio is Military City USA.<br><br>We are proud of the U.S. military in Texas.<br><br>If you don’t like it, don’t come here.<br> <a href="https://t.co/t3RyQgLRKN">https://t.co/t3RyQgLRKN</a></p>— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1767611026671833264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It takes a particularly pathological hater like UN special rapporteur <a href="https://twitter.com/FranceskAlbs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FranceskAlbs</a> to compare Israel's fight against Hamas with the depraved individual who actively sought out innocent children to murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School.<br><br>It's a despicable and false analogy. <a href="https://t.co/62JrTNZbTR">https://t.co/62JrTNZbTR</a></p>— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) <a href="https://twitter.com/HonestReporting/status/1768279215688798457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/italy-refuses-to-deport-palestinian-suspect-to-israel-fearing-degrading-treatment/">Italy refuses to deport Palestinian suspect to Israel, fearing ‘degrading treatment’</a>
<blockquote>An Italian appeals court refused on Wednesday to send a suspected Palestinian terrorist to Israel, saying he risked “cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment” if he was extradited.
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The man, named by the court as Anan Kamal Afif Yaeesh, 36, was one of three Palestinians arrested in central Italy on suspicion they were planning attacks in an unspecified country.
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Israel applied for the extradition of Yaeesh, but his lawyer opposed the request, presenting reports by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch on prison conditions for Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.
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In a written ruling, a panel of three judges in the central city of L’Aquila sided with the defense, saying Yaeesh would face “acts constituting a violation of human rights” if the extradition request was granted.
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They ruled that he should be kept in prison in Italy because he is being investigated by the public prosecutor’s office for the same charges for which Israel had requested his extradition.
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The substance of the allegation against him was not discussed in the hearing. Israel has repeatedly said detainees and prisoners are treated in accordance with international law.
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Israel, which is at war with the terror group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, has accused Yaeesh of financing a terror group from the Tulkarem refugee camp in the West Bank, called the Tulkarem Brigade.
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Italy said on Monday the three arrested Palestinians had set up a cell linked to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an armed offshoot of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s secular nationalist Fatah party. It is considered a terrorist group by Israel, the European Union, and the United States.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The federal government has announced: as of 2/14/24, eligible Palestinians won't face deportation, will be able to remain in the US and begin applying for work permits. <a href="https://t.co/LQENw8XJ8T">https://t.co/LQENw8XJ8T</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZKuU1wQVFb">pic.twitter.com/ZKuU1wQVFb</a></p>— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) <a href="https://twitter.com/ScooterCasterNY/status/1767985412184703033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The very fact that Israel responding to the worst terrorist attack in world history with people calling for the dismantlement of Israel rather than of the terror group is evidence of the deep-rooted antisemitism that made and makes Israel necessary for the security of Jewish… <a href="https://t.co/kC7rwAWIO2">https://t.co/kC7rwAWIO2</a></p>— David Bernstein (@ProfDBernstein) <a href="https://twitter.com/ProfDBernstein/status/1767656951867929063?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href=https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-police-jewish-man-attacked-logan-square-anti-israel-protest-nova-documentary/14521456/>Jewish man attacked by anti-Israel protesters at October 7 documentary screening in Logan Square</a>
<blockquote>As anti-Israel protesters tried to block people from entering a Monday night screening of "Nova," a documentary about the October 7 Hamas massacre at the Nova Music Festival that killed hundreds, a Jewish attendee was attacked. Chicago police are now investigating.
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Using megaphones, wearing masks and carrying posters, dozens of anti-Israel protesters blocked the entry to Logan Theatre Monday night for the presentation hosted by the Simon Wiesenthal Center. The protest also spilled over inside the lobby.
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The protesters yelled "shame on you" to people attending a Jewish-sponsored event screening a documentary about the Hamas massacre of more than 300 people at the Nova Music Festival in Israel on October 7, 2023.
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One Jewish man, who did not want to be identified for fears for his safety, walked into the building carrying a small Israeli flag.
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"I did not say anything to anyone, as we walked up I did not look at anyone, I did not give anyone the finger, I simply walked up holding an Israeli flag," he said.
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The man, who is in his late 50s, said one protester tried to yank the flag from his hand. The next thing he knew, he was being attacked by several protesters.
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"A group of them was swinging me around and threw me into a parked car," the victim said. "I was completely surrounded by maybe six or seven that started punching me in the head."
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Fortunately he was not seriously injured, but the attack has left him shocked and worried for the future of his Jewish children.
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"I think it is disgusting you cannot walk down the street Jewish in 2024," he said.</blockquote>
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<A href=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-68564577.amp>Michael Gove names groups as he unveils extremism definition</a>
<blockquote>Michael Gove has named five groups he said would be assessed against a new government definition of extremism.
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The communities secretary told MPs he had concerns about the "Islamist orientation" of three of the organisations.
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He also named two groups he said promoted a "Neo-Nazi ideology".
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The new extremism definition applies to, but does not criminalise, groups promoting an ideology based on "violence, hatred or intolerance".
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Groups judged to meet the new definition - expected to be named in the coming weeks - will be blocked from receiving government funding and meeting officials.
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The definition has been met with a backlash from civil liberty and community groups, with two of the groups mentioned by Mr Gove already threatening legal action if they end up on the list.
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The unveiling of the new definition comes amid the backdrop of heightened community tensions over the Israel-Hamas war, and political rows over the policing of pro-Palestinian marches in London.
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The community secretary has said a list of organisations meeting the new definition will be drawn up following "careful" reviews of evidence and consultation with civil servants.
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But speaking in the Commons, he said the British National Socialist Movement and Patriotic Alternative would see their activities assessed against the new definition.
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He said the groups "promote Neo-Nazi ideology" and were "precisely the type of groups about which we should be concerned".
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He also named the Muslim Association of Britain, Cage and Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND) as organisations that "give rise to concern for their Islamist orientation and views".</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A list of extremist groups will be drawn up in the coming weeks. From far left to far right to Islamist extremists they will only be able to challenge it through judicial review. It’s time those who seed hate were isolated and excluded. <a href="https://t.co/dL3s2BobPD">https://t.co/dL3s2BobPD</a></p>— Heidi Bachram 🎗️ (@HeidiBachram) <a href="https://twitter.com/HeidiBachram/status/1768128475565568038?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Gove announced a new centre of excellence and will do investigation into foreign malign actors trying to undermine our democracy. This is good news for us and bad news for Iran, Russia and China. Some ppl on this platform seem to be rather more friendly to our adversaries than…</p>— Heidi Bachram 🎗️ (@HeidiBachram) <a href="https://twitter.com/HeidiBachram/status/1768251983687823734?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Today’s announcement is a very belated admission by the Government that it has engaged with and even funded extremists over the years, and that it will no longer do so. That is welcome, but that is as far as this announcement goes. It proposes no sanction whatsoever for… <a href="https://t.co/Y4aGfqffEO">https://t.co/Y4aGfqffEO</a></p>— Campaign Against Antisemitism (@antisemitism) <a href="https://twitter.com/antisemitism/status/1768257752202133670?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sky News portray Shakeel Afsar as a reasonable anti-extremist who might accidently get caught by the new government definition...<br><br>Meanwhile he is willing to lay his life 'on the line' to stop a movie being shown because of blasphemy.<br><br>Our media is lost.<a href="https://t.co/VudOU56eZF">https://t.co/VudOU56eZF</a> <a href="https://t.co/2jgopF5czS">pic.twitter.com/2jgopF5czS</a></p>— David Collier (@mishtal) <a href="https://twitter.com/mishtal/status/1768235440325206369?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/londons-little-palestine-to-remove-flags-from-buildings-schools-and-lampposts-dsfvdh0s">London’s ‘little Palestine’ to remove flags from buildings, schools and lampposts</a>
<blockquote>Palestinian flags will start coming down from council buildings in Tower Hamlets after lawyers threatened legal action, mayor Lutfur Rahman has said.
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Local residents told the JC in January that the flags – which first appeared on council-owned property soon after October 7 and have been seen on bus stops, lampposts and buildings – were “intimidatory”.
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Many of the flags were put up in clusters around schools.
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Some Jewish residents have considered leaving the borough, which has been dubbed ‘Little Palestine’ because of the ubiquitous flags.
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Legal advocacy group UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI), who had threatened legal action against the council, said they were “delighted” with the decision.
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The council sought independent legal advice which allegedly agreed with the UKFLI view that the flags broke the law.
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A freedom of information (FOI) request sent to the council by the JC has revealed it received 290 complaints or enquiries regarding Palestinian flags from October 2023 until now. This figure differed from the 355 number quoted in a separate FOI, raising questions about the council’s monitoring of the situation.
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The council refused to comment on the legal status of the flags.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here is the communications officer of a Doctors union calling Hamas rapes “mythical”. The union is the oldest one for doctors in the UK. Now that long history is tarnished with grotesque rape denial. Does Jonathan Fluxman really represent the view of <a href="https://twitter.com/DoctorsInUnite?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DoctorsInUnite</a>? <a href="https://t.co/TpKEvT91Cc">pic.twitter.com/TpKEvT91Cc</a></p>— Heidi Bachram 🎗️ (@HeidiBachram) <a href="https://twitter.com/HeidiBachram/status/1768026875358494907?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Roger Waters can't be antisemitic because he's friends with the Neturei Karta. The Westboro Baptist Church of Judaism. The self proclaimed "real Jews" all 6 dozen of them. <a href="https://t.co/9dvdhEuam6">https://t.co/9dvdhEuam6</a></p>— The Mossad: Satirical, Yet Awesome (@TheMossadIL) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheMossadIL/status/1768012609201090735?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Great to see self-appointed Middle East expert Gary Lineker share an interview with a member of the extremist, fringe group Neturei Karta to his 1.2 million Instagram followers. <a href="https://t.co/dvjvfu7esV">pic.twitter.com/dvjvfu7esV</a></p>— Sabrina Miller (@SabriSun_Miller) <a href="https://twitter.com/SabriSun_Miller/status/1768204628175229055?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is Thornhill, Canada.<br><br>Referring to Jewish places of worship as 'SINagogues' is pure anti-Semitism.<br><br>Following Jews to their homes when they do not wish to be followed is arguably criminal harassment.<br><br>Promoting this online suggests there is no fear of repercussions. <a href="https://t.co/gsQNA2mzMT">pic.twitter.com/gsQNA2mzMT</a></p>— David Jacobs (@DrJacobsRad) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrJacobsRad/status/1767594448764944653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 12, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/hundreds-block-san-francisco-airport-terminal-calling-for-gaza-truce/">Hundreds block San Francisco airport terminal calling for Gaza truce</a>
<blockquote>Hundreds of anti-war protesters demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and calling for an end to US military assistance for Israel blocked the international terminal at the San Francisco International Airport on Wednesday.
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Footage from the scene showed protesters carrying banners with messages such as “Permanent Ceasefire Now,” “Stop the World for Gaza” and “Stop Arming Israel.” An ABC News affiliate put the number of demonstrators at more than 300.
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“We do not want to be here. We are forced to be here because we have lost count of the petitions we’ve sent, the emails we’ve sent, of the meetings we’ve had with our congresspeople, of the days we’ve marched through the streets begging our government to hear the millions of voices for ceasefire,” said a protester, in footage shared by AJ+ reporter Dena Takruri on X.
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Protests demanding an end to the war in Gaza have occurred in many US cities in recent months, including near airports and bridges in New York City and Los Angeles, vigils outside the White House, and marches in Washington.
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This month, large protests were seen ahead of US President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address and the Oscars. Demonstrators have regularly interrupted Biden’s campaign events and speeches.
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Airport officials said the international terminal remained open, but passengers were re-routed around the activity. Activists blocked the roadway outside the airport, marched in circles, and chanted slogans.</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a> "Ceasefire Now" Pro-palestine protesters have occupied and partially shut down San Francisco International Airport<a href="https://t.co/UlkWj80pM5">pic.twitter.com/UlkWj80pM5</a></p>— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) <a href="https://twitter.com/ScooterCasterNY/status/1767982977475100870?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pro-Pals protested Teva Pharmaceuticals accusing them of supplying “apartheid-induced medicine”. Teva’s crime is simply paying taxes to their home country. That’s it. The ‘evil’ medicine includes life-saving drugs that help stop my cancer recurring. These ppl are sick. <a href="https://t.co/2sUlX9Vy0p">pic.twitter.com/2sUlX9Vy0p</a></p>— Heidi Bachram 🎗️ (@HeidiBachram) <a href="https://twitter.com/HeidiBachram/status/1768064192815235263?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NYC?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NYC</a> Pro-palestine protesters BLOCKED Multiple Entrances to NYT Printing Plant, barricaded with rocks and a desk to prevent trucks from going through.<br><br>New York Times entrance in Queens disrupted for hours, is now cleared<br><br>Video by Diego Luzuriaga Desk@freedomnews.tv to license <a href="https://t.co/3kaiZ6WLYF">pic.twitter.com/3kaiZ6WLYF</a></p>— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) <a href="https://twitter.com/ScooterCasterNY/status/1768191593004019931?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">“Our history” ma’am your mother is Indian & your father is a pasty brit no “Jew of color” history to be seen</p>— Bad antizionist takes 🍉 (@antiantizionist) <a href="https://twitter.com/antiantizionist/status/1768025170092990930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The UK media is so clueless on the topic of Islamic extremism, that <a href="https://twitter.com/SkyNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SkyNews</a> is now running PR pieces for soft-Islamist groups. <br><br>The signatories here are a who's who of terror apologists and stoning enthusiasts. Of course they aren't going to support any form of anti-extremism… <a href="https://t.co/qtmB0Ps39W">pic.twitter.com/qtmB0Ps39W</a></p>— Stephen Knight 🎙️ (@GSpellchecker) <a href="https://twitter.com/GSpellchecker/status/1767991725216182653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Is this your hero <a href="https://twitter.com/DrJillStein?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DrJillStein</a> ? <a href="https://t.co/yOgUsgXplj">https://t.co/yOgUsgXplj</a> <a href="https://t.co/kaY7w48vHb">pic.twitter.com/kaY7w48vHb</a></p>— Alan Bukrinsky 🇲🇽🇺🇸🇮🇱 (@abukrin) <a href="https://twitter.com/abukrin/status/1768104504942084557?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">ARE GREENS PROMOTING ANTI-ISRAEL VANDALISM?<br><br>We have been sent this pic which appears to show a sticker authorised by Senator David Shoebridge of the Australian Greens.<br><br>If you spot any of these, please take a photo and post as a reply with date and location.<br><br>If you run a… <a href="https://t.co/GSk5tTlkdl">pic.twitter.com/GSk5tTlkdl</a></p>— Australian Jewish Association (@AustralianJA) <a href="https://twitter.com/AustralianJA/status/1768068162598416590?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Unsatisfied with terrorizing living Jews, the mob is also desecrating the memory of dead Jews. <br><br> A Holocaust memorial in the Paris suburb of Drancy was vandalized overnight. The memorial commemorates the biggest roundup of Jews in western Europe. <a href="https://t.co/1Zv8pQ37bd">pic.twitter.com/1Zv8pQ37bd</a></p>— Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) <a href="https://twitter.com/AvivaKlompas/status/1768233729103720601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Extremist brochures were outside a pro Palestinian Labour event <a href="https://twitter.com/LBC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@lbc</a> one of many extreme left but FOA Islamist groups- will they be part of the list ? <a href="https://twitter.com/michaelgove?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@michaelgove</a> <a href="https://t.co/yhBaEhdUTE">pic.twitter.com/yhBaEhdUTE</a></p>— Eye On Antisemitism (@AntisemitismEye) <a href="https://twitter.com/AntisemitismEye/status/1768273974683718065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 14, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">🇮🇱🔥LEGEND🔥🇮🇱<br><br>As Pro-<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HamasRapists?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HamasRapists</a> protested outside of a SYNAGOGUE in the suburbs of New York, this <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Jewish?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Jewish</a> HERO began eating a giant slice of 🍉 watermelon 🍉 in front of them. <br><br>PS: Antizionism Is Antisemitism<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AmYisraelChai?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AmYisraelChai</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StandWithIsrael?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StandWithIsrael</a> <a href="https://t.co/d5tfReIygP">pic.twitter.com/d5tfReIygP</a></p>— The Persian Jewess (@persianjewess) <a href="https://twitter.com/persianjewess/status/1767929635311092152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 13, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<p> </p>Ianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00024690260923786342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933777.post-40314035617307653142024-03-14T10:30:00.003-04:002024-03-14T10:30:00.127-04:00A succinct and blunt presentation of Israel's position, by academic Dan Schueftan (video)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHYbUrUkGgLCHSu50L_evU5IyGeY7XpYZJI0CBsO7ub1ZRz0P-fRYmqXnDm6610BTx2GVK3lC6FW5KW3ZfT1t6kfmHNAjwwEKbsG1G2xwYqhZ2XL11pq_hQL2dx500_npCLnEupkvt9j9qdxXUE_iQl_T3hdgJQYtrwUTF_oaCK9OK89nPUJISxw/s2000/Screenshot-2024-02-23-at-2.25.18-pm.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="2000" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHYbUrUkGgLCHSu50L_evU5IyGeY7XpYZJI0CBsO7ub1ZRz0P-fRYmqXnDm6610BTx2GVK3lC6FW5KW3ZfT1t6kfmHNAjwwEKbsG1G2xwYqhZ2XL11pq_hQL2dx500_npCLnEupkvt9j9qdxXUE_iQl_T3hdgJQYtrwUTF_oaCK9OK89nPUJISxw/w640-h358/Screenshot-2024-02-23-at-2.25.18-pm.png" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Here is a blunt but accurate description of the Israel-Palestinian conflict by Israeli academic <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Schueftan">Dan Schueftan</a>, who has also been an adviser to multiple Israeli prime ministers. It come from a much longer video interview published in <a href="https://quillette.com/2024/03/04/dan-schueftan-transcript/">Quillette </a>last month. <br /><br /><blockquote>The Palestinian perspective is, and this did not change in the last 100 years, that the very collective existence of the Jews here in the Middle East is illegitimate except as individuals of the Jewish religion. They deny the existence of a Jewish people, even today. The so-called president of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas gave a speech - if you want I'll send you the video of it. It's so ridiculous, it's unbelievable. I mean he tells stories about there's never been a Jewish people and so on and the Khazars in the Caucasus. It's ridiculous.<div><br /></div><div>So they even deny the existence of a Jewish people and of course they believe that Israel is a product of of a colonial British act and the very existence of Israel is illegitimate. They make the option of national coexistence, of a historic compromise, impossible and therefore they don't have a state. </div><div><br /></div><div>Now the way they behaved in terms of violence persuaded the Jews after October 7, more than any time in the past, that since whatever they have they weaponize, and what they want in the final analysis (and they say openly) is to obliterate the state of Israel. When you speak about Hamas they even speak about obliterating all the Jews and their charter relies on the Protocols of the Elders of Zion. So this is an attempt by the Palestinians to terminate the existence not only of the state of Israel but also of the Jews as as a national collective, as a sovereign entity in this region.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is a problem that at least in the foreseeable future it doesn't have a solution.</div><div><br /></div><div>You see, one of the problems Americans have is that Americans have a operational oriented mindset. They look at problems like engineers: there's a problem, what's the solution? Tf you want want to be a historian if you want to understand human behavior you say to yourself this is a kind of operational thinking, while strategic thinking is what do you do when a problem doesn't have a solution. In other words, what is the response or the damage control that you can apply if a problem doesn't have a solution? </div><div><br /></div><div>Most serious problems don't have a solution. Poverty doesn't have a solution. Crime doesn't have a solution. But if you you have a good law enforcement system you can bring crime from an unacceptable level to an acceptable level; if you have a well-functioning welfare state you can bring down poverty from an unacceptable level to an acceptable level. But people speak in terms of the two-state "solution." </div><div><br /></div><div>By the way, in my recent visit to the US Congress I suggested to a number of Senators that the United States should adopt a two-state solution for a state for the Republicans and a state for the Democrats because the polarization in American society is alarming.</div><div><br /></div><div>The only thing in life that has a solution is a crossword puzzle. For people who insist that every problem has a solution I remind them of their marriage and then they finally understand that there are some problems that have no solution.</div><div><br /></div><div> You need to think in terms of what can you do when a solution is not available. Any serious thinking about the Palestinians or about Israel should start from that assumption but if somebody feels good about himself by playing with himself intellectually or politically and he wants to think about solution, it's okay. I mean, Americans come to Israel now and say, "Tell us what your end game is." I tell them, "Oh ,we really need to learn from you! You had an end game bringing democracy to Iraq. Then you had an end game bringing women's rights to Afghanistan. Since this went so well let's learn from you and tell us how after bringing democracy to Iraqis and women's rights to Afghanis you'll bring peace to the Palestinians, with the great successes you've had so far."</div><div><br /></div><div>[To bring violence down to an acceptable level, Israel has to do] whatever it takes, limited by what we're willing to do based on our values. It's not you can have violence for a week but not for month, or you can kill 100 people or not 500 people. The question is what do you have to do that there is no other way of doing.</div><div><br /></div><div>For instance, if you want to deter Stalin from using nuclear weapons, you adopt a policy that basically says we will obliterate the human race if you do this to us. [That's the whole idea of nuclear deterrence. Or when in the Second World War people are threatened in Britain, they burn Hamburg and Berlin. When the Americans want to invade Japan they burn Tokyo and they nuke Hiroshima and Nagasaki. So the question is, can you use less violence and still obtain your objective? For instance, if you have precision guided munitions you can kill the terrorist without killing the people around him so use it to minimize collateral damage, as we have.</div><div><br /></div><div>Today in Gaza we have the most fortified position ever in human history. It's not only fortified by every house being booby trapped and full of weapons under the beds of children and in hospitals and in schools and in mosques, but also it is fortified by the New York Times and Amnesty International and Joe Biden and everybody else. You must be very careful in terms of getting what you need, namely to root out the barbarians with as little civilian casualties as possible. The Palestinians want us to kill their children not only by putting their weapons in their bedrooms and in their schools but also because they want the pictures of their children killed so that they can use a public opinion against Israel. We can try to minimize it but you cannot avoid it altogether. ...When dumb people or evil people say stop the war because civilians are being killed they're basically saying once the barbarians embed the weapons in their children the barbarians will win because civilized people cannot respond and root them out. And if that will happen then the barbarians win not only vis a vis Israel - the Jews are always the canary - they will win everywhere...The barbarians are looking for things that work. The number one weapon of the barbarian is our values and the dumb application of our values. We need to keep our values because we're civilized people, we are not like them. The one thing Israelis are frightened more than anything else that we become like the Palestinians, in other words, to behave like barbarians as they do. When the barbarians rape and decapitate and burn families alive, between 75 and 90% of the Palestinian people support them and every time they kill Jews the Palestinian people support them. The only role model that the Palestinians have are people who kill Jews. They don't have other role models; their schools are named after terrorists. </div><div><br /></div><div>So when you are faced with it you have to find your way between getting what you must have, namely root out the barbarians, and keep your values, because if the Palestinians will force you to become like Palestinians this will be the worst that they can do to us. The one thing we we don't want to let them do is to make us be like them.</div></blockquote><div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="333" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/VH3-h44VRrQ" width="546" youtube-src-id="VH3-h44VRrQ"></iframe></div><br /><div>Read or watch the whole thing.</div><div><br /><br /><p></p><p></p><hr /><hr />
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