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Monday, October 31, 2022

10/31 Links Pt1: The UN CoI's 2nd: The Continued Assault on Israel; Sunak should acknowledge Jerusalem as Israel’s capital; NZ PM calls to expel Iran from U.N. Women’s Rights Commission

From Ian: NGO Monitor: The UN Commission of Inquiry’s Second Report: The Continued Assault on Israel Failure to Address Commissioners’ Antisemitism In issuing its second report, the members of the COI ignored the numerous condemnations of the antisemitic statements they had made since the COI began. In June 2022, speaking before the UN Human Rights Council, Commissioner...

10/20 Links Pt2: For Israel’s 75th Birthday, Hollywood Should Raise a Toast; Shapiro says Kanye West is spouting anti-Semitism that resembles Nazi propaganda

From Ian: Gil Troy: For Israel’s 75th Birthday, Hollywood Should Raise a Toast Now that the High Holy Days are over, let’s start planning what should be the most hyped holiday of this year: Israel’s 75th birthday. Although Israel was founded on May 14, 1948, its diamond jubilee celebration will be, by the Hebrew calendar, on April 26, 2023, 189 days from today. Although only...

AP implies that Breaking Dawn was a means for Lapid to gain wartime credibility and Knesset seats

An AP dispatch about the Gaza fighting this past weekend throws in a conspiracy theory:Israel said it took action against the militant group because of concrete threats of an imminent attack, but has not provided details. Caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid, who is an experienced diplomat but untested in overseeing a war, unleashed the offensive less than three months before...

In which JVP admits they support terrorist rockets killing Jewish civilians

Jewish Voice for "Peace" Political Director Beth Miller reveals that the organization supports dead Jews.In a bizarre attempt at far-Leftist humor, she writes:Israel bringing Iron Dome batteries to the tarmac for Biden is like wearing the sweater your aunt gave you whenever she comes over. If your aunt was an imperial military power and you'd begged her for the sweater in...

Hamas Understands Israel Has A Means Of Deterrence That May Be Even Stronger Than Iron Dome (Daled Amos)

By Daled AmosLast week, Israel announced plans to build an industrial zone next to Gaza, creating thousands of new jobs for Palestinian Arabs. This news comes at a time when the number of Palestinian Arabs working in Israel has been increasing.In an article for The Algemeiner, Elder of Ziyon notes data from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics indicating...

A Palestinian Senate scorecard has some surprising results

The antisemitic American Muslims for Palestine has a lobbying arm called AJP Action. They recently released a scorecard for members of the Senate where they score them on how much they believe they support their cause. They base the scorecard on these criteria:If they opposed S.1751 - Emergency Resupply for IRON DOME Act of 2021If they supported S.J.Res.19 - Congressional...

Israel shoots down Gaza drone; Islamic Jihad publishes reconnaissance photos from (same?) drone

Times of Israel reports:The Iron Dome missile defense system shot down a “suspicious” aircraft flying over the Gaza Strip on Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces said.According to the IDF, the device “was monitored throughout the entire incident” by the air force’s ground control. The military said the UAV did not enter Israeli airspace, adding that the interceptor missiles...

Is Hamas shooting rockets to test out their anti-aircraft missiles when Israel responds?

On Monday, Gaza terror groups shot a missile towards Israel that was intercepted by Iron Dome. While Hamas doesn't seem to have been directly responsible for the rocket attack, it seems likely that they gave the green light to another group to shoot it.Why?Because Hamas knows that Israel cannot just ignore the rockets, and will inevitably respond with a minor airstrike...

Bizarre logic: Terror groups say Israel's planned anti-missile laser system is proof that Iron Dome doesn't work

Defense Update reported on Thursday about Israel's Iron Beam laser-based air defense system:Israel’s Minister of Defense Benny Gantz has approved allocating a significant budget to develop and produce a high-power solid-state laser system designed to intercept rockets, mortars, and UAVs. Rafael, the system developer, expects to sign the full-scale development contract with...