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Friday, December 15, 2023

Did the UN Human Rights Council just admit Hamas steals civilian aid? Plus, the dumbest argument yet against flooding tunnels

The UN Human Rights X account tweeted something spectacularly stupid:

Israel’s flooding of tunnels with saltwater could have severe adverse human rights impacts, some long term. Goods indispensable to civilian survival could also be at risk, as well as widespread, long-term & severe environmental damage. Civilians must be protected.

Hold on: when they say " Goods indispensable to civilian survival could also be at risk," doesn't that mean that they are admitting that Hamas tunnels are warehouses for the aid that the world has been sending into Gaza for the past decades?

Critics of the flooding plan, like Eurasia Review, also say things like "Flooding the tunnels could damage Gaza’s aquifer and soil, if seawater and hazardous substances in the tunnels seep into them."

"Hazardous substances" means "explosives."

Now, why might there be explosives in the tunnels?

People don't mind that Hamas definitely places explosives underneath Gaza population centers - only that Israel's plan to destroy the tunnels might cause them to leak into the groundwater. They don't care that Hamas definitely digs tunnels underneath civilian buildings - only that those tunnels' collapses could affect the buildings above.

Anyone see a problem here.

The list of bad things listed in that article that "could" happen if Israel floods the tunnels is almost comical, but the pièce de résistance (so to speak) comes at the end.

Flooding the tunnels could affect the cultural heritage and identity of Gaza, which has a rich and diverse history and culture. The tunnels are part of Gaza’s landscape and memory, and they reflect its character and spirit. Flooding the tunnels could .. affect the cultural expressions and practices of Gaza’s people, such as the art, literature and folklore that are inspired by or related to the tunnels.

Yes, the terror tunnels must be protected because they are an important part of Gaza's culture!

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12/15 Links Pt1: More Than 30 Americans Died on October 7 — Where Is the Outrage?; Israel Is Flushing Hamas Out of Gaza; Hamas rigs dolls, in ambush on IDF forces in Gaza

From Ian:

Noah Rothman: The Left’s Discomfort with Israel’s War on Hamas Doesn’t Matter

Kirby’s admission — one he has made before — that Israel has subordinated its operational goals to humanitarian concerns in a way that exceeds even what the U.S. would condone is certainly true. The IDF exposed its soldiers to unnecessary risks in the effort to capture the Hamas stronghold in Shifa hospital, in stark contrast to how America cleared out an ISIS-occupied hospital in Mosul from the air. Unguided munitions and submunitions are part of America’s arsenal and the U.S. does not hesitate to use them on the battlefield when it makes operational sense to do so. Nor do we have any problem exporting those weapons to our allies and partners abroad, including Ukraine. Speaking of Ukraine, the United States has expressed its concerns with how Kyiv conducts domestic law enforcement, but that has not stopped Washington from exporting weapons platforms and ordnance to Ukraine in the effort to beat back the Russian onslaught. The alleged misconduct of Israeli settlers in the West Bank is just that — a domestic law-enforcement issue that should have little bearing on how the White House views the conduct of Israel’s war against Hamas.

And that war has so far been wildly successful. In an interview with Al-Monitor, senior Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk all but sued for a peace that preserves his terrorist organization’s existence. “A senior Hamas official suggested the Gaza-based militant group would recognize Israel as a step toward ending the long-running divisions between the Palestinian factions,” the report read. “You should follow the official stance,” Marzouk conceded. “The official stance is that the [Palestinian Liberation Organization] has recognized the state of Israel.” That overture may not appeal to Israeli policy-makers, but it is an overture, nonetheless. The remark betrays the terrorist group’s recognition that its days are numbered if the war continues apace.

Does the Biden administration recognize that this is the outcome it needs? Does it realize that it has invested American prestige in the speedy and victorious conclusion of Israel’s righteous war, and the failure to secure that outcome with all possible alacrity saps it of its credibility? Does it understand that the double standards it is applying to Israel to appease an unappeasable faction of malcontents on the fringes of the Democratic coalition imperil far more important objectives?

The Biden administration is getting wobbly at precisely the wrong moment, and for no discernible reason other than that a loud minority within Biden’s coalition cannot abide its association with Israel’s war. The proper response to this queasiness would be to tell the dissenters to make themselves a chamomile tea and lie down for a spell while the responsible adults in the room advance U.S. interests abroad. The grownups can take it from here.

More Than 30 Americans Died on October 7 — Where Is the Outrage?

Where is the outrage that so many Americans were killed? Why is it that Americans with dual Israeli citizenship are treated with such disdain? If my suspicions are correct, this is another example of the antisemitism that is deeply and sadly ingrained in American society. Perhaps some Americans don’t consider these dual citizens as fellow Americans. Sure, some of these dual citizens speak like they come from Brooklyn, or Philadelphia, or Baltimore, because they do, but in reality, the argument would go, their loyalty must be to the state of Israel. It’s vile nonsense but I fear this is what some in the U.S. who don’t seem to care about these victims secretly believe. In their minds, Jewish lives don’t count as much, even if they are American citizens.

But U.S. government counterterrorism officials treat all American citizens the same.

The U.S. and Israeli intelligence communities appear to be working well together, particularly after the intelligence debacle that allowed the Oct. 7 attacks to happen. The hunt for Hamas members in Gaza is at its heart an intelligence-driven exercise. And it appears that after 60 days, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has killed some 5,000 Hamas foot soldiers, half of the group’s battalion commanders, and several other targets.

While the senior leaders of Hamas remain holed up, either in southern Gaza or hiding elsewhere, the IDF appears to be on track in its campaign to destroy Hamas as a threat. Israel is following a model of operations driving intelligence — the capture of Hamas prisoners as well as safe houses, for example, results in battlefield interrogations and sensitive sight exploitation — which then drives future operations. Those in the U.S. media who question Israel’s progress in the war, most of whom have no experience involving counterterrorism operations, probably should recall that it took us 10 years to find Osama bin Laden after 9/11. and to reduce al Qaeda to an ineffective threat to the United States. Such campaigns take time, which the IDF leadership has said.

Importantly, Mossad — Israel’s national intelligence agency — almost certainly has begun planning the hunt for Hamas members worldwide. From experience, Israel’s enemies fear its reach, and that fear is a powerful tool. One evening many years ago, in a Middle Eastern city where I attended Libyan National Day at the Libyan embassy, there were two notorious terrorist leaders: Khalid Mishal from Hamas and Ahmad Jabril from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC). It was a surreal evening — we joked about it but knew that, in reality, we were all at risk from an Israeli airstrike. As I paid my respects to the Libyan ambassador that evening, he commented that he was glad I was there; he figured Israel would not strike the event with a U.S. official present.

The Biden administration is sticking with Israel, for now, though it has offered public critique of the Gazan casualties. Secretary of State Antony Blinken essentially has told Israel that the U.S. wants to give it more runway, understanding that the counterterrorism campaign must continue, but that it wants Israel to take more care regarding Gaza’s civilian population. In the words of Hollywood’s Jerry Maguire: “Help me help you.” In my view, this is the right approach and Israel must respond accordingly — not just in words, but in actions.

Not long after 9/11, a poster appeared and remained hanging for years in the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center. It stated: “Every day is September 12.” This signified the resolve of CIA officers to avenge the deaths of nearly 3,000 Americans and to prevent al-Qaeda from attacking us again. I would hope that a similar resolve exists in the U.S. intelligence community today, as we assist Israel in its campaign against a terrorist group that killed some 1,200 people, including more than 30 Americans. I am confident that the sentiment “Every day is October 8” exists in the corridors of Mossad and Shin Bet.

Col. Kemp: Israel Is Flushing Hamas Out of Gaza

Heavy fighting continues in the north and south of Gaza, both above ground and in Hamas' extensive tunnel network, which is assessed to be even more extensive than the London Underground's 250 miles.

I was inside Gaza on Tuesday and witnessed two terrorist tunnels being destroyed with explosives by IDF engineers in Shejaiya. A short time later, the IDF suffered one of its deadliest single skirmishes, with nine soldiers killed in a gun and explosives battle with terrorists.

The tunnels bring yet another incredibly formidable dimension to urban combat, which is itself among the most challenging of battle environments, characterized by particularly high casualty rates, especially among attacking forces.

I've been into those tunnels: they are heavily fortified, concrete-lined and with lighting, electric power and air supply. Over two decades they have been constructed using vast sums of money, including international aid that should have been spent on civilian infrastructure, and costing the lives of many Gazans including dozens of children sent underground to work on them.

Tunnel entrances are mostly inside civilian houses, schools, hospitals and mosques. Terrorists use them to store weapons and ammo, protect commanders and move fighters around to outmaneuver forces above ground. Some have been fitted with heavy blast doors to complicate assaults by Israeli troops. They allow Hamas to ambush troops by emerging from the rear in areas that had already been cleared.

Whenever possible, the IDF avoids going into the tunnels and getting bogged down in fighting on Hamas' terms. Yet the Israelis are entering the tunnels when necessary, to rescue hostages, gain intelligence from underground command posts, and target high-level terrorist leaders. There is still a lot of hard fighting ahead and Israel's allies should be working to do what they can to further demoralize Hamas.

Truth is tough. The fight in Gaza is our fight too. pic.twitter.com/Y1wDDKjBUk
— Rɪᴄʜᴀʀᴅ Kᴇᴍᴘ ⋁ (@COLRICHARDKEMP) December 15, 2023

Gaza war must dismantle Hamas, tunnel flooding on table - IDF spokesperson

The war in the Gaza Strip is continuing for its third month and Israeli military casualties are mounting. In an interview with The Media Line's Felice Friedson, the Israel Defense Forces international spokesman, Lt.-Col. Jonathan Conricus, discusses the short- and long-term goals of the war and says Israel is paying a heavy price, but its goals remain unshaken: Hamas must be toppled, he says, and the hostages being held in Gaza, who still include 17 women and children, must be returned. Israel has no other choice. For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org

Conricus says the Israeli army has exposed hundreds of meters of tunnels, some of which are very sophisticated. Many of the tunnels lead to homes, and house after house is filled with weapons, explosives, and rocket launchers. One possible scenario for destroying the massive underground city is flooding it with seawater, an option Conricus didn’t dismiss. “At the end of the day,” he tells The Media Line, “these tunnels will hopefully be the undoing of Hamas.”

The Media Line: Lt.-Col. Jonathan Conricus is the international spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces. Thank you so much for taking the time to be with me here at The Media Line.

Lt.-Col. Conricus: Thank you for having me, Felice.

TML: On the day that Israel declared war on Hamas, those speaking on her behalf stressed that the path to victory would be a slow one, deliberate and costly. Now, some 68 days into the conflict, observers are amazed that rockets continue to fly into Israel, and that the Hamas fighting remains pretty lethal. What "unexpecteds" have you encountered in the last two months?

Lt.-Col. Conricus: So, we’ve been fighting for 68 days, since the 7th of October, and as we said from the beginning, even before we started ground operations in Gaza in order to dismantle Hamas, we said that we understand and know that it is going to be a long and difficult fight, that unfortunately we are going to have to pay a price in blood in order to achieve our goals, and that it will not be easy, but that our resolve is very clear.

And all of us, soldiers in the IDF, and officers, commanders, the High Command, all understand that we have to dismantle Hamas in order for Israeli civilians to be able to go home.

Now, we have seen Hamas continue to operate throughout the war, and we see that they still retain certain rocket firing and combat capabilities. Unfortunately, yesterday we had a mass casualty event in Shejaiya [in the northern Gaza Strip] where 10 Israeli soldiers were killed from the Golani Brigade and our elite aerial rescue unit, our tactical Air Force unit [669].

So there are still pockets of resistance in northern Gaza, and the fight isn’t over there. There are still rocket launches and there are still tunnels, and there are still terrorists there. Of course, greatly degraded, but still there. And in southern Gaza, specifically in Khan Yunis, the fighting is ongoing and it will take a lot of time and a lot of effort in order to dismantle Hamas, but we shouldn’t confuse time and patience with a lack of resolve.

The resolve is very clear, and we are going to defeat Hamas. There is no other option.

TML: Lt.-Col. Conricus, looking at the bloodshed, the loss of lives of your soldiers, did you underestimate, did the IDF underestimate, the power of Hamas?

Lt.-Col. Conricus: I think what we can say safely is that Hamas has prioritized their military capabilities over everything else, and we can see as our forces advance and as we clear areas, houses, neighborhoods, and parts of cities from Hamas terrorists after we defeat them and dismantle the enemy activity there, what we expose is hundreds of miles of tunnels, hundreds, almost a thousand, tunnel shafts. Some of them are very high-tech and high-level and a high finish of infrastructure. And we find house after house full of weapons, IEDs, explosives, rocket launchers, and anything that Hamas could get their hands on.

So what I think I can see is that I think it’s clear where Hamas priorities have been. They definitely have not been developing Gaza, caring for civilians, building civilian infrastructure, schools and hospitals and mosques and roads and clinics. No. It has been in furnishing themselves with tunnels and buying and smuggling weapons so that they can go on their continued jihad against Israel. That will now be brought to an end.

Hamas will be dismantled, and as our forces on the ground advance, we uncover what Hamas is leaving behind. We’re documenting everything, and we’re also sharing it with the world so that everyone can see where international aid has gone, where it was supposed to have gone above ground, and where it evidently ended up underground in the hands of Hamas.

@UNHumanRights Of course, when Egypt did the same thing (flooding Gaza tunnels to stop smuggling, not to stop terrorist massacares and rape), you said absolutely nothing.https://t.co/CwERMB9x4i
— Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) December 15, 2023

By Daled Amos

Following October 7, the media's anti-Israel bias is again a topic -- not that it ever stops. Journalists keep jumping on the topic of Israeli retaliation against Hamas, magnifying claims of indiscriminate bombing and accepting Hamas's number of casualties.

In a recent article for Haaretz, Laurel Leff takes another angle and examines how the media omits the history behind the founding of the State of Israel:

For Jews, the six million murdered in the Holocaust and the 500,000 survivors without a home helped spur the state's creation...[But] when Israel's origins are evoked in contemporaneous press accounts of the Israel-Hamas War, and it happens often, the Holocaust is almost never mentioned.

Leff's concern is that the omission of the Holocaust from the story leaves a gap in the history of the re-establishment of the State of Israel, "a blank that can be filled by motivations such as settler colonialism or white supremacy." To establish the existence of this pattern of omission, Leff sifted through over 500 news articles and opinion pieces in the top US newspapers following October 7.

One example is the Boston Globe, where an article explains that the slogan "From the river to the sea" generates fears that

touch on memories of genocide and displacement instilled in Jewish communities by Nazi Germany’s eradication of some 6 million Jews in the Holocaust.

Leff argues that while the article recognizes the Holocaust, it fails to connect it with the establishment of Israel.

In another example, an article in the Washington Post runs the headline: "Israeli operations uprooted Palestinians in 1948. Many fear a repeat," but when it refers to "Jewish immigration" increasing "under decades of British authority" there is no reference to where those Jews were coming from or why.

A New York Times article refers to "the young state's triumph against its Arab neighbors in 1948," as "a cherished national story." Leff criticizes the article for failing to connect the dots: the triumph is not revered because of some kind of joy in warfare, but rather because this victory comes against the background of the Holocaust.

Her argument is that because the media glosses over the connection between the Holocaust and the State of Israel, it creates a faulty narrative about Israel:

A powerful state controlled by Jews emerges out of nowhere and immediately persecutes and displaces Arabs living in its midst. Who the Jews are, why they are there, what they hope to create is never explicated. Into the void flows more noxious accounts, of colonial settlers who migrated to the region only to pillage and exploit, of white supremacists whose sole interest is in subjugating an indigenous population.

But is Leff right -- is knowledge of the Holocaust key to presenting a proper history and understanding of the re-establishment of the modern Jewish State?

After all, the Holocaust seems to be an important component in presenting Israel's case. It is an emotional argument -- and one of the criticisms of Hasbarah is that it is too focused on dry facts and numbers instead of making a visceral, emotional argument.

But the genocide of Jews under Nazi Germany does not resonate the same way that it did in the past. Just as importantly, historically the Holocaust only supports the case for the re-creation of Israel from 1948 forward, not for anything before.

Holocaust history is important, but it does not generate Jewish pride in the same way that the 3,000+ year indigenous history of the Jewish people in the Land of Israel does. Knowledge of Jewish history, language, culture, and religion plants the seeds for Jewish pride in a way that knowledge about the Holocaust alone does not.

I remember being told as a child that it was important to maintain one's Jewishness so as not to give Hitler a victory. Today, that argument will not fly.

This long historical Jewish bond to the land is something that Palestinian Arabs can never have, no matter how many times they claim to be descended from the Jebusites. That may explain in part why they are looked down upon by other Arabs. Rafael Patai writes in his book, The Seeds of Abraham:

Sentiments in French mandatory, and later independent, Syria were thus related back to the great days when Syria, with Damascus as its splendid capital, was the center of the great Umayyad caliphate, while the newly reestablished Iraq saw herself as heir to the Abbasid empire whose center was the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. However, no other Arab country had as solid a basis for priding itself of its glorious past as Egypt, which, although its greatest age lay far back in the millennia of the jahiliyya [Arabia before the advent of Islam], nevertheless came to view that early Pharaonic period as part of its national history.

However, Palestinian Arabs lack that rich Arab heritage.

In Palestine, such attempts at establishing a great Arab national past ran into a vexing problem. Since Palestine had never been an independent Arab country, its period of pride had to be sought in the biblical Israelite age.

And their claims of a rival connection to the land are periodically contradicted by archaeological discoveries.

Thus the resort to the Nakba.

Leff sees the Holocaust as both an argument for the Jewish right to Israel as well as a defense against the claim that Jews are not sufficiently woke:

But without mention of the then fresh Jewish trauma of the Holocaust, Jews' reasons for wanting, perhaps needing, a state, are absent, leaving a blank that can be filled by motivations such as settler colonialism or white supremacy.

But Jewish indigeneity and our uninterrupted presence on the land for over 3,000 years is just as effective in making our case. It is a source of pride and of Jewish identity in the fight against assimilation that Holocaust studies cannot match.

The media may not remind their readers of the historical Jewish bond to Israel, but we cannot afford to fail in passing on this heritage to future generations.

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A @NYTimes article on Gaza cemeteries is nothing less than an antisemitic conspiracy theory

One of the major problems with both "human rights groups" and major media reporting on Israeli military actions is their underlying assumption that the IDF is a malevolent force that enjoys causing death and damage for no legitimate reason.

So many articles are built with the same structure:

- We notice the IDF doing something that seems wrong.

- We cannot figure out why they are doing that.

- Therefore,we must assume the reason is because Jews are vindictive little shits who deliberately direct enormous resources and firepower towards civilian objects for no valid reason.

We saw it yesterday with CNN not understanding why the IDF might use "dumb bombs" and assuming they are being used indiscriminately against civilians. we saw it with HRW reports on Israel using white phosphorus. We've seen it countless times with stories about specific Israeli airstrikes where residents are interviewed saying "We never saw any militants here!"

Today's example comes from The New York Times, saying that since they cannot fathom why Israel might be razing Gaza cemeteries, they must be doing it maliciously and are therefore guilty of war crimes.

The headline summarizes the article:

Why assume that a modern, professional army would do anything without military necessity? If the IDF told hundreds of soldiers, "go destroy this cemetery for no reason" or "because we hate Muslims" wouldn't you think there would be dozens of soldiers running to Breaking the Silence to complain about it?

The NYT is implying a conspiracy theory, that lots of Israeli military leaders secretly work to humiliate and hurt Gazans, and in the middle of a war zone they waste time and resources on things that have no legitimate reason.

Yes, that is antisemitism. But it is acceptable antisemitism nowadays, justified because the IDF did not comment on the accusation.

As is often the case, the newspaper doesn't bother to speculate on why a cemetery might be a legitimate military objective.

It does mention that "In Gaza City’s Shajaiye neighborhood, where heavy combat raged in recent days, Israeli forces razed part of the Tunisian cemetery to set up a temporary military position. " It doesn't say that this is a necessary part of any ground combat operations.

Wars require logistics. Soldiers have to be physically there in safe positions, they need to be supplied with ammunition and food, their equipment needs to be secured. The actual fighting is only a portion of what military necessity means. And as difficult as any war is, an urban war is far harder because the army needs to find space where the defender holds great military advantage of hiding among buildings and underground. Securing an area for thousands of troops means they have to use what is there to keep their soldiers safe.

Tank crews need to eat. They need to relieve themselves. You don't just park a tank in an exposed position on the street surrounded by buildings where the enemy can spend all night placing powerful explosives in its treads. If there is a choice of placing a tank in a cemetery where a perimeter could be secured or in the middle of a residential neighborhood, any sane military commander uses the cemetery assuming it can be secured properly.

Securing the cemetery means bulldozing the gravestones to ensure no tunnel entrances or mines are there and no terrorists are hiding behind trees or monuments. Protecting soldiers' lives is a higher priority than protecting gravestones.

Here is an article on urban warfare that should be required reading for everybody. It gives a small idea of what is involved. Most importantly, it shows how and why urban warfare is the most difficult kind there is. Real journalism would report on these issues and inform readers about the difficulties and choices commanders have to make. Lazy, biased journalism doesn't bother.

And as bad as the article is for what it says and implies, it is worse for what it doesn't bother to say. Which is that Hamas has a history of using cemeteries for military purposes.

Here's video of rockets being shot from a Gaza cemetery in 2014.

Hamas has shot hundreds of rockets from these supposedly sacred cemeteries.

Did the New York Times ever castigate Hamas then for desecrating a religious site? On the contrary when Islamists destroyed a large cross in a British military cemetery in Gaza in 2006, the New York times didn't report the story.

Cemeteries are ideal places to hide rocket launchers. There are no tall buildings around and any digging that happens there is considered normal activity. Which also makes cemeteries ideal places to hide tunnel shafts as well. Hamas loves using cemeteries - and soccer fields - as rocket launching pads.

And some neighborhoods in Gaza are so crowded that people have been building houses on cemetery grounds. No NYT stories about that desecration either.

The idea that the IDF, in the midst of a highly complex military environment, wastes time and energy on wanton, needless destruction of a cemetery is not just ignorant. It is not just a libel. It really is an antisemitic conspiracy theory that is eagerly spread by the "newspaper of record."

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This is the beginning of an op-ed in Al Montasaf, a Yemeni news site that is anti-Houthi.

The Zionist entity state continues to deceive the world by repeating its broken record that its Jewish people are the only people in the world who are killed because of their Judaism.

This deceptive statement sidesteps the truth, and history denies it in form and content, because hatred of the Jews is not because of their religion, but because of their morals and behaviors that are based on crooked dealings, conspiracies, hatred of others, and their old and new bloodiness.

There you go! There's no antisemitism against Jews for their beliefs - it is because they are simply inherently bloodthirsty, lying, hateful people!

The rest of the article gives "evidence" - Shakespeare's Shylock character! And he then lists a half dozen examples of Jews accused of murdering children to consume their blood - the classic blood libel, the most antisemitic slander against Jews throughout history - as if they are all true.

The Houthis are proudly antisemitic - "Curse the Jews" is part fo their official slogan..But this newspaper hates the Houthis, yet is every bit a jew-hating.

And as with nearly all Jew-haters throughout history, including today's "anti-Zionist" flavors, these Arabs swear that they are not antisemitic.

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12/14 Links Pt2: There are wolves in my house; For Israel, the Existential Question Returns; Poison Ivy League; I Was Wrong About John Fetterman

From Ian:

There are wolves in my house

By this point the sentiment has become pervasive among Jews everywhere: There is not one but two wars being fought at this moment.

The first is being fought literally in Gaza and, as we saw recently with the Hamas stabbing attack in Jerusalem—not to mention the endless rockets fired at Israel from Gaza—often bleeds over into Israel. The second, which some believe is the war we are less likely to win, is the war of disinformation and Jew-hatred taking place in cities and on university campuses all over the world and especially in the United States.

Jewish stores, restaurants, schools and places of worship have been attacked. People who are visibly Jewish have been subjected to both verbal and physical threats. The hysterical and frenzied screams of “Globalize the Intifada” and worse are the tell-tale characteristics of so-called pro-Palestinian rallies. This second war is nebulous and far-reaching, a speeding car without breaks—that much is true.

But there is yet another war taking place. It is the war in our own lives, with families, friends and communities. Our inner circles are no longer safe spaces, but even worse, we wonder if they ever were. Why? Because there are wolves in our houses: people we considered close friends and allies, many we have known intimately for years, who have materialized into antisemites seemingly overnight.

In the wake of Oct. 7, these people have shown their teeth, razor sharp and poised to bite, fangs glistening in the light of each new accusation against Israel, a country trying to bring its hostages home and end, once and for all, the threat of Hamas. Those of us who were paying attention saw that, even before Israel began to strike back and to hunt down Hamas terrorists, the fangs were sharpened and ready.

On Oct. 11 I published one of the first pieces to call attention to the systematic rape and mutilation of Israeli women on Oct. 7. “Where are the feminists?” I asked. The countless messages I received on social media ranged from insults like “Zionist propagandist b—h” to threats including “I see you have a son.” But the creators of these insults are not the wolves. They are the rot that always bubbles and festers under the surface of any society in which there are Jews—the ones that search relentlessly for an opening, an opportunity to release their filth into the mainstream. I’m not so worried about those.

What concerns me are my friends. In the summer of 2007, I attended the Cornell School of Criticism and Theory (SCT). I felt, for the first time in my life, that I had found my people. The friendships I developed were deep and special and continued even though we were spread across the world. I look back on that summer as one of the best in my life. In the years since, there have been times when our conversations about Israel and the Palestinians have been tense, but they were always grounded in mutual respect for the other perspective, or so I thought. But on Oct. 8, the tenor of the discourse had already changed.

I watched as a few of my SCT friends began to post anti-Israel rhetoric. Not one of them mentioned the massacre of Israelis or the hostages taken into Gaza, and not one of them reached out to me to ask if I had family or friends in Israel. In those days and weeks after Oct. 7, I thought I would die of heartbreak. I watched endless videos of horrific footage because, as a Holocaust scholar, I understand the importance of bearing witness. I, like many others, will never be the same after watching these atrocities. But how can we look away?

Seth Mandel: Why Are We Talking Only About Speech?

Is a university president’s only job to manage speech codes? If not, then why is that all we’re talking about?

It would be great if the reason Claudine Gay kept her job as president of Harvard was that she drew up a comprehensive plan to change the lunatic atmosphere of the institution over which she presides. That would mean the “elite” institution was grappling even superficially with its obligations. But it appears she kept her job because the university wanted to spite Harvard grad Bill Ackman, head of Pershing Square Capital Management and an energetic critic of the current administration.

Political leaders aren’t exempt from the crisis either. Pennsylvania officials recently pointed out that a mob action taken against a Jewish-owned falafel joint in Philly was a baldly anti-Semitic act and one with expected material effects on the business that was targeted. What is being done to address the fact that the City of Brotherly Love has a mob-action problem in the first place? What is being done to make sure Jewish-owned restaurants that have been protested against and vandalized survive in this environment?

The blasé attitude of politicians and university leaders is disturbing at this point. We all agree that 40 physical assaults isn’t a speech issue. But… we all agree it’s an issue, right? Nine-hundred anti-Semitic rallies is a sign of social fabric coming undone. Do our leaders have any desire to see that fabric stitched back together?

If you’re a government body or a university bureaucracy, there is an endless list of things you absolutely should not do. I don’t need to hear you recite them. But please stop pretending that physical assaults and Kristallnacht-redolent attacks on Jewish establishments are proof of a robust culture of speech and debate.

Jewish Privilege?

The first took place at Williams College in the late 1980s when, as a faculty member, I attended a lecture titled “When Jews Became White.” The talk left a lasting impression on me. The presenter argued that the stature of Jews in America changed in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Some of it resulted from the valiant service of Jewish soldiers during World War II; some from the shame among non-Jews about ignoring the murder of the Six Million; some from the ascendancy of Jews in business, the arts and virtually every field imaginable. What especially stood out to me was when the lecturer spoke about how transformational it was that arguably the two most iconic women in post-war America, Marilyn Monroe and Elizabeth Taylor, proudly converted to Judaism. Now that was a stamp of approval.

But I witnessed the downside of this broadened social acceptance at a second event around a decade ago, when I was president of Northwestern University. I was part of a group of administrators who invited students to discuss how we could work together to make the university as welcoming as possible in light of our rapidly diversifying student body. One of the student leaders began her remarks by telling us to “check our privilege at the door,” an expression I had never heard at the time but would hear often in the years that followed. At first I thought she was asking all of us to do so, since not only were we all fortunate to be associated with such a highly regarded institution, but also many of the people in the room were raised in households with considerable wealth. It was immediately clear from the reaction of the other students, however, that they didn’t own up to having any privilege whatsoever. While I almost blurted out that as a practicing Jew who grew up in a family with very modest means and who faced covert and overt antisemitism throughout my life and career, I have never felt particularly privileged, I kept silent. As with most such sessions, the intention wasn’t to engage in collaborative dialogue, but rather simply to shame.

Taken together – Jews over time becoming accepted in American life, and so-called campus progressives focusing on “elites” as the source of all societal ills – I can better understand how we got to the harrowing moment we are in today.

But the critics are right about one thing: it is indeed a privilege to be Jewish. How wonderful to be part of a group that contributes so mightily to the welfare of others. While history suggests that some will always use Jews as scapegoats, I know how blessed I am to be a Jew. It is both a privilege and an obligation that I will never check at anyone’s door.

Chanukah Music Video Night 8: In The Light | Aryeh Kunstler plus TheZone

Only peripherally mentions Chanukah, but a nice message..

Plus bonus TheZone - Blinding Chanukah Lights. I'm not sure if this song is original but it is catchy.

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Massie Renounces W. Virginia Birth To Avoid Accusations Of Dual Loyalty (PreOccupied Territory)

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Washington, December 14 - A Kentucky Congressman followed up today on criticism of his colleagues' firm support of Israel with a disavowal of his origin and childhood in a different state, a spokesman for the legislator announced today.

Bill T. F. Sharry, an aide to the Republican lawmaker, told reporters at the Capitol this morning that Thomas Massie (R-KY) decided to put his money where his mouth was, and, after tweeting a meme that claimed Congress was rejecting patriotism in favor of Zionism, realized he must show consistency on the matter of his place of birth vs. the place he was elected to represent in DC.

"The Congressman is a man of principles, and if principles call for him to oppose foreign interests superseding American interests, then consistency demands that he also foreswear any loyalties to a different state from the one he now serves," Sharry explained. He neglected to explain how the Congressman believes Zionism contradicts American patriotism.

"Up yours, West Virginia," he added. "None of your pernicious influence will ever again penetrate Kentucky."

Sharry also called on other members of Congress, in both houses, to follow Massie's lead, and formally disconnect themselves from any former states of residence, as a hedge against dual loyalties.

"Too many of our representatives and senators hail from states where they lived before getting elected to Congress to represent their present states of residence," he continued. "[Republican Senator from Texas] Ted Cruz was born in Canada, which I'm told isn't even part of this country. Has he renounced loyalty to that foreign regime to the north? Or will we one day face a crisis in which Mr. Cruz has to choose between American interests and the interests of people whose idea of a good time is the so-called sport of curling? All elected officials, and all appointed or hired ones, for that matter, should renounce loyalty to any other state or locale, at once."

Some critics opined that Massie's move remains insufficient. "He got a degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology," charged commentator Mike Cernovich. "We all know New England, the Boston area in particular, is a hotbed of degenerate liberal ideology and immorality. Massie spent years there, on and off. Now we're supposed to just trust that none of that craziness rubbed off on him, that he has no compromising sympathies for them? No one's impressed if you disavow West Virginia. West Virginians want to disavow West Virginia. It's a cesspool. No, I take it back, that's unfair to cesspools."

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12/14 Links Pt1: Iran Sponsored the October 7 Massacre. America Paid for It; Hamas to recognize Israel? Part of terror group's deceitful plans

From Ian:

The Muslim world's selective outrage over Israel

The pattern of this selective rage shifts slightly if the U.S. is involved and reaches its peak when Israel is involved. We saw it when U.S. forces were rooting out terrorists in Afghanistan and Iraq. However, there was almost total silence when Russian President Vladimir Putin was annihilating Muslims in Chechnya.

In northwestern China, the Uyghur Muslim population has been the victim of a cultural genocide perpetrated by Communist authorities. Their religious and human rights have been stripped and many are being held in concentration camps. Yet again, the Muslim world remains silent.

Perhaps this is exactly the reason much of the world is not rallying behind the Palestinian cause this time around. People can easily see through the thinly veiled hypocrisy and selective outrage.

There is another interesting paradox. When Muslim regimes like Iran, Turkey and other Persian Gulf states abuse the human rights of their citizens, almost all Muslim governments choose to side with the regime instead of the victims. But when the U.S. or Israel is involved in any conflict in the Muslim world, the same regimes take cover behind international human rights laws that they have scant regard for.

The Pakistani military mastered this art of duplicity and hypocrisy. It received billions of dollars in aid from the U.S. and its allies to fight jihadis in Afghanistan, supported many of the same jihadis in their fight against NATO, turned a blind eye to terrorism perpetrated against Pakistani civilians and stoked anger over U.S. drone strikes, leading to widespread protests.

This is all about politics, not the political rights of Muslims. Israel is the only modern, democratic and technologically advanced state in the Middle East. Compare it with the Muslim monarchies of the region and you have a stark contrast. Support for Palestinian cause comes from a fear that if Israel is allowed to exist in peace and security, its democratic values will eventually permeate the region.

Monarchies and dictatorships dread that day.

Iran Sponsored the October 7 Massacre. America Paid for It.

It may strike some observers as curious, and others as unimaginably evil, that only weeks after Hamas slaughtered over 1,200 Israelis on Oct. 7, the Biden administration awarded sanctions waivers worth $10 billion to Iran, the primary external sponsor of those attacks. The waiver, which allows Iran to collect money from the sale of electricity to Iraq, an arrangement that further deepens Iranian control of that country, came with an added bonus: Iran would be allowed to convert the funds into euros which it could spend immediately, without the usual requirement that the money remain in escrow inside Iraq. The prospect that Iran might immediately spend the money it receives on continuing to target U.S. bases in Iraq and Syria doesn’t appear to have disrupted the deal, either.

Which is strange. In the informal but apparently binding relationship between the Biden administration and the Iranians, minor events like a horrific, large-scale terror assault on a close ally, the kidnapping of American children and burying them in underground tunnels, and the regular maiming and occasional killing of U.S. military personnel on American bases in the region can hardly be permitted to interfere with the goal of ensuring that billions of dollars reach Iran every month, in order to buttress the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism.

Showing its awareness that there is something obviously bizarre—not to mention hideously amoral—about this relationship, the administration has gone to absurd levels to downplay Iran’s role in the massacre. According to The Wall Street Journal, hundreds of Hamas terrorists who took part in the attack received specialized training in Iran. Meanwhile, reporting in Israel indicates that Tehran was involved at the operational level to the extent that it determined the actual timing of the operation, moving it to October from its originally planned date during Passover. These reports are the latest in a series that began to come out immediately after Oct. 7, that have directly implicated Iran in various stages and aspects of the terrorist onslaught, in addition to its already well-understood role as Hamas’ main funder, arms supplier, and political sponsor.

Iran, the state sponsor without whose material and logistical support Hamas would not be able to function, is naturally kept in the dark. Yes, that’s definitely how it all went down.

The detailed reporting on Iran’s direct involvement in the Oct. 7 massacre that has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and in the Israeli press stands in stark contrast with the public assertions of the Biden administration about the lack of any Iranian involvement. The administration staked out its position on the matter from the very day of the assault, which ostensibly took both Israel and the U.S. entirely by surprise: “On Iran’s involvement, I mean, look, specifically about what happened today, it’s too early—too early to say whether, you know, the state of Iran was directly involved or planning and supporting,” a senior administration official told reporters on a background call on Oct. 7. Asked again, the senior official gave a more specific answer: “Again, on that question, what I said: We don’t have anything to indicate Iran was involved in this specific—what is unfolding now.”

The weasel language the senior official used in both answers set the tone for subsequent pronouncements and leaks on the subject. Namely, that no “direct” evidence whatsoever existed that suggested “the state of Iran” was “directly” involved in planning and supporting this “specific” attack. In other words, the Biden administration understood from the day of the attack onward that its role was to serve as Iran’s lawyer, minimizing Iran’s involvement at every turn, in order to protect the U.S.-Iranian relationship from American legislative and public opinion.

So when the WSJ reported on Oct. 8 that Iran helped plan the operation—including in multiple meetings in Beirut with senior Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) officials, all the way to giving the green light a week before the attack—administration officials sprung into action, like any hardened Bronx defense lawyer would when informed that a notorious client with a rap sheet as long your arm had apparently gone on a wild rampage, murdering well over a thousand perfectly innocent people in cold blood. “We don’t have any information at this time to corroborate this account,” one official told the paper. In an interview with CNN, Secretary of State Antony Blinken robotically played back the buzzwords from the day before: “In this specific instance, we have not yet seen evidence that Iran directed or was behind this particular attack, but there is certainly a long relationship.” (Emphasis added.)

Iran has accessed $10b it received under sanctions waiver, US official

A Biden administration official acknowledged on Wednesday that Iran has made two “transactions” using money held in a bank in Oman under a sanctions waiver that was granted to the Islamic Republic last month.

Speaking at a hearing of the House Financial Services Committee, Elizabeth Rosenberg said that Iran has spent part of $10 billion of revenues for selling electricity to Iraq, which was held in an Omani escrow account.

Rep. Bill Huizenga (R-Mich.), chair of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, asked Rosenberg: “Have there been any humanitarian transactions facilitated from the Iranian funds held in Oman?”

“There have been two transactions,” confirmed Rosenberg, assistant secretary for terrorist financing and financial crimes at the U.S. Treasury Department, adding that she would only provide additional detail about those transactions in a classified setting.

Wednesday’s hearing appears to be the first acknowledgment by the Biden administration that Iran has spent part of the funds it received under these sanctions waivers.

Rosenberg did not say when the transactions took place. The Treasury Department did not immediately respond to a query from JNS.

Seth Frantzman: Hamas to recognize Israel? Part of terror group's deceitful plans

Mousa Abu Marzouk made comments in an interview with Al-Monitor this week. The comments were portrayed as Hamas considering “Israel recognition.”

In fact, nothing of this sort has taken place, and it is part of the Hamas attempt to portray itself as moderate in English while it not only commits genocidal acts when it has the power, but it pushes global extremism against Israel and Jews. Selling Hamas as willing to moderate is one phase in the strategic agenda of the group as it has its sights set on the West Bank and the region.

The comments by Abu Marzouk were characterized as a “shift” for Hamas by Al-Monitor. “In an interview with Al-Monitor, senior Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk suggested the militant group would adhere to the Palestine Liberation Organization’s stance on Israel.”

Bait and switch
This is a form of charlatanism by Hamas and a bait and switch. Hamas itself continues to hold more than 130 hostages in Gaza and carried out the most brutal mass murder against Israeli civilians in Israel’s history recently. Hamas is so brutal and genocidal that its attack on October 7 also targeted foreign workers and tourists, the organization spared no one. Hamas, like some other historic terrorist groups, like to benefit from the privilege these groups get from media, where they have an “armed wing” and a “political” wing.

There is no such thing as an “armed wing” of a terrorist group, any more than a country’s army is its “armed wing.” Terrorist groups nevertheless benefit from this by massacring people with one hand and then sending their leaders to appear on Western media channels.

Hamas has done this for years, appearing on Al-Jazeera in Doha, where Hamas leaders are based, or sending Hamas members to talk to UK or US media. At such meetings, they have crafted talking points that make Hamas seem open to negotiations. For instance, they pretend that Hamas might be willing to adopt the stance of the Palestine Liberation Organization and, therefore, recognize Israel.

Of course, the real goal here is not for Hamas to recognize Israel, but rather for Hamas to grow its presence in the West Bank. A recent poll has found that after October 7, Hamas is gaining in popularity in the West Bank.

In order for Hamas to come to power in the West Bank, it needs to get out from under sanctions in the West and to sell itself as a potential peace partner.

#BREAKING: Musa Abu Marzouk says his words were taken "out of context" by Al-Monitor and emphasizes that Hamas still rejects recognition of Israel and promises that "resistance will continue." https://t.co/egCZ402ovI pic.twitter.com/d9cmNlDoll
— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) December 14, 2023

Over 2/3 of Palestinians want to see a return to terror attacks against Jews. AP doesn't report that part of the survey.

I reported on a new PCPSR survey yesterday showing that Hamas' popularity has surged since October 7.

While I report on these polls often, major news media almost always ignore them. This time, though, AP highlighted the part about how Hamas is now far more popular than Fatah, especially on the West Bank, and how Palestinians do not want Abbas as their leader.

That is indeed an important story. But AP continues to ignore one critical question that is in every poll, that is even more important.

69% of the respondents say they support "a return to confrontations and armed intifada."

By a greater than 2-1 ratio, Palestinians want to go back to the days of suicide bombings and blowing up buses filled with Jews.

Media and politicians love to talk a lot about ceasefires, and the importance of peace, and the desirability of a two-state solution. But this single fact means that none of that matters.

More than half of Palestinians have been supporting a return to terrorism for a while now. Hamas' pogrom increased that desire by 11 percentage points.

Palestinian support for terror isn't a side issue. It is the issue.

Palestinian antisemitism isn't something to be minimized. It is prevalent and it is a major factor behind every Palestinian political decision.

The media and politicians actively choose to ignore what Palestinians happily tell pollsters, and instead choose to pressure Israel to keep making concessions to these people that want so see Israel destroyed and Jews living, at best, as second-class citizens. It isn't exactly a conspiracy, but it is an active choice made by the most influential people in the Western world to ignore reality and try to impose their own wishful thinking instead. But the end result is not the peace they desire, but more war.

It is way past time to remove the blinders to the real obstacles to peace in the region.

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How CNN crafted a new blood libel that Israel is attacking civilians with "dumb bombs"

CNN does it again, using a sensational headline that is undercut by information buried far later in the article.

The article is a classic example of how journalists can craft a story that is technically accurate and thoroughly - and intentionally - misleading.

The headline:

Exclusive: Nearly half of the Israeli munitions dropped on Gaza are imprecise ‘dumb bombs,’ US intelligence assessment finds

It starts off with information we can assume is factual:

Nearly half of the air-to-ground munitions that Israel has used in Gaza in its war with Hamas since October 7 have been unguided, otherwise known as “dumb bombs,” according to a new US intelligence assessment.

The assessment, compiled by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and described to CNN by three sources who have seen it, says that about 40-45% of the 29,000 air-to-ground munitions Israel has used have been unguided. The rest have been precision-guided munitions, the assessment says.

Then it slides into speculation:

Unguided munitions are typically less precise and can pose a greater threat to civilians, especially in such a densely populated area like Gaza. The rate at which Israel is using the dumb bombs may be contributing to the soaring civilian death toll.

It then brings in fake evidence based on what is probably a presidential gaffe:

On Tuesday, President Joe Biden said Israel has been engaged in “indiscriminate bombing” in Gaza.

CNN doesn't mention that White House officials have been walking back that statement all day yesterday.

Then it trots out the "experts:"

But experts told CNN that if Israel is using unguided munitions at the rate the US believes they are, that undercuts the Israeli claim that they are trying to minimize civilian casualties.

“I’m extremely surprised and concerned,” said Brian Castner, a former Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) officer who now serves as Amnesty International’s senior crisis adviser on arms and military operations.

“It’s bad enough to be using the weapons when they are precisely hitting their targets. It is a massive civilian harm problem if they do not have that accuracy, and if you can’t even give a benefit of the doubt that that the weapon is actually landing where the Israeli forces intended to,” Castner added.

Note that Castner is not at all an expert on targeting. He's (presumably) an expert on disposing mines and unexploded bombs. Which means he is not an expert at all.

And then comes another favorite "expert," Nazi memorabilia collector Marc Garlasco:

Marc Garlasco, a former United Nations military analyst and war crimes investigator who served as chief of high value targeting on the Pentagon’s Joint Staff in 2003, said that using unguided munitions in a densely populated area like Gaza both greatly increases the chance that a target is missed and that civilians are harmed in the process.

Besides his problematic hobby, Garlasco quit the Pentagon two weeks after arranging an attack on a major Iraqi figure - who was not in his home, killing 17 innocent civilians instead. And he then joined Human Rights Watch, who had no problem hiring someone who did something they routinely call war crimes when anyone else does it. But, hey, he's an "expert."

So now CNN set the stage to make people think Israel is bombing civilians with dumb bombs. It gives sly implications and quotes "experts" who aren't experts.

Finally, in paragraph 15, we learn from real experts that "dumb bombs" can be nearly as accurate as smart bombs:

A US official told CNN that the US believes that the Israeli military is using the dumb bombs in conjunction with a tactic called “dive bombing,” or dropping a bomb while diving steeply in a fighter jet, which the official said makes the bombs more precise because it gets it closer to its target. The official said the US believes that an unguided munition dropped via dive-bombing is similarly precise to a guided munition.

That one sentence undercuts the entire story. And it is buried between two quotes from potential war criminal and Nazi SS enthusiast Garlasco, as if his opinion has more weight than actual US military experts.

But Garlasco said the Israelis “should want to use the most precise weapon that they possibly can in such a densely populated area.” With an unguided munition, “there are so many variables to take into account that could lead to an incredibly different accuracy from one moment to the next,” Garlasco added. The US has deliberately phased out its own use of unguided munitions over the last decade, he noted.

But Israel doesn't have a Pentagon-sized budget to toss aside perfectly good munitions that can be used without hurting civilians.

The structure of the CNN article is designed to marginalize the most important part of the story - the part that contradicts the entire story itself. But it can defend itself against charges of bias because it does mention the dive bombing assessment from real military sources (not marginal former military who do not have the knowledge or expertise to even know about dive bombing.) Yet the structure of the article is where the bias lies.

The problems with the story don't end there.

The story is based on the assumption that Israel used the dumb bombs exclusively on crowded civilian areas. But there is zero proof of that.

It could have used them after all civilians have left an area, and therefore the bombs are an effective weapon against large underground targets - tunnel networks.

More importantly, Israel doesn't only target places where there are residents.

Open source intelligence identified a dumb bomb that the Israel Air Force showed in a tweet on October 12, an M117:

This is early in the war, so it seems unlikely that the IDF was running out of guided weapons at that point. So either Israel was purposefully using dumb bombs in cities, they were dive bombing in cities (which seems unlikely), or they were not aiming these bombs at residential areas altogether.

The New York Times published maps showing where they identified building damage in Gaza. Here's a detail of one such map from October 18:

While the detail is poor, it looks like this target is in the middle of an area where there are no residential buildings.

Google Earth shows more detail:

Zooming in:

It is a large warehouse (5600 m3, 60,000 square feet) surrounded by fields.

Assuming it was identified as a Hamas military site, the best weapon to use would be a "dumb bomb."

Here's another industrial area targeted by the Israel Air Force according to the NYT maps early in the war:

Gaza has plenty of similar industrial parks that no one lives near. The media concentrates on airstrikes in crowded urban areas, but there is a lot more in Gaza.

It just so happens that Hamas prefers to place its tunnels - which are their key military assets -under the civilian areas.

CNN could have done what I just did. They have access to far more resources than I do. But they chose to frame the story to make Israel look monstrous, when the facts show quite the opposite.

They could have quoted the US officials who said they believe Israel is using the dumb bombs in responsible ways before extensively quoting the "experts" who are literally paid to find dirt on Israel.

This article tells us much more about CNN's desire to demonize Israel than it does about Israel's supposed lack of concern for civilian lives.

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