Israel's War Against Hamas - Updates

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On October 7, Palestinian terrorists slaughtered hundreds of Jewish civilians and kidnapped dozens of others, including children and the elderly. The next morning, Mustafa Barghouti appeared on CNNto share what host Fareed Zakaria introduced as a “Palestinian viewpoint” on the Hamas attack.

Barghouti, a former Palestinian Authority information minister, insisted the invaders had no choice but to murder (“Of course Palestinians turned to resistance”). He suggested that the killers shouldn’t be viewed as terrorists (“The question here is not about dehumanizing Palestinians as is happening and calling them terrorists”).

Almost as quickly, he turned to falsehoods and atrocity denial. When Zakaria pointed out that “what Hamas is doing is … targeting Israeli civilians, women, children, grandmothers,” Barghouti cut him off: “No, they are not.”

Zarkia continued: “Isn’t that classic terrorism? They’re not fighting the Israel government. They’re fighting ordinary people.”

To which Barghouti responded: “That’s one way of putting it. But it’s not true.”

To pretend Hamas didn’t target Israeli civilians or attack ordinary people despite overwhelming proof to the contrary—video, photos, eyewitness accounts, and family testimony—is inexcusable. Moustafa Barghouti flatly lied to his television audience, and did so in order to deny an atrocity.

Zakaria didn’t hold the line, and simply moved on to his next question.

Below is a small sample of the testimony by family members of those killed and kidnapped during the Hamas’s October 7 massacre. Please note: These are not easy to watch. But denial must be confronted with facts.

Testimony: Family and Witnesses Speak of Oct. 7 Horrors

Heartbreaking testimony by the family of victims and chilling eyewitness accounts of first responders document the pain and horror of the attacks on civilians.

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War crimes and murdered toddlers are not a “complex political situation” with “arguments on both sides.” You can support Palestinian statehood—in fact, you can have any opinion you want about the regional politics of the Middle East—and still believe that jihadist terrorists abducting 85-year-old Holocaust survivors should be condemned. Conflating those two things only gives credence to the idea that violence against Jews is political; violence against anyone else is unquestionably evil. Insisting on that distinction, in the public arena where narratives are created, is the only way to break the cycle of demonization and intimidation-into-silence.

You should not need to fear for your social standing or your livelihood for saying, with no throat clearing or caveats about Netanyahu, that slaughtering Jews is bad. We promise you, nobody will defensibly think you endorse every piece of Israeli legislation because you believe that women shouldn’t be violently abused and their lifeless bodies paraded through the streets. And if there’s someone in your life who you fear might, maybe you should join us in considering why you’re surrounding yourself with people whose opinions you legitimately fear.

In case those population statistics weren’t clear, we are a tiny minority waging an uphill battle, and we’ve been fighting it for centuries. Ask your Jewish friends how they’ve felt over the past few days, and we bet they’ll tell you that they feel isolated, hopeless, and alone. And you should understand that you are part of why they feel this way. We notice when you reach out in private but go radio silent when, and where, you need to put your own skin in the game, leaving us to defend our basic humanity alone.

Be decent: Stand alongside the Jewish people in your life who spent the past two days glued to their phones hoping their friends or family weren’t raped or found dead. Mourn with us and share our pain. Push back against the politicization of Jewish murder by standing up against something you know to be wrong. Find the courage to take a side at a moment when history is watching, because we’ve already seen what happens when they come for the Jews and people say nothing.

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Why Are All of You Silent?

A few years back you were a bunch of activists. Now Jews are being murdered in cold blood and you haven't said a word.

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The Shame of Academe

As Israel mourns some 1,200 dead, prays for the release of more than 100 captives, reels from the worst terrorist attack in its history, and mobilizes some 360,000 reservists, student activists and the international Left have mobilized to defend, apologize for, and appease evil.

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[ Time to deport any and all Muslims who were part of the Million Muslim group allowed to immigrate to Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the Americas who happen to be harassing or attacking Jews in those countries. Stand up People !!!! ]

 

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[ Each country should adopt the same policy]

Peter Dutton is calling on the government to track down the protesters who made vile anti-Semitic comments at a rally at the Sydney Opera House.

The Opposition Leader says if any of those protesters - some of whom chanted 'gas the Jews' and 'f*** the Jews' - are found to be in Australia on a visa, they should be instantly deported.

Speaking to 2GB's Ray Hadley, Mr Dutton said the actions of protesters on Monday evening will 'go down in our country's history'.

Calls for 'gas the Jews' protesters to be deported

The Opposition Leader says if any of those protesters are discovered to be on a visa, they should be instantly deported.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

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[ Time for deportation is coming. The air will be much cleaner, less toxic, less polluted ]

Unmasked: Tradie who allegedly threatened four Jewish teens

A construction worker who allegedly threated to kill four Jewish teenagers if they did not hide their Israeli flag has been charged with stalking and intimidation.

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Let’s talk about the water situation in the Gaza Strip. Gaza has an underground aquifer. If Gaza was governed in a remotely sane manner, the aquifer would provide enough water for everyone’s needs. But Hamas, being a genocidal terrorist group and all, didn’t effectively manage Gaza’s private wells. The aquifer was polluted by overpumping and wastewater contamination. In addition, the water infrastructure in Gaza is outdated because the local authorities preferred to invest in rockets, mortars, explosives, a vast underground tunnel network for its fighters, and other expenses required of jihadist groups. Who made up for the resulting water shortfall in Gaza while swimming pools at holiday villas were full? Israel. Israel did. The people of Gaza have been getting Israeli water. The payment for this water came last Saturday morning in the form of a massacre of over 1,000 people – children slaughtered in their beds, families gunned down, grandmothers taken hostage. I anticipate that there won’t be much farming happening in Gaza in the near future and therefore the water needs of the population will drop.

 

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[ Oh, this is why there is no water in Gaza, now ! ]

 

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Several nonprofit organizations are imploring higher education officials to “exercise moral leadership,” unambiguously condemn Hamas’s terrorist campaign in Israel and honor their legal obligation to protect the civil rights of Jewish students, urging them as well to use Thursday’s national “Day of Resistance” called for by the national Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) organization as the springboard.

“SJP chapters on campuses across the country are sharing marketing materials for this campaign which shamefully depicts a cartoon drawing of a Hamas terrorist paragliding into Israel — an image that celebrates the murder of more than 260 young people at a desert rave,” AEN, which promotes academic freedom in higher education, wrote in an open letter. “This hateful speech and activities on our campuses cannot be ignored.”

AEN added, “At a time like this we urge university leaders to provide moral leadership for their campuses.”

The Israel on Campus Coalition (ICC), a nonprofit that promotes education about Israel, released its own missive, signed by 59 lawmakers, as well. It noted that SJP has issued a “Day of Resistance toolkit” that includes counsel on how to describe Israel’s existence as “settler colonialism” and “imperialism” and contains images celebrating the Hamas terrorists who paraglided into a music festival and murdered 260 young people attending a peace event.

The group said, “These actions and statements cannot be ignored and must condemned — by all members of the university community.”

The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law joined the chorus of groups calling on universities to oppose Hamas and antisemitism. Their letter— signed by the Anti-Defamation League, American Jewish Committee, Combat Antisemitism Movement, Jewish on Campus, and others — entreated universities to abide by the US Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) guidance on Title VI of the Civil Rights Act which mandates that universities preempt or disrupt behavior that “is subjectively and objectively offensive” and prevents students benefiting from educational programming and activity. The Brandeis Center argued that “Day of Resistance” meets the standard set by OCR.

“Events that celebrate Hamas’s cold-blooded murder of Jews are ‘subjectively and objectively offensive,” the letter said. “Given the likelihood of harassment during these events, you may not simply look aside. You must take action now, including ‘prompt and effective steps reasonably calculated to end’ any hostile environment that may form on your campus.”

The Brandeis Center made five recommendations of action colleges can take right now, including condemning Hamas, ensuring that no events cheering their terrorism are affiliated with the university, protecting spaces used by Jewish and Israeli students, and denouncing any antisemitic remarks that are uttered during pro-Hamas events.

The National Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) organization issued its call for a “Day of Resistance” on college campuses across earlier this week and distributed propaganda aimed at re-framing the conversation surrounding Hamas’ crimes against humanity.

The group’s “Day of Resistance toolkit” contains a document, titled “What Is Zionism: A Short Introduction on the Colonization of Palestine,” which equates the migration of Jews to their ancestral homeland after World War II to the Nazi’s invasion of Poland in 1939.

‘Exercise Moral Leadership’: Nonprofits Call on Universities to Monitor Pro-Hamas Rallies on Campus and Denounce Terrorism - Algemeiner.com

Several nonprofit organizations are imploring higher education officials to "exercise moral leadership," unambiguously condemn Hamas's terrorist campaign in Israel and honor their legal obligation to protect the civil rights of Jewish students, urging them as well to use Thursday's national "Day...

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Israel kills Palestinians by the thousands.

So what's the beef?

 

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The Massacres of October 7 Exposed the Robotic Cruelty of the Anti-Israel Left

The anti-Israel class has never looked so clueless and callous. The atrocities of October 7 have exposed them for what they are: anti-Israel robots.

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‘They took my children from their bedrooms and took them to Gaza.’ Heartbroken Israeli woman tells MSNBC how she feels about IDF air campaign against Gaza.

 

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WATCH: Philadelphia Phillies Illuminate Ballpark in Support of Israel | World Israel News

After their Game 3 NLDS victory against the Atlanta Braves, the Philadelphia Phillies illuminated Citizens Bank Park in blue and white to express their solidarity with the people of Israel, denouncing recent acts of terrorism and emphasizing their hope for peace and unwavering support.

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Hamas supporters targeting Jews abroad

 

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The SBA said in a statement on Tuesday that they “did not write, approve, or see” Workman’s statement before it was published. “SBA did not hold discussions about whether to issue a public statement about the conflict or the content of any potential statement,” the SBA said. “The ‘Message from the President’ reflects their personal views and does not represent the views of SBA as an organization or any of its officers. Under the SBA Constitution, our directive is “[t]o provide an effective medium for the expression of student’s views,” and we regret that today’s Message distracted from this mission.”

The SBA added that they have begun the process to remove Workman from her position and they will be holding a hearing sometime between October 17-24 on the matter.

They also said: “As a result of today’s statements, multiple students have received significant targeted harassment and death threats. We are horrified by these vile personal attacks and threats to students’ safety. The doxxing of any NYU Law student is unacceptable and disturbing. We urge NYU Law’s administration to do more to protect students’ privacy and safety in the face of targeted harassment.”

NYU Law Student Bar Association President Loses Job Offer After Blaming Israel for Hamas Terror Attack

Workman’s newsletter was met with pushback from NYU.

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Teams Express Support for Israel Following Hamas Terror Attack

Professional sports teams, as well as the leagues, issued statements expressing support for Israel as the Jewish state is dealing with the aftermath of the Hamas terror invasion on October 7.

jewishjournal.com