It does not accurately describe either the foundation of #Israel or the tragedy of the #Palestinians.
By Simon Sebag Montefiore
“…Whatever the enormous complexities…, one truth should be obvious among decent people: killing 1,400 people & kidnapping >200, including scores of #civilians, was deeply wrong.
"If the government remains politically stable, if the military continues its brilliant fight in Gaza and if U.S. opinion remains supportive, Jerusalem can flip Hamas’s machinations on its head."
"When it comes to the communications blackout in Gaza, things are getting worse, not better. The current one is the longest since Oct7. Residents can't learn about warnings, contact emergency services, or check with family to see if they're still alive." -K Roth
Live metrics show Gaza-now been in the midst of a near-total telecoms blackout for 120 hrs -disruption, now entering its 6th day -longest sustained telecoms outage on record since #Oct7.-Netblocks
More than a ⅕ of the remaining #hostages being held in #Gaza are dead, acc/to an internal assessment conducted by the #IDF.
Israeli #intelligence officers have concluded that ≥32 of the remaining 136 hostages captured by #Hamas & its allies on #Oct7 have died since the start of the war, acc/to a confidential assessment that was reviewed by The NYTimes.
Agrarian #Jewish#socialists living in kibbutzim, many of whom for decades lived alongside #Gazans and were among the most active peace activists in #Israel were hit first and hardest on Oct 7th.
#Trump Says Little on #Gaza, & Nothing About What He’d Do Differently
In the ~5 months since #Hamas invaded #Israel on #Oct7, igniting the most divisive #ForeignPolicy crisis of #Biden’s presidency, Trump has said noticeably little about the subj.
There, I said it. And now I'll probably pay for it.
Because there are boundaries around how we can talk about #Oct7. You can support the #Palestinians: yes. But showing any sympathy at all for Hamas, is beyond the pale — you'll get doxxed, cancelled, vilified as an antisemite and worse..."
"The Palestinian people’s overwhelming support of the attacks and the PA's refusal to condemn the attacks have caused Israelis to begin associating the Palestinian flag with the barbarism of October 7."
More evidence, as if any were needed, that people have lost their goddamned minds.
“Oh sure they brutally murdered those women. But did they abuse them? We demand to know!“
Never mind this was one of the most thoroughly documented atrocities of all time.
I’m old enough to remember when these Hamas cockroaches sent a 22-y-o kid to blow himself up at a party primarily attended by teenaged Russian Jewish émigrés. (2001) Is there no degradation, no foul act, to which one could not imagine them stooping?
But credulous American academics want to wash the blood off of their hands. #Hatred has made these people insane. Or the other way around; can’t say for sure.
One reason I never had children. Too old to adopt, unfortunately.
'It pains me that my child has to experience loss. I thought I should call him and tell him, 'I'm sorry I brought you into such a cruel world. Sorry, I apologize'"
"A woman in a Keffiyeh shouted at a pro-Israel activist, 'We are Hamas,' outside Columbia on Wednesday. 'We're all Hamas,' she said at the counter-protesters that had rallied outside the university."
Speaker Johnson: "Shamefully since #Oct7, Biden has transformed into a anti-Israel pres... He’s more concerned, seemingly, with placating the anti-Semitism in his base than standing with our historic & vitally impt. ally... it’s shocking to us, but it continues. Just days ago, >50 HSE Dems called for Biden to withhold the arms transfers to Israel. It’s wrong & it’s dangerous & it shows the Dems are losing their MORAL CLARITY." #GOPLies#GOPDeathCulthttps://www.mediaite.com/news/mike-johnson-rips-anti-israel-biden-for-placating-the-anti-semitism-in-his-base/
An anti-Israel student group at #Columbia Law School sent a threatening email on Friday telling #Jewish students that they will be neither "safe" nor "free" until "everyone is safe" and "Palestine is free."
The National Lawyers Guild chapter that defended #Hamas#Oct7 attack, put out a statement condemning school for calling in #NYPD to clear out occupied building.
The statement told #Jews that they are not safe & accused Jewish students who oppose divestment of threatening everyone's safety.
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Obscene. Repugnant. Anathema to the profession. Sick.
Associated Press takes a bow for turning Hamas massacre victim into their coveted prize. AP celebrates what they would not have won if Hamas had not slaughtered over 1200 people and if AP were not a primary Hamas terrorist propaganda tool.
"AP photographer co-wins for photo of terrorists taking Shani Louk's corpse into Gaza"
Hunted by Hamas: reconstructing the attack on Israel’s Kibbutz Be’eri (www.reuters.com)
Survivors recount their life-and-death struggle at Be’eri, a main target in the Hamas assault on Oct. 7 that has set off a major war.