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| | | date =May 10, 2021<ref name=walla-7may2022/><ref>Jonah Mandel (@mandeljonah) Tweeted: | | | date =May 10, 2021<ref name=walla-7may2022/><ref>Jonah Mandel (@mandeljonah) Tweeted: |
| − | Air raid sirens followed by booms in south Jerusalem [https://twitter.com/mandeljonah/status/1391771192391000067?s=20 11:04 AM · May 10, 2021]</ref> - May 21, 2021<ref>"[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/306559 Rocket barrage on the south, one person injured]. Gaza terrorists fire barrages before ceasefire begins. One rocket directly hits building in Eshkol Regional Council, injuring one person." Elad Benari, May 21, 2021 12:47 AM | updated: 2:07 AM. | + | Air raid sirens followed by booms in south Jerusalem [https://twitter.com/mandeljonah/status/1391771192391000067?s=20 11:04 AM · May 10, 2021]</ref> - May 21, 2021<ref>"[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/306559 Rocket barrage on the south, one person injured]. Gaza terrorists fire barrages before ceasefire begins. One rocket directly hits building in Eshkol Regional Council, injuring one person." Elad Benari, May 21, 2021 12:47 AM | updated: 2:07 AM. |
| | A ceasefire aimed at bringing an end to the latest escalation in Gaza went into effect at 2:00 a.m. on Friday morning. At 12:30 a.m., an hour and a half before the ceasefire began, terrorists fired a barrage of rockets at communities located near the Gaza border.</ref><ref>Netanyahu: "We caused maximum damage to Hamas with a minimum of casualties to Israel". May 21, 2021 | | A ceasefire aimed at bringing an end to the latest escalation in Gaza went into effect at 2:00 a.m. on Friday morning. At 12:30 a.m., an hour and a half before the ceasefire began, terrorists fired a barrage of rockets at communities located near the Gaza border.</ref><ref>Netanyahu: "We caused maximum damage to Hamas with a minimum of casualties to Israel". May 21, 2021 |
| | https://20il.co.il/?p=511090</ref><ref>[https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/05/20/even-with-a-ceasefire-israel-and-hamas-will-not-stop-fighting-each-other Even with a ceasefire, Israel and Hamas will not stop fighting each other], Economist, May 20, 2021. [https://www.economist.com/taxonomy/term/17/0?page=119]. | | https://20il.co.il/?p=511090</ref><ref>[https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/05/20/even-with-a-ceasefire-israel-and-hamas-will-not-stop-fighting-each-other Even with a ceasefire, Israel and Hamas will not stop fighting each other], Economist, May 20, 2021. [https://www.economist.com/taxonomy/term/17/0?page=119]. |
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| | Operation '''Guardian of the Walls''' began<ref name=walla-7may2022/> by [[Israel]] after an increased Islamic incitement, as the [[Iran]]<ref>Ido Levy, [https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/how-iran-fuels-hamas-terrorism How Iran Fuels Hamas Terrorism], Washington Institute, Jun 1, 2021.<blockquote> | | Operation '''Guardian of the Walls''' began<ref name=walla-7may2022/> by [[Israel]] after an increased Islamic incitement, as the [[Iran]]<ref>Ido Levy, [https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/policy-analysis/how-iran-fuels-hamas-terrorism How Iran Fuels Hamas Terrorism], Washington Institute, Jun 1, 2021.<blockquote> |
| | After playing a key role in the group’s military development for years and navigating deep ideological rifts, Tehran has renewed its extensive sponsorship in ways that contributed directly to the recent bloodshed in Gaza. | | After playing a key role in the group’s military development for years and navigating deep ideological rifts, Tehran has renewed its extensive sponsorship in ways that contributed directly to the recent bloodshed in Gaza. |
| − | ...The group later began developing high-level contacts with Iran when the Islamic Republic convened two conferences on Palestine in 1990-1991.</blockquote></ref> linked [[Jihad]]i terror groups [[Hamas]] controlling [[Gaza]] and (to a lesser capability [[Palestinian Islamic Jihad]] (PIJ)<ref name=wt-2021/> on May 10, 2021,<ref>What do we know about the number of rockets fired at Israel? By Seth J. Frantzman May 17, 2021 22:01. | + | ...The group later began developing high-level contacts with Iran when the Islamic Republic convened two conferences on Palestine in 1990-1991.</blockquote></ref> linked [[Jihad]]i terror groups [[Hamas]] controlling [[Gaza]] and (to a lesser capability [[Palestinian Islamic Jihad]] (PIJ)<ref name=wt-2021/> on May 10, 2021,<ref>What do we know about the number of rockets fired at Israel? By Seth J. Frantzman May 17, 2021 22:01. |
| | https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/what-do-we-know-about-the-number-of-rockets-fired-at-israel-668339</ref> began bombarding Israeli civilians with rockets at the last Muslims' days of Ramadan. | | https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/what-do-we-know-about-the-number-of-rockets-fired-at-israel-668339</ref> began bombarding Israeli civilians with rockets at the last Muslims' days of Ramadan. |
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| − | It was three days after a senior Hamas official, called on "Palestinians" to “cut off the heads of the Jews with knives."<ref>Andres Oppenheimer, [https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/andres-oppenheimer/article251425363.html Cuba, Venezuela condemn Israeli airstrikes in Gaza], Miami Herald, May 15, 2021.<br> | + | It was three days after a senior Hamas official, called on "Palestinians" to “cut off the heads of the Jews with knives."<ref>Andres Oppenheimer, [https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/andres-oppenheimer/article251425363.html Cuba, Venezuela condemn Israeli airstrikes in Gaza], Miami Herald, May 15, 2021.<br> |
| − | ''Some Latin American countries endorse Hamas’ violence against Israel. It’s shameful... There is a good reason why the United States and the 27-member European Union officially consider Hamas a terrorist group: It deliberately uses violence against civilians to achieve its goals... As recently as May 7, Fathi Hamad, a senior Hamas official, called on Palestinians to “cut off the heads of the Jews with knives” in a speech broadcast on Al-Aqsa TV in Gaza, according to a translation by the Washington-based Middle East Media Research Institute.''</ref><ref>[https://www.memri.org/tv/snr-hamas-official-fathi-hammad-urges-people-jerusalem-cut-off-heads-jews-knives-day-reckoning-moment-destruction Senior Hamas Official Fathi Hammad To Palestinians In Jerusalem: Buy 5-Shekel Knives And Cut Off The Heads Of The Jews], Memri, May 7, 2021</ref> | + | ''Some Latin American countries endorse Hamas’ violence against Israel. It’s shameful... There is a good reason why the United States and the 27-member European Union officially consider Hamas a terrorist group: It deliberately uses violence against civilians to achieve its goals... As recently as May 7, Fathi Hamad, a senior Hamas official, called on Palestinians to “cut off the heads of the Jews with knives” in a speech broadcast on Al-Aqsa TV in Gaza, according to a translation by the Washington-based Middle East Media Research Institute.''</ref><ref>[https://www.memri.org/tv/snr-hamas-official-fathi-hammad-urges-people-jerusalem-cut-off-heads-jews-knives-day-reckoning-moment-destruction Senior Hamas Official Fathi Hammad To Palestinians In Jerusalem: Buy 5-Shekel Knives And Cut Off The Heads Of The Jews], Memri, May 7, 2021</ref> |
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| − | Asides from physically attacking Jews, ''Muslim Rioters in Israel Burn 10 Synagogues, 112 Jewish Homes.''<ref name=uwi-21may2021>[https://unitedwithisrael.org/muslim-rioters-in-israel-burn-10-synagogues-112-jewish-homes/ Muslim Rioters in Israel Burn 10 Synagogues, 112 Jewish Homes]. UWI, May 21, 2021. ''Twenty-eight mosques were exposed as weapons caches. Similarly, 22 Muslim prayer houses were documented as being used to incite riots against Jews.''</ref><ref>(The following is but first examples of long chain of similar events)[https://www.jerusalemnet.co.il/%d7%97%d7%93%d7%a9%d7%95%d7%aa/%d7%94%d7%95%d7%92%d7%a9%d7%95-%d7%9b%d7%aa%d7%91%d7%99-%d7%90%d7%99%d7%a9%d7%95%d7%9d-%d7%a0%d7%92%d7%93-%d7%9e%d7%91%d7%a6%d7%a2%d7%99-%d7%9c%d7%99%d7%a0%d7%a6-%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%91%d7%99%d7%94%d7%95%d7%93%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%91%d7%99%d7%a8%d7%95%d7%a9%d7%9c%d7%99%d7%9d-477985 Indictments were filed against lynchings of Jews in Jerusalem], Jerusalem Net, 25.05.21. | + | Asides from physically attacking Jews, ''Muslim Rioters in Israel Burn 10 Synagogues, 112 Jewish Homes.''<ref name=uwi-21may2021>[https://unitedwithisrael.org/muslim-rioters-in-israel-burn-10-synagogues-112-jewish-homes/ Muslim Rioters in Israel Burn 10 Synagogues, 112 Jewish Homes]. UWI, May 21, 2021. ''Twenty-eight mosques were exposed as weapons caches. Similarly, 22 Muslim prayer houses were documented as being used to incite riots against Jews.''</ref><ref>(The following is but first examples of long chain of similar events)[https://www.jerusalemnet.co.il/%d7%97%d7%93%d7%a9%d7%95%d7%aa/%d7%94%d7%95%d7%92%d7%a9%d7%95-%d7%9b%d7%aa%d7%91%d7%99-%d7%90%d7%99%d7%a9%d7%95%d7%9d-%d7%a0%d7%92%d7%93-%d7%9e%d7%91%d7%a6%d7%a2%d7%99-%d7%9c%d7%99%d7%a0%d7%a6-%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%91%d7%99%d7%94%d7%95%d7%93%d7%99%d7%9d-%d7%91%d7%99%d7%a8%d7%95%d7%a9%d7%9c%d7%99%d7%9d-477985 Indictments were filed against lynchings of Jews in Jerusalem], Jerusalem Net, 25.05.21. |
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| | The Jerusalem District Attorney's Office submitted to the city's district court three indictments against six Arabs who are accused of acts of lynching and violence against Jews, carried out with a nationalist motive. | | The Jerusalem District Attorney's Office submitted to the city's district court three indictments against six Arabs who are accused of acts of lynching and violence against Jews, carried out with a nationalist motive. |
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| | The district court has so far used the terminology according to which the victims of the offense "attacked" the respondent while neutralizing him, as if the victims of the offense are the offenders and the offender is the victim of the offense. According to the appellant, this wrong perception of the incident led to the imposition of a lenient sentence on the respondent.</font></blockquote></ref> | | The district court has so far used the terminology according to which the victims of the offense "attacked" the respondent while neutralizing him, as if the victims of the offense are the offenders and the offender is the victim of the offense. According to the appellant, this wrong perception of the incident led to the imposition of a lenient sentence on the respondent.</font></blockquote></ref> |
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| − | Arab massive attacks [despite constituting only about 21% of the population] with many in Arab leadership silent<ref>The [Arab] listener following the disturbances in the cities involved over the last few days: "The Arab leaders must take action, and stop the incendiary, agitated and hateful crowd". The listener, who grew up in the city of Acre, sharply criticized the multiple riots over the past few days in the cities involved...: "It is as if all the pimps and lunatics on earth have united. There is a loss of governance and a loss of values here". | + | Arab massive attacks [despite constituting only about 21% of the population] with many in Arab leadership silent<ref>The [Arab] listener following the disturbances in the cities involved over the last few days: "The Arab leaders must take action, and stop the incendiary, agitated and hateful crowd". The listener, who grew up in the city of Acre, sharply criticized the multiple riots over the past few days in the cities involved...: "It is as if all the pimps and lunatics on earth have united. There is a loss of governance and a loss of values here". |
| | 103fm ''Maariv''. [13/05/2021 https://103fm.maariv.co.il/programs/media.aspx?ZrqvnVq=IGFLKK&c41t4nzVQ=FGL] | | 103fm ''Maariv''. [13/05/2021 https://103fm.maariv.co.il/programs/media.aspx?ZrqvnVq=IGFLKK&c41t4nzVQ=FGL] |
| | </ref><ref name=n12may132021>Amit Segal, "No, there is no symmetry," N12, May 13, 2021. | | </ref><ref name=n12may132021>Amit Segal, "No, there is no symmetry," N12, May 13, 2021. |
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| | Avi Har Even, Yigal Yehoshua and Distau Beast who were murdered by barbaric Arabs and will never return home = "violent incidents on both sides" (supposedly) A country in suicide...</i></ref> [after a day earlier: <i>An Arab driver made his way through Jewish demonstrators in Lod. He accelerated and according to the protesters almost ran over them.</i> | | Avi Har Even, Yigal Yehoshua and Distau Beast who were murdered by barbaric Arabs and will never return home = "violent incidents on both sides" (supposedly) A country in suicide...</i></ref> [after a day earlier: <i>An Arab driver made his way through Jewish demonstrators in Lod. He accelerated and according to the protesters almost ran over them.</i> |
| − | <ref><i>An Arab driver made his way through Jewish demonstrators in Lod. He accelerated and according to the protesters almost ran over them.</i> [https://m.news1.co.il/Archive/001-D-440297-00.html Idan Yosef, News 1, 20:06 11/05/21]</ref>], thought he was about to ram into Jews,<ref> | + | <ref><i>An Arab driver made his way through Jewish demonstrators in Lod. He accelerated and according to the protesters almost ran over them.</i> [https://m.news1.co.il/Archive/001-D-440297-00.html Idan Yosef, News 1, 20:06 11/05/21]</ref>], thought he was about to ram into Jews,<ref> |
| | Kan News, May 12, 2021:<br><i> | | Kan News, May 12, 2021:<br><i> |
| | A resident who was at the scene: "He tried to run over us, such things can not happen. At the promenade, an Arab entered the car, he gave gas and started running over Jews. Then he got out of the car and tried to hit people."... (I have a little girl at home .. who will protect us?)</i>.<br><font size=1> | | A resident who was at the scene: "He tried to run over us, such things can not happen. At the promenade, an Arab entered the car, he gave gas and started running over Jews. Then he got out of the car and tried to hit people."... (I have a little girl at home .. who will protect us?)</i>.<br><font size=1> |
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| − | The wave of violence in Jerusalem – and the Jewish-Arab tensions that ensued – began almost a month before the situation in the city led to a war in Gaza. On April 15th, a Palestinian youngster from Jerusalem uploaded to his TikTok account a video showing him without provocation harshly slapping a Jewish religious teen riding in the city’s light rail. | + | The wave of violence in Jerusalem – and the Jewish-Arab tensions that ensued – began almost a month before the situation in the city led to a war in Gaza. On April 15th, a Palestinian youngster from Jerusalem uploaded to his TikTok account a video showing him without provocation harshly slapping a Jewish religious teen riding in the city’s light rail. |
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| − | Soon afterwards, attacks on Jewish bystanders became a trend. Many young Arabs started uploading countless – dozens if not hundreds – of videos to TikTtok in which they are seen attacking policemen, humiliating ultra-orthodox passers–by, and beating them with severe violence. | + | Soon afterwards, attacks on Jewish bystanders became a trend. Many young Arabs started uploading countless – dozens if not hundreds – of videos to TikTtok in which they are seen attacking policemen, humiliating ultra-orthodox passers–by, and beating them with severe violence. |
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| − | At that moment, Haaretz was still silent on the phenomenon; the newspaper started reporting on the tension in Jerusalem only on April 22nd, after the Jewish extreme-right organization Lehava held a parade in the eastern part of the city, in which racist slurs against Arabs were chanted. | + | At that moment, Haaretz was still silent on the phenomenon; the newspaper started reporting on the tension in Jerusalem only on April 22nd, after the Jewish extreme-right organization Lehava held a parade in the eastern part of the city, in which racist slurs against Arabs were chanted. |
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| − | Even then, 'Haaretz' hid the reason for the tension from its readers. When its Jerusalem correspondent Nir Hasson was criticized for the blatant omission, he responded on the TikTok terror: “those are ugly incidents but not exactly the worst terrorism we’ve seen… a slap, throwing a cup of coffee and a few stones are not breaking news…” | + | Even then, 'Haaretz' hid the reason for the tension from its readers. When its Jerusalem correspondent Nir Hasson was criticized for the blatant omission, he responded on the TikTok terror: “those are ugly incidents but not exactly the worst terrorism we’ve seen… a slap, throwing a cup of coffee and a few stones are not breaking news…” |
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| − | The Jerusalem tensions that were initiated by the attacks against Jews led, on April 24th, to the firing of 36 rockets and mortar shells from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel. This barrage was met with a very mild Israeli response, with the intent of preventing further escalation. | + | The Jerusalem tensions that were initiated by the attacks against Jews led, on April 24th, to the firing of 36 rockets and mortar shells from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel. This barrage was met with a very mild Israeli response, with the intent of preventing further escalation. |
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| − | One week later, on April 30th, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced he was delaying the Palestinian elections, which should have been held on May 22nd. Hamas, which was expected to perform well in the elections, called Abbas’ announcement ‘a coup’ and added that if the elections were cancelled, Israel would be held accountable. The organization’s spokesperson stated: | + | One week later, on April 30th, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced he was delaying the Palestinian elections, which should have been held on May 22nd. Hamas, which was expected to perform well in the elections, called Abbas’ announcement ‘a coup’ and added that if the elections were cancelled, Israel would be held accountable. The organization’s spokesperson stated: |
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| − | Postponing the election is not justified and we oppose it. [This is] … a surrender to the will of the occupier. There is an opportunity to turn this refusal into an open popular campaign against Israel in Jerusalem. [emphasis added] | + | Postponing the election is not justified and we oppose it. [This is] … a surrender to the will of the occupier. There is an opportunity to turn this refusal into an open popular campaign against Israel in Jerusalem. [emphasis added] |
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| | And so the popular campaign began; the legal battle in Sheikh-Jarrah was the pretext that Hamas initially used, while the Israeli government tried to prevent the ensuing escalation. | | And so the popular campaign began; the legal battle in Sheikh-Jarrah was the pretext that Hamas initially used, while the Israeli government tried to prevent the ensuing escalation. |
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| − | On May 7th, at the request of the Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Minister of Internal Security Amir Ohana, MK Itamar Ben-Gvir vacated the parliamentary office he had opened in Sheikh Jarrah (although he had the legal right to keep it open). | + | On May 7th, at the request of the Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Minister of Internal Security Amir Ohana, MK Itamar Ben-Gvir vacated the parliamentary office he had opened in Sheikh Jarrah (although he had the legal right to keep it open). |
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| − | The next evening, on May 8th, the ‘Laylat al-Qadr’ prayer was held at the Temple Mount. It quickly turned into an extreme riot that included hurling stones, rocks and Molotov cocktails which were pre-prepared on the Mount and thrown at policemen, many of whom were injured. | + | The next evening, on May 8th, the ‘Laylat al-Qadr’ prayer was held at the Temple Mount. It quickly turned into an extreme riot that included hurling stones, rocks and Molotov cocktails which were pre-prepared on the Mount and thrown at policemen, many of whom were injured. |
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| − | The riot was planned in advance, among other things by transporting thousands of extremist Islamic activists from northern Israel to the Temple Mount. | + | The riot was planned in advance, among other things by transporting thousands of extremist Islamic activists from northern Israel to the Temple Mount. |
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| − | The next day, May 9th, Haaretz correspondent Nir Hasson reported that stones were hurled at the Western Wall Plaza. | + | The next day, May 9th, Haaretz correspondent Nir Hasson reported that stones were hurled at the Western Wall Plaza. |
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| − | The same day the Israeli government took another step to calm the situation, by requesting the Supreme Court to postpone the hearing on the eviction of the Palestinian families for non-payment of rent from Jewish-owned houses in Sheikh Jarrah. It should be noted that the schedule of the legal proceedings on the matter were set long in advance, by the court. | + | The same day the Israeli government took another step to calm the situation, by requesting the Supreme Court to postpone the hearing on the eviction of the Palestinian families for non-payment of rent from Jewish-owned houses in Sheikh Jarrah. It should be noted that the schedule of the legal proceedings on the matter were set long in advance, by the court. |
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| − | On May 10th, the government took another drastic step towards conciliation, despite the heavy public cost involved: it announced the closure of the Temple Mount for Jews for at least a week (eventually, the closure lasted for 19 consecutive days). | + | On May 10th, the government took another drastic step towards conciliation, despite the heavy public cost involved: it announced the closure of the Temple Mount for Jews for at least a week (eventually, the closure lasted for 19 consecutive days). |
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| − | The same day, Prime Minister Netanyahu made an additional decision to calm the tensions – he ordered to change the Jerusalem Day’s Flag Parade route. | + | The same day, Prime Minister Netanyahu made an additional decision to calm the tensions – he ordered to change the Jerusalem Day’s Flag Parade route. |
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| | Later that day, which was Jerusalem Day, the Flag Parade was diverted from its regular route. | | Later that day, which was Jerusalem Day, the Flag Parade was diverted from its regular route. |
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| − | After all this, Hamas made it clear that it would use the postponement of the Palestinian elections to “open a popular campaign against Israel in Jerusalem,” and on that day of May 10th, Hamas launched a heavy barrage of rockets on Jerusalem. | + | After all this, Hamas made it clear that it would use the postponement of the Palestinian elections to “open a popular campaign against Israel in Jerusalem,” and on that day of May 10th, Hamas launched a heavy barrage of rockets on Jerusalem. |
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| − | Immediately after, the Arab anti-Jewish violence in Jerusalem spread throughout the country. In mixed Jewish-Arab towns such as Lod, Acre, Jaffa and others, hundreds of Arabs gathered to attack Jewish passers-by, throw rocks at driving cars, vandalizing and burning Jewish-owned businesses, houses, vehicles and synagogues. Several lynchings also occurred. | + | Immediately after, the Arab anti-Jewish violence in Jerusalem spread throughout the country. In mixed Jewish-Arab towns such as Lod, Acre, Jaffa and others, hundreds of Arabs gathered to attack Jewish passers-by, throw rocks at driving cars, vandalizing and burning Jewish-owned businesses, houses, vehicles and synagogues. Several lynchings also occurred. |
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| − | ...data from Israel’s Fire and rescue services for May 16th shows a clear picture: 10 burned synagogues compared to 0 burned mosques, 28 mosques that were used to organize for violent riots compared to 0 synagogues, 112 burned Jewish houses compared to one burned Arab house (by Arabs), 673 damaged Jewish houses compared to 13 Arab houses, 849 burnt Jewish-owned cars compared to Arab-owned 13 cars. All these and more point to the fact that almost all of the violence and rioting was carried out by Israeli Arabs against Israeli Jews.</blockquote></ref> | + | ...data from Israel’s Fire and rescue services for May 16th shows a clear picture: 10 burned synagogues compared to 0 burned mosques, 28 mosques that were used to organize for violent riots compared to 0 synagogues, 112 burned Jewish houses compared to one burned Arab house (by Arabs), 673 damaged Jewish houses compared to 13 Arab houses, 849 burnt Jewish-owned cars compared to Arab-owned 13 cars. All these and more point to the fact that almost all of the violence and rioting was carried out by Israeli Arabs against Israeli Jews.</blockquote></ref> |
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| | We have seen people hurling bottles and objects at homes with mezuzot on the door that were identifiably Jewish. We have seen people driving cars or marauding through Jewish neighborhoods and yelling, "We're going to rape your women," right, or yelling things like "Allahu akbar," and literally then wreaking physical violence on people. | | We have seen people hurling bottles and objects at homes with mezuzot on the door that were identifiably Jewish. We have seen people driving cars or marauding through Jewish neighborhoods and yelling, "We're going to rape your women," right, or yelling things like "Allahu akbar," and literally then wreaking physical violence on people. |
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| − | And one of the incidents that was captured was in broad daylight in Times Square, a group of people beating and bloodying a Jewish man whose only crime was he was wearing a kippah, to the point where he was left unconscious in the street while people kicked him, bloodied him with like crutches. | + | And one of the incidents that was captured was in broad daylight in Times Square, a group of people beating and bloodying a Jewish man whose only crime was he was wearing a kippah, to the point where he was left unconscious in the street while people kicked him, bloodied him with like crutches. |
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| | So, although, again, the political tenor may be different, the real outcome is the same. And that's why we think people, regardless of where you are on the spectrum, need to speak out clearly and firmly and forcefully and say, in an unambiguous way, that anti-Semitism is unacceptable, because, again, this isn't activism. It's hate, and it should be called out as such.</blockquote> | | So, although, again, the political tenor may be different, the real outcome is the same. And that's why we think people, regardless of where you are on the spectrum, need to speak out clearly and firmly and forcefully and say, in an unambiguous way, that anti-Semitism is unacceptable, because, again, this isn't activism. It's hate, and it should be called out as such.</blockquote> |
| − | </ref> and in Canada. Some adding their cry of "Allah u Akhbar."<ref>Watch: Pro-Palestine mob attacks Jewish man in Canada while chanting Allahu Akbar. OpIndia Staff | 16 May 2021. http://www.opindia.com/2021/05/watch-pro-palestine-mob-attack-jewish-man-in-canada-while-chanting-allahu-akbar/</ref><ref>Israeli Flag Burnings in Germany, Thousands Protest in Italy and Chant ‘Allahu Akbar’. <blockquote>In Italy, some 3,000 pro-Palestinian protesters gathered at the Piazza Duomo outside Milan’s iconic cathedral, waved Palestinian flags, burned Israeli flags, and yelled “Allahu Akbar”. | + | </ref> and in Canada. Some adding their cry of "Allah u Akhbar."<ref>Watch: Pro-Palestine mob attacks Jewish man in Canada while chanting Allahu Akbar. OpIndia Staff | 16 May 2021. http://www.opindia.com/2021/05/watch-pro-palestine-mob-attack-jewish-man-in-canada-while-chanting-allahu-akbar/</ref><ref>Israeli Flag Burnings in Germany, Thousands Protest in Italy and Chant ‘Allahu Akbar’. <blockquote>In Italy, some 3,000 pro-Palestinian protesters gathered at the Piazza Duomo outside Milan’s iconic cathedral, waved Palestinian flags, burned Israeli flags, and yelled “Allahu Akbar”. |
| | Silvia Sardone, a member of Matteo Salvini’s League and Member of the European Parliament, said of Thursday’s protest: “Yesterday’s anti-Israel demonstration, with thousands of people present, was punctuated by unacceptable moments.” | | Silvia Sardone, a member of Matteo Salvini’s League and Member of the European Parliament, said of Thursday’s protest: “Yesterday’s anti-Israel demonstration, with thousands of people present, was punctuated by unacceptable moments.” |
| | “On more than one occasion, there were shouts and chants of ‘Allahu Akbar’, and the Israeli flag was burned in the crowd,” Ms Sardone said. | | “On more than one occasion, there were shouts and chants of ‘Allahu Akbar’, and the Israeli flag was burned in the crowd,” Ms Sardone said. |
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| | https://thejewishvoice.com/2021/05/israeli-flag-burnings-in-germany-thousands-protest-in-italy-and-chant-allahu-akbar/</ref><ref>Israeli Flags Burned and Synagogues Attacked in Germany. May 13, 2021. German police have arrested several people of “Arabic appearance” following attacks on synagogues in North Rhine-Westphalia, including incidents where suspects burned Israeli flags in front of temples. https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/05/13/israeli-flags-burned-synagogue-attacked-germany/</ref> Often under "free palestine" flag, excuse.<ref>Yael Halon: "US seeing wave of 'textbook anti-Semitism' amid Israel-Gaza tensions." Israel-Gaza conflict has generated disturbing backlash against American Jews." Fox News. May 21, 2021. https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-seeing-wave-of-textbook-anti-semitism-amid-israel-gaza-tensions. ''"Stop telling me this is about Israel and Gaza," said a New Yorker who was confronted by a pro-Palestinian mob on his way to synagogue this week. "My people are being targeted across the United States in broad daylight. This is textbook anti-Semitism, and we will continue to live in danger until the public starts to recognize it for what it is." His remarks were a common refrain rippling across U.S. Jewish communities in recent days. Here's a look at some recent incidents throughout the country.''</ref> Initially, some media falsely described the sheer racist attacks.<ref>[https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2021/05/antisemites-attacking-jews-reported-as.html Antisemites attacking Jews reported as "clashes between groups"], EoZ, May 23, 2021</ref> The AJC attributed the sharp rise due to vitriol, extreme terminology used by anti-Israel politicians.<ref>Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) Tweeted: Some progressive lawmakers, including AOC, use the term "apartheid"... Bernie Sanders' former Jewish outreach director says the charged language can fuel anti-Semitic incidents. "I think we should tone down the rhetoric," Sanders says. https://t.co/lIsXnHhVTB [https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1396556620583383041?s=20 May 23, 2021]</ref> | | https://thejewishvoice.com/2021/05/israeli-flag-burnings-in-germany-thousands-protest-in-italy-and-chant-allahu-akbar/</ref><ref>Israeli Flags Burned and Synagogues Attacked in Germany. May 13, 2021. German police have arrested several people of “Arabic appearance” following attacks on synagogues in North Rhine-Westphalia, including incidents where suspects burned Israeli flags in front of temples. https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/05/13/israeli-flags-burned-synagogue-attacked-germany/</ref> Often under "free palestine" flag, excuse.<ref>Yael Halon: "US seeing wave of 'textbook anti-Semitism' amid Israel-Gaza tensions." Israel-Gaza conflict has generated disturbing backlash against American Jews." Fox News. May 21, 2021. https://www.foxnews.com/us/us-seeing-wave-of-textbook-anti-semitism-amid-israel-gaza-tensions. ''"Stop telling me this is about Israel and Gaza," said a New Yorker who was confronted by a pro-Palestinian mob on his way to synagogue this week. "My people are being targeted across the United States in broad daylight. This is textbook anti-Semitism, and we will continue to live in danger until the public starts to recognize it for what it is." His remarks were a common refrain rippling across U.S. Jewish communities in recent days. Here's a look at some recent incidents throughout the country.''</ref> Initially, some media falsely described the sheer racist attacks.<ref>[https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2021/05/antisemites-attacking-jews-reported-as.html Antisemites attacking Jews reported as "clashes between groups"], EoZ, May 23, 2021</ref> The AJC attributed the sharp rise due to vitriol, extreme terminology used by anti-Israel politicians.<ref>Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) Tweeted: Some progressive lawmakers, including AOC, use the term "apartheid"... Bernie Sanders' former Jewish outreach director says the charged language can fuel anti-Semitic incidents. "I think we should tone down the rhetoric," Sanders says. https://t.co/lIsXnHhVTB [https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1396556620583383041?s=20 May 23, 2021]</ref> |
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| − | Notable arrest was, Arab from Brooklyn. NY Waseem Awawdeh.<ref>'Jewish man beaten during wild NYC protests afraid to wear yarmulke.' By Reuven Fenton and Amanda Woods. May 21, 2021. https://nypost.com/2021/05/21/jewish-man-beaten-during-wild-midtown-protests-afraid-to-wear-yarmulke/ ''Waseem Awawdeh has been hit with multiple charges, including a hate crime. | + | Notable arrest was, Arab from Brooklyn. NY Waseem Awawdeh.<ref>'Jewish man beaten during wild NYC protests afraid to wear yarmulke.' By Reuven Fenton and Amanda Woods. May 21, 2021. https://nypost.com/2021/05/21/jewish-man-beaten-during-wild-midtown-protests-afraid-to-wear-yarmulke/ ''Waseem Awawdeh has been hit with multiple charges, including a hate crime. |
| − | In the attack, captured on video, Borgen was knocked to the ground by a group of five or six men who allegedly made anti-Semitic statements, punched, kicked, pepper-sprayed and struck him with crutches... "I tried to get away, and the next thing I knew, I was surrounded by a whole crowd of people who proceeded to kick me, punch me, beat me down," he recalled. "I felt a liquid being poured on my face and at first I thought I was getting urinated on, but it tuned out I was getting maced and pepper sprayed. My face was on fire. That pain was worse than the concussion and all this other stuff that followed."''</ref><ref>New York Police Charge Pro-Palestinian Protester With Hate Crime.' Waseem Awawdeh is accused of beating a Jewish man during protest near Times Square.' By Ben Chapman. Updated May 21, 2021. https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-police-investigate-beating-of-jewish-man-during-pro-palestinian-march-11621610628 ''"Yesterday was an attack on this man simply because he is Jewish," Ms. Halberstam said. Jewish people were targeted in 63 hate crimes between Jan. 1 and May 16, up from 60 during the same time in 2020, according to the NYPD figures. Hate crimes against Jews accounted for the second-largest number of such crimes this year, after those targeting Asians..''</ref> over a horrific lynch, by some 6 Islamic bigots upon a man wearing a Kippah, hitting him while on the ground, ''the men saying, in substance, ’Dirty Jew. Filthy Jew. F--k Israel. Hamas is going to kill you. Go back to Israel.’''<ref>[https://www.silive.com/crime-safety/2021/06/2-staten-islanders-indicted-new-details-revealed-in-alleged-hate-crimes-against-jewish-man-at-protest.html 2 Staten Islanders indicted, new details revealed in alleged hate crime against Jewish man at protest], Staten Island Advance, SIlive, Jun 10, 2021. | + | In the attack, captured on video, Borgen was knocked to the ground by a group of five or six men who allegedly made anti-Semitic statements, punched, kicked, pepper-sprayed and struck him with crutches... "I tried to get away, and the next thing I knew, I was surrounded by a whole crowd of people who proceeded to kick me, punch me, beat me down," he recalled. "I felt a liquid being poured on my face and at first I thought I was getting urinated on, but it tuned out I was getting maced and pepper sprayed. My face was on fire. That pain was worse than the concussion and all this other stuff that followed."''</ref><ref>New York Police Charge Pro-Palestinian Protester With Hate Crime.' Waseem Awawdeh is accused of beating a Jewish man during protest near Times Square.' By Ben Chapman. Updated May 21, 2021. https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-police-investigate-beating-of-jewish-man-during-pro-palestinian-march-11621610628 ''"Yesterday was an attack on this man simply because he is Jewish," Ms. Halberstam said. Jewish people were targeted in 63 hate crimes between Jan. 1 and May 16, up from 60 during the same time in 2020, according to the NYPD figures. Hate crimes against Jews accounted for the second-largest number of such crimes this year, after those targeting Asians..''</ref> over a horrific lynch, by some 6 Islamic bigots upon a man wearing a Kippah, hitting him while on the ground, ''the men saying, in substance, ’Dirty Jew. Filthy Jew. F--k Israel. Hamas is going to kill you. Go back to Israel.’''<ref>[https://www.silive.com/crime-safety/2021/06/2-staten-islanders-indicted-new-details-revealed-in-alleged-hate-crimes-against-jewish-man-at-protest.html 2 Staten Islanders indicted, new details revealed in alleged hate crime against Jewish man at protest], Staten Island Advance, SIlive, Jun 10, 2021. |
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| | “I observed surveillance video of the above described event and observed the above individual [victim] get knocked to the ground by two men,” an officer who investigated the crime is quoted as saying in the criminal complaint for Awawdeh. “I then observed a group of approximately six men punch and kick the above individual while he was on the ground.” | | “I observed surveillance video of the above described event and observed the above individual [victim] get knocked to the ground by two men,” an officer who investigated the crime is quoted as saying in the criminal complaint for Awawdeh. “I then observed a group of approximately six men punch and kick the above individual while he was on the ground.” |
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| | District Attorney Gonzalez said, “All members of Brooklyn’s diverse communities should feel free to go about their day and observe their religion without fear of being targeted. Attacks such as those described in this indictment – including violence and threats of violence that stem from bias and bigotry – are abhorrent and will be prosecuted.” | | District Attorney Gonzalez said, “All members of Brooklyn’s diverse communities should feel free to go about their day and observe their religion without fear of being targeted. Attacks such as those described in this indictment – including violence and threats of violence that stem from bias and bigotry – are abhorrent and will be prosecuted.” |
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| − | The District Attorney identified the defendants as Daniel Shaukat, 20, of Bensonhurst, Haider Anjam, 21, of Midwood, and Ashan Azad 19, of Midwood. They were variously charged in a 68-count indictment with third-degree assault as a hate crime, second-degree menacing as a hate crime, third-degree assault, criminal mischief, criminal obstruction of breathing and related charges. Anjam was arraigned last week, Shaukat was arraigned today and Azad will be arraigned on a later date. They were released on bonds ranging from $4000 to $5000 and ordered to return to court on September 9, 2021. The defendants face a maximum sentence of 1 1/3 to 4 years in prison if convicted of the top count...</blockquote></ref> The events happened in May.<ref>[https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/brooklyn-man-faces-hate-crime-charge-following-harassment-outside-synagogue/3075034/ Brooklyn Trio Faces Hate Crime Charges Following Harassment Outside Synagogue], Gus Rosendale and Ida Siegal, NBC NY, May 26, 2021</ref><ref>[https://www.audacy.com/1010wins/news/local/suspects-accused-of-brooklyn-synagogue-harassment-arrested ARRESTED: 3 men accused of Brooklyn synagogue harassment in custody] 1010Wins, May 26, 2021.</ref> | + | The District Attorney identified the defendants as Daniel Shaukat, 20, of Bensonhurst, Haider Anjam, 21, of Midwood, and Ashan Azad 19, of Midwood. They were variously charged in a 68-count indictment with third-degree assault as a hate crime, second-degree menacing as a hate crime, third-degree assault, criminal mischief, criminal obstruction of breathing and related charges. Anjam was arraigned last week, Shaukat was arraigned today and Azad will be arraigned on a later date. They were released on bonds ranging from $4000 to $5000 and ordered to return to court on September 9, 2021. The defendants face a maximum sentence of 1 1/3 to 4 years in prison if convicted of the top count...</blockquote></ref> The events happened in May.<ref>[https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/brooklyn-man-faces-hate-crime-charge-following-harassment-outside-synagogue/3075034/ Brooklyn Trio Faces Hate Crime Charges Following Harassment Outside Synagogue], Gus Rosendale and Ida Siegal, NBC NY, May 26, 2021</ref><ref>[https://www.audacy.com/1010wins/news/local/suspects-accused-of-brooklyn-synagogue-harassment-arrested ARRESTED: 3 men accused of Brooklyn synagogue harassment in custody] 1010Wins, May 26, 2021.</ref> |
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| | On May 23, at the masses of anti-Israel protesters in [[London]], some [[Muslims]] held hate-filled signs such as, viciously belittling the Holocaust, including: "surpasses Hitler".<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9608833/Pro-Palestine-protesters-London-wave-signs-saying-Stop-doing-Hitler-did-you.html Pro-Palestine protesters in London wave hate-filled signs] ... By James Gant and Jacob Thorburn For Mailonline, 23 May 2021.<blockquote> | | On May 23, at the masses of anti-Israel protesters in [[London]], some [[Muslims]] held hate-filled signs such as, viciously belittling the Holocaust, including: "surpasses Hitler".<ref>[https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9608833/Pro-Palestine-protesters-London-wave-signs-saying-Stop-doing-Hitler-did-you.html Pro-Palestine protesters in London wave hate-filled signs] ... By James Gant and Jacob Thorburn For Mailonline, 23 May 2021.<blockquote> |
| − | Responding to the signs, Lord Mann, the government's anti-Semitism tsar, told the Sunday Times: 'The disgusting racist abuse against Jewish people on the streets of London requires an effective and strong response by all politicians and will be treated with contempt by all decent citizens.' | + | Responding to the signs, Lord Mann, the government's anti-Semitism tsar, told the Sunday Times: 'The disgusting racist abuse against Jewish people on the streets of London requires an effective and strong response by all politicians and will be treated with contempt by all decent citizens.' |
| | Meanwhile, the Campaign Against Antisemitism spoke of 'yet another antisemitism-infested rally' and said Jews had been threatened with 'rape and murder' in recent weeks... | | Meanwhile, the Campaign Against Antisemitism spoke of 'yet another antisemitism-infested rally' and said Jews had been threatened with 'rape and murder' in recent weeks... |
| | Some protesters used nearby Whitehall Gardens as an area to pray, as the crowd continued to chant and let off green flares.</blockquote></ref> | | Some protesters used nearby Whitehall Gardens as an area to pray, as the crowd continued to chant and let off green flares.</blockquote></ref> |
| − | In Chicago, on May 23, 2021, an Arab mob yelled "kill the J..s" in a rally.<ref>[https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/1976739/hate-in-chicago-arabs-yelling-kill-the-jews-attack-pro-israel-rally.html HATE IN CHICAGO: Arabs Yelling “Kill The Jews” Attack Pro-Israel Rally]. May 24, 2021. ''An Arab mob calling for the murder of Jews attacked the participants of a pro-Israel rally held in a Chicago suburb with such vehemence that the police cut the pro-Israel rally short, saying they couldn’t guarantee the safety of the participants... The rally was held on Sunday in Naperville, a suburb of Chicago, with participants gathering outside city hall and then marching through downtown Naperville.''</ref> | + | In Chicago, on May 23, 2021, an Arab mob yelled "kill the J..s" in a rally.<ref>[https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/1976739/hate-in-chicago-arabs-yelling-kill-the-jews-attack-pro-israel-rally.html HATE IN CHICAGO: Arabs Yelling “Kill The Jews” Attack Pro-Israel Rally]. May 24, 2021. ''An Arab mob calling for the murder of Jews attacked the participants of a pro-Israel rally held in a Chicago suburb with such vehemence that the police cut the pro-Israel rally short, saying they couldn’t guarantee the safety of the participants... The rally was held on Sunday in Naperville, a suburb of Chicago, with participants gathering outside city hall and then marching through downtown Naperville.''</ref> |
| | On July 3, a 'visibly Jewish' man was subjected to tirade on London bus. One holding a knife shouting: 'I will slit your throat for Palestine.'<ref>[https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/bus-passenger-threatened-i-will-slit-your-throat-for-palestine-1.518364 Bus passenger threatened: 'I will slit your throat for Palestine'] Noa Hoffman, The JC, July 4, 2021. | | On July 3, a 'visibly Jewish' man was subjected to tirade on London bus. One holding a knife shouting: 'I will slit your throat for Palestine.'<ref>[https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/bus-passenger-threatened-i-will-slit-your-throat-for-palestine-1.518364 Bus passenger threatened: 'I will slit your throat for Palestine'] Noa Hoffman, The JC, July 4, 2021. |
| | 'Visibly Jewish' man subjected to tirade on London bus – less than an hour after being abused on the tube. | | 'Visibly Jewish' man subjected to tirade on London bus – less than an hour after being abused on the tube. |
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| | In late January/2021, Iran was seeking even in more desperation to strengthen alliance between the "axis of resistance," celebrated by Hezbollah. Yet, it was obvious the dilemma of Hamas, risk it takes in restoring full relationships with Syria, losing support among its people.<ref>Nisan Ahmado, [https://www.voanews.com/extremism-watch/experts-iran-eyes-reuniting-its-axis-resistance Experts: Iran Eyes Reuniting Its 'Axis of Resistance'], ''VOA,'' | | In late January/2021, Iran was seeking even in more desperation to strengthen alliance between the "axis of resistance," celebrated by Hezbollah. Yet, it was obvious the dilemma of Hamas, risk it takes in restoring full relationships with Syria, losing support among its people.<ref>Nisan Ahmado, [https://www.voanews.com/extremism-watch/experts-iran-eyes-reuniting-its-axis-resistance Experts: Iran Eyes Reuniting Its 'Axis of Resistance'], ''VOA,'' |
| | January 27, 2021. <blockquote>Hamas’ reluctance. | | January 27, 2021. <blockquote>Hamas’ reluctance. |
| − | Despite ongoing efforts by Iran and Hezbollah to restore relations with the Syrian government, some experts contend Hamas could lose significant support locally if it were to opt for a full restoration of relations with Damascus. | + | Despite ongoing efforts by Iran and Hezbollah to restore relations with the Syrian government, some experts contend Hamas could lose significant support locally if it were to opt for a full restoration of relations with Damascus. |
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| | ===PA incitement=== | | ===PA incitement=== |
| | * Between April 2 and April 10, 2021, the less radical Arab "Palestinian" authority, the PA, incited, especially the youths for violence. | | * Between April 2 and April 10, 2021, the less radical Arab "Palestinian" authority, the PA, incited, especially the youths for violence. |
| − | As documented:<ref>[https://palwatch.org/page/20713 The real source of the violence in Jerusalem] Maurice Hirsch, Adv. and Itamar Marcus, PMW, Apr 27, 2021</ref> | + | As documented:<ref>[https://palwatch.org/page/20713 The real source of the violence in Jerusalem] Maurice Hirsch, Adv. and Itamar Marcus, PMW, Apr 27, 2021</ref> |
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| | In the days before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, PA TV repeatedly broadcast a video inciting terror: | | In the days before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, PA TV repeatedly broadcast a video inciting terror: |
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| − | “I fired my shots, I threw my bomb. I detonated, detonated, detonated my [explosive] belts… My brother, throw my blood on the enemy like bullets” | + | “I fired my shots, I threw my bomb. I detonated, detonated, detonated my [explosive] belts… My brother, throw my blood on the enemy like bullets” |
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| | The video was broadcast 20 times between April 2 and April 10 | | The video was broadcast 20 times between April 2 and April 10 |
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| | <blockquote>...the uptick in violence since the start of the Muslim month of Ramadan in mid-April didn’t simply emerge out of nowhere. Ditto for the so-called “TikTok intifada” – the latest Palestinian fad of beating up Orthodox Jews and sharing videos of the physical aggression on the popular platform.</blockquote> | | <blockquote>...the uptick in violence since the start of the Muslim month of Ramadan in mid-April didn’t simply emerge out of nowhere. Ditto for the so-called “TikTok intifada” – the latest Palestinian fad of beating up Orthodox Jews and sharing videos of the physical aggression on the popular platform.</blockquote> |
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| − | PA television was full of speeches and music videos promising glory for those who killed Jews.<ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/rebuild-what-whom-opinion-1594375 Rebuild What With Whom?] Shoshanna Bryen, Newsweek, May 25, 2021.</ref> | + | PA television was full of speeches and music videos promising glory for those who killed Jews.<ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/rebuild-what-whom-opinion-1594375 Rebuild What With Whom?] Shoshanna Bryen, Newsweek, May 25, 2021.</ref> |
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| | Explained at the time:<ref>[https://mida.org.il/2021/04/25/%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%AA%D7%94-%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%93-%D7%99%D7%94%D7%95%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%98%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%94-%D7%9C/ Incitement to violence against Jews: The permanent method of resolving Palestinian leadership crises], Tal Brown, Mida, April 25, 2021.</ref> | | Explained at the time:<ref>[https://mida.org.il/2021/04/25/%D7%94%D7%A1%D7%AA%D7%94-%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%93-%D7%99%D7%94%D7%95%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%98%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%A7%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%94-%D7%9C/ Incitement to violence against Jews: The permanent method of resolving Palestinian leadership crises], Tal Brown, Mida, April 25, 2021.</ref> |
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| | Yaron Doron, Israel Hayom, April 19, 2021.<br> | | Yaron Doron, Israel Hayom, April 19, 2021.<br> |
| | https://www.israelhayom.co.il/article/871757</ref> Arabs attacking Jews unprovoked and bragging about it on social media intensified.<ref>New Trend in Jerusalem: Arabs Attack Jews, and Then Post It On TikTok. | | https://www.israelhayom.co.il/article/871757</ref> Arabs attacking Jews unprovoked and bragging about it on social media intensified.<ref>New Trend in Jerusalem: Arabs Attack Jews, and Then Post It On TikTok. |
| − | By Hana Levi Julian. 6 Iyyar 5781. April 17, 2021.<br>https://www.jewishpress.com/news/local/new-trend-in-jerusalem-attack-and-run-violence-by-arab-males-against-orthodox-jews/2021/04/17/</ref><ref>https://www.janglo.net/item/xnM57oHbtyj</ref> The clips increased incitement in the Arab sector<ref>https://www.jdn.co.il/video/1514736/</ref> "The embodiment of antisemitic racism."<ref name=globes19apr2021>"[https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1001368043 The attacks documented in Tiktok are part of the new anti-Semitism]", ''Globes'', April 19, 2021 </ref> No "protest", but pure Nazi type laughs.<ref>Dror Ithkovich: [https://www.facebook.com/Dror105/posts/4089900487738291 Apr 20, 2021]. | + | By Hana Levi Julian. 6 Iyyar 5781. April 17, 2021.<br>https://www.jewishpress.com/news/local/new-trend-in-jerusalem-attack-and-run-violence-by-arab-males-against-orthodox-jews/2021/04/17/</ref><ref>https://www.janglo.net/item/xnM57oHbtyj</ref> The clips increased incitement in the Arab sector<ref>https://www.jdn.co.il/video/1514736/</ref> "The embodiment of antisemitic racism."<ref name=globes19apr2021>"[https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1001368043 The attacks documented in Tiktok are part of the new anti-Semitism]", ''Globes'', April 19, 2021 </ref> No "protest", but pure Nazi type laughs.<ref>Dror Ithkovich: [https://www.facebook.com/Dror105/posts/4089900487738291 Apr 20, 2021]. |
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| | In the State of Israel, a terrorist campaign is being conducted by young Arabs against Jews in various locations in Israel. In Jerusalem, Jaffa, Lod, Ramla and more. These are dozens of particulars and perhaps even more Arab rioters attack principally Jews, young Jews mainly of Jewish / religious / Haredi / ultra-Orthodox appearance, while degrading the Jews being attacked and uploading the clips of violence and degradation on social media. | | In the State of Israel, a terrorist campaign is being conducted by young Arabs against Jews in various locations in Israel. In Jerusalem, Jaffa, Lod, Ramla and more. These are dozens of particulars and perhaps even more Arab rioters attack principally Jews, young Jews mainly of Jewish / religious / Haredi / ultra-Orthodox appearance, while degrading the Jews being attacked and uploading the clips of violence and degradation on social media. |
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| | A screen shot of the Arab slapping the boy on the train, April 14. | | A screen shot of the Arab slapping the boy on the train, April 14. |
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| − | The Yerushalayim District Prosecutor’s Office has submitted to the city’s Magistrates Court for Youth an indictment against a 17-year-old Arab, who attacked chareidi teenagers on the Light Rain Train in Yerushalayim last month. | + | The Yerushalayim District Prosecutor’s Office has submitted to the city’s Magistrates Court for Youth an indictment against a 17-year-old Arab, who attacked chareidi teenagers on the Light Rain Train in Yerushalayim last month. |
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| | According to the indictment, on April 14, the suspect boarded the train at the Safra Square station, together with six other minors. | | According to the indictment, on April 14, the suspect boarded the train at the Safra Square station, together with six other minors. |
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| − | A few minutes later, at the Shimon Hatzadik station, two chareidim boarded the train and sat down on one of the benches in the train car that the group was sitting in. | + | A few minutes later, at the Shimon Hatzadik station, two chareidim boarded the train and sat down on one of the benches in the train car that the group was sitting in. |
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| − | The suspect noticed the chareidim and decided to attack them. When the train arrived at the Shu’afat station, the suspect approached the chareidim, waved his hand, and forcefully slapped their faces, as the entire event was being filmed by his friend. | + | The suspect noticed the chareidim and decided to attack them. When the train arrived at the Shu’afat station, the suspect approached the chareidim, waved his hand, and forcefully slapped their faces, as the entire event was being filmed by his friend. |
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| − | As a result of the suspect’s actions, one of the chareidi boys suffered strong pains in his cheek, and his glasses were broken. The second chareidi felt pain and his glasses flew off his face due to the force behind the slap. According to the indictment, the suspect then sent the video clip of the attack to several other people. | + | As a result of the suspect’s actions, one of the chareidi boys suffered strong pains in his cheek, and his glasses were broken. The second chareidi felt pain and his glasses flew off his face due to the force behind the slap. According to the indictment, the suspect then sent the video clip of the attack to several other people. |
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| | Later, the video clip reached another person, who spread it to many others on social media, captioned in Arabic with the words, “You’ll continue erasing, and I’ll continue uploading, <b>it’s either the Palestinian nation or you</b>.” | | Later, the video clip reached another person, who spread it to many others on social media, captioned in Arabic with the words, “You’ll continue erasing, and I’ll continue uploading, <b>it’s either the Palestinian nation or you</b>.” |
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| | ...began on April 13, the start of the Muslim holiday of Ramadan, and have been escalating over the past week. | | ...began on April 13, the start of the Muslim holiday of Ramadan, and have been escalating over the past week. |
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| | According to police, the unrest was sparked in part by a new social-media trend among young Arabs, which involves physically assaulting visibly Orthodox Jews and posting the attacks on TikTok. The first such video shows an Arab teen slapping a yeshiva student on Jerusalem’s light rail. Since last week, similar incidents have been posted to the popular platform. | | According to police, the unrest was sparked in part by a new social-media trend among young Arabs, which involves physically assaulting visibly Orthodox Jews and posting the attacks on TikTok. The first such video shows an Arab teen slapping a yeshiva student on Jerusalem’s light rail. Since last week, similar incidents have been posted to the popular platform. |
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| − | In one such incident, Eli Rozen, 27, of Jerusalem, was walking his dog when he was set upon by a mob of Palestinians, who beat him severely while filming the attack. Rozen, who believes he narrowly escaped death, described recent events in the city as a “third intifada.”</blockquote></ref> The trend was also blamed on Israeli Arab politicians, Knesset members' decades of instigating, while "these young Arabs .. live a life of abundance in one of the most comfortable countries in the Middle East."<ref>Zvi Yehezkeli attacks Israeli Arabs: "An illusion of coexistence, it exploded inside us". News 13 commentator on Arab affairs in an attack on Israeli Arabs following the riots across the country and in the cities involved: "What happened to these young Arabs who live a life of abundance in one of the most comfortable countries in the Middle East?" ICE editorial | 12/5/2021. ''What happened to these young Arabs who live a life of abundance in one of the most comfortable countries in the Middle East. We are reaping the incitement that the Arab Knesset members have made here for years. As you may recall, a few weeks ago, the Arab citizens of Israel began fermenting during the month of Ramadan. A few weeks ago, what was known in the media as tiktok terror began after documentation of an Israeli Arab slapping an ultra-Orthodox boy, in those days riots began in Jaffa and Jerusalem...'' https://www.ice.co.il/media/news/article/819769</ref> The victims were almost all ultra orthodox, pious, haredim who by in large do not serve in Israeli army.<ref>[https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/1965985/more-tiktok-terror-3-arabs-arrested-for-throwing-hot-coffee-in-jews-face.html MORE TIKTOK TERROR: 3 Arabs Arrested For Throwing Hot Coffee In Jew’s Face], Ywn, Apr 19, 2021</ref> Police were warned violent riots will erupt afterwards.<ref>Avri Gilad, "The TikTok videos of the attack on Jews are an antisemitic act. Enforcement officials are buying quiet now for riots afterwards." Israel Hayom, April 22, 2021. | + | In one such incident, Eli Rozen, 27, of Jerusalem, was walking his dog when he was set upon by a mob of Palestinians, who beat him severely while filming the attack. Rozen, who believes he narrowly escaped death, described recent events in the city as a “third intifada.”</blockquote></ref> The trend was also blamed on Israeli Arab politicians, Knesset members' decades of instigating, while "these young Arabs .. live a life of abundance in one of the most comfortable countries in the Middle East."<ref>Zvi Yehezkeli attacks Israeli Arabs: "An illusion of coexistence, it exploded inside us". News 13 commentator on Arab affairs in an attack on Israeli Arabs following the riots across the country and in the cities involved: "What happened to these young Arabs who live a life of abundance in one of the most comfortable countries in the Middle East?" ICE editorial | 12/5/2021. ''What happened to these young Arabs who live a life of abundance in one of the most comfortable countries in the Middle East. We are reaping the incitement that the Arab Knesset members have made here for years. As you may recall, a few weeks ago, the Arab citizens of Israel began fermenting during the month of Ramadan. A few weeks ago, what was known in the media as tiktok terror began after documentation of an Israeli Arab slapping an ultra-Orthodox boy, in those days riots began in Jaffa and Jerusalem...'' https://www.ice.co.il/media/news/article/819769</ref> The victims were almost all ultra orthodox, pious, haredim who by in large do not serve in Israeli army.<ref>[https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/1965985/more-tiktok-terror-3-arabs-arrested-for-throwing-hot-coffee-in-jews-face.html MORE TIKTOK TERROR: 3 Arabs Arrested For Throwing Hot Coffee In Jew’s Face], Ywn, Apr 19, 2021</ref> Police were warned violent riots will erupt afterwards.<ref>Avri Gilad, "The TikTok videos of the attack on Jews are an antisemitic act. Enforcement officials are buying quiet now for riots afterwards." Israel Hayom, April 22, 2021. |
| − | ''These videos of attacking Jews, especially ultra-Orthodox [Haredim], are an antisemitic act of Nazi arrival. This is not a prank.'' https://www.israelhayom.co.il/article/872705</ref> In April-17, it was promoted by a channel identified with the "Palestinian" Islamic Jihad.<ref>Tik-tok terrorism continues: Following the distribution of shaming videos posted by Arab residents of East Jerusalem against the ultra-Orthodox on the tik-tok network, a channel affiliated with Islamic Jihad recently distributed a video to social media with documents in which Arabs humiliate Jews under the headline: "Palestinian palm and stone during Ramadan." ''Hamal,'' April 17, 2021</ref> The clips by the racist attackers generated many "likes" by Muslim bigots.<ref>Alexandra Lukesh, Nir (Choco) Cohen, 'A 15-year-old boy was beaten in Jerusalem: "The assailant told me, look how we attacked you yesterday"'. Ynet, May 21, 2021. https://www.ynet.co.il/judaism/article/BkaF1C6LO. ''Police claim dozens of arrests following a wave of attacks on ultra-Orthodox and religious Jews in the middle of Ramadan. But Yedidya Epstein tells Ynet that after being beaten near the police in Jerusalem, his attacker is still at large. "He ran away from them, then he came to me." Police: "Work to locate the suspects in the attacks". Dozens of Arabs arrested on suspicion of assaulting Jews and uploading to Tiktok: Interview with Yedidya 15-year-old friend who was attacked... In a crowded area and close to the police. Pushed, persecuted, beaten and slapped on the road, all as part of what appears to be a network challenge sweeping young people in the Arab sector in the midst of Ramadan: beating Jews, preferably ultra-Orthodox or religious, documenting and sweeping as many "likes" as possible".'' https://www.ynet.co.il/judaism/article/BkaF1C6LO</ref> Some then carried out lynching towards the end of April.<ref>Nir Dvori, TikTok terrorism: The GSS arrested 6 people involved in lynchings of Jews in East Jerusalem. The names of 6 people involved in two lynchings of Jews were published, which took place in East Jerusalem at the end of April. The detainees attacked Jews in two different cases, filmed the attacks and uploaded to the social network. N12. Posted 14:58 14.05.21. https://www.mako.co.il/news-military/2021_q2/Article-06e368e8b9a6971026.htm</ref> | + | ''These videos of attacking Jews, especially ultra-Orthodox [Haredim], are an antisemitic act of Nazi arrival. This is not a prank.'' https://www.israelhayom.co.il/article/872705</ref> In April-17, it was promoted by a channel identified with the "Palestinian" Islamic Jihad.<ref>Tik-tok terrorism continues: Following the distribution of shaming videos posted by Arab residents of East Jerusalem against the ultra-Orthodox on the tik-tok network, a channel affiliated with Islamic Jihad recently distributed a video to social media with documents in which Arabs humiliate Jews under the headline: "Palestinian palm and stone during Ramadan." ''Hamal,'' April 17, 2021</ref> The clips by the racist attackers generated many "likes" by Muslim bigots.<ref>Alexandra Lukesh, Nir (Choco) Cohen, 'A 15-year-old boy was beaten in Jerusalem: "The assailant told me, look how we attacked you yesterday"'. Ynet, May 21, 2021. https://www.ynet.co.il/judaism/article/BkaF1C6LO. ''Police claim dozens of arrests following a wave of attacks on ultra-Orthodox and religious Jews in the middle of Ramadan. But Yedidya Epstein tells Ynet that after being beaten near the police in Jerusalem, his attacker is still at large. "He ran away from them, then he came to me." Police: "Work to locate the suspects in the attacks". Dozens of Arabs arrested on suspicion of assaulting Jews and uploading to Tiktok: Interview with Yedidya 15-year-old friend who was attacked... In a crowded area and close to the police. Pushed, persecuted, beaten and slapped on the road, all as part of what appears to be a network challenge sweeping young people in the Arab sector in the midst of Ramadan: beating Jews, preferably ultra-Orthodox or religious, documenting and sweeping as many "likes" as possible".'' https://www.ynet.co.il/judaism/article/BkaF1C6LO</ref> Some then carried out lynching towards the end of April.<ref>Nir Dvori, TikTok terrorism: The GSS arrested 6 people involved in lynchings of Jews in East Jerusalem. The names of 6 people involved in two lynchings of Jews were published, which took place in East Jerusalem at the end of April. The detainees attacked Jews in two different cases, filmed the attacks and uploaded to the social network. N12. Posted 14:58 14.05.21. https://www.mako.co.il/news-military/2021_q2/Article-06e368e8b9a6971026.htm</ref> |
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| | Eli Rosen, the 27-year-old who was attacked by dozens of young people while walking with his dog in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood ...</i> | | Eli Rosen, the 27-year-old who was attacked by dozens of young people while walking with his dog in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood ...</i> |
| − | *Kan news @kann_news Tweeted ([https://mobile.twitter.com/giladcohenjr/status/1385351932706009093 Apr 24, 2021]):<br><i> "He is a Jew, he is a Jew!": Documentation distributed on Palestinian networks shows young Arabs violently attacking a Jewish man in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem. Police are investigating the incident.</i> | + | *Kan news @kann_news Tweeted ([https://twitter.com/giladcohenjr/status/1385351932706009093 Apr 24, 2021]):<br><i> "He is a Jew, he is a Jew!": Documentation distributed on Palestinian networks shows young Arabs violently attacking a Jewish man in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem. Police are investigating the incident.</i> |
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| | *Yossi Eli @Yossi_eli Tweeted ([https://mobile.twitter.com/Yossi_eli/status/1385892169786011648 Apr 24, 2021]):<br> | | *Yossi Eli @Yossi_eli Tweeted ([https://mobile.twitter.com/Yossi_eli/status/1385892169786011648 Apr 24, 2021]):<br> |
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| | Disturbances in Jerusalem: An innocent trip by an ultra-Orthodox couple, last Saturday night, ended with punches, spitting and kicks. | | Disturbances in Jerusalem: An innocent trip by an ultra-Orthodox couple, last Saturday night, ended with punches, spitting and kicks. |
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| − | At least 53 Arabs were arrested already within 10 days (of the increased wave) on various acts. The wide racist trend was largely ignored<ref>'Haaretz Hides the TikTok Terror'. April 25, 2021. Presspectiva: ''The wave of violence in Jerusalem began on April 15, when a young Arab man from Jerusalem uploaded to Tiktok his documentation of a powerful slap in the face, so to speak, to an ultra-Orthodox boy on the light rail. The trend soon spread and many young Arabs began to upload countless videos in which they were seen attacking police officers, humiliating ultra-Orthodox passers-by and beating them with severe violence. In the online edition, Haaretz devoted a small, secret and marginal article by the reporter on ultra-Orthodox affairs to document the slap in the face that started the wave. Since then, and throughout the countless records of attacks by Jewish passers-by by Arabs, I have not seen any documentation of the phenomenon in Haaretz. Six days later, in response to the flood of videos of ultra-Orthodox attacks, the far-right organization .. decided to march defiantly in the east of the city. Against Arabs in Jerusalem... The next day, his article on the situation in Jerusalem was also published in an English edition of Haaretz, around the world have hidden the reason for the outbreak of the wave of violence - flooding the network with dozens if not hundreds of documents of Jewish attacks by Arabs in Jerusalem. Instead they received a shocking headline... (using) a distinctive Antisemitic term...''</ref> by anti-Jewish Haaretz. (Not merely anti-Israel<ref>Haaretz anti-Jewish - full stop! [Lose, drop that "anti-zionism" mask please] Aug 3, 2020 at 13:28. DP. | + | At least 53 Arabs were arrested already within 10 days (of the increased wave) on various acts. The wide racist trend was largely ignored<ref>'Haaretz Hides the TikTok Terror'. April 25, 2021. Presspectiva: ''The wave of violence in Jerusalem began on April 15, when a young Arab man from Jerusalem uploaded to Tiktok his documentation of a powerful slap in the face, so to speak, to an ultra-Orthodox boy on the light rail. The trend soon spread and many young Arabs began to upload countless videos in which they were seen attacking police officers, humiliating ultra-Orthodox passers-by and beating them with severe violence. In the online edition, Haaretz devoted a small, secret and marginal article by the reporter on ultra-Orthodox affairs to document the slap in the face that started the wave. Since then, and throughout the countless records of attacks by Jewish passers-by by Arabs, I have not seen any documentation of the phenomenon in Haaretz. Six days later, in response to the flood of videos of ultra-Orthodox attacks, the far-right organization .. decided to march defiantly in the east of the city. Against Arabs in Jerusalem... The next day, his article on the situation in Jerusalem was also published in an English edition of Haaretz, around the world have hidden the reason for the outbreak of the wave of violence - flooding the network with dozens if not hundreds of documents of Jewish attacks by Arabs in Jerusalem. Instead they received a shocking headline... (using) a distinctive Antisemitic term...''</ref> by anti-Jewish Haaretz. (Not merely anti-Israel<ref>Haaretz anti-Jewish - full stop! [Lose, drop that "anti-zionism" mask please] Aug 3, 2020 at 13:28. DP. |
| | http://www.danielpipes.org/comments/259818</ref> who is also apologetic for Arab rerror and has a twisted narrative in racism.<ref>"Haaretz - pro Arab terror- disastrously unreliable, pushing Anti-Jewish racism", Aug 3, 2020. | | http://www.danielpipes.org/comments/259818</ref> who is also apologetic for Arab rerror and has a twisted narrative in racism.<ref>"Haaretz - pro Arab terror- disastrously unreliable, pushing Anti-Jewish racism", Aug 3, 2020. |
| | http://www.danielpipes.org/comments/259808</ref>). | | http://www.danielpipes.org/comments/259808</ref>). |
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| | The Arab Israelis that attacked Rabbi Mali in Jaffa were known antisemitic nationalists, yet the police prosecutor failed to note the racial motive behind the attack. | | The Arab Israelis that attacked Rabbi Mali in Jaffa were known antisemitic nationalists, yet the police prosecutor failed to note the racial motive behind the attack. |
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| − | R. Eliyahu Mali is a resident of Jaffa and the head of Shirat Moshe Hesder Yeshiv in the city. Around six months ago, he and a colleague were violently assaulted when two Arabs began to kick, curse, and threaten them in broad daylight. In their resourcefulness, Mali's colleague documented the incident, something that resulted in his hospitalization. These were the days leading up to the riots of May 2021, and the images were widely distributed and resulted in a public outcry. | + | R. Eliyahu Mali is a resident of Jaffa and the head of Shirat Moshe Hesder Yeshiv in the city. Around six months ago, he and a colleague were violently assaulted when two Arabs began to kick, curse, and threaten them in broad daylight. In their resourcefulness, Mali's colleague documented the incident, something that resulted in his hospitalization. These were the days leading up to the riots of May 2021, and the images were widely distributed and resulted in a public outcry. |
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| | This week, the sense of shock grew following reports of the plea deal reached with the attackers, Ahmed and Mahmoud Garbua. In return for their confession, a ridiculous plea deal was signed that will see them sentenced to between five and nine months of community service. It is absolutely insane that the Israeli Police Prosecution and Tel Aviv Magistrate Court Judge Roy Perry both signed off on this agreement. | | This week, the sense of shock grew following reports of the plea deal reached with the attackers, Ahmed and Mahmoud Garbua. In return for their confession, a ridiculous plea deal was signed that will see them sentenced to between five and nine months of community service. It is absolutely insane that the Israeli Police Prosecution and Tel Aviv Magistrate Court Judge Roy Perry both signed off on this agreement. |
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| | These disturbing scenes are reminiscent of darker times in Jewish history, when we were powerless at the hands of our non-Jewish neighbors. | | These disturbing scenes are reminiscent of darker times in Jewish history, when we were powerless at the hands of our non-Jewish neighbors. |
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| − | May 11, 2021, was a watershed for Jewish-Arab relations in Israel, especially in my hometown of Acre. On that day, hundreds of Arab residents took to the streets, motivated by their hatred of Jews. They sought to murder, burn and destroy. These scenes were repeated in mixed cities throughout the country, such as Ramle and Lod. Living in Acre, I honestly feared for my life, as well of those of my family and friends. | + | May 11, 2021, was a watershed for Jewish-Arab relations in Israel, especially in my hometown of Acre. On that day, hundreds of Arab residents took to the streets, motivated by their hatred of Jews. They sought to murder, burn and destroy. These scenes were repeated in mixed cities throughout the country, such as Ramle and Lod. Living in Acre, I honestly feared for my life, as well of those of my family and friends. |
| | [https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/israels-mixed-cities-are-on-fire-heres-how-put-out-the-flames-668599] | | [https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/israels-mixed-cities-are-on-fire-heres-how-put-out-the-flames-668599] |
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| − | In Acre, after four days of rioting, more than 60 Jewish-owned businesses were burned, destroyed or looted. [https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/right-wing-rioters-smash-windows-of-arab-owned-businesses-in-bat-yam-667993] Three Jews were lynched by Arab mobs in the city center. A year later, they continue to suffer severe disabilities and require serious medical care. For four full days, the police and the authorities did not step in to quell the looting and lawlessness. | + | In Acre, after four days of rioting, more than 60 Jewish-owned businesses were burned, destroyed or looted. [https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/right-wing-rioters-smash-windows-of-arab-owned-businesses-in-bat-yam-667993] Three Jews were lynched by Arab mobs in the city center. A year later, they continue to suffer severe disabilities and require serious medical care. For four full days, the police and the authorities did not step in to quell the looting and lawlessness. |
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| | The terrorists that took to the streets also targeted Jewish-owned hotels and hostels, while Jews hid inside. Trapped in one burning building was acclaimed Israeli aerospace scientist Avi Har-Even, 85, who later succumbed to his wounds. Har-Even had previously been awarded the prestigious Israel Defense Prize for his working in developing life-saving security technologies. | | The terrorists that took to the streets also targeted Jewish-owned hotels and hostels, while Jews hid inside. Trapped in one burning building was acclaimed Israeli aerospace scientist Avi Har-Even, 85, who later succumbed to his wounds. Har-Even had previously been awarded the prestigious Israel Defense Prize for his working in developing life-saving security technologies. |
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| | From the description of his "experiences" in the place: "These, the settlers, smell their scent from a thousand kilometers away."</ref> "They are not human," the racist Arab says there.<ref>[https://www.bhol.co.il/news/1209881 An Arab blogger from East Jerusalem walks around the Western Wall and documents himself: "One smells their scent"], Yanki Farber, Avi Gdlovich, Bhol, 6 Iyar 5781 18/04/2021. | | From the description of his "experiences" in the place: "These, the settlers, smell their scent from a thousand kilometers away."</ref> "They are not human," the racist Arab says there.<ref>[https://www.bhol.co.il/news/1209881 An Arab blogger from East Jerusalem walks around the Western Wall and documents himself: "One smells their scent"], Yanki Farber, Avi Gdlovich, Bhol, 6 Iyar 5781 18/04/2021. |
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| − | Two Palestinians documented themselves in an antisemitic show at the Western Wall and posted it on the popular YouTube account they own. Following the publication of the documentation by Omri Haim of KAN 11, the video disappeared from their YouTube account. "We have entered the most dangerous place occupied by the Jews!" | Shocking documentation. | + | Two Palestinians documented themselves in an antisemitic show at the Western Wall and posted it on the popular YouTube account they own. Following the publication of the documentation by Omri Haim of KAN 11, the video disappeared from their YouTube account. "We have entered the most dangerous place occupied by the Jews!" | Shocking documentation. |
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| | Against the background of recent documentation showing Palestinians behaving violently and racistly against ultra-Orthodox people on the streets of Jerusalem, very disturbing documentation was recently published from the Western Wall. | | Against the background of recent documentation showing Palestinians behaving violently and racistly against ultra-Orthodox people on the streets of Jerusalem, very disturbing documentation was recently published from the Western Wall. |
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| − | The two Palestinians who walked around the Western Wall posted the documentation on YouTube, but after the publication of the documentation by Omri Haim wrote in the Arab desk here 11, the video disappeared from their YouTube account. "We have entered the most dangerous place occupied by the Jews!" This is the title given by the East Jerusalem Arab blogger, Saleh Zirari, to a 9-minute video he uploaded to his YouTube page in which he documented himself and his friend touring the Western Wall plaza. From the description of his "experiences" in the place: "These, the settlers, smell their scent from a thousand kilometers away." | + | The two Palestinians who walked around the Western Wall posted the documentation on YouTube, but after the publication of the documentation by Omri Haim wrote in the Arab desk here 11, the video disappeared from their YouTube account. "We have entered the most dangerous place occupied by the Jews!" This is the title given by the East Jerusalem Arab blogger, Saleh Zirari, to a 9-minute video he uploaded to his YouTube page in which he documented himself and his friend touring the Western Wall plaza. From the description of his "experiences" in the place: "These, the settlers, smell their scent from a thousand kilometers away." |
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| − | Following the publication of the video in KAN News, in which the racist remarks of the Arab-Jerusalem blogger Saleh Zirari against Jews praying at the Western Wall were presented, B'Tsalmo turned to the ombudsman to open an investigation into the case and prosecute the creator of the video for racism and attempted harm. In feelings of religion. " | + | Following the publication of the video in KAN News, in which the racist remarks of the Arab-Jerusalem blogger Saleh Zirari against Jews praying at the Western Wall were presented, B'Tsalmo turned to the ombudsman to open an investigation into the case and prosecute the creator of the video for racism and attempted harm. In feelings of religion. " |
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| − | In her face it was said: An Arab blogger who is a network star living in East Jerusalem named Saleh Zirari who chooses to come to the Western Wall and harm the Jewish people. During his tour of the Western Wall, he uploads a live video to more than one hundred thousand of his followers in which he is heard saying and I quote "These, the settlers, smell their scent from a thousand kilometers away." | + | In her face it was said: An Arab blogger who is a network star living in East Jerusalem named Saleh Zirari who chooses to come to the Western Wall and harm the Jewish people. During his tour of the Western Wall, he uploads a live video to more than one hundred thousand of his followers in which he is heard saying and I quote "These, the settlers, smell their scent from a thousand kilometers away." |
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| | Goes on to say "they are not people", then he goes on to say "leave no matter" and goes on "I do not want YouTube to remove our video because of inappropriate words or swearing" | | Goes on to say "they are not people", then he goes on to say "leave no matter" and goes on "I do not want YouTube to remove our video because of inappropriate words or swearing" |
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| − | The video was uploaded to YouTube and received over a hundred thousand views, in addition it hints that the Jews are violent and indicates that they entered the most dangerous place for the Palestinians. With the intention of course that the worshipers can harm him. | + | The video was uploaded to YouTube and received over a hundred thousand views, in addition it hints that the Jews are violent and indicates that they entered the most dangerous place for the Palestinians. With the intention of course that the worshipers can harm him. |
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| | A “Life” magazine photojournalist rekindles the 1948 Arab destruction of the city’s Jewish Quarter, along with the eviction of its residents. | | A “Life” magazine photojournalist rekindles the 1948 Arab destruction of the city’s Jewish Quarter, along with the eviction of its residents. |
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| − | Not only is it a dramatic firsthand account of the fall of the Jewish Quarter in 1948, but it documents the Arab Legion’s scorched-earth tactics that razed and burned to the ground every structure there, including all its synagogues and yeshivahs. The Arabs expelled all of the city’s residents, mainly defenseless, old Orthodox Jews. They were given about an hour to vacate homes that most extended families had lived in for centuries.</blockquote></ref> | + | Not only is it a dramatic firsthand account of the fall of the Jewish Quarter in 1948, but it documents the Arab Legion’s scorched-earth tactics that razed and burned to the ground every structure there, including all its synagogues and yeshivahs. The Arabs expelled all of the city’s residents, mainly defenseless, old Orthodox Jews. They were given about an hour to vacate homes that most extended families had lived in for centuries.</blockquote></ref> |
| − | The [[Jordan]]ian commander, Abdullah el-Tal, boasted to his superiors:<ref>Hadoar, Vol. 81. Iss. 19. ha-Do'ar Association, 2002. [https://books.google.com/books?id=LgfzAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22%D7%9C%D7%90+%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%A8%22 p. 10].</ref><ref>Alan Balfour, "The Walls of Jerusalem: Preserving the Past, Controlling the Future," (John Wiley & Sons, 2019), [https://books.google.com/books?id=D7p9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA142 p. 142].<blockquote> | + | The [[Jordan]]ian commander, Abdullah el-Tal, boasted to his superiors:<ref>Hadoar, Vol. 81. Iss. 19. ha-Do'ar Association, 2002. [https://books.google.com/books?id=LgfzAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22%D7%9C%D7%90+%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%A8%22 p. 10].</ref><ref>Alan Balfour, "The Walls of Jerusalem: Preserving the Past, Controlling the Future," (John Wiley & Sons, 2019), [https://books.google.com/books?id=D7p9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA142 p. 142].<blockquote> |
| − | An estimated 2000 Jews remained in the old city during the conflict and every man woman and child who had lived in peace with their Arab neighbors for centuries were driven out into the new Israel. (At the end of the conflict more than 10 000 Jews had been forced to evacuate from Arab held areas.. Col. el-Tell... he is quoted as saying the systematic demolition inflicted merciless terror in the hearts of the Jews, killing both fighters and civilians... For the first time in 1,000 years not a single Jew remains in the Jewish Quarter. Not a single building remains intact. This makes the Jews' return here impossible.</blockquote></ref><ref>Benjamin Pogrund, "Drawing Fire: Investigating the Accusations of Apartheid in Israel," (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014), [https://books.google.com/books?id=KOgLBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA257 p. 257].</ref> | + | An estimated 2000 Jews remained in the old city during the conflict and every man woman and child who had lived in peace with their Arab neighbors for centuries were driven out into the new Israel. (At the end of the conflict more than 10 000 Jews had been forced to evacuate from Arab held areas.. Col. el-Tell... he is quoted as saying the systematic demolition inflicted merciless terror in the hearts of the Jews, killing both fighters and civilians... For the first time in 1,000 years not a single Jew remains in the Jewish Quarter. Not a single building remains intact. This makes the Jews' return here impossible.</blockquote></ref><ref>Benjamin Pogrund, "Drawing Fire: Investigating the Accusations of Apartheid in Israel," (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014), [https://books.google.com/books?id=KOgLBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA257 p. 257].</ref> |
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| − | [[File:Time_100.JPG|left|thumb|el-Kurd: Jihadi propagandists, Arabs inside democratic Israel, stabbing it in the back, using real estate dispute in demonizing. Appearing on Time mag. 2021. Murderer Mughrabi is Muna El Kurd's "role model." One of her removed posts featured a picture of Hitler.<ref name=jpost-elkurd-fb/> Muhammed El-Kurd has expressed anti-US sentiments, calling the US military a "murderous terrorist organization" and expressed his hope that US troops' "PTSD never heal."<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/international/mohammed-al-kurd-becomes-the-palestine-correspondent-for-the-nation-679638 Mohammed el-Kurd becomes the Palestine Correspondent for The Nation], Jerusalem Post Staff, September 17, 2021</ref>]] | + | [[File:Time_100.JPG|left|thumb|el-Kurd: Jihadi propagandists, Arabs inside democratic Israel, stabbing it in the back, using real estate dispute in demonizing. Appearing on Time mag. 2021. Murderer Mughrabi is Muna El Kurd's "role model." One of her removed posts featured a picture of Hitler.<ref name=jpost-elkurd-fb/> Muhammed El-Kurd has expressed anti-US sentiments, calling the US military a "murderous terrorist organization" and expressed his hope that US troops' "PTSD never heal."<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/international/mohammed-al-kurd-becomes-the-palestine-correspondent-for-the-nation-679638 Mohammed el-Kurd becomes the Palestine Correspondent for The Nation], Jerusalem Post Staff, September 17, 2021</ref>]] |
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| | [[File:Muna-hitler.png|left|thumb|Muna El-Kurd apparent Hitler fan.<ref name=ic-elkurd/>]] | | [[File:Muna-hitler.png|left|thumb|Muna El-Kurd apparent Hitler fan.<ref name=ic-elkurd/>]] |
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| | Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood's Arab ''activist'''s role model is Dalal Mughrabi - terrorist murderer at most lethal terror attack in Israel’s history, known as the ''Coastal Road massacre'', in 1978. She and other Fatah terrorists hijacked a bus on Israel's Coastal Highway and murdered 37 of the civilian passengers, 12 of them children, while wounding over 70. | | Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood's Arab ''activist'''s role model is Dalal Mughrabi - terrorist murderer at most lethal terror attack in Israel’s history, known as the ''Coastal Road massacre'', in 1978. She and other Fatah terrorists hijacked a bus on Israel's Coastal Highway and murdered 37 of the civilian passengers, 12 of them children, while wounding over 70. |
| − | The [[Fatah]] issued her a congratulatory message: "May you live as a rebel defending our Jerusalem, like your role model Dalal Mughrabi."<ref>[https://palwatch.org/page/23905 Jerusalem Arab activist’s role model is terrorist murderer of 37], Nan Jacques Zilberdik, PMW, Jun 8, 2021. | + | The [[Fatah]] issued her a congratulatory message: "May you live as a rebel defending our Jerusalem, like your role model Dalal Mughrabi."<ref>[https://palwatch.org/page/23905 Jerusalem Arab activist’s role model is terrorist murderer of 37], Nan Jacques Zilberdik, PMW, Jun 8, 2021. |
| | ''Activist's phone is decorated with an image of terrorist Dalal Mughrabi who led the murder of 37, 12 of them children. Fatah: "May you live as a rebel defending our Jerusalem, like your role model Dalal Mughrabi."''</ref> | | ''Activist's phone is decorated with an image of terrorist Dalal Mughrabi who led the murder of 37, 12 of them children. Fatah: "May you live as a rebel defending our Jerusalem, like your role model Dalal Mughrabi."''</ref> |
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| | According to her social media posts, Mughrabi is El Kurd’s “role model.” A recently posted photo by Palestinian political party Fatah also featured El Kurd with her Dalal Mughbrai phone cover, taking a selfie. The caption praised both El Kurd and Mughrabi explicitly. Yet when this post was reported, Facebook first refused to remove it, and only after several days was it finally taken down, with no additional explanation or update provided. | | According to her social media posts, Mughrabi is El Kurd’s “role model.” A recently posted photo by Palestinian political party Fatah also featured El Kurd with her Dalal Mughbrai phone cover, taking a selfie. The caption praised both El Kurd and Mughrabi explicitly. Yet when this post was reported, Facebook first refused to remove it, and only after several days was it finally taken down, with no additional explanation or update provided. |
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| − | Muna El Kurd, the Sheikh Jarrah activist who’s made international headlines with her brother, had at least five posts removed within the span of two weeks, according to updates received from Facebook. One of El Kurd’s removed posts featured a picture of Hitler, and at least four of her posts featured the glorification of Dalal Mughrabi, a Palestinian terrorist responsible for the death of 38 Israelis, including 13 children, in the Coastal Road massacre.</ref> | + | Muna El Kurd, the Sheikh Jarrah activist who’s made international headlines with her brother, had at least five posts removed within the span of two weeks, according to updates received from Facebook. One of El Kurd’s removed posts featured a picture of Hitler, and at least four of her posts featured the glorification of Dalal Mughrabi, a Palestinian terrorist responsible for the death of 38 Israelis, including 13 children, in the Coastal Road massacre.</ref> |
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| | According to her social media posts, Mughrabi is El Kurd’s “role model.” A recently posted photo by Palestinian political party Fatah also featured El Kurd with her Dalal Mughbrai phone cover, taking a selfie. The caption praised both El Kurd and Mughrabi explicitly. Yet when this post was reported, Facebook first refused to remove it, and only after several days was it finally taken down, with no additional explanation or update provided. | | According to her social media posts, Mughrabi is El Kurd’s “role model.” A recently posted photo by Palestinian political party Fatah also featured El Kurd with her Dalal Mughbrai phone cover, taking a selfie. The caption praised both El Kurd and Mughrabi explicitly. Yet when this post was reported, Facebook first refused to remove it, and only after several days was it finally taken down, with no additional explanation or update provided. |
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| − | Muna El Kurd, the Sheikh Jarrah activist who’s made international headlines with her brother, had at least five posts removed within the span of two weeks, according to updates received from Facebook. One of El Kurd’s removed posts featured a picture of Hitler, and at least four of her posts featured the glorification of Dalal Mughrabi, a Palestinian terrorist responsible for the death of 38 Israelis, including 13 children, in the Coastal Road massacre.</blockquote> | + | Muna El Kurd, the Sheikh Jarrah activist who’s made international headlines with her brother, had at least five posts removed within the span of two weeks, according to updates received from Facebook. One of El Kurd’s removed posts featured a picture of Hitler, and at least four of her posts featured the glorification of Dalal Mughrabi, a Palestinian terrorist responsible for the death of 38 Israelis, including 13 children, in the Coastal Road massacre.</blockquote> |
| | Muna elkurd seems to be something of a Hitler fan.<ref name=ic-elkurd>[https://www.israellycool.com/2021/07/04/palestinian-arab-poster-boy-mohammed-el-kurds-jew-hatred-comes-to-the-fore/ Palestinian Arab ‘Poster Boy’ Mohammed El-Kurd’s Jew Hatred Comes to the Fore], IC, Jul 4, 2021. [https://algulf.net/2021/07/04/palestinian-arab-poster-boy-mohammed-el-kurds-jew-hate-emerges] | | Muna elkurd seems to be something of a Hitler fan.<ref name=ic-elkurd>[https://www.israellycool.com/2021/07/04/palestinian-arab-poster-boy-mohammed-el-kurds-jew-hatred-comes-to-the-fore/ Palestinian Arab ‘Poster Boy’ Mohammed El-Kurd’s Jew Hatred Comes to the Fore], IC, Jul 4, 2021. [https://algulf.net/2021/07/04/palestinian-arab-poster-boy-mohammed-el-kurds-jew-hate-emerges] |
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| − | Meanwhile, in order not to be left behind, twin Muna has been discovered to be a bit of a Hitler fan herself: [Muna Nabeel Elkurd posted the image from | + | Meanwhile, in order not to be left behind, twin Muna has been discovered to be a bit of a Hitler fan herself: [Muna Nabeel Elkurd posted the image from |
| | 'The Hitler Gang,' on 12 December, 2018]</blockquote></ref> | | 'The Hitler Gang,' on 12 December, 2018]</blockquote></ref> |
| | Muhammed Elkurd aside, from glorifying terrorism, he's been spreading fake "stories"<ref name=canary-elkurd>[https://canarymission.org/individual/Mohammed_El-Kurd Mohammed El-Kurd - Canary Mission] | | Muhammed Elkurd aside, from glorifying terrorism, he's been spreading fake "stories"<ref name=canary-elkurd>[https://canarymission.org/individual/Mohammed_El-Kurd Mohammed El-Kurd - Canary Mission] |
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| | https://t.co/9KrVlgQQuR</ref> and ethnic cleansing, and believes all Israelis are terrorists,<ref>Jonathan Michanie & Zac Schildcrout, "[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/the-medias-dangerous-embrace-of-mohammed-el-kurd The media's dangerous embrace of Mohammed el-Kurd]", Washington Examiner, October 6, 2021. | | https://t.co/9KrVlgQQuR</ref> and ethnic cleansing, and believes all Israelis are terrorists,<ref>Jonathan Michanie & Zac Schildcrout, "[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/the-medias-dangerous-embrace-of-mohammed-el-kurd The media's dangerous embrace of Mohammed el-Kurd]", Washington Examiner, October 6, 2021. |
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| − | El Kurd has glorified the Intifada, has supported terrorism and ethnic cleansing, and believes all Israelis are terrorists - why is his dangerous and hateful rhetoric being elevated?</blockquote></ref> spread incitement and whitewashed the Hamas terrorist organization. <ref name=canary-elkurd/><blockquote>El-Kurd has also spread hatred of America and Israel, demonized Zionists and promoted hatred of the police. | + | El Kurd has glorified the Intifada, has supported terrorism and ethnic cleansing, and believes all Israelis are terrorists - why is his dangerous and hateful rhetoric being elevated?</blockquote></ref> spread incitement and whitewashed the Hamas terrorist organization. <ref name=canary-elkurd/><blockquote>El-Kurd has also spread hatred of America and Israel, demonized Zionists and promoted hatred of the police. |
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| − | In 2021, El-Kurd spread misinformation about Israel during interviews on major U.S. television networks CNN and MSNBC, as well as on social media... | + | In 2021, El-Kurd spread misinformation about Israel during interviews on major U.S. television networks CNN and MSNBC, as well as on social media... |
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| − | El-Kurd retweeted a May 19, 2021 tweet that quoted Kwame Ture: "The United States is the greatest de-humanizer in the world, and Israel is nothing but a finger of the United States of America. It de-humanizes all over the world, and our fight today is a fight for humanity." | + | El-Kurd retweeted a May 19, 2021 tweet that quoted Kwame Ture: "The United States is the greatest de-humanizer in the world, and Israel is nothing but a finger of the United States of America. It de-humanizes all over the world, and our fight today is a fight for humanity." |
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| − | Kwame Ture, otherwise known as Stokely Carmichael, was an organizer in the U.S. Civil Rights movement, “Honorary Prime Minister" of the Black Panther Party (BPP) and an advocate for revolutionary socialist Pan-Africanism. Ture reportedly said "I have never admired a white man, but the greatest of them, to my mind, was Hitler." ... | + | Kwame Ture, otherwise known as Stokely Carmichael, was an organizer in the U.S. Civil Rights movement, “Honorary Prime Minister" of the Black Panther Party (BPP) and an advocate for revolutionary socialist Pan-Africanism. Ture reportedly said "I have never admired a white man, but the greatest of them, to my mind, was Hitler." ... |
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| − | On May 16, 2021, El-Kurd also tweeted: “While settlers can drive into a crowd of Palestinians have full backing and support by police, Palestinians are killed extrajudicially. #ApartheidIsrael" | + | On May 16, 2021, El-Kurd also tweeted: “While settlers can drive into a crowd of Palestinians have full backing and support by police, Palestinians are killed extrajudicially. #ApartheidIsrael" |
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| − | On May 10, 2021, Palestinian rioters threw stones at an Israeli vehicle, injuring the Jewish driver who then lost control of his car and swerved off the road, hitting several people.
| + | On May 10, 2021, Palestinian rioters threw stones at an Israeli vehicle, injuring the Jewish driver who then lost control of his car and swerved off the road, hitting several people. |
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| − | Rioters continued to pelt the driver with stones and approached the vehicle, attempting to attack the driver, before an Israeli police officer arrived at the scene and fired warning shots to disperse the mob.
| + | Rioters continued to pelt the driver with stones and approached the vehicle, attempting to attack the driver, before an Israeli police officer arrived at the scene and fired warning shots to disperse the mob. |
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| − | On May 16, 2021, El-Kurd posted on Twitter: “The IOF shot & reportedly killed a man after his car crashed into a police car in Sheikh Jarrah. We expect increased police brutality & isolation from the city as the blockade of the neighborhood continues. Watch militarized police aim to shoot the press attempting to film."
| + | On May 16, 2021, El-Kurd posted on Twitter: “The IOF shot & reportedly killed a man after his car crashed into a police car in Sheikh Jarrah. We expect increased police brutality & isolation from the city as the blockade of the neighborhood continues. Watch militarized police aim to shoot the press attempting to film." |
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| − | On May 16, 2021, a Palestinian driver rammed his car into a temporary police roadblock in Sheikh Jarrah, injuring seven Israeli officers. The attack was captured on video. | + | On May 16, 2021, a Palestinian driver rammed his car into a temporary police roadblock in Sheikh Jarrah, injuring seven Israeli officers. The attack was captured on video. |
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| − | El-Kurd included in his Twitter post a video of the car-ramming that was edited to misrepresent the event. | + | El-Kurd included in his Twitter post a video of the car-ramming that was edited to misrepresent the event. |
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| − | On May 19, 2021, El-Kurd tweeted: “Even if ‘Hamas sent a 7yo girl to the border’—which it didn’t, & that’s only believable to those who are deeply racist—a fascist murderous terrorist IOF pig pulled the trigger and killed that girl, not Hamas. This is a pervert’s ‘she was asking for it’ argument."
| + | On May 19, 2021, El-Kurd tweeted: “Even if ‘Hamas sent a 7yo girl to the border’—which it didn’t, & that’s only believable to those who are deeply racist—a fascist murderous terrorist IOF pig pulled the trigger and killed that girl, not Hamas. This is a pervert’s ‘she was asking for it’ argument." |
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| − | El-Kurd’s tweet was responding to one of his own, a few minutes earlier, which included CNN video reporting [00:00:19] on Hamas sending a costumed 7 year-old girl to the Gaza border fence in March 2018. | + | El-Kurd’s tweet was responding to one of his own, a few minutes earlier, which included CNN video reporting [00:00:19] on Hamas sending a costumed 7 year-old girl to the Gaza border fence in March 2018. |
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| − | Contrary to El-Kurd’s claim that the girl was killed, Israeli forces returned the child safely to her parents. | + | Contrary to El-Kurd’s claim that the girl was killed, Israeli forces returned the child safely to her parents. |
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| − | On May 24, 2021, El-Kurd featured in a Democracy Now! Video posted to YouTube saying [00:02:35] Israel was “senselessly carpet bombing a strip where people, two million people, are besieged." | + | On May 24, 2021, El-Kurd featured in a Democracy Now! Video posted to YouTube saying [00:02:35] Israel was “senselessly carpet bombing a strip where people, two million people, are besieged." |
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| − | During OGW, Israel used targeted strikes on terrorist targets and did not carry out a "carpet bombs of Gaza."</blockquote> | + | During OGW, Israel used targeted strikes on terrorist targets and did not carry out a "carpet bombs of Gaza."</blockquote> |
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| − | El-Kurd and his sister Muna live in one of these properties in the neighborhood of Shimon Hatzaddik/Sheikh Jarrah, and both were arrested for participating in violent protests essentially calling for the ethnic cleansing of Jews from the area. <i> | + | El-Kurd and his sister Muna live in one of these properties in the neighborhood of Shimon Hatzaddik/Sheikh Jarrah, and both were arrested for participating in violent protests essentially calling for the ethnic cleansing of Jews from the area. <i> |
| − | Furthermore, while El-Kurd’s claim to fame is that he “reports” on happenings in Jerusalem, he often simply disseminates lies. On May 10, for instance, El-Kurd posted a video to Twitter that he claimed proved Israelis were “readying themselves” to “invade” the Al-Aqsa Mosque. | + | Furthermore, while El-Kurd’s claim to fame is that he “reports” on happenings in Jerusalem, he often simply disseminates lies. On May 10, for instance, El-Kurd posted a video to Twitter that he claimed proved Israelis were “readying themselves” to “invade” the Al-Aqsa Mosque. |
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| | But the clip actually showed Jews praying at the Western Wall. | | But the clip actually showed Jews praying at the Western Wall. |
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| − | El-Kurd also spread a fake story about a stabbing attack by “settlers.”</i><ref>Akiva Van Koningsveld, [https://honestreporting.com/the-financial-times-next-generation-palestinian-activist-israel-is-a-child-killing-entity/ The Financial Times’ Next-generation Palestinian Activist: ‘Israel is a Child Killing Entity’], HR, July 15, 2021 | + | El-Kurd also spread a fake story about a stabbing attack by “settlers.”</i><ref>Akiva Van Koningsveld, [https://honestreporting.com/the-financial-times-next-generation-palestinian-activist-israel-is-a-child-killing-entity/ The Financial Times’ Next-generation Palestinian Activist: ‘Israel is a Child Killing Entity’], HR, July 15, 2021 |
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| − | ... The piece mainly focuses on Mohammed el-Kurd, a writer who has denounced Jewish Israelis who are seeking to reclaim ownership of properties in the eastern part of Jerusalem that were confiscated from them or their families between 1948 and 1967 when Jordan occupied the West Bank, including the holy city. | + | ... The piece mainly focuses on Mohammed el-Kurd, a writer who has denounced Jewish Israelis who are seeking to reclaim ownership of properties in the eastern part of Jerusalem that were confiscated from them or their families between 1948 and 1967 when Jordan occupied the West Bank, including the holy city. |
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| − | El-Kurd and his sister Muna live in one of these properties in the neighborhood of Shimon Hatzaddik/Sheikh Jarrah, and both were recently arrested for participating in violent protests essentially calling for the ethnic cleansing of Jews from the area. That, in and of itself, is revealing — and, indeed, el-Kurd is seemingly an antisemite who in reality works to preclude the possibility of enhanced coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians... | + | El-Kurd and his sister Muna live in one of these properties in the neighborhood of Shimon Hatzaddik/Sheikh Jarrah, and both were recently arrested for participating in violent protests essentially calling for the ethnic cleansing of Jews from the area. That, in and of itself, is revealing — and, indeed, el-Kurd is seemingly an antisemite who in reality works to preclude the possibility of enhanced coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians... |
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| − | Furthermore, while El-Kurd’s claim to fame is that he “reports” on happenings in Jerusalem, he often simply disseminates lies. On May 10, for instance, El-Kurd posted a video to Twitter that he claimed proved Israelis were “readying themselves” to “invade” the Al-Aqsa Mosque. | + | Furthermore, while El-Kurd’s claim to fame is that he “reports” on happenings in Jerusalem, he often simply disseminates lies. On May 10, for instance, El-Kurd posted a video to Twitter that he claimed proved Israelis were “readying themselves” to “invade” the Al-Aqsa Mosque. |
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| − | * At the same time, fearing violence in Al Aqsa Mosque (Temple Mount are), Israel restricted quota of massive Muslim prayers, (usually by limiting youngsters), and this restriction was used for violence against Israeli police.<ref>A Tense Night in Jerusalem. 64 Were Injured in Clashes Between the Police and Rioters in the Nablus Gate. May 9, 2021. https://m.maariv.co.il/amp/news/military/Article-839071</ref> Local Islamist influencers hyped incitement.<ref name=inn-may14>"[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/306241 Deputy leader of northern branch of Islamic Movement arrested."] Shin Bet says Kamal Al-Khatib used his public status to stir up riots on Temple Mount and continued to do so despite warnings to stop. INN, May 14, 2021.</ref> April–May: Agitated also by Hamas and even Jordan and "moderate" Fatah, '' "Demonstrators called for 'blood and fire to defend al Aqsa' and for Iran to 'bomb Tel Aviv,' but they voiced no slogans about the establishment of a Palestinian state or Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine." ''<ref>'Who Is Behind the Disturbances in Jerusalem?' Pinhas Inbari, JCPA, May 11, 2021. https://jcpa.org/who-is-behind-the-disturbances-in-jerusalem/</ref> The powerful libel of 'Al-Aqsa in danger' since the time of [[Haj Amin al-Husseini]] (whose propaganda in the 1920s included disseminating fake made up photomontage of a Zionist flag supposedly flying over it<ref>Bitzaron, Volumes 55-56. pp. 77-78, 1966. Chaviv Canaan, "The Mufti's War on the Jews"... ''For a week before the day of the eruption, photographs of Omar Mosque with a Zionist flag on its turret. It was a fake photomontage he needed to prove to the ignorant masses that Haj Amin's struggle against the Jews' attempts to take over the mosque was right...'' http://nextweb.lib.ohio-state.edu/projects/hebrew-lexicon/99995-files/99995081/99995081-266/99995081-266.pdf</ref>), has been revived.<ref>Dr. Einat Wilf (@EinatWilf) Tweeted: Palestinians have used the libel of 'Al-Aqsa in danger' since the time of Haj Amin al-Husseini, who recognised the libel's power to turn a local conflict into a regional, religious, and even global one. Read this historical context by Shany Mor @ShMMor: | + | * At the same time, fearing violence in Al Aqsa Mosque (Temple Mount are), Israel restricted quota of massive Muslim prayers, (usually by limiting youngsters), and this restriction was used for violence against Israeli police.<ref>A Tense Night in Jerusalem. 64 Were Injured in Clashes Between the Police and Rioters in the Nablus Gate. May 9, 2021. https://m.maariv.co.il/amp/news/military/Article-839071</ref> Local Islamist influencers hyped incitement.<ref name=inn-may14>"[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/306241 Deputy leader of northern branch of Islamic Movement arrested."] Shin Bet says Kamal Al-Khatib used his public status to stir up riots on Temple Mount and continued to do so despite warnings to stop. INN, May 14, 2021.</ref> April–May: Agitated also by Hamas and even Jordan and "moderate" Fatah, '' "Demonstrators called for 'blood and fire to defend al Aqsa' and for Iran to 'bomb Tel Aviv,' but they voiced no slogans about the establishment of a Palestinian state or Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine." ''<ref>'Who Is Behind the Disturbances in Jerusalem?' Pinhas Inbari, JCPA, May 11, 2021. https://jcpa.org/who-is-behind-the-disturbances-in-jerusalem/</ref> The powerful libel of 'Al-Aqsa in danger' since the time of [[Haj Amin al-Husseini]] (whose propaganda in the 1920s included disseminating fake made up photomontage of a Zionist flag supposedly flying over it<ref>Bitzaron, Volumes 55-56. pp. 77-78, 1966. Chaviv Canaan, "The Mufti's War on the Jews"... ''For a week before the day of the eruption, photographs of Omar Mosque with a Zionist flag on its turret. It was a fake photomontage he needed to prove to the ignorant masses that Haj Amin's struggle against the Jews' attempts to take over the mosque was right...'' http://nextweb.lib.ohio-state.edu/projects/hebrew-lexicon/99995-files/99995081/99995081-266/99995081-266.pdf</ref>), has been revived.<ref>Dr. Einat Wilf (@EinatWilf) Tweeted: Palestinians have used the libel of 'Al-Aqsa in danger' since the time of Haj Amin al-Husseini, who recognised the libel's power to turn a local conflict into a regional, religious, and even global one. Read this historical context by Shany Mor @ShMMor: |
| | https://t.co/oazvASlyHT [https://twitter.com/EinatWilf/status/1394268030213951494?s=20 May 17, 2021]</ref> Prominent Arab politician, [[Knesset]] member Ayman Odeh expressed hope the violence spreads to a full Intifadah.<ref>MK Odeh: Hope for the Intifada. In a Facebook post, the chairman of the joint list wrote that he hoped that the struggle in Jerusalem would lead to an acute escalation. Dalit Halevi - Channel 7. April 26, 2021. https://www.inn.co.il/news/490645</ref> In the midst of the Arab riots, Ayman Odeh even interviewed with a [[Hezbollah]] supporter channel and has justified the Arab riots.<ref>Ayman Odeh's outrageous interview with a Hezbollah supporter channel. While the State of Israel is facing a riot, there are those who refuel the TV stations and social networks. Watch Ayman Odeh interview with Al-Mayadeen TV, known as a Hezbollah supporter. Achikam Himelfarb. 11 Sivan 5781 (22 May 2021). [https://www.20il.co.il/%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%90%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F-%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%9D-%D7%A9%D7%9C-%D7%90%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%9F-%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%93%D7%94-%D7%9C%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A5-%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9E/ Channel 20] On May 10, 2121, about a week and a half ago, MK Ayman Odeh, chairman of the 'joint list,' was interviewed in Al-Mayadeen channel. This channel, which is a mouthpiece for Hezbollah and the Iranian regime... Odeh justified the Arab riots ...</ref> Another prominent Arab politician, [[Knesset]] member Mansour Abbas of the ''United Arab List'', who, unlike major icons in Arab society did condemn the violence, however days after the ceasefire, he's attended a tent by radical 'Northern branch of Islamic Movement,' set up for Sheikh Kamal Chatib who encouraged martyrdom at al Aqsa mosque.<ref>[https://www.20il.co.il/%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%A8-%D7%A2%D7%91%D7%90%D7%A1-%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%AA%D7%AA%D7%A3-%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A9-%D7%91%D7%9B%D7%A0%D7%A1-%D7%A9%D7%9C-%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%92-%D7%94%D7%A6%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A0/ Mansour Abbas attended a conference of the 'northern branch of Islamic Movement' last night] Ch. 20, May 23, 2021. Hillel Bitton Rosen, Yonatan Yifrach. Twelfth of Sivan 5781 (May 23, 2021). | | https://t.co/oazvASlyHT [https://twitter.com/EinatWilf/status/1394268030213951494?s=20 May 17, 2021]</ref> Prominent Arab politician, [[Knesset]] member Ayman Odeh expressed hope the violence spreads to a full Intifadah.<ref>MK Odeh: Hope for the Intifada. In a Facebook post, the chairman of the joint list wrote that he hoped that the struggle in Jerusalem would lead to an acute escalation. Dalit Halevi - Channel 7. April 26, 2021. https://www.inn.co.il/news/490645</ref> In the midst of the Arab riots, Ayman Odeh even interviewed with a [[Hezbollah]] supporter channel and has justified the Arab riots.<ref>Ayman Odeh's outrageous interview with a Hezbollah supporter channel. While the State of Israel is facing a riot, there are those who refuel the TV stations and social networks. Watch Ayman Odeh interview with Al-Mayadeen TV, known as a Hezbollah supporter. Achikam Himelfarb. 11 Sivan 5781 (22 May 2021). [https://www.20il.co.il/%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%90%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9F-%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%9D-%D7%A9%D7%9C-%D7%90%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%9F-%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%93%D7%94-%D7%9C%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A5-%D7%AA%D7%95%D7%9E/ Channel 20] On May 10, 2121, about a week and a half ago, MK Ayman Odeh, chairman of the 'joint list,' was interviewed in Al-Mayadeen channel. This channel, which is a mouthpiece for Hezbollah and the Iranian regime... Odeh justified the Arab riots ...</ref> Another prominent Arab politician, [[Knesset]] member Mansour Abbas of the ''United Arab List'', who, unlike major icons in Arab society did condemn the violence, however days after the ceasefire, he's attended a tent by radical 'Northern branch of Islamic Movement,' set up for Sheikh Kamal Chatib who encouraged martyrdom at al Aqsa mosque.<ref>[https://www.20il.co.il/%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%A8-%D7%A2%D7%91%D7%90%D7%A1-%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%AA%D7%AA%D7%A3-%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A9-%D7%91%D7%9B%D7%A0%D7%A1-%D7%A9%D7%9C-%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%92-%D7%94%D7%A6%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A0/ Mansour Abbas attended a conference of the 'northern branch of Islamic Movement' last night] Ch. 20, May 23, 2021. Hillel Bitton Rosen, Yonatan Yifrach. Twelfth of Sivan 5781 (May 23, 2021). |
| | ''The chairman of 'RA'AM' Mansour Abbas, who for many in Israeli politics is considered a legitimate partner, last night attended a conference of the radical 'northern branch of Islamic Movement'. The United Arab List, led by Mansour Abbas, visited the Solidarity Tent last night (Saturday) with Sheikh Kamal Khatib, which was established in the village of Qana after his arrest. Sheikh Khatib, who serves as deputy chairman of the northern faction of the Islamic Movement, led the incitement and riots on the Temple Mount. And called security forces "Nazis." In the full sermon delivered by the Sheikh who supports terrorism...: "You are today the honor not only of the Palestinian people and not only the Arabs, you are the honor of the entire Islamic nation, ... I am sure that each of you ... can die a Shahid [martyr]..."''</ref> | | ''The chairman of 'RA'AM' Mansour Abbas, who for many in Israeli politics is considered a legitimate partner, last night attended a conference of the radical 'northern branch of Islamic Movement'. The United Arab List, led by Mansour Abbas, visited the Solidarity Tent last night (Saturday) with Sheikh Kamal Khatib, which was established in the village of Qana after his arrest. Sheikh Khatib, who serves as deputy chairman of the northern faction of the Islamic Movement, led the incitement and riots on the Temple Mount. And called security forces "Nazis." In the full sermon delivered by the Sheikh who supports terrorism...: "You are today the honor not only of the Palestinian people and not only the Arabs, you are the honor of the entire Islamic nation, ... I am sure that each of you ... can die a Shahid [martyr]..."''</ref> |
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| | While the Biden administration is talking about "diplomacy" as the best way to rein in Iran's nuclear program, the mullahs are preparing for war and advancing their scheme to annihilate Israel and, with the help of their six "armies," occupy still more Arab countries.</blockquote></ref> Gaza's government, Jihadi Hamas (and the PIJ) began firing rockets, quickly stepping it up to many rockets in a short period of time over populated areas, causing many to penetrate despite the iron dome defense, | | While the Biden administration is talking about "diplomacy" as the best way to rein in Iran's nuclear program, the mullahs are preparing for war and advancing their scheme to annihilate Israel and, with the help of their six "armies," occupy still more Arab countries.</blockquote></ref> Gaza's government, Jihadi Hamas (and the PIJ) began firing rockets, quickly stepping it up to many rockets in a short period of time over populated areas, causing many to penetrate despite the iron dome defense, |
| − | <ref>Living under fire in Israel, when the rocket shelter becomes your home. With more than a week of most intensive bombardment ever from Gaza and IDF saying it will continue to attack until Palestinian terror groups wave the white flag, Ashkelon residents now only want respite and peace. Reuters|Published: 05.19.21. "if 120 rockets, or over 50-60 rockets are fired into those populated areas, there is still a percentage of rockets that will make their way through." | + | <ref>Living under fire in Israel, when the rocket shelter becomes your home. With more than a week of most intensive bombardment ever from Gaza and IDF saying it will continue to attack until Palestinian terror groups wave the white flag, Ashkelon residents now only want respite and peace. Reuters|Published: 05.19.21. "if 120 rockets, or over 50-60 rockets are fired into those populated areas, there is still a percentage of rockets that will make their way through." |
| − | https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/Syk4uvfY00</ref> within days it fired thousands,<ref>https://13news.co.il/item/news/politics/security/operation-wall-guard-1251169/</ref> about 3,000 in less than the first week alone<ref>Liveblog: At Least 3000 Gaza Rockets Fired At Israel Since Monday - I24news. May 16, 2021. https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy-defense/1621169856-liveblog-at-least-3000-gaza-rockets-fired-at-israel-since-monday</ref> within an average of around 400-500 fired a day,<ref>What do we know about the number of rockets fired at Israel? By Seth J. Frantzman | + | [https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/Syk4uvfY00 Stories and faces behind the numbers: Israel's victims of Gaza rocket fire].</ref> within days it fired thousands,<ref>https://13news.co.il/item/news/politics/security/operation-wall-guard-1251169/</ref> about 3,000 in less than the first week alone<ref>Liveblog: At Least 3000 Gaza Rockets Fired At Israel Since Monday - I24news. May 16, 2021. https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy-defense/1621169856-liveblog-at-least-3000-gaza-rockets-fired-at-israel-since-monday</ref> within an average of around 400-500 fired a day,<ref>What do we know about the number of rockets fired at Israel? By Seth J. Frantzman |
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| | https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/what-do-we-know-about-the-number-of-rockets-fired-at-israel-668339</ref> aimed at Israeli civilians,<ref>https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/SyoxZu5uu</ref><ref>https://norwaytoday.info/news/eu-leaders-condemn-hamas-attacks/</ref><ref>https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/hamas-s-rockets-are-killing-palestinians-too</ref><ref>https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/middle-east/1621075141-report-uae-demands-hamas-stop-rockets-attacks-or-face-halt-in-investments</ref><ref>IDF tweeted: | | https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/what-do-we-know-about-the-number-of-rockets-fired-at-israel-668339</ref> aimed at Israeli civilians,<ref>https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/SyoxZu5uu</ref><ref>https://norwaytoday.info/news/eu-leaders-condemn-hamas-attacks/</ref><ref>https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/hamas-s-rockets-are-killing-palestinians-too</ref><ref>https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/middle-east/1621075141-report-uae-demands-hamas-stop-rockets-attacks-or-face-halt-in-investments</ref><ref>IDF tweeted: |
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| | [https://twitter.com/IDF/status/1393603322947457024 May 15, 2021]</ref> typically using its own population as [[Human shields by terrorists|human shields]],<ref>'Gantz addresses Gaza residents: "Hamas is sacrificing you because of their personal needs"'. ''Defense Minister Bnei Gantz addressed a message translated into Arabic to Gaza residents: "Because of Hamas, you will not celebrate Eid al-Fitr. Hamas started the campaign because of political motives - and not because of the freedom of the Temple Mount." He added that "Hamas leaders are responsible for the fact that instead of preparing for the holiday you are buried in houses. Unfortunately, they operate from civilian space and therefore the damage will be great and powerful. They sacrifice you because of their personal needs. If Israel sleeps in protected areas - Gaza will burn." '' Anna Bersky, Maariv, 12/05/2021. https://www.maariv.co.il/breaking-news/Article-840184</ref><ref>'European lawmakers: Palestinian terror groups committing 'double war crimes'.' ''In a letter, they said: “It’s not only that these terrorists started this latest round of confrontation. Hamas and Islamic Jihad commit the double war crime of murdering Israeli civilians while using their own population as human shields.”'' JNS, May 13, 2021. https://www.jns.org/european-lawmakers-palestinian-terror-groups-committing-double-war-crimes/</ref><ref> | | [https://twitter.com/IDF/status/1393603322947457024 May 15, 2021]</ref> typically using its own population as [[Human shields by terrorists|human shields]],<ref>'Gantz addresses Gaza residents: "Hamas is sacrificing you because of their personal needs"'. ''Defense Minister Bnei Gantz addressed a message translated into Arabic to Gaza residents: "Because of Hamas, you will not celebrate Eid al-Fitr. Hamas started the campaign because of political motives - and not because of the freedom of the Temple Mount." He added that "Hamas leaders are responsible for the fact that instead of preparing for the holiday you are buried in houses. Unfortunately, they operate from civilian space and therefore the damage will be great and powerful. They sacrifice you because of their personal needs. If Israel sleeps in protected areas - Gaza will burn." '' Anna Bersky, Maariv, 12/05/2021. https://www.maariv.co.il/breaking-news/Article-840184</ref><ref>'European lawmakers: Palestinian terror groups committing 'double war crimes'.' ''In a letter, they said: “It’s not only that these terrorists started this latest round of confrontation. Hamas and Islamic Jihad commit the double war crime of murdering Israeli civilians while using their own population as human shields.”'' JNS, May 13, 2021. https://www.jns.org/european-lawmakers-palestinian-terror-groups-committing-double-war-crimes/</ref><ref> |
| − | Experts Call on Canada to Sanction Military Exploits of ‘Human Shields’. May 17, 2021. By Andrew Chen. ''Experts are calling on Canada lawmakers to pass laws aimed at sanctioning the use of “human shields,” amid reports of terrorist group Hamas is using civilians as a cover for military assets in its recent crossfire with Israel.'' | + | Experts Call on Canada to Sanction Military Exploits of ‘Human Shields’. May 17, 2021. By Andrew Chen. ''Experts are calling on Canada lawmakers to pass laws aimed at sanctioning the use of “human shields,” amid reports of terrorist group Hamas is using civilians as a cover for military assets in its recent crossfire with Israel.'' |
| | https://m.theepochtimes.com/experts-call-on-canada-to-sanction-military-exploits-of-human-shields_3819158.html</ref><ref>Opinion: You should be concerned about Hamas' attacks on Israel. Monday, May 17, 2021. By Anat Sultan-Dadon. ''Over the last 5 days, Hamas terrorists have been constantly firing rockets at the state of Israel from the Gaza strip, targeting our civilian populations. They are not only deliberately targeting civilians; they are doing so intentionally from within their own civilian populations, using them as human shields, which constitutes a double war crime.'' | | https://m.theepochtimes.com/experts-call-on-canada-to-sanction-military-exploits-of-human-shields_3819158.html</ref><ref>Opinion: You should be concerned about Hamas' attacks on Israel. Monday, May 17, 2021. By Anat Sultan-Dadon. ''Over the last 5 days, Hamas terrorists have been constantly firing rockets at the state of Israel from the Gaza strip, targeting our civilian populations. They are not only deliberately targeting civilians; they are doing so intentionally from within their own civilian populations, using them as human shields, which constitutes a double war crime.'' |
| | https://www.ajc.com/opinion/opinion-you-should-be-concerned-about-hamas-attacks-on-israel/M7GO7M6TNZCW5CKVQF4WDTNTGU/</ref><ref name=wt-2021>"[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/18/need-marshall-plan-gaza-strip/ The need for a Marshall Plan in the Gaza Strip]", Bradley Martin and Dr. Liram Koblentz-Stenzle, ''The Washington Times'', May 18, 2021.</ref><ref>https://www.maariv.co.il/breaking-news/Article-840282</ref><ref>'Thousands of Palestinians fled their homes so as not to serve as human shields for ...' Dr. Amir Bohbot, Hamal, May 17, 2021. ''Thousands of Palestinians fled their homes so as not to serve as human shields for terrorist operatives In one case Palestinian children were killed and Hamas claimed it was an attack by the Air Force while the defense establishment claimed that a human rights organization report said it was a rocket fall.'' https://www.hamal.co.il/post/-M_uim8tFYC0MgD04LRQ</ref><ref>Thousands of targets built by Hamas and Islamic Jihad were dug under mosques, schools, kindergartens, community centers and more to prevent the IDF from attacking them. Amazing how sensitive sitemap overlaps destination map | Dr. Amir Bohbot, May 18, 2021 | | https://www.ajc.com/opinion/opinion-you-should-be-concerned-about-hamas-attacks-on-israel/M7GO7M6TNZCW5CKVQF4WDTNTGU/</ref><ref name=wt-2021>"[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/may/18/need-marshall-plan-gaza-strip/ The need for a Marshall Plan in the Gaza Strip]", Bradley Martin and Dr. Liram Koblentz-Stenzle, ''The Washington Times'', May 18, 2021.</ref><ref>https://www.maariv.co.il/breaking-news/Article-840282</ref><ref>'Thousands of Palestinians fled their homes so as not to serve as human shields for ...' Dr. Amir Bohbot, Hamal, May 17, 2021. ''Thousands of Palestinians fled their homes so as not to serve as human shields for terrorist operatives In one case Palestinian children were killed and Hamas claimed it was an attack by the Air Force while the defense establishment claimed that a human rights organization report said it was a rocket fall.'' https://www.hamal.co.il/post/-M_uim8tFYC0MgD04LRQ</ref><ref>Thousands of targets built by Hamas and Islamic Jihad were dug under mosques, schools, kindergartens, community centers and more to prevent the IDF from attacking them. Amazing how sensitive sitemap overlaps destination map | Dr. Amir Bohbot, May 18, 2021 |
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| | ''General Rassan Aliyan told the residents of the Gaza Strip: "Residents of Gaza, in recent days and especially tonight, you have witnessed the IDF resolutely protecting the citizens of Israel, while Hamas continues to bring destruction and destruction upon you. The terrorist organization continues to launch rockets from civilian structures and uses you as a human shield - in your children, in your women, in innocent people who have been killed and injured.."''</ref><ref>Hamas' Use of human shields, explained. https://youtu.be/_IWrLkTYRO0</ref><ref>[https://www.facebook.com/TheBuffaloTribune/videos/hamas-leader-yahya-sinwar-admits-that-the-terrorist-group/2895337384055026/?extid=SEO---- Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar admits that the terrorist group] [https://www.instagram.com/p/CP1Ul_OAebu/?hl=en]</ref><ref>Yoseph Haddad (@YosephHaddad) Tweeted: Plain and simple: Sinwar the leader of Hamas in Gaza admits in his own words that they use civilian areas for terrorist purposes Next you blame Israel for killing innocent civilians understand that Hamas are using their people as human shields https://t.co/Hn2ioFoB25 [https://twitter.com/YosephHaddad/status/1401247789422628866?s=20 Junne 5, 2021]</ref> (and even killing civilians from its population in the process,<ref>Failed Hamas rockets killed Gaza civilians, says security official. JNS, May 13, 2021. https://www.jns.org/failed-hamas-rockets-killed-gaza-civilians-israeli-security-official-says/</ref> 1 in 7 rockets that Hamas fires lands in Gaza,<ref>Bassem Eid (@eid_bassem) Tweeted: 1 in 7 rockets that Hamas fires lands in Gaza. In total 439 rockets have been misfired at Israel, killing at least 20 Palestinians in Gaza. Hamas must be held responsible for these murders. #StopHamas https://t.co/VcjDS3t6DG [https://twitter.com/eid_bassem/status/1394099694117208067?s=20 May 16, 2021]</ref><ref>[https://news.walla.co.il/item/3435316 A tunnel under a school, and senior houses in Hamas: targets bombed in the Gaza Strip] | | ''General Rassan Aliyan told the residents of the Gaza Strip: "Residents of Gaza, in recent days and especially tonight, you have witnessed the IDF resolutely protecting the citizens of Israel, while Hamas continues to bring destruction and destruction upon you. The terrorist organization continues to launch rockets from civilian structures and uses you as a human shield - in your children, in your women, in innocent people who have been killed and injured.."''</ref><ref>Hamas' Use of human shields, explained. https://youtu.be/_IWrLkTYRO0</ref><ref>[https://www.facebook.com/TheBuffaloTribune/videos/hamas-leader-yahya-sinwar-admits-that-the-terrorist-group/2895337384055026/?extid=SEO---- Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar admits that the terrorist group] [https://www.instagram.com/p/CP1Ul_OAebu/?hl=en]</ref><ref>Yoseph Haddad (@YosephHaddad) Tweeted: Plain and simple: Sinwar the leader of Hamas in Gaza admits in his own words that they use civilian areas for terrorist purposes Next you blame Israel for killing innocent civilians understand that Hamas are using their people as human shields https://t.co/Hn2ioFoB25 [https://twitter.com/YosephHaddad/status/1401247789422628866?s=20 Junne 5, 2021]</ref> (and even killing civilians from its population in the process,<ref>Failed Hamas rockets killed Gaza civilians, says security official. JNS, May 13, 2021. https://www.jns.org/failed-hamas-rockets-killed-gaza-civilians-israeli-security-official-says/</ref> 1 in 7 rockets that Hamas fires lands in Gaza,<ref>Bassem Eid (@eid_bassem) Tweeted: 1 in 7 rockets that Hamas fires lands in Gaza. In total 439 rockets have been misfired at Israel, killing at least 20 Palestinians in Gaza. Hamas must be held responsible for these murders. #StopHamas https://t.co/VcjDS3t6DG [https://twitter.com/eid_bassem/status/1394099694117208067?s=20 May 16, 2021]</ref><ref>[https://news.walla.co.il/item/3435316 A tunnel under a school, and senior houses in Hamas: targets bombed in the Gaza Strip] |
| | A. Bohbot, Walla, May 13, 2021.</ref> | | A. Bohbot, Walla, May 13, 2021.</ref> |
| − | <ref>[https://www.memri.org/tv/magdi-khalil-hamas-uses-gaza-civilians-as-human-shields Egyptian-American Political Analyst Magdi Khalil: Hamas Uses Gaza Civilians As Human Shields; Recent Fighting Was Intended To Help Iran In Nuclear Negotiations], Memri, June 8, 2021. ''Yahya Sinwar admitted that [Hamas] was transferring its military bases away from residential areas and high-rises. He admitted that all their military bases are located in high-rises. No one believes him that they are going to move them. In other words, they sacrifice the civilians in Gaza, and they target every Israeli civilian, as well as the airport. If Hamas would have hit a civilian airplane with civilian passengers on it, this would be a cause for celebration for Hamas.''</ref>) VS humane Israeli army<ref>Colonel Richard Kemp: 'Israel: The World's Most Moral Army'. PragerU. Dec 7, 2015 — Is the Israeli military a paragon of morality and wartime ethics? .. https://www.prageru.com/video/israel-the-worlds-most-moral-army/</ref> who "moves Gazan civilians out of the way of attacks on Hamas."<ref>How Israel moves Gazan civilians out of the way of attacks on Hamas. ''ILH'' staff, May 14, 2021.<br> https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/05/14/how-israel-keeps-innocent-gazans-safe-from-iaf-airstrikes/</ref> risking skipping terror target for fear of children being there,<ref>Shirel Laloom: [https://www.20il.co.il/%D7%99%D7%A9-%D7%A4%D7%94-%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%9C%D7%90-%D7%A0%D7%9C%D7%9A-%D7%A2%D7%9C-%D7%96%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%92%D7%96%D7%94-%D7%A9%D7%A6%D7%94%D7%9C-%D7%91%D7%99%D7%98/ "There are children here, we will not go for it": the shelling that the IDF canceled. Documentation]. Channel 20, May 16, 2021. ''The IDF released documentation of an attack that was canceled at the last minute due to the presence of children at the scene. An amazing video released by the IDF today shows a planned attack in Gaza being stopped by soldiers noticing Gazan children.''. '"This Is morality" . "Check, maybe there are children": This is how the IDF refrained from operating in Gaza. Watch.' Kikar-HaShabbat, by B. Nisani, May 16, 2021. ''In a new documentation revealed by the Air Force, the soldiers in the "control room" are seen considering attacking a terrorist target in Gaza, but refraining - for fear that children will be harmed; Defense Minister Ganz praised them - Watch (Defense).'' https://www.kikar.co.il/392065.html . Yoseph Haddad (@YosephHaddad) Tweeted: IDF pilots call off a strike because children were there. "There are probably children here, we are stopping everything!" | + | <ref>[https://www.memri.org/tv/magdi-khalil-hamas-uses-gaza-civilians-as-human-shields Egyptian-American Political Analyst Magdi Khalil: Hamas Uses Gaza Civilians As Human Shields; Recent Fighting Was Intended To Help Iran In Nuclear Negotiations], Memri, June 8, 2021. ''Yahya Sinwar admitted that [Hamas] was transferring its military bases away from residential areas and high-rises. He admitted that all their military bases are located in high-rises. No one believes him that they are going to move them. In other words, they sacrifice the civilians in Gaza, and they target every Israeli civilian, as well as the airport. If Hamas would have hit a civilian airplane with civilian passengers on it, this would be a cause for celebration for Hamas.''</ref>) VS humane Israeli army<ref>Colonel Richard Kemp: 'Israel: The World's Most Moral Army'. PragerU. Dec 7, 2015 — Is the Israeli military a paragon of morality and wartime ethics? .. https://www.prageru.com/video/israel-the-worlds-most-moral-army/</ref> who "moves Gazan civilians out of the way of attacks on Hamas."<ref>How Israel moves Gazan civilians out of the way of attacks on Hamas. ''ILH'' staff, May 14, 2021.<br> https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/05/14/how-israel-keeps-innocent-gazans-safe-from-iaf-airstrikes/</ref> risking skipping terror target for fear of children being there,<ref>Shirel Laloom: [https://www.20il.co.il/%D7%99%D7%A9-%D7%A4%D7%94-%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%93%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%9C%D7%90-%D7%A0%D7%9C%D7%9A-%D7%A2%D7%9C-%D7%96%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%92%D7%96%D7%94-%D7%A9%D7%A6%D7%94%D7%9C-%D7%91%D7%99%D7%98/ "There are children here, we will not go for it": the shelling that the IDF canceled. Documentation]. Channel 20, May 16, 2021. ''The IDF released documentation of an attack that was canceled at the last minute due to the presence of children at the scene. An amazing video released by the IDF today shows a planned attack in Gaza being stopped by soldiers noticing Gazan children.''. '"This Is morality" . "Check, maybe there are children": This is how the IDF refrained from operating in Gaza. Watch.' Kikar-HaShabbat, by B. Nisani, May 16, 2021. ''In a new documentation revealed by the Air Force, the soldiers in the "control room" are seen considering attacking a terrorist target in Gaza, but refraining - for fear that children will be harmed; Defense Minister Ganz praised them - Watch (Defense).'' https://www.kikar.co.il/392065.html . Yoseph Haddad (@YosephHaddad) Tweeted: IDF pilots call off a strike because children were there. "There are probably children here, we are stopping everything!" |
| | @IDF https://t.co/zCIDryMTso [https://twitter.com/YosephHaddad/status/1393865972952584192?s=20 May 16, 2021].</ref> | | @IDF https://t.co/zCIDryMTso [https://twitter.com/YosephHaddad/status/1393865972952584192?s=20 May 16, 2021].</ref> |
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| | As Arab-Palestinian long time human rights activist (previously working at Betselem, before it became a total anti-Israel unreliable source of sheer propaganda) asserted:<ref>‘Israel Is Using Missiles to Protect Its People, Hamas Is Using Its People to Protect Its Rockets,’ Says Palestinian Human Rights Activist. Algemeiner, Sharon Wrobel, May 26, 2021. | | As Arab-Palestinian long time human rights activist (previously working at Betselem, before it became a total anti-Israel unreliable source of sheer propaganda) asserted:<ref>‘Israel Is Using Missiles to Protect Its People, Hamas Is Using Its People to Protect Its Rockets,’ Says Palestinian Human Rights Activist. Algemeiner, Sharon Wrobel, May 26, 2021. |
| | https://www.algemeiner.com/2021/05/26/israel-is-using-missiles-to-protect-its-people-hamas-is-using-its-people-to-protect-its-rockets-says-palestinian-human-rights-activist/</ref><blockquote> | | https://www.algemeiner.com/2021/05/26/israel-is-using-missiles-to-protect-its-people-hamas-is-using-its-people-to-protect-its-rockets-says-palestinian-human-rights-activist/</ref><blockquote> |
| − | “The main difference between Israel and Hamas: Israel is using missiles to protect its people while Hamas is using its people to protect its rockets,” Eid told The Algemeiner. “Hamas does not care where these missiles land.” | + | “The main difference between Israel and Hamas: Israel is using missiles to protect its people while Hamas is using its people to protect its rockets,” Eid told The Algemeiner. “Hamas does not care where these missiles land.” |
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| | Eid estimates based on his own Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip that more than 50 Palestinians died because of errant rockets by the Hamas that were targeted towards Israel but which landed in Gaza. According to the Israeli army, about 4,340 rockets were fired by Hamas toward Israel during the 11 days of hostilities, with 640 of them falling within Gaza.</blockquote> | | Eid estimates based on his own Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip that more than 50 Palestinians died because of errant rockets by the Hamas that were targeted towards Israel but which landed in Gaza. According to the Israeli army, about 4,340 rockets were fired by Hamas toward Israel during the 11 days of hostilities, with 640 of them falling within Gaza.</blockquote> |
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| − | The [[IDF]], attempting to warn about an impending strike, pleading for the Arab man in Gaza to evacuate the building before the bombing because civilians are present. This is the conversation that took place: | + | The [[IDF]], attempting to warn about an impending strike, pleading for the Arab man in Gaza to evacuate the building before the bombing because civilians are present. This is the conversation that took place: |
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| − | - "Listen, we are going to bomb the building," the member of the IDF replies. | + | - "Listen, we are going to bomb the building," the member of the IDF replies. |
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| − | - "You want to bomb? Bomb whatever you want," the man responds. | + | - "You want to bomb? Bomb whatever you want," the man responds. |
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| | - "No, brother, we need to do everything we can so you don’t die,” the IDF member says. | | - "No, brother, we need to do everything we can so you don’t die,” the IDF member says. |
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| − | - "We want to die," the Palestinian answers. | + | - "We want to die," the Palestinian answers. |
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| − | - "But you have a responsibility for children’s lives," the Israeli pushes back. | + | - "But you have a responsibility for children’s lives," the Israeli pushes back. |
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| − | - "If the children need to die then they’ll die," the Palestinian counters. | + | - "If the children need to die then they’ll die," the Palestinian counters. |
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| − | - "God forbid, God forbid, what do you want, to die?!" the soldier asks. | + | - "God forbid, God forbid, what do you want, to die?!" the soldier asks. |
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| − | - "This is how we reveal your cruelty," the man responds. <ref>'Shocking' Phone Call Between IDF and Gazan Reveals 'Entire Conflict in a Nutshell'. Leah Barkoukis | @LeahBarkoukis | May 19, 2021 | + | - "This is how we reveal your cruelty," the man responds. <ref>'Shocking' Phone Call Between IDF and Gazan Reveals 'Entire Conflict in a Nutshell'. Leah Barkoukis | @LeahBarkoukis | May 19, 2021 |
| | A short but “shocking” phone call between the Israeli Defense Forces and a Palestinian in Gaza reveals “the entire conflict in a nutshell,” | | A short but “shocking” phone call between the Israeli Defense Forces and a Palestinian in Gaza reveals “the entire conflict in a nutshell,” |
| − | https://townhall.com/tipsheet//leahbarkoukis/2021/05/19/shocking-phone-call-between-idf-and-gazan-reveals-entire-conflict-in-a-nutshell-n2589676</ref><ref>"Social Media Video Shows Gaza Palestinian Telling IDF Soldier ‘If the Children Need to Die, Then They’ll Die’". Algemeiner.com. May 19, 2021. ''Sky News Arabic video showing a conversation between a Gaza Palestinian and an IDF soldier.'' https://www.algemeiner.com/2021/05/19/social-media-video-shows-gaza-palestinian-telling-idf-soldier-if-the-children-need-to-die-then-theyll-die/</ref><ref>"Social Media Video Shows Gaza Palestinian Telling IDF Soldier ‘If the Children Need to Die, Then They’ll Die’". Algemeiner.com. May 19, 2021. https://www.algemeiner.com/2021/05/19/social-media-video-shows-gaza-palestinian-telling-idf-soldier-if-the-children-need-to-die-then-theyll-die/</ref> | + | [https://townhall.com/tipsheet//leahbarkoukis/2021/05/19/shocking-phone-call-between-idf-and-gazan-reveals-entire-conflict-in-a-nutshell-n2589676 Townhall, May 19, 2021].</ref><ref>"Social Media Video Shows Gaza Palestinian Telling IDF Soldier ‘If the Children Need to Die, Then They’ll Die’". Algemeiner.com. May 19, 2021. ''Sky News Arabic video showing a conversation between a Gaza Palestinian and an IDF soldier.'' https://www.algemeiner.com/2021/05/19/social-media-video-shows-gaza-palestinian-telling-idf-soldier-if-the-children-need-to-die-then-theyll-die/</ref><ref>"Social Media Video Shows Gaza Palestinian Telling IDF Soldier ‘If the Children Need to Die, Then They’ll Die’". Algemeiner.com. May 19, 2021. https://www.algemeiner.com/2021/05/19/social-media-video-shows-gaza-palestinian-telling-idf-soldier-if-the-children-need-to-die-then-theyll-die/</ref> |
| − | <ref>Hank Berrien, "Shock Video: IDF Warns Gazan Man To Evacuate Children Before Bombing. He Responds: ‘If The Children Need To Die Then They’ll Die’". May 19, 2021. DailyWire.com ''Before strikes on buildings in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces call residents of those buildings to give them a chance to evacuate and preserve their lives. A new video shows the IDF pleading with a Gazan man on the other end of the line to evacuate a targeted building, saying he had a responsibility for children’s lives. The man responded, "If the children need to die then they’ll die.” In the video, aired by Sky News (below), the Gazan man initially tries to stall for time, saying, “I can’t get all of the people out; I need at least two hours to get them out.” '' https://www.dailywire.com/news/shock-video-idf-warns-gazan-man-to-evacuate-children-before-bombing-he-responds-if-the-children-need-to-die-then-theyll-die</ref><ref>יוסף חדאד - Yoseph Haddad (@YosephHaddad) Tweeted:<br> | + | <ref>Hank Berrien, "Shock Video: IDF Warns Gazan Man To Evacuate Children Before Bombing. He Responds: ‘If The Children Need To Die Then They’ll Die’". May 19, 2021. DailyWire.com ''Before strikes on buildings in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces call residents of those buildings to give them a chance to evacuate and preserve their lives. A new video shows the IDF pleading with a Gazan man on the other end of the line to evacuate a targeted building, saying he had a responsibility for children’s lives. The man responded, "If the children need to die then they’ll die.” In the video, aired by Sky News (below), the Gazan man initially tries to stall for time, saying, “I can’t get all of the people out; I need at least two hours to get them out.” '' https://www.dailywire.com/news/shock-video-idf-warns-gazan-man-to-evacuate-children-before-bombing-he-responds-if-the-children-need-to-die-then-theyll-die</ref><ref>יוסף חדאד - Yoseph Haddad (@YosephHaddad) Tweeted:<br> |
| | Through a 30 second conversation between the IDF and a Palestinian in #Gaza you can understand who is choosing life and who is choosing death. A shocking phone call, must watch: https://t.co/4soDBV2AVE [https://twitter.com/YosephHaddad/status/1394900465498869762?s=20 May 19, 2021]</ref> | | Through a 30 second conversation between the IDF and a Palestinian in #Gaza you can understand who is choosing life and who is choosing death. A shocking phone call, must watch: https://t.co/4soDBV2AVE [https://twitter.com/YosephHaddad/status/1394900465498869762?s=20 May 19, 2021]</ref> |
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| | The Iranian hands. | | The Iranian hands. |
| − | Days before the barrage of rockets, on May 6, [[IRGC]] General Asghar Emami said that "Iran Does Not Need To Send Missiles Or Planes To Attack Israel, Through The ''Resistance Axis,'' We Can Plough Israeli Cities With Mortars; When We Want American Concessions, We Can Tighten Our Grip Around Israel's Throat."<ref>'IRGC General Asghar Emami: Iran Does Not Need To Send Missiles Or Planes To Attack Israel, Through The Resistance Axis We Can Plough Israeli Cities With Mortars; When We Want American Concessions, We Can Tighten Our Grip Around Israel's Throat.' Source: Noor TV (Iran). https://www.memri.org/tv/irgc-general-asghar-emami-iran-exert-concessions-america-placing-israel-under-siege-resistance-axis-shells-ships-hit-from-sea Memri, May 06, 2021</ref> | + | Days before the barrage of rockets, on May 6, [[IRGC]] General Asghar Emami said that "Iran Does Not Need To Send Missiles Or Planes To Attack Israel, Through The ''Resistance Axis,'' We Can Plough Israeli Cities With Mortars; When We Want American Concessions, We Can Tighten Our Grip Around Israel's Throat."<ref>'IRGC General Asghar Emami: Iran Does Not Need To Send Missiles Or Planes To Attack Israel, Through The Resistance Axis We Can Plough Israeli Cities With Mortars; When We Want American Concessions, We Can Tighten Our Grip Around Israel's Throat.' Source: Noor TV (Iran). https://www.memri.org/tv/irgc-general-asghar-emami-iran-exert-concessions-america-placing-israel-under-siege-resistance-axis-shells-ships-hit-from-sea Memri, May 06, 2021</ref> |
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| | ===Arab anti-Jewish attacks inside Israel=== | | ===Arab anti-Jewish attacks inside Israel=== |
| − | * While the afromentioned jihadists pounded Israeli civilians, at the same time, inside Israel, all over,<ref>MK Avi Dichter on the recent violent incidents in the cities involved: "I do not remember the last time one of the rioters was prosecuted on nationalist grounds, it is time to realize it. The absolute and overwhelming majority of rioters throughout the length and breadth of Israel is Arab, agitated, in part a very violent one. " https://twitter.com/kann_news/status/1393794724432162820?s=20 [May 16, 2021]</ref> openly racist in nature,<ref>[https://www.israelhayom.co.il/news/defense/article/2037715/ Lynch cases and a shooting incident carried out by Arabs on Jews during the "Guardian of the Walls" were solved]. Lilach Shovaldniel Seriotti, Israel Hayom, June 10, 2021. | + | * While the afromentioned jihadists pounded Israeli civilians, at the same time, inside Israel, all over,<ref>MK Avi Dichter on the recent violent incidents in the cities involved: "I do not remember the last time one of the rioters was prosecuted on nationalist grounds, it is time to realize it. The absolute and overwhelming majority of rioters throughout the length and breadth of Israel is Arab, agitated, in part a very violent one. " [https://twitter.com/kann_news/status/1393794724432162820?s=20 May 16, 2021]</ref> openly racist in nature,<ref>[https://www.israelhayom.co.il/news/defense/article/2037715/ Lynch cases and a shooting incident carried out by Arabs on Jews during the "Guardian of the Walls" were solved]. Lilach Shovaldniel Seriotti, Israel Hayom, June 10, 2021. |
| | ''Two residents of Wadi Ara are accused of carrying out a shooting attack, from which a civilian escaped unharmed. Two residents of Kafr Qara were charged with aggravated assault. A resident of Acre participated in riots in the city and caused much destruction... it was determined that the three offenses were committed '''on racial grounds'''.''</ref><ref>[https://www.20il.co.il/517301-2/ An Arab terrorist attacked a father and son: "You are Jews, your place is not here."] Yonatan Yifrach, Ch 20, June 6, 2021. | | ''Two residents of Wadi Ara are accused of carrying out a shooting attack, from which a civilian escaped unharmed. Two residents of Kafr Qara were charged with aggravated assault. A resident of Acre participated in riots in the city and caused much destruction... it was determined that the three offenses were committed '''on racial grounds'''.''</ref><ref>[https://www.20il.co.il/517301-2/ An Arab terrorist attacked a father and son: "You are Jews, your place is not here."] Yonatan Yifrach, Ch 20, June 6, 2021. |
| | ''An Arab terrorist riding a motorcycle attacked a father and son on the Jaffa promenade, hit the father with a helmet and his friends sprayed them with pepper spray. Among other things, the assailant called out to his son, "You are Jews, your place is not here." Although the details of the attack are in the possession of the police, an indictment has not yet been filed against him, "demanding that the terrorist and his accomplices be prosecuted for a serious assault of a '''racist motive''' ...A father and son were attacked on the Jaffa promenade for no reason by an Arab terrorist riding a motorcycle. The biker hit the father with his helmet, and his friends sprayed them and their two dogs with pepper spray. The attacker even shouted racist chants at them. Police arrested the attacking biker thanks to the car camera that recorded the incident, but no indictment has yet been filed against him. The attack took place about three weeks ago, in the midst of Operation Guardian of the Walls. L., about 50 years old, and his son Y., 24 years old, were traveling on the promenade of the city of Jaffa..''</ref> especially where there is an Arab population, there were anti-Jewish vicious attacks, with Jihadi sentiments cries.<ref>Mordechai Kedar: "The Jihad Within Israel." | | ''An Arab terrorist riding a motorcycle attacked a father and son on the Jaffa promenade, hit the father with a helmet and his friends sprayed them with pepper spray. Among other things, the assailant called out to his son, "You are Jews, your place is not here." Although the details of the attack are in the possession of the police, an indictment has not yet been filed against him, "demanding that the terrorist and his accomplices be prosecuted for a serious assault of a '''racist motive''' ...A father and son were attacked on the Jaffa promenade for no reason by an Arab terrorist riding a motorcycle. The biker hit the father with his helmet, and his friends sprayed them and their two dogs with pepper spray. The attacker even shouted racist chants at them. Police arrested the attacking biker thanks to the car camera that recorded the incident, but no indictment has yet been filed against him. The attack took place about three weeks ago, in the midst of Operation Guardian of the Walls. L., about 50 years old, and his son Y., 24 years old, were traveling on the promenade of the city of Jaffa..''</ref> especially where there is an Arab population, there were anti-Jewish vicious attacks, with Jihadi sentiments cries.<ref>Mordechai Kedar: "The Jihad Within Israel." |
| − | JNS, May 13, 2021. ''When synagogues and religious seminaries are torched, it is a religious war. When Torah scrolls are desecrated, it is a religious war... And it is a religious war when rioters in the Israeli cities of Jerusalem, Lod, Jaffa and Acre, among many other localities, unite around such jihadist slogans as, “Khyber, Khyber, Oh Jews, the army of Muhammad will return,” evoking the slaughter of all men of this ancient Jewish community and the enslavement of their women by Islam’s founder.'' | + | JNS, May 13, 2021. ''When synagogues and religious seminaries are torched, it is a religious war. When Torah scrolls are desecrated, it is a religious war... And it is a religious war when rioters in the Israeli cities of Jerusalem, Lod, Jaffa and Acre, among many other localities, unite around such jihadist slogans as, “Khyber, Khyber, Oh Jews, the army of Muhammad will return,” evoking the slaughter of all men of this ancient Jewish community and the enslavement of their women by Islam’s founder.'' |
| | https://www.algemeiner.com/2021/05/13/the-jihad-within-israel/. https://www.jns.org/opinion/the-jihad-within-israel/</ref><ref>"Wife of man stabbed in Lod: Group of Arabs yelled ‘Allahu Akbar’ and attacked him." TOI, May 13, 2021. <blockquote>Gil Gabai, the wife of a man who was stabbed in the central of city of Lod this morning, says he was attacked by a group of Arabs who yelled “Allahu Akbar” as they beat and stabbed him. | | https://www.algemeiner.com/2021/05/13/the-jihad-within-israel/. https://www.jns.org/opinion/the-jihad-within-israel/</ref><ref>"Wife of man stabbed in Lod: Group of Arabs yelled ‘Allahu Akbar’ and attacked him." TOI, May 13, 2021. <blockquote>Gil Gabai, the wife of a man who was stabbed in the central of city of Lod this morning, says he was attacked by a group of Arabs who yelled “Allahu Akbar” as they beat and stabbed him. |
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| | “I saw the whole thing from the window of the house. I screamed for them to leave but I was afraid to come down in case something happened to me.”</blockquote> | | “I saw the whole thing from the window of the house. I screamed for them to leave but I was afraid to come down in case something happened to me.”</blockquote> |
| − | https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/wife-of-man-stabbed-in-lod-group-of-arabs-yelled-allahu-akbar-and-attacked-him/</ref> Including on at least 5 houses of worship<ref>https://mobile.kikar.co.il/article/391953</ref> which shows Arab Islamic sheer hatred. In Lod for example, masses of Arabs ("hundreds of Arabs, adults, women, no mob and not a few children, they came and just looked for blood"<ref>https://www.inn.co.il/news/492197</ref>) attacked their Jewish neighbors, shouting "Itbach al Yahud" (death to J...).<ref>https://www.maariv.co.il/news/israel/Article-839957</ref><ref>Asaf Golan: "How do we move forward alongside people who have desecrated synagogues?." Israel Hayom, May 13, 2021. https://www.israelhayom.co.il/magazine/hashavua/article/910204/ . ''Assaf Golan moved to Lod years ago, and was surprised to find hospitable neighbors. He did not imagine that overnight they would threaten his family life, and become ruthless rioters. Now he is afraid of tomorrow, when he will meet them again on the bench in the playground... "I'm not a psychologist. I will never know how to get down to studying the human psyche and I do not pretend to do so. But it is a fact that thousands of people who were seen as friends, as partners in the same city, were discovered within two days as someone reminiscent of active participants in pogroms against Jews. Normative young men, men and women, old men and toddlers, walked around with hateful fire in their eyes and shouted "Itbach al Yahud" or "Khaybar Khaybar al Yehud."''</ref> In some Arab towns there were Islamic calls to murder Jews.<ref>'The announcer in the nearby village read: "Itbach al Yehud"' 12.05.21. https://www.kikar.co.il/391771.html | + | https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/wife-of-man-stabbed-in-lod-group-of-arabs-yelled-allahu-akbar-and-attacked-him/</ref> Including on at least 5 houses of worship<ref><ref>[https://www.kikar.co.il/israel-news/391953 A fifth synagogue was set on fire in Lod; An 8-year-old was injured in the Negev], Kikar haShabat, May 13, 2021.</ref></ref> which shows Arab Islamic sheer hatred. In Lod for example, masses of Arabs ("hundreds of Arabs, adults, women, no mob and not a few children, they came and just looked for blood"<ref>https://www.inn.co.il/news/492197</ref>) attacked their Jewish neighbors, shouting "Itbach al Yahud" (death to J...).<ref>https://www.maariv.co.il/news/israel/Article-839957</ref><ref>Asaf Golan: "How do we move forward alongside people who have desecrated synagogues?." Israel Hayom, May 13, 2021. https://www.israelhayom.co.il/magazine/hashavua/article/910204/ . ''Assaf Golan moved to Lod years ago, and was surprised to find hospitable neighbors. He did not imagine that overnight they would threaten his family life, and become ruthless rioters. Now he is afraid of tomorrow, when he will meet them again on the bench in the playground... "I'm not a psychologist. I will never know how to get down to studying the human psyche and I do not pretend to do so. But it is a fact that thousands of people who were seen as friends, as partners in the same city, were discovered within two days as someone reminiscent of active participants in pogroms against Jews. Normative young men, men and women, old men and toddlers, walked around with hateful fire in their eyes and shouted "Itbach al Yahud" or "Khaybar Khaybar al Yehud."''</ref> In some Arab towns there were Islamic calls to murder Jews.<ref>'The announcer in the nearby village read: "Itbach al Yehud"' 12.05.21. https://www.kikar.co.il/391771.html |
| | ''In Modi'in Illit, they were horrified to hear, during the interceptions and alarms in the area, the proclamation in the nearby village of Ni'lin, inciting its people with shouts against the Jews, combined with rejoicing over the attacks from Gaza''.</ref> From the brutality, in another city, Arab beat the skull of young man with knives.<ref>"The Knocked Knives On My Head": The young man who was lynched recreates the moments of horror. From Abi Giladium Friday, May 14, 2021. | | ''In Modi'in Illit, they were horrified to hear, during the interceptions and alarms in the area, the proclamation in the nearby village of Ni'lin, inciting its people with shouts against the Jews, combined with rejoicing over the attacks from Gaza''.</ref> From the brutality, in another city, Arab beat the skull of young man with knives.<ref>"The Knocked Knives On My Head": The young man who was lynched recreates the moments of horror. From Abi Giladium Friday, May 14, 2021. |
| | https://13news.co.il/item/news/domestic/articles/ltb02-1250934/</ref> While Israeli police handled Arabs with 'kid gloves'.<ref>[https://www.20il.co.il/%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%99-%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99-%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%94-%D7%A9%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%9C%D7%AA-%D7%91%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%94-%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%94-%D7%A1/ Arab shooting and "police acting disgracefully": Ami Haim, Ch 20, May 14, 2021] ''Night Summary: Another difficult night passed over the city of Lod last night (Thursday). Many shootings of Arabs in the direction of Jews - when in one of the events a Jew was injured, an attempt to burn a synagogue, Molotov cocktails, firing fireworks and more.''</ref> (''Israeli Arabs are not burning synagogues, schools, yeshivot, Jewish-owned stores, cars and homes because of the so-called "occupation." They are not lynching Jews that fall in their paths because of the so-called "settlements." ''<ref>[https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/05/14/facing-the-real-cause-of-the-long-arab-war/ Facing the real cause of the long Arab war] C. Glick, Israel Hayom, May 14, 2021. <br>''After 75 years of making excuses and denying the plain fact that antisemitism is the root and the branch of the Arab conflict with Israel, Israelis of all walks of life and across the political spectrum need to accept that it is true.''</ref>) All the while, media, even much inside Israel white washed Arab raw racist violence. Part of a wider trend of preferential treatment prevalent in Israel towards Arabs over Jews.<ref>'Coverage of the events of Arab violence reminds us that something in our media is distorted.' ''As far as the Israeli press is concerned, if Arabs attack Jews, throw Molotov cocktails, or shout slogans in support of Hamas - it is probably because some Jew did something wrong.'' Kalman Liebskind, Maariv, Nay 1, 2021. https://m.maariv.co.il/journalists/Article-837391</ref> | | https://13news.co.il/item/news/domestic/articles/ltb02-1250934/</ref> While Israeli police handled Arabs with 'kid gloves'.<ref>[https://www.20il.co.il/%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%99-%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99-%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%94-%D7%A9%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%9C%D7%AA-%D7%91%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%94-%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%94-%D7%A1/ Arab shooting and "police acting disgracefully": Ami Haim, Ch 20, May 14, 2021] ''Night Summary: Another difficult night passed over the city of Lod last night (Thursday). Many shootings of Arabs in the direction of Jews - when in one of the events a Jew was injured, an attempt to burn a synagogue, Molotov cocktails, firing fireworks and more.''</ref> (''Israeli Arabs are not burning synagogues, schools, yeshivot, Jewish-owned stores, cars and homes because of the so-called "occupation." They are not lynching Jews that fall in their paths because of the so-called "settlements." ''<ref>[https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/05/14/facing-the-real-cause-of-the-long-arab-war/ Facing the real cause of the long Arab war] C. Glick, Israel Hayom, May 14, 2021. <br>''After 75 years of making excuses and denying the plain fact that antisemitism is the root and the branch of the Arab conflict with Israel, Israelis of all walks of life and across the political spectrum need to accept that it is true.''</ref>) All the while, media, even much inside Israel white washed Arab raw racist violence. Part of a wider trend of preferential treatment prevalent in Israel towards Arabs over Jews.<ref>'Coverage of the events of Arab violence reminds us that something in our media is distorted.' ''As far as the Israeli press is concerned, if Arabs attack Jews, throw Molotov cocktails, or shout slogans in support of Hamas - it is probably because some Jew did something wrong.'' Kalman Liebskind, Maariv, Nay 1, 2021. https://m.maariv.co.il/journalists/Article-837391</ref> |
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| − | [[File:Yusuf Naim.jpeg|right|250px|thumb|Yusuf Naim, a nurse at Hadassah Hospital, posted a picture of a swastika next to the caption "Nazi Palestinian" on his [[Instagram]] account.<ref>'Yusuf Naim, operating room nurse at Hadassah. Declares himself a Palestinian Update Hadassah response.' Rotter, 15.05.21. [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=https://rotter.net/forum/scoops1/698354.shtml https://rotter.net/forum/scoops1/698354.shtml]</ref>]] | + | [[File:Yusuf Naim.jpeg|right|250px|thumb|Yusuf Naim, a nurse at Hadassah Hospital, posted a picture of a swastika next to the caption "Nazi Palestinian" on his [[Instagram]] account.<ref>'Yusuf Naim, operating room nurse at Hadassah. Declares himself a Palestinian Update Hadassah response.' Rotter, 15.05.21. [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=https://rotter.net/forum/scoops1/698354.shtml https://rotter.net/forum/scoops1/698354.shtml]</ref>]] |
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| − | *In Jaffa, Arabs lobbed incendiary device at a family they thought it was Jewish. Injuring Arab Child and slightly injuring his sister.<ref>"Police: Two Israeli-Arabs Behind Arson Attack that Severely Burned 12-Year-Old Boy in Jaffa." by i24 News, May 17, 2021. ''Two Arab-Israeli are being accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at a home located in the port city of Jaffa, which left severe third-degree burns on a 12-year-old Arab boy. This incident, which shocked the Israeli public, was initially attributed to radical Jews, in the wake of inter-communal violence that has erupted in recent days. The two suspects, who were caught on surveillance cameras before fleeing, were actually targeting a house inhabited by Jews and had hit the “wrong” target. Police arrested one of the suspects and were still pursuing the other..'' https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/1621231466-police-two-israeli-arabs-behind-arson-attack-that-severely-burned-12-year-old-boy-in-jaffa | + | *In Jaffa, Arabs lobbed incendiary device at a family they thought it was Jewish. Injuring Arab Child and slightly injuring his sister.<ref>"Police: Two Israeli-Arabs Behind Arson Attack that Severely Burned 12-Year-Old Boy in Jaffa." by i24 News, May 17, 2021. ''Two Arab-Israeli are being accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at a home located in the port city of Jaffa, which left severe third-degree burns on a 12-year-old Arab boy. This incident, which shocked the Israeli public, was initially attributed to radical Jews, in the wake of inter-communal violence that has erupted in recent days. The two suspects, who were caught on surveillance cameras before fleeing, were actually targeting a house inhabited by Jews and had hit the “wrong” target. Police arrested one of the suspects and were still pursuing the other..'' https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/1621231466-police-two-israeli-arabs-behind-arson-attack-that-severely-burned-12-year-old-boy-in-jaffa |
| | https://www.algemeiner.com/2021/05/17/police-two-israeli-arabs-behind-arson-attack-that-severely-burned-12-year-old-boy-in-jaffa/</ref><ref name=daoud>(Journalist HakolKalul ptogram) Sivan Cohen Saban, [https://mobile.twitter.com/sivanhakolkalul/status/1406521526682279938 Jun 20, 2021]: | | https://www.algemeiner.com/2021/05/17/police-two-israeli-arabs-behind-arson-attack-that-severely-burned-12-year-old-boy-in-jaffa/</ref><ref name=daoud>(Journalist HakolKalul ptogram) Sivan Cohen Saban, [https://mobile.twitter.com/sivanhakolkalul/status/1406521526682279938 Jun 20, 2021]: |
| | ''Meet Ahmad Daoud, 21-year-old manager of the "Old Man and the Sea" restaurant in Jaffa. At the 'Guardian of Walls', he decided he wanted to burn Jews living near the restaurant.'' | | ''Meet Ahmad Daoud, 21-year-old manager of the "Old Man and the Sea" restaurant in Jaffa. At the 'Guardian of Walls', he decided he wanted to burn Jews living near the restaurant.'' |
| | ''So he got out of the "Old Man and the Sea" and threw a Molotov cocktail at a house that looked dark to him and without the lights of Ramadan, only Ahmed did not know that the family he burned the child for was an Arab family whose decorations did not work. The boy was of a family of Arabs whose decorations did not work.''</ref> Even after it was found out and publicized that Arabs perpetrated it, still hateful Arab politician in Israel pushed for fake news as if it was done by Jews.<ref>@YosephHaddad) Tweeted: | | ''So he got out of the "Old Man and the Sea" and threw a Molotov cocktail at a house that looked dark to him and without the lights of Ramadan, only Ahmed did not know that the family he burned the child for was an Arab family whose decorations did not work. The boy was of a family of Arabs whose decorations did not work.''</ref> Even after it was found out and publicized that Arabs perpetrated it, still hateful Arab politician in Israel pushed for fake news as if it was done by Jews.<ref>@YosephHaddad) Tweeted: |
| − | ''An hour ago, Moshe Nussbaum already published that there are extremist Arabs behind this, but Sami [Abou Shahadeh] will not miss an opportunity to show the world the lie in order to spread more hatred and incite! Instead of condemning the extremist and violent rioters for whom he as a public representative is responsible, he continues to stir and lie !!'' [https://twitter.com/YosephHaddad/status/1393636185772367873?s=20 May 15, 2021]</ref> | + | ''An hour ago, Moshe Nussbaum already published that there are extremist Arabs behind this, but Sami [Abou Shahadeh] will not miss an opportunity to show the world the lie in order to spread more hatred and incite! Instead of condemning the extremist and violent rioters for whom he as a public representative is responsible, he continues to stir and lie !!'' [https://twitter.com/YosephHaddad/status/1393636185772367873?s=20 May 15, 2021]</ref> |
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| | The suspects were arrested over the past several weeks in a joint operation by the Shin Bet and Israel Police, according to a statement from the two organizations at the time. | | The suspects were arrested over the past several weeks in a joint operation by the Shin Bet and Israel Police, according to a statement from the two organizations at the time. |
| | The eighth man, Muhammad Hassouna, 33, was not charged on Thursday. | | The eighth man, Muhammad Hassouna, 33, was not charged on Thursday. |
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| | Video footage distributed by the Israel Police (above) showed the attack as it unfolded, with Yehoshua’s car slowing down because of the flaming roadblocks, then being hit by rocks and bricks. He could then be seen driving away, pulling into his parking lot and hitting the parked car. Additional footage showed some of the suspects apparently attempting to erase the security camera recordings from that night. | | Video footage distributed by the Israel Police (above) showed the attack as it unfolded, with Yehoshua’s car slowing down because of the flaming roadblocks, then being hit by rocks and bricks. He could then be seen driving away, pulling into his parking lot and hitting the parked car. Additional footage showed some of the suspects apparently attempting to erase the security camera recordings from that night. |
| − | Some of Yehoshua’s organs were later used in life-saving transplants. His heart, lungs, liver, and kidneys were all donated to patients in need. One of his kidneys went to an Arab Israeli woman, Randa Aweis, a 58-year-old Christian from Jerusalem. | + | Some of Yehoshua’s organs were later used in life-saving transplants. His heart, lungs, liver, and kidneys were all donated to patients in need. One of his kidneys went to an Arab Israeli woman, Randa Aweis, a 58-year-old Christian from Jerusalem. |
| | Thursday also saw prosecutors file indictments against three suspects accused of attacking Mor Janashvili and causing him serious injuries during rioting in the northern city of Acre, also on May 12. | | Thursday also saw prosecutors file indictments against three suspects accused of attacking Mor Janashvili and causing him serious injuries during rioting in the northern city of Acre, also on May 12. |
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| | As Janashvili drove past they hurled stones at his vehicle, hitting it and smashing the windshield. Janashvili lost control and crashed into a wall, also hitting an Arab youth who was standing there. | | As Janashvili drove past they hurled stones at his vehicle, hitting it and smashing the windshield. Janashvili lost control and crashed into a wall, also hitting an Arab youth who was standing there. |
| | Hiluani spurred on the mob by shouting to them that the Arab youth who was hit by the car had died, although in fact he was alive and was able to stand up with the assistance of others, prosecutors say. | | Hiluani spurred on the mob by shouting to them that the Arab youth who was hit by the car had died, although in fact he was alive and was able to stand up with the assistance of others, prosecutors say. |
| − | Janashvili exited the vehicle but before he could escape was beaten by the mob. The attackers only stopped when a local sheikh arrived and told them to stop. He was saved by an Arab nurse who was at the scene. The two later had an emotional reunion in the hospital. | + | Janashvili exited the vehicle but before he could escape was beaten by the mob. The attackers only stopped when a local sheikh arrived and told them to stop. He was saved by an Arab nurse who was at the scene. The two later had an emotional reunion in the hospital. |
| | Janashvili’s car was set alight and destroyed. | | Janashvili’s car was set alight and destroyed. |
| | Last month saw massive riots break out in many so-called mixed Israeli cities, home to large numbers of both Arabs and Jews, during an 11-day conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.</font></blockquote></ref><ref>[https://www.20il.co.il/%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%A4%D7%92%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%A8%D7%95-%D7%9B%D7%A0%D7%A4%D7%92%D7%A2%D7%99-%D7%98%D7%A8/ 'The victims of the Arab riots will be recognized as victims of terrorism.'] Yigal Yehoshua .. was murdered by Arab rioters who carried out a brutal lynching in Lod. | | Last month saw massive riots break out in many so-called mixed Israeli cities, home to large numbers of both Arabs and Jews, during an 11-day conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.</font></blockquote></ref><ref>[https://www.20il.co.il/%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%A4%D7%92%D7%A2%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%99%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%A8%D7%95-%D7%9B%D7%A0%D7%A4%D7%92%D7%A2%D7%99-%D7%98%D7%A8/ 'The victims of the Arab riots will be recognized as victims of terrorism.'] Yigal Yehoshua .. was murdered by Arab rioters who carried out a brutal lynching in Lod. |
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| | Yoav Zeitun (@yoavzitun) Tweeted:: | | Yoav Zeitun (@yoavzitun) Tweeted:: |
| | GSS: Deciphering the murder of the late Yigal Yehoshua in Lod - 6 Arabs from Lod and 2 Palestinians from Judea and Samaria set up checkpoints to stone Jews' vehicles; they identified Yehoshua as a Jew and stoned him with stones and at close range.</ref><ref>[https://m.ynet.co.il/articles/59540350 Set up roadblocks to locate Jews - and throw stones: Decipher the murder of Yigal Yehoshua in Lod], Eli Sinyor, Ynet, June 20, 2021. | | GSS: Deciphering the murder of the late Yigal Yehoshua in Lod - 6 Arabs from Lod and 2 Palestinians from Judea and Samaria set up checkpoints to stone Jews' vehicles; they identified Yehoshua as a Jew and stoned him with stones and at close range.</ref><ref>[https://m.ynet.co.il/articles/59540350 Set up roadblocks to locate Jews - and throw stones: Decipher the murder of Yigal Yehoshua in Lod], Eli Sinyor, Ynet, June 20, 2021. |
| − | ''The group decided to harm Jews for nationalist motives, according to police. For this purpose, they erected makeshift checkpoints of stones and garbage cans on Locksmith Street in Lod, with the aim that Jews' vehicles would slow down, and then they would be able to stone them... Suspects: Muhammad Hassona (33), Khaled Hassona (51), Karim Bahlul (20), Yosef Al-Qaeda (21), Walid Al-Qaeda (25), Iyad Marahla (20)...''</ref> In addition, there were also attempted murder cases.<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/arab-man-charged-with-attempted-murder-over-acre-stoning/ Arab man charged with attempted murder over Acre stoning], J.A. Gross and TOI Staff, TOI, June 21, 2021. | + | ''The group decided to harm Jews for nationalist motives, according to police. For this purpose, they erected makeshift checkpoints of stones and garbage cans on Locksmith Street in Lod, with the aim that Jews' vehicles would slow down, and then they would be able to stone them... Suspects: Muhammad Hassona (33), Khaled Hassona (51), Karim Bahlul (20), Yosef Al-Qaeda (21), Walid Al-Qaeda (25), Iyad Marahla (20)...''</ref> In addition, there were also attempted murder cases.<ref>[https://www.timesofisrael.com/arab-man-charged-with-attempted-murder-over-acre-stoning/ Arab man charged with attempted murder over Acre stoning], J.A. Gross and TOI Staff, TOI, June 21, 2021. |
| | ''Habib Abu Habib, 41, accused of throwing a rock at Mordechai Katz's head from close range on May 12; in separate case, terror suspect arrested south of Haifa.''</ref><ref>Aviad Glickman, Maor Tzur, [https://13news.co.il/item/news/domestic/crime-law/racist-murder-1270633/ 7 Arabs accused of murdering Yigal Yehoshua: "Act for racist motives"], News 13, June 24, 2021. | | ''Habib Abu Habib, 41, accused of throwing a rock at Mordechai Katz's head from close range on May 12; in separate case, terror suspect arrested south of Haifa.''</ref><ref>Aviad Glickman, Maor Tzur, [https://13news.co.il/item/news/domestic/crime-law/racist-murder-1270633/ 7 Arabs accused of murdering Yigal Yehoshua: "Act for racist motives"], News 13, June 24, 2021. |
| | <blockquote>An indictment has been filed against those involved for an act of terrorism, obstruction of justice and illegal stay in Israel. In addition, two of them even threw stones at Jewish vehicles two days after the incident. "Throwing stones for being a Jew"</blockquote></ref> | | <blockquote>An indictment has been filed against those involved for an act of terrorism, obstruction of justice and illegal stay in Israel. In addition, two of them even threw stones at Jewish vehicles two days after the incident. "Throwing stones for being a Jew"</blockquote></ref> |
| − | ("clashes" myth: While there was overplaying in lefty media in Israel over an isolated reprisal coming only later on and against someone they thought to be ramming<ref>Hanan Amiur @hananamiur Tweeted ([https://twitter.com/hananamiur/status/1393621681940336640 May 15, 2021]): | + | ("clashes" myth: While there was overplaying in lefty media in Israel over an isolated reprisal coming only later on and against someone they thought to be ramming<ref>Hanan Amiur @hananamiur Tweeted ([https://twitter.com/hananamiur/status/1393621681940336640 May 15, 2021]): |
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| | Note the main picture in Nahum Barnea's column and the contemptuous editorial decision of Yedioth Ahronoth. | | Note the main picture in Nahum Barnea's column and the contemptuous editorial decision of Yedioth Ahronoth. |
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| | About a week after he died of his wounds after being hit by 2 rioters riding an electric bicycle, a rally was held today (Sunday) in memory of Destau Beast, with the participation of MKs and public figures | | About a week after he died of his wounds after being hit by 2 rioters riding an electric bicycle, a rally was held today (Sunday) in memory of Destau Beast, with the participation of MKs and public figures |
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| − | At this time, the rally begins in memory of the late Destau Beast at the site of the murder near the mall in Ramla.</blockquote></ref><ref>[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/310548 Arab youth arrested in fatal ramming attack on Ramle resident], Ido Ben Porat, INN, Jul 25, 2021. | + | At this time, the rally begins in memory of the late Destau Beast at the site of the murder near the mall in Ramla.</blockquote></ref><ref>[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/310548 Arab youth arrested in fatal ramming attack on Ramle resident], Ido Ben Porat, INN, Jul 25, 2021. |
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| | Destau Bisset was critically injured in the incident which took place on May 30th, during Operation Guardian of the Walls. | | Destau Bisset was critically injured in the incident which took place on May 30th, during Operation Guardian of the Walls. |
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| | ''An Imam in Lod was arrested by Israel Police's Lahav-433 anti-corruption unit on suspicion of inciting Muslim constituents to harm police officers, according to a police report. | | ''An Imam in Lod was arrested by Israel Police's Lahav-433 anti-corruption unit on suspicion of inciting Muslim constituents to harm police officers, according to a police report. |
| | The Imam, Yosef Muhammad Elbaz, 63, uploaded a Facebook post that called for Arab-Israeli citizens to go out and violently confront police officers. | | The Imam, Yosef Muhammad Elbaz, 63, uploaded a Facebook post that called for Arab-Israeli citizens to go out and violently confront police officers. |
| − | He was charged by the Lahav-433 unit for suspected incitement, violence, terrorism and making threats.''</ref><ref>[https://www.20il.co.il/%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%99%D7%97-%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%AA-%D7%A0%D7%A2%D7%A6%D7%A8-%D7%94%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%9D-%D7%A9%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%A3-%D7%A1%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9F-%D7%94/ The inciting sheikh: The imam who shared a video calling for the murder of police officers was arrested], News 20, 7th of Tammuz 5722 (17/06/2021)... | + | He was charged by the Lahav-433 unit for suspected incitement, violence, terrorism and making threats.''</ref><ref>[https://www.20il.co.il/%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%99%D7%97-%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%AA-%D7%A0%D7%A2%D7%A6%D7%A8-%D7%94%D7%90%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%9D-%D7%A9%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%A3-%D7%A1%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9F-%D7%94/ The inciting sheikh: The imam who shared a video calling for the murder of police officers was arrested], News 20, 7th of Tammuz 5722 (17/06/2021)... |
| | ''Elbaz is the largest mosque imam in Lod. In recent weeks, Jewish residents in Lod have demanded that he be arrested following remarks he made at the mosque, in which he made provocative chants. As stated, after the publication of the last post, complaints were filed against him by the police. | | ''Elbaz is the largest mosque imam in Lod. In recent weeks, Jewish residents in Lod have demanded that he be arrested following remarks he made at the mosque, in which he made provocative chants. As stated, after the publication of the last post, complaints were filed against him by the police. |
| | Elbaz is affiliated with the northern faction of the Islamic Movement, and police are preparing for the possibility that violent riots will develop in the city following his arrest. Meanwhile, last week the detention of Kamal Khatib, deputy chairman of the northern faction of the Islamic Movement, who was accused of publishing incitement last month - in the background of Operation Wall Guard - was extended. Khatib was arrested last month and charged with incitement to violence and support or identification with a terrorist organization. | | Elbaz is affiliated with the northern faction of the Islamic Movement, and police are preparing for the possibility that violent riots will develop in the city following his arrest. Meanwhile, last week the detention of Kamal Khatib, deputy chairman of the northern faction of the Islamic Movement, who was accused of publishing incitement last month - in the background of Operation Wall Guard - was extended. Khatib was arrested last month and charged with incitement to violence and support or identification with a terrorist organization. |
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| | * Adding to it all, also [[Hezbollah]] has been firing from Lebanon.<ref>Against the background of the escalation in the south: launches were made towards the Upper Galilee.. ''Six launches were made from Lebanon toward the country, but did not cross the border fence. The IDF responded with artillery fire to the sources of the fire. At the same time, the fire continued from the Gaza Strip towards the southern settlements.'' | | * Adding to it all, also [[Hezbollah]] has been firing from Lebanon.<ref>Against the background of the escalation in the south: launches were made towards the Upper Galilee.. ''Six launches were made from Lebanon toward the country, but did not cross the border fence. The IDF responded with artillery fire to the sources of the fire. At the same time, the fire continued from the Gaza Strip towards the southern settlements.'' |
| | Maariv writers, May 18, 2021. https://m.maariv.co.il/news/military/Article-841196</ref><ref>Judah Ari Gross: 'IDF: 4 rockets fired at Israel from Lebanon, 1 intercepted; no injuries.' | | Maariv writers, May 18, 2021. https://m.maariv.co.il/news/military/Article-841196</ref><ref>Judah Ari Gross: 'IDF: 4 rockets fired at Israel from Lebanon, 1 intercepted; no injuries.' |
| − | Israeli artillery cannons shell source of fire in retaliation; 3 projectiles land in unpopulated areas in latest attack on Israel’s north; Palestinian faction said behind launch. TOI, May 18, 2021. | + | Israeli artillery cannons shell source of fire in retaliation; 3 projectiles land in unpopulated areas in latest attack on Israel’s north; Palestinian faction said behind launch. TOI, May 18, 2021. |
| | https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-4-rockets-fired-at-israel-from-lebanon-1-intercepted-no-injuries/</ref> | | https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-4-rockets-fired-at-israel-from-lebanon-1-intercepted-no-injuries/</ref> |
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| − | Among Hamas' distributing fake or manipulated news and images already earlier,<ref name=pre-incitement>[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/hamas-has-been-tiktoking-about-jerusalem-israeli-arabs-for-a-year-668531 Hamas has been TikToking about Jerusalem, Israeli-Arabs for a year], Yonah Jeremy Bob. May 20, 2021. | + | Among Hamas' distributing fake or manipulated news and images already earlier,<ref name=pre-incitement>[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/hamas-has-been-tiktoking-about-jerusalem-israeli-arabs-for-a-year-668531 Hamas has been TikToking about Jerusalem, Israeli-Arabs for a year], Yonah Jeremy Bob. May 20, 2021. |
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| | ...the report clarifies that there was a sophisticated and premeditated incitement campaign by Hamas to achieve the chaotic effect that has occurred in some Israeli-Arab communities. | | ...the report clarifies that there was a sophisticated and premeditated incitement campaign by Hamas to achieve the chaotic effect that has occurred in some Israeli-Arab communities. |
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| − | For example, to connect itself with Sheikh Jarrah and extend its ideological influence from Gaza into east Jerusalem and among Israeli-Arabs within the Green Line, Hamas sent out a steady stream of messages that “Jerusalem will remain the conscience of the Palestinian nation.” | + | For example, to connect itself with Sheikh Jarrah and extend its ideological influence from Gaza into east Jerusalem and among Israeli-Arabs within the Green Line, Hamas sent out a steady stream of messages that “Jerusalem will remain the conscience of the Palestinian nation.” |
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| | Next, the report quotes a Hamas spokesman, Abu Obeida, who called on Israeli-Arabs to take concrete acts of support for Hamas, knowing that the organization “had swords and shields for you.” | | Next, the report quotes a Hamas spokesman, Abu Obeida, who called on Israeli-Arabs to take concrete acts of support for Hamas, knowing that the organization “had swords and shields for you.” |
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| | Another photo shared on social media in Turkey shows the bodies of children lying in a row wrapped in shrouds. A Turkish tweet claimed that she was photographed in Jerusalem in recent days. Batayit checked and found that the photo was taken in August 2013 in Syria. Similar to this picture, other pictures originating from the war in Syria were distributed on the networks. In the case of another photo, in which a girl is seen crying over her dead brother, there is indeed a connection to our local confrontation, but she was taken in Jabalya in 2014, and not in 2021 in Jerusalem, as claimed.</blockquote></ref> | | Another photo shared on social media in Turkey shows the bodies of children lying in a row wrapped in shrouds. A Turkish tweet claimed that she was photographed in Jerusalem in recent days. Batayit checked and found that the photo was taken in August 2013 in Syria. Similar to this picture, other pictures originating from the war in Syria were distributed on the networks. In the case of another photo, in which a girl is seen crying over her dead brother, there is indeed a connection to our local confrontation, but she was taken in Jabalya in 2014, and not in 2021 in Jerusalem, as claimed.</blockquote></ref> |
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| − | Hamas has posted a recording, falsely attributing it to one of its kidnapped hostages it holds.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/hamas-official-releases-new-details-of-gilad-shalits-time-in-captivity-670287 Hamas using ‘cheap manipulation’ with fake hostage video, Israel says] Lahav Harkov, JPost, June 7, 2021. | + | Hamas has posted a recording, falsely attributing it to one of its kidnapped hostages it holds.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/hamas-official-releases-new-details-of-gilad-shalits-time-in-captivity-670287 Hamas using ‘cheap manipulation’ with fake hostage video, Israel says] Lahav Harkov, JPost, June 7, 2021. |
| | ''Mengistu’s mother said it was not her son’s voice in the recording.''</ref> | | ''Mengistu’s mother said it was not her son’s voice in the recording.''</ref> |
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| | The [[US]],<ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/white-house-condemns-ongoing-rocket-attacks-by-hamas-against-israel-2021-05-11/</ref> the [[EU]],<ref>https://norwaytoday.info/news/eu-leaders-condemn-hamas-attacks/</ref> the [[UK]],<ref>https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2021/05/10/US-UK-condemn-Hamas-rocket-attacks-on-Jerusalem</ref> and the [[United Arab Emirates]]<ref>https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/middle-east/1621075141-report-uae-demands-hamas-stop-rockets-attacks-or-face-halt-in-investments</ref> condemned Hamas firing of rockets. | | The [[US]],<ref>https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/white-house-condemns-ongoing-rocket-attacks-by-hamas-against-israel-2021-05-11/</ref> the [[EU]],<ref>https://norwaytoday.info/news/eu-leaders-condemn-hamas-attacks/</ref> the [[UK]],<ref>https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2021/05/10/US-UK-condemn-Hamas-rocket-attacks-on-Jerusalem</ref> and the [[United Arab Emirates]]<ref>https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/middle-east/1621075141-report-uae-demands-hamas-stop-rockets-attacks-or-face-halt-in-investments</ref> condemned Hamas firing of rockets. |
| − | [[Austria]]<ref>https://twitter.com/netanyahu/status/1393136506672451584?s=20</ref> and [[Slovenia]]<ref>https://www.total-slovenia-news.com/politics/8279-israeli-flag-flown-on-slovenian-govt-building-in-show-of-solidarity</ref> put up Israeli flags in show of support.<ref>https://twitter.com/netanyahu/status/1393136506672451584?s=20</ref> In the [[Czech Republic]] Prague landmark lit up in the colors of the Israeli flag in show of support for Israel.<ref>Prague's Petřín Tower to light up in blue and white in support of Israel - Prague .— Prague's Petřín Tower to light up in blue and white in support of Israel. The Prague landmark will be lit up in the colors of the Israeli flag tonight... https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/prague-s-petrin-tower-to-light-up-in-blue-and-white-in-support-of-israel</ref> On May 20, Czech, Slovak and German foreign ministers landed in Israel in show of solidarity.<ref>"Czech, Slovak and German foreign ministers land in Israel in show of solidarity." ''Alongside FM Ashkenazi, diplomats visit central Israel home hit by Gaza rocket, reiterate support for Israel's right to defend itself in the face of terrorist aggression.'' Aryeh Savir/TPS. Published: 05.20.21. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/r1KBOaQKd</ref> In the [[Italian]] Parliament, Israeli flags were displayed, and some representatives are seen clapping.<ref>Rabbi E. Poupko- UNITED AGAINST ANTISEMITISM (@RabbiPoupko) Tweeted: | + | [[Austria]]<ref>https://twitter.com/netanyahu/status/1393136506672451584?s=20</ref> and [[Slovenia]]<ref>https://www.total-slovenia-news.com/politics/8279-israeli-flag-flown-on-slovenian-govt-building-in-show-of-solidarity</ref> put up Israeli flags in show of support.<ref>https://twitter.com/netanyahu/status/1393136506672451584?s=20</ref> In the [[Czech Republic]] Prague landmark lit up in the colors of the Israeli flag in show of support for Israel.<ref>Prague's Petřín Tower to light up in blue and white in support of Israel - Prague .— Prague's Petřín Tower to light up in blue and white in support of Israel. The Prague landmark will be lit up in the colors of the Israeli flag tonight... https://www.expats.cz/czech-news/article/prague-s-petrin-tower-to-light-up-in-blue-and-white-in-support-of-israel</ref> On May 20, Czech, Slovak and German foreign ministers landed in Israel in show of solidarity.<ref>"Czech, Slovak and German foreign ministers land in Israel in show of solidarity." ''Alongside FM Ashkenazi, diplomats visit central Israel home hit by Gaza rocket, reiterate support for Israel's right to defend itself in the face of terrorist aggression.'' Aryeh Savir/TPS. Published: 05.20.21. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/r1KBOaQKd</ref> In the [[Italian]] Parliament, Israeli flags were displayed, and some representatives are seen clapping.<ref>Rabbi E. Poupko- UNITED AGAINST ANTISEMITISM (@RabbiPoupko) Tweeted: |
| | Meanwhile in the Italian Parliament... | | Meanwhile in the Italian Parliament... |
| | 🇮🇹❤️🇮🇱 Thank you #Italy! | | 🇮🇹❤️🇮🇱 Thank you #Italy! |
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| | Areas with large Arab-Muslim population saw demonstrations against Israel.<ref>Ariel Schnabel (@ArielSchnabel) Tweeted: [https://twitter.com/ArielSchnabel/status/1393947089533640705?s=20 May 16, 2021]: "There are here and there multiple Muslim demonstrations in Europe against Israel, but we prefer to leave you with good taste and a moment before the holiday to bring pictures collected today by the Foreign Ministry including rallies in support of the Jewish state and its just fight against the murderous Hamas terrorist organization. The photos are from Washington, Boston and New York. Happy and calm [Shavuot] holiday." </ref> Including in downtown Brooklyn, NY; San Francisco, Dallas; among Arab masses in France, London, among Arab immigrants in Germany. Anti-Israel Protests has spread Antisemitism especially in Europe<ref>'During the operation in Gaza: a wave of anti-Semitism across Europe.' Politicians in Germany have called for more forceful action after a series of anti-Israel demonstrations, which included burning flags and calling for Hamas. In the UK, Johnson said that "there is no place for anti-Semitism in our society", after a convoy traveling in a Jewish neighborhood in London called for "raping their daughters." Walla, Tuesday, 18 May 2021. https://news.walla.co.il/item/3436194. ''Bundestag president Wolfgang Schäuble said that while it was legitimate to "sharply criticize" Israel and "protest loudly" against its policies, "there is no justification for anti-Semitism, hatred and violence." He especially condemned the demonstrators who questioned Israel's right to exist. He said that Muslim refugees and immigrants in Germany must understand "that they are migrating to a country where the unique responsibility for Israel is part of our identity." ''</ref> and has spread attacks on media.<ref>Anti-Israel Protests Spread Antisemitism, Attacks on Media. AJC, May 16, 2021 | | Areas with large Arab-Muslim population saw demonstrations against Israel.<ref>Ariel Schnabel (@ArielSchnabel) Tweeted: [https://twitter.com/ArielSchnabel/status/1393947089533640705?s=20 May 16, 2021]: "There are here and there multiple Muslim demonstrations in Europe against Israel, but we prefer to leave you with good taste and a moment before the holiday to bring pictures collected today by the Foreign Ministry including rallies in support of the Jewish state and its just fight against the murderous Hamas terrorist organization. The photos are from Washington, Boston and New York. Happy and calm [Shavuot] holiday." </ref> Including in downtown Brooklyn, NY; San Francisco, Dallas; among Arab masses in France, London, among Arab immigrants in Germany. Anti-Israel Protests has spread Antisemitism especially in Europe<ref>'During the operation in Gaza: a wave of anti-Semitism across Europe.' Politicians in Germany have called for more forceful action after a series of anti-Israel demonstrations, which included burning flags and calling for Hamas. In the UK, Johnson said that "there is no place for anti-Semitism in our society", after a convoy traveling in a Jewish neighborhood in London called for "raping their daughters." Walla, Tuesday, 18 May 2021. https://news.walla.co.il/item/3436194. ''Bundestag president Wolfgang Schäuble said that while it was legitimate to "sharply criticize" Israel and "protest loudly" against its policies, "there is no justification for anti-Semitism, hatred and violence." He especially condemned the demonstrators who questioned Israel's right to exist. He said that Muslim refugees and immigrants in Germany must understand "that they are migrating to a country where the unique responsibility for Israel is part of our identity." ''</ref> and has spread attacks on media.<ref>Anti-Israel Protests Spread Antisemitism, Attacks on Media. AJC, May 16, 2021 |
| − | https://www.ajc.org/news/anti-israel-protests-spread-antisemitism-attacks-on-media</ref> In London, ''mobs of radical Islamists walking the streets of London looking for Jews to attack,<ref>We actually have mobs of radical Islamists walking the streets of London looking for Jews to attack. Like it or not - it is the truth. It has been building for years. This is London - the UK- in 2021. [https://twitter.com/mishtal/status/1396599180093755401?s=20 May 23, 2021]</ref> Muslims chanted "Khayber Khaybar oh Jews, Mohammad’s army is returning".<ref>Juston Cohen, 'Sadiq Khan condemns 'hateful, intimidating, racist language' at anti-Israel demo. London mayor tells Jewish News, "It is unacceptable to incite anti-Jewish hatred" after men in Saddam Hussein t-shirts chant about killing Jews at London rally.' May 16, 2021. ''Men sported t-shorts with images of Saddam Hussein were heard chanting "Khayber Khayber Ya Yehud jaish Mohammad Sauf Ya'ud" ("Khayber Khaybar oh Jews, Mohammad’s army is returning") – a reference to the killing of Jews.'' | + | https://www.ajc.org/news/anti-israel-protests-spread-antisemitism-attacks-on-media</ref> In London, ''mobs of radical Islamists walking the streets of London looking for Jews to attack,<ref>We actually have mobs of radical Islamists walking the streets of London looking for Jews to attack. Like it or not - it is the truth. It has been building for years. This is London - the UK- in 2021. [https://twitter.com/mishtal/status/1396599180093755401?s=20 May 23, 2021]</ref> Muslims chanted "Khayber Khaybar oh Jews, Mohammad’s army is returning".<ref>Juston Cohen, 'Sadiq Khan condemns 'hateful, intimidating, racist language' at anti-Israel demo. London mayor tells Jewish News, "It is unacceptable to incite anti-Jewish hatred" after men in Saddam Hussein t-shirts chant about killing Jews at London rally.' May 16, 2021. ''Men sported t-shorts with images of Saddam Hussein were heard chanting "Khayber Khayber Ya Yehud jaish Mohammad Sauf Ya'ud" ("Khayber Khaybar oh Jews, Mohammad’s army is returning") – a reference to the killing of Jews.'' |
| | https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/sadiq-khan-condemns-hateful-intimidating-racist-language-at-anti-israel-demo/</ref> A group in a convoy of 5 vehicles, called to rape Jewish women.<ref>"Rape Jewish Women": The cries that shocked Britain. ''Stormy London streets: After huge demonstrations across Europe, Jewish community in Britain continues to absorb fire over Israeli operation in Gaza. A convoy of 5 vehicles drove around the capital, calling for the sexual assault of Jewish women''. Elad Shmehiouf. Mako, May 16, 2021. https://www.mako.co.il/news-world/2021_q2/Article-bb732c4bfa67971027.htm</ref> In [[Vienna]], [on May 15, 2021] students organized a demonstration against [[Anti-Semitism]], some Muslims tried to interrupt it several times and belittled the [[Holocaust]].<ref>Bini Guttmann (@Bini_Guttmann) Tweeted [May 16, 2021]: | | https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/sadiq-khan-condemns-hateful-intimidating-racist-language-at-anti-israel-demo/</ref> A group in a convoy of 5 vehicles, called to rape Jewish women.<ref>"Rape Jewish Women": The cries that shocked Britain. ''Stormy London streets: After huge demonstrations across Europe, Jewish community in Britain continues to absorb fire over Israeli operation in Gaza. A convoy of 5 vehicles drove around the capital, calling for the sexual assault of Jewish women''. Elad Shmehiouf. Mako, May 16, 2021. https://www.mako.co.il/news-world/2021_q2/Article-bb732c4bfa67971027.htm</ref> In [[Vienna]], [on May 15, 2021] students organized a demonstration against [[Anti-Semitism]], some Muslims tried to interrupt it several times and belittled the [[Holocaust]].<ref>Bini Guttmann (@Bini_Guttmann) Tweeted [May 16, 2021]: |
| | ''Yesterday Jewish students organized a demonstration against antisemitism in Vienna. (Mostly) Islamist and Turkish nationalist youth tried to interrupt it multiple times. Someone shouted “you can shove your Holocaust up your ass.” Everyone clapped''. https://t.co/xe12iHoKux https://twitter.com/Bini_Guttmann/status/1393859707698356229?s=20</ref> | | ''Yesterday Jewish students organized a demonstration against antisemitism in Vienna. (Mostly) Islamist and Turkish nationalist youth tried to interrupt it multiple times. Someone shouted “you can shove your Holocaust up your ass.” Everyone clapped''. https://t.co/xe12iHoKux https://twitter.com/Bini_Guttmann/status/1393859707698356229?s=20</ref> |
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| − | Notable arrest was, Arab from Brooklyn. NY Waseem Awawdeh.<ref>'Jewish man beaten during wild NYC protests afraid to wear yarmulke.' By Reuven Fenton and Amanda Woods. May 21, 2021. https://nypost.com/2021/05/21/jewish-man-beaten-during-wild-midtown-protests-afraid-to-wear-yarmulke/ ''Waseem Awawdeh has been hit with multiple charges, including a hate crime. | + | Notable arrest was, Arab from Brooklyn. NY Waseem Awawdeh.<ref>'Jewish man beaten during wild NYC protests afraid to wear yarmulke.' By Reuven Fenton and Amanda Woods. May 21, 2021. https://nypost.com/2021/05/21/jewish-man-beaten-during-wild-midtown-protests-afraid-to-wear-yarmulke/ ''Waseem Awawdeh has been hit with multiple charges, including a hate crime. |
| − | In the attack, captured on video, Borgen was knocked to the ground by a group of five or six men who allegedly made anti-Semitic statements, punched, kicked, pepper-sprayed and struck him with crutches... "I tried to get away, and the next thing I knew, I was surrounded by a whole crowd of people who proceeded to kick me, punch me, beat me down," he recalled. "I felt a liquid being poured on my face and at first I thought I was getting urinated on, but it tuned out I was getting maced and pepper sprayed. My face was on fire. That pain was worse than the concussion and all this other stuff that followed."''</ref><ref>New York Police Charge Pro-Palestinian Protester With Hate Crime.' Waseem Awawdeh is accused of beating a Jewish man during protest near Times Square.' By Ben Chapman. Updated May 21, 2021. https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-police-investigate-beating-of-jewish-man-during-pro-palestinian-march-11621610628 ''"Yesterday was an attack on this man simply because he is Jewish," Ms. Halberstam said. Jewish people were targeted in 63 hate crimes between Jan. 1 and May 16, up from 60 during the same time in 2020, according to the NYPD figures. Hate crimes against Jews accounted for the second-largest number of such crimes this year, after those targeting Asians..''</ref> Waseem said, after being arrested, that he would do it again, to which [[Newsmax]]'s Logan Ratick Tweeted: ''Because he grew up brainwashed to hate a specific group of people.''<ref>Logan Ratick (@Logan_Ratick) Tweeted: Because he grew up brainwashed to hate a specific group of people [https://twitter.com/Logan_Ratick/status/1396266906546548740?s=20 May 22, 2021]</ref> Days later, another Arab from NY was arrested in thst beating, Faisal Elezzi.<ref>NYPD arrests suspect in beating of Jewish man in Times Square. May 24, 2021. ''Faisal Elezzi was arrested and charged in connection to the violent beatdown of a Jewish man near Times Square. The suspects spewed anti-Semitic statements while pepper spraying, punching and kicking Borgen, police have said. Police said the group also used crutches to beat the victim.'' | + | In the attack, captured on video, Borgen was knocked to the ground by a group of five or six men who allegedly made anti-Semitic statements, punched, kicked, pepper-sprayed and struck him with crutches... "I tried to get away, and the next thing I knew, I was surrounded by a whole crowd of people who proceeded to kick me, punch me, beat me down," he recalled. "I felt a liquid being poured on my face and at first I thought I was getting urinated on, but it tuned out I was getting maced and pepper sprayed. My face was on fire. That pain was worse than the concussion and all this other stuff that followed."''</ref><ref>New York Police Charge Pro-Palestinian Protester With Hate Crime.' Waseem Awawdeh is accused of beating a Jewish man during protest near Times Square.' By Ben Chapman. Updated May 21, 2021. https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-police-investigate-beating-of-jewish-man-during-pro-palestinian-march-11621610628 ''"Yesterday was an attack on this man simply because he is Jewish," Ms. Halberstam said. Jewish people were targeted in 63 hate crimes between Jan. 1 and May 16, up from 60 during the same time in 2020, according to the NYPD figures. Hate crimes against Jews accounted for the second-largest number of such crimes this year, after those targeting Asians..''</ref> Waseem said, after being arrested, that he would do it again, to which [[Newsmax]]'s Logan Ratick Tweeted: ''Because he grew up brainwashed to hate a specific group of people.''<ref>Logan Ratick (@Logan_Ratick) Tweeted: Because he grew up brainwashed to hate a specific group of people [https://twitter.com/Logan_Ratick/status/1396266906546548740?s=20 May 22, 2021]</ref> Days later, another Arab from NY was arrested in thst beating, Faisal Elezzi.<ref>NYPD arrests suspect in beating of Jewish man in Times Square. May 24, 2021. ''Faisal Elezzi was arrested and charged in connection to the violent beatdown of a Jewish man near Times Square. The suspects spewed anti-Semitic statements while pepper spraying, punching and kicking Borgen, police have said. Police said the group also used crutches to beat the victim.'' |
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| − | [[Ilhan Omar]] and [[Rashida Tlaib]], both Muslims with a record of anti-Jewish bigotry, both using real progressives for this intolerance "holy" cause, were very dramatic. To the pair, [[AOC]] helped in arguing there is no balance in power, ignoring reality of course, the powerful "Palestinian" side which uses its own civilians (a long bloody history since at least 1982, Anti-Israel Terrorists' ["Palestinian" or Hezbollah] Routine Use of its Own Population as Human Shields.<ref>"Anti-Israel Terrorists' ["Palestinian" or Hezbollah] Routine Use of its Own Population as Human Shields Since 1982." May 15, 2021. http://www.danielpipes.org/comments/267022</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=WrDuCwAAQBAJ&q=Human+shields#v=snippet&q=Human%20shields&f=false Jeremy Havardi, "Refuting the Anti-Israel Narrative: A Case for the Historical, Legal and Moral Legitimacy of the Jewish State,"] McFarland, 2016.</ref><ref>Search: [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22human+shields%22+%22terrorists%22+-.tr+-aljazeera+-wikipedia.org+-icrc+-palestine+-btselem+-shovrim+-haaretz+-hrw] https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aidf.il+%22human+shields%22 . https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/site-search?q=Human+shields+</ref> and even by Hamas' own admission earlier<ref>"Hamas Quietly Admits It Fired Rockets from Civilian Areas." Sep 12, 2014 — Throughout the seven- week conflict, Israel frequently charged that Hamas had been using schools, hospitals, and homes to fire . https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/380149</ref>) to shoot at Israeli civilians<ref>TEICH: Hamas' use of human shields is a war crime. May 14, 2021. https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/teich-hamas-use-of-human-shields-is-a-war-crime/wcm/8454ddb3-78f2-4dbb-aa65-60a7c93d4280/amp/</ref><ref>"Hamas is firing rockets from among civilians, targeting civilians." Israel's Foreign Affairs Min. | + | [[Ilhan Omar]] and [[Rashida Tlaib]], both Muslims with a record of anti-Jewish bigotry, both using real progressives for this intolerance "holy" cause, were very dramatic. To the pair, [[AOC]] helped in arguing there is no balance in power, ignoring reality of course, the powerful "Palestinian" side which uses its own civilians (a long bloody history since at least 1982, Anti-Israel Terrorists' ["Palestinian" or Hezbollah] Routine Use of its Own Population as Human Shields.<ref>"Anti-Israel Terrorists' ["Palestinian" or Hezbollah] Routine Use of its Own Population as Human Shields Since 1982." May 15, 2021. http://www.danielpipes.org/comments/267022</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=WrDuCwAAQBAJ&q=Human+shields#v=snippet&q=Human%20shields&f=false Jeremy Havardi, "Refuting the Anti-Israel Narrative: A Case for the Historical, Legal and Moral Legitimacy of the Jewish State,"] McFarland, 2016.</ref><ref>Search: [https://www.google.com/search?q=%22human+shields%22+%22terrorists%22+-.tr+-aljazeera+-wikipedia.org+-icrc+-palestine+-btselem+-shovrim+-haaretz+-hrw] https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aidf.il+%22human+shields%22 . https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/site-search?q=Human+shields+</ref> and even by Hamas' own admission earlier<ref>"Hamas Quietly Admits It Fired Rockets from Civilian Areas." Sep 12, 2014 — Throughout the seven- week conflict, Israel frequently charged that Hamas had been using schools, hospitals, and homes to fire . https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/380149</ref>) to shoot at Israeli civilians<ref>TEICH: Hamas' use of human shields is a war crime. May 14, 2021. https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/teich-hamas-use-of-human-shields-is-a-war-crime/wcm/8454ddb3-78f2-4dbb-aa65-60a7c93d4280/amp/</ref><ref>"Hamas is firing rockets from among civilians, targeting civilians." Israel's Foreign Affairs Min. |
| | Published on May 11, 2021. Hamas is firing rockets from civilian areas in #Gaza, deliberately targeting Israeli civilians. Israel is defending itself from Hamas' double war crime. The international community must condemn Hamas for its actions. https://youtu.be/9o0FFVHc3B4</ref><ref>ABC News, May 16, 2021: ''According to the IDF and UN reports, Hamas regularly uses apartment buildings as bases of their operations, positioning themselves near civilians for cover.''</ref><ref>Hamas rocket attacks against Israel ?! | | Published on May 11, 2021. Hamas is firing rockets from civilian areas in #Gaza, deliberately targeting Israeli civilians. Israel is defending itself from Hamas' double war crime. The international community must condemn Hamas for its actions. https://youtu.be/9o0FFVHc3B4</ref><ref>ABC News, May 16, 2021: ''According to the IDF and UN reports, Hamas regularly uses apartment buildings as bases of their operations, positioning themselves near civilians for cover.''</ref><ref>Hamas rocket attacks against Israel ?! |
| | Cartoon: Behnam Mohammadi @Behtoons: That terrorist and Islamist organizations such as Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah and the godfather of all of them, ie the Islamic Republic of Iran in Iran, use the #human_ shield to protect themselves on the one hand and increase the number of casualties on the other. [May 14, 2021]</ref> which its army is the only side that is careful about civilians. | | Cartoon: Behnam Mohammadi @Behtoons: That terrorist and Islamist organizations such as Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah and the godfather of all of them, ie the Islamic Republic of Iran in Iran, use the #human_ shield to protect themselves on the one hand and increase the number of casualties on the other. [May 14, 2021]</ref> which its army is the only side that is careful about civilians. |
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| − | Despite a pair of pro-Terror radical "activists" [one a former al-Jazeera guy, caught lying already before,<ref>UN researcher reports UN session on Israel that never happened - UN Watch. Feb 22, 2013. ''Nicola Perugini, a UN researcher in the Palestinian territories for UNESCO and UNIFEM...'' https://unwatch.org/al-jazeera-reports-on-un-session-that-never-happened/</ref> another one (Neve Gordon) hugging [[Arafat]] in the Middle of 2002 Intifadah butchery and chastising, punishing his students for daring to challenge him on his distortion<ref>'Nicola Perugini, distorter, typical inciter.' Aug 9, 2020. | + | Despite a pair of pro-Terror radical "activists" [one a former al-Jazeera guy, caught lying already before,<ref>UN researcher reports UN session on Israel that never happened - UN Watch. Feb 22, 2013. ''Nicola Perugini, a UN researcher in the Palestinian territories for UNESCO and UNIFEM...'' https://unwatch.org/al-jazeera-reports-on-un-session-that-never-happened/</ref> another one (Neve Gordon) hugging [[Arafat]] in the Middle of 2002 Intifadah butchery and chastising, punishing his students for daring to challenge him on his distortion<ref>'Nicola Perugini, distorter, typical inciter.' Aug 9, 2020. |
| | http://www.danielpipes.org/comments/259883</ref>] "book" <font size=1>promoted by two known hateful over-a-decade-propagandists<ref>https://www.theisraelgroup.org/post/anti-israel-editor-nishidani</ref> on wiki.</font> Yet, facts are facts. | | http://www.danielpipes.org/comments/259883</ref>] "book" <font size=1>promoted by two known hateful over-a-decade-propagandists<ref>https://www.theisraelgroup.org/post/anti-israel-editor-nishidani</ref> on wiki.</font> Yet, facts are facts. |
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| − | One might imagine, what would have happened, if Israel would, even for one day, albeit not go as far as to behave like its Arab Palestinian or Hezbollah side that actively aim at civilians while using its own, but with its mighty weapons just haden't gone to great length ['roof knocking',<ref>Yaakov Katz, "How the IDF invented 'Roof Knocking', the tactic that saves lives in Gaza." Jerusalem Lost, March 25, 2021. https://m.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/the-story-of-idfs-innovative-tactic-to-avoid-civilian-casualties-in-gaza-663170</ref> developing precision 'Iron Sting' for precision preventing collateral damage<ref>Seth Frantzman @sfrantzman: | + | One might imagine, what would have happened, if Israel would, even for one day, albeit not go as far as to behave like its Arab Palestinian or Hezbollah side that actively aim at civilians while using its own, but with its mighty weapons just haden't gone to great length ['roof knocking',<ref>Yaakov Katz, "How the IDF invented 'Roof Knocking', the tactic that saves lives in Gaza." Jerusalem Lost, March 25, 2021. https://m.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/the-story-of-idfs-innovative-tactic-to-avoid-civilian-casualties-in-gaza-663170</ref> developing precision 'Iron Sting' for precision preventing collateral damage<ref>Seth Frantzman @sfrantzman: |
| | Iron Sting is a 'networked precision fire system' – a mortar munition that employs laser and GPS to engage targets accurately and prevent collateral damage. Trials have been conducted successfully, concluding the system’s development. [https://mobile.twitter.com/sfrantzman/status/1371219951168724993 May 14, 2021] | | Iron Sting is a 'networked precision fire system' – a mortar munition that employs laser and GPS to engage targets accurately and prevent collateral damage. Trials have been conducted successfully, concluding the system’s development. [https://mobile.twitter.com/sfrantzman/status/1371219951168724993 May 14, 2021] |
| − | </ref> various nethods<ref>'How Israel moves Gazan civilians out of the way of attacks on Hamas.' ''Israel uses phone calls and roof-knock munitions to evacuate Gazans ahead of airstrikes. "We select warheads with the necessary lethality to hit those who need to be hit and to reduce the impact on others," Israeli official explains.'' By Reuters and ILH Staff. 05-14-2021. https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/05/14/how-israel-keeps-innocent-gazans-safe-from-iaf-airstrikes/</ref><ref>'More Accurate Better Bombs and Sparing Human Shields.' WSJ, August 10, 2018. ''A key reason for civilian casualties other than faulty intelligence or inaccurate ordnance: The deliberate use of civilians as human shields by terrorist groups.'' https://www.wsj.com/articles/more-accurate-better-bombs-and-sparing-human-shields-1533938542</ref>] to minimize civilians from adversary territories. | + | </ref> various nethods<ref>'How Israel moves Gazan civilians out of the way of attacks on Hamas.' ''Israel uses phone calls and roof-knock munitions to evacuate Gazans ahead of airstrikes. "We select warheads with the necessary lethality to hit those who need to be hit and to reduce the impact on others," Israeli official explains.'' By Reuters and ILH Staff. 05-14-2021. https://www.israelhayom.com/2021/05/14/how-israel-keeps-innocent-gazans-safe-from-iaf-airstrikes/</ref><ref>'More Accurate Better Bombs and Sparing Human Shields.' WSJ, August 10, 2018. ''A key reason for civilian casualties other than faulty intelligence or inaccurate ordnance: The deliberate use of civilians as human shields by terrorist groups.'' https://www.wsj.com/articles/more-accurate-better-bombs-and-sparing-human-shields-1533938542</ref>] to minimize civilians from adversary territories. |
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| | As T. Marshall concludes:<ref>Tim Marshall: "Iran’s influence is on full display in Gaza," May 13, 2021. https://reaction.life/irans-influence-is-on-full-display-in-gaza/</ref> | | As T. Marshall concludes:<ref>Tim Marshall: "Iran’s influence is on full display in Gaza," May 13, 2021. https://reaction.life/irans-influence-is-on-full-display-in-gaza/</ref> |
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| | Israel feels it has no choice but to try and smash the military infrastructure in Gaza. It also knows there will be civilian casualties despite them usually giving advance warning to people about which buildings they will hit. A proportion of the civilian casualties on the Palestinian side will be killed by the roughly 20 per cent of Hamas/PIJ missiles which fall within Gaza or blow up upon launch. | | Israel feels it has no choice but to try and smash the military infrastructure in Gaza. It also knows there will be civilian casualties despite them usually giving advance warning to people about which buildings they will hit. A proportion of the civilian casualties on the Palestinian side will be killed by the roughly 20 per cent of Hamas/PIJ missiles which fall within Gaza or blow up upon launch. |
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| − | Yet that is unlikely to be widely propagated in the Arab world. Iran and Hamas are prepared to sacrifice another generation of Palestinians to the overwhelming firepower of the Israelis in order to win the propaganda battle, and eventually the war.</blockquote> | + | Yet that is unlikely to be widely propagated in the Arab world. Iran and Hamas are prepared to sacrifice another generation of Palestinians to the overwhelming firepower of the Israelis in order to win the propaganda battle, and eventually the war.</blockquote> |
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| | Though AOC showed absolutely ignorance vis-a-vis the Middle East when she uttered the word "occupation"<ref>Matthew Gagnon: "The belligerent ignorance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez." The Maine Wire, August 24, 2018. | | Though AOC showed absolutely ignorance vis-a-vis the Middle East when she uttered the word "occupation"<ref>Matthew Gagnon: "The belligerent ignorance of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez." The Maine Wire, August 24, 2018. |
| | https://www.themainewire.com/2018/08/belligerent-ignorance-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/</ref> and admitted she isn't knowledgeable, yet she was quick to pick up the A slur,<ref>Mathilde Frot: "Human Rights Watch 'Israel apartheid' report condemned as 'fiction'", The JC. Apr 27, 2021 https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/human-rights-watch-israel-apartheid-report-condemned-as-fiction-1.516093 | | https://www.themainewire.com/2018/08/belligerent-ignorance-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/</ref> and admitted she isn't knowledgeable, yet she was quick to pick up the A slur,<ref>Mathilde Frot: "Human Rights Watch 'Israel apartheid' report condemned as 'fiction'", The JC. Apr 27, 2021 https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/human-rights-watch-israel-apartheid-report-condemned-as-fiction-1.516093 |
| − | ''Board of Deputies president Marie van der Zyl said the report was a "sham which puts rhetoric above fact." "They consistently ignore or downplay the fact that Israel’s security measures in the West Bank and around Gaza are the response to well-documented terror activities. The ridiculous ‘apartheid‘ slur in this report is belied by the fact that, as it stands, Israel’s next Government may well rely on the support of Arab parties, voted for by the country’s fully-enfranchised Arab citizens. "Israel’s Arab citizens have been appointed as ambassadors, professors, Supreme Court judges, hospital directors, and other key roles throughout Israel’s socio-economic landscape. Civil society organisations should be directing their efforts towards reinvigorating the peace process, not trading in false hyperbole that extends the cycle of conflict," she said. NGO Monitor president Professor Gerald Steinberg, also criticised the report writing in the Jerusalem Post that it comprised "the standard mix of shrill propaganda, false allegations and legal fictions." "Exploiting the 'apartheid' image for propaganda is a cynical appropriation of the suffering of the victims of the actual apartheid regime"..''</ref> originally invented by genocidal<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-0wMAQAAMAAJ&q=%22But+in+my+estimation+none+of+them+will+survive%22 'Israel Studies: IS. Volume 8. Indiana University Press, 2003. p.71] Moshe Shemesh: Did Shuqayri call for 'throwing the Jews into the sea'? ...'But in my estimation non of them will survive.'</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=9HIcAAAAMAAJ&q=%22China+which+we+have+received+free+of+charge+will+be+put+into+action%22 Arab Design for Israel's Annihilation, 1967, p. 10] ''28 May 1967, Ahmed Shukairy, Head of the Palestine Liberation Organization "China supplies us with weapons so that they be used for the liberation. The weapons of China which we have received free of charge will be put into action in order to destroy Tel-Aviv."''</ref> Jihadi<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=r64MAQAAMAAJ&q=%22After+the+prayers+at+Al+-+Aqsa+,+Mr+Ahmed%C2%A0Shukairy%22 Mideast Mirror, Arab News Agency, 1967, p. 18]. June 3, 1967. ''...on June 2. The demonstrators shouted slogans calling for Israel's annihilation and attacking western powers for supporting Israel. The main speaker at Friday prayers in Al-Aqsa Mosque here called for a "Jihad" (holy war) against Israel and her supporters, and delivered a special attack against the United States. After the prayers at Al-Aqsa, Mr Ahmed Shukairy, leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (P.L.O.) told those present: "We are living today a life of struggle and jihad. The hour has come and we are now in the field, approaching the battle day after day, hour after hour."''</ref> Ahmad Shukeiri<ref>"History's Worst Serial Abusers." December 8, 2014. ''Ahmad Shukairy, Husseini’s former aide, was the next leader of the Palestinians. In 1964, the Arab League appointed him to head the newly created Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Lebanese-born Shukairy was the first to hurl the apartheid slander at Israel even as he tirelessly advocated "driving the Jews into the sea." "We shall destroy Israel and its inhabitants, and as for the survivors – if there are any – the boats are ready to deport them..." '' https://www.cjnews.com/perspectives/opinions/historys-worst-serial-abusers</ref> (who in 1940 cheered, prayed for,<ref>"[https://books.google.com/books?id=pJkH06fTLD8C&pg=PA189 Arabic Political Memoirs and Other Studies, Cass books on the Middle East," Elie Kedourie, Professor of Politics Emeritus, Psychology Press, 1964, p. 189]. ''Our sympathies were with the Axis powers being led by Hitler from victory to victory, and with our sympathies went our prayers for the victory of Germany and her allies, and defeat for Britain...'"</ref><ref>Uri Milstein: The Truth About the War of Independence: Poor Preparations - Chapter 19 ... In the Chapter: Israeli Arabs Supported Nazi Germany in World War II... News1, Mar 13, 2015.. https://m.news1.co.il/Archive/002-D-100749-00.html</ref> then helped Hitler since 1941,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=47UMAQAAMAAJ&q=axis+agents+%22shukeiri,+who+fled+from+Palestine+with+the+Mufti%22 "Palestine." Volumes 1-5. American Zionist Emergency Council, 1946, pp.1-2] | + | ''Board of Deputies president Marie van der Zyl said the report was a "sham which puts rhetoric above fact." "They consistently ignore or downplay the fact that Israel’s security measures in the West Bank and around Gaza are the response to well-documented terror activities. The ridiculous ‘apartheid‘ slur in this report is belied by the fact that, as it stands, Israel’s next Government may well rely on the support of Arab parties, voted for by the country’s fully-enfranchised Arab citizens. "Israel’s Arab citizens have been appointed as ambassadors, professors, Supreme Court judges, hospital directors, and other key roles throughout Israel’s socio-economic landscape. Civil society organisations should be directing their efforts towards reinvigorating the peace process, not trading in false hyperbole that extends the cycle of conflict," she said. NGO Monitor president Professor Gerald Steinberg, also criticised the report writing in the Jerusalem Post that it comprised "the standard mix of shrill propaganda, false allegations and legal fictions." "Exploiting the 'apartheid' image for propaganda is a cynical appropriation of the suffering of the victims of the actual apartheid regime"..''</ref> originally invented by genocidal<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-0wMAQAAMAAJ&q=%22But+in+my+estimation+none+of+them+will+survive%22 'Israel Studies: IS. Volume 8. Indiana University Press, 2003. p.71] Moshe Shemesh: Did Shuqayri call for 'throwing the Jews into the sea'? ...'But in my estimation non of them will survive.'</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=9HIcAAAAMAAJ&q=%22China+which+we+have+received+free+of+charge+will+be+put+into+action%22 Arab Design for Israel's Annihilation, 1967, p. 10] ''28 May 1967, Ahmed Shukairy, Head of the Palestine Liberation Organization "China supplies us with weapons so that they be used for the liberation. The weapons of China which we have received free of charge will be put into action in order to destroy Tel-Aviv."''</ref> Jihadi<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=r64MAQAAMAAJ&q=%22After+the+prayers+at+Al+-+Aqsa+,+Mr+Ahmed%C2%A0Shukairy%22 Mideast Mirror, Arab News Agency, 1967, p. 18]. June 3, 1967. ''...on June 2. The demonstrators shouted slogans calling for Israel's annihilation and attacking western powers for supporting Israel. The main speaker at Friday prayers in Al-Aqsa Mosque here called for a "Jihad" (holy war) against Israel and her supporters, and delivered a special attack against the United States. After the prayers at Al-Aqsa, Mr Ahmed Shukairy, leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (P.L.O.) told those present: "We are living today a life of struggle and jihad. The hour has come and we are now in the field, approaching the battle day after day, hour after hour."''</ref> Ahmad Shukeiri<ref>"History's Worst Serial Abusers." December 8, 2014. ''Ahmad Shukairy, Husseini’s former aide, was the next leader of the Palestinians. In 1964, the Arab League appointed him to head the newly created Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Lebanese-born Shukairy was the first to hurl the apartheid slander at Israel even as he tirelessly advocated "driving the Jews into the sea." "We shall destroy Israel and its inhabitants, and as for the survivors – if there are any – the boats are ready to deport them..." '' https://www.cjnews.com/perspectives/opinions/historys-worst-serial-abusers</ref> (who in 1940 cheered, prayed for,<ref>"[https://books.google.com/books?id=pJkH06fTLD8C&pg=PA189 Arabic Political Memoirs and Other Studies, Cass books on the Middle East," Elie Kedourie, Professor of Politics Emeritus, Psychology Press, 1964, p. 189]. ''Our sympathies were with the Axis powers being led by Hitler from victory to victory, and with our sympathies went our prayers for the victory of Germany and her allies, and defeat for Britain...'"</ref><ref>Uri Milstein: The Truth About the War of Independence: Poor Preparations - Chapter 19 ... In the Chapter: Israeli Arabs Supported Nazi Germany in World War II... News1, Mar 13, 2015.. https://m.news1.co.il/Archive/002-D-100749-00.html</ref> then helped Hitler since 1941,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=47UMAQAAMAAJ&q=axis+agents+%22shukeiri,+who+fled+from+Palestine+with+the+Mufti%22 "Palestine." Volumes 1-5. American Zionist Emergency Council, 1946, pp.1-2] |
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| − | ''Seeing that all those pogromists, rebels and Axis agents are now allowed to sit on the Arab Higher Committee, that one of them, Mr. Shukeiri, who fled from Palestine with the Mufti.''</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ijg4AQAAMAAJ&pg=SL1-PA5735 Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress, Volume 107, Part 24. United States. Congress - U.S. Government Printing Office, 1961. p.5735]. ...''he belonged to a group of fanatical extremists ed by the ex-Mufti. This gang cooperated with the Communists and prior to the Hitler-Stalin Pact sought in every possible way to sabotage the Allied war effort against the Nazis in the Middle East. However, when Soviet Russia joined the Allies, Shukairy's group split with the Communists and went all out for Hitler.''</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=0nacFQ7dBJIC&pg=SL1-PA525 Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress, Volume 110, Part 22, United States. Congress, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1964, p. 524-5] ''Shukairy has had a remarkable history . As has been revealed... he worked with the Nazis in the Middle East and was a henchman of the notorious Mufti...''</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=3Yah_o9r5V4C&pg=SL1-PA456#v=snippet&q=Shukairy%20%22Nazis%22&f=false Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress. United States. Congress. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1965, p. 456]. ''Ahmed Shukairy, the self-proclaimed spokesman for the Arab refugees — a man who worked for the Nazis and their henchmen during World War II...''</ref><ref>[https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/djnews/djn.1967.02.03.001/9 The Detroit Jewish News. Friday, February 03, 1967. Page 9]. ''Antiwar Group Warns Public of PLO Leader Shukairy. ''Dr. Albert Simard, secretary of the Society for the Prevention of World War Three warns of the "dangerous" background and activities of Ahmed Shukairy, head of the Palestine Liberation Organization who, he said, had expressed hatred of the West. Recalling the pro-Hilter activities "highest levels of government" of Shukairy when he was associated with the notorious Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. Dr. Simard said, that the Arab terrorist leader "also played a most active role in keeping tensions white hot in the Middle East and inciting the Arabs against the West." ''</ref> justified the Holocaust in 1946,<ref>"Behind the British Conspiracy." B'nai B'rith Messenger. 12 July 1946, p.6. https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/bbh/1946/07/12/01/article/47. ''Achmed Shukeiri, chief of the Arab Office, who reiterated in his conversation the words of Goebbels justified the murder of six million Jews of Europe "because Hitler could not have been all wrong..." ''</ref> and promoted neo Nazi storm trooper gang<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=n9c3AQAAIAAJ&q=shukairy+apartheid "Facts." Volumes 15-17, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, 1963, p. 424]. ''In 1962 at the U.N., Shukairy even went so far as to praise the militant, anti-Jewish and neo-Nazi storm-troop gang in Argentina know as Tacuara...''</ref><ref>[https://www.jta.org/1962/12/03/archive/recall-of-arab-delegate-from-u-n-is-sought-saluted-tacuara Recall of Arab Delegate from U.N. is Sought; ‘saluted’ Tacuara] JTA, December 3, 1962. ...''endorsing an open neo-Nazi movement...''</ref><ref>The National Jewish Monthly, Volume 77, B'nai B'rith., 1962, p. 1. ''This was too much even for Saudi Arabia's king Faisal, who removed Shukairy from his UN post.'' https://books.google.com/books?&id=OjLnAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22removed%22</ref> who guarded Adolf Eichmann<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=MW8-AAAAIAAJ&q=tacuara+hitler Lev Bezymenskiĭ: "Tracing Martin Bormann," 1966. pp.149-150] ''... an armed underground nazi organisation in Argentina which called itself Tacuara.” This nazi organization... many of its instructors are former SS officers. Eichmann was under Tacuara protection.''</ref> and has tortured a 19 years old girl, carved a swastika on her, as a revenge for killing Eichmann<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-tY6DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA53 Beatrice D. Gurwitz, "Argentine Jews in the Age of Revolt: Between the New World and the Third World." 2016, p.53] ''The most shocking event came in June, when Graciela Narcisa Sirota, a nineteen-year-old Jewish university student, was kidnapped and tortured by members of Tacuara. The abductors burned her with cigarettes, tattooed a swastika on her, and told her that the attack was “revenge for Eichmann.”''</ref>) He did it in October, 1961 in the context of him protesting the Eichmann trial,<ref>"A response to David Grossman." By Amnon Lord. 08-05-2018 ''... the first person to accuse Israel of being an apartheid state was Ahmad Shukeiri, a U.N. diplomat, in 1961 in the context of the Eichmann trial.'' https://www.israelhayom.com/opinions/a-response-to-david-grossman/</ref> some 6 years before<ref>Dan Diker and Olga Meshoe Washington, "HRW's condemnation of Israel: Apartheid appropriation, racism in name of 'human rights'?" 08 May, 2021. ...''Even more far-reaching, PLO founder Ahmed Shukeiri exploited the Israeli apartheid libel well before Israel was forced to enter the West Bank and Gaza in the defensive 1967 war.'' | + | ''Seeing that all those pogromists, rebels and Axis agents are now allowed to sit on the Arab Higher Committee, that one of them, Mr. Shukeiri, who fled from Palestine with the Mufti.''</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ijg4AQAAMAAJ&pg=SL1-PA5735 Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress, Volume 107, Part 24. United States. Congress - U.S. Government Printing Office, 1961. p.5735]. ...''he belonged to a group of fanatical extremists ed by the ex-Mufti. This gang cooperated with the Communists and prior to the Hitler-Stalin Pact sought in every possible way to sabotage the Allied war effort against the Nazis in the Middle East. However, when Soviet Russia joined the Allies, Shukairy's group split with the Communists and went all out for Hitler.''</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=0nacFQ7dBJIC&pg=SL1-PA525 Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress, Volume 110, Part 22, United States. Congress, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1964, p. 524-5] ''Shukairy has had a remarkable history . As has been revealed... he worked with the Nazis in the Middle East and was a henchman of the notorious Mufti...''</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=3Yah_o9r5V4C&pg=SL1-PA456#v=snippet&q=Shukairy%20%22Nazis%22&f=false Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress. United States. Congress. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1965, p. 456]. ''Ahmed Shukairy, the self-proclaimed spokesman for the Arab refugees — a man who worked for the Nazis and their henchmen during World War II...''</ref><ref>[https://digital.bentley.umich.edu/djnews/djn.1967.02.03.001/9 The Detroit Jewish News. Friday, February 03, 1967. Page 9]. ''Antiwar Group Warns Public of PLO Leader Shukairy. ''Dr. Albert Simard, secretary of the Society for the Prevention of World War Three warns of the "dangerous" background and activities of Ahmed Shukairy, head of the Palestine Liberation Organization who, he said, had expressed hatred of the West. Recalling the pro-Hilter activities "highest levels of government" of Shukairy when he was associated with the notorious Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. Dr. Simard said, that the Arab terrorist leader "also played a most active role in keeping tensions white hot in the Middle East and inciting the Arabs against the West." ''</ref> justified the Holocaust in 1946,<ref>"Behind the British Conspiracy." B'nai B'rith Messenger. 12 July 1946, p.6. https://www.nli.org.il/en/newspapers/bbh/1946/07/12/01/article/47. ''Achmed Shukeiri, chief of the Arab Office, who reiterated in his conversation the words of Goebbels justified the murder of six million Jews of Europe "because Hitler could not have been all wrong..." ''</ref> and promoted neo Nazi storm trooper gang<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=n9c3AQAAIAAJ&q=shukairy+apartheid "Facts." Volumes 15-17, Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, 1963, p. 424]. ''In 1962 at the U.N., Shukairy even went so far as to praise the militant, anti-Jewish and neo-Nazi storm-troop gang in Argentina know as Tacuara...''</ref><ref>[https://www.jta.org/1962/12/03/archive/recall-of-arab-delegate-from-u-n-is-sought-saluted-tacuara Recall of Arab Delegate from U.N. is Sought; ‘saluted’ Tacuara] JTA, December 3, 1962. ...''endorsing an open neo-Nazi movement...''</ref><ref>The National Jewish Monthly, Volume 77, B'nai B'rith., 1962, p. 1. ''This was too much even for Saudi Arabia's king Faisal, who removed Shukairy from his UN post.'' https://books.google.com/books?&id=OjLnAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22removed%22</ref> who guarded Adolf Eichmann<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=MW8-AAAAIAAJ&q=tacuara+hitler Lev Bezymenskiĭ: "Tracing Martin Bormann," 1966. pp.149-150] ''... an armed underground nazi organisation in Argentina which called itself Tacuara.” This nazi organization... many of its instructors are former SS officers. Eichmann was under Tacuara protection.''</ref> and has tortured a 19 years old girl, carved a swastika on her, as a revenge for killing Eichmann<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-tY6DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA53 Beatrice D. Gurwitz, "Argentine Jews in the Age of Revolt: Between the New World and the Third World." 2016, p.53] ''The most shocking event came in June, when Graciela Narcisa Sirota, a nineteen-year-old Jewish university student, was kidnapped and tortured by members of Tacuara. The abductors burned her with cigarettes, tattooed a swastika on her, and told her that the attack was “revenge for Eichmann.”''</ref>) He did it in October, 1961 in the context of him protesting the Eichmann trial,<ref>"A response to David Grossman." By Amnon Lord. 08-05-2018 ''... the first person to accuse Israel of being an apartheid state was Ahmad Shukeiri, a U.N. diplomat, in 1961 in the context of the Eichmann trial.'' https://www.israelhayom.com/opinions/a-response-to-david-grossman/</ref> some 6 years before<ref>Dan Diker and Olga Meshoe Washington, "HRW's condemnation of Israel: Apartheid appropriation, racism in name of 'human rights'?" 08 May, 2021. ...''Even more far-reaching, PLO founder Ahmed Shukeiri exploited the Israeli apartheid libel well before Israel was forced to enter the West Bank and Gaza in the defensive 1967 war.'' |
| | https://www.news24.com/news24/columnists/guestcolumn/opinion-hrws-condemnation-of-israel-apartheid-appropriation-racism-in-name-of-human-rights-20210508</ref> the so-called "occupation" in 1967. An Israeli Arab replied to her on the falsehood of applying the term vs reality of Arabs in democratic Israel with full equal rights.<ref>Yoseph Haddad (@YosephHaddad) Tweeted: | | https://www.news24.com/news24/columnists/guestcolumn/opinion-hrws-condemnation-of-israel-apartheid-appropriation-racism-in-name-of-human-rights-20210508</ref> the so-called "occupation" in 1967. An Israeli Arab replied to her on the falsehood of applying the term vs reality of Arabs in democratic Israel with full equal rights.<ref>Yoseph Haddad (@YosephHaddad) Tweeted: |
| | Hi AOC. I’m Yoseph, an Israeli Arab. I checked the definition of apartheid and you seem to be confused by the propaganda of this political org. Arabs like me have full equal rights and live, learn, work, and play together. Take it from me, I live it. Stop lying. [https://twitter.com/YosephHaddad/status/1393684888696590336?s=20] . OMG! After my video calling out @RashidaTlaib | | Hi AOC. I’m Yoseph, an Israeli Arab. I checked the definition of apartheid and you seem to be confused by the propaganda of this political org. Arabs like me have full equal rights and live, learn, work, and play together. Take it from me, I live it. Stop lying. [https://twitter.com/YosephHaddad/status/1393684888696590336?s=20] . OMG! After my video calling out @RashidaTlaib |
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| − | (The ''A'' slur, and other like it, "Slur-du-jur"<ref>https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/336519/israel-apartheid-the-big-black-and-white-lie/</ref> the vicious slandering via incorrectness,<ref>https://cameraoncampus.org/blog/camera-on-campus-plans-to-disrupt-israeli-apartheid-week/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=camera-on-campus-plans-to-disrupt-israeli-apartheid-week</ref> a demonization<ref>"Day of Rage" Rallies Demonize Jews, Israel.' Anti-Defamation League. Jul 10, 2020. https://www.adl.org/blog/day-of-rage-rallies-demonize-jews-israel</ref> terminology exclusively. [VS real apartheid Arab—Islamic Middle East.<ref>Efraim Karsh, 'The Middle East’s Real Apartheid.' March 6, 2012. https://www.algemeiner.com/2012/03/06/the-middle-easts-real-apartheid/</ref>]. Besides being hyperbolic with total inaccuracy [let alone the outrageous pretention as if one doesn't understand legitimate security concerns by this embattled state], and though it has been already used before, <font size=1>[including [[Omar Shakir]],<ref>https://canarymission.org/individual/Omar_Shakir</ref><ref>"Human Rights Watch's Apartheid Report: Unsurprising Propaganda and False Lies." And that's the little problem with him. The big problem is his big resonance in the international press, eager for any indictment against Israel. | + | (The ''A'' slur, and other like it, "Slur-du-jur"<ref>https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/336519/israel-apartheid-the-big-black-and-white-lie/</ref> the vicious slandering via incorrectness,<ref>https://cameraoncampus.org/blog/camera-on-campus-plans-to-disrupt-israeli-apartheid-week/</ref> a demonization<ref>"Day of Rage" Rallies Demonize Jews, Israel.' Anti-Defamation League. Jul 10, 2020. https://www.adl.org/blog/day-of-rage-rallies-demonize-jews-israel</ref> terminology exclusively. [VS real apartheid Arab—Islamic Middle East.<ref>Efraim Karsh, 'The Middle East’s Real Apartheid.' March 6, 2012. https://www.algemeiner.com/2012/03/06/the-middle-easts-real-apartheid/</ref>]. Besides being hyperbolic with total inaccuracy [let alone the outrageous pretention as if one doesn't understand legitimate security concerns by this embattled state], and though it has been already used before, <font size=1>[including [[Omar Shakir]],<ref>https://canarymission.org/individual/Omar_Shakir</ref><ref>"Human Rights Watch's Apartheid Report: Unsurprising Propaganda and False Lies." And that's the little problem with him. The big problem is his big resonance in the international press, eager for any indictment against Israel. |
| | Shlomi Ben-Meir, [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=https://presspectiva.org.il/%D7%93%D7%95%D7%97-%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%94%D7%99%D7%99%D7%93-%D7%A9%D7%9C-human-rights-watch-%D7%AA%D7%A2%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%94-%D7%97%D7%A1%D7%A8%D7%AA-%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%92/ Presspectiva, May 9, 2021]. | | Shlomi Ben-Meir, [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=https://presspectiva.org.il/%D7%93%D7%95%D7%97-%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%94%D7%99%D7%99%D7%93-%D7%A9%D7%9C-human-rights-watch-%D7%AA%D7%A2%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%94-%D7%97%D7%A1%D7%A8%D7%AA-%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A9%D7%92/ Presspectiva, May 9, 2021]. |
| − | ''... according to the report, there is (almost) nothing Israel can do to not be considered an apartheid state in the eyes of HRW. Even if it withdraws from all territories, establishes a Palestinian state and removes restrictions over the Gaza Strip, the stain will continue to accompany it...''</ref> an Arab-Muslim activist against Israel since he was a student<ref>Ophir Dayan: 'Shakir expulsion: The upper court is an important boundary mark.' November 9, 2019. https://www.israelhayom.co.il/opinion/705627. ''Shakir, who took up his current position in 2016, has been involved and invested in the Israeli-Arab conflict since his days as a student. While studying at Stanford University, he was president of the university's anti-Israel group, and even submitted a boycott proposal on behalf of Israel on its behalf, calling for the university to withdraw its investments from companies doing business in Israel. Even then, in 2013, members of the Student Council claimed that his remarks were full of "historical inaccuracies" and that they were an "attack on Israel in disguise." Upon graduation he began working at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where he represented a professor fired from the University of Illinois for tweets such as "Scores have turned anti-Semitism from something terrible to something respectable since 1948." His hobby at the time was, by the way, lecturing at events of "Students of Justice in Palestine," one of the most extremist anti-Israel student organizations, who argue that the Palestinian state should cover the entire territory of Israel. From the beginning of its activity until today, he presents Israel as an apartheid state that carries out ethnic cleansing.''</ref> in 2010 Shakir's advocating for label apartheid while admitting it's tough, it's not the same as South Africa, such as voting rights for Arabs having rights, but that the strategy is effective, good to stand up to defenders of Israel...,<ref>"BDS in the USA, 2001-2010. | + | ''... according to the report, there is (almost) nothing Israel can do to not be considered an apartheid state in the eyes of HRW. Even if it withdraws from all territories, establishes a Palestinian state and removes restrictions over the Gaza Strip, the stain will continue to accompany it...''</ref> an Arab-Muslim activist against Israel since he was a student<ref>Ophir Dayan: 'Shakir expulsion: The upper court is an important boundary mark.' November 9, 2019. https://www.israelhayom.co.il/opinion/705627. ''Shakir, who took up his current position in 2016, has been involved and invested in the Israeli-Arab conflict since his days as a student. While studying at Stanford University, he was president of the university's anti-Israel group, and even submitted a boycott proposal on behalf of Israel on its behalf, calling for the university to withdraw its investments from companies doing business in Israel. Even then, in 2013, members of the Student Council claimed that his remarks were full of "historical inaccuracies" and that they were an "attack on Israel in disguise." Upon graduation he began working at the Center for Constitutional Rights, where he represented a professor fired from the University of Illinois for tweets such as "Scores have turned anti-Semitism from something terrible to something respectable since 1948." His hobby at the time was, by the way, lecturing at events of "Students of Justice in Palestine," one of the most extremist anti-Israel student organizations, who argue that the Palestinian state should cover the entire territory of Israel. From the beginning of its activity until today, he presents Israel as an apartheid state that carries out ethnic cleansing.''</ref> in 2010 Shakir's advocating for label apartheid while admitting it's tough, it's not the same as South Africa, such as voting rights for Arabs having rights, but that the strategy is effective, good to stand up to defenders of Israel...,<ref>"BDS in the USA, 2001-2010. |
| − | Noura Erakat In: 255 (Summer 2010)</ref> deported from Israel for his bigoted BDS activities,<ref>Fact Sheet on Omar Shakir's BDS Campaigns » ngomonitor. | + | Noura Erakat In: 255 (Summer 2010)</ref> deported from Israel for his bigoted BDS activities,<ref>Fact Sheet on Omar Shakir's BDS Campaigns » ngomonitor. |
| | https://www.ngo-monitor.org/fact-sheet-on-omar-shakirs-bds-campaigns/</ref> then abusing the HRW platform.<ref>HRW’s "Apartheid" Publication: Demonization, BDS, and Lawfare. April 25, 2021. | | https://www.ngo-monitor.org/fact-sheet-on-omar-shakirs-bds-campaigns/</ref> then abusing the HRW platform.<ref>HRW’s "Apartheid" Publication: Demonization, BDS, and Lawfare. April 25, 2021. |
| | https://www.ngo-monitor.org/reports/hrws-apartheid-demonization-bds-lawfare/</ref> As mentioned, the label was invented already in 1961 by that Arab-Nazi, and ever since the defamors attempted "updates" to "adjust" its misrepresentation as so to fit the pre determined buzzword].</font> still, it is actually even more harmful in repeating, promoting it. Mighty dangerous in an obsessive legitimization campaign focused on one certain State, especially given the unparalleled history prior its establishment in its historic place. No wonder it's used by virtually all openly promoters of [true, not the exaggerated] genocide). | | https://www.ngo-monitor.org/reports/hrws-apartheid-demonization-bds-lawfare/</ref> As mentioned, the label was invented already in 1961 by that Arab-Nazi, and ever since the defamors attempted "updates" to "adjust" its misrepresentation as so to fit the pre determined buzzword].</font> still, it is actually even more harmful in repeating, promoting it. Mighty dangerous in an obsessive legitimization campaign focused on one certain State, especially given the unparalleled history prior its establishment in its historic place. No wonder it's used by virtually all openly promoters of [true, not the exaggerated] genocide). |
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| − | <ref>Hannah Brown: "Gal Gadot, international celebrities speak out over Gaza crisis." Jerusalem Post, May 12, 2021. https://www.jpost.com/j-spot/celebrities-in-israel-around-the-world-speak-out-about-the-gaza-crisis-667969</ref> | + | <ref>Hannah Brown: "Gal Gadot, international celebrities speak out over Gaza crisis." Jerusalem Post, May 12, 2021. https://www.jpost.com/j-spot/celebrities-in-israel-around-the-world-speak-out-about-the-gaza-crisis-667969</ref> |
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| | Former NYT columnist used her blog to denounce the likes of AOC, the Hadid sisters and Dua Lipa for their comments in support of Palestine | | Former NYT columnist used her blog to denounce the likes of AOC, the Hadid sisters and Dua Lipa for their comments in support of Palestine |
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| − | Weiss writes: 'When it comes to Israel, memes have replaced morality' | + | Weiss writes: 'When it comes to Israel, memes have replaced morality' |
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| | She also blasted 'The Narrative' which she argues 'holds that all Hamas’s violence is the justified reaction to the original sin of Israel’s existence' | | She also blasted 'The Narrative' which she argues 'holds that all Hamas’s violence is the justified reaction to the original sin of Israel’s existence' |
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| − | Weiss adds: 'The big-picture reason this is happening is that Hamas and Islamic Jihad are genocidal terrorist organizations that want to wipe Israel...off the map' | + | Weiss adds: 'The big-picture reason this is happening is that Hamas and Islamic Jihad are genocidal terrorist organizations that want to wipe Israel...off the map' |
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| − | 'The goal here is the eradication of the Jewish people,' she added | + | 'The goal here is the eradication of the Jewish people,' she added |
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| | The Hadid sisters on Wednesday sparked a firestorm over an Instagram post that said Israel was not a country, but rather a land settled by colonizers | | The Hadid sisters on Wednesday sparked a firestorm over an Instagram post that said Israel was not a country, but rather a land settled by colonizers |
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| − | Dua Lipa - who is dating Anwar Hadid - shared the #SaveSheikhJarrah hashtag | + | Dua Lipa - who is dating Anwar Hadid - shared the #SaveSheikhJarrah hashtag |
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| | 'Squad' member Rep Ilhan Omar on Monday accused Israel of 'terrorism'; Reps AOC, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley advocated for Palestinians</blockquote></ref> | | 'Squad' member Rep Ilhan Omar on Monday accused Israel of 'terrorism'; Reps AOC, Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley advocated for Palestinians</blockquote></ref> |
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| − | ...Hadid, whose dad is Palestinian, is among the most vocal pro-Palestinian voices ...Israel has accused the supermodel of anti-Semitism. | + | ...Hadid, whose dad is Palestinian, is among the most vocal pro-Palestinian voices ...Israel has accused the supermodel of anti-Semitism. |
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| − | Bill Maher got into a fiery debate over the recent Israel-Gaza conflict on Friday night and took aim at the 'liberal media' over its news coverage before turning on progressives including supermodel Bella Hadid. | + | Bill Maher got into a fiery debate over the recent Israel-Gaza conflict on Friday night and took aim at the 'liberal media' over its news coverage before turning on progressives including supermodel Bella Hadid. |
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| − | 'One of the frustrations I had while I was off is that I was watching this war go on in Israel … and it was frustrating to me because there was no one on liberal media to defend Israel, really,' Maher, 65, began. He was referring to a recent COVID-19 diagnosis that forced him off the air last week. | + | 'One of the frustrations I had while I was off is that I was watching this war go on in Israel … and it was frustrating to me because there was no one on liberal media to defend Israel, really,' Maher, 65, began. He was referring to a recent COVID-19 diagnosis that forced him off the air last week. |
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| | 'We've become this country now that we're kind of one-sided on this issue. And I'd also like to say off the bat I don't think kids understand, and when I say kids I mean the younger generations – you can't learn history from Instagram!' the 65-year-old Maher added. 'There's just not enough space.' | | 'We've become this country now that we're kind of one-sided on this issue. And I'd also like to say off the bat I don't think kids understand, and when I say kids I mean the younger generations – you can't learn history from Instagram!' the 65-year-old Maher added. 'There's just not enough space.' |
| − | Bill Maher got into a fiery debate over the recent Israel-Gaza conflict on Friday night and took aim at the 'liberal media' over its news coverage before turning on progressives... as New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof suggested Israel had committed 'possible war crimes' against Gaza. | + | Bill Maher got into a fiery debate over the recent Israel-Gaza conflict on Friday night and took aim at the 'liberal media' over its news coverage before turning on progressives... as New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof suggested Israel had committed 'possible war crimes' against Gaza. |
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| | 'Well, Gaza fired 4,000 rockets into Israel. What would you say Israel should have done instead of what they did?' Maher asked. | | 'Well, Gaza fired 4,000 rockets into Israel. What would you say Israel should have done instead of what they did?' Maher asked. |
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| | 'Doesn't it behoove the people who rejected the half a loaf and continue to attack … Hamas's charter says they just want to wipe out Israel. Their negotiation position is 'You all die,'' Maher said. 'The two-state solution has been on the table a number of times. There could be an Arab capital in East Jerusalem now if Yasser Arafat had accepted that in 2003. He did not... | | 'Doesn't it behoove the people who rejected the half a loaf and continue to attack … Hamas's charter says they just want to wipe out Israel. Their negotiation position is 'You all die,'' Maher said. 'The two-state solution has been on the table a number of times. There could be an Arab capital in East Jerusalem now if Yasser Arafat had accepted that in 2003. He did not... |
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| − | 'I just want to say in February of this year, a Hamas court ruled that a unmarried woman cannot travel in Gaza without the permission of a male guardian. Really? That's where the progressives are? Bella Hadid and her friends would run screaming to Tel Aviv if they had to live in Gaza for one day.' | + | 'I just want to say in February of this year, a Hamas court ruled that a unmarried woman cannot travel in Gaza without the permission of a male guardian. Really? That's where the progressives are? Bella Hadid and her friends would run screaming to Tel Aviv if they had to live in Gaza for one day.' |
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| | Kristof once attempted to defend Hadid's position and said that he didn't 'perceive' her as defending Hamas but for Gazan children who were killed during the fighting. | | Kristof once attempted to defend Hadid's position and said that he didn't 'perceive' her as defending Hamas but for Gazan children who were killed during the fighting. |
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| − | But Maher referred the columnist to that slogan Hadid chanted while taking part in a pro-Palestine march in New York City earlier this month. | + | But Maher referred the columnist to that slogan Hadid chanted while taking part in a pro-Palestine march in New York City earlier this month. |
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| − | 'From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.' | + | 'From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.' |
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| | In her post including a picture of Awawdeh .. Hadid wrote: 'The way my heart feels … To be around this many beautiful, smart, respectful, loving, kind and generous Palestinians all in one place... it feels whole! We are a rare breed!!' | | In her post including a picture of Awawdeh .. Hadid wrote: 'The way my heart feels … To be around this many beautiful, smart, respectful, loving, kind and generous Palestinians all in one place... it feels whole! We are a rare breed!!' |
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| | Police say Awawdeh was among a gang of demonstrators who four days later punched a Jewish man to the pavement then pummeled him while he was down, yelling anti-Semitic epithets. | | Police say Awawdeh was among a gang of demonstrators who four days later punched a Jewish man to the pavement then pummeled him while he was down, yelling anti-Semitic epithets. |
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| | On May 13, 2021,<ref name=hr-refaat>Akiva Van Koningsveld, "[https://honestreporting.com/new-york-times-guest-essayist-refaat-alareer-compared-israel-to-nazi-germany-over-100-times/ New York Times Guest Essayist Refaat Alareer Compared Israel to Nazi Germany Over 100 Times]" HR, Oct 19, 2021.<br> | | On May 13, 2021,<ref name=hr-refaat>Akiva Van Koningsveld, "[https://honestreporting.com/new-york-times-guest-essayist-refaat-alareer-compared-israel-to-nazi-germany-over-100-times/ New York Times Guest Essayist Refaat Alareer Compared Israel to Nazi Germany Over 100 Times]" HR, Oct 19, 2021.<br> |
| − | <blockquote>After our May 23 article on Tala Halawa, who tweeted that “#HitlerWasRight,” the reporter was promptly fired by the BBC. In August, our work on Mariam Barghouti, who contended that “Israel has been beating Hitler at his own game since 1948,” led to her effectively being blacklisted by the outlets that had previously disseminated her anti-Israel talking points. | + | <blockquote>After our May 23 article on Tala Halawa, who tweeted that “#HitlerWasRight,” the reporter was promptly fired by the BBC. In August, our work on Mariam Barghouti, who contended that “Israel has been beating Hitler at his own game since 1948,” led to her effectively being blacklisted by the outlets that had previously disseminated her anti-Israel talking points. |
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| | Today, we expose a pundit whose sheer volume of vile Judeophobic tweets towers over Halawa’s and Barghouti’s. | | Today, we expose a pundit whose sheer volume of vile Judeophobic tweets towers over Halawa’s and Barghouti’s. |
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| − | On May 13, at the height of the 11-day Hamas-initiated conflict against the Jewish state, The New York Times published a guest essay by Refaat Alareer titled, “My Child Asks...” | + | On May 13, at the height of the 11-day Hamas-initiated conflict against the Jewish state, The New York Times published a guest essay by Refaat Alareer titled, “My Child Asks...” |
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| − | The article falsely alleged that the Israel Defense Forces hit targets in the Gaza Strip with “no strategic value,” while implying that Israelis “draw straws” or “roll a dice” to decide “which block to annihilate” — essentially promoting a modern-day blood libel.</blockquote></ref> a "contributor" piece appeared in the [[NYT]] by a vicious racist spreading Nazi type of venom (including his boasting, his child at the age of 5/6, asked him who created the Jews, and he said he couldn't answer her<ref name=inn-refaat>J. Slosser, "Dual careers of a Hamas Qassami: Children's program star and terrorist," INN, April 18, 2019. | + | The article falsely alleged that the Israel Defense Forces hit targets in the Gaza Strip with “no strategic value,” while implying that Israelis “draw straws” or “roll a dice” to decide “which block to annihilate” — essentially promoting a modern-day blood libel.</blockquote></ref> a "contributor" piece appeared in the [[NYT]] by a vicious racist spreading Nazi type of venom (including his boasting, his child at the age of 5/6, asked him who created the Jews, and he said he couldn't answer her<ref name=inn-refaat>J. Slosser, "Dual careers of a Hamas Qassami: Children's program star and terrorist," INN, April 18, 2019. |
| | https://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/23748 | | https://www.israelnationalnews.com/Articles/Article.aspx/23748 |
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| − | The University of Hawaii at Manoa, perhaps unwittingly, helped conceal terrorist Mohammed Rafiq Alareer’s true role on Al-Aqsa TV, the Jew-hating role that made him famous in Gaza, as well as his “day job” as an al-Qassam Brigades soldier. The screen grabs below of Refaat and Shymaa were taken from a YouTube video produced when Shymaa was five years old: She asked “Dad, who created the Jews?” I could not answer her question. Unfortunately I did not have answer to it. In April 2014, Rafaat Alareer was on a book tour in the United States, promoting a book he edited, “Gaza Writes Back”. While he was in Washington DC, he was part of a group that met with Rep. Lujan-Grisham (D-NM) in her Washington, DC office. | + | The University of Hawaii at Manoa, perhaps unwittingly, helped conceal terrorist Mohammed Rafiq Alareer’s true role on Al-Aqsa TV, the Jew-hating role that made him famous in Gaza, as well as his “day job” as an al-Qassam Brigades soldier. The screen grabs below of Refaat and Shymaa were taken from a YouTube video produced when Shymaa was five years old: She asked “Dad, who created the Jews?” I could not answer her question. Unfortunately I did not have answer to it. In April 2014, Rafaat Alareer was on a book tour in the United States, promoting a book he edited, “Gaza Writes Back”. While he was in Washington DC, he was part of a group that met with Rep. Lujan-Grisham (D-NM) in her Washington, DC office. |
| − | </blockquote></ref> In order to justify his war, Refaat stated that all Israel are "soldiers."<ref name=hr-refaat/> Which of course includes the elderly, the children, most of ultra Orthodox haredi who choose not to serve on the IDF for religious reasons, especiallly a large percentage of Jerusalem's neighborhoods who are as much of target by Arab Islamic racist attackers. <i>The NYT May/2021 article falsely alleged that the Israel Defense Forces hit targets in the Gaza Strip with “no strategic value,” while implying that Israelis “draw straws” or “roll a dice” to decide “which block to annihilate” — essentially promoting a modern-day blood libel.</i> On Sep 25, 2020, a twitter 'Lou' tweeted: 'Rabin was a peacemaker.' Refaat (@itranslate123) replied: | + | </blockquote></ref> In order to justify his war, Refaat stated that all Israel are "soldiers."<ref name=hr-refaat/> Which of course includes the elderly, the children, most of ultra Orthodox haredi who choose not to serve on the IDF for religious reasons, especiallly a large percentage of Jerusalem's neighborhoods who are as much of target by Arab Islamic racist attackers. <i>The NYT May/2021 article falsely alleged that the Israel Defense Forces hit targets in the Gaza Strip with “no strategic value,” while implying that Israelis “draw straws” or “roll a dice” to decide “which block to annihilate” — essentially promoting a modern-day blood libel.</i> On Sep 25, 2020, a twitter 'Lou' tweeted: 'Rabin was a peacemaker.' Refaat (@itranslate123) replied: |
| | 'So was Hitler.') - Gaza "author" Refaat Alareer, claiming his child supposedly "asked" him something about bombing. <ref>[https://www.danielpipes.org/comments/275588 The ugly nazi face of "Free Palestine movement" - Refaat Alareer], At DP, Oct 10, 2021.</ref> | | 'So was Hitler.') - Gaza "author" Refaat Alareer, claiming his child supposedly "asked" him something about bombing. <ref>[https://www.danielpipes.org/comments/275588 The ugly nazi face of "Free Palestine movement" - Refaat Alareer], At DP, Oct 10, 2021.</ref> |
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| | A famous [[Pakistan]]i [[Muslim]], (who 5 years earlier declared she's "devoting herself to Islam,"<ref>"Veena Malik declares she's devoting herself to Islam." The Daily Star, May 09, 2016. https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/veena-malik-declares-shes-devoting-herself-islam-1221103</ref>) movie star, Veena Malik tweeted Hitler quote about killing Jews.<ref>Gabe Friedman, "Pakistani movie star Veena Malik tweets Hitler quote about killing Jews." Jerusalem Post, May 13, 2021. ''''I would have killed all the Jews of the world … but I kept some to show the world why I killed them," the Pakistani actress tweeted Tuesday.'' https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/pakistani-movie-star-veena-malik-tweets-hitler-quote-about-killing-jews-668021</ref> | | A famous [[Pakistan]]i [[Muslim]], (who 5 years earlier declared she's "devoting herself to Islam,"<ref>"Veena Malik declares she's devoting herself to Islam." The Daily Star, May 09, 2016. https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/veena-malik-declares-shes-devoting-herself-islam-1221103</ref>) movie star, Veena Malik tweeted Hitler quote about killing Jews.<ref>Gabe Friedman, "Pakistani movie star Veena Malik tweets Hitler quote about killing Jews." Jerusalem Post, May 13, 2021. ''''I would have killed all the Jews of the world … but I kept some to show the world why I killed them," the Pakistani actress tweeted Tuesday.'' https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/pakistani-movie-star-veena-malik-tweets-hitler-quote-about-killing-jews-668021</ref> |
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| − | [[Pakistan]]'s parliament, Muslim bigot Kanwal Shauzab, colleague from Imran Khan's ruling party called for Jihad against Israel and praised [[Hitler]] for killing Jews.<ref>[https://www.thejc.com/news/world/pakistani-politician-praises-hitler-for-killing-jews-1.517034 Pakistani politician praises Hitler for killing Jews], JC, May 24, 2021. | + | [[Pakistan]]'s parliament, Muslim bigot Kanwal Shauzab, colleague from Imran Khan's ruling party called for Jihad against Israel and praised [[Hitler]] for killing Jews.<ref>[https://www.thejc.com/news/world/pakistani-politician-praises-hitler-for-killing-jews-1.517034 Pakistani politician praises Hitler for killing Jews], JC, May 24, 2021. |
| | <blockquote>A colleague from Imran Khan's ruling party calls for Jihad against Israel. | | <blockquote>A colleague from Imran Khan's ruling party calls for Jihad against Israel. |
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| | Pakistan's top diplomat, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, made anti-Semitic remark during CNN interview about Gaza conflict [[Guardian of Walls]].<ref>Bianna Golodryga and Emmet Lyons, [https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/21/world/pakistan-diplomat-gaza-interview-intl/index.html Pakistan's top diplomat makes anti-Semitic remark during CNN interview about Gaza conflict], CNN, May 22, 2021 | | Pakistan's top diplomat, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, made anti-Semitic remark during CNN interview about Gaza conflict [[Guardian of Walls]].<ref>Bianna Golodryga and Emmet Lyons, [https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/21/world/pakistan-diplomat-gaza-interview-intl/index.html Pakistan's top diplomat makes anti-Semitic remark during CNN interview about Gaza conflict], CNN, May 22, 2021 |
| − | <blockquote>In a CNN interview that was supposed to focus on the United Nations finding a solution to the violence between Israel and Hamas, Pakistan's top diplomat Shah Mahmood Qureshi instead made an anti-Semitic remark.</blockquote></ref> | + | <blockquote>In a CNN interview that was supposed to focus on the United Nations finding a solution to the violence between Israel and Hamas, Pakistan's top diplomat Shah Mahmood Qureshi instead made an anti-Semitic remark.</blockquote></ref> |
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| | <font size=1>[Reminder, neither Islamic Pakistan nor Islamic Iran share any borders or have any "land disputes" with Israel.]</font> | | <font size=1>[Reminder, neither Islamic Pakistan nor Islamic Iran share any borders or have any "land disputes" with Israel.]</font> |
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| | Naftali Bennett responded<ref>Naftali Bennett בנט (@naftalibennett) Tweeted: | | Naftali Bennett responded<ref>Naftali Bennett בנט (@naftalibennett) Tweeted: |
| | My response to @bellahadid, @Trevornoah & @iamjohnoliver | | My response to @bellahadid, @Trevornoah & @iamjohnoliver |
| − | https://t.co/0oTjkwS6iz https://t.co/WC8BtC23t2 https://twitter.com/naftalibennett/status/1395383766911234052?s=20 May 20, 2021.</ref> to Oliver, Trevor Noah and Bella Hadid (daughter of Arab "Palestinian" Billionaire Mohammad Hadid, who also insinuated about throwing Jews into the sea).<ref>Aaron Reich. Zachary Keyser: "Bennett slams John Oliver, Trevor Noah, Bella Hadid on Israel criticism." JPost, May 20, 2021 . | + | https://t.co/0oTjkwS6iz https://t.co/WC8BtC23t2 [https://twitter.com/naftalibennett/status/1395383766911234052?s=20 May 20, 2021].</ref> to Oliver, Trevor Noah and Bella Hadid (daughter of Arab "Palestinian" Billionaire Mohammad Hadid, who also insinuated about throwing Jews into the sea).<ref>Aaron Reich. Zachary Keyser: "Bennett slams John Oliver, Trevor Noah, Bella Hadid on Israel criticism." JPost, May 20, 2021 . |
| | https://www.jpost.com/j-spot/bennett-slams-john-oliver-trevor-noah-bella-hadid-on-israel-criticism-668672</ref> | | https://www.jpost.com/j-spot/bennett-slams-john-oliver-trevor-noah-bella-hadid-on-israel-criticism-668672</ref> |
| | <blockquote>... Israel just wants to live in peace with its neighbors, "but what we won't do is commit suicide so you can make your snarky comedy bits." | | <blockquote>... Israel just wants to live in peace with its neighbors, "but what we won't do is commit suicide so you can make your snarky comedy bits." |
| − | .... Many of these criticisms stemmed from the idea that there is a significant disparity in casualties, with Hamas suffering far more casualties than Israel, due in part to the Iron Dome defense system. | + | .... Many of these criticisms stemmed from the idea that there is a significant disparity in casualties, with Hamas suffering far more casualties than Israel, due in part to the Iron Dome defense system. |
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| | "This shouldn't be an Israeli-Palestinian issue. This should be a human issue. Shame on you."... | | "This shouldn't be an Israeli-Palestinian issue. This should be a human issue. Shame on you."... |
| − | Responding to Oliver, Renana, a 10-year-old girl from Kfar Azza, a Gaza border community where rocket sirens have been ringing day and night for the past week and a half, recorded a video ... | + | Responding to Oliver, Renana, a 10-year-old girl from Kfar Azza, a Gaza border community where rocket sirens have been ringing day and night for the past week and a half, recorded a video ... |
| | "Every siren makes me cry and feel sad," Renana said, speaking well beyond her years. "Just so you know, my army is strong. However, this does not protect me from being afraid."</blockquote> | | "Every siren makes me cry and feel sad," Renana said, speaking well beyond her years. "Just so you know, my army is strong. However, this does not protect me from being afraid."</blockquote> |
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| − | Book:<ref>Schanzer, Jonathan. [https://books.google.com/books/about/Gaza_Conflict_2021.html?id=6CiczgEACAAJ&source=kp_book_description Gaza Conflict 2021]. United States: Armin Lear Press, Nov 10, 2021.</ref><blockquote> | + | Book:<ref>Schanzer, Jonathan. [https://books.google.com/books/about/Gaza_Conflict_2021.html?id=6CiczgEACAAJ&source=kp_book_description Gaza Conflict 2021]. United States: Armin Lear Press, Nov 10, 2021.</ref><blockquote> |
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| | The May 2021 conflict between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas generated headlines around the world. However, much of the reporting ignored the history, funding, political dynamics, and other key components of the story. Hamas initiates conflict every few years. But the reporting rarely improves. Social media has only further clouded the picture. Hamas is rarely held responsible for its use of "human shields," blindly firing rockets at civilian areas in Israel, or diverting aid that should benefit the people of Gaza. | | The May 2021 conflict between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas generated headlines around the world. However, much of the reporting ignored the history, funding, political dynamics, and other key components of the story. Hamas initiates conflict every few years. But the reporting rarely improves. Social media has only further clouded the picture. Hamas is rarely held responsible for its use of "human shields," blindly firing rockets at civilian areas in Israel, or diverting aid that should benefit the people of Gaza. |
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| | It got so bad in 2021, with anti-Jewish attacks, ‘BBC’ ranked third, after Iran and Hamas, on Wiesenthal Center ‘top 10’ anti-Semitism list. Given the weight it has, that people trust it.<ref>[https://www.jns.org/bbc-ranks-third-after-iran-and-hamas-on-wiesenthal-center-top-10-anti-semitism-list/ ‘BBC’ ranks third, after Iran and Hamas, on Wiesenthal Center ‘top 10’ anti-Semitism list], JNS, Dec 27, 2021. | | It got so bad in 2021, with anti-Jewish attacks, ‘BBC’ ranked third, after Iran and Hamas, on Wiesenthal Center ‘top 10’ anti-Semitism list. Given the weight it has, that people trust it.<ref>[https://www.jns.org/bbc-ranks-third-after-iran-and-hamas-on-wiesenthal-center-top-10-anti-semitism-list/ ‘BBC’ ranks third, after Iran and Hamas, on Wiesenthal Center ‘top 10’ anti-Semitism list], JNS, Dec 27, 2021. |
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| − | People might assume we would put neo-Nazi groups on our list, but the BBC is there because when a globally recognized organization allows anti-Semitism to creep into its reporting, it makes it all the more insidious and dangerous,” Wiesenthal Center founder and president R' Marvin Hier told the U.K. newspaper’s The Mail on Sunday. | + | People might assume we would put neo-Nazi groups on our list, but the BBC is there because when a globally recognized organization allows anti-Semitism to creep into its reporting, it makes it all the more insidious and dangerous,” Wiesenthal Center founder and president R' Marvin Hier told the U.K. newspaper’s The Mail on Sunday. |
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| | After the BBC in 1970, then followed the French media in the early 1970s. | | After the BBC in 1970, then followed the French media in the early 1970s. |
| − | <ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=eGjwh5qQ0HAC&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22Anti-israel+bias%22 Grete Heinz, Agnes F. Peterson, "The French Fifth Republic: Continuity and Change, 1966-1970: An Annotated Bibliography," Volume 1. Hoover Institution Press, 1974, p.53] ''Anti-Israel bias of 'Le Monde' is documented.''</ref>). By this specific situation it's even more illogical how the victim is portrayed as the aggressor.<ref>Moshe Hogeg: "Israeli Arabs can not sit on the fence". 'Sports Hayom' | + | <ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=eGjwh5qQ0HAC&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22Anti-israel+bias%22 Grete Heinz, Agnes F. Peterson, "The French Fifth Republic: Continuity and Change, 1966-1970: An Annotated Bibliography," Volume 1. Hoover Institution Press, 1974, p.53] ''Anti-Israel bias of 'Le Monde' is documented.''</ref>). By this specific situation it's even more illogical how the victim is portrayed as the aggressor.<ref>Moshe Hogeg: "Israeli Arabs can not sit on the fence". 'Sports Hayom' |
| | 12/5/2021. https://www.israelhayom.co.il/sport/israeli-soccer/article/879572 . | | 12/5/2021. https://www.israelhayom.co.il/sport/israeli-soccer/article/879572 . |
| | ''The owner of Betar Jerusalem is known as one who is not afraid to express his opinion. In parallel with .. the fight against racism... today (Wednesday) he took time to address the sensitive security situation in Israel... "It's also annoying to see our failure when it comes to global propaganda, how the hell our enemies manage to win the war on consciousness when they are the ones firing the missiles, trying to harm our citizens, using their own citizens as human shields and more succeeding in exposing themselves as poor Israelis. Just crazy..." ''</ref> | | ''The owner of Betar Jerusalem is known as one who is not afraid to express his opinion. In parallel with .. the fight against racism... today (Wednesday) he took time to address the sensitive security situation in Israel... "It's also annoying to see our failure when it comes to global propaganda, how the hell our enemies manage to win the war on consciousness when they are the ones firing the missiles, trying to harm our citizens, using their own citizens as human shields and more succeeding in exposing themselves as poor Israelis. Just crazy..." ''</ref> |
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| | Bennett replied to MSNBC's Ayman Mohyeldin of Arab-Palestinian descent: "They are out to destroy us." Then pointed to articke 7 of Hamas's constitution which talks about killing Jews, laced with jihadi terminology.<ref>'The interviewer accused Netanyahu of setting fire; Bennett replied.' The interviewer of Palestinian descent on the NBC network accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of setting fire; Bennett replied. Channel 7, 8 Sivan 5781. May 20, 2021. https://www.inn.co.il/news/493146 (Ennett to MSNBC's Ayman Mohyeldin: "They are are out to destroy us." Then pointed to articke 7 of Hamas's constitution which talks about killing Jews.)</ref> | | Bennett replied to MSNBC's Ayman Mohyeldin of Arab-Palestinian descent: "They are out to destroy us." Then pointed to articke 7 of Hamas's constitution which talks about killing Jews, laced with jihadi terminology.<ref>'The interviewer accused Netanyahu of setting fire; Bennett replied.' The interviewer of Palestinian descent on the NBC network accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of setting fire; Bennett replied. Channel 7, 8 Sivan 5781. May 20, 2021. https://www.inn.co.il/news/493146 (Ennett to MSNBC's Ayman Mohyeldin: "They are are out to destroy us." Then pointed to articke 7 of Hamas's constitution which talks about killing Jews.)</ref> |
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| − | Brendan O'Neill exposes the outrageous response in the West:<ref>Brendan O'neill: "Why won’t Israelis let themselves be killed?" The global woke loathing for Israel is taking an even darker turn. 12th May 2021. | + | Brendan O'Neill exposes the outrageous response in the West:<ref>Brendan O'neill: "Why won’t Israelis let themselves be killed?" The global woke loathing for Israel is taking an even darker turn. 12th May 2021. |
| | https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/05/12/why-wont-israelis-let-themselves-be-killed/</ref> | | https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/05/12/why-wont-israelis-let-themselves-be-killed/</ref> |
| | <blockquote>Anti-Israel fury in the West has intensified to an extraordinary degree following an escalation of violence in the Middle East in recent days. Protests were instant and inflammatory. Israeli flags were burned on the streets of London. Social media was awash with condemnation. ‘IDF Soldier Recounts Harrowing, Heroic War Story Of Killing 8-Month-Old Child’, tweeted The Onion, to tens of thousands of likes. Israel must be boycotted, isolated, cast out of the international community, leftists cried. Western politicians, including Keir Starmer, rushed to pass judgement. ‘What’s the difference?’, said a placard at a march in Washington, DC showing the Israeli flag next to the Nazi flag. The Jews are the Nazis now, you see. Ironic, isn’t it? | | <blockquote>Anti-Israel fury in the West has intensified to an extraordinary degree following an escalation of violence in the Middle East in recent days. Protests were instant and inflammatory. Israeli flags were burned on the streets of London. Social media was awash with condemnation. ‘IDF Soldier Recounts Harrowing, Heroic War Story Of Killing 8-Month-Old Child’, tweeted The Onion, to tens of thousands of likes. Israel must be boycotted, isolated, cast out of the international community, leftists cried. Western politicians, including Keir Starmer, rushed to pass judgement. ‘What’s the difference?’, said a placard at a march in Washington, DC showing the Israeli flag next to the Nazi flag. The Jews are the Nazis now, you see. Ironic, isn’t it? |
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| − | ...ambassador to the United States, Gilad Erdan, gave the most detailed explanation yet of the decision to strike the tower as he met the head of the news agency, Gary Pruitt, at its New York headquarters.... "The unit was developing an electronic jamming system to be used against the Iron Dome defense system," Erdan said, referring to the anti-missile shield that intercepts Hamas rockets...."In contrast, Hamas is a genocidal terrorist organization that has no regard for the press. It purposely places its terror machine in civilian areas, including in offices being used by international media outlets," he said.''</ref>). The IDF watched as Hamas and the Iran-backed Islamic Jihad terror groups utilized the warning time to remove objects — possibly munitions — from the building. | + | ...ambassador to the United States, Gilad Erdan, gave the most detailed explanation yet of the decision to strike the tower as he met the head of the news agency, Gary Pruitt, at its New York headquarters.... "The unit was developing an electronic jamming system to be used against the Iron Dome defense system," Erdan said, referring to the anti-missile shield that intercepts Hamas rockets...."In contrast, Hamas is a genocidal terrorist organization that has no regard for the press. It purposely places its terror machine in civilian areas, including in offices being used by international media outlets," he said.''</ref>). The IDF watched as Hamas and the Iran-backed Islamic Jihad terror groups utilized the warning time to remove objects — possibly munitions — from the building. |
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| | AP's spokesman later denied he knew Hamas worked in the vicinity. Despite AP reporter already revealing it in 2014. Including Hamas shooting from around media (human shields) and its influence over reporters / reporting.<ref>Chris Enloe, 'Israel reveals 'smoking gun' evidence proving Hamas worked in AP building; reporter contradicts AP president's claims.' The Blaze, May 16, 2021. | | AP's spokesman later denied he knew Hamas worked in the vicinity. Despite AP reporter already revealing it in 2014. Including Hamas shooting from around media (human shields) and its influence over reporters / reporting.<ref>Chris Enloe, 'Israel reveals 'smoking gun' evidence proving Hamas worked in AP building; reporter contradicts AP president's claims.' The Blaze, May 16, 2021. |
| | https://www.theblaze.com/news/israel-reveals-smoking-gun-evidence-proving-hamas-worked-in-ap-building-reporter-contradicts-aps-president#toggle-gdpr . | | https://www.theblaze.com/news/israel-reveals-smoking-gun-evidence-proving-hamas-worked-in-ap-building-reporter-contradicts-aps-president#toggle-gdpr . |
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| − | ''The former AP journalist revealed in a 2014 article for the Atlantic [https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/11/how-the-media-makes-the-israel-story/383262/] that AP journalists knew about the presence of Hamas terrorists, explaining how Hamas uses the media to disseminate its narrative about the Israel-Palestine conflict. | + | ''The former AP journalist revealed in a 2014 article for the Atlantic [https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/11/how-the-media-makes-the-israel-story/383262/] that AP journalists knew about the presence of Hamas terrorists, explaining how Hamas uses the media to disseminate its narrative about the Israel-Palestine conflict. |
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| | When Hamas's leaders surveyed their assets before this summer's round of fighting, they knew that among those assets was the international press. The AP staff in Gaza City would witness a rocket launch right beside their office, endangering reporters and other civilians nearby—and the AP wouldn't report it, not even in AP articles about Israeli claims that Hamas was launching rockets from residential areas. (This happened.) Hamas fighters would burst into the AP's Gaza bureau and threaten the staff—and the AP wouldn't report it. (This also happened.) Cameramen waiting outside Shifa Hospital in Gaza City would film the arrival of civilian casualties and then, at a signal from an official, turn off their cameras when wounded and dead fighters came in, helping Hamas maintain the illusion that only civilians were dying. (This too happened; the information comes from multiple sources with firsthand knowledge of these incidents.) | | When Hamas's leaders surveyed their assets before this summer's round of fighting, they knew that among those assets was the international press. The AP staff in Gaza City would witness a rocket launch right beside their office, endangering reporters and other civilians nearby—and the AP wouldn't report it, not even in AP articles about Israeli claims that Hamas was launching rockets from residential areas. (This happened.) Hamas fighters would burst into the AP's Gaza bureau and threaten the staff—and the AP wouldn't report it. (This also happened.) Cameramen waiting outside Shifa Hospital in Gaza City would film the arrival of civilian casualties and then, at a signal from an official, turn off their cameras when wounded and dead fighters came in, helping Hamas maintain the illusion that only civilians were dying. (This too happened; the information comes from multiple sources with firsthand knowledge of these incidents.) |
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| | [Paul] Colford, the AP spokesman, confirmed that armed militants entered the AP's Gaza office in the early days of the war to complain about a photo showing the location of a rocket launch, though he said that Hamas claimed that the men "did not represent the group." The AP "does not report many interactions with militias, armies, thugs or governments," he wrote. "These incidents are part of the challenge of getting out the news—and not themselves news."</blockquote>'' | | [Paul] Colford, the AP spokesman, confirmed that armed militants entered the AP's Gaza office in the early days of the war to complain about a photo showing the location of a rocket launch, though he said that Hamas claimed that the men "did not represent the group." The AP "does not report many interactions with militias, armies, thugs or governments," he wrote. "These incidents are part of the challenge of getting out the news—and not themselves news."</blockquote>'' |
| | ''Friedman also explained that Hamas knows "international coverage from the territory could be molded to its needs" and that reporters can "be intimidated when necessary and that they would not report the intimidation."'' | | ''Friedman also explained that Hamas knows "international coverage from the territory could be molded to its needs" and that reporters can "be intimidated when necessary and that they would not report the intimidation."'' |
| − | ''What did Israel say? A source close to Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi told the Jerusalem Post [https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/israel-showed-us-smoking-gun-on-hamas-in-ap-office-tower-officials-say-668303] that Israeli officials provided the U.S. government with evidence to corroborate their claim that Hamas military assets operated from of the building.'' | + | ''What did Israel say? A source close to Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi told the Jerusalem Post [https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/israel-showed-us-smoking-gun-on-hamas-in-ap-office-tower-officials-say-668303] that Israeli officials provided the U.S. government with evidence to corroborate their claim that Hamas military assets operated from of the building.'' |
| | ''"We showed them the smoking gun proving Hamas worked out of that building," the source said. "I understand they found the explanation satisfactory."'' | | ''"We showed them the smoking gun proving Hamas worked out of that building," the source said. "I understand they found the explanation satisfactory."'' |
| | ''In fact, officials in multiple Israeli government agencies confirmed the call that took place between President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday was to, in part, show American officials the intelligence confirming Hamas' presence inside the building...''</ref> | | ''In fact, officials in multiple Israeli government agencies confirmed the call that took place between President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday was to, in part, show American officials the intelligence confirming Hamas' presence inside the building...''</ref> |
| | The US confirmed, seeing the intelligence about Hamas operating in the building,<ref>Kylie Atwood @kylieatwood: Sec State Blinken says the US has received some further info through intelligence channels from Israel regarding their strike on a building in Gaza over the wknd that housed journalist outlets, and which Israel said Hamas was using. He says he cannot comment on the intelligence. | | The US confirmed, seeing the intelligence about Hamas operating in the building,<ref>Kylie Atwood @kylieatwood: Sec State Blinken says the US has received some further info through intelligence channels from Israel regarding their strike on a building in Gaza over the wknd that housed journalist outlets, and which Israel said Hamas was using. He says he cannot comment on the intelligence. |
| − | [https://twitter.com/kylieatwood/status/1394630815544446987?s=20 May 18, 2021]</ref> A spokesman for the White House National Security Council under former President Barack Obama, said that the building was long known as an operational center for the Islamic fundamentalist group.<ref>Blinken: Israel provided US secret justification for flattening AP building in Gaza. By Steven Nelson. May 18, 2021. https://nypost.com/2021/05/18/blinken-israel-gave-us-secret-justification-for-flattening-ap-building-in-gaza/ | + | [https://twitter.com/kylieatwood/status/1394630815544446987?s=20 May 18, 2021]</ref> A spokesman for the White House National Security Council under former President Barack Obama, said that the building was long known as an operational center for the Islamic fundamentalist group.<ref>Blinken: Israel provided US secret justification for flattening AP building in Gaza. By Steven Nelson. May 18, 2021. https://nypost.com/2021/05/18/blinken-israel-gave-us-secret-justification-for-flattening-ap-building-in-gaza/ |
| − | ''Secretary of State Tony Blinken on Tuesday said that Israel privately gave the US a justification for flattening a 13-story building in Gaza that housed the offices of the Associated Press and Al Jazeera... Tommy Vietor, a spokesman for the White House National Security Council under former President Barack Obama, said that the building was long known as an operational center for the Islamic fundamentalist group. "I'm sure Hamas offices were in that building [and] that they purposely co-locate operations with civilians" Vietor wrote on Twitter. He added that "I talked to people who worked in the building."</ref> | + | ''Secretary of State Tony Blinken on Tuesday said that Israel privately gave the US a justification for flattening a 13-story building in Gaza that housed the offices of the Associated Press and Al Jazeera... Tommy Vietor, a spokesman for the White House National Security Council under former President Barack Obama, said that the building was long known as an operational center for the Islamic fundamentalist group. "I'm sure Hamas offices were in that building [and] that they purposely co-locate operations with civilians" Vietor wrote on Twitter. He added that "I talked to people who worked in the building."</ref> |
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| | In 2018, M Friedman wrote:<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/16/opinion/hamas-israel-media-protests.html Falling for Hamas’s Split-Screen Fallacy], Matti Friedman, The New York Times, May 16, 2018</ref> | | In 2018, M Friedman wrote:<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/16/opinion/hamas-israel-media-protests.html Falling for Hamas’s Split-Screen Fallacy], Matti Friedman, The New York Times, May 16, 2018</ref> |
| − | "Early in that war, I complied with Hamas censorship in the form of a threat to one of our Gaza reporters & cut a key detail from an article: that Hamas fighters were disguised as civilians & were being counted as civilians in the death toll…" | + | "Early in that war, I complied with Hamas censorship in the form of a threat to one of our Gaza reporters & cut a key detail from an article: that Hamas fighters were disguised as civilians & were being counted as civilians in the death toll…" |
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| | Indeed, ''The news agency has a long, shameful record of regurgitating the terror group's lies.''<ref>[https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/05/associated-press-hamas-propagandists/ Associated Press, Hamas Propagandists], David Harsanyi, NRO, May 17, 2021</ref> | | Indeed, ''The news agency has a long, shameful record of regurgitating the terror group's lies.''<ref>[https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/05/associated-press-hamas-propagandists/ Associated Press, Hamas Propagandists], David Harsanyi, NRO, May 17, 2021</ref> |
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| − | After the ceasefire, Al Jazeera was applauded in Gaza rally.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2021/05/24/watch-gazans-applaud-al-jazeera-correspondent-during-hamas-victory-celebrations/ WATCH: Gazans Applaud Al-Jazeera Correspondent During Hamas ‘Victory’ Celebrations] Joshua Klein, May 24, 2021</ref> | + | After the ceasefire, Al Jazeera was applauded in Gaza rally.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2021/05/24/watch-gazans-applaud-al-jazeera-correspondent-during-hamas-victory-celebrations/ WATCH: Gazans Applaud Al-Jazeera Correspondent During Hamas ‘Victory’ Celebrations] Joshua Klein, May 24, 2021</ref> |
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| − | *Muslim-[[Pakistan]] based [[CNN]] contributor Adeel Raja said "world needs another Hitler."<ref>Pakistan based CNN contributor Adeel Raja says world needs another Hitler amidst Israel-Palestine conflict, has history of anti-Semitic tweets. OpIndia Staff | 17 May 2021. http://www.opindia.com/2021/05/cnn-contributor-adeel-raja-adolf-hitler-palestine-israel-jews/</ref><ref>Tom Pappert: "Pakistan-Based CNN Contributor Tweets ‘The World Today Needs A Hitler’ | + | *Muslim-[[Pakistan]] based [[CNN]] contributor Adeel Raja said "world needs another Hitler."<ref>Pakistan based CNN contributor Adeel Raja says world needs another Hitler amidst Israel-Palestine conflict, has history of anti-Semitic tweets. OpIndia Staff | 17 May 2021. http://www.opindia.com/2021/05/cnn-contributor-adeel-raja-adolf-hitler-palestine-israel-jews/</ref><ref>Tom Pappert: "Pakistan-Based CNN Contributor Tweets ‘The World Today Needs A Hitler’ |
| | Adeel Raja has been a freelance contributor for CNN since 2013, and appears to be based in Pakistan." National Life, May 16, 2021. https://nationalfile.com/pakistan-based-cnn-contributor-tweets-the-world-today-needs-a-hitler/</ref><ref>"Outrage after social media users discover series of Hitler-praising tweets from CNN freelancer. The tweet turned out to be one of many in which Raja has praised Hitler". | | Adeel Raja has been a freelance contributor for CNN since 2013, and appears to be based in Pakistan." National Life, May 16, 2021. https://nationalfile.com/pakistan-based-cnn-contributor-tweets-the-world-today-needs-a-hitler/</ref><ref>"Outrage after social media users discover series of Hitler-praising tweets from CNN freelancer. The tweet turned out to be one of many in which Raja has praised Hitler". |
| − | By Cortney O'Brien | Fox News.
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| | https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-adeel-raja-says-world-today-needs-a-hitler</ref> | | https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-adeel-raja-says-world-today-needs-a-hitler</ref> |
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| | *[[File:Tala Halawa.PNG|left|thumb|[https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/bbc-journalist-hitler-was-right- From Arab journalist in Ramallah's tweet: Tala Halawa]]] | | *[[File:Tala Halawa.PNG|left|thumb|[https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/bbc-journalist-hitler-was-right- From Arab journalist in Ramallah's tweet: Tala Halawa]]] |
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| − | The [[BBC]] came under fire, after an Arab "palestine" based journalist in Ramallah, Tala Halawa, who staunchly supported Bella Hadid anti-Israel tweets (which was laced with that apartheid slur), was exposed for her "Hitler was right" and other hate tweets.<ref>''After a horrendously slanted video report titled, “Israel-Gaza: What Bella Hadid’s Stance Says About Changing Conversations” was posted to the BBC website, it emerged that the presenter, Tala Halawa, has made a number of clearly antisemitic and genocidal statements on social media. Perhaps the most objectionable tweet was posted in July 2014, and called Israel “more #Nazi than #Hitler” before going on to state, “#HitlerWasRight.'' | + | The [[BBC]] came under fire, after an Arab "palestine" based journalist in Ramallah, Tala Halawa, who staunchly supported Bella Hadid anti-Israel tweets (which was laced with that apartheid slur), was exposed for her "Hitler was right" and other hate tweets.<ref>''After a horrendously slanted video report titled, “Israel-Gaza: What Bella Hadid’s Stance Says About Changing Conversations” was posted to the BBC website, it emerged that the presenter, Tala Halawa, has made a number of clearly antisemitic and genocidal statements on social media. Perhaps the most objectionable tweet was posted in July 2014, and called Israel “more #Nazi than #Hitler” before going on to state, “#HitlerWasRight.'' |
| | [https://honestreporting.com/honestreporting-prompts-bbc-investigation-hitler-was-right-journalist/ HonestReporting Prompts BBC Investigation of ‘Hitler Was Right’ Journalist] E. Miller, HR, May 24, 2021. ''The BBC has launched an investigation after HonestReporting helped bring to public attention numerous antisemitic tweets from one of its journalists, including a post which stated that “Hitler was right.''</ref><ref>[https://meaww.com/tala-halawa-bbc-journalist-hit-was-right-israeli-defense-force-go-to-hell-social-media-fire-reaction Who is Tala Halawa? BBC journalist slammed for 'Hitler Was Better' tweet from 2014, Internet says 'sack her'] By Alakananda Bandyopadhyay, May 23, 2021. | | [https://honestreporting.com/honestreporting-prompts-bbc-investigation-hitler-was-right-journalist/ HonestReporting Prompts BBC Investigation of ‘Hitler Was Right’ Journalist] E. Miller, HR, May 24, 2021. ''The BBC has launched an investigation after HonestReporting helped bring to public attention numerous antisemitic tweets from one of its journalists, including a post which stated that “Hitler was right.''</ref><ref>[https://meaww.com/tala-halawa-bbc-journalist-hit-was-right-israeli-defense-force-go-to-hell-social-media-fire-reaction Who is Tala Halawa? BBC journalist slammed for 'Hitler Was Better' tweet from 2014, Internet says 'sack her'] By Alakananda Bandyopadhyay, May 23, 2021. |
| | </ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/bbc-investigating-reporter-who-tweeted-hitler-was-right-compared-israel-to-nazis;BBC investigating reporter who tweeted ‘Hitler was right,’ compared Israel to Nazis] | | </ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/world/bbc-investigating-reporter-who-tweeted-hitler-was-right-compared-israel-to-nazis;BBC investigating reporter who tweeted ‘Hitler was right,’ compared Israel to Nazis] |
| | ''The BBC is reportedly investigating Palestinian digital journalist Tala Halawa for once tweeting that “Hitler was right” while comparing Israel to Nazi Germany.'' | | ''The BBC is reportedly investigating Palestinian digital journalist Tala Halawa for once tweeting that “Hitler was right” while comparing Israel to Nazi Germany.'' |
| − | By Lee Brown | New York Post, Fox News, May 24, 2021</ref><ref>[https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/tala-halawa-and-the-progressive-media-s-anti-semitism-blindspot Tala Halawa and the progressive media’s anti-Semitism blindspot], Stephen Daisley, The Spectator, 24 May 2021</ref><ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/05/23/bbc-investigating-palestinian-journalist-tweeted-hitler-right/ BBC investigating Palestinian journalist who tweeted 'Hitler was right'] The Daily Telegraph, May 23, 2021. ''Digital journalist Tala Halawa, who works as a Palestine Specialist for BBC Monitoring, compared Israel to Nazi Germany in the same post''</ref><ref name=ind-24may2021/>
| + | By Lee Brown | New York Post, Fox News, May 24, 2021</ref><ref>[https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/tala-halawa-and-the-progressive-media-s-anti-semitism-blindspot Tala Halawa and the progressive media’s anti-Semitism blindspot], Stephen Daisley, The Spectator, 24 May 2021</ref><ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/05/23/bbc-investigating-palestinian-journalist-tweeted-hitler-right/ BBC investigating Palestinian journalist who tweeted 'Hitler was right'] The Daily Telegraph, May 23, 2021. ''Digital journalist Tala Halawa, who works as a Palestine Specialist for BBC Monitoring, compared Israel to Nazi Germany in the same post''</ref><ref name=ind-24may2021/> |
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| | This pro-Hitler's-genocide "journalist" also tried to sugarcoat the horrific [https://www.ajc.org/translatehate/From-the-River-to-the-Sea ‘from the river to the sea Palestine will be free’ and ‘free, free Palestine’.]<ref>BBC Monitoring’s Tala Halawa whitewashes antisemitic chant. CAMERA UK, May 24, 2021. https://camera-uk.org/2021/05/24/bbc-monitorings-tala-halawa-whitewashes-antisemitic-chant/</ref> | | This pro-Hitler's-genocide "journalist" also tried to sugarcoat the horrific [https://www.ajc.org/translatehate/From-the-River-to-the-Sea ‘from the river to the sea Palestine will be free’ and ‘free, free Palestine’.]<ref>BBC Monitoring’s Tala Halawa whitewashes antisemitic chant. CAMERA UK, May 24, 2021. https://camera-uk.org/2021/05/24/bbc-monitorings-tala-halawa-whitewashes-antisemitic-chant/</ref> |
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| − | This "palestinian" Hitler lady even had the audacity of accusing the BBC in its firing of her as "racist", no less...<ref>[https://www.algemeiner.com/2021/07/14/palestinian-journalist-fired-from-bbc-over-hitler-was-right-tweet-pins-blame-on-pro-israel-mob/ “Palestinian Journalist Fired From BBC Over ‘Hitler Was Right’ Tweet Pins Blame on ‘Pro-Israel Mob,’”], Ben Cohen, Algemeiner, July 14, 2021. | + | This "palestinian" Hitler lady even had the audacity of accusing the BBC in its firing of her as "racist", no less...<ref>[https://www.algemeiner.com/2021/07/14/palestinian-journalist-fired-from-bbc-over-hitler-was-right-tweet-pins-blame-on-pro-israel-mob/ “Palestinian Journalist Fired From BBC Over ‘Hitler Was Right’ Tweet Pins Blame on ‘Pro-Israel Mob,’”], Ben Cohen, Algemeiner, July 14, 2021. |
| | ''Halawa also accused the BBC of racism towards her, asserting that the criticism of her “seems familiar to me both as a Palestinian and as a woman of color.”''</ref> | | ''Halawa also accused the BBC of racism towards her, asserting that the criticism of her “seems familiar to me both as a Palestinian and as a woman of color.”''</ref> |
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| − | <ref>[https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/unrwa-finds-attack-tunnel-under-one-of-its-gaza-schools-670262 UNRWA finds attack tunnel under one of its Gaza schools. By Tovah Lazaroff June 6, 2021, JPost.com]</ref> From Arab journslist Khaled Abu Toameh:<ref>@KhaledAbuToameh UNRWA 'condemns the existence and potential use by Palestinian armed groups of tunnels underneath its schools (in Gaza) in the strongest possible terms It is unacceptable that students and staff be placed at risk in such a way.' | + | <ref>[https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/unrwa-finds-attack-tunnel-under-one-of-its-gaza-schools-670262 UNRWA finds attack tunnel under one of its Gaza schools. By Tovah Lazaroff June 6, 2021, JPost.com]</ref> From Arab journslist Khaled Abu Toameh:<ref>@KhaledAbuToameh UNRWA 'condemns the existence and potential use by Palestinian armed groups of tunnels underneath its schools (in Gaza) in the strongest possible terms It is unacceptable that students and staff be placed at risk in such a way.' |
| | [https://mobile.twitter.com/KhaledAbuToameh/status/1401333927428640775 Jun 5, 2021]</ref><blockquote>UNRWA 'condemns the existence and potential use by Palestinian armed groups of tunnels underneath its schools (in Gaza) in the strongest possible terms It is unacceptable that students and staff be placed at risk in such a way.'</blockquote> | | [https://mobile.twitter.com/KhaledAbuToameh/status/1401333927428640775 Jun 5, 2021]</ref><blockquote>UNRWA 'condemns the existence and potential use by Palestinian armed groups of tunnels underneath its schools (in Gaza) in the strongest possible terms It is unacceptable that students and staff be placed at risk in such a way.'</blockquote> |
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| | It came after some 1,500 terror targets were attacked with thousands of munitions and about 4,360 attempts were made to launch from Gaza at Israel, of which about 3,400 crossed into the State of Israel, about 680 fell in the Gaza Strip and about 280 fell into the sea.<ref>[https://www.20il.co.il/1500-%D7%9E%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA-4360-%D7%A8%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%9D-%D7%9E%D7%91%D7%A6%D7%A2-%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%A8-%D7%94%D7%97%D7%95%D7%9E 1,500 targets, 4,360 rockets | Summary of the "Guardian of Walls" operation.'] Israel Schiller | 10 Sivan 5781 (May 21, 2021). During Operation Guardian of Walls, some 1,500 (terror) targets were attacked with thousands of munitions. It was also reported that during the operation, about 4,360 attempts were made to launch at the State of Israel, of which about 3,400 crossed into the State of Israel, about 680 fell in the Gaza Strip and about 280 fell into the sea.</ref> | | It came after some 1,500 terror targets were attacked with thousands of munitions and about 4,360 attempts were made to launch from Gaza at Israel, of which about 3,400 crossed into the State of Israel, about 680 fell in the Gaza Strip and about 280 fell into the sea.<ref>[https://www.20il.co.il/1500-%D7%9E%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA-4360-%D7%A8%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%9D-%D7%9E%D7%91%D7%A6%D7%A2-%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%A8-%D7%94%D7%97%D7%95%D7%9E 1,500 targets, 4,360 rockets | Summary of the "Guardian of Walls" operation.'] Israel Schiller | 10 Sivan 5781 (May 21, 2021). During Operation Guardian of Walls, some 1,500 (terror) targets were attacked with thousands of munitions. It was also reported that during the operation, about 4,360 attempts were made to launch at the State of Israel, of which about 3,400 crossed into the State of Israel, about 680 fell in the Gaza Strip and about 280 fell into the sea.</ref> |
| − | After the ceasefire, Biden said 'No peace until Middle East nations recognize Israel's right to exist.'<ref>[https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/americas/1621663788-biden-no-peace-until-middle-east-nations-recognizes-israel-s-right-to-exist 'Biden: No peace until Middle East nations recognize Israel's right to exist.'] i24NEWS. May 22, 2021. ''"There is no change in my commitment to the security of Israel, period. No change at all," Biden said during a press conference at the White House along with his South Korean counterpart, Moon Jae-in. | + | After the ceasefire, Biden said 'No peace until Middle East nations recognize Israel's right to exist.'<ref>[https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/international/americas/1621663788-biden-no-peace-until-middle-east-nations-recognizes-israel-s-right-to-exist 'Biden: No peace until Middle East nations recognize Israel's right to exist.'] i24NEWS. May 22, 2021. ''"There is no change in my commitment to the security of Israel, period. No change at all," Biden said during a press conference at the White House along with his South Korean counterpart, Moon Jae-in. |
| | "My party still supports Israel," he insisted, and "let's make it clear: until the region unequivocally recognizes Israel's right to exist as an independent Jewish state, there will be no peace." | | "My party still supports Israel," he insisted, and "let's make it clear: until the region unequivocally recognizes Israel's right to exist as an independent Jewish state, there will be no peace." |
| | "The change is that we still need a two-state solution. It is the only solution,"...''</ref> He then added his support for 'two states.' | | "The change is that we still need a two-state solution. It is the only solution,"...''</ref> He then added his support for 'two states.' |
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| − | An analysis of fatalities by Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center records eight children under the age of 18 were killed by misfired Palestinian rockets during just the first two days of Israel’s defense operation.
| + | An analysis of fatalities by Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center records eight children under the age of 18 were killed by misfired Palestinian rockets during just the first two days of Israel’s defense operation. |
| − | <ref>[https://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/an-examination-of-the-names-of-the-fatalities-in-the-idf-airstrikes-during-the-first-two-days-of-operation-guardian-of-the-walls-reveals-that-most-of-them-were-terrorist/ An examination of the names of the fatalities in the IDF airstrikes during the first two days of Operation Guardian of the Walls reveals that most of them were terrorist operatives], The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center. June 1, 2021</ref> | + | <ref>[https://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/an-examination-of-the-names-of-the-fatalities-in-the-idf-airstrikes-during-the-first-two-days-of-operation-guardian-of-the-walls-reveals-that-most-of-them-were-terrorist/ An examination of the names of the fatalities in the IDF airstrikes during the first two days of Operation Guardian of the Walls reveals that most of them were terrorist operatives], The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center. June 1, 2021</ref> |
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| | Due to terrorism from rockets, 357 received medical attention from MDA EMTs and Paramedics throughout the country. Of the 357, Hamas killed 10 with direct hits while another 2 later died in hospitals from explosion and shrapnel injuries. Shrapnel, rocket explosion blasts, and shattered glass injured 119. Of the 119, 7 were in severe condition, 13 in moderate condition, and 99 in mild condition. It is important to note that 226 of the 357 total people requiring medical attention following rocket attacks sustained injuries while finding shelter. The 226 injured while running to shelters included 1 in severe condition, 5 in moderate condition, and 220 in mild condition. | | Due to terrorism from rockets, 357 received medical attention from MDA EMTs and Paramedics throughout the country. Of the 357, Hamas killed 10 with direct hits while another 2 later died in hospitals from explosion and shrapnel injuries. Shrapnel, rocket explosion blasts, and shattered glass injured 119. Of the 119, 7 were in severe condition, 13 in moderate condition, and 99 in mild condition. It is important to note that 226 of the 357 total people requiring medical attention following rocket attacks sustained injuries while finding shelter. The 226 injured while running to shelters included 1 in severe condition, 5 in moderate condition, and 220 in mild condition. |
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| | 196 people around the country required medical care from MDA due to the nation - wide riots. A 56 year - old man suffered a critical head injury from which he later died. Another 10 people were in severe condition, 30 in moderate condition, and 155 in mild condition.</blockquote></ref> | | 196 people around the country required medical care from MDA due to the nation - wide riots. A 56 year - old man suffered a critical head injury from which he later died. Another 10 people were in severe condition, 30 in moderate condition, and 155 in mild condition.</blockquote></ref> |
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| | Though the [[Gaza]] based Arab Palestinians "reported" that most of their purported killed were civilians, they did post posters, bragging about the "martyrs" pictured with weapons.<ref>Imshin (@imshin) Tweeted: 1/ They lie to us that mainly women and children killed in #Gaza. But the truth is that the overwhelming majority were #HamasTerrorists. Here are some of them. [https://t.co/KfixsjsUBx May 23, 2021]</ref> | | Though the [[Gaza]] based Arab Palestinians "reported" that most of their purported killed were civilians, they did post posters, bragging about the "martyrs" pictured with weapons.<ref>Imshin (@imshin) Tweeted: 1/ They lie to us that mainly women and children killed in #Gaza. But the truth is that the overwhelming majority were #HamasTerrorists. Here are some of them. [https://t.co/KfixsjsUBx May 23, 2021]</ref> |
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| − | Hamas has a record of lying about fatalities.<ref>[https://pjmedia.com/blog/p-david-hornik/2009/02/18/hamas-lies-about-gaza-fatalities-unmasked-n17659 Hamas' Lies about Gaza Fatalities Unmasked] By P. David Hornik, PJ, Feb., 18, 2009</ref> | + | Hamas has a record of lying about fatalities.<ref>[https://pjmedia.com/blog/p-david-hornik/2009/02/18/hamas-lies-about-gaza-fatalities-unmasked-n17659 Hamas' Lies about Gaza Fatalities Unmasked] By P. David Hornik, PJ, Feb., 18, 2009</ref> |
| | Even biased NYT in its own propaganda piece had to insert the line: ''Human rights researchers say Hamas strictly controls information about civilian deaths in Gaza to hide its losses and failures...''<ref>[https://www.camera.org/article/ny-times-rebuts-itself-on-war-crimes-and-hamas-casualties/ NY Times Rebuts Itself on War Crimes and Hamas Casualties] | CAMERA, May 20, 2021. <blockquote> | | Even biased NYT in its own propaganda piece had to insert the line: ''Human rights researchers say Hamas strictly controls information about civilian deaths in Gaza to hide its losses and failures...''<ref>[https://www.camera.org/article/ny-times-rebuts-itself-on-war-crimes-and-hamas-casualties/ NY Times Rebuts Itself on War Crimes and Hamas Casualties] | CAMERA, May 20, 2021. <blockquote> |
| | ''Human rights researchers say Hamas strictly controls information about civilian deaths in Gaza to hide its losses and failures...'' | | ''Human rights researchers say Hamas strictly controls information about civilian deaths in Gaza to hide its losses and failures...'' |
| − | Which is to say, the numbers provided by the Hamas’s health ministry are far from “facts,” and we don’t actually know how many civilians were inadvertently killed in Israeli airstrikes. The group, moreover, has made clear its intent to deceive. During a round of fighting in 2014, Hamas issued guidelines to Palestinians in Gaza to call anyone killed a “civilian,” regardless of whether they were actually a fighter..</blockquote></ref> | + | Which is to say, the numbers provided by the Hamas’s health ministry are far from “facts,” and we don’t actually know how many civilians were inadvertently killed in Israeli airstrikes. The group, moreover, has made clear its intent to deceive. During a round of fighting in 2014, Hamas issued guidelines to Palestinians in Gaza to call anyone killed a “civilian,” regardless of whether they were actually a fighter..</blockquote></ref> |
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| | An example in the media, even earlier: Anti-Israel Ishaan Tharoor,<ref>[https://honestreporting.com/tag/ishaan-tharoor/ Ishaan Tharoor - HR]</ref><ref> | | An example in the media, even earlier: Anti-Israel Ishaan Tharoor,<ref>[https://honestreporting.com/tag/ishaan-tharoor/ Ishaan Tharoor - HR]</ref><ref> |
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| | Fact, Hamas Rockets Killed More Palestinians than Israel's. As 4½ times as many rockets hit Palestinian populated areas than Israeli ones.<ref>Nevet Basker (@NevetB) Tweeted: @elderofziyon Update: IDF says 1,400 Iron Dome interceptions, and 680 rockets landed in Gaza. At 90% interception rate, that means 4½ times as many rockets hit Palestinian populated areas than Israeli ones. | | Fact, Hamas Rockets Killed More Palestinians than Israel's. As 4½ times as many rockets hit Palestinian populated areas than Israeli ones.<ref>Nevet Basker (@NevetB) Tweeted: @elderofziyon Update: IDF says 1,400 Iron Dome interceptions, and 680 rockets landed in Gaza. At 90% interception rate, that means 4½ times as many rockets hit Palestinian populated areas than Israeli ones. |
| − | https://t.co/hTkbfbOnVe [https://twitter.com/NevetB/status/1402067147384360968?s=20 June 7, 2021]</ref> In conclusion, analyst: "a 10-day air campaign in a dense urban environment – which I remind you was undertaken in self-defense, after Israel was attacked, in which there were only 26 civilian casualties as a result. This is a record that no other military force in history, even the most advanced Western armies, can match."<ref>[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/307766 Doing the Math about Gazan casualties. According to the NY TImes, over 60 children under 18 were killed in Gaza. Except the numbers and featured photos make no sense. Op-ed.] Victor Rosenthal, INN, Jun 09 , 2021.</ref> | + | https://t.co/hTkbfbOnVe [https://twitter.com/NevetB/status/1402067147384360968?s=20 June 7, 2021]</ref> In conclusion, analyst: "a 10-day air campaign in a dense urban environment – which I remind you was undertaken in self-defense, after Israel was attacked, in which there were only 26 civilian casualties as a result. This is a record that no other military force in history, even the most advanced Western armies, can match."<ref>[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/307766 Doing the Math about Gazan casualties. According to the NY TImes, over 60 children under 18 were killed in Gaza. Except the numbers and featured photos make no sense. Op-ed.] Victor Rosenthal, INN, Jun 09 , 2021.</ref> |
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| | [https://mobile.twitter.com/adkanorg/status/1414162685650948101 July 26, 2021]</ref><blockquote>We investigated 50 incidents during the recent fighting in Gaza in which "human rights" organizations reported civilians killed. We have cross-referenced data, locations and statements and now we are showing that the "civilians" are in fact terrorists of Hamas and Islamic Jihad.</blockquote> | | [https://mobile.twitter.com/adkanorg/status/1414162685650948101 July 26, 2021]</ref><blockquote>We investigated 50 incidents during the recent fighting in Gaza in which "human rights" organizations reported civilians killed. We have cross-referenced data, locations and statements and now we are showing that the "civilians" are in fact terrorists of Hamas and Islamic Jihad.</blockquote> |
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| − | Researchers:<ref>"[https://jcpa.org/article/hamas-human-rights-violations-in-the-2021-gaza-war/ Hamas’ Human Rights Violations in the 2021 Gaza War]," Amelia Navins, Lenny Ben-David, | + | Researchers:<ref>"[https://jcpa.org/article/hamas-human-rights-violations-in-the-2021-gaza-war/ Hamas’ Human Rights Violations in the 2021 Gaza War]," Amelia Navins, Lenny Ben-David, |
| | JCPA, June 29, 2021.</ref> | | JCPA, June 29, 2021.</ref> |
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| | It has been noted,<ref>[https://www.hadassah.org/story/speak-up-for-israel Speak Up for Israel], Hadassah, May 21, 2021</ref> | | It has been noted,<ref>[https://www.hadassah.org/story/speak-up-for-israel Speak Up for Israel], Hadassah, May 21, 2021</ref> |
| − | <blockquote>Certain facts are irrefutable. The terrorists are motivated by hatred and aim to wound or kill innocent women, men and children. Israel, by contrast, is motivated by the legal and moral imperative to protect and preserve life, and is always entirely justified in acting in its own self-defense...It is impossible to obtain reliable data on civilian casualties in Gaza. Data that is provided to and reported by the media come from the Gaza Health Ministry, which is run by Hamas, a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization. What we do know — what is proven — is that Hamas commits war crimes by using Palestinians as human shields. No place in Gaza is safe from Hamas. Rockets, mortars, rifles and missiles are stored or fired from [https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/press-releases/unrwa-condemns-placement-rockets-second-time-one-its-schools schools], [https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/1620882686-hamas-rocket-fired-from-gaza-hits-apartment-building-in-petah-tikva apartment buildings], [https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/11/how-the-media-makes-the-israel-story/383262/ offices], [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/07/31/why-hamas-stores-its-weapons-inside-hospitals-mosques-and-schools mosques] and [https://www.timesofisrael.com/finnish-tv-rockets-fired-from-gaza-hospital/ hospitals]. | + | <blockquote>Certain facts are irrefutable. The terrorists are motivated by hatred and aim to wound or kill innocent women, men and children. Israel, by contrast, is motivated by the legal and moral imperative to protect and preserve life, and is always entirely justified in acting in its own self-defense...It is impossible to obtain reliable data on civilian casualties in Gaza. Data that is provided to and reported by the media come from the Gaza Health Ministry, which is run by Hamas, a U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization. What we do know — what is proven — is that Hamas commits war crimes by using Palestinians as human shields. No place in Gaza is safe from Hamas. Rockets, mortars, rifles and missiles are stored or fired from [https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/press-releases/unrwa-condemns-placement-rockets-second-time-one-its-schools schools], [https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/1620882686-hamas-rocket-fired-from-gaza-hits-apartment-building-in-petah-tikva apartment buildings], [https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/11/how-the-media-makes-the-israel-story/383262/ offices], [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/07/31/why-hamas-stores-its-weapons-inside-hospitals-mosques-and-schools mosques] and [https://www.timesofisrael.com/finnish-tv-rockets-fired-from-gaza-hospital/ hospitals]. |
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| | The Arab Nazi Hitler fan, "Palestinian" specialist for BBC, Halawa, the Hitler was right" lady, also responded to an Israel-based Twitter user, who had disputed Palestinian casualty figures, by saying: “ur media is produced by ur zionist government in order 2 produce ignorant people.”. <ref name=ind-24may2021>Adam Forrest, "[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bbc-journalist-twitter-israel-nazi-b1852684.html BBC investigating journalist who tweeted ‘Hitler was right’]", Independent, May 24, 2021. | | The Arab Nazi Hitler fan, "Palestinian" specialist for BBC, Halawa, the Hitler was right" lady, also responded to an Israel-based Twitter user, who had disputed Palestinian casualty figures, by saying: “ur media is produced by ur zionist government in order 2 produce ignorant people.”. <ref name=ind-24may2021>Adam Forrest, "[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/bbc-journalist-twitter-israel-nazi-b1852684.html BBC investigating journalist who tweeted ‘Hitler was right’]", Independent, May 24, 2021. |
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| | Clip shows how "Palestinian" operatives stage, prepare kids to play, fallen or injured for press. Actors in staging are "Palestinian" press and its ''Red Crescent'' too. It's this racist hatred motivated industry of such drama fake imagery that incites the Arab masses.<ref>@YoniMichanie Tweeted: <blockquote>Imagine being so desperate to demonize the Jewish state that you use Palestinian children and members of the press to stage fake Israeli attacks against civilians. | | Clip shows how "Palestinian" operatives stage, prepare kids to play, fallen or injured for press. Actors in staging are "Palestinian" press and its ''Red Crescent'' too. It's this racist hatred motivated industry of such drama fake imagery that incites the Arab masses.<ref>@YoniMichanie Tweeted: <blockquote>Imagine being so desperate to demonize the Jewish state that you use Palestinian children and members of the press to stage fake Israeli attacks against civilians. |
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| − | This is the sort of misinformation that not only perpetuates the conflict, but also fuels global antisemitism. pic.twitter.com/XsXqVx6mjV— Yoni Michanie (@YoniMichanie)</blockquote> [https://twitter.com/YoniMichanie/status/1467151649198284802 December 4, 2021] | + | This is the sort of misinformation that not only perpetuates the conflict, but also fuels global antisemitism. pic.twitter.com/XsXqVx6mjV— Yoni Michanie (@YoniMichanie)</blockquote> [https://twitter.com/YoniMichanie/status/1467151649198284802 December 4, 2021] |
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| | -Emily Schrader - אמילי שריידר (@emilykschrader) Tweeted [https://mobile.twitter.com/yonimichanie/status/1467151649198284802 Dec 4, 2021]:<blockquote> | | -Emily Schrader - אמילי שריידר (@emilykschrader) Tweeted [https://mobile.twitter.com/yonimichanie/status/1467151649198284802 Dec 4, 2021]:<blockquote> |