ISRAEL AT WAR 5784: Time and Again


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#ShabbatShalom is a bit like the Jewish version of “TGIF” but with a dash of spiritual elegance. “Shabbat Shalom” is Hebrew for “peaceful Sabbath,” and it’s a greeting used by Jews around the world to wish each other a serene and meaningful day of rest.
The expression of “Shabbat Shalom” embraces the spirit of the Sabbath. It’s our chance to unplug from the hustle and bustle of the week. Shabbat reminds us that we are souls and not robots. Shabbat replenishes the soul. Shabbat means connecting with Hashem, with family and with our own souls
So, whether you’re praying, munching on challah, sipping a glass of fine Israeli dry red wine or just taking a nap in the middle of the day, remember to spread the “Shabbat Shalom” love and enjoy a peaceful day of rest. Shabbat Shalom, cherished friends.

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Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-21June2024-Shabbat Shalom

 

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4 Hostages rescued ALIVE from Gaza

This is what happens when you make peace

Los Angeles – Pico-Robertson Pogrom 23June2024

“If today the heads of government are unsure of their ability to withstand the nations – if they are fearful and weak – it is better that they leave the task of leadership to others.”


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Prophetic words of the Lubavitcher Rebbe osb”m, 1970: “If today the heads of government are unsure of their ability to withstand the nations – if they are fearful and weak – it is better that they leave the task of leadership to others.” Tonight, 3 Tammuz, is his 30th yahrtzeit.

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Dr. Einat Wilf

Episode #1 UNRWA | Deep Dive with Dr. Einat Wilf


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Introducing Episode #1 – UNRWA of the Deep Dive series with Dr. @EinatWilf

Dr. Einat Wilf is a former member of the Knesset and author of the best-selling book “The War of Return.”

#deepdive #israelicitizenspox

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IsraeliCitizenSpox-tweet-30May2024-UNRWA

 

Episode #1 UNRWA | Deep Dive with Dr. Einat Wilf

 

Episode #2 – ‘Anti Zionism’ is now live!


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Dr. @EinatWilf is back with Deep Dive!

Episode #2 – ‘Anti Zionism’ is now live!

If you like to access a free course on Zionism and Anti-Zionism taught by Dr @einatwilf
you can access the link here: https://tikvahfund.org/course/zionism-and-anti-zionism-the-history-of-two-opposing-ideas/

#israelicitizenspox #deepdive #einatwilf #antizionism

 

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IsraeliCitizenSpox-tweet-6June2024-Anti Zionism is now live

 

Episode #2 Anti-Zionism | Deep Dive with Dr. Einat Wilf

 

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4 Hostages rescued ALIVE from Gaza


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Noa Argamani (25), Almog Meir Jan (21), Andrey Kozlov (27), and Shlomi Ziv (40) were rescued in a special operation by the IDF, ISA and Israel Police from 2 separate locations in the heart of Nuseirat after being kidnapped by Hamas from the Nova music festival.

They are in good medical condition and have been transferred to the ‘Sheba’ Tel-HaShomer Medical Center for further medical examinations.

We will continue to make every effort to bring the hostages home.

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Israel Defense Forces-tweet-8June2024-4 Hostages rescued ALIVE from Gaza

 

 

Noa Argamani’s dad praying at the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s holy gravesite


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Noa Argamani, taken hostage on Oct.7, was rescued yesterday in a miraculous special-forces mission in Gaza. Despite 2 rescue vehicles that broke down, Hashem made the mission succeed. The photo, from a few months ago, is her dad praying at the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s holy gravesite.
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הבקשה שנענתה: יעקב ארגמני, אביה של נועה שחולצה השבת מהשבי בעזה, מעתיר בתפילה על ציונו הקדוש של הרבי לפני מספר חודשים.

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The request was answered: Ya’akov Argamani, the father of Noa, who was rescued on Shabbat from captivity in Gaza, petitions in prayer for the Rebbe’s holy grave a few months ago.

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-9June2024-Noa Argamani's dad praying at the Lubavitcher Rebbe's holy gravesite

Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-9June2024-Noa Argamani’s dad praying at the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s holy gravesite

 

 

hostages return celebrations


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Just imagine the celebrations when all the hostages return!

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Im Tirtzu-tweet-8June2024-hostages return celebrations

 

 

 

If our leaders would say, “Thank You, Hashem” and “B’ezrat Hashem,” Hashem would give them many more reasons to smile


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If our leaders would say, “Thank You, Hashem” and “B’ezrat Hashem,” Hashem would give them many more reasons to smile. Before you do something, solicit Hashem’s help by saying “B’ezrat Hashem.” Once you’ve done it, say “Thank You, Hashem”. Wait and see how successful you’ll be.

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Rabbi Lazer Brody-tweet-9June2024-say-B’ezrat Hashem-Thank You Hashem

 

 

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Hamas abuses the hostages


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We are learning more about how Hamas abuses the hostages (and these are the ones held in civilian homes):

▪️Beatings “almost every day”
▪️No protein, so muscle wastage
▪️Malnutrition, periods of “almost no food whatsoever”
▪️Medical neglect
▪️No sunlight

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Eylon Levy-tweet-10June2024-Hamas abuses the hostages

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Hostages were beaten, abused ‘almost every day,’ says doctor who treated rescuees

10 June 2024, 10:05 pm https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/hostages-were-beaten-abused-almost-every-day-says-doctor-who-treated-rescuees/

 

File: Itai Pessach, director of the children’s hospital at Sheba Medical Center, during a television interview (courtesy of Sheba Medical Center)

File: Itai Pessach, director of the children’s hospital at Sheba Medical Center, during a television interview (courtesy of Sheba Medical Center)

 

The doctor in charge of treating the hostages rescued from Gaza on Saturday tells CNN that the abductees were regularly beaten by their captors.

 

“It was a harsh, harsh experience, with a lot of abuse, almost every day,” Dr. Itai Pessach of Sheba Medical Center says. “Every hour, both physical, mental and other types, and that is something that is beyond comprehension.”

 

According to the American outlet, Pessach says the eight months the hostages spent under Hamas captivity “left a significant mark on their health,” despite them appearing outwardly to be in good shape.

 

“They had no protein, so their muscles are extremely wasted, there is damage to some other systems because of that,” he says, adding that they said the supply of food and water varied, and that they were moved a few times and dealt with different guards.

 

“There have been periods where they got almost no food whatsoever,” Pessach adds. “There were other periods where it was a little better, but all in all, the combination of the psychological stress, malnutrition or not getting enough food or not getting the right kind of food, medical neglect, being limited to space, not seeing the sun and all of the other things have [a] significant effect on health.”

 

Elaborating on the psychological strain, he says: “As time passes, hope of being released kind of decreases and you start wondering if this would ever end… losing that faith, I think, is where you get to the breaking point.”

 

 

Rescued hostage Andrey Kozlov


Oli London-tweet-13June2024-Rescued hostage Andrey Kozlov
Rescued hostage Andrey Kozlov had his hands and feet bound for 2 months during captivity.

His parents have revealed the horrific conditions he was subjected to during the 245 days he spent as a hostage.

“He told us that for two months, they were tied up by their hands and feet. In the first weeks, their hands were tied behind their backs…

In other cases, they had to relieve themselves in a bucket. The terrorists engaged in psychological abuse, constantly telling each captive, ‘Israel has forgotten you.”

Source: Ynet News

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Oli London-tweet-13June2024-Rescued hostage Andrey Kozlov

 

 

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The inside story of Israel’s dramatic Gaza hostage rescue

The JC can reveal previously unknown details of the daring mission, which was the result of weeks of intelligence work culminating in a 45 minute shoot-out with Hamas terrorists

BY Elon Perry

13June2024 08:32 https://www.thejc.com/news/israel/the-inside-story-of-israels-dramatic-gaza-hostage-rescue-e2t1d8qu#:~:text=On%2012%20May%2C%20Israel%20received,to%20locate%20the%20exact%20location

 

On 12 May, Israel received intelligence about the location of four hostages in the Nuseirat refugee camp area in the Gaza Strip. From that day on, every branch of Israeli intelligence was focused on the area 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to locate the exact location. A team of undercover ‘Mista’arvim’ (units that assimilate into local populations to gather intelligence) were sent there, mainly in the local market of Nuseirat.

 

Their role was not only to gather intelligence from locals but also to check information from the interrogations of captured terrorists. In addition, information was gathered by aerial observation and other sophisticated technological means.

 

After 19 days of intensive cooperative intelligence gathering work, the combined units managed to compile solid and accurate information about the location of the Israeli hostages. It was discovered that the hostages were being held in two separate buildings in the same area. Noa Argamani was held in the first floor of one and three other hostages were in another building, 800 metres away, on the third floor.

 

At the beginning of June, this information was brought to the War Cabinet, and the Chief of Staff of the IDF and head of the Shin Bet were asked to present a rescue plan. The intelligence was kept top secret. Even the other forces in Gaza, including senior commanders, were not informed about it. As the War Cabinet discussed options, the preparations and training for the operation began.

 

In order to finally verify the information and to prepare the ground for the operation, another team of undercover soldiers (including several women dressed in hijabs and long black dresses) was sent into the Nuseirat refugee camp. Pretending to be two Gazan families looking for a large house in Nuseirat, they arrived in two cheap-looking old cars loaded with domestic items characteristic of those families displaced in the Strip, such as mattresses and clothing identical to those of the locals.

 

When the residents of the Nuseirat camp asked the undercovers where they came from and what they were looking to do in Nuseirat, they replied that they had fled from Rafah due to “deadly shelling from the Israeli army”, and decided to rent a house in the area. Then they pointed to the building where Noa Argamani was being held. They showed one of the locals a large amount of cash and offered to pay three times the going rate for rent. The local agreed to help and within three hours found a large house on the very street where Argamani was held. This was only 800 metres away from where the other three hostages were held.

 

A few days later, after settling into the house and getting to know the area, including shopping at the local market, and realising that they did not arouse suspicion, the undercovers began their mission: verifying the location where the hostages were held. They split into two teams. One team consisted of two commandos, a man dressed as a typical Gazan local and a woman dressed in a long black dress and hijab. They began marching down the street towards the ‘Al-Auda’ medical centre where, in a nearby residential building 200 metres from the hospital, Noa Argamani was held. The undercovers walked with complete confidence as if they were walking down a street in Tel Aviv. To add to their authenticity, they stopped from time to time at stalls along the sides of the street, showing interest in the products while complaining about the difficult situation in Gaza. This was done in fluent Arabic with a perfect Gazan accent. Behind them, walked four more undercover men, armed to give backup in case a ‘Fauda-like’ situation occurred (Fauda in Arabic means unexpected chaos).

 

The second team consisted of four female soldiers dressed as typical Arab women (one feigning being pregnant) carrying plastic bags full of food products and vegetables. They walked in two pairs (a young Muslim woman is not allowed to walk around alone) towards a nearby residential building, where, on the third floor, the three male hostages were held. Behind them walked four more undercover men armed to give them backup.

 

Meanwhile five other members of the undercover team stayed at the house to guard it and make sure the teams had not been exposed and that no nasty surprises would await them.

 

Three hours later, at the prearranged time, the two teams came back to the rented house and began to process the information they had obtained. Now it was confirmed: the four hostages were being held in two homes of Gazan families. The force commander confirmed to Israel that the two locations were correct.

 

The cabinet decided to act. Twenty-eight fighters from the ‘Yamam’, a commando unit that specialises in fighting terrorists and rescuing hostages, began training on two specially built models that replicated the two buildings where the hostages were held. After three days of training, the commander of the force informed the IDF Chief of Staff, Herzi Halevi, who then informed the Minister of Defence, Yoav Gallant, that they were ready to carry out the operation. After Prime Minister Netanyahu had been informed and given permission to launch the operation, it was able to proceed.

 

On Thursday night, 5 June, the undercovers were ordered to leave the area of Nuseirat refugee camp without arousing suspicion, although four remained to keep an eye on the buildings to make sure that the hostages were not transferred to another location.

 

Only at this time were senior Israeli commanders and other cabinet members informed about the operation.

On Friday morning, 6 June, the 28 commandos of the ‘Yamam’ unit began making their way in two teams towards the two buildings in Nuseirat refugee camp. To maintain the element of surprise as much as possible, the unit’s fighters travelled hiding in two trucks.

 

Just before 11 am the commandos arrived with precise timing at the two targets and awaited the order to attack. Observations and technological surveillance measures from IDF aircraft reported that the area was ‘clean’, with no suspicious movements near the two buildings. The information and live coverage of the alleys and the 800-metre-long street that separated the two target buildings were transmitted directly to the screens in two command and control rooms in Israel from which the operation was being overseen.

 

At 11.00 am exactly the commandos received the order to go ahead and stormed both buildings simultaneously in full coordination, to prevent the terrorists from endangering the hostages and the entire operation.

 

The Israeli soldiers eliminated the terrorists guarding Noa Argamani, and within six minutes had rescued her unharmed from the apartment. They then took her to a waiting helicopter that immediately flew her back to Israel.

 

But while the rescue of Argamani went smoothly, the task of rescuing the other three hostages on the third floor of the second building became complicated.

 

They were held in the home of Dr Ahmed al-Jamal, a medical doctor, who was a Hamas activist. His son, Abdullah, a journalist who had written for Al-Jazeera, was also staying in the apartment.

 

Some of the commandos used a ladder to enter directly into the room where the three hostages were held. This coincided with the entry of the rest of the force who came up the stairs from the main entrance of the building.

 

But Commander Arnon Zamora’s team, which broke into the apartment at the head of the force, encountered massive fire from around thirty Hamas terrorists in the apartment They fired with machine guns, threw grenades and some even fired rocket-propelled grenade missiles at the surprised Israelis. This is how Arnon Zamora was killed.

 

The fact of the presence of 30 terrorists in the apartment had not been known to the undercover teams who had reported the information about the hostages’ location back to Israel. It is assumed that the terrorists arrived at the apartment only that morning or the night before, to strengthen the guarding of the three hostages.

 

Nevertheless, the experienced Israeli commando fighters were not deterred by the deadly surprise and continued to fight the terrorists with determination at close range, joined by the other fighters who were waiting outside the apartment. The three hostages had to hide in the bathroom of the apartment, protected by several Israeli fighters, during the battle. There was no way to leave the apartment due to the massive unexpected gunfire as it might endanger the hostages.

 

After a long face-to-face battle, the Israelis managed to eliminate all the terrorists in the apartment. But during the shooting from dozens of guns inside a crowded two-room apartment, Arnon Zamora was hit and lay on the floor bleeding, while three medics and a doctor leant over him, under heavy fire, trying to save his life.

 

Meanwhile, dozens of terrorists emerged from the tunnels around the building and began to fire at the Israeli fighters with machine guns and RPG missiles. The Israelis started making their way out of the building (several of them carrying Arnon Zamora on a stretcher), running through smoke-filled alleys and the nearby market which was crowded with thousands of Gazans who would not have hesitated to lynch them. The Israeli forces tried, under constant fire, to get to the rescue vehicle that was waiting for them, but it was hit by two RPG missiles.

 

The commander of the operation in Israel then activated ‘Plan B’, the rescue plan that had been prepared in advance: a daring operation under massive, very close fire from the enemy, covered by Israeli fire from ground, sea and air.

 

With the help of tanks, hundreds of soldiers (from the Golani and Givati infantry brigades and paratroopers) charged on foot into the refugee camp, fighting face-to-face battles with Hamas terrorists while navy ships covered them from the west and air force helicopters from the east. Fire from the air hit the terrorists just ten metres from the Israeli soldiers.

 

The reinforcement forces and the air force managed to isolate the battle scene, providing a safe escape route for the main force escorting the three hostages.

 

At the end of an exhausting and continuous battle the Israeli fighters eliminated all the armed threats in the battle arena.

Hamas claims that during the rescue operation in the crowded streets of the refugee camp, 274 Palestinians were killed. However, the IDF says that 104 Palestinians were killed or wounded – all of whom were Hamas terrorists or armed civilians who collaborated with the terrorist organisation.

 

After the battle, the three abductees (who had kept their cool throughout) were led by the fighters to one of the Israeli helicopters waiting for them and flew them to Israel.

 

Meanwhile, the air force planes bombed the building which collapsed within seconds.

The special forces soldiers then boarded the other two helicopters that took off back to Israel. Attempts to revive Arnon Zamora continued on the short flight, but l he was pronounced dead on arrival in hospital.

 

Elon Perry is a journalist and former commando in the Golani Brigade of the IDF

 

 

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Everyone in Gaza is Hamas! There are NO Civilians.


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Why are not enough people asking the question: Why did Hamas hide hostages among 30,000 people?

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Arsen Ostrovsky-tweet-8June2024-Why did Hamas hide hostages among 30,000 people

 

 

Hamas is intentionally involving the civilian population of Gaza in its war crimes


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We need to talk about the elephant in the room.

Many Gazan civilians participated in killing, raping, and kidnapping Israelis on October 7.

It is also reported that Gazan civilians were paid by Hamas to hold hostages captive in their homes.

Hamas is intentionally involving the civilian population of Gaza in its war crimes.

The world must condemn this in the strongest terms.

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Israel Foreign Ministry-tweet-10June2024-Hamas intentionally involving Gaza civilian population

 

 

Al-Jazeera held hostages


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Al Jazeera tries to deny links to kidnapper Abdullah Aljamal, despite the fact that he is literally listed on the Al Jazeera website.

But even more telling, they call the rescued Israelis “PRISONERS” and not “HOSTAGES.”

Prisoners? What was their crime? Being Jewish?
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Meet Abdallah AlJamal, Al Jazeera journalist by day, terrorist kidnapper of Jewish civilians from peace festivals by night.

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The Persian Jewess-tweet-10June2024-Al Jazeera tries to deny links to kidnapper Abdullah Aljamal

 

Abdallah AlJamal-Al Jazeera journalist terrorist

Abdallah AlJamal-Al Jazeera journalist terrorist

 


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The Israel Defense Force has now Confirmed what was reported earlier today, which is that Abdallah Aljamal, a Photojournalist as well as Writer/Editor for Al-Jazeera and several other Palestinian New’s Organizations was a Member of Hamas and was holding several of the Hostages which were Rescued yesterday from the Nuseirat Refugee Camp, inside of his Home in the Central Gaza Strip. Both Abdallah and several Members of his Family were Killed while trying to Resist the Rescue of Almog Meir Jan, Andrey Kozlov, and Shlomi Ziv who were all being held within the Home; with Chief Inspector Arnon Zamora, the Commander of the Israeli Police’s “Yamam” National Counter-Terrorism Unit, who the Operation is now named after, being Killed while entering the House.

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OSINTdefender-tweet-9June2024-Al-Jazeera held hostages

 

UPDATE

Rescued hostage filing lawsuit against U.S. non-profit


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Rescued hostage filing lawsuit against U.S. non-profit The Palestine Chronicle after one of its employees held him hostage.

Almog Meir Jan was held in the home of Abdallah Aljamal, a contributor to the website The Palestine Chronicle for nearly 250 days.

His captor also worked as a spokesman for the Hamas-run labor ministry in Gaza before being killed in the rescue mission to free Almog and the other hostages.

The Palestine Chronicle is a U.S. operated non-profit, run by the tax-exempt group, the People Media Project.

Whilst Aljamal kept the Israeli man hostage, he continued to write articles for the newspaper and pushed anti-Israel propaganda.

The lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday in Washington state alleges The Palestine Chronicle “knowingly and willfully procured and disseminated Hamas propaganda to the Palestine Chronicle’s readers in the United States,” citing reports alleging “at least six Palestine Chronicle writers and contributors have been affiliated with Iranian propaganda outlets.”

Source: Fox News

 

Oli London-tweet-9July2024-Rescued hostage filing lawsuit against U.S. non-profit

Oli London-tweet-9July2024-Rescued hostage filing lawsuit against U.S. non-profit

 

 

Hostages were held here


The Persian Jewess-tweet-9June2024-Everyone Knew about the imprisoned hostages
As a Middle Easterner, I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that there is ZERO CHANCE Abdullah Al Jamal imprisoned hostages in his home for 246 days without his neighbors, in laws, cousins, second cousins, siblings, and mother’s uncle’s cousin’s dentist knowing about it.

The Persian Jewess-tweet-9June2024-Everyone Knew about the imprisoned hostages

The Persian Jewess-tweet-9June2024-Everyone Knew about the imprisoned hostages

 


Nioh Berg-tweet-8June2024-hostages were held here
Apparently this was the location in Nuseirat where the hostages were held.

If you as a civilian agree to keep hostages imprisoned in your home, you become a combatant. Simple as that.

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Nioh Berg-tweet-8June2024-hostages were held here

 

 

 

Hamas firing RPGs in a populated area


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🤷 It’s really that simple.

No one is saying Palestinian lives don’t matter. It’s about who you’re blaming and where you’re directing your anger. Hamas firing RPGs in a populated area during the IDF rescue mission tells you everything you need to know.

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HonestReporting-tweet-10June2024- Hamas firing RPGs in a populated area

 

 

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The Entebbe Rescue

IDF-tweet-4July2016-Entebbe-Rescue 40 yrs ago, the IDF rescued 102 hostages in the historic Operation Entebbe rescue mission

IDF-tweet-4July2016-Entebbe-Rescue 40 yrs ago, the IDF rescued 102 hostages in the historic Operation Entebbe rescue mission
Operation Entebbe was a counter-terrorist hostage-rescue mission carried out by commandos of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at Entebbe Airport in Uganda on 4 July 1976. A week earlier, on 27 June, an Air France plane with 248 passengers was hijacked by a hijacker of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – External Operations (PFLP-EO)

Operation Entebbe was a counter-terrorist hostage-rescue mission carried out by commandos of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at Entebbe Airport in Uganda on 4 July 1976. A week earlier, on 27 June, an Air France plane with 248 passengers was hijacked by a hijacker of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – External Operations (PFLP-EO)

Operation Entebbe was a counter-terrorist hostage-rescue mission carried out by commandos of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at Entebbe Airport in Uganda on 4 July 1976. A week earlier, on 27 June, an Air France plane with 248 passengers was hijacked by a hijacker of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – External Operations (PFLP-EO)

Operation Entebbe was a counter-terrorist hostage-rescue mission carried out by commandos of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at Entebbe Airport in Uganda on 4 July 1976. A week earlier, on 27 June, an Air France plane with 248 passengers was hijacked by a hijacker of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – External Operations (PFLP-EO)
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Operation Entebbe

This is the remarkable account of the successful completion of Operation Entebbe as Lt. Col. (res.) Avi Mor – the navigator of three of the four planes sent to rescue the hostages in Uganda – describes in detail his experience in directing 103 Jewish hostages to freedom.

02January2018
IDF Editorial Team

https://www.idf.il/en/mini-sites/wars-and-operations/operation-entebbe/

Lt. Col. (res.) Mor knows what it means to fight for freedom. He was born in Poland and escaped to Israel with his parents and seven siblings during the Nazi regime. He enlisted in the Israel Air Force and passed the rigorous Flight Academy course. During his time as a captain in the IAF, he became a trained navigator. His talent for navigation was put to the test when, on June 27, 1976, Air France Flight 139 was hijacked.

Evacuated Entebbe hostages

Evacuated Entebbe hostages

 

The flight, which had originated in Tel Aviv, had a scheduled layover in Athens, Greece, before it was to continue to Paris, France. Shortly after taking off from Athens, four of the new passengers hijacked the flight and demanded the release of hundreds of prisoners worldwide. The hijackers – Wilfried Böse and Brigitte Kuhlmann of the German Baader-Meinhof militant group, and two Palestinians from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – directed the hijacked flight to Entebbe Airport in Uganda, where Ugandan soldiers, under the leadership of then-Ugandan President Idi Amin Dada, helped support the hijackers and trap the hostages.

 

Upon arrival, the terrorists immediately separated the Jewish and Israeli hostages from the rest of the captives. “Even now, as I am telling you the process by which the terrorists selected their hostages, it hurts me to say it,” Lt. Col. (res.) Mor said, recounting that “it was a similar selection process the Nazis administered when selecting who would go work and who would be sent to the gas chambers.”

Evacuated Entebbe hostages landing in Israel

Evacuated Entebbe hostages landing in Israel

 

The Israeli security establishment faced a ticking clock. Room for negotiation? None. Information about the terrorists’ plans? Minimal. Deadline for terrorists’ demands? Forty-eight hours – or else, they threatened, they would start murdering hostages.

Gathering Intelligence

With the deadline in motion and little known about the underlying motives of the hijackers, their exact whereabouts in Entebbe Airport, and their plans moving forward, Israel’s government and security officials sought to collect information about the situation as quickly as possible.

 

“One of the biggest problems we had,” recalled Lt. Col. (res.) Mor, “was that we were operating with minimal clarity throughout the entire mission, as we had no reliable source of information. And, when faced with an ultimatum, time is of the essence.”

 

In the week before the raid, Israel tried a number of political avenues to release the hostages. Faced with little choice, the Israeli government announced that it would enter into negotiations. This provided Israel with just enough time to consolidate a seemingly impossible military rescue operation, as the terrorists issued a new ultimatum for July 4.

 

Gathering intelligence took a few days and, by midday Tuesday, IDF forces were able to gather enough information about the situation to provide them with basic clarity to work desperately on a possible rescue attempt.

 

In the middle of the night on Wednesday, Lt. Col. (res.) Mor received a house visit from a friend and fellow soldier in the Israel Air Force.

 

“My wife answered the door. My friend told her ‘Norit, I suggest you go to your room and close the door,’” Lt. Col. (res.) Mor recalled. “By 6 the following morning, I was at an exercise with Sayeret Matkal.” From that moment on, every single person who was in some way relevant to the mission was in a period of intensive brainstorming for the best possible rescue scenario to present to Israel’s governing officials.

 

A few options were thrown around until, on July 1st, the mission’s main commander, Brig. Gen. (res.) Dan Shomron (later to become the IDF’s Chief­ of­ Staff), presented the rescue plan to Lt. Gen. (res.) Mordechai Gur (then Chief of Staff), Shimon Peres (then Israel’s defense minister) and Yitzhak Rabin (then prime minister) for final authorization to complete the highly secretive rescue mission.

 

One of the aircraft crews that landed at Entebbe poses with their plane after the mission.

One of the aircraft crews that landed at Entebbe poses with their plane after the mission.

 

One of the aircraft crews that landed at Entebbe poses with their plane after the mission.

Ready, Set, Don’t Fire

Out of this plane emerged two jeeps and a black Mercedes, practically identical to the car of then-Ugandan president Idi Amin Dada. Lt. Col. Netanyahu’s unit drove slowly and calmly towards the old terminal, appearing as if they were Ugandan forces in familiar vehicles. They were ordered not to shoot before reaching the old terminal and to take the terrorists by surprise. However, one of the IDF soldiers shot at a Ugandan soldier who was heavily armed and close to their vehicle. They were no longer undercover, and their plan was now altered as they had to reach the old terminal as quickly as possible.

 

The second and third Israeli planes arrived six minutes later, carrying reinforcements and troops assigned to help fight the Ugandan forces surrounding the airport. “I had the great honor of being the leading navigator for aircrafts two, three, and four,” Lt. Col. (res.) Mor said proudly.

 

The fourth aircraft – the only aircraft with enough gas to fly to Entebbe and back to Israel, arrived empty, ready to evacuate the hostages and take them home. “The rest of us had no details about the first aircraft and what was going on down there. I was in the second aircraft and, whether the first was successful or not, we had to land at the airport precisely six minutes after them,” Lt. Col. (res.) Mor said. “Luckily, they succeeded and, in six minutes, killed the terrorists and rescued the hostages.”

 

Within 20 minutes of their arrival, IDF soldiers began evacuating the hostages in the fourth aircraft. “Our mission was accomplished the instant the hostages had left Entebbe,” Lt. Col. (res.) Mor recalled.

 

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Entebbe Raid-two jeeps and a black Mercedes

 

Everyone was accounted for besides one: Lt. Col. Yonatan Netanyahu, the commander of the first aircraft’s Sayeret Matkal rescue unit, who had been shot and killed while helping hostages return to the aircraft. At least five other soldiers were wounded during the escape, but the soldiers finished evacuating the hostages, loaded Lt. Col. Netanyahu’s body into one of the planes, and left Entebbe Airport only 58 minutes after their arrival. The operation was later named “Operation Yonatan” in honor of its commander and one of Israel’s greatest soldiers.

Returning Home

On the morning of July 4, 1976, the rescued hostages and their defenders landed safely in Israel, concluding one of the most daring chapters in the history of the IDF. “I did not register it then, as we were still in mission mode,” Lt. Col. (res.) Mor explained, “but we landed at Ben Gurion [Airport in Israel] to a sea of Israelis swarming with pride, elated to welcome us home.”

 

Looking back, Lt. Col. (res.) Mor insists this was one of Israel’s finest moments, as its heroic actions were heard around the world. “It marked one of the best times in Israel’s history in terms of international recognition and respect,” Lt. Col. (res.) Mor stated.

 

Operation Entebbe marked a dramatic victory over international terrorism, but it did not eliminate the danger. Thirty seven years later, as Israel continues to cope with the threat of terror, the rescue at Entebbe serves as a reminder that victory is worth the fight.

 

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They Criticized the Entebbe Rescue, Too

The Soviet and Chinese governments denounced what they called “the Zionist aggression.” United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim charged that Israel had committed a “serious violation of the sovereignty” of Uganda.

https://jewishjournal.com/commentary/opinion/372241/they-criticized-the-entebbe-rescue-too/

 

It may seem perplexing that anybody would criticize Israel’s rescue of four hostages from Gaza. But in 1976, there was criticism of Israel’s rescue of hostages from Entebbe, too.

 

While Israelis celebrated the June 8 rescue of hostages held by Arab terrorists and civilians in Gaza, United Nations special rapporteur Francesca Albanese accused the Israeli commandos of “perfidiously hiding in an aid truck” in order to enter the neighborhood where the hostages were imprisoned.

 

MSNBC host Ayman Mohyeldin asserted that the rescuers’ tactics “raise(d) moral and ethical questions,” while former MSNBC host Krystal Ball denounced celebrations of the rescue as “depraved.”

 

In June 1976, Palestinian Arab terrorists hijacked a French plane on its way to Israel and forced it to fly to the Entebbe airport in Uganda. There they released the non-Jewish passengers, and held the remaining 106 passengers and crew hostage, demanding the release of terrorists who were imprisoned in Israel. Ugandan dictator Idi Amin was deeply sympathetic to the terrorists, and Ugandan soldiers helped the hijackers guard the hostages.

 

On July 4, Israeli commandos raided the airport and freed the hostages. All seven terrorists, and several dozen Ugandan soldiers, were killed. The only rescuer killed was the raid’s leader, Yonatan Netanyahu, brother of Israel’s current prime minister. Mrs. Dora Bloch, an elderly passenger who had been taken to a local hospital, was murdered there by Ugandan soldiers.

Most of the world celebrated the rescue raid on Entebbe. But not everybody.

 

The Organization of African Unity, consisting of several dozen African countries, accused Israel of “wanton aggression” and demanded reparations for damage to the airport. The Soviet and Chinese governments denounced what they called “the Zionist aggression.”

 

United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim charged that Israel had committed a “serious violation of the sovereignty” of Uganda. A few years later, Waldheim’s past as a Nazi war criminal was exposed. (However, that did not prevent his election as president of Austria in 1986.)

 

The Mexican government criticized Israel’s “flagrant violation” of Ugandan sovereignty, and declared its “firm rejection of the use of armed force by any state as a means of trying to solve conflicts.”

 

The Mexican position was especially surprising because just months earlier, it had explicitly promised to refrain from anti-Israel policies. That promise was made in order to secure an end to the boycott of Mexico announced by Jewish organizations following its support of the infamous Zionism-is-racism resolution at the U.N. in 1975.

 

The French government’s response to the Entebbe rescue was particularly troubling, given the fact that it was a French plane that was hijacked, and French crew members who were held hostage. The French Foreign Ministry issued a brief statement which expressed satisfaction at the rescue, but emphasized its condemnation of the casualties, almost all of whom were the terrorists or the soldiers who assisted them.

 

A spokesperson for the Air France crew read a statement hailing President Amin for his “constant care to ensure our safety, our material comfort and even our health.” The statement appeared to have been dictated by French officials.

 

The U.S. government publicly praised the Israeli rescue mission, but it also introduced an “even-handed” resolution at the U.N. Security Council. While condemning the hijacking, the resolution also affirmed “the need to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all States.” The resolution did not secure enough votes to pass, so it was withdrawn.

 

At the same time — according to declassified documents — Secretary of State Henry Kissinger informed Israel’s ambassador in Washington that because the Israelis had used US equipment in the raid, “we will have to put a temporary freeze on military shipments.”

 

Ambassador Simcha Dinitz replied: “You are kidding me.” Kissinger was not kidding. “You know you have no right to do this without prior consultation,” he admonished the ambassador. Dinitz argued that the relevant U.S. law applied to “only weaponry, not equipment.” But Kissinger insisted that the U.S.-made C-130 transport planes were a “military version” of that aircraft and therefore could not be used outside Israel’s borders. Kissinger could have looked the other way; instead, his response was to penalize Israel following its miraculous rescue of the hostages.

 

Israel’s prime minister in those days was Yitzhak Rabin, and the government was ruled by the Labor Party — a reminder that whether Israel’s government is from the political left or the right, and whether its leader is named Rabin or Netanyahu, there will always be those who complain when Israel takes action to defend the lives of its citizens.

Dr. Medoff is founding director of The David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies and author of more than 20 books about Jewish history and the Holocaust. His latest is “Whistleblowers: Four Who Fought to Expose the Holocaust to America,” a nonfiction graphic novel with artist Dean Motter, published by Dark Horse / Yoe Books.

 

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Making peace with invaders


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Native Americans didn’t simply “lose” land, it was stolen from. Important distinction.
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This is a map that shows the land loss of Native Americans in the United States

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Israel gave up the Sinai and Southern Lebanon for what?

Remember Gush Katif, What did the “Disengagement” get you? Rockets landing in Tel Aviv!

Map of Israeli Withdrawal from Sinai

Map of Israeli Withdrawal from Sinai

South Lebanon security zoneSouth Lebanon conflict (1985–2000)

South Lebanon security zone
South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000)

Israel gave up land for a piece of Paper

What did the Jews of Israel get with the “Disengagement”?

Rockets from Gaza rain havoc on Israeli cities in latest war

15 Seconds in Sderot, Israel

 

An Open Letter to Critics of Israel

BLOOD CELLS EVERYWHERE: An IDF map of the locations of rockets launched from Gaza from July 8th to August 4th. (Still awaiting a map from Hamas, in case the terrorist group disagrees.)

BLOOD CELLS EVERYWHERE: An IDF map of the locations of rockets launched from Gaza from July 8th to August 4th. (Still awaiting a map from Hamas, in case the terrorist group disagrees.)

Violent Hamas Riots and Rockets summary 2018

Violent Hamas Riots and Rockets summary 2018

Friday, 11 July 2014 Miracle in Ashdod: Direct Hit on Gas Station, no Fatalities What's the war like in Ashdod?

Friday, 11 July 2014 Miracle in Ashdod: Direct Hit on Gas Station, no Fatalities What’s the war like in Ashdod?

Tel Aviv hit with rocket fire from Gaza

Tel Aviv hit with rocket fire from Gaza

LONGSHOT: At a cost of as much as $100,000 per unit, Israel’s Iron Dome, seen here in action, has a rocket-interception rate of 85-90%. But it doesn’t cover the whole country—not by a longshot.

LONGSHOT: At a cost of as much as $100,000 per unit, Israel’s Iron Dome, seen here in action, has a rocket-interception rate of 85-90%. But it doesn’t cover the whole country—not by a longshot.

 

 

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Listening to Bad Advice


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This is when momentum shifted in the war:

When photos began to surface of Hamas terrorists and their supporters being arrested, blindfolded and stripped to their underwear, I knew the end of the war, including the release of hostages was just weeks away.

Yet almost just as quickly, the images stopped appearing, with the Biden Administration claiming the images were “disturbing.”

These images were actually benevolent, and could have saved thousands of lives.

Why? If you want to survive in the Middle East, it is critical to understand the Arab culture of honor vs shame.

These images completely humiliated Hamas. To destroy Hamas, and to make the Palestinians stop supporting them, they need to be thoroughly humiliated by the IDF.

The IDF’s killing Hamas terrorists, in the eyes of Palestinian society, is projected as an honor. Those killed are “martyrs.”

To defeat Hamas, Israel needs to create less martyrs, and create more losers.

In preventing the IDF from publishing the photos, and by Israel’s adhering to the Biden administration’s Western sensitivities and directives, the war has dragged on to the detriment of all parties.

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Alex Traiman-tweet-20June2024-This is when momentum shifted in the war

 

 

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https://www.fdd.org/

https://www.fdd.org/

June 19, 2024 | The Washington Times

Israel’s long war

A “ceasefire deal” won’t end it

Clifford D. May
Founder & President https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/06/19/israels-long-war-2/

 

The Nova Music Festival was billed as a celebration of “Friends, Love, and Infinite Freedom.” On Oct. 6, 2023, attendees from more than two dozen countries gathered in Israel’s Negev Desert just three miles from Hamas-ruled Gaza to sing, dance, and celebrate peace through the night.

 

At dawn the next day, Hamas terrorists used bulldozers and bombs to break through Israel’s high-tech fence that was thought to secure the border. Arriving at the festival grounds, they began slaughtering, raping, mutilating, and kidnapping concertgoers, exuberantly shouting: “Allahu Akbar!” – “God is greatest!”

 

On a visit to Israel earlier this month, I wandered through that killing field, now a makeshift memorial. Atop a small forest of poles are pictures of the more than 360 victims, most of them young, and, in these photos, smiling and full of life. Flowers and Israeli flags surround them.

 

I also toured Be’eri, a nearby kibbutz, a farming community, where the invaders from Gaza gleefully tortured, shot and burned alive men, women, children, toddlers, and babies.

 

Oct. 7 was the bloodiest day in Israeli history, the worst Jew-killing orgy since the Nazis overran Europe. Within hours, jihadists and their secular allies were blaming Israelis and/or Jews for Hamas’ crimes and atrocities.

 

Hamas, they insisted, was responding to the Israeli “occupation” – ignoring the plain fact that, in 2005, the Israelis withdrew from Gaza, a territory they’d taken from Egypt in the defensive war of 1967.

 

Hamas seized full control of the territory in 2007, after waging a brief war to oust the Palestinian Authority.

 

Hamas then began importing weapons and ammunition – provided mostly by Iran’s rulers – and constructing the expensive and elaborate subterranean fortress in which Yahya Sinwar and other Hamas honchos are believed to be ensconced, presumably surrounded by hostages in chains.

 

Aboveground, Hamas fighters have blended in with noncombatants serving as human shields.

 

That this is a key component of Hamas’ warfighting strategy was confirmed by the Wall Street Journal’s publication last week of secret messages Mr. Sinwar has sent to his compatriots outside Gaza. Dead Gazans, he told them, are “necessary sacrifices” in the long war to annihilate Israel and exterminate Israelis.

 

Israel’s many critics and enemies refuse to recognize this reality. On June 8, Israeli commandos staged a daring broad-daylight rescue of four hostages from two civilian buildings in Nuseirat, a city in central Gaza.

 

Joseph Borrell, the European Union’s foreign minister, called the operation a “massacre.” How dare Israelis return fire at those trying to kill them as they were extricating their citizens! Indeed, the leader of the Israeli mission was mortally wounded by heavily armed Hamas terrorists.

 

The Washington Post headlined: “More than 200 Palestinians killed in Israeli hostage raid in Gaza.” The Post is one of many media outlets that parrots whatever numbers Hamas provides without attempting to verify or distinguish civilians from combatants. (Israel’s military estimates about 100 Gazans were killed or wounded, most of them gunmen.)

 

BBC news anchor Helena Humphrey asked Jonathan Conricus, a former officer in the Israel Defense Forces, whether Gazans should not have been warned of the impending rescue operation. (The BBC has gone beyond parody.)

 

While the media remains focused on Gaza, there are other fronts in this war. Most significantly, since Oct. 8, Hezbollah, Tehran’s most formidable foreign legion, has been firing rockets and drones from southern Lebanon into northern Israel, the Galilee and the Golan. The attacks have sharply escalated over recent days.

 

This demonstrates – to anyone with eyes that see – that “ceasefire deals” and “peace agreements” with proxies of Tehran are useless or, worse, lethal traps.

 

Recall that Hezbollah’s last major war against Israel was in 2006. U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701 mandated a “full cessation of hostilities” by Israel in exchange for the establishment of a zone from Lebanon’s border with Israel to the Litani River “free of any armed personnel, assets and weapons other than those of the Government of Lebanon” and U.N forces. It also called for Hezbollah’s disarmament.

 

But the 10,000 U.N. troops charged with enforcing the demilitarization of southern Lebanon merely watched as Hezbollah hid thousands of missiles in mosques, hospitals, schools, and homes. And the American-supported Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) has acted as Hezbollah’s auxiliary.

 

Hezbollah’s attacks have forced more than 60,000 Israelis to abandon their homes, farms, villages and cities. Hezbollah rockets have sparked fires that have consumed thousands of acres of forest.

 

Another full-blown war with Hezbollah would cause many deaths and much destruction in Israel. As for Lebanon, already a failing state thanks largely to Hezbollah, it might never recover.

 

But it’s hard to see how the Israelis can long allow a proxy of Tehran to turn regions of their small country into an uninhabitable free-fire zone.

 

Final note for today: On June 10, the U.N. Security Council passed an American ceasefire proposal for Gaza. Biden administration officials then pleaded for Mr. Sinwar to agree to it.

 

Secretary of State Antony Blinken observed that Gazans are “suffering every day,” adding – with determined naivety – that if Mr. Sinwar “has their interests at heart, he will come to a conclusion to bring this to a conclusion.”

 

To what should be nobody’s surprise, Mr. Sinwar rejected the proposal. He expects President Biden to pressure the Israelis to offer more concessions – or end the war as Mr. Biden ended the conflict in Afghanistan: by capitulating.

 

For now, the Israelis are continuing to battle Hamas in Gaza while preparing for the eventuality of an all-out war against Hezbollah. And, at some point, they will need to attend to unfinished business with the patron of both terrorist groups, the jihadist and genocidal regime in Tehran.

 

Clifford D. May is founder and president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) and a columnist for the Washington Times.

 

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Islamophobia


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They can’t live peacefully with Hindus
They can’t live peacefully with Jews
They can’t live peacefully with Christians
They can’t live peacefully with Atheists
They can’t live peacefully with Buddhists
They can’t live peacefully with other sects of Islam
They can’t live peacefully with LGBT.
They don’t like Free Speech
They don’t like Religious Freedom
They don’t like free Women

But they constantly want Islamophobia criminalized.

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Imtiaz Mahmood-tweet-12June2024-Islamophobia

 


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Freedom of religion was designed for Christian denominations or Judaism.

But it should not apply to Islam as a warfaring and conquering religion. It should only be allowed with severe and specific restrictions.

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Oscar Ekman-tweet-12June2024-Freedom of religion

 


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Famous Personalities from Different Religions

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Imtiaz Mahmood-tweet-12June2024-Famous Personalities from Different Religions

 

Famous Personalities from Different Religions

Famous Personalities from Different Religions

 


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Amateur Jew-tweet-12June2024-Buddhists on Islam

Amateur Jew-tweet-12June2024-Buddhists on Islam

 

Buddhists on Islam

Buddhists on Islam

 

 

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How to properly treat Islamophobia


Imtiaz Mahmood-tweet-14June2024-K9 Neutralizes Terrorist
K9 Neutralizes a Terrorist that Threw an Explosive on Soldiers and then Went into Hiding.

Jihadists killed by women or dogs don’t win 72 virgins. They become unclean and lose the heavens pass.

There is no “I’ll just be a tough guy” when one of these dogs bites you. Same for all the big predators of the animal kingdom. It’s somewhat like taking pliers to your body.

Congrats! You are food. Your primal brain is now on fire.

Add to your knowledge. Jihawg ammo (You can Google)

Not only does Jihawg guarantee that all of their ammunition meets or exceeds S.A.A.M.I. standards for velocity, penetration, and accuracy, they also coat each projectile with a special ballistic paint infused with pork to make it “Haraam” or unclean to a radical Jihadist.

This makes Jihawg Ammo the only commercially available ammunition with the added deterrent factor of eternal damnation for the fundamentalist Islamic Jihadist.
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Imtiaz Mahmood-tweet-14June2024-K9 Neutralizes Terrorist

 

 

 

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Start fighting for our existence

 


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Dear Jews,

We could be perfect and they would still find reasons to hate us.

It’s time to stop apologizing for existing and start fighting for our existence.

Because if we won’t do it for ourselves then why in the world would anyone else want to do it for us?

The time for silence is over. SPEAK UP!
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😡☠️😎

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The Persian Jewess-tweet-11June2024-Start fighting for our existence

 

 


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Mossad Commentary-tweet-13November2023-Israel

Mossad Commentary-tweet-13November2023-Israel

 


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Not something you’d see very often 6 months ago, but a pretty normal thing you’d see now.

I know that it’s inconvenient that the Jews are able to fight back but you’re just gonna have to get used to it.

💪✡️🇮🇱🙏

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Hillel Fuld-tweet-14March2024-Jews are able to fight back

 

 

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Muslim countries taking Palestinian refugees-No Fucking Way


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On auspicious Eid day, feeling charitable, 57 Muslim countries’ foreign ministers voted in a Zoom meeting, on taking Palestinian refugees.

The results are: 46 countries politely voted, “No”
11 countries voted non politely, “No Fucking Way”

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Imtiaz Mahmood-tweet-16June2024-Muslims taking Palestinian refugees-No Fucking Way

 

 

 

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https://www.jpost.com/

Despite conflict, scores of Jews move to Israel

Despite the ongoing war and lack of safety, a new wave of Jews from the US and France choose to make aliyah, demonstrating an unwavering commitment to the State of Israel.

By VERONICA NEIFAKH/THE MEDIA LINE
JUNE 10, 2024 15:33 https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-805738

 

The October 7 Hamas attack on Israel sparked an emotionally charged phenomenon: a new wave of Jews choosing to move to Israel despite the war, lack of safety, and numerous challenges.

 

For more stories from The Media Line go to themedialine.org

 

According to Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah and Integration, from the war’s onset until the end of May 2024, 1,169 new immigrants arrived from the US and 587 from France. Remarkably, the number of new Israelis from America and France has not decreased in comparison to last year. The same period last year saw 1,321 immigrants from the US and 628 from France.

 

Marc Rosenberg, vice president of Diaspora partnerships at Nefesh B’Nefesh, a nonprofit organization that promotes and facilitates aliyah from North America, told The Media Line that Americans are now mainly moving to Israel for ideological reasons, although some are also coming for practical reasons.

 

Desire for connection

“We’ve seen that a majority of North American Jews want to make their connection with Israel stronger. Therefore, those who were thinking about immigration to Israel, have sped up their plans,” Rosenberg said.

 

“People seem to be determined, despite the insecurity that’s happening here. War increases passion for Israel, they want to be a part of the story,” he continued.

 

According to Rosenberg, Nefesh B’Nefesh now sees three main groups of people who are immigrating to Israel: singles under the age of 30, who are coming to serve in the Israeli army or study in Israel; people who are 60+ and are coming to retire; and families.

 

“We see an increase of people asking about serving in the army, which is fascinating considering the danger that is involved,” Rosenberg said.

An event for Israeli immigrants. (credit: Gvahim)

An event for Israeli immigrants. (credit: Gvahim)

 

Another reason that American Jews are immigrating to Israel is antisemitism, which has increased since the war in Gaza began, asserted Rosenberg. “It’s something that people are mentioning, but usually it is not the main reason [for their move t Israel]. But surely, even a few antisemitic cases create a certain atmosphere,” he said.

 

Twenty-four-year-old Hadar Amar from California hadn’t thought about moving to Israel before last year, although her two older siblings moved to Israel six and nine years ago, respectively.

 

“I got my degree in the States and started working at a corporation. However, there was always a sense of loneliness. I just didn’t feel connected; in America, I felt like a stranger,” she told The Media Line.

 

In 2023, when Amar found herself in a romantic relationship with an Israeli, she started thinking about moving to the Jewish state. She got a job offer during the summer of 2023 and planned to make aliyah on October 18. But then the war happened.

 

“On the 7th of October, I was still in America with my family and boyfriend. He was visiting us at that time. As the war started, at first I was doubting my decision to come to Israel,” Amar explained. “Physically, I was in America, but my heart was in Israel,” she added.

 

‘My heart was in Israel’

Amar said that both her brother and boyfriend serve in the Israel Defense Forces.

 

“They were in reserves for weeks, and I decided to come to Israel and be with them. Talking to them with the difference in time zones was horrible. Being far from them was pure torture,” she said.

 

Amar came to Israel on November 6 and received Israeli citizenship on November 14. Amar’s mother decided to travel to Israel with her daughter to support her children and stayed in the country for five months.

 

“My parents understood that I wanted to be in Israel, although everyone was scared. They were trying to be as supportive as possible, but I know it was hard for them,” she shared.

 

Regarding antisemitism, Amar said that although it hasn’t affected her personally, she saw many instances of antisemitic while still in California.

 

“When the war started, I saw that a lot of people who I grew up with were sharing pro-Palestine posts on Instagram. I know that they just aren’t educated about the situation. There was nothing that personally targeted me. I did lose some friends though, but I am okay with it because now I know that they weren’t my true friends,” she said.

Jacob, Panina and Miriam Licht. (credit: Courtesy)

Jacob, Panina and Miriam Licht. (credit: Courtesy)

 

In the middle of February 2024, Jacob Licht, 50, moved to Israel from the US with his wife Panina and their daughter Miriam.

 

“One of our other daughters had already made aliyah and was serving in the Air Force in Israel. Now she is working for the year, and then she’ll start college in Israel,” Licht told The Media Line.

 

Licht explained that 22-year-old Miriam has a disability, and she gets better support in Israel than she does in the US.

 

“That’s why we had started the [immigration] process and decided that we want to move over the summer, but when October 7 happened, it accelerated the process in our minds,” he explained.

 

“Our desire was even stronger after October 7, because there was an attack on our people and our land,” Licht added.

 

Licht emphasized the importance of Jewish people having a homeland, a place to live unconditionally.

 

Working in the business side of biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, Licht expressed his deep desire to help Israel develop this industry.

 

“I’ve been doing this for 25 years, and some of my work has overlapped with Israeli companies, but I’ve mostly worked in the US, Europe, and in Asia. I understood that Israel has a lot to offer, and I want to be a part of the Israeli ecosystem,” he explained.

 

“I want to be here and help companies grow through partnerships and alliances with the rest of the world,” he added.

 

Licht further shared that his niece is now finishing her first year at Columbia University.

 

“She couldn’t go to Pesach seder there as the police said that it would require protection… My daughter then said to me: ‘Isn’t it strange that we’re sitting in a restaurant in a country that’s actually at war, and it’s my cousin in America who is afraid?’” he recalled.

 

Besides the US, Israel has seen an influx of new immigrants coming from France, despite the ongoing war.

 

Leon Cohen, the head of France projects in Gvahim, an organization that facilitates the successful integration of new immigrants into the Israeli labor market, explained to The Media Line that Zionism has been one of the most important reasons for French Jews to move to Israel during the war.

 

“In their hearts, October 7 activates and embraces the thought that Israel is their place, it’s the place where they have to go,” he said.

 

According to Cohen, in his professional experience, most of the Jews in France have felt an increased desire to come to Israel since the war began.

 

“They were hurt in their hearts, as if they, themselves, were in the Kibbutz Be’eri, as if the attack happened to them. For many, it felt like something terrible was happening to their family members and they just have to be in Israel,” he said.

 

Cohen also mentioned that for some new immigrants, ordinary household situations also motivated them to leave France and come to Israel. “They divorce, or don’t like their job in France, or want to change something in life… Some people also immigrate to Israel simply because of it,” he said.

 

Conversion to Judasim

Meanwhile, Rebecca, who requested not to use her surname, immigrated to Israel from France in April 2024 with her husband Michael and their 3-year-old daughter after October 7.

 

Rebecca grew up in Morocco but felt a strong connection to Israel and the Jewish people. She converted to Judaism three years ago.

 

“I come from Sumerian parents. My path of life made me discover Judaism and feel very close to it and to the land of Israel. Conversion took years. It [the desire to convert] emerged when I was 17 years old, and I started the process when I was 21. I had to study for three years,” she explained.

 

Given that she hasn’t yet found unemployment in Israel, Rebecca said that she feels “new” to the country and as if she’s still experiencing the aliyah process.

 

Rebecca shared that although she and her husband had thought about moving to Israel before the Hamas attack on October 7, the events of that day inspired them to embark upon the immigration process faster.

 

“We felt that everything that’s happening in Israel was affecting us. We felt that for us it is better to be here,” she said.

 

Rebecca shared an example of antisemitism that she had experienced in France. Their nanny had refused to take care of her daughter once Rebecca told her that they were Jewish.

 

Another Zionist who made aliyah from France is 27-year-old Maxime Horwitz from Metz, who moved to Israel in mid-November 2023.

 

“It was planned at the beginning of mid-October. I really wanted to come but because of the situation, my parents were really afraid. We had a clash because of my departure, and I agreed to wait, but no more than one month or a few weeks,” he told The Media Line.

 

Horwitz explained that he prefers to live in a Zionist environment.

 

“I feel that there is one place for Jewish people, and it’s in Israel. I just knew that I want to live in Israel,” he shared.

 

Today, despite the difficulties of immigration and the danger of war, Israel’s new immigrants felt that living in a Jewish state was a positive experience.

 

“Being in Israel now makes me feel safe, happy and connected. I’m with my loved ones. I’m also creating the life that I have been waiting for, for years. It’s not easy, especially having the people closest to you serving in the army, but this experience helped me to realize what it’s like to be a Jew in today’s society,” concluded Amar.

 

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Irrationally anti-Israel

How is a rational person to deal with someone under the influence of Israel Derangement Syndrome? One possibility: Don’t waste your time with such a person.

By  Alan G. Futerman and Walter E. Block – Published on  04June2024 11:14 – Last modified: 04June2024 11:14 https://www.israelhayom.com/opinions/irrationally-anti-israel/

 

Participants march way up Fifth Avenue in New York City during the annual Israel Day Parade on June 4, 2023 | Photo: Getty Images / Ryan Rahman

Participants march way up Fifth Avenue in New York City during the annual Israel Day Parade on June 4, 2023 | Photo: Getty Images / Ryan Rahman

 

There is a new virus that has been spreading all over the world. It is called Israel Derangement Syndrome. It is especially virulent at prestigious university campuses, newsrooms and left-wing political parties the world over. It consists of simply being unable to see any merit in the Israeli side in its present battle with Hamas, and also, to see any fault with the latter group of terrorists. As early as October 8, 2023, one day after one of the worst, most vicious attacks on civilians in all of history, those afflicted with IDS were blaming the victims.

 

Consider trying to show someone suffering from IDS the error of his ways. If you show him pictures, he’ll claim they’re fake; show him videos, he’ll claim they are created by AI; show him testimonies, he’ll say they are lies; show him documents, he’ll claim they are fabricated; show him audio, he’ll claim they are hoaxes; show him historical facts, he’ll claim they never happened or are lies; show him the videos uploaded by Hamas assassins themselves, he’ll claim that Israelis died of “friendly fire” anyway; show him that even if Israelis died as a result of “friendly fire”, this was in the course of eliminating the Hamas invaders and as a consequence of Hamas genocidal invasion, he’ll claim that in fact it was all a false flag because the border “could not have been easily overcome by Hamas” (paraphrase); show him that Hamas indeed prepared for the attack and launched its operation motivated by what they themselves say in their own Charter, he’ll claim that the Charter changed; show him that the Charter really never changed, he’ll claim that Hamas in fact was created by Israel; show him that Hamas was created by followers of the Muslim Brotherhood and is funded by Qatar, Iran and Turkey, he’ll claim that Hamas is the result of Israeli “occupation”; show him that the intent to destroy Israel preceded Israeli control of Judea, Samaria and Gaza, he’ll claim that it all began in 1948 with the ethnic cleansing of Arabs; show him that there was no ethnic cleansing of Arabs in 1948 and that the Arabs who left (most of them due to fear) or were displaced while the ongoing fighting during the War of Independence did so as a result of the war the Arab states themselves launched, he’ll claim that Arabs were dispossessed before the creation of Israel and that created the animosity against Jews; show him that Jews were attacked by Arabs in the preceding decades even before the creation of the state of Israel, he’ll claim again that this was due to dispossession; show him that Arabs sold land to Jews and Jews homesteaded a part of the land, he’ll claim that Arabs owned most of the land anyway; show him that Arabs did not own most of the land, that a great part of that which was regarded as Arab land was considered “uncultivable” and hence unhomesteaded and illegitimately owned actually as government concessions, and that most of the land was really owned by the government (Ottoman or British), he’ll claim that the Jews had no right to any land in any case and that the land was “Arab” anyway; etc. etc. etc.

 

In other words, it is impossible to convince someone who doesn’t want to be convinced. No evidence could be shown to those who are not willing to look at it in the first place. He already knows that Israel and Jews are to blame and that no good can come from Jews and no bad can come from Israel’s enemies since Israel is the source of all evil.

 

The motto of those afflicted with IDS might well be, “Don’t confuse me with the facts.” Or, “No matter what has happened, Israel is in the wrong.” Or, “No matter what are the facts, Israel is a colonist, racist, genocidal, western, evil country, unmatched by any other in all of human history.”

 

How is a rational person to deal with someone under the influence of Israel Derangement Syndrome? One possibility: don’t waste your time with such a person. Another is to keep on trying since this issue is so important, not only to Israel but to all civilized people. If Hamas can get away with its depredations, no civilized people are safe. Perhaps IDS can be overcome with patience and generosity despite the foregoing considerations.

 

We doubt it because IDS, as the Anti-Zionist mentality in general, is not motivated by reason but by hate. In any case, truth will eventually prevail.

 

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Antisemitic Zombies in Valley Village-California


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HAPPENING NOW 😡😡😡

Outside the school at Shaarey Zedek Congregation in Valley Village

Protestors yelling in loudspeaker at Jewish school: “FREE FREE PALESTINE!”
Parent: “You’re coming to our school?!”
Protestors: “Go across the street if you’re going to be an agitator!”

Parent to police: “But this is our school!”
Police to parent: “We understand but they have the right to protest.”

Is this a protest? Or is it targeted harassment of Jewish kids?

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‘They came for the Jews’: Inside the LA pogrom

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(June 25, 2024 / JNS) A mob attacks Jews outside of a synagogue in Los Angeles; pro-Hezbollah and pro-Hamas protests crop up across America; AOC spreads antisemitic rhetoric; and a new communications hire at the White House, Tyler Cherry, has a terrible history of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish rhetoric.

 

All this and more on Caroline Glick’s “In-Focus!”

 

Inside the LA Pogrom: “They came for the Jews” | Caroline Glick In-Focus

 

 


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Anti-Israel mob surrounded a synagogue in LA hosting an Israel real estate event Sunday. The mob spread out to a Jewish neighborhood & restaurant. In all locations, they were met by Jews defending themselves & pushing back after word went out that police were told to stand down.

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Jewish victim of the Palestine mob, outside of a synagogue in LA.

This is not what fighting for human rights looks like.

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What I Saw at a Terrorist Rally Outside a Synagogue

“Billions of us will come and kill you.”

25June2024 by Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/what-i-saw-at-a-terrorist-rally-outside-a-synagogue/

 

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Thirty minutes after Hamas supporters first set up their operation outside a Los Angeles synagogue, they maced their first Jew. And the Los Angeles police did nothing.

 

Not until an hour into the terrorist rally outside a synagogue, did the LAPD finally step in, pushing back masked Jihad supporters in keffiyeh terror scarves from the entrance of Congregation Adas Torah (Congregation of the Bible) which they had occupied.

 

And then the mob, chanting calls for “intifada” and the destruction of Israel, moved outward to target two smaller synagogues attended by Persian Jewish refugees from Islamic terror in Iran.

 

“Billions of us will come and kill you,” a heavily accented Middle Eastern man in a keffiyeh unprompted rasped at me as I walked up. Only dozens had actually shown up, but they made up for it with bullhorns, robotic chants, and assaults in the middle of a Jewish neighborhood.

 

The Jewish counterprotesters had come waving American and Israeli flags while the other side was a sea of terrorist flags. A man wore an Antifa cap, another had come in ski goggles during 90-degree heat, while others toted bear spray, metal bottles, and other implements of violence.

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The Jewish community members included older men and women, as well as families, while the Hamas contingent was mostly young and many were masked. A pair of rabbis led a melodic song that could hardly be heard over the harsh clatter of the hateful terror chants.

 

Despite knowing that a terrorist rally was planned outside a synagogue, the LAPD had allowed the terrorist supporters to take over the entire sidewalk leaving only a thin lane for attendees to walk through to get inside. The LAPD did little to interfere with the terrorist supporters, but did block Jewish counterprotesters from reaching their own synagogue. The police also did nothing as clumps of masked Hamas supporters broke away from the synagogue and began confronting, threatening, and attacking Jewish community members on the street.

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LAPD officers did not stir as confrontations escalated into assaults, shoving into mace and bear spray. Jewish community members rushed to provide water bottles to the affected. Only after several such incidents did the LAPD finally bring in reinforcements and push the Hamas supporters away from the synagogue entrance (dispersing them to harass and threaten two other synagogues) while also clearing Jewish families away from the other side of the street who had been peacefully waving flags near a children’s school.

 

The terrorist hate rally spread outside three synagogues, Congregation Adas Torah, Chabad Persian Youth, and Congregation Ateret Israel (Glory of Israel), and the confrontations in the center of the street continued. There were running battles along the large commercial street with violent assaults outside a Kosher luncheonette and running battles down a residential street in the Jewish neighborhood.

 

The terrorist hate rally was not an aberration, It’s become the new normal.

The terrorist hate rally was not an aberration, It’s become the new normal.

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On Thursday, Hamas supporters showed up at Congregation Shaarey Zedek (Gates of Righteousness) in the San Fernando Valley formerly attended by Ben Shapiro, yelling abuse at parents taking their children to school. Other Jewish schools have been similarly targeted.

 

Beginning with the assault on the Museum of Tolerance when it was screening a documentary on the Oct 7 massacre to the violence at UCLA, it has played out this way for 8 months.

 

The LAPD has consistently failed to secure protest zones, to separate different groups of protesters and to prevent violence, and only steps in when it escalates past a set point. That point usually comes when the Jewish counterprotesters start fighting back. And then the LAPD begins arresting both sides while politicians, including Mayor Bass, deplore the violence.

 

Media accounts, especially from the Los Angeles Times, CNN and the JTA, falsely characterize the violence as coming from the Jewish counterprotesters rather than the terrorist supporters.

 

I had previously heard first person accounts from people who were assaulted while the police and security at UCLA did nothing, but now I saw it for myself. And after 8 months of the same thing, it’s hard to believe that it’s simple incompetence or that a major urban police force has no idea how to handle the same kind of protests and is incapable of figuring out how to do so.

 

Especially when it’s been standard procedure by other urban police forces.

 

The LAPD is clearly aware of the potential for violence because it sends out offices in riot gear. But rather than engaging in proactive policing to prevent violence, they stand passively and wait for orders from higher up before taking any action. This is not normal policing during protests and counterprotests when the standard doctrine is for police to set up barriers and stand between groups of protesters before they bring out the riot gear. But the LAPD brings out the riot gear, allows the radicals free rein and waits as long as possible before taking any action.

 

Why is this happening? I previously reported that Mayon Karen Bass is a close political ally of BLM LA boss Melina Abdullah, who has backed the pro-terrorist campaign against Jews. When Jews were attacked at UCLA, Democrat members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed a motion to fund legal support for the terrorist supporters. The resolution to use taxpayer money to fund legal defenses for antisemites was put forward by Supervisor Lindsey Horvath who ‘represents’ CD3 where the synagogue hate riot was taking place. After all the antisemitic violence at UCLA, the only one facing serious charges is a Jewish student.

 

The Democrat leadership of Los Angeles does not stand with the Jewish communities being targeted by hate, but with the antisemitic mobs surrounding synagogues.

 

Behind the masks, keffiyehs and the terrorist flags is the new Democratic Party.

Behind the masks, keffiyehs and the terrorist flags is the new Democratic Party.

 

Daniel Greenfield

Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism.

 

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Fed up Canadians are leaving


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Hopefully my family and I will follow suit. Canada is a failed society. The top 5% of earners are sucked dry in order to create the parasitic Ponzi scheme known as the socialist welfare state.
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While the Liberals are destroying our economy and society, and importing the third world, fed up Canadians (including disillusioned immigrants) are leaving for greener pastures in increasing numbers.

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Haredi leader Goldknopf on army draft: ‘You don’t want us and you don’t need us’

At event marking Bnei Brak centenery, UTJ chief wonders why ultra-Orthodox parties’ electoral achievements do not enable them to strike deals to avoid enlistment for their community

By ToI Staff
17 June 2024, 5:00 am https://www.timesofisrael.com/haredi-leader-on-army-draft-you-dont-want-us-and-you-dont-need-us/

 

Leader of the United Torah Judaism party Yitzhak Goldknopf argued Sunday night that Israel does not need or want Haredi conscripts, while wondering whether ultra-Orthodox parties’ electoral victories did not give them the right to strike deals to avoid enlistment for their community.

 

Goldknopf, speaking at an event celebrating the 100th anniversary of the founding of Bnei Brak, a city whose population is mostly Haredi, said: “You still don’t understand us, why we say we live on the Torah, that without the Torah who knows where we’d be.”

 

Citing a tweet by former politician Haim Ramon, Goldknopf claimed that “four thousand Haredim asked to enlist since the beginning of the year — though that’s not good to hear — but you ruled out 3,300 of them. You don’t want us and you don’t need us. Why do you abuse us?” (Ramon in his tweet cited data from the Knesset, though he later acknowledged that some individuals had challenged the data as problematic.)

 

Goldknopf went on to ask: “Have we no worth, since we won elections? The attorney general says ‘This can’t be done, this can be done.’ It has nothing to do with her legally. Do we have no right in elections to negotiate and receive what we deserve?”

 

Israel has seen an intensifying public and legal debate over blanket ultra-Orthodox exemptions from the military draft, as the High Court of Justice considers multiple petitions demanding the immediate drafting of young Haredi men.

 

Ultra-Orthodox men of military age have been able to avoid being conscripted to the Israel Defense Forces for decades by enrolling in yeshivas for Torah study and obtaining repeated one-year service deferrals until they reach the age of military exemption. In 2017 the High Court ruled that mass exemptions to military service on a group basis are illegal and discriminatory. Successive governments have since that time tried and failed to formulate new legislation to settle the matter, while requesting repeated deferrals from the court.

 

However, justices have shown diminishing patience, and the need to fill the military’s manpower shortfalls has become far more acute since the outbreak of the war in Gaza and the threat of war on the Lebanese border.

 

The court ruled in March that the state must cease subsidizing Haredi yeshivas whose students are eligible for the draft, since the legal framework for doing so had expired. As a result, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has had to deal with a severe political headache owing to the high priority Haredi political parties place on both yeshiva funding and military exemptions.

 

Lawmakers last week voted to apply “continuity” to a bill from the previous Knesset dealing with the military service of yeshiva students, reviving the contentious legislation, but it is not expected to solve the matter.

 

If eventually approved, the bill would lower the current age of exemption from mandatory service for Haredi yeshiva students from 26 to 21 and “very slowly” increase the rate of ultra-Orthodox conscription. The vote was to renew the legislative process where it left off, without having to start from scratch in the current session. The legislation will now advance to the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee to be prepared for the second and third readings it must pass to become law.

Netanyahu declared his support for advancing the bill last month after failing to come to an agreement with his ultra-Orthodox partners on legislation to enlist members of their community. By working to advance the legislation, Netanyahu appeared to be trying to show the High Court that he is working on the enlistment issue, which would buy him time while keeping his Haredi coalition partners on board.

 

However, deep abiding disagreements over the bill between Haredi lawmakers and Likud members mean it is highly unlikely to advance through the committee stage.

 

Meanwhile the government on Sunday gave its backing to a draft bill raising the retirement age for IDF reservists, amid widespread criticism of its recruitment policies, which many Israelis believe place unequal burdens on different segments of the population.

 

The proposal, a Defense Ministry-backed “draft Security Service Law,” calls to extend for several more months a temporary measure raising the exemption age for reserve military service from 40 to 41 for soldiers and from 45 to 46 for officers due to an ongoing manpower shortage.

 

Specialists such as doctors and air crewmen will be required to continue serving until 50, instead of 49.

The current law raising the exemption age, which was initially passed by the Knesset late last year, is set to expire at the end of the month.

 

After canceling a scheduled cabinet discussion on the measure on Sunday morning following harsh public criticism, the government referred the matter to the Ministerial Committee for Legislation. The committee approved sending the legislation to the Knesset, where it must pass three readings to become law.

 

If eventually approved by the Knesset, the draft bill would mark the second extension of the measure, which was intended as a stopgap solution to prevent a mass release from the reserves of those soldiers reaching the exemption age amid ongoing combat operations in Gaza.

 

It was first extended for four months by 44-33 a Knesset vote in late February.

Despite the Defense Ministry calling to extend the measure until the end of the year, the committee only supported a three-month extension, following objections by Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara.

 

Baharav-Miara told the government on Sunday that the bill was legally unacceptable unless an immediate effort is made to draft extra military power “from the entire population,” a reference to the tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students who receive blanket exemptions from military service.

 

The government has faced harsh public backlash over extending reservists’ service while appearing to take little action to draft the ultra-Orthodox.

 

While being careful not to comment on any current legislation or wade into politics, IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi also endorsed integrating the ultra-Orthodox into the army during comments released on Sunday.

 

Speaking to soldiers during a visit to Gaza over the weekend, Halevi said that there “is now a clear need” for Haredi soldiers and that every new “ultra-Orthodox battalion [the army establishes] decreases the need for the deployment of many thousands of reservists.”

 

Over the past eight months, reservists have complained of economic and familial problems brought about by their long, repeated stints in the army. In many cases, spouses were left alone to care for children — sometimes with schools and kindergartens closed due to the war, depending on the area — and were unable to work for months.

 

Jeremy Sharon contributed to this report.

 

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Hamas celebrates October 7 in New York

“Long Live October 7”


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Cover of today’s @nypost shows the mob outside the Nova Exhibit in NYC with a banner that reads “Long Live October 7”

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Aviva Klompas-tweet-11June2024-Hamas outside the Nova Exhibit in NYC-Long Live October 7

 

Hamas at Nova Exhibition in NYC


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Pro-Hamas demonstrators violently set off smoke bombs in front of the Nova Exhibition in NYC which commemorates the hundreds of Israelis murdered by Hamas at a music festival.

When people show you who they are believe them.

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OMG THESE PEOPLE HAVE LOST ALL THEIR MORALS!!!! Protesting in front of the Nova exhibit, honoring the hundreds massacred, raped and kidnapped by Hamas. Totally disgusting and shameful. My sister said she was trapped inside and could not get out. Really, 2024 in NYC and Jews are unable to leave a building!?!? I thought we had a few decent people there. On my way to a charity event I stopped to speak to a few people. We even shook hands thinking we could agree to disagree. Had a good feeling about them until they started telling me that I was a Nazi and all Zionists were Nazis. And that Hitler was a Zionist and then to F@&k off. And then another got in my face until the @nypdnews told him to back off. Wow, these are my fellow New Yorkers. Freakin scary!!!!! Well you know what, I am a Loud and Proud Zionist! And I love @Israel and America. #AmYisraelChai! @bringhomenow #BringThemHomeNow

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New York City Jewish voters are terrified of living in NYC


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Wow.

New York City Jewish voters are terrified of living in NYC.

44% has experienced personal fear about living in NYC. That’s astounding.

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Auschwitz style selection line at Heathrow Airport

 


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Customs officers @HeathrowAirport selected all incoming passengers from El Al flight last night after seeing Israeli flag on suitcase & directed them to room on left where their bags were scanned. No other passengers selected for this treatment at the time. @UKLFI writing to HMRC. Does it remind you of anything?
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@HeathrowAirport the last time Jews’ luggage was segregated in Europe:

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UK Lawyers For Israel-tweet-12June2024-Auschwitz style selection line at Heathrow Airport

 

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Jacklondon-tweet-11June2024-the last time Jews’ luggage was segregated in Europe

 

 

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Heathrow accused of Harassment of Jewish and Israeli passengers as Security Staff sport Pro-Palestine Badges 

June 19, 2024  https://www.uklfi.com/heathrow-accused-of-harassment-of-jewish-and-israeli-passengers-as-security-staff-sport-pro-palestine-badges flag, Travelling

All five security staff at Heathrow Terminal 4’s Fast Track lane were sporting Palestinian Flag badges when scanning El Al passengers and their luggage.

El Al passengers who were on their way to catch their flight back to Tel Aviv last Sunday 16 June 2024 felt intimidated by this display of badges on the lanyards of the security staff.  Two of the staff were also wearing watermelon badges – these days a symbol for Palestinian solidarity and “resistance”.

 

One of the passengers remarked “The people responsible for making sure terrorists don’t blow up aeroplanes were wearing badges that identify with terrorists.”  A passenger complained and eventually the five security staff were moved and replaced by others, and their badges were taken.

 

UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) has written a letter of complaint to Heathrow’s services director, pointing out that not only were the staff in breach of Heathrow’s own uniform regulations by wearing political badges, they were also breaching the Equality Act 2010.

 

By wearing the badges, the security staff engaged in “unwanted conduct” relevant to a protected characteristic  (being Jewish and Israeli), and this had the purpose of creating an intimidating and hostile and offensive environment for them.

 

This show of anti-Israel feeling amongst Heathrow staff comes just a week after all the passengers from an  El Al flight were taken to one side at customs at Heathrow, whilst going through the Nothing to Declare channel, and made to have their luggage scanned. The passengers were made to feel as if they were being called out as Jews.

 

A spokesperson from UKLFI commented:  “It is obvious that if staff wear these badges it would make most Jewish, Israeli and Israel supporting passengers feel uncomfortable and unsafe, particularly in the area of security checking at Heathrow.

 

We would like to know why so many security officers were allowed to wear highly offensive, divisive and political badges attached to their Heathrow uniform, when it was a breach of Heathrow’s uniform policy.”

 

 


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“The people responsible for making sure terrorists don’t blow up airplanes were wearing badges that identify with terrorists.” El Al passengers called out security guards in @HeathrowAirport who had Palestinian flags pinned to the lanyards of their uniform https://www.uklfi.com/heathrow-accused-of-harassment-of-jewish-and-israeli-passengers-as-security-staff-sport-pro-palestine-badges

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