Saturday, December 28, 2024

Hoping for peace and wishing you a happy and healthy New Year!

For the fifth night in the last eight days, millions of Israelis awoke in the middle of the night to air raid sirens as Iran-backed Houthi terrorists launched ballistic missiles at central Israel. The U.S. Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) air defense system, and Israel's Arrow long-range anti-missile system, worked to track the incoming missile and shoot it down outside of Israeli airspace.
EmojiIt marks the first time the American missile defense system has been used to protect Israel

Primary news sources, e.g. AP, Washington Post, NYTimes, BBC, etc., continue to repeat terrorist propaganda in their headlines despite having overwhelming evidence that terrorists pose as journalists, that Hamas terrorists violate international law by using hospitals as bases, and that the amount of casualties reported in Gaza are exhagerated and minimal compared to almost all other wars. 

Hostages Update: Negotiations Continue as Hamas Reveals Hostages’ Signs of Life  White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said there were no updates on ongoing hostage-ceasefire talks and insisted that Hamas remains the obstacle to a deal.
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CHILE
Chilean president attends Christmas celebration in memory of Gaza victims  yet refuses to meet with Jewish Chileans and attend a Hanukkah celebration,  conflating his opinions about the war in Gaza and the Israeli government with his duty to his countrymen.

EGYPT

GERMANY
Evangelical church under investigation over ‘terrorist’ symbols sold at Christmas market

IRAN
Iran Is Hiring Children to Attack Israeli Targets in Europe (Bloomberg)

IRAQ
Pro-Iranian militias in Iraq agree to stop attacking Israel

ISRAEL
EmojiIsrael continues to surge humanitarian aid to Gaza  Over the past week, 1,025 humanitarian aid trucks carrying food, water, medical supplies, and shelter equipment were brought into the Gaza Strip, according to the latest data from the IDF.  NYT reported that Israel said it would protect the UN trucks - the UN said no - it would "compromise their neutrality." So, they a) use Hamas gunmen to "protect" (read "steal") it, or b) leave it in warehouses & blame Israel for hungry kids. See video of supplies: https://x.com/jonsac/status/1871269509924868401
EmojiPM Netanyahu will not attend Auschwitz liberation 80th anniversary event, because Poland insists it would arrest leader of Jewish state over ICC warrants.
EmojiHuman Rights Watch Baseless Accusations: Israel denied water to Gazans.  Millions of liters of water flow into the Gaza Strip through 3 Israeli water pipelines. Israel also facilitated hundreds of water infrastructure repairs and fixed water lines leading to Gaza on the Israeli side that were damaged by Hamas.
Emoji'I Only Think About How the Government Will Sabotage Things This Time' Naama Weinberg, cousin of Itay Svirsky, whose body was recovered in early Dec…’The PM is very creative in finding reasons for a deal to be impossible’. https://tinyurl.com/24hnadjm
EmojiBurned, beaten, starved: Health Ministry compiles hostage testimonies to submit to UN https://www.timesofisrael.com/burned-beaten-starved-health-ministry-compiles-hostage-testimonies-to-submit-to-un/ 
EmojiEighty-three-year-old Holocaust survivor Ludmila Lipovsky was murdered in a terror stabbing attack outside her nursing home in Herzliya (central Israel) this morning.https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-835105

PA/HAMAS
EmojiLIE - 45,028 civilians have died in Gaza. 
https://x.com/SpencerGuard/status/1871419690750222607 Another lie, Gazans freezing to death. Check the temperature. Is it possible to freeze to death when the temperature is 55 degrees Fahrenheit?
EmojiHAMAS comandeered  Kamal Adwan Hospital as a command center.
EmojiFree Palestine or See Palestine 
EmojiPalestinian Authority bans Al Jazeera in the West Bank. 
Emoji‘They’re dragging us to destruction’: the Gazans who oppose Hamas‘   
EmojiIDF Demolishes 5 Miles of Hamas Tunnels in Gaza, Seizes Stolen Equipment & Weapons| WATCH  also uncovered stolen IDF equipment, weapons, and maps of Israeli border communities.

SYRIA
EmojiTurkey, a member of NATO, has cut off access to water and electricity for one million peope in Syria, a violation of international law. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c79zj7rz3l4o
EmojiRussian President Putin: 'The Kurdish Problem Needs To Be Solved',https://www.memri.org/reports/russian-president-putin-kurdish-problem-needs-be-solved
EmojiHundreds protested in Damascus for a secular state. One of the reasons for the protest was an interview an HTS official gave to a TV on women's rights. 
EmojiExclusive footage reveals the scale of atrocities under Syria’s brutal regime.
EmojiThe HTS-led interim government deployed forces to the Christian town of al Masmiyah in Daraa Province on December 27 to maintain security in the town during Christmas celebrations.

UN
EmojiThe United Nations General Assembly on Thursday voted for a resolution seeking the International Court of Justice (ICJ) opinion on Israel’s obligations to facilitate aid to Palestinians in Gaza. They did not comment on the Palestinians who raped and slaughtered Israelis on Oct. 7, 2023, nor did they call for the immediate and unconditional release of the hostages trapped in Hamas’ dank tunnels.
EmojiUN Chief, Antonio Guterres: “airstrikes against Sana’a International Airport, the Red Sea ports and power stations in Yemen are especially alarming.”

USA
EmojiUS Senators introduce bipartisan "Counter Turkish Aggression Act of 2024", sponsors Senators Chris Van Hollen (Democrat) and Lindsey Graham (Republican),  which would impose sanctions on Turkey in connection with its actions against the activities of the Kurdistan Workers Party in Syria.
EmojiThe NC mother of a hostage dies, 421 days into his captivity in Gaza Gladys Siegel, a pillar of her local Jewish community in North Carolina, died Sunday at 97 - unaware her youngest son has been a hostage of Hamas for over a year

YEMEN
AP Clarifies that Houthi Missile Attack on "Israeli Military Targets" Hit School  
EmojiMore than 100 Israeli aircraft responded by bombing the airport in Sana'a and the seaport at Hodeida, and destroying power stations in Sana'a; despite this response from Israel, for the 5th night in a row, millions are running to a shelter at 3-4 am because of the Houthis
EmojiThe Houthis have been holding about a dozen UN employees hostage.

On Campus
Department of Education Resolves Civil Rights Complaints against U of Cincinnati, UCLA, UCSanta Barbara, UCSan Diego, UCDavis, UCSantaCruz

In the Press
Misleading coverage and how it adds disinformation to the public discourse. 
HonestReporting Recap: Our Top 10 Most Popular Articles of 2024 https://honestreporting.com/honestreporting-recap-our-top-10-most-popular-articles-of-2024/
The Guardian 
UN statements that refer to “armed groups” but never condemn them
NYTimes and AP "report" that “Israeli Military Forces Patients and Staff to Leave Hospital in Northern Gaza.” rather than safely evacuates patients and staff being used as shields for terrorists. Another states “Israel Bombs Yemeni Ports" without mentioning this was a response to attacks upon Israel (or even international shipping). The fact that if Israel had not intercepted these missiles, there would have been massive casualties is not mentioned. 
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