Thursday, April 18, 2024

 Responding to: https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-16-2024


Iran’s intent was clearly to cause significant destruction and casualties. The aim was to get as many drones and missiles through Israel’s defenses as possible. Iran’s attack upon Israel was the first directly from Iran, but not the first. Iran has has been attacking Israel and America since its revolution. Iran funds Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis, and militias in Iraq and Syria. 

How can Israel be accused of making a preemptive strike against Hezbollah, when Hezbollah has launched thousands of missiles at Israel and has displaced 100k Israelis. Iran-backed Hezbollah has attacked Israel daily.

Whether or not Israel struck the site adjacent to Iranian diplomatic buildings in Syria, you should have told your readers that those generals killed were integral to the planning of terrorist attacks upon Israel, including the atrocities of 10/7. The US under both Obama and Trump also tried "decapitation" by killing Osama bin Laden and Qasem Soleimani, respectively.

Israel isn’t rejecting US requests to protect Palestinians and Israel isn’t blocking humanitarian aid. I am alarmed that you discuss the hardships in Gaza and  the  tragedy of the WCK volunteers deaths as anything but the fault of Hamas. More aid is going into Gaza now than before the war.  Military experts have noted that no army in history has done more to protect a civilian population in conflict than Israel has in Gaza. Israel has helped facilitate the delivery of over 375,000 tons of humanitarian aid to Gaza. The aid arrives by land and air, carried out by the U.S., France, Belgium, Egypt, UAE, and Jordan. It’s hard to understand how many people refuse to condemn Hamas for starting and continuing all this suffering. There are low standards for Palestinian behavior while all demands are placed on Israel. Iran-funded Hamas is responsible for this war and all the suffering.

Hamas steals and sells the aid. The terrorists have intentionally killed individuals trying to get to the aid. They have killed clan leaders working to distribute aid. Hamas fighters were on the scene on the WCK jeeps. One of Hamas’s goals is to get as many civilians killed as possible.

Friendly fire accidents occur in every war. What is unusual is the vicious and hate-filled reporting to which no other country has been subjected in similar circumstances. Forgotten are our responses in Afghanistan, Iraq, and to 9/11.  For example, in the USA's withdrawal from Afghanistan, we tried to hit ISIS and instead accidently killed Zemari Ahmadi, a worker employed by Nutrition and Education International, a California-based aid organization, an innocent man carrying water jugs home to his family, along with 9 other civilians. To date, there has been no public accountability to President Biden’s National Security team.

And why make no mention of Egypt's actions on the border of Gaza. In most other conflicts, neighboring countries offer temporary shelter to civilians, they don't build giant new walls.



 






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Friday, April 12, 2024

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Since October 7, Israel has helped facilitate the delivery of over 375,000 tons of humanitarian aid to Gaza. The aid arrives by land and air, carried out by the U.S., France, Belgium, Egypt, UAE, and Jordan.

Hostages Update: Six Months Since 10/7; If it's true that only 40 hostages remain alive, it would imply that Hamas has been murdering them in captivity - add this to the list of their many war crimes
Hostage Elad Katzir’s Body Recovered From Gaza Katzir, 47, a dual citizen of Israel and Poland, was kidnapped from his home in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7 by terrorists and coerced into lying on camera for two propaganda videos released by Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), one in December and one in January. He was then believed to be murdered by his captors sometime in mid-January. 

Amnesty International shared a post vilifying Israel for not releasing the monster who was responsible for the torture and death of Moshe Tamam in 1984. Moshe was kidnapped, eyes gouged out, mutilated and castrated before finally taking a bullet to the chest. The anti-Israel organization inverted the entirety of cause-and-effect, AI condemned "Israel's disregard for Palestinians' right to life," rather than an Israeli Arab's disregard for an Israeli Jew's right to life. Amnesty has never advocated for innocent Israelis in captivity, but they glorify this murderer. 

IRAN
EmojiJordanian Regime Furious With Hamas, Muslim Brotherhood: They Are Acting To Foment Chaos In Kingdom In Service Of Iran As per MEMRI analysis, Iran's grand plan includes bringing down the regime in Jordan, attacking Israel from the east while Israel is kept busy by Iran-backed resistance forces in Lebanon, Syria, and Gaza. The political aim of this plan is to thwart the Saudi-American project of normalization with Israel.
EmojiU.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's (left) prediction that creating a Palestinian state will isolate Iran is "naïve and misunderstands" the Islamic Republic, headed by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
SYRIA
EmojiSyria attack kills 8 pro-Iran fighters: Eight Syrian fighters working with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) were killed Tuesday in a knife attack on their position in eastern Syria’s Deir Ezzor province, in the second deadly attack on pro-Iran fighters in two days in the Mayadeen area. The eight dead fighters “worked under the command” of the IRGC. Control of Deir Ezzor is split between U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces to the east of the Euphrates river and Iran-backed Syrian government forces and their proxies to the west, with ISIS also active in the province. Tuesday’s attack came after gunmen reportedly killed three IRGC- affiliated Syrians  in an attack on a military position on the outskirts of Mayadeen city.  https://www.barrons.com/news/syria-attack-kills-8-pro-iran-fighters-monitor-6e12d3a2 But only the Israeli strike last week gets page 1.
EmojiProminent jihadist leader in northwest Syria killed in suicide bombing
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20240404-prominent-iraqi-jihadist-leader-killed-in-syria-suicide-bombing
EmojiISIS Has Implemented Their Rule of Terror: A Report from the Al-Hawl Camp in Syria
US
EmojiMany blame Netanyahu for the change in President Biden's tone and apparently, US policy. Here's a good explainer from Josh Marshall
YEMEN

The Press
EmojiHamas-Run Gaza Health Ministry Admits to Flaws in Casualty Data Gaza Health Ministry has now admitted that the total death count in Gaza stands at 21, 720. Will we see any retractions?
EmojiJosé Andrés of World Central Kitchen penned a horrible NYT Opinion piece and did an awful ABC interview where he (among other things) denied the presence of terrorism and accused Israel of conducting a war against humanity. Let ABC know that promoting the hateful interview was irresponsible. https://tinyurl.com/CarelessABC
EmojiHow CNN reported on the IDF's spectacular operation at Al Shifa Hospital. 
EmojiThe “Picture of the Year” That Violates the Humanity of Its Subject 
EmojiCBC Kids News Gives Unfettered Platform For Anti-Israel Accusations 
EmojiEmojiProbably a surprise to no one, this afternoon, Congresswomen Rashida Talib, presented Motaz Azaiza, Hamas TV (Al Jazeera) "journalist," with a Congressional Record (Award). He was airlifted from Egypt directly into Qatar using Qatari military planes, (no answer as to how he left Gaza).  He started making the hashtag #PalestineGenocide trend while the slaughter of Israelis had just started.

On Campus
EmojiThe UC Berkeley president acknowledged that anti-Israel students targeting the law school dean’s home reception was antisemitic. Students invited to dinner at UC Berkeley Law Dean's home disrupt the dinner in support of Hamas. They targeted the Dean because he's Jewish. The students were removed from the home. At this point it's not clear if they will face any disciplinary action, but CAIR National, rather than condemning the action, condemned the alleged assault on Malak Afaneh, a University of California Berkeley student.
EmojiThe Law Still Matters in America: Montco Judge Overrides Attempt by Bryn Mawr Film Institute to Cancel Showing of Israeli Film https://delawarevalleyjournal.com/breaking-jewish-film-festival-wins-ruling-so-israeli-film-will-play-at-the-bryn-mawr-film-institute/
EmojiFour Columbia students suspended, evicted from University housing following unauthorized 'Resistance 101' event (Columbia Spectator) Columbia initially suspended 6 students, but later lifted 2 suspensions. It would seem Columbia draws the line at inviting an actual terrorist to speak. *when invited without permission while the school is under investigation for antisemitism and the university president is about to appear before Congress.
EmojiThis week, Columbia hired Karen Attiah as an adjunct professor. Despite being an award-winning journalist, Attiah’s published pieces and social media posts are full of misleading statements and a skewed analysis that serve only to malign Israel and provide implicit justification of Hamas’ atrocities.
EmojiA mandatory course on "structural racism" for first-year medical students at UCLA at the end of March, students attended a class in which a guest lecturer, who has called Hamas’s October 7 attacks “justice,” led students in a “Free Palestine” chant. https://m.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-795496
EmojiSay No to BDS at Binghamton University! - https://www.change.org/p/say-no-to-bds-at-binghamton-university

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Thursday, April 4, 2024

 International Red Cross
EmojiWho is Pierre Krähenbühl? In addition to being appointed to head the International Red Cross this week, he is the man who presided over one of the largest scandals in UN (UNRWA) history.  Ethics probe found “credible & corroborated” allegations of serious ethical abuses by Krahenbuhl; managers' “sexual misconduct, nepotism, retaliation, discrimination & other abuses—for personal gain—to suppress legitimate dissent & otherwise achieve their personal objectives.” To whitewash his abuses, Krähenbühl went to his friends in certain Swiss media to promote a false conspiracy theory that he was ousted by a Trump-Israel-Jewish cabal targeting his agency. Please also recall that it is the Red Cross that facilitates the PA's Pay to Slay program.
Emojihttps://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/mismanagement-allegations_swiss-unrwa-boss-said-to-have-created-toxic-work-environment/45139970
Emojihttps://www.letemps.ch/monde/moyenorient/retour-lunrwa-une-agence-derive-labsence-patron
Emojihttps://www.foreign.senate.gov/press/rep/release/risch-leads-colleagues-in-letter-requesting-reconsideration-of-disgraced-former-unrwa-head-to-lead-the-international-committee-of-the-red-cross

Iran
Tehran Firm in Backing Palestinians, Iran's Military Chief Tells Hamas Leader (Tehran Times-Iran)

Israel
EmojiNvidia's CEO Jensen Huang said in a recent meeting that his company will continue to invest heavily in Israel, citing the value of their Israeli employees and telling them there's no danger of them losing Nvidia's backing. Thank Nvidia: https://tinyurl.com/ThankNvidia
Emoji3rd (and 2nd) Friday prayer of Ramadan ended in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque with no unusual disturbances.  According to the Waqf, 125,000 people participated in the prayer. The Israel Police estimated 50,000 people attended…
EmojiNetanyahu Is Sabotaging Chances for a Hostage Deal, and Defense Chiefs Are Angry https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-03-28/ty-article-magazine/.premium/netanyahu-is-sabotaging-chances-for-a-hostage-deal-and-defense-chiefs-are-angry/0000018e-8136-d0d3-a98e-d7ffa0f00000 But Hamas just rejected the latest deal.
EmojiIsrael plans to kick out Al Jazeera. Al Jazeera has been closed or blocked by other Mideast governments, including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/israel-plans-to-kick-out-al-jazeera-netanyahu-says-terror-channel-airs-incitement

Lebanon
EmojiIs Israel heading for war with the Lebanese Hezbollah? 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/2939804/is-israel-heading-for-war-with-hezbollah/
EmojiCyprus president asks EU Commission chief to get Lebanon to stop migrants from leaving its shores
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-04-02/cyprus-asks-eu-commission-chief-to-get-lebanon-to-stop-migrants-from-leaving-its-shores

Syria
EmojiIn Syria, on Monday, Arabic outlets reported that 8 senior Iranian officials killed in apparent Israeli airstrike on Iranian embassy in Syria. The Israeli targeted strike that killed at least 7 military commanders included Mohammad Reza Zahedi who was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury in 2010 as the Commander of the IRGC-QF in Lebanon, also acting as a liaison to Hezbollah and Syrian intelligence services; and General Mohammad Hadi Hajriahimi, the Al Quds Force Syria and Lebanon Commander
EmojiSyrian Kurds Say U.S. Presence Important to Regional Stability https://www.voanews.com/a/syrian-kurds-say-us-presence-important-to-regional-stability/7553725.html
EmojiPKK commander killed in Iraq strike blamed on Turkey 
https://www.barrons.com/news/pkk-commander-killed-in-iraq-strike-blamed-on-turkey-67c7b080

Gaza
'People Are Constantly Cursing Sinwar': Gazans Opposing Hamas Are Sure They're the Majority 
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-04-01/ty-article-magazine/.premium/people-are-cursing-sinwar-gazans-opposing-hamas-are-sure-theyre-the-majority/0000018e-9ada-dfd2-afce-deff025f0000

UNRWA
The Abraham Global Peace Initiative (AGPI) today released a new report urging the dismantling of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).  The full report is available at AGPI University HERE. Watch this afternoon's briefing on video HERE. 

USA
EmojiBiden Gave $5 Million to Terror-Tied Islamists in 2023 (Still Much Less than Trump) 
https://www.meforum.org/65720/biden-gave-5-million-to-terror-tied-islamists-in
EmojiHarvard Harris Poll: There's a lot to unpack in this poll, though the most shocking thing is the outright support by 21% of registered voters (in this poll) admitting to supporting Iran-backed terrorists. 

There are just too many examples of  bigotry and group target bullying against Jews and Israelis. 
EmojiThose participating in a march 3/30 to Union Sq to support the Israelis who were kidnapped Oct 7 - carrying signs w/their pics on them. Were there not even 10 minutes when NYPD forced them to leave because, "Palestinians are coming."
EmojiUniversity of Glasgow says they will ‘help’ Jewish students ‘avoid’ the new Terrorist/Hamas-Supporting rector Dr Ghassan Abu-Sittah. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13248255/Fury-Gaza-war-surgeon-hailed-terrorist-murder-Israeli-rabbi-hero-elected-rector-University-Glasgow.html
EmojiCongressman Jamie Raskin tried to give a speech at University of Maryland on democracy and "the threat to reason in the 21st Century.” It was relentlessly heckled and drowned out by people protesting Israel's invasion of Gaza. The speech was ultimately shut down by the university president. “What you saw play out actually was democracy and free speech and academic freedom," said UMD President Pines. No, what you saw play out was mob censorship. It was a bastardization of free speech and the antithesis of democracy. These shout-downs happen far too often on college campuses — and with the approval of college administrators.
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