Palestinians support Hamas and its genocidal intentions. Do not doubt that many college students, professors at leading Western colleges, universities, whether Palestinian or not, are hoping that Hamas achieves all its Nazi-era goals

By Hymie Rubenstein, CFP —-October 30, 2023

OnSaturday, October 7, Gaza Strip terrorists conducted unspeakable horrors, blatant war crimes, and crimes against humanity against Israeli civilians.

The cold-blooded murder of over 1,400 Israelis, the wounding of some 3,000 non-combatants, the rape and torture of women, the desecration and parading of dead bodies, the beheading of infants, the violent hostage-taking of elderly people, women and children alike, and the horrific massacre of at least 260 young people at a music festival, much of it intentionally filmed by the perpetrators, cannot go unavenged.

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“We are reliving the spirit of ’48 in another sense because much remains to be said about the tectonic changes awaiting us at the strategic and operational levels, the new landscape of threats created by our failures, the national and security challenges we face, and the lessons we can already draw from the national mistakes we have made. We stand at a Ben-Gurion-like juncture, marked by the need for dramatic decisions and the reconstruction of our collective consciousness, as well as of our national institutions and strength.”

For countless long hours, on Oct. 7, the darkest of dark days, the state vanished. But then, in the midst of a war for survival against armed savages, an exceptional, unparalleled heroism emerged, a heroism that we had almost forgotten existed.

by Ran Baratz, TABLET October 29, 2023

First, we need to take a deep breath, confront reality squarely and speak the truth, the whole truth. For too long, we have allowed ourselves to be deceived, relying on comfortable and reassuring fictions from others. Now, we must acknowledge that the security challenge lying ahead of us is long-term and will require us to readapt and to rethink the situation. There will be a battle for Gaza and perhaps in the north too, but it would be a grave historic mistake to assume that when they are over, the security events are over too, and that we will be able to return to a situation similar to that which existed before the pogrom on Oct. 7. We will have to change our national priorities, not only because a series of convenient lies has been shattered, but because fundamental security concepts—not only ours, but of our enemies too—have been shattered.

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By Hana Levi Julian, JEWISH PRESS

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told foreign media outlets in a news briefing Monday night that Israel will not agree to a ceasefire, which he said would constitute a surrender to Hamas, adding that the current conflict involves more than just Israel and Hamas: “The future of civilization is at stake.”
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By Alexander G. Markovsky, AM THINKER

As the war rages on, Gaza is getting destroyed, people are getting killed on both sides, and a resolution of the conflict seems as elusive as ever. On the contrary, the war is escalating and spreading to other theaters.

Israel is facing two challenging issues: the safe return of the hostages and the eradication of Hamas. Thus far, those issues seemed to be at odds with each other.

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[See also: Europe Facing Civil War? in GATESTONE]

Liberal society contains the seeds of its own destruction. Opinion.

By Melanie Phillips  Oct 27, 2023, 10:00 AM (GMT+3)

(JNS) Many in Britain and the West have been looking aghast at a monster within that has reared up and bared its fangs. They have suddenly realized that they are staring at a civilizational crisis.

After the Oct. 7 Hamas pogrom, with the barbaric slaughter of 1,400 men, women and children in southern Israel and the kidnapping into Gaza of more than 220 souls, decent people in the West have been horrified by the massive displays of jubilant bloodlust on the streets of London, New York, Sydney and elsewhere.

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Biden knows better than Israel what Israel needs — like, yeah, a “two-state solution.” That is just what Israel needs:Opinion,

By Rabbi Prof. Dov Fischer    Oct 30, 2023, 9:58 AM 

I wanted to be a rabbi all my life, since I was a boy. There are many reasons, extraneous to this article. But I was “called” to clergy.

When I wedded in the 25-year marriage, doomed from its first day to eventual divorce, I soon enough encountered a terrible challenge that I was not prepared for, too young to handle properly, and that ruined some of my life and detoured some of my dreams. I had a new father-in-law who was dead-set on steering me away from my calling, to refocus me on aspiring to become a money machine who would make lots of bucks. Go into business. Open a store. Become a lawyer, an accountant, an actuary. Make lots of money, and then think of all the good you could do by donating charitably to your favorite rabbis.

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By Prof. Louis René Beres, BESA   October 30, 2023

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BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,226, October 30, 2023

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In its obligatory war against Palestinian terror – a criminal process encouraged and sustained by Iran – Israel is acting within the bounds of pertinent international law. Though this assessment is difficult to acknowledge by many who can see only the tangible effects of Israeli military counterterrorism, it is offered here from the informed standpoint of authoritative legal standards. Palestinian civilian casualties of Operation Swords of Iron are the predictable and indeed intended result of Hamas’s perfidy. It is beyond legal question that the original Hamas terror acts of October 7, 2023, which included murder, rape, and hostage-taking, represent egregious, Nuremberg-level violations of humanitarian international law.

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Iddo Netanyahu on the calls for his brother to take responsibility for Hamas attack: Why should only he resign?

Israel National News  Oct 30, 2023, 4:03 AM (GMT+2)

Iddo Netanyahu, brother of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on Sunday rejected the claims by some that his brother is failing to take responsibility for the failures that led to the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel.

In an interview with Kan 11 News, the Prime Minister’s brother wondered why there are not calls for other public leaders to take responsibility and to step down.

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Oct 26, 2023In an eye-opening interview, Mosab Hassan Youssef, the son of one of the co-founders of Hamas, reveals the true intentions of the militant group and calls for their removal from power.

With first-hand experience and an insider’s perspective, Youssef exposes the brutality of Hamas and emphasizes the urgent need to stop them before their destructive actions escalate further.

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BY ROBERT SPENCER, JIHAD WATCH

This present jihad is brought to you by…

“Rockefeller Brothers Fund Funneled Millions to Hamas, Other Terrorists,” by Frank Bergman, Slay, October 27, 2023:

The Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) has funneled millions of dollars to Hamas and other deadly terrorist groups, according to a new report.

The RBF was founded by the five third-generation Rockefeller brothers: John, Nelson, Laurance, Winthrop, and David, all of whom are now deceased.
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By Sally Zelikovsky, AM THINKER October 29, 2023

Jewish conservatives, while considered a bit of an oddity despite growing numbers, are commonly asked Why are so many Jews liberals?

From conservative luminaries like Norman Podhoretz and Dennis Prager to B-team influencers like me, Jewish conservatives have struggled to provide a satisfactory answer. Like any other group, we do not march in lockstep, certainly not when it comes to our religion and definitely not politically. Still, Jewish conservatives readily acknowledge that, like Black Americans, most of us tend to be liberal if not downright progressive and, regrettably, sometimes Marxist.

Books and articles have been written, and theories abound as to why this is, including, among others, the idea that Jews are liberal out of residual devotion to FDR and his pro-unionism; as pushback against the brutality they suffered under right-wing totalitarians like Hitler; and because, when Jews became secular, they replaced their religion with progressivism

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America is headed towards very serious and blinding headwinds. Opinion.

By Joseph Frager, MD  Oct 29, 2023, 4:46 PM (GMT+2)

Elie Wiesel said it best. “Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” The silence from University Presidents at Harvard, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, Columbia, Brown, George Washington University, and Cooper Union is deafening. Paid protesters, agitators and rabble rousers have wreaked havoc on campus’ around the country.

At Cooper Union Jewish Students were subjected to a Pro Hamas Mob that terrorized them. At George Washington University the statements,”Glory To Our Martyrs” and “Free Palestine From The River To The Sea” which is the code for the annihilation of Israel was projected on its Library Wall.

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“We came for the Jews—to kill them with a knife and shoot them,” a rioter said.

An antisemitic mob at Makhachkala Uytash Airport in Russia’s Dagestan Republic, Oct. 29, 2023. Source: Screenshot.
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A flight from Tel Aviv to Russia’s Dagestan Republic, in the North Caucasus along the Caspian Sea, was forced to redirect on Sunday after pro-Hamas rioters stormed Makhachkala Uytash Airport, seeking to lynch Jewish travelers.

Hundreds of rioters overran the airport, located in the capital of the Muslim-majority region of Russia. Video footage showed rioters with Palestinian flags shouting “Allahu akbar” (God is great) as they searched the terminals for Israeli passengers.

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T. Belman. Palestinian and Gazan children start out as innocents but UNRWA turns them into terrorists. Thus the UN and those that finance UNRWA schools, including the US and the EU are directly responsible for the Oct 7 massacre and all other Palestinian terrorism. So is Youtube for banning all criticism of UNRWA.

US and Gulf nations target ‘secret’ Hamas investment portfolio worth up to $1 billion

Billions flow into UNRWA coffers and are used to promote the murder of Jews. How UNRWA educates Arab youth to continue to kill.

By David Bedein     Aug 24, 2023, 5:43 PM (GMT+3)

Askar – UNRWA: Cradle of Killers from ????? ???? ??????? ????”? CFNEPR on Vimeo.

Youtube has blocked my work and thus will not allow the posting of this seven minute movie. Is that because it shows the truth about UNRWA? Do UNRWA donors know where their money is going? Do these donors know they funded the education to violent hatred that encouraged the killers of Lucy Dee and her daughters, the Yaniv brothers and so many other innocent Jews?

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PM: ‘I said things that should not have been said and give full support to leaders of security forces.’

Israel National News     Oct 29, 2023, 11:13 AM (GMT+2)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deleted the post he published overnight on X (formerly Twitter) against the heads of the Shin Bet and Military Intelligence and apologized for his words after receiving harsh criticism from his cabinet colleague Minister Benny Gantz and opposition leader Yair Lapid.

“I was wrong. The things I said following the press conference should not have been said and I apologize for that. I give full support to all the heads of the security forces. I strengthen the Chief of Staff and the IDF commanders and soldiers who are at the front and fighting for our home. Together we will be victorious,” wrote Netanyahu.

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Hatred of Israel cannot be distinguished from hatred of the Jewish people. Incontestably now, anti-Zionism is antisemitism.

ByMichael Oren October 26, 2023

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By Martin Sherman

One of the reasons that the conflict with the Palestinian-Arabs in general and Gazan Arabs in particular, has dragged on for years, is that Israel has failed to conceptualize the conflict correctly

There is a prevailing myth that the general population in Gaza is the hapless victim of its radical leadership. This is demonstrably false.

Crucible, not victim

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Netanyahu tweeted 4 hours ago:

Under no circumstances and at no stage was Prime Minister Netanyahu warned of war intentions on the part of Hamas. On the contrary, all security officials, including the head of the Security Council and the head of the Shin Bet, estimated that Hamas was deterred and turned to the settlement. This is the assessment that was presented time and time again to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet by all the security forces and the intelligence community, including until the outbreak of the war.