Eitan Fischberger on X - "Qatar's Prime Minister just referred to Israel as the "enemy." Qatar's Deputy Prime Minister has stated that "We are all Hamas." What else is there to say?"
Meme - Aviva Klompas @AvivaKlompas: "Have you noticed that the world is more outraged over Israel’s attempt to assassinate terror leaders than over the fact that the same terror group abducted this young man from a music festival and is now starving him to death underground."
International law supports Israel's strikes on terrorists - "When US Navy Seals flew deep into Pakistan to eliminate Osama bin Laden in 2011, the world cheered and President Obama was rightly lauded for defending America, after the worst terror attack on US soil. Few, if any, stopped to ask whether Pakistan had consented, or the strike violated its sovereignty. Yet when Israel takes out Hamas leaders in Doha, who were responsible for orchestrating the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, those same Western voices rush to castigate Jerusalem. The hypocrisy is absolutely astounding. What was deemed legitimate self-defence by the West for the United States, is suddenly branded “reckless” or “unlawful” when it is the Jewish state... First, it needs to be underscored that the Hamas terrorists that were targeted, were not “political leaders”. They were terror masterminds, involved in the planning, execution and direction of every facet of the war that Hamas launched on October 7, including the ongoing captivity of hostages. Those responsible for the October 7 attacks, were not confined to Gaza. They were also directing the war, and the refusal to end it, from the luxury of their five-star hotels in Doha. That made them legitimate military targets under international law, including Article 51 of the UN Charter, which enshrines every state’s inherent right to self-defence against an armed attack. Under the laws of armed conflict, states must also adhere to the principles of distinction, necessity and proportionality. Israel did precisely that. Distinction requires that military force be directed only against combatants and military objectives. Hamas’s leaders, whether in Gaza or the ones targeted in Doha, are not neutral civilians; they are the architects of terror and the ongoing war. Their luxury suites in Doha functioned not merely as residences, but command centres, making them lawful military targets. Meanwhile, proportionality prohibits attacks expected to cause excessive civilian harm compared to the concrete military advantage gained. By striking Hamas leaders with precision, Israel removed the masterminds of October 7, while avoiding widespread civilian casualties. Israel was also left with no alternative. Only early this week, the United States put forward to the most comprehensive proposal to end this war once and for all, and release all the hostages, with President Trump calling on Hamas to accept the plan, cautioning “This is my last warning, there will not be another one!” Like clockwork, Hamas rejected the deal, refusing to accept any terms that would require them to disarm. It should come therefore as absolutely no surprise that Israel carried out the strike in Doha. Faced with an enemy that refuses to end the war and release the hostages, Israel had no choice but to strike them militarily. But many in the West have rushed to the defence of Doha. Qatar is no Mother Theresa here. They have continued to play the duplicitous role of both pyromaniac and firefighter, trying to fool the world. Under the Hague Convention V of 1907, neutral states must not permit belligerents (or terrorists) to use their territory as a base of operations, but Qatar has done precisely the opposite. For years, Doha has perfected a cynical double game. On the one hand, it hosts the largest US military base in the Middle East and postures as an honest mediator in hostage talks. On the other, it grants sanctuary to Hamas leaders, peddles propaganda through Al Jazeera and allows its territory to be used to plan attacks against Israel and the ongoing captivity of the remaining 48 hostages in the dungeons of Gaza."
Visegrád 24 on X - "In 2021, under the direction of President Macron France bombed a wedding in Mali, killing 19 civilians and several terrorists. Today, President Macron condemns Israel for bombing a house in Doha in a strike which only killed terrorists."
Visegrád 24 on X - "150 Belgian anti-Israel activists have stormed the Israeli-owned defense company OIP Land Systems and destroyed armored vehicles that were about to be sent to the Ukrainian Army. OIP has provided Ukraine with around 260 armored vehicles since the war started. The attackers mistakenly believed the equipment at OIP was destined for Israel, not Ukraine, leading to the destruction of vehicles intended for Ukrainian forces and needed to hold back Russian assaults against Ukrainian defenders in the Pokrovsk area of the Donetsk region."
Jews Fight Back 🇺🇸🇮🇱 on X - "🚨WATCH THIS NOW. Van Jones is saying what needs to be said. Jews are being firebombed in America. And the response from the so-called “progressive” crowd? 👉 “But what about Gaza?” No one’s attacking Russian-Americans over Ukraine. No one’s attacking Ukrainian-Americans either. So why the hell is it “understandable” when Jews get assaulted over a war in Israel? Because Jew-hatred has been laundered through activism. Jew-hatred has been disguised as social justice. Hit like and repost. His message must be heard. @VanJones68 , respect."
Labour MP says he's being 'intimidated by pro-Palestine protesters' who have hurled baked beans at him - and now the community 'is too scared to meet with him' - "Luke Charters, the MP for York Outer, said the activists have 'charged' him with genocide and used 'intimidating methods' to pressure him over the war in Gaza. He said he has become a target in his home town and over the weekend, protesters with megaphones attempted to block entry to his office, scaring away his constituents. Mr Charters has also claimed protesters chanting 'Labour, Labour, genocide' threw a can of baked beans at him at York's Pride parade earlier this month. Meanwhile in March, he says he found scratches on his car after being followed by a group of activists following a local Labour conference. Mr Charters, whose wife Beth is due to give birth next week, described the events as 'serious and unsettling'... Mr Charters's comments on the protests come after a new report revealed that half of MPs feel unsafe because of threats made by the public. Meanwhile, last year a damning dossier disclosed by The Telegraph revealed almost 40 incidents of MPs and councillors being 'intimidated' by pro-Palestine protesters"
More suppression of pro-Palestinian speech! The UK government should be ashamed of the intimidation of peaceful protesters!
Thread by @EFischberger on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App - "This has been one of the wildest weeks of information warfare in the Israel-Hamas-Gaza context I can remember. The stories below — from just the past few days — each carry lessons, some familiar and some new, that are worth keeping front of mind 🧵
It started off with the pro-Hamas crowd claiming "victory" for abducting four IDF soldiers in Gaza. The news spread lime wildfire across social media. Except it never happened. Lesson: Don't believe ANYTHING spread by the Hamas shills. Wait for evidence
Then we moved on to the coordinated Anti-Journalism campaign run by NGOs to paint Israel as deliberately targeting journalists. What we uncovered — with a level of proof I’ve never seen before — shows direct collusion between the media and these NGOs. Just yesterday we were reminded that when people lean on so-called “expertise” — rather than the strength of an argument — there’s often nothing there. Which is why we’re now left staring at the ashes of the International Association of Genocide Scholars
And today we get front-row seats to the collapse of Tony Aguilar’s life as he’s exposed as a massive fraud. When someone appears out of nowhere with a story “too good to be true” and is instantly paraded on every network and podcast, odds are he’s a psyop"
Hashem on X - "Fact: Several Muslim countries have expelled large numbers of Palestinians, in each case, with no international outcry or accusations of “ethnic cleansing.” A few examples:
🔴 1970–71, Jordan expelled 50,000–70,000 Palestinians —Reason: Terrorism during Black September
🔴 1978, Egypt expelled at least 5,000 Palestinians —Reason: Crackdown on terrorism
🔴 1982–87, Lebanon expelled 35,000–50,000 Palestinians —Reason: Civil war and terrorist militia conflicts
🔴 1991, Kuwait expelled ~300,000 Palestinians —Reason: Retribution for perceived support for Iraq, and related terrorism and civil unrest
🔴 1994–95, Libya expelled 15,000–30,000 Palestinians. —Reason: Political fallout over the Oslo Accords and related terrorist threat
These expulsions, driven largely by Palestinian terrorism and civil unrest, involved brutal force, mass arrests and deportations, and little time for families to gather belongings. Yet, they sparked no global protests, no “Nakba” narratives, and minimal media coverage. Most remain obscure.
Contrast this with the “Nakba”: In 1948, so-called “Palestinians” left Israel expecting to return after an Arab coalition annihilated the Jews. This dramatically differs from the brutal and permanent expulsions by Arab states. Many Muslim countries have historically — and continue — to treat Palestinians as nothing more than jihadi terrorist pawns against Jews and Israel. They won’t take a single Palestinian in, and many have just silently watched Qatar and the Islamic Republic of Iran turn Gaza and the “West Bank” into vile Islamic terror pits. Israel, by contrast, faces intense scrutiny for any word of the Trump relocation plan, although its intentions are moral and just: to give Palestinians a chance to build lives related to something other than terrorism. Effectively, Israel proposes to say “No” to the Islamic world’s historic oppression and barbaric treatment of Palestinians, and give them a chance at living like human beings. So, questions for those offended by the proposed relocation of Palestinians:
1. Why all the criticism, while expulsions by Muslim countries have historically faced almost no backlash?
2. How do you explain the lack of global attention to the treatment and expulsions of Palestinians by Muslim countries compared to the focus on Israel’s actions?
3. If the goal is to improve the lives of Palestinians, how can you possibly justify keeping them in the Gazan terror pit rather than supporting relocation to safer, more stable environments?
4. How does maintaining the status quo in Gaza, as supported by the world’s biggest sponsors of Palestinian terrorism (Qatar, Iran, etc) have any hope of finally giving Palestinians an opportunity for some dignity?
If you support keeping Palestinians in Gaza, I have no idea how you can honestly also claim to care about Palestinians."
Pro-Palestinian health workers threaten to sue NHS trust over dress code - "Two doctors and a nurse are threatening to sue a London NHS trust over claims that its uniform discriminates against them because of their pro-Palestinian beliefs. A respiratory consultant has joined forces with a junior doctor and a nurse in a legal challenge to the dress code at the Barts Health Trust, which was imposed earlier this year. Lawyers for Aarash Saleh, a consultant at Whipps Cross Hospital; Sara Ali, a haematology registrar who previously worked at Royal London Hospital; and Ahmad Baker, a senior nurse at Whipps Cross, have claimed in a letter to managers that the policy amounts to indirect discrimination. They have claimed that the dress code prohibits staff from wearing or displaying items that might align with a “particular nation, political party, one side in a conflict or causes that are not directly linked to and supported by the trust or the NHS”... Their lawyers have argued that the policy breaches equality legislation “and fails to meet the standards of fairness and consultation expected of a large public body”. They also argue that the policy is disproportionate because it applies to all staff at all times, regardless of their role or location. The lawyer said that the trust’s consultation prior to implementing the policy was “incomplete”... They are also seeking compensation for “injury to feelings” that the three medical staff claimed to have suffered “and continue to suffer as a result of the policy”."
If you can't broadcast your political opinions at work, that's racist
Eyal Yakoby on X - "BREAKING: The BBC has officially retracted its story, confirming the video of the IDF firing on Palestinians at an aid site was false. The question remains: If they could verify the truth in 24 hours, why didn’t they wait to verify it before publishing the lie?"
The BBC is still concerned with protecting the reputation of terrorists - "the BBC does not have a general policy of refusing to call terrorists what they are. It rightly describes, for instance, the Manchester Arena bomber Salman Abedi as a “homegrown terrorist”; it calls survivors of that and the London Bridge attack “terror attack survivors” and calls the 2017 Westminster attack the “Westminster Terror Attack”. But when it comes to Hamas, the BBC censures its own presenters for stating reality."
'Palestine' can't just be 'conjured up': Douglas Murray blasts Carney - "Outspoken British journalist Douglas Murray has a blunt take on Israel’s strikes in Qatar, targeting Hamas’s leadership. “The scandal is not that Israel acted, but that it had to.” In an interview in Montreal with National Post, Murray, the bestselling author of On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization, offered a sharp and unapologetic view on Israel’s decision to target Hamas leaders in Doha. “Why are there terrorist leaders in Qatar?” he asked bluntly. “For years, Hamas commanders have lived openly in Doha — billionaires at the largesse of western taxpayers — ordering attacks on Israel while enjoying immunity. And the world has not only looked away, but protected them. That’s the mobster’s trick: you carry out violence on one hand, then present yourself as a peacemaker on the other. Qatar has played that double game for years, and the world has let them get away with it.”... “Canada is not in a position to create new states in the Middle East,” Murray said. “States are not conjured up by well-meaning western leaders. They must be plausible. And right now, a two-state solution is a fantasy. Hamas killed it on October 7. The idea that Canada could force one into existence is arrogance bordering on absurdity.”... In Murray’s telling, Carney is not merely misjudging foreign policy but risking Canada’s credibility on the world stage. “Who does he think he is?” Murray asked. “It is not Canada’s role to impose a solution in the Middle East. That era ended long ago.” Murray did not shy away from naming what many Jewish Canadians feel but fear to say: that the wave of vandalism and intimidation against synagogues, schools, and Jewish-owned businesses since October 7 is not protest, but domestic terrorism. “I’d be very surprised if the Canadian government would tolerate this level of violence if it were coming from white supremacists,” he said. “But because it’s under the banner of Palestine, it’s treated differently.” The aim of such extremism, he warned, is never limited to Jews. “The obsession with destroying Israel is just the first stage. Anyone who doubts that should listen to what is said openly at Palestinianist conferences in North America: first delegitimize Israel, then delegitimize America, and finally bring down the West.” His litmus test? “Find me one anti-Israel protest in Canada where the crowd proudly waves Canadian flags and sings O Canada at the end. You won’t find it.” Murray’s remarks in Montreal were not comfortable listening. They were not meant to be. He places today’s debates about Israel, the Palestinians, and western tolerance of extremism in the starkest possible terms: a struggle for the survival of civilization against those who would dismantle it from within... the battle is not only in the Middle East, but here at home — in the policies of Ottawa and in the streets of Montreal."
Europe’s Iron Dome plans at risk over anti-Israel backlash
Israeli conductor axed from festival over ‘lack of clarity’ on Gaza stance - "A Belgian music festival has cancelled a performance by an orchestra over a lack of clarity on its conductor’s views on Gaza. The organisers of Flanders Festival Ghent said they scrapped the event by the Munich Philharmonic because Lahav Shani, an Israeli, had not “unequivocally” distanced himself from his government’s “genocidal” actions in Gaza."
Good luck if you persecute Muslims for not disavowing their governments' sins
Israel withdrew from Gaza once. It got Oct 7 in return - "Historically, this should be seen as the culmination of Israeli despair. The Oslo Accords were the final expression of the Left’s great project for peace, with a framework that would allow for the phased implementation of the two-state solution. They collapsed, however, when the Second Intifada was launched and Palestinian militants placed suicide bombs on buses around the country. The Accords have been frozen ever since. The Left in Israel has never recovered from that spectacular failure, which had united most of the country in optimism for peace, only to have it dashed on the rocks of reality. It was in response to that disappointment that Ariel Sharon embarked upon a new attempt to win peace from the perspective of the Right. His strategy was simple: unilateral withdrawal. Whether the Palestinians signed an agreement or not, Israel would pull out of contested territory, give the other side what they wanted, then shelter behind an “iron wall” and leave the Arabs to it. In some ways, this was the inheritance of the philosophy of Ze’ev Jabotinsky, the ideological father of the Likud, who advocated secure separation from the Palestinians in an essay of that name. After the painful Gaza pull-out, there was a feeling on the Israeli side that they would finally be granted international legitimacy and support. After all, Israel had voluntarily accepted all demands upon it, regardless of Palestinian weakness, corruption and extremism. Now, Sharon said, if even one rocket is fired from Gaza onto our civilians, there will be zero ambiguity. The world would back us to the hilt. Indeed, it was only his incapacity due to a stroke in 2006 that prevented his government from implementing the same policy on the West Bank. Looking back at this history in the light of the catastrophe that is upon us today, it is not only unbearably poignant but also revealing of Israeli attitudes. The young life of the modern Jewish state has been one of idealism continually smashed by contact with a separate history of the Muslim world, which had left it with its own neuroses... Historians have suggested that the blood and soil nationalism of the likes of Adolf Hitler provided a vision of peoplehood to which Islamic societies – previously a network of tribal loyalties ruled by a distant Sultan – could readily relate... Christian anti-Semitism was initially resisted by much of the Muslim world, with the Ottomans generally siding with the Jews during the Dreyfus affair. But with the birth of Zionism in the 19th century and the rabid anti-Semitism of Adolf Hitler, which filtered into the Islamic world through connections like the close relationship between the Nazis and Amin al-Husseini, the then-Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. To this day, affection for the Führer not uncommon in the Muslim world, with Arabic editions of Mein Kampf often found on sale in bookshops. And the idea that the Jews, who for hundreds of years had been associated above all with weakness, often banned from bearing arms or even riding on horseback, could beat back Arab armies and establish a land of their own, was the ultimate insult. This, combined with the religious fanaticism of the Muslim Brotherhood, is what lies at the heart of Palestinian resistance to peace today. It is what led the Arabs of Gaza to respond to Israeli withdrawal by destroying their greenhouses in a frenzy of hatred. It is what led to the rejectionism of Mahmoud Abbas – who literally wrote a book about Holocaust revisionism – and the atrocities of October 7... In truth, the attack on New York also had anti-Semitic motives. During the 2006 trial of Mounir el-Motassadeq, a surviving member of the 9/11 cell, in Hamburg, a fellow Quran student testified that Motassadeq and his accomplices had chosen New York as “the centre of world Jewry”. Speaking in court, Motassadeq’s housemates recalled that he had boasted about a forthcoming “big action”, gushing: “The Jews will burn and in the end we will dance on their graves”... As Ariel Sharon discovered, however much Israel and the West may yearn for peace, it cannot be won with naïveté or wishful thinking, but only determination, resilience, conviction and creativity. Peace through strength. Those weakling and ignorant nations lining up to recognise a state of Palestine must take careful note."
Top NHS doctor suspended over ‘anti-Semitic’ tweets - "An account which appeared to be linked to Dr Ellen Kriesels, a consultant paediatrician and clinical lead for community paediatrics at Whittington Health NHS Trust, described Hamas as “oppressed resistance fighters, not terrorists”. Statements posted by the account also claimed the reaction to the October 7 attacks on Israel was “always trying to frame the Jews as victims. So ridiculous. So excruciating. So exhausting.”... She was pictured with a placard featuring a flag of Israel – with the six points of the Star of David marked with the words “rape”, “steal”, “cry”, “lie”, “cheat” and “kill”... One post from the account linked to Dr Kriesels read: “Virtually every Jew has some feelings of supremacy (result of their Zionist upbringing) and they might oppose Zionism, but they are not going to challenge their precious community. “That just doesn’t feel right to them!”... Anti-Semitism has surged since Hamas terrorists attacked Israel on October 7 2023. A YouGov survey, commissioned by the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA), found that 45 per cent of the British public believes that Israel treats Palestinians like the Nazis treated Jews. The study suggested that more than one in five Britons (21 per cent) now hold or agree with four or more allegedly anti-Semitic statements. In 2021, the figure was just 11 per cent... In one post, the account compared the plight of Palestinians to Black Lives Matter and Me Too campaigns."
We all know she really meant "Zionists", not "Jew", so there's nothing to see here
Terrorism supporters are right that Palestinians are like Black Lives Matter and Me Too campaigners, but not for the reasons they think
Family of disabled Jewish boy report doctor over antisemitic tweets - "On her X account, Kriesels has claimed that “virtually every Jew has some feelings of supremacy”, which she attributed to their “Zionist upbringing”, and that “the secular Jews are very much part of all this evil and they certainly have feelings of supremacy”... she said Israel’s military occupation of Gaza was “evidence” that “Jews are slaughtering Palestinians precisely because they are not Jewish”, adding that “world Jewry” was “largely complicit or silent”. She also claimed that members of Hamas should “not have been killed either” during Israel’s offensive following the October 7 atrocity, describing them as “oppressed resistance fighters” and “not terrorists”... In June last year, Kriesels had visited the Jewish boy for an outpatient appointment at his specialist school but was confronted by his mother who had seen that she was wearing a lanyard with a pro-Palestine slogan. An argument ensued and Kriesels was asked to stop the consultation. The mother filed a complaint to the Whittington Health NHS Trust, although this was resolved when she received reassurances from the hospital. In June last year it reminded all staff it was not acceptable for them to wear “lanyards or badges or to display materials such as posters or leaflets which express or suggest a political standpoint whilst at work”. However, in May this year the family learnt that their son, who has cerebral palsy and a number of other conditions, had not been referred for specialist treatment at University College London Hospitals Trust as part of his transition to adult medical care. The referral, the family was told during their son’s annual medical review, should have been made by Kriesels."
Damn Zionists suppressing pro-Palestinian speech! Clearly there's nothing political about opposing genocide!
Palestine recognition ‘rewards Hamas’, says PM’s former extremism tsar, Lord Walney - "Lord Walney, who served as the Government’s independent adviser on political violence and disruption until February, said the decision marks “a low point for Britain’s international influence”. The move risks sending a message that “terrorism can be rewarded” and could embolden anti-Semitic behaviour domestically, he warned. More than one in five Britons now hold or agree with anti-Semitic views, a YouGov survey, commissioned by the Campaign Against Antisemitism found last week – almost double the figure in 2021. The study found 10 per cent of young people have a “favourable view” of Hamas, and 14 per cent of them believe it is wrong to class Hamas as terrorists."
Spain is fantasising about nuking Israel. This derangement has to stop - "Donald Trump’s violation of diplomatic norms has been widely lamented, and not without good cause. But even America’s craziest president has not – so far, at least – fantasised about nuking another liberal democracy. Not so for Pedro Sánchez, the socialist Spanish prime minister... Aside from the headspinning notion of Spanish nuclear dreams, how astonishing that of all the countries that could top Madrid’s hitlist, the likes of Russia, China, North Korea and Iran were pipped to the post by the Middle East’s only democracy... Imagine the furore if a European leader had directed similar comments at Britain, the United States or France when we fought our controversial wars in Iraq or Libya. Yet the story barely made the news. Welcome to the social contagion of the Western elites: Israel Derangement Syndrome... Such is the ubiquity of Israel Derangement Syndrome that society no longer turns a hair. We saw it this week when Israel’s chess team was hounded out of a tournament in the Basque Country; when Gary Linker was voted Best Presenter (imagine if his rat emoji had tagged Muslims rather than Jews); and when Spain joined Slovenia, Ireland and the Netherlands in threatening to pull out of Eurovision unless Israel was expelled. Footnote: on Friday, the chair of Ireland’s Palestine Solidarity Committee, who had spearheaded the Eurovision boycott, was ejected from an LBC interview after she refused to condemn the “grotesque crimes” of Hamas. As Rick Sanchez remarks in Rick and Morty: “Your boos mean nothing. I’ve seen what makes you cheer.” So successful has Israelophobic brainwashing become – blame social media, legacy media, the United Nations, NGOs, universities and the Government – that slamming Israel is a now a populist move. Yet heed the parable of Dr Faustus. Israel enjoys a booming economy, even during wartime. It has the highest birth rate in the OECD, far above replacement level, and a young society. It understands defence, enjoying its most militarily dominant position since 1967. Its people are resilient and innovative, relying on each other rather than the state, and view themselves as one big family. This has made it one of the happiest countries on Earth by international rankings, with deaths of despair, addiction and crime exceptionally low. All this flows from its common-sense refusal to jettison its peoplehood while upholding democracy. The catastrophe of Britain and Europe, by contrast, shows the folly of sacrificing our selfhood on the altar of the liberal experiment. If our economy, immigration, defence, birth rate, tax burden, national debt, cultural coherence, happiness and national pride follow their current trajectory, in a decade we will be finished while Israel thrives. Boycott while you can."
Hen Mazzig on X - "What is a paragraph like this doing in the New York Times report about an antisemitic murder committed by a Free Palestine activist? “Most of which have been nonviolent”? Seriously? You're publishing this statement today of all days?"
Samuel Stern on X - "It’s the resurrection of the “mostly peaceful protest” 🙄"
The Mossad: Satirical and Awesome on X - ""Israel kills 500 at Al-ahli hospital"
The media admitted that the claim was false, after the damage had been done.
"14,000 children will die of starvation in 48 hours"
The media admitted that the claim was false, after the damage had been done.
"Israel killed 31 Palestinians while delivering food."
The media admitted that the claim was false, after the damage had been done.
"IDF raped and killed women at al-Shifa hospital"
The media admitted that the claim was false, after the damage had been done.
"Israeli forces targeted medical teams and Arabic speakers at Al-Shifa Hospital."
The media admitted that the claim was false, after the damage had been done.
"BBC releases documentary on children in Gaza"
BBC admits Hamas minister was paid for the documentary, after the damage had been done.
"Israel intentionally targets women and children"
Media admits reporting was inaccurate after data proved this false, after the damage had been done.
If you're not noticing a pattern yet, go get your brain checked."
