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Thursday, March 12, 2026

Links - 12th March 2026 (1 - Hamas Attack Oct 2023)

Hamas leader Ghazi Hamad says that October 7 was well worth it, given the backlash Israel now faces. : r/TheWorldReports - "Useful idiots in the West are the strongest weapon Hamas possesses."
Hamas leader Ghazi Hamad says that October 7 was well worth it, given the backlash Israel now faces. : r/TheWorldReports - "Absolutely crazy.  Taken at his word, he's saying 'we murdered and raped civilians to bait Israel into killing 70,000 of our people, and it worked as planned because now countries are slightly less favourable to them'"
"Palestinians straight up say shit like "getting this many Palestinian civilians killed was worth it because it's bad PR for Israel" out loud and yet braindead Western leftists still insist that they would never use their children as human shields."

Hamza on X - "A chilling update from the ground in Gaza: Two of my friends, who have been running independent food drives via international crowdfunding, were stopped and interrogated by Hamas militants. After proving their transparency and showing that all funds are used for food and aid for the displaced, they were met with a demand for a "share." They've been ordered to hand over a share of the donations directly to Hamas or stop their work immediately.    Intimidating those trying to feed the hungry is a devastating new low."
Proof that Hamas is not stealing aid!

Thread by @RachelMoiselle on Thread Reader App – Thread Reader App - "Hey all.  Something deeply upsetting has happened.  A complaint was lodged against me by a lecturer in Trinity as per a tweet of mine in May that I’ve long since deleted (to my knowledge because I can’t find it). This lecturer blocked me despite us never interacting. Not once. He said in the complaint that this is because ‘I try my best to steer clear of “Zionists” online’.  The complaint centres around the fact that I said in my tweet that he had endorsed October 7th. Also the fact that I said this was a ‘moral depravity’ and that the student who informed me of this was also appalled at this ‘moral depravity’.  The ‘endorsement’ I spoke of was retweeting the tweet below. I have cut off the OP and the lecturer’s name showing he retweeted it.  I put it to the public here whether retweeting ‘resistance is the right of occupied people’ on the day a massacre occurred is or isn’t an endorsement of said massacre.  The lecturer said that ‘the tweets appear to be part of an online bullying against me… …that supporters of Israel have been engaging in’.  I have publicly stated in a published article I do not identity as ‘pro Israel’ because that implies being ‘anti’ Palestinian, which I categorically am not.  My only purpose in my advocacy is combatting antisemitism. The tweet he retweeted is under the auspices of this given it was in reference to the most deadly single-day massacre of Jews since the Shoah.  I never imagined my advocacy would result in the platform I currently have. Ever.
I am an introverted PhD student in sign linguistics.  Every PhD student/graduate knows how tough undertaking a PhD is at the best of times.  The strain of this has been infinitely multiplied as I have been unintentionally thrust into an unplanned advocacy role in the public domain.  One I feel morally compelled to continue doing. This advocacy has resulted in torrents of abuse and harassment directed at me.  Notably, as a young woman, this has included an incredible amount of sexual harassment and abuse in my comments and DMs: the vast majority of which I do not publicise and just privately deal with. I am disillusioned by Trinity-the college I once loved-and how it has enabled antisemitism to become normalised into campus.  I am also disillusioned and frankly heartbroken by the people with whom I have worked and studied for the last decade.  They know me and my intentions. They know I am introverted and unassuming. I would be confident in saying that they would regard me as kind.  But they have not supported me in the face of this abuse in the way that I have supported their causes.
I spent two years working for nonprofit disability organisation.  My current area of study, which focuses on sign linguistics, is intended to be of practical benefit to the Deaf community.  In my professional pursuits I have focused on endeavours to try make the world a better place. Rather than choosing pursuits more financially lucrative. Combatting hatred and discrimination, including antisemitism, is part of this same urge: trying to make the world a better place.  I have tried my utmost to listen to Palestinian perspectives and voices and have been clear about the need for a ceasefire and hostage release deal. Because part of making the world a better place is fighting for Palestinian rights/safety.  But this cannot include callousness, derision, or ‘endorsement’ of a massacre. I don’t know how morality has been so skewed in academia that the lecturer who expresses such callousness… is inverted as righteous, whereas the lowly student who calls this out is the villain in this scenario: engaging in ‘online bullying’.  I am deeply upset by this development.  I have never so much as failed an exam. I can’t believe such a complaint has been lodged against me."
Harassing women and threatening sexual violence is only wrong when it hurts the left wing agenda

Bambie Thug: “If I had the opportunity to sing in Russia, I would have already done so”
Rabbi Poupko on X - "Remember when Ireland's representative to the Eurovision singing contest dropped out because she would not appear on the same stage as an Israeli? It turns out the lives of more than 170,000 dead Ukrainians and over 20,000 kidnapped Ukrainian children taken by Russia, don't mean that much to her."

Peter Baum on X - "FACTS  Hitler and the Nazis killed six million Jews .  Ireland were the only country in the world to send condolences on the death of Hitler . Revisionists have always denied this but officially released Irish government documents verify the fact ( see link below )  Ireland gave safe haven to scores of wanted Nazis ( Menton, Folens , Skorzeny and Artukovic as just some of numerous wanted Nazis ) but told the French Resistance to fuck off when begged to take in a few Jewish children - the kids were gassed at Dachau ) Churchill asked Ireland for use of their ports but Ireland refused , Ireland did however keep their harbour lights on to help and guide the Lutwaffe bomb the crap out of British towns and cities . And please don’t confuse Irish support for Palestinians as Ireland supporting an oppressed people . The founding Palestinian charters command Jew extermination by Jihad - that’s why the Irish support the Palestinians. #BROIGAS Boycott Republic Of Ireland Goods And Services"

Is TikTok responsible for Gen Z's hostility toward Israel and Jews? - "A 2023 Pew Research Center survey found that 63 per cent of kids aged 13-17 use TikTok. Nearly half said they use TikTok “several times a day” or “almost constantly.” A couple years ago, the Center for Countering Digital Hate set up several TikTok accounts based on 13-year-old profiles. In under three minutes, one of the accounts was fed content related to suicide. Within eight minutes, another received content on eating disorders. Hamas’s Oct. 7 pogrom in southern Israel has revealed another pernicious trend on TikTok. Four weeks into the Gaza war, American venture capitalist Jeff Morris Jr. wrote a series of posts on Twitter, expressing alarm that the hashtag “#standwithpalestine” had three-billion views, while “#standwithisrael” only had 200 million... Jewish and Israeli employees at TikTok feel threatened. In early December, some of them told Fox Business that their work environment has become increasingly toxic since Oct. 7. They allege that their colleagues have openly expressed antisemitic and anti-Israel views on their internal messaging platform, Lark, and that TikTok’s 40,000 moderators have allowed antisemitic misinformation to proliferate. These concerns were laid out in an open letter signed by more than 40 Jewish TikTok creators and celebrities, who claim the app “is not safe for Jewish users.” English actor Sacha Baron Cohen characterized the platform as having created “the biggest antisemitic movement since the Nazis.” According to the Fox Business report, multiple screenshots from Lark show “the unabashed celebration by multiple TikTok employees, including those based in the U.S., of Hamas’ barbaric (Oct. 7) acts.” Fox concluded that these screenshots “support claims that those working as moderators for the short video-sharing app not only cheat the site’s algorithm to boost anti-Israel posts but also purposely turn a blind eye to obvious misinformation and disinformation.” In its defence, TikTok claims the volume of pro-Palestinian videos on its platform just means that teens are more sympathetic to that cause than previous generations. It isn’t wrong. Gallup found that from 2011 to 2014, 51 per cent of millennial Democrats sided with Israelis over Palestinians. But between 2019 and 2023, that dropped to just 35 per cent. Gen Z tends to be even more anti-Israel. In a recent Leger survey, a plurality of Canadians answered “Jews” to the question of who has been hardest hit by “expressions of hate” in the wake of the Oct. 7 massacre, an opinion that corresponds to objective evidence. But among those aged 18-24, nearly 63 per cent said Muslims were the victims of an “increase in hateful comments.” It shouldn’t be surprising that many of them get their news from TikTok. A September survey from the Pew Research Centre found that nearly a third of Americans aged 18-29 regularly turn to the social media platform to get their news."

Majority of young American adults 'active in Hamas resistance,' Khaled Mashaal claims - "Mashaal praised the "resistance" of youth on university campuses, and rejected Hamas disarmament as tantamount to "taking away our souls," in an interview with Al Jazeera... A slight majority, 51%, of Americans between the ages of 18-21 are not only involved in the Palestinian cause, but are active in Hamas "resistance," leader of the terror group Khaled Mashaal said... Mashaal reaffirmed his rejection of disarming Hamas's weapons, emphasizing that disarmament is "rejected in the culture of the Palestinian people," because their weapons "represent the spirit of resistance and a means of protecting the people under occupation." Disarming Palestinians would be tantamount to "taking out their souls," he added... "There are documents talking about their role being to deal with people and remove weapons, in other words, impose peace. This is unacceptable," he stated... "As for the general feeling of having international forces within the Gaza Strip, this would result in an occupational power, according to Palestinian culture," he continued. The only way the ISF could work, in Mashaal's view, is if "they preserve peace by keeping them [the IDF] on their borders so they don't enter Gaza. Entry into Gaza means a transformation of Israeli occupation."
When you proclaim that Palestinians are terrorists and that you don't want peace. But of course terrorist supporters worldwide will blame Israel
According to Hamas, being "pro-Palestine" means supporting them

Pro-Palestine activist who hit policewoman with sledgehammer is ‘gentle and caring’ - "A Palestine Action activist who hit a policewoman with a sledgehammer during an alleged attack at an Israeli defence company is “caring, gentle and compassionate”, a court heard.  Samuel Corner, 23, is one of six activists accused of carrying out an attack at the Bristol factory of Elbit Systems, a defence firm based in Israel, after breaking into the site in a prison van in the early hours of Aug 6 2024, using sledgehammers as weapons... Jurors have heard that it is not in dispute that Mr Corner, from Devon, struck the police officer, but he claims he did so to defend the other activists and did not cause Ms Evans really serious harm... The police sergeant previously told the trial she thought her spine was “shattered” when she was hit on the lower back while she was on her knees arresting a female activist... Ms Kamio was “knelt on” by a police officer who tried to arrest her and was in pain, Mira Hammad, her lawyer, told jurors. She said the 30-year-old was motivated to join the action by “compassion” for people impacted by the war in Gaza."
"Dindu nuffin" again. The left winger cries out in pain as he attacks you
"Compassion" makes people terrorists

Max K on X - "These people will look you dead in the eyes and tell you, with a straight face, that ‘silence’ is literal violence, and that speech they disagree with is ‘harmful’. But also that Islamo-leftist men ramming through a door with a van then fracturing a policewoman’s spine with a sledgehammer in support of Jew-slaughtering jihadists is totally fine and you’re a snowflake if you’re concerned about it."

You Can Do Anything As Long As You Do It For Palestine - "On August 6, 2024, a group of Palestine Action activists broke into an Israeli defense contractor’s factory in Bristol, England, smashing equipment and injuring police with sledgehammers.  During the trial, five of the six defendants, according to the Guardian, “[told] jurors they had entered the factory without permission and damaged Elbit’s equipment including computers and drones.”  Today, the defendants were found not guilty of aggravated burglary.  Palestine Action is one of the more extreme pro-Hamas groups in the Western constellation. It has been outlawed in the UK as a terrorist organization. During the break-in, one of them smashed a police officer from behind with a sledgehammer, breaking her spine and leaving her unable to bathe or get into bed by herself for three months. She is still on restricted duty due to the injuries. Her assailant was found not guilty.  You might be wondering: What was the defendants’ actual defense, since they admitted to breaking in and damaging property? Here is a description of the argument made by the attorney for one of the alleged perpetrators, Charlotte Head:  “Rajiv Menon KC, representing Head, said any violence by the defendants was clearly unplanned, that the defendants had not expected security guards to enter the factory and were ‘completely out of their depth’.  “He compared Head to the suffragettes, while describing Elbit Systems, of which Elbit Systems UK is a subsidiary, as a ‘dreadful company [that] has played a critical role in the killing of tens of thousands of Palestinians’.”  The violence was unplanned, you see. They came with sledgehammers and they used the sledgehammers, but they didn’t expect to have to use the sledgehammers; they were just surprised by the appearance of the police. Not guilty.  Because this was a jury trial, there really is no disputing the implications: Britain is cooked.  For those seeking at least a hint as to why the court ruled that smashing in the spines of police officers is officially approved behavior in the United Kingdom, one clue comes to us from the Jewish Chronicle:  “While the jury was in retirement, the court heard posters had been put up on bus stops and lampposts near the building which said: ‘The jury decide not the judge,’ ‘Jury equity is when a jury acquits someone on moral grounds,’ and: ‘Jurors can give a not guilty verdict even when they believe a defendant has broken the law.’... Translation: You may find the defendants not guilty if you sympathize with the psychotic “anti-Zionism” that motivated their violence.  Again: the British legal system is a joke.  To be fair to the UK, it is not the first state in Europe to enshrine “the Jewish exception” into law. In 2021 in France, Kobili Traoré was deemed not responsible for his actions by the courts, ostensibly because he had smoked marijuana. What were his actions? He beat 65-year-old Sarah Halimi and then threw her out her window to her death. According to his psychiatric evaluation, he was sent into a violent rage by the sight of Halimi’s mezuzah.  Again, to translate: He realized she was a Jew, so he killed her. This was deemed a psychiatric episode not murder. In France, if you hate Jews so much that it makes you act crazy, you are permitted to murder random Jews. In the UK, if your hatred of Jews compels you to go on a violent rampage, you can count on “jury equity” to find you not guilty of the crimes you admitted to in court.  The sick man of Europe is Europe."

The Prisoners for Palestine hunger strike is an ongoing hunger strike in the United Kingdom that began on 2 November 2025, undertaken by 8 people incarcerated for alleged pro-Palestine protest action. The hunger strike is the biggest in UK prisons since the 1981 Irish hunger strike. : r/wikipedia - "They tried to kill a cop by hitting her with a sledgehammer. Police Sergeant Kate Evans suffered a fractured lumbar spine and significant bruising after being struck with a sledgehammer, leaving her off work for three months and needing help with daily tasks; she is currently on restricted duties"
"The cop was trying to protect the property of a company that makes weapons used to commit genocide in Gaza.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbit_Systems"
"So attempted murder of a Peace Officer in cold blood is ok if she's standing in front of a building you don't like?  Doesn't track."
"She was doing her job, when she gets attacked by a man with sledge hammer. What a hero he is! That will be his legacy when he dies, he was a proud woman basher. Shameful stuff."
"Guys mad when war makes people do war things"
"Yeah I agree, glad you can see that the war in Gaza, that started because of October 7th, means that Israel has carte blanche to level every building they want. After all, that’s just “war things”."

I was threatened with beheading, says MP ousted over Gaza stance - "A former Labour MP who lost her seat to a pro-Palestinian independent has said she was threatened with beheading before the general election.  Kate Hollern, who represented Blackburn from 2015 to 2024, said she had endured a “very distressing” few weeks on the campaign trail in the run-up to the vote 18 months ago.  Ms Hollern lost her seat to Adnan Hussain, one of five independents elected to the Commons on a pro-Palestinian ticket, by 132 votes."
Time to arrest people over "racist" tweets

Religious studies teacher who called Hamas ‘freedom fighters’ can keep teaching - "A religious studies teacher who described Hamas as “freedom fighters” who “committed no crime” has been allowed to continue in the profession.  Ronan Preston, a Year 9 tutor at Ursuline High School in Wimbledon, south-west London, described the Oct 7 attacks on Israel as a “justified act of resistance” and called for “glory to Hamas” in social media posts.  Mr Preston labelled Hamas terrorists as “defenders of humanity”, adding: “May God grand [sic] them victory in their homeland over the grotesque, barbaric, idol worshipping invaders.”... On Jan 25 2024, he posted: “I’m delighted to infirm [sic] you monsters Hamas committed no crime.”  In a post on Jan 19 2024, he wrote: “October 7 was a justified act of resistance under a brutal and crushing occupation”, adding in March: “Glory to Hamas and freedom for humanity [praying hands emojis] victory over the imperialist racists!” In April, he wrote: “May their deaths be an inspiration to the cause of Hamas and the Palestinians against this great satanic evil the world faces.”  However, Mr Preston was spared being prohibited from teaching after a panel heard he was “remorseful”. He claimed the “highly offensive” posts were “a mistake” and had left him “mortified” and “ashamed”... Mr Preston told the panel that, at the time he made the posts, he had been working long hours at the school and had become socially isolated...  After losing his job, Mr Preston, who is also known as Ronan Preastuin, returned to his native Ireland"

Eyal Yakoby on X - "At Harvard graduation, a student holds up a banner, reading “100,000+” dead. A Harvard education will grant you the ability to just make up numbers."

Stella Escobedo on X - "Did the DNC just send out marching orders ahead of the midterms? Spare us. You let college campuses descend into chaos. You looked the other way as Hamas supporters destroyed property, disrupted daily life, and drained taxpayer resources. How many were actually arrested? Stop insulting our intelligence."

Do people not understand the point of protests or are they just being disingenuous? : r/australian - "I notice whenever a new world event is on the news there are always people saying "why aren't there protesters for what's going on in Iran / Myanmar / Somalia / insert other world conflict, why do they only protest for palestine??".  The point of protest is to protest the actions of the Australian government. There are no massive protests for Iran's killing of civilians or Russia's invasion of Ukraine or Myanmar's junta takeover because Australia already condemns these regimes and has sanctions on trade. There are no protests for the Somali or Congo civil war because Australia has zero involvement in these conflicts and no trade with these countries.  People protested Vietnam and Iraq because Australia sent troops to these wars. People are protesting the Israel/Gaza situation because Australia has no trade sanctions on Israel and continues exporting weapons to them.  No matter what side you are on in regards to the actual conflict, the purpose of protests are pretty obviously to influence the Aus government. Why don't people just say they disagree with the content of the protest for whatever reason and argue their point, rather than try and bring up all these false equivalences?"
"Your argument doesn't really hold any weight here mate. It is very unusual that only palestine has caught the trend and tiktok winds. Why this is the case is up for debate.  Australia actively trades with Indonesia and they are truly engaging in an active cultural genocide and displacing current populations of West Papua.  Australia (very) actively trades with China and they are engaging in a cultural genocide of uighr Muslims.  Australia actively trades with the UAE who sponsors the RSF in Sudan engaging in the current largest genocide where mass on the ground murders of women/children and rape of women are currently taking place."

Do people not understand the point of protests or are they just being disingenuous? : r/australian - "a protest that is not disruptive is completely useless, they can be ignored."
Of course this only applies to protests the left supports. Those they hate which are not even disruptive - like National Flag Waving - they want to shut down

🇦🇺Craig Tindale on X - "To Australian Palestine Protesters,  Let’s be really precise.  This country is not a collection of avatars for overseas conflicts. It is a civic space.   Citizenship comes before ideology.  Being Jewish in Australia does not assign responsibility for Gaza. Being Iranian does not assign responsibility for Tehran. Being English does not assign responsibility for empire. Being Italian does not assign responsibility for history. Being Indigenous carries no burden of apology and requires none from others.  Identity does not function as evidence.  Political disagreement is normal. Protest is lawful. Voting habits are private. None of these confer moral liability on neighbours.  Australia works on a simple rule. Individuals answer for their own conduct. Groups do not inherit guilt. People are neighbours first, symbols last.  Once that rule erodes, society shifts from coexistence to faction. At that point, argument gives way to intimidation. Speech becomes a weapon. Public space becomes hostile.  Targeting Australians for conflicts elsewhere achieves nothing beyond friction at home. It generates resentment without leverage and noise without outcome. It converts protest into social damage.  That path leads nowhere useful.  Justice requires clarity. Community requires restraint. Peace depends on both.  That line matters.   Keep going and you’ll burn down our entire society"

Andrew Fox on X - "Tedious genocide hoax bullshit. Now let’s look at some other facts nobody talks about.  Hamas had as many as 100,000 IEDs planted in Gaza.  Surface area of the Gaza Strip is 365km sq or 141 square miles.  That means that on average there was an IED every 60 square meters (roughly half a football pitch).  Again, that’s on average. Fewer in rural areas, more dense concentrations of IEDs in urban areas (especially those urban areas where Hamas had long notice and time to prepare before the IDF assaulted, eg Rafah).  Basically, one IED every 60m/200ft as a minimum.  Want to know why every building in Gaza is wrecked? There’s your answer."

Saul Sadka on X - "You can’t possibly hate Wikipedia enough: October 7 wasn’t a terror attack, but Operation Mongoose—the Kennedy administration’s attempt to overthrow the repressive Cuban junta—was terrorism. So JFK did terrorism, but Sinwar didn’t. Dumb Third-Worldist propaganda."

Greens ‘racist at their core’: professor - "The Greens have been branded as an “institutionally antisemitic’’ political party, in a new critique of hatred against Jews in universities, schools, the arts and trade unions.  The Centre for Independent Studies released a report on Wednesday about “progressive intolerance’’, written by Philip Mendes, the director of the social inclusion and social policy research unit at Monash University’s Department of Social Work.  He concludes that political anti-Zionism is converging with racist anti-Semitism and said Zionism was being used as a “code word’’ for Jews.  “Antisemitism in Australia has become a proxy for anti-Zionism,’’ he writes.  “Many of the groups and individuals that hate Israel and Zionism, but have no capacity to directly harm the Israeli population, vent their anger instead by targeting Australian Jews for racist abuse and violence.’’ Professor Mendes said there were “dedicated groups of antisemites throughout civil society organisations’’, including universities, unions and arts groups.  “Since the Bondi attack, numerous voices from these cohorts have refused to express any remorse or contrition for advancing the pro-racist ideological climate that enabled terrorists and terrorism to flourish,’’ he writes. “We need to actively reverse the growing normalisation of antisemitic prejudice in Australia.’’... He said the Greens had a “blaming the victim perspective’’ during two parliamentary inquiries into antisemitism."
Left wingers are obsessed with "dog whistles", but ignore the biggest dog whistle in the world

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