Washington Post takes down cartoon showing the truth about Hamas after readers complain it is racist

Townhall:  Given how radically left-wing so many “prestigious” newsrooms have become, I really shouldn’t keep getting surprised by stories like this — but I still do.

 Blaze Media (theblaze.com)  "The Washington Post is apologizing for publishing an anti-Hamas cartoon that some readers complained was offensive and racist.

"On Wednesday, the newspaper published a cartoon drawn by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Michael Ramirez depicting a Hamas spokesman with an Arab mother and children literally tied to his body.

"A speech blurb connected to the Hamas official reads, "How dare Israel attack civilians."

"The point is obvious and profoundly true: Hamas uses Palestinian civilians as human shields but blames Israel when civilians are caught in the crossfire of a war that Hamas started. The terrorist group, moreover, physically blocks those civilians from fleeing for safety because, as the cartoon demonstrates, civilian deaths help Hamas in the global court of public opinion.

"The truth be damned, readers of the Washington Post were outraged over the cartoon." . . .

Well...wouldn't seeking out families to kill because they are Jewish be considered, um, racist? TD

Conservative Media Bash Washington Post for Deleting Ramirez’s Hamas Cartoon - The Daily Cartoonist    Legal Insurrection:  "In February 2017, a month after Donald Trump was sworn into office, the Washington Post proudly announced a change in its online masthead, with it reading “Democracy dies in darkness.”

"These days, democracy is dying in anti-Semitism thanks to the Post‘s cowardly decision to yank a cartoon done by Las Vegas Journal-Review cartoonist Michael Ramirez, which was originally published Monday, because it sparked an outcry among triggered anti-Israel staffers, readers, and other assorted Useful Idiots who claimed it was “racist” and allegedly unfairly put the lion’s share of the blame for civilian deaths in Gaza on Hamas terrorists and not Israel." 

The Washington Post made a huge mistake in killing this cartoon  "But the apology is the mistake, not the publication.  

"In it, artist Michael Ramirez makes a powerful point about what’s really going on in Gaza: Hamas is using the Palestinian people as human shields while blaming Israel for the result.

"Indeed, the terrorists savor every innocent killed as Israel moves to eliminate the terrorist group that slaughtered roughly 1,400 of its civilians, along with mass rapes and the kidnapping of 200-plus hostages it still holds — and is also using as human shields." . . .

"Opinion editor David Shipley says the cartoon  “was seen by many readers as racist” — though the drawing is simply, and plainly, a caricature of an actual Hamas spokesman who celebrated the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks across southern Israel."

These young men below must be honored and respected. CodePINK would agree.

The NY Times Publishes a Hamas' Tunnels Primer and Readers Get It

Meanwhile poorly educated Antifa-generation people riot to support these murderous animals.

  HotAir

I would say many of the students shouting “Free Palestine” also don’t understand because they haven’t thought about this at all. If they had they would also see the problem with endorsing a Hamas-run future for Gaza. The tunnels themselves are proof Hamas can’t continue in this role.

"I’ve written a few times about the Hamas tunnel system under Gaza, aka the Gaza Metro, which the terror group relies on for safety, transportation, weapons storage, etc. Yesterday the NY Times published a story about the tunnels which I would describe as a primer on the subject. It really feels like a children’s book version of the story for people who know nothing about it.

"The Times has done some good reports about the tunnels in the past so this isn’t their first foray into the subject for the paper. Still, the artwork that goes with this makes it feel like its aimed at a different audience, maybe some of the young protesters who occupied the lobby of the NY Times building yesterday and demanded the paper be shut down. Here’s a taste of Hamas tunnels 101:

The Hamas militants who launched a bloody attack on Israel last month have built a maze of hidden tunnels some believe extend across most if not all of Gaza, the territory they control.

And they are not mere tunnels.

Snaking beneath dense residential areas, the passageways allow fighters to move around free from the eye of the enemy. There are also bunkers for stockpiling weapons, food and water, and even command centers and tunnels wide enough for vehicles, researchers believe.

Ordinary-looking doors and hatches serve as disguised access points, letting Hamas fighters dart out on missions and then slip back out of sight.

"At the end of the story we get a section about the need to destroy the tunnels and why Israel probably won’t be sending people into them:. . .

Elderly Jewish Man Killed In California After Confrontation With Pro-Palestinian Protesters; Some want to "drink Jewish Blood"!

 Elderly Jewish Man Killed In California After Confrontation With Pro-Palestinian Protesters - The Political Insider

"A 69 year-old Jewish man was killed in California on Sunday after a confrontation with pro-Palestinian protesters in what many are considering to be a “hate crime.”

A 65 yr-old Jewish man named Paul Kessler, was murdered by a pro-Hamas supporter in Westlake Village, CA, for holding an Israeli flag. He was hit over the head w a megaphone, and died from a brain hemorrhage.

The group cheered as he put into the ambulance! HATE! pic.twitter.com/dylJkgngxt

— 🇺🇸ProudArmyBrat (@leslibless) November 7, 2023

" The victim has been identified as Paul Kessler, 69, who has been described as a “man committed to peace and committed to Israel,” according to Daily Mail. Kessler found himself caught between rival rallies in Thousand Oaks, California on Sunday, with one supporting Israel and the other supporting Palestine.

"Reports allege that Kessler was involved in an altercation with another person that resulted in him falling backward and hitting his head on the ground. The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles is claiming that Kessler was “struck in the head by a megaphone wielded by a pro-Palestinian protestor.”

"Kessler was rushed to the hospital, where he ultimately died of injuries that were ruled to come from a blunt force head injury.

“The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the incident and has not ruled out the possibility of a hate crime,” the VCSO said in a statement."  . . .

Ahed Tamimi arrested for incitement after “We will drink your blood and eat your skulls” threat (legalinsurrection.com)   "Ahed will get some media attention, but with the war raging in Gaza after Hamas’ barbaric attack, I doubt she’ll get star treatment for her latest “Shirley Temper” outburst as she has in the past.

"We previously reported on a threat posted on Instagram, by Palestinian Media Darling Ahed Tamimi: “What Hitler did to you was nothing. We will drink your blood and eat your skulls.”

"Please read that post for background on Ahed, nicknamed “Shirley Temper” because of her regular outbursts since early childhood for the cameras. While she’s now an adult and is fully responsible for her actions, she is the product of a destructive and manipulative propaganda machine by the Tamimi Clan and anti-Israel activists in the West, such as Ariel Gold formerly of Code Pink. For details on this child manipulation system, see our 2017 post, Ahed Tamimi case is about child exploitation by anti-Israel activists." . . .  Code Pink is being Code Pink:

DISGUSTING: Poll Finds One in Five Democrats Support Hamas Terrorists - The Lid (lidblog.com)

Hamas Massacre Survivor Reveals Horror of Watching Terrorist Execute Israeli Woman While Raping Her

 The Messenger A journalist recounts witness testimony from Oct. 7 in heartrending detail

A foreign journalist checks blood stains on the floor of a house inside the kibbutz Nir Oz 

"In some of the first testimony collected by Israeli investigators, a survivor of Hamas' brutal Oct. 7 massacre recalled witnessing how Hamas fighters raped a young woman – and shot her in the head as they did.

"Footage of the testimony provided by the unidentified witness was reviewed by Josh Breiner, a reporter for Haaretz, an Israeli newspaper, who wrote about what he watched in a thread on X Wednesday.

"The survivor said they saw the terrorists pass the woman around, who was seen on her feet and bleeding from her back.

"[A man in uniform] pulled her hair," the witness said, per Briener's recounting. "He shot her in the head while he was raping her, didn't even lift his pants."

"The survivor then testified that the militants cut the woman's breast off her body and "literally played with it on the road."

" 'They held someone's head as a show of strength, like a woman walking with a bag and they just hung out with him," the witness said, per Briener."

Left-wing Americans 'changed' pro-Palestine view when confronted with 'true facts'

Jewish connectedness and the Six-Day War; So fight on, tiny Israel.

 Jewish connectedness and the Six-Day War - American Thinker   . . ."There are 8 billion people in the world today, and 2 billion of them are Muslim.  Today, there are only 15 million Jews on this Earth, and 7 million (almost half) of them live in Israel.  There are dozens of Muslim countries but only one Jewish country, and it is the size of New Jersey.  When the Six-Day War broke out in 1967, and the nations of Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Syria went to war with Israel, Jordan controlled the West Bank, and Egypt controlled the Gaza Strip.  Funny — back then, there was no Palestinian problem — only a Jewish problem.

"There are 8 billion people in the world today, and 2 billion of them are Muslim.  Today, there are only 15 million Jews on this Earth, and 7 million (almost half) of them live in Israel.  There are dozens of Muslim countries but only one Jewish country, and it is the size of New Jersey.  When the Six-Day War broke out in 1967, and the nations of Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Syria went to war with Israel, Jordan controlled the West Bank, and Egypt controlled the Gaza Strip.  Funny — back then, there was no Palestinian problem — only a Jewish problem." .  .  .

 

Added by TD; Come quickly, Lord

. . ."I am writing about good versus evil.  Why is it that Hamas and Iran vocally share the same game plan as Hitler?  Think about it.

"So fight on, tiny Israel.  With your own strength and fortitude, and with the help of those who support you (both Jew and non-Jew alike), and with God’s blessings, may you know peace through victory."

Tucker: The First Amendment is done. Douglass Mackey is about to go to prison for mocking Hillary Clinton on the internet. -

 Whatfinger News' Choice Clips

Ep. 38 The First Amendment is done. Douglass Mackey is about to go to prison for mocking Hillary Clinton on the internet. We talked to him right before his sentencing. Remember as you watch that this could be you.

TIMESTAMPS:
(3:12) The Hillary Clinton meme
(4:20) Hillary’s… pic.twitter.com/MLwz2SboGr

— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) November 9, 2023

 Hillary seizes an opportunity - American Thinker  . . ."Some might argue that the pro-Palestinian protests are a cry for humanitarianism in response to Israel’s bombing campaign in Gaza. However, this view cannot explain away the pro-Palestinian protests which erupted across the globe, including here in the U.S., not even 24 hours after the horrible events of 10/7.

How can the United States be seen as a facilitator for peace when our leaders are shamelessly more focused on resurrecting played out Islamophobia fearmongering, and scoring cheap political points? Now is not the time to mince words.

Hamas are modern-day Nazis. Anyone who minimizes this, or does not view the acts of Hamas as a barbaric act of anti-Semitic neo-Nazism, is commiserating with that ideology.

Unfortunately, the current war in Gaza has made it exceedingly clear that no matter the tragedy, our politicians are resolute in their commitment to not waste this epochal crisis.

Comment to this from The Sentient Sheep

That is the best she can do? Compare President Trump to Hitler? More stupid talk meant for the stupid people. She is a disgusting human being. She and the democrat's sophomoric narrative of nazi accusations of President Trump, Republicans, their supporters, and conservatives in general diminish what the nazis did and is deeply insulting to the memory of the millions murdered by them.Corrected by spell check

Michelle Obama: The Black Face of White Flight -

 Jack Cashill; American Thinker

Unfortunately for America, Michelle has chosen to hector white parents who made the same decisions she and her parents made.  God help us if she becomes the nominee, let alone the president.  She will take the mess Barack made of race relations and make it all that much messier.  She can’t help herself.  As Gilbert documents, it’s in her nature.

"Last weekend, former Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod kicked the Democrat barn doors open, suggesting on X that it may be time “to change horses.”  If that horse just happens to be former first lady Michelle Obama, America will be in for one hell of a ride.  Knowing her potential to spark turmoil within the party, Axelrod hedged his bets.

“ 'A lot will happen in the next year that no one can predict & Biden's team says his resolve to run is firm,” he cautioned.  “He’s defied [conventional wisdom] before but this will send tremors of doubt thru the party — not ‘bed-wetting,’ but legitimate concern.”  The “this” to which Axelrod referred was a poll showing Donald Trump leading Joe Biden by comfortable margins in five of six swing states and hanging close in the sixth.

"On Monday’s Megyn Kelly show, Sen. Ted Cruz suggested a likely strategy for the Democrats going forward.  “The chances are rising dramatically that the Democrats at their convention next summer will dump Joe Biden and parachute in Michelle Obama as the nominee,” said Cruz.  He added, “I don’t want to see that happen, but... I think Axelrod has just increased the chances of that significantly.”

"No one on the right wants to see Michelle run — too much potential for even more racial madness — but Los Angeles filmmaker Joel Gilbert may be an exception.  In the summer of 2022, Gilbert released a prescient film and book, each titled Michelle Obama 2024: Her Real Life Story and Plan for Power.  Having secured a copy of this doggedly researched book in manuscript form, I was able to incorporate relevant facts unearthed by Gilbert into the book on which I was then working." . . .

Obama wants Biden out -

  Don Surber (substack.com)

The king is angry with his pawn and wants a new one

"When Palestinians attacked Israel on October 7 — raping, torturing, beheading and even burning to death civilians — Biden waited 48 hours before finally addressing the atrocities, perhaps delaying in the hope of Israel doing something so he could blame both sides. Israel did not provide that opportunity for a yabut response to the rape, torture and slaughter of civilians by the Palestinian military.

"So instead, Biden said, “In this moment, we must be crystal clear: We stand with Israel. We stand with Israel. And we will make sure Israel has what it needs to take care of its citizens, defend itself, and respond to this attack.”

"He posted a couple of aircraft carriers in the area — the Reagan and the Ford — and offered an aid package to Israel, although that aid was just wrapping for his next gift to his ATM, Ukraine, as the popularity of this war declines.

"This infuriated the anti-Semitic racist who put Biden in the Oval Office, Barack Hussein Obama, who is now seeking to oust Biden and install Kamala Harris as president via the next stolen election. Anyone else would be an admission by Democrats that they screwed up in 2020. She’s an idiot? Doesn’t matter.

She’s a black woman and that is all that matters. Ketanji Brown Jackson and Karine Jean-Pierre prove that. Think of Kamala, Ketanji and Karine as the KKK Kids. Stupidity is an asset when hiring a pawn.

"Obama pretends to stay above the fray but his minions do his dirty work."      . . .

"USA Today reported, “David Axelrod, who served as a senior advisor to former President Barack Obama suggested that President Joe Biden may want to reconsider his reelection bid, as he potentially faces another race for the White House against former President Donald Trump.” . . .

IDF Reacts To Horrific Note Found On Hamas Terrorist

  Analyzing America

The note read: “You must sharpen the blades of your swords and be pure in your intentions before Allah.” “Know that the enemy is a disease that has no cure, except beheading and removing the hearts and livers. Attack them!”...

Ian Macfarlane

"The Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) Brig. Gen. Daniel Hagari expressed the country’s intention to put an end to Hamas completely, noting a message found on a Hamas militant.

The note read: “You must sharpen the blades of your swords and be pure in your intentions before Allah.”

“Know that the enemy is a disease that has no cure, except beheading and removing the hearts and livers. Attack them!” the note read."

Before @TonyDokoupil’s interview with Daniel Hagari, Israel’s chief military spokesperson, an aide handed Hagari a slip of paper that he claims was taken off the body of a Hamas militant.

Hagari reacted to reading it: “We're going to fight for our country." pic.twitter.com/1BdrpkR1g1

— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) October 24, 2023

"The note was discovered on the body of a militant involved in the October 7th attacks against Israeli citizens.

“ 'The 7th of October massacre is something that I haven’t seen through my life. This is a war we have to fight.”

“ 'There is only one goal: defeat Hamas. Kill the leaders of terror, and bring out people back home,” Hagari pressed.

“ 'We have only one country. It’s Israel,” Hagari replied. “It’s our democracy. It’s our country.' ” . . .

Marjorie Taylor Greene Tackles Wasteful Government Spending - Slashes Pete Buttigieg's Salary to $1

 Becky Noble – RedState

Nice though but ain't gonna happen.

Obviously, a Democrat who took this photo

One of the things that American taxpayers expect from Republican lawmakers is to save them a bit of money. Slashing all of the pork Democrats are so fond of and eliminating things like studies of the sex lives of fruit flies are to be applauded. On Tuesday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced yet another way the American taxpayer can save a buck. Greene introduced a bill that would slash the salary of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to just $1, and late on Tuesday, the House approved the measure." . . .

"I’m proud to announce my amendment to FIRE Pete Buttigieg just PASSED the House. Pothole Pete staged fake bike rides to the White House and used private planes funded by taxpayers to receive awards for the way certain people have sex. American taxpayers should not be on the hook for paying for his lavish trips or his salary. Pete Buttigieg doesn’t do his job. It’s all about fake photo ops and taxpayer-funded private jet trip to accept LGBTQ awards for him. I’m happy my amendment passed, but he doesn’t deserve a single penny."

. . ."Among Buttigieg's other glaring no-shows, during a serious supply chain crisis in 2021, he took a three-month paternity leave. And in December of 2022, as the Biden administration was embroiled in negotiations to head off a strike by the nation's rail workers that would have had a crippling effect on the economy, Buttigieg was in Europe on vacation. A Transportation Department spokesman stated that Buttigieg was dialed into "multiple calls with staff and stakeholders to work on the topic of rail labor negotiations."

Note to Rep. Greene: This is a good start. Surely, there are some other departments where we can save Americans even more tax dollars.

 

Watch Hillary Spell Out What Dems Are Doing To Destroy The Republic

 The Federalist

Clinton says she is concerned about those who ‘would try to do away with elections, and do away with opposition, and do away with a free press.’ 

"Authoritarians, Hillary Clinton explained Wednesday, don’t “usually telegraph” what they’re going to do, but when they do, you should “take [them] at [their] word.”

She then proceeded to telegraph exactly what Democrats are doing, and plan to continue doing, to bring about — as she put it — “the end of our country as we know it.”

"Of course, in Wednesday’s appearance on “The View,” she accused Donald Trump — whom Clinton has clearly not forgiven for foiling her presidential aspirations — of being responsible for all those things. Trump, Clinton said, “means to throw people in jail who disagree with him, shut down legitimate press outlets, do what he can to literally undermine the rule of law and our country’s values.”

"Let’s unpack that accusation."

Throwing dissidents in jail: Trump, after winning the presidency, declined to have his Justice Department prosecute Mrs. Clinton, despite the massive evidence of her illegal activity and the Obama Justice Department’s decision to come down on her classified information scandal with all the righteous indignation of a butterfly.

On the other hand, as “The View’s” Joy Behar admitted, Trump has been “criminally charged with 91 counts,” roughly half of which have been brought by his doddering 2024 opponent’s Justice Department, with the other half brought by state and local prosecutors like New York Attorney General Letitia James, who literally campaigned on bringing Trump down. . . .

Shutting down the press: During Trump’s entire presidency, practically the entire corporate press worked rabidly to malign him. No less prominent outlets than The New York Times and The Washington Post were lauded with Pulitzers for their fallacious “reporting” about Trump’s supposed collusion with Russia. Trump routinely gave the media access with twice as many personal press conferences per year on average as his hapless successor. Far being “shut down,” corporate outlets that hated Trump prolifically set a false narrative about him and were rewarded with reach by their allies in Big Tech. . . .

Undermining the rule of law: Contrary to Democrats’ unhinged predictions, Donald Trump did not chain himself to the Resolute desk and refuse to leave the Oval Office, nor has he canceled any elections. He did not lead an armed uprising against the government on Jan. 6, 2021, but instead took to Twitter to plead with his supporters to keep their demonstrations peaceful before promptly having his account locked by leftist censors. . . .

"Following a New York Times/Sienna poll that indicated Trump would beat Biden handily were the election held now, Clinton and her fellow panelists were clearly starting to panic during Wednesday’s show." . . .                                 

Former USWNT star Carli Lloyd admits losing to under-15 boys team: 'Yes, it’s true'

 Former USWNT star Carli Lloyd admits losing to under-15 boys team: ‘Yes, it’s true’ | Fox News

"Lloyd was asked to confirm the outcome of the game in question.

" 'If it's true you lost to a bunch of 15 year old boys?" someone asked on X, the company formerly known as Twitter on Thursday.

"Yes it’s true. I know…thousands of people have already brought that up," Lloyd responded.

"The two-time Olympic gold medalist also pointed out that despite the loss to the group of teenagers, the USWNT still went on to win at the Olympics and the Women's World Cup.

"They were good. We actually lost to a youth Bayern Munich team in my career as well but then we went on to win Olympics and World Cups," Lloyd wrote." . . .

Carli Lloyd reveals why she didn’t kneel for national anthem but did at other times

By that point, Lloyd saw kneeling during the national anthem as a rather hollow action that was unlikely to spark any real change.

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