Israel cannot do 3/4 of the job and leave 1/4 of Hamas active

 Quora    How likely is it that the US will support a military operation in Rafah?  

"US [doesn't] need to support a military operation in Rafah and Israel is not asking for [that].  Biden administration can object to Israel operation in Rafah, but eventually it is Israel's decision to make. Biden administration's acknowledges the need to wipe out Hamas, but because of elections and far left pressure want to avoid it. 

"Israel cannot do 3/4 of the job and leave 1/4 of Hamas active. Hamas is radical fanatic Islamic jihadist terrorist organization who vow to destroy Israel. Hamas will never abandon the violence way, they just want time to recover and rebuild, therefor Israel must annihilate Hamas.

"Israel is committed to prevent radical Islam jihadists power over Gaza."

Saving all the Queen Esthers - American Thinker

Here is hoping that Israel can save all the remaining Queen Esthers held hostage in Gaza (and the Jewish boys and men hostages too). But if it is not to be then let us hope that the IDF makes sure Hamas ends up like Haman -- for the sake of all future Queen Esthers.

"March is Women’s History Month and if the historical mistreatment of women is to serve as an important theme then we are obligated to turn our attention to the most mistreated women of them all, of late, and that would be Jewish women. Last October 7, Jewish women were, en masse, brutally raped, sexually tortured, murdered, and mutilated by Hamas. The cruelty inflicted is beyond words but Hamas was not finished. Some of the Jewish women were kidnapped and dragged away to Gaza where the abuse continues. Adding insult to injury, a complicit United Nations seems more intent on covering up the numerous atrocities committed against Jewish women on October 7 than revealing them. Imagine that -- the world cries for justice for women, but not so much if the women are Jewish.

"It just so happens that March is also the month that the Jewish holiday of Purim falls (begins sundown this Saturday). Purim celebrates the survival story of the Jewish people that took place in ancient Persia, the demise of a wicked man named Haman (top adviser to King Ahasuerus and author of the plan to massacre the Jews), and the courage of a Jewish woman who saved her people." . . .

. . ."If Hamas survives, it will rebuild and come back stronger and there will be much more death. Haman had his kill-the-Jews edict, Hamas has its own kill-the-Jews Charter. Hamas and Haman are one and the same. Hamas has been deemed a terrorist organization by the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, and many other nations. Wouldn’t the world be a much better place without it?". . .

Too Dumb for Harvard? Lemon's Too Dumb for Twitter

 Ann Coulter (townhall.com)

"So there's loads of "evidence" that affirmative action kills, despite the best efforts of our universities, medical system and media to hide it. Of course, if you mention the evidence, you'll be called a "white supremacist." "See? No evidence."

"Interviewing Elon Musk this week, former CNN host Don Lemon demonstrated the real-life consequences of affirmative action.

"Interestingly enough, Lemon himself is an affirmative action beneficiary who miraculously hung on at CNN despite committing one moronic gaffe after another (maybe he's just got television magic!). The only CNN on-air personality to handle himself worse was Jeffrey Toobin.

"Lemon was baffled by Musk's claim that "if we lower standards for what it takes to become a board-certified surgeon ... then more people will die than if we don't lower the standards, therefore we should not lower the standards."

"This was apparently Lemon's first encounter with the logical sequence known as a "syllogism."

"Lemon's response: "Do you understand how by saying just that standards are being lowered that you're implying that they're being lowered because people are less skilled and less intelligent, and you're talking about people of color?"

"What on Earth do liberals think "affirmative action" is? (And when I say "liberals think," of course, I'm speaking figuratively.)

"Does Lemon understand that when universities fight like wildcats to hide their black students' SAT scores, they are also kind of implying blacks are less skilled and less intelligent?

"Last year, during the part of a multimillion-dollar lawsuit known as "discovery," Harvard University finally coughed up the data. If -- you'll pardon the expression -- "newsman" Lemon had followed the news, he would know precisely how much standards had been lowered for black students." . . .

Revealed: RINO “four-man scheme” to keep Trump out of the White House if he wins—now we know why they removed Santos…

 Revealed: RINO "four-man scheme" to keep Trump out of the White House if he wins—now we know why they removed Santos... - Revolver News

Ken Buck's latest comments make it painfully obvious that he is part of a scheme with 3 other Republican traitors who will resign BEFORE the election so that the 2024 Presidential certification process will be run by Democrats/Hakeem Jeffries! pic.twitter.com/2YhxHjykTm

— ULTRA MAGA PARTY 👑 (@MaxEvansUMP) March 17, 2024

"It’s no secret that the Democrats and RINOs aren’t exactly overflowing with dignity, especially when it comes to President Trump. Their fear of him—and what he stands for, which is us, the people—makes them toss logic, reason, and any semblance of shame out the window in their attempts to block him, and by extension, us, from claiming the power that’s rightfully and constitutionally ours. What does that say about the state of our putrid government? Well, we’re about to tell you. Get ready for this latest, and brace yourself; the stench of rotting RINO is about to get really strong.

"It’s clear as day that the Dems are like the Energizer Bunny of politics—they just don’t quit. But the Republicans? Well, they tend to fold faster than Superman on laundry day. Yet, when it’s time to serve their true bosses, the American Deep State Regime, they suddenly find their backbone and go to battle. So, when the directive came down to block President Trump from making his White House comeback, RINOs were once again suited up and raring to go.  They’re at it again, scheming to block Trump, even if (and when) he clinches the 2024 election. However, their “brand-new” strategy is nothing more than a blast from the past. Years ago, during the 2018 mid-terms, RINOs bowed out in droves, handing over the reins of the House to the Democrats on a silver platter, all so they could take a couple of swings at impeaching President Trump. Two sham impeachments, to be exact.

"Here we go again, folks. But this round, they only need a handful of RINOs to make their scheme work, especially now that George Santos is out of the picture." . . .

'Like Rats Deserting a Sinking Ship': Liberal Media Turn on Willis, Call for Self-Removal From Trump Case

 Mike Miller – RedState 

"Foremost, concerning the NYT's point, the State Bar of Georgia could disbar Wilis if it can be proven that she indeed perjured herself on the witness stand or in sworn statements she submitted to the court about her romantic relationship with Wade." MM 

AF Branco

"There's a Democrat Party modus operandi I've seen play out multiple times throughout my years of writing about politics: Democrat politicians and their lapdog media staunchly support and defend one another — until they don't. Once they smell blood in the water, it's under the bus for the previously defended.

"Such is the situation facing embattled Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis in the aftermath of Judge Scott McAfee’s 23-page ruling in which he sharply criticized both Willis and her former lover Nathan Wade, whom she hired as the special prosecutor in the RICO case against former President Donald Trump and other defendants in November 2021. 

"Wade resigned from the case on Friday after McAffee ruled that either he or Willis had to go.

"Throughout McAfee's ruling, he blistered both Willis and Wade for their "questionable" (lying under oath) testimony and “bad choices.” 

"While “Georgia law does not permit the finding of an actual conflict for simply making bad choices — even repeatedly,” McAfee wrote, his decision was “by no means an indication that the Court condones this tremendous lapse in judgment or the unprofessional manner of the District Attorney’s testimony.” 

"Concerning Willis's absurd claim that she paid Wade in cash for half of the extravagant vacations they took together, McAfee wrote that while her claim was  “unusual,” it was “not so incredible as to be inherently unbelievable.” (Yes, it was.)

"This brings us back to the "blood in the water" analogy.

"Despite MaAfee's ruling that Willis could remain on the case if Wade were booted or resigned, the liberal media aren't happy campers about the dumpster fire mess: 

Like rats deserting a sinking ship, many in the legacy media are now calling for [Willis] to recuse herself from the case. 

"One of those unhappy campers is MSNBC contributor Andrew Weissmann, a partisan left-wing hack who had a leadership role on Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia (hoax) investigation team. Weissman said he doesn't think Willis “has it in her” to effectively continue her prosecution of Trump." . . .

Trump’s immigration policies: Hated by the media, loved by the voters

"Trump is promising to fix the immigration mess, with reinstatement of his former policies, including travel bans, rebuilding the wall, plus mass deportations of undocumented people and ending automatic citizenship of “anchor babies.” We don’t truly appreciate what we have until it’s gone, and that can be said of former president Trump."  DW

Dwight Weidman; (publicopiniononline.com)   "Nothing demonstrates the split between the American “mainstream” media and the average American voter than the views of each regarding the promised immigration reform policies our once and future president will implement beginning on Jan. 20, 2025.

"The predominantly leftwing media is horrified that Donald Trump is pledging to protect America from the massive influx of undocumented immigrants that President Joe Biden and the Democrats have unleashed since January of 2021.

"According to a NPR article published on Nov. 12, 2.4 million immigrants have shown up at our southern border in the past year, and according to an MSN article quoting the Migration Policy Institute, over 11 million illegal immigrants are living in the United States today, 3.8 million of them arriving since January 2021. After a stable period of illegal border crossings during the Trump administration, the influx of illegal crossings under Biden has been overwhelming and catastrophic, in both financial and security terms.

"The assault on America’s borders is no accident. Biden encouraged it before he took up residence in the White House by pledging to undo the Trump-era immigration policies." . . . 

Israel’s strategic game of survival; "Since all the Palestinians need to do to win is survive, their strategic aces in the hole are antisemitism and time."

 CarolineGlick.com

"Biden’s demand that Israel not conquer Rafah—Hamas’s last conventional holdout, where a quarter of its forces and its military leadership are holed down—is a demand that Israel allow Hamas to survive with its leadership and that part of its army intact. In other words, it is a demand that Israel not only allow Hamas to survive, but that Israel permit Hamas to end the war with a victory parade."

"Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer’s obscene call for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ouster from power on the Senate floor on Thursday was the latest sign that Hamas’s strategy is working. On the “Caroline Glick Show” this week, U.S. Military Academy professor Col. John Spencer, who chairs West Point’s Urban Warfare Studies Program, explained that the terrorist organization’s goal for victory is a concerted political-military strategy.

"Hamas, he said, knew that Israeli Defense Forces would respond with force to its Oct. 7 assault in southern Israel. “They wanted Israel’s counterattack, and then they wanted to hold in the tunnels and use the hostages just to buy time for the international community—namely, the United States—to stop the IDF in their operations.”

“ 'Their only goal is to survive. … It’s all about time. They want to survive Israel’s attack against them, which gives them immense political power. If they survive in any way, they have strategically won the war,” said Spencer.

"Hamas didn’t invent this strategy. This has been the Palestinians’ strategy for defeating Israel since at least the 1982 war in Lebanon. In that war, the PLO relied on the United States to force Israel to permit the PLO to survive to fight another day, by evacuating to Tunisia.

The Palestinians clearly identified Israel’s greatest strategic vulnerabilities and built their strategy around them. Its first vulnerability is its Jewishness. Israel is the Jew of the international community. As such, it is continuously scapegoated, just as Jews have been scapegoated throughout history. The United States is the only powerful nation that has ever been willing to stand up to international bigotry against the Jewish state. So the only thing needed to collapse Israel’s international position is for America to turn against Israel This goes double for military capabilities. Since 1973, Israel’s ability to maintain its war effort militarily has dependent on the U.S. resupply of arms during the course of war. By the Palestinians’ line of reasoning, if their many friends could convince Washington not to supply Israel with weapons in wartime, then they will survive.

"Since all the Palestinians need to do to win is survive, their strategic aces in the hole are antisemitism and time." . . .  (Emphasis mine, TD)

Finally, Israel must conquer Rafah in defiance of the Biden’s redline and do so as quickly as possible. As the weeks and months pass, and Election Day in America draws nearer, if Israel remains politically stable, if the IDF continues its brilliant fight in Gaza and if U.S. opinion remains supportive, just as Israel has turned Hamas’s tactical advantages into its own, it will turn the Palestinian U.S.-centered strategy on its head. For once, time will work in Israel’s favor, and Israel will win the strategic victory it needs to secure its survival.

When a Bloodbath Isn’t

 Blaine L. Pardoe - American Thinker

"It isn’t the job of journalists to take down political figures or to try to sway elections. Their role is to report the facts, on both sides. We have wandered far from that and our nation is paying the price for the arrogance of the Fourth Estate. With the election upon us, we will be facing more of this twisting of the facts to fit a narrative." BLP

"While in Ohio this weekend, former President Donald Trump said the following: “We’re going to put a 100% tariff on every single car that comes across the line, and you’re not going to be able to sell those guys if I get elected. Now, if I don’t get elected, it’s going to be a bloodbath for the whole -- that’s gonna be the least of it. It’s going to be a bloodbath for the country. That’ll be the least of it.”

"Across the U.S., the media reported, “Donald Trump says it will be bloodbath if he is not reelected.” This was reported by alleged mainstream media such as CNN, MSNBC, the New York Times, NBC, and countless other less credible outlets such as Rolling Stone. Even the Biden/Harris campaign opted to comment about it, clearly informing the media as to how to report it. Joe Scarborough of MSNBC posted that Trump warned of a bloodbath, but eventually took it down hours later. Then on his show the following day, doubled down on it.

"Trump’s comments were about the auto industry, but the “reporters” omitted that. Sadly, this isn’t the first time that they have deliberately misled the American people when it came to Donald Trump. Trump’s infamous interview with “60 Minutes” and Lesley Stahl, where she has been proven wrong on multiple accounts, has not garnered a single apology or correction on the part of CBS. From the Russian Collusion to the misrepresentation of what Trump said about Charlottesville, and the editing of what he said on January 6th, all have been not only tolerated, but praised. Not a single member of media has lost his job for lying or misquoting the former President." . . .

Bloodbath at the Idiot Box - The American Spectator  Much of this is behind a pay wall, so good luck. TD  . . ."But, no, this was it. A warning that if China were to build a bunch of massive factories to pump out electric cars in Mexico, it’d get around the current trade rules and lay waste to the auto industry.

"And that’s precisely what the Chinese want to do, having bought up a large number of idiotic American politicians — most of them Democrats, but, sadly, by no means all — who have enforced China-friendly mandates on the auto industry that make it far harder to build cars in America. The Chinese aren’t known as big players in the auto market, but they certainly aim to be, and Trump seems to be the only American politician willing to even talk about it." . . .                  

Here is the full ‘bloodbath’ clip for the illiterate dishonest news media: pic.twitter.com/d9evZSP2kv

— Politically Stripped ™️ (@politstrip) March 18, 2024

Why bloodbath became the word - Don Surber (substack.com)  . . ."Bloodbath.

"That was the only word Democrats wanted Americans to hear because Trump made a powerful statement for two reasons.

"His was the first public acknowledgement by a politician that Red China plans to use our relationship with Mexico as a loophole to avoid tariffs on its products, Red China knows our laws better than we do because it is constantly working its way around them.

"President Trump is vowing to stop Xi and make any investment in Mexico invalid. I mean, if Xi wants to waste billions building a plant to sell cars to Mexicans, that’s fine. He might make back millions but Trump will thwart his efforts to ship them north and take over another American industry.

"The media shows on Sunday should have had a great discussion of this impending trade war and how whether it should be waged and if so, how? That should have been the focus because the leading candidate for president just laid out how he will handle what is likely to be the biggest economic and foreign policy issue next year. How will Biden? How will RFK Jr.?

"Instead, the TV channels gave viewers a lot of blather about the word bloodbath because the media is run by feckless ladies and reckless men who refused to accept Trump as their 45th president and will do all they can to stop him from becoming the 47th. Besides, they are pretty blank faces who do not understand what Trump was saying." . . .

When you hear "NBC", remember it signifies MSNBC, Joy Reid, Ali (Fiery but mostly peaceful riot) Velshi, Joe Scarborough, and the bottom-feeders of media. TD

 

Schumer should call for regime change in New Jersey not Israel

"Way back in 1975, when Schumer was a rookie in the New York State Assembly, he quickly won a reputation among Albany reporters as a guy who never shuts up. He would leap to his feet and express his views on the most mundane of bills, causing news reporters in the chamber to audibly groan, “Oh no, Schumer again!' ” RCP

Silvio Canto, Jr. - American Thinker   "Who knew that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer would have us talking about regime change again?   

 "Well, yes he did.  He wants a new election in Israel, a sovereign nation the last time I checked.

 "What makes all of this interesting is that Sen. Schumer should look next door and call for elections.  I am talking about Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey.

"This is from A.B. Stoddard:  

SENATE MAJORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER shocked the world last week with his condemnation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It was unexpected, unusual, and—in some quarters—unwelcome.

 But it was courageous. Because Schumer is the highest-ranking Jewish official in the nation, and a steadfast ally of Israel—and of Bibi himself—it was explosive. Despite the controversy it would invite, Schumer was compelled to tell the truth as he sees it.

 Now he must call for Sen. Bob Menendez to resign. It’s nearly six months overdue.

"Yes, we are waiting Chuck.  We are waiting for you to do your job as the Senate Majority Leader.  Nobody appointed Sen. Schumer as "election interventionist" in Israel but he does an interest in the integrity of the U.S. Senate.

 "So why call for a new election in Israel and not New Jersey?  Well, maybe it's tradition or the old bit about letting New Jersey decide.  On the other hand, maybe it's all about Michigan, a state where the Biden policy in Israel is a problem, real problem.  

"Israel has a right to defend itself and Senator Schumer needs to apologize and follow up on the Alejandro Mayorkas impeachment."

"Chuck Schumer’s Tired Vanity Act Needs a Rest | RealClearPolitics  "The time has come for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer to pack his bags and shuffle back home to Brooklyn.

"The New York Democrat has been around politics way too long. Aside from being a politician, he’s never held a real job since graduating from Harvard Law School nearly a half-century ago. And as they say about washed-up pitchers in baseball: He seems to have lost his fastball.

"But like many a career politician, Schumer, 73, is the last to realize it. He clearly showed last week that he is losing his stuff when he recklessly overstepped his bounds and publicly called on duly elected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, embroiled in a war with Hamas, to step down and hold new elections.

" 'At this critical juncture, I believe a new election is the only way to allow for a healthy and open decision-making process about the future of Israel at a time when so many Israelis have lost confidence on the vision and direction of their government,” said Schumer, who is Jewish.

"That’s like a leader in the Knesset, Israel’s top legislative body, calling on President Biden to quit. Such a bold order would be greeted here in the U.S. with laughter and scorn. Israelis, who view America as its moral and stalwart protector from those intent on destroying the Jewish state, were disconcerted – and appalled at the implications of Schumer’s implied threats. An obviously miffed Netanyahu called the Senate leader’s remarks “wholly inappropriate.”

" 'We're not a banana republic,” the Israeli prime minister said. “The people of Israel will choose when they'll have elections, who they will elect and it's not something that will be forced upon us.” 

"However, such brash and intrusive declarations by Schumer came as no surprise to many veteran political reporters and analysts in Washington. Schumer has been loudly and aggressively throwing his political weight around for nearly half a century – basking in the media spotlight that went along with it, and clearly loving it. An old joke among news reporters covering Congress is that the most dangerous place to stand on Capitol Hill is between Chuck Schumer and a television camera." . . .

Flight Attendants Reveal The 9 Things They Never Do As Air Passengers

 Flight Attendants Reveal The 9 Things They Never Do As Air Passengers (msn.com)

"A lot of people are frequent flyers these days, but their knowledge of air travel still can’t compare with the level that flight attendants possess. This is especially clear when crew members travel as passengers themselves. 

“ 'Working as a flight attendant changes your perspective on a lot of things,” FrancescoLentini, a flight attendant with a major U.S. carrier, told HuffPost. “You learn that many people are traveling for different reasons, whether it be vacation or a funeral, so you learn to be empathetic. You also realize that some people can be inconsiderate and are not thinking about their fellow passengers.”

"To combat that lack of consideration and offer guidance for air travelers, HuffPost asked Lentini and other flight attendants what behaviors they always avoid when they fly as passengers." . . .Full article here...

Michael Rapaport, Debra Messing denounce Oscar winner's speech with 450 other Jewish entertainers

Fox News

"There was no concern for how Jewish people are going to react to a speech like that, to that applause to those red pins, when not even our hostages are being mentioned, and it’s just incredibly hurtful, incredibly painful," Gelman told Variety. "It’s truly baffling to me that people were choosing to be silent that night." 

"Top Hollywood stars like Debra Messing and Julianna Margulies are among over 450 Jewish individuals in the entertainment industry denouncing "The Zone of Interest" director Jonathan Glazer's controversial Oscars acceptance speech about the Israel-Hamas war. "We refute our Jewishness being hijacked for the purpose of drawing a moral equivalence between a Nazi regime that sought to exterminate a race of people, and an Israeli nation that seeks to avert its own extermination," an open letter first reported Monday by Variety read. "Every civilian death in Gaza is tragic. But Israel is not targeting civilians. It is targeting Hamas. The moment Hamas releases the hostages and surrenders is the moment this heartbreaking war ends. This has been true since the Hamas attacks of October 7th." The signatories continued, "The use of words like ‘occupation’ to describe an indigenous Jewish people defending a homeland that dates back thousands of years, and has been recognized as a state by the United Nations, distorts history. It gives credence to the modern blood libel that fuels a growing anti-Jewish hatred around the world, in the United States, and in Hollywood. The current climate of growing antisemitism only underscores the need for the Jewish State of Israel, a place which will always take us in, as no state did during the Holocaust depicted in Mr. Glazer’s film.". . .

. . ."Worse is that you chose to use the Holocaust to validate your personal opinion. You made a Holocaust movie and won an Oscar. And you are Jewish. Good for you. But it is disgraceful for you to presume to speak for the six million Jews, including one and half million children, who were murdered solely because of their Jewish identity," Schaecter continued. "And it is disgraceful for you to presume to speak for those of us who personally saw the world stand silent as our mothers, father, brothers, sisters, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins were murdered. We actually had nowhere to go - no possible place for refuge. No country would accept us even though world leaders knew full well that thousands of Jews were being murdered every day. There was no Jewish nation to which we could flee. You should be ashamed of yourself for using Auschwitz to criticize Israel.". . . 94-year-old Holocaust survivor David Schaecter

So Very Israeli.

An ex-Biden aide said Obama staffers thought Biden would 'suck' in the White House

 That might depend on what medication he is placed on; SOTU meds or just walking from the helicopter meds. TD

Business Insider   . . ."President Joe Biden's administration is filled with aides who also served under President Barack Obama, with many staffers who've worked with both Democratic leaders having maintained tight bonds over the years.

"But according to Axios, some of Obama's former staffers were also highly skeptical that Biden would be an effective president.

" 'The Obama people thought Biden would suck as president," an ex-Biden aide told the outlet. "They didn't think he'd be organized enough to execute."

"Axios also reported that some Biden aides have been dismayed that a significant number of ex-Obama staffers were able to secure higher-level positions in the Biden administration over many aides who'd been with the president for a longer period of time.

"However, the relationship between Biden and Obama has remained "respectful," according to Axios.

"During Obama's presidency, much was written about Biden's more freewheeling style on the campaign trail as well as the former Delaware senator's ability to cut legislative deals with lawmakers across ideological stripes.

"Obama, who walked into the Oval Office after serving less than four years in the Senate, leaned on Biden's expertise in Washington as he worked to advance some of the administration's biggest legislative accomplishments — which included the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the Affordable Care Act.

"And Obama will return the favor in the coming months, as he'll stump for Biden across the country ahead of what is likely to be a tight reelection contest against former President Donald Trump." . . .

This probably doesn't matter but....  Americans aren't buying Biden's 'devout Catholic' label, poll finds (msn.com)

Since the reign of Biden and his Democrats we now have this:   Supreme Court Declines to Consider Case of Indiana Couple Who Lost Custody of ‘Transgender’ Teen Son for Refusing to Use Female Pronouns (ibloga.blogspot.com)  "Becket Legal, who is representing the Cox family, explained in a press release, “Because of their religious belief that God creates human beings with immutable sex—male or female—they could not refer to him using pronouns and a name inconsistent with his biology. The Coxes also believed that he needed help for underlying mental health concerns, including an eating disorder.” 

The state did not find evidence of abuse — but claimed the couple’s non-acceptance of their son’s gender identity was harmful to the child’s mental health.  

“If this can happen in Indiana, it can happen anywhere. Tearing a child away from loving parents because of their religious beliefs, which are shared by millions of Americans, is an outrage to the law, parental rights, and basic human decency,” said Lori Windham, vice president and senior counsel at Becket. “If the Supreme Court doesn’t take this case, how many times will this happen to other families?” 

. . .   How's all that for "sucking"? TD

Massacre at a Music Festival: Supernova Survivors: the aftermath

Bari Weiss: The Holiday from History Is Over | The Free Press

"On the morning of October 7, ordinary Israelis left their offices, closed their laptops, and abandoned their fields to pick up weapons, in many cases without waiting for instructions from the state or its army."

This is a necessity not only because without an honest reckoning of the horror unleashed by Iran’s proxy on October 7 it is impossible to understand the existential urgency of the war of defense Israel is fighting, but also because nobody—not even America—is immune from history. And because, ultimately, a free society—including our own—is only as strong as the citizens willing to defend it.

"Earlier this year, Bari Weiss and a team of Free Press journalists visited Israel. The result was a series of films, podcasts, and written articles called “The FP in Israel.”

"Bari and the team visited the site of the “Supernova” festival—a desert rave that was attacked by Hamas terrorists in the early hours of October 7, 2023. More than 360 people were killed. Many were raped and tortured. At least 40 more were taken hostage. Mazal and Michal survived the attack. They recounted how the hours of terror unfolded and retold their story of survival. The film includes graphic content, including exclusive footage shot on cell phones during the attack. For more FP in Israel, read Bari’s article here:

Excerpts: So did Mazal. She’s Ethiopian Israeli and a new survivor in a land built by the old ones, who smokes as she talks about how the terrorists tied ropes around her legs and started dragging her into Gaza. By some miracle they thought she was dead. Her two best friends were—murdered on either side of her next to the highway. 

https://www.thefp.com/p/bari-weiss-th...

"Bari visited Kfar Aza, a kibbutz two kilometers from the Gaza border, which bore the full force of the October 7, 2023, attack. Months after the massacre, the trees and the birds have returned, but the residents have not. Sixty-three residents were murdered, eighteen were kidnapped, and six were severely injured."

Visiting Kibbutz Kfar Aza: