Gaza War Musings #79 STRANGE Timing-- Very Suspicious-- Follow The Money

 

Am I the only one getting more and more curious and suspicious about how rapidly the anti-Israel pro-Intifada, "Death to the IDF" demonstrations took over the world after Israel was brutally and perversely attacked on October 7, 2023?

Who was behind it?

Follow the Money...

There wasn't a "simple" military attack on Israel. Well prepared and armed Gazan terrorists attacked innocent Israeli civilians and visitors. It was obvious that the Israeli victims were taken by surprise. They suffered murder, rape and even desecration of bodies, and the Arab terrorists, young and old, publicly bragged on social media of their perverse cruelty and enthusiastic killing. In some cases, they even took the cellphones of their victims to proudly publicize their crimes. 

More than 1,400 Israelis, including Arabs, visitors and foreign workers were murdered in the most barbaric ways. 

More than 5,500 people were wounded. 

251 hostages were taken to Gaza strip. Govt info

How would you expect the world to react to such crimes?

How did the world react? Israel was condemned for existing. The posters and T-shirts seem to have already been printed for the demonstrators. There was nothing spontaneous in the condemnation of Israel. 

Please think about it... As time goes on, I'm getting more and more suspicious. Foreign governments and NGOs had to have known in advance. Something stinks...

I'd like your opinion. Share to others, please. 

Shabbat Zachor, Remembering 23 Years Since "My" Terror Attack

Davka Shabbat Zachor...

• It's a full year-- innocent Jews in Southern Israel have been suffering from riots and attacks and fires from Gaza...
• Twenty-three 23 years since I was injured in a terror attack.

This Shabbat as I sat in shul reading the special Maftir (Torah portion) and Haftara, ISamuel 15:1-34 (click and read the entire chapter;) the words were so clear and simple.

זָכ֕וֹר אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֥ה לְךָ֖ עֲמָלֵ֑ק בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ בְּצֵאתְכֶ֥ם מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃
Remember what Amalek did to you on your journey, after you left Egypt—
אֲשֶׁ֨ר קָֽרְךָ֜ בַּדֶּ֗רֶךְ וַיְזַנֵּ֤ב בְּךָ֙ כָּל־הַנֶּחֱשָׁלִ֣ים אַֽחַרֶ֔יךָ וְאַתָּ֖ה עָיֵ֣ף וְיָגֵ֑עַ וְלֹ֥א יָרֵ֖א אֱלֹהִֽים׃
how, undeterred by fear of God, he surprised you on the march, when you were famished and weary, and cut down all the stragglers in your rear.
וְהָיָ֡ה בְּהָנִ֣יחַ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֣יךָ ׀ לְ֠ךָ מִכָּל־אֹ֨יְבֶ֜יךָ מִסָּבִ֗יב בָּאָ֙רֶץ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְהוָֽה־אֱ֠לֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵ֨ן לְךָ֤ נַחֲלָה֙ לְרִשְׁתָּ֔הּ תִּמְחֶה֙ אֶת־זֵ֣כֶר עֲמָלֵ֔ק מִתַּ֖חַת הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם לֹ֖א תִּשְׁכָּֽח׃ (פ)
Therefore, when the LORD your God grants you safety from all your enemies around you, in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as a hereditary portion, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!

2 So said the Lord of Hosts, 'I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid (wait) for him on the way, when he came up out of Egypt.
בכֹּ֚ה אָמַר֙ יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת פָּקַ֕דְתִּי אֵ֛ת אֲשֶׁר־עָשָֹ֥ה עֲמָלֵ֖ק לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֲשֶׁר־שָֹ֥ם לוֹ֙ בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ בַּעֲלֹת֖וֹ מִמִּצְרָֽיִם:
3 Now, go, and you shall smite Amalek, and you shall utterly destroy all that is his, and you shall not have pity on him: and you shall slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.' "
געַתָּה֩ לֵ֨ךְ וְהִכִּֽיתָ֜ה אֶת־עֲמָלֵ֗ק וְהַֽחֲרַמְתֶּם֙ אֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֔וֹ וְלֹ֥א תַחְמֹ֖ל עָלָ֑יו וְהֵמַתָּ֞ה מֵאִ֣ישׁ עַד־אִשָּׁ֗ה מֵֽעֹלֵל֙ וְעַד־יוֹנֵ֔ק מִשּׁ֣וֹר וְעַד־שֶֹ֔ה מִגָּמָ֖ל וְעַד־חֲמֽוֹר:

Unfortunately, the message, the mitzvah, is still very relevant. That's because King Saul did not obey Gd's orders, that important mitzvah. Saul didn't immediately execute all of Amalek. Yes, it's a mitzvah to execute/kill Amalek and his descendants, those enemies who aim to destroy us. It isn't cruel to kill them, even the women and the children. We won't have true peace until our enemies are dead and gone.

That's the message or Zachor,Remember. That's the message of Purim. We dress up in costumes to disguise ourselves, and lehavdil, to differentiate, our enemies of today dress in proper suits and come armed with NGOs, diplomats, academics, journalists and smiling surgically enhanced celebrities using doublespeak to demand our destruction in pretty euphemisms.

Today, thousands of years after King Saul failed in his Gd given mission, more innocent Jewish families are in mourning, because more Israelis are being murdered by Arab terrorists. And successive Israeli Governments continue the ways of Saul by warning our enemies, rather than executing them.

• Wasting expensive ammunition on empty buildings will not bring us peace.
• Apologizing for killing or injuring rioters, regardless of their age/sex, will not bring us peace.
• Giving diplomatic immunity to terrorists and their supporters will not bring us peace.
• Negotiating and compromising will not give us peace.

May this year be the year we totally destroy Amalek, Gd willing!

Chag Purim Sameach

Sound of the World's Silence at Arab Terror Against Israel

For me the most powerful "silence" is how the world ignores and excuses Arab terrorism against Israel. This terrorism goes on all the time. Southern Israel has been burnt the past few months by internally backed terrorists who have been launching insidious "kites" and "balloons" filled with incendiary materials.

The Arab terrorists in Gaza are being supported and mentored by NGOs from all over the world, and the only outraged headlines you'll see in foreign papers and news sites is when a Gazan rioter is killed or injured by the IDF.

GAZA BORDER COMMUNITIES ECONOMICALLY BATTERED BY KITE FIRES
In worst blaze to date, Gaza fire kites destroy vast parts of nature reserve

If the Arabs loved the land and considered it theirs, they wouldn't be burning it.


9-11 Sounds of Silence Tribute (Disturbed) from Cris Piaseinsa on Vimeo.

Free Gaza From Arab Terrorist Hamas!

The "Free Gaza" is getting a lot of play internationally, but the protesters are barking up the wrong tree. They keep accusing Israel of occupying Gaza and making life hell for the residents. Israel hasn't ruled/occupied/administrated Gaza for quite a few years. Gaza is ruled by corrupt Arab terrorists aka Hamas.

Hamas is guilty of wasting the generous budget they get from foreign countries, United Nations organizations and lots of NGOs. Instead of  building and equipping hospitals and schools, they buy weapons to use not only against Israel but their own citizens. They have built a maze of tunnels to get closer to Israel, in order to attack us. But most of the money is "lining the pockets" and filling the "retirement accounts" of the Hamas leaders.

Israel even allows Gazans into its hospitals for medical care, despite the dangers for Israel.

Hamas is not interested in building a viable, humane country. It's just an internationally supported terror organization. It also terrorizes Gazan civilians. That's the truth.

And about those killed during the violent riots/protests, whether rioters, observers or press, that's their fault for being there. And everyone knows that journalists take risks and even die because the "press vest" can't provide any real protection. A quick google search will give you a nice long list of journalists killed in the line of duty, whether they were professionally objective or their reporting was clearly subjective and in favor of the violent event, sic.

If Gazans want a better life, not just "a slice of the pie," then they must push out Hamas and not blame Israel for their problems.

International Leftist Interference in Israeli Affairs

You certainly know what they say about paranoids having enemies...

In the USA there's talk of possible Russian (shades of the USSR) interference in recent elections. Of course, it all depends on whether you're a follower of the NY Times or FOX News. But here in Israel, it's very much documented fact that numerous countries and international bodies from the United Nations and European Union on down have been supporting anti-Israel and extreme Leftist Israeli NGOs for a very long time.

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All the facts and numbers can be found on the NGO Monitor site, hat tip for the reminder, Ruthie Blum on Algemeiner.

NGO Monitor President Prof. Gerald Steinberg said, “The unique and disproportionate funding that a small group of Israeli NGOs get from European governments is used to influence Israeli politics and society. Over the past four years alone, 34 Israeli NGOs have received nearly a quarter of a billion shekels. Our new database brings this essential information directly to journalists, the public and decision-makers, increasing transparency in a clear, comprehensive and user-friendly way.”

In all honesty it is nice to be able to prove it, but I'd really like a way to stop it. No other self respecting country would put up with such sabotage. Yes, sabotage and espionage, too. These pro-Arab radical Leftists have succeeded in limiting the normal acceptable actions and procedures of the security forces, because their agents and cameras seem to be every place. 

And frequently their cameras are so close to and focused on an Arab terror attack against innocent Jews it doesn't take much imagination and logic to assume that maybe those NGOs had actually initiated and directed the attack... I still think that was the original background to the Elor Azaria case, and it should have been very thoroughly investigated. Why was that cameraman there? You don't have to be a university math professor to add 1 + 1 = 2.

How's your math?

Amona, Deja Vu

A view of the Jewish outpost community of Amona. (Noam Moskowitz/Flash90) http://hamodia.com

Just a few short weeks ago, the residents of Amona made a very difficult decision. They agreed to allow a portion of their community to be moved for what was called "the greater good." The government made what seemed to be reasonable promises, and in order not to have a repeat of the violence that so traumatized us all eleven years ago, the residents very reluctantly agreed to the government's offer.

Israeli police clash with Jewish settlers at a burning barricade in the unauthorized outpost of Amona, close to the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ofra, Feb. 1, 2006. (photo by REUTERS/Oleg Popov) Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/09/amona-outpost-settlements-netanyahu-yair-lapid-coalition.html#ixzz4X5UsuKOT

A settler struggled with Israeli security officers in 2006, when the Israeli government razed nine homes in Amona. Residents are preparing for another clash with their government. Credit Oded Balilty/Associated Press, NYTimes

And now, apparently, the nearby land promised to them is suddenly "problematic," too.

I don't think that anyone wants a replay of the violence of eleven years ago, but now "the ball is in the government's court," and it must make clear laws that protect Jewish Rights over ghost/fictional "landowners" who never really owned the land, never developed it and only were discovered by anti-Jewish settlement NGOs that have an agenda to destroy Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria.

I see this as part of the mechanizations being used to try to topple the Likud government. Netanyahu is under pressure for alleged corruption, and if the Amona agreement falls apart there will be pressure from the Right. Bibi certainly has plenty of balls to juggle if he wants to remain Israel's Prime Minister.

Marmara Attack vs Israel Won't End Until WE SUE THEM!!!!

David Leibowitch (1904-1969),
demonstrating the heavy mortar
Davidka, invented by him.

The well-known military advice/adage is:

"The best defense is a good offense."

Very unfortunately and potentially tragically, the State of Israel has ignored this principle. We haven't invented a good defensive weapon since the "Davidka," which was a brilliant bluff, more than an effective weapon.

That Marmara flotilla was a military and PR-hasbara attack against the State of Israel organized by various terror and pro-terrorist groups, NGOs and foreign countries.

Mavi Marmara

Unfortunately, the State of Israel has not reacted correctly. It has paid compensation to the terrorists!

weapons on board the Marmara, IDF

The anti-Israel terrorists onboard were armed to attack, and therefore the IDF was totally in its right and responsibility as defenders of the State of Israel to stop it with force.

And like in any classic case of bullying and bribery, each Israeli concession is met with more demands.

Marmara families won't drop lawsuits against Israel
Despite receiving compensation from Israel, families of Turkish Islamists killed in 2010 flotilla vow to pursue criminal cases.

I miss Latma. Don't you?

Squatters* are Lawbreakers! Not According to UN and Int"l Media

Various NGOs from the United Nations and European Union have been illegally building homes for Arab, Bedouin etc in parts of Israel. And when the Israeli Government takes perfectly legitimate steps to destroy those illegal buildings, there's a hue and cry as if we've done something illegal.

Israeli demolitions displace dozens of Palestinians
Israeli forces have displaced at least 43 United Nations-registered refugees in a "large-scale demolition" of Bedouin homes and structures in the occupied West Bank, according to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA). (Al Jazeera)

EPA

All over the developed world it's considered normal, acceptable and moral for a government to forcefully evict squatters and destroy whatever illegal structures they have made. Every country has building rules and regulations. Not only can't you build wherever you fancy, but even if you own the land, you must get proper permits. Here in Israel, like most countries, one must get permits even to add a simple terrace, not just a room or a wing to a home.

Israeli demolitions leave West Bank Bedouin, U.N. alarmedThe European Union came and built a temporary classroom and other prefabricated structures, an effort to help a community of around 40 families, some of them still living in caves, that subsists without electricity or mains water in a part of the West Bank fully under Israeli control, known as "Area C". (Reuters)

So it's clearly illegal and immoral for these NGOs to be protecting, facilitating and defending lawbreakers!

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squatting Squatting can be related to political movements, such as anarchist, autonomist, or socialist.^[4]

5775 Had a Bloody Terrorized Start and 5776?

5775, last year began with some of the most awful Arab terrorist acts. We must remember that Arab terrorism is a strong fanatical ideology which not only is ingrained in the Arab mind and culture, but most of the world, including Israeli Leftists, constantly make excuses for it and accept it as a norm.

In the past 12 months the lives of thousands of Israelis have been threatened by Palestinian terror. Driving your car, taking the bus, or simply walking around- daily routine has become dangerous to Israelis. Here is a recap of all the main terrorist attacks against Israelis in the last year. (IDF)

Here are a few photos to remind you...

November 18- While morning prayers were underway, a terrorist went on a killing spree in a synagogue in Har Nof, Jerusalem, killing five people and injuring seven.

December 25- A molotov cocktail was thrown at a car by Palestinians near the Ma’ale Shomron community in the Samaria region, leading an 11 year-old girl to suffer third degree wounds to over 50% of her body.

Jun. 29- Four Israelis were shot and injured in a drive-by shooting attack near Shilo. One of them, Malachi Rosenfeld, HaY"D, died in the hospital the next day.

Not that I planned it when I chose the pictures, but I know family members from all these terror attacks. Yes, Israel is a very small country, and the Jewish People are all connected. We feel each other's pain. The loss of a person and the pain from injury should be felt by us all. As I wrote after Yom Kippur, we pray in the plural and pray for the entire Jewish People.
 I consider the complicity of the NGO and Leftist ideologues in supporting the Arab terrorists to make them equally guilty along with the Arab terrorists who shoot, stab, firebomb and throw rocks, bricks and boulders.

Only when the truly good people of the world reject and sincerely condemn Arab terrorism will the terrorism begin the cease. This is a long process for sure, and the time to start is now!

Why Can't The State of Israel Respond With Facts that Attack Back?

I'm so sick and tired of our Israeli governments, no matter who's the ruling Prime Minister, acting so wimpy whenever we're attacked. That's why I really got a kick out of this not so recent video of Caroline Glick telling the Europeans off.

Post by Joods.nl.

I think she was pretty mild considering what she could have said.

For years I've been saying that Israel's response to the countries that won't recognize Jerusalem as our Capital City by choosing a different one than theirs for our embassy. I have no doubt that not only will we be responding properly, but we'd save money. For sure property is more expensive in the official capitals.

• What city would make a good substitute for the United States's Washington DC? Should it be a city in Delaware, Maryland or further afield?
• No doubt there are suitable and convenient replacements for London and Paris.

Please list your recommendations in the comments.

As far as I'm concerned we should leave the United Nations, where we are treated worse than the world's most undemocratic and terrorizing of all nations. Nothing we say or do will make the world look at us fairly; so why bother?

All of the representatives of anti-Israeli NGOs should declared persona non grata  and banished from the country under armed guard. Any foreigners found at pro-Arab terrorist demonstrations should be taken to Ben-Gurion Airport and sent to their home country. Don't even give them time to pack. Let their friends send their luggage to them. That should include journalists.

Israeli Arabs who are elected to the Knesset must declare their loyalty to the State of Israel. If they don't, they lose their seat. And if their elected party ends up without any MKs, their problem, not ours.

I'm sick and tired of our bending over backwards into dangerous contortions trying to prove how liberal and free-thinking we are. There are red lines and we must protect ourselves.

Tonight begins the holiday of Chanukah, the Jewish Holiday that celebrates our survival after the Greeks declared our Jewish Religion illegal and we had to fight a war against them.  Today we thrive and those Ancient Greeks are Ancient History.

We have nothing to fear if we follow my suggestions!