Israel Narrative
Updated 2023-12-09
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In the immediate wake of the October 7 Hamas assault, and again when we gave President Biden credit for his visit to Israel, we argued that the true test of his administration’s pledges to have Israel’s back would come over time, during the slow and arduous — but necessary — process of destroying Hamas.
As time has dragged on, the public comments in support of Israel from administration officials have become more subdued, while the tongue-lashings about Israeli conduct and calls for restraint have become more frequent. On a visit to Israel last week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken criticized Israel for inflicting too many civilian casualties and reportedly instructed the Israel Defense Forces that the successful tactics they employed in northern Gaza should not be used in the south, which is now where Hamas jihadists and operational leaders are believed to be holed up. He also said Israel didn’t have the “credit” to carry on their mission for several more months. One wonders if 1,000 more dead Jews would be needed to buy Israel more time from Blinken. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/kamala-harris-s-performative-scolding-of-israel/ar-AA1l1RGV
2023-12-05 Israel Would Consider Another Cease-Fire to Get Back Hostages Israel would consider another short-term cease-fire if an agreement can be reached with Hamas to return more of its 137 hostages still in captivity. Securing the release of all those seized by Hamas and other armed groups on Oct. 7 remains an aim of the war alongside destroying the Islamist militant group, Eylon Levy, an Israeli government spokesman, said on Tuesday.
The cease-fire came to end, Israel said, when Hamas reneged on an agreement to return all women and children. Hamas, which is classified as a terror group by the US and European Union, still holds 20 women, two boys and 115 men, Israel has said. It’s unclear if all of them are alive.
Levy also defended Israel’s record in protecting civilians, as criticism mounts over its air strikes and ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, in which almost 16,000 people have been killed, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. The military is giving advance warnings of strikes, conceding the element of surprise, he said. “It’s upsetting that our attempts to protect civilians are mocked or discarded,” he said. “We would like to seek greater appreciation for the efforts Israel is making to protect civilians.” https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israel-would-consider-another-cease-fire-to-get-back-hostages/ar-AA1l1OZc
2023-12-04 Israeli Peace Activists Face Reckoning After Hamas Attack The Oct. 7 attacks that Israeli authorities say killed more than 1,200 people, mostly civilians, are prompting a reckoning in parts of southern Israel that bore the brunt of the violence, and that for decades have been home to scores of activists who sought to promote coexistence and greater rights for Palestinians. The region, home to many collective communities known as kibbutzim, has also been far more supportive of pursuing negotiations for a two-state solution with Palestinians than the rest of Israeli society, which has moved sharply to the right since the failure of peace talks more than two decades ago.
In Nir Oz, Be’eri and Kfar Aza—three of the kibbutzim that were among the hardest hit in the Hamas attacks—right-wing parties garnered on average less than 10% of the vote in last year’s elections, which resulted in what analysts consider the most right-wing, religious and ultranationalist government in Israel’s history. Among Israelis who identified as left-wing, 83% were in favor of a two-state solution, in contrast with 16% on the right, according to a recent poll.
“The kibbutzim were bastions of the left. You’ll find in the kibbutzim people who went out of their way to cooperate with Arabs,” said Benny Morris, a historian of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “I fear that Oct. 7, with the mass killing of civilians, has further undermined the left in Israel.”
For years, the left in Israel drove the peace process. The Labor Party, whose roots go to the state’s founding, led by Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, signed the 1993 Oslo Accords that were seen as laying the groundwork for a future Palestinian state.
After the collapse of peace talks, Palestinians launched a yearslong bloody uprising known as the Second Intifada that left many previously pro-peace Israelis disillusioned. Support for a two-state solution fell and right-wing political parties rose to power, and have continued to dominate Israeli politics. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israeli-peace-activists-face-reckoning-after-hamas-attack/ar-AA1kWXw5
2023-11-22 The Western Media Is Amplifying The Israeli Narrative Western media never had any problem with health statistics from Gaza — until Israel was accused of bombing a hospital there. For years, English-speaking journalists straightforwardly cited reports from the “Palestinian health ministry in Gaza,” using its official name. But after the October 17 attack on Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital, media outlets began portraying the ministry as an arm of the rebel force Hamas.
Foreign journalists had struggled to make sense of the carnage on October 17, and whether Israeli or Palestinian forces were to blame. The New York Times edited its headline several times, and initially reports may have overstated how many hundreds died. The Israeli army and U.S. President Joe Biden took advantage of the confusion to cast doubt on the truthfulness of Gaza’s medical authorities. https://progressivehub.net/the-western-media-is-amplifying-the-israeli-narrative/
2023-11-21 The BBC Has Finally Turned Against Israel! Ever since the October 7th Hamas attacks on Israel, the Israeli government has been allowed to get away with spreading all kinds of lies and propaganda, almost always echoed uncritically by the mainstream western media. But the latest episode of duplicity, involving a doctored video ostensibly showing evidence that the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza is used by Hamas as an operations center, was deemed too over the top even for BBC host Ros Atkins. Jimmy and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss what it means if Israel has lost the BBC. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBvkBXfirPo
2023-11-15 Israel-Hamas War: D.C. Rally DENOUNCES Antisemitism & DEMANDS Release Of Hostages | TBN Israel Join Erick Stakelbeck as he shares the latest updates on Israel’s war against Hamas, and his analysis from the “March For Israel” in Washington D.C. on Nov. 14, 2023. Hear from Alana Zeitchik, the cousin of six Israelis held hostage by Hamas, and Tovah Feldshuh as she condemns global antisemitism. Stay up-to-date with the latest here on TBN Israel! Please join us in praying for the peace of Israel and Jerusalem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HTDOBP9WdY
2023-11-07 Israel says there’s no lack of food, water and humanitarian supplies in Gaza In a press briefing to reporters, IDF Col. Elad Goren of the Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) unit insisted that amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, the levels of humanitarian assistance being supplied to Gaza were well above the minimum levels required by international law, and that the humanitarian situation is being constantly reviewed.
UN agencies such as the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and UNICEF, and other international agencies such as the World Health Organization have deplored the situation in the territory and called for increased supplies to be transferred, but have not stated that there are shortages of critical supplies.
Gaza health authorities, controlled by Hamas, say that more than 10,000 Palestinians have been killed in the fighting, but the figures issued by the terror group cannot be independently verified, and are believed to include its own terrorists and gunmen, as well as Palestinians killed by the hundreds of rockets fired by terror groups that have fallen short inside the Strip. https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-says-theres-no-lack-of-food-water-and-humanitarian-supplies-in-gaza/
2023-11-07 Thousands gather for pro-Israel rally in NYC, 30 days after Oct. 7 Hamas massacre Speakers at the event, held along Central Park West on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, mourned the attack’s 1,400 victims, demanded the release of the more than 240 hostages held in Gaza and decried rampant antisemitism in the US in recent weeks. Organizers estimated the crowd size at around 12,000 people. Participants carried photos of the hostages and signs reading “Bring our children home,” “Let my people go,” and “We stand with Israel.” Thousands streamed past police cruisers on their way to the event, chanting “Bring them home” and singing Israel’s national anthem, “Hatikvah.”
Speakers included Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Daniel Goldman, both Jewish Democrats; actors Brett Gelman and Debra Messing; and two relatives of hostages. Israeli singers Gad Elbaz and Idan Raichel performed for the audience. https://www.timesofisrael.com/thousands-gather-for-pro-israel-rally-in-nyc-30-days-after-oct-7-hamas-massacre/
2023-11-07 Moms Band Together to Fight Shocking Rise of Antisemitism on Campus: ‘It Scares the Living Daylights Out of Me’ Since the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attacks on Israel left 1,400 dead and immediately ignited war in the region, incidents of antisemitism have surged across the globe — and some of the ugliest have happened on college campuses in the U.S. Elizabeth Rand, a Jewish lawyer and mother of a son in his senior year of high school, felt she had to do something and turned to Facebook to create a group for other concerned moms. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/moms-band-together-to-fight-shocking-rise-of-antisemitism-on-campus-it-scares-the-living-daylights-out-of-me/ar-AA1jyCcV
2023-11-07 INSIDE ISRAEL: Spirituality Triumphs on the Battlefield, Turning Darkness into Light! This episode of our Inside Israel podcast highlights how Israelis, in the midst of a deadly war with Hamas following the October 7 massacre, are able to turn darkness into light. Witness how the people of Israel transform deeply hidden sparks of spirituality into massive flames of unimaginable light and power. Connection to G-d and adherence to Torah are the keys to delivering incredible success and open miracles on the battlefield. https://unitedwithisrael.org/inside-israel-spirituality-triumphs-on-the-battlefield-turning-darkness-into-light/
2023-11-06 Miss Israel Exposes Oppression In Gaza “Two weeks ago, on October 7, Hamas infiltrated the state of Israel after years of terror attacks, starting a war in my country,” Cochva said. “Their so-called ‘freedom fighters’ beheaded babies, raped young girls, kidnapped elderlies, burned entire families in their homes. They killed anyone they saw. Anyone. And our Kibutzim were burned to the ground,” Miss Israel added, referring to anti-Israel activists calling terrorists “freedom fighters.” Cochva also discussed the situation in Gaza, pointing out that Hamas misuses funds meant for the citizens and uses them to build terror bases. She emphasized that the blame for the humanitarian crisis in Gaza lies with Hamas, not Israel. https://www.stateofunion.org/2023/11/06/miss-israel-exposes-the-oppressive-organization-the-people-of-gaza-live-under-in-viral-video-2/
2023-11-06 Fighting Back: Moms Rally to Combat Antisemitism on Campus With antisemitism soaring in the U.S. and abroad following the horrific Hamas attacks of October 7th, a group of concerned mothers is organizing to counter the spread of anti-Jewish bigotry and harassment on college campuses. https://unitedwithisrael.org/fighting-back-moms-rally-to-combat-antisemitism-on-campus/
2023-11-05 Israeli Ambassador Slammed for Claiming ‘There Is No Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza’ “Does he think the world is not seeing the horrific reality in Gaza? Does he think we will believe his lies?” said one peace advocate. “No, we won’t.” Despite the abundance of evidence to the contrary, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations claimed in a televised interview Sunday that “there is no humanitarian crisis in Gaza,” and was swiftly rebuked by people around the world.
Challenged by CNN’s Dana Bash, Ambassador Gilad Erdan doubled down on his position: “I’m not saying that the life in Gaza is great. And, obviously, Hamas is the only one that should be held accountable for any situation in Gaza. But there’s a standard, due to international humanitarian law.” https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-denies-gaza-humanitarian-crisis
2023-11-05 New Facebook group Mothers Against College Antisemitism has 43K members and counting https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-facebook-group-mothers-against-college-antisemitism-has-43k-members-and-counting/
2023-11-05 Israel’s Current Government Cannot Envisage Peace Alexandra Boutri: It’s been 27 or so days since Hamas unleashed a massacre in Israel, killing more than 1400 people and capturing more than 200 hostages. Since then, Israel has been hammering Gaza with airstrikes and artillery as retribution for the surprise attack by Hamas and Israeli ground forces have also moved inside the besieged region, though without a clearly stated objective other than to destroy Hamas. So far more than 9,000 Palestinians have been killed, with the majority of them being women and children, and Gaza’s infrastructure has been totally destroyed. But let me start by asking you what you make of certain left-wing defenses of Hamas.
Netanyahu’s government didn’t seem to have a plan for what comes next when he declared war on Hamas and started the bombardment of Gaza Strip, but perhaps the hope was that the Israelis could somehow succeed in transferring Gaza’s Palestinians to Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. It could also be the case, now that Israeli ground forces are inside Gaza, that they want to force all of Gaza’s Palestinians to move to the southern part of the besieged region. But I don’t think that Israel has any interest in governing Gaza.
The assault on Gaza is driven by rage. But I also believe that Netanyahu is mostly interested in quelling the public anger against him and is hoping that he can do so with a war against Hamas, which he called “a battle of civilization against barbarians.” And in the process of doing so, he doesn’t care how many “Palestinian animals” are killed. Apparently, this is what leaders of civilized nations do, according to Benjamin Netanyahu! Nor does he care about the hostages. Unfortunately, however, he may have the majority of Israeli citizens on his side. Netanyahu’s government is more than extreme, but “Jewish Israeli citizens have moved significantly rightward over the years.” And hate speech against Palestinians seems to have become today something of a national sport for many Israelis. https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/israel-gaza-vision-for-peace
2023-10-31 Suspect in Antisemitic Threats at Cornell University Identified, Charged Patrick Dai, 21, was arrested and charged Tuesday for allegedly making threats against Cornell’s Jewish community. 21-year-old student at Cornell University has been charged by federal prosecutors for allegedly sending threats to the school targeting Jewish students and staff members. Patrick Dai, a junior at the university, was charged following an investigation by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, according to federal prosecutors. Dai was arrested earlier Tuesday afternoon. Dai faces up to five years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000 and up to three years of supervised release if he is convicted of posting threats to kill or injure another using interstate communications. https://themessenger.com/news/antisemitic-threats-cornell-university-suspect-identified-patrick-dai
2023-10-30 Hidden History of Zionism What is the true definition of “Zionism”? When did the movement really begin, and why? Join us as we explore the surprising origins and hidden history of Zionism. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqyZUm05o7w
2023-10-30 Antisemitism Flares as Israel Wages War Against Hamas Anger against Israeli policy towards the Palestinians is hardly new, and in the past, far less intense Israeli attacks against Gaza have led to major protests against the government and often against the U.S. for supporting Israel. But the recent incidents suggest an increase in the volume and breadth of blatant and public antisemitism.
Nothing has matched the attack in Dagestan, where security forces took control of the airport Monday and arrested dozens of the attackers. Meanwhile, leaders of the region’s small Jewish population were wondering how to respond. In the U.S., meanwhile, President Joe Biden announced measures Monday to deal with a swell of antisemitism on American college campuses. Among other actions, the White House said the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security would partner with campus law enforcement to track online hate rhetoric and share federal resources with schools.
In Europe, France has recorded 800 antisemitic acts in the last three weeks, and in an address to the German Parliament, Chancellor Olaf Scholz called for a crackdown on antisemitism. Scholz said antisemitic slogans and demonstrations that glorified killings were actions “which we cannot accept here,” a thinly veiled reference to Germany’s Nazi past. https://themessenger.com/news/anti-semitism-flares-as-israel-wages-war-against-hamas
2023-10-23 Listen to Noa Tishby’s powerful speech! She is correct! We warned you! We warned you! Now, as we mourn our dead, let us fight to defend our people, to defend our home, our land. We will win! Am Israel Chai! The People of Israel Live!🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱 https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1099404717895865&extid=WA-UNK-UNK-UNK-IOS_GK0T-GK1C&ref=sharing&mibextid=qC1gEa
2021-05-29 Israel Narrative Management Is Getting Incredibly Desperate And Brazen Supporters of Israeli apartheid and mass murder are losing control of the narrative, which has led to redoubled perception management efforts ranging from the cringey to the iron-fisted. In the former category we’re seeing them pen entire articles attacking Seth Rogen for tweeting a fart emoji at virulent Israel apologist Eve Barlow and claiming that putting “fart” in Barlow’s name is the same as a literal pogrom. In the latter category they’re blowing up entire press offices and arresting Palestinian journalists. This is narrative management at its least subtle. https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/israel-narrative-management-is-getting
2021-05-11 The Israel Narrative Is Crumbling Because Of Phone Cameras And The Internet There are a lot of factors contributing to the growing awareness of Israel’s brutality, but I think the main reason is very simple: there are only so many viral videos of unconscionable acts that can be dismissed with “Actually this is way more complicated than it looks.” It is not more complicated than it looks. Clearly. It looks bad because it is bad. https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/p/the-israel-narrative-is-crumbling
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