This is an attempt to “break out” memes, links, and my commentary about the situation in Israel / the Middle East so as to not overload the standard meme posts that I do. In these Israel-related posts I don’t just have memes such, but lots of informative links as well as hopefully-insightful commentary.
Note that this is not meant to be a day-by-day update about what’s going on. Rather, to highlight uncomfortable truths about the actual nature of the conflict, deep-history background, and so on, as well as to show the at-present immutable nature of Islamic Jew hate and why that matters to today’s events.
For reference, my last “general” meme post is here.
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A new site just popped:
Informative. By one of the co-owners of My Tree in Israel.
Full disclosure: Yishai is a friend of mine, but I receive no compensation for plugging his business.
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I attempt to populate each post with new material; thus, older posts have information that’s not in this one. If this is a topic of interest to you I strongly urge you to go back through and peruse my older ones. I do not focus on minute-by-minute updates but rather attempt to provide background and information relevant to this latest battle in a 1,400 year old war. Reverse chronological order.
Israel: Still More Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok
Israel: Ongoing Memes, Links, and Commentary – Granite Grok
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TOP OF THE FOLD
Watch Gaza residents watching the October 7 attacks live on a big screen TV set up for public viewing. Yeah, a whole lot of innocent people who just want to hold hands and sing kum ba ya. And understand something: if Hamas went to the trouble of setting up viewing of the livestream of the attacks… what does that say about how much attention they expected said livestream feed to get?
🚨 LIVE: Gaza Residents ENJOY Public Screening Of 7th October Attacks
(Interesting: google has censored this video in the draft. Just in case, here’s the link URL. https://youtu.be/ELLVMB1NzHg)
Also, look at Israel’s purported “peace partners” as the terrorists return with captive and dead Israelis. This is a scene akin to welcoming your home team after a massive away game victory.
Another showing the “warm welcome” Israelis get, whether alive or dead.
And here are those “peace partners” honoring and respecting a dead Israeli (GRAPHIC – adults only. Click on the link but be warned.)
And another, showing how dead IDF soldiers get treated:
Now, just as a thought exercise, imagine the Dialed-to-11 outrage if this happened the other way.
WAR & WHEN WILL IT END?
Video likely shows Gaza civilians shot by Hamas as they were trying to evacuate to sa (ynetnews.com)
If they are fleeing then, to Hamas, they are traitors.
Yet Israel established a corridor for them to flee south, and honored people going there with white flags. They cheer Jewish deaths, Jews protect them as they flee:
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In the last post I’d commented that there are Arabs who give me some hope. Like this guy:
As Arabs, we need to understand that Israel and the West are not our oppressors or enemies.
We, Arabs, are our own worst enemies.
We, Arabs, are our greatest oppressors.
We, Arabs, have killed and oppressed a million times more of our people than the West and Israel can ever… pic.twitter.com/SpGQHFFFuF
— Luai Ahmed (@JustLuai) October 30, 2023
Again, I don’t want to see mass slaughter. But until sane and measured voices like his can quell Hamas and become an effective competing narrative… His main X page:
Luai Ahmed (@JustLuai) / X (twitter.com)
He’s pointed out and questioned the same data as shown in this meme:
Another saner voice:
Kuwaiti Writer: We Are Our Own Worst Enemies | MEMRI
As does this guy:
Stolen Palestinian Land? An Arab Israeli Responds
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West Bank Incitement To Jihad Against Israel | MEMRI
Say, where is that “moderate” Palestinian government again? And here’s a video where people on the street are interviewed. Do they sound like they’re going to budge and share the land?
Palestinians: Are you willing to share the land with the Jews?
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ISLAM: PRACTICES, HISTORY, AND MENTALITY
WARNING GRAPHIC: Rape Jihad – Geller Report
Graphic. Not for the squeamish. But… from everything that I’ve read over the years, and especially recently, completely within the bounds of historical practices in jihad. More terror and horrors:
‘I saw that Allah had sent me the Jewish woman and I understood that I had to kill her’ – Geller Report (links in the original):
Back in 2019, a Palestinian Muslim named Arafat Irafaiya raped and murdered a nineteen-year-old Israeli girl named Ori Ansbacher. The murder was so brutal that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu specifically noted its “shocking brutality.” Irafaiya emphasized that he had raped and murdered Ori Ansbacher because she was Jewish; as if to emphasize the ideology that had spurred such bloodlust, Irafaiya was captured in a mosque.
Irafaiya afterward made statements to investigators that are newly relevant as illustrative of the jihadi mindset. In an upbeat mood, Irafaiya exulted: “I did everything an Arab dreams of.” He even said that raping and murdering Ori Ansbacher was “the best and most important thing I did in my life.”
Rape Jihad: Hamas Sexual Abuse of Jewish Women Follows Islamic Doctrine – Geller Report
With a bunch of follow-up links within.
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As in the last post with several videos that were just links only, below are some images from the Oct. 7th aftermath. Again, graphic content warning – not for children.
And a short video:
ALSO CONTENT WARNINGS – a series of beheading videos, courtesy of Bare Naked Islam. ONE MORE TIME: Do not click if contents might bother you. Note: I’ve watched them all; a mix of still pics and videos. Each is as bad as you’d imagine. Or even worse than you can imagine.
“BEHEADINGS ‘R’ US” in the ‘pre-Elon Musk’ Twittersphere (barenakedislam.com)
BNI “BEST OF” SERIES: Islamic State Justice (Viewer Discretion Advised) (barenakedislam.com)
Islamic Beheading Music (WARNING: Graphic Images) (barenakedislam.com)
BY SPECIAL REQUEST…a video for our ‘resident Muslim’ (barenakedislam.com)
EGYPT: Gruesome beheading in the middle of the street (WARNING: Graphic Images) (barenakedislam.com)
It’s a catchy tune, but can you dance to it? (barenakedislam.com)
[UPDATED] Because it’s snowing and I’m in a bad mood… (barenakedislam.com)
Azerbaijani soldiers behead Armenian soldiers (WARNING: Very graphic images) (barenakedislam.com)
Beheadings here, beheadings there, beheadings in current times and ancient times both. Egypt, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Azerbaijan, Syria, Morocco, why, one could be forgiven to think such savagery was part-and-parcel of Islam itself.
THIS. IS. ISLAM. From Mohammed to today.
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Hamas Sends Out Women and Children to Protect Its ‘Fighters’ (jihadwatch.org)
Remember the Islamic mentality. Any Muslim who dies in the service of jihad is, automatically, elevated to the highest level of reward in paradise.
That’s why they teach their children from birth:
Hamas Indoctrinates Kids Into Jihad, Martyrdom, Antisemitism | MEMRI
Video: Cute Gaza kids being brainwashed to want to die ~ Elder Of Ziyon – Israel News
And why they hide munitions in forbidden places:
UNRWA accidentally shows tunnel under its schools ~ Elder Of Ziyon – Israel News
A scout center. I’m curious – is there a merit badge for missile building? Do you get another merit badge after you’ve fired a certain number of salvos?
And interestingly, about Israel’s attacking an ambulance (or ambulances):
US Supports Israel on Use of Ambulances by Hamas (jihadwatch.org)
Being used to transport Hamas fighters; aid coming in is being used to camouflage war materiel smuggling. It’s one thing to actually transport wounded for care, but quite another to transport soldiers in ambulances to attempt to hide troop movement. More on this (video):
Hamas terrorist in interrogation: ‘We have ambulances that look like civilian ambulances’ – YouTube
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‘We Will Drink Your Blood and Eat Your Skull’: A Legacy of Islamic Savagery – American Thinker
No surprise if you’ve read my prior posts. Like beheading, this is straight from the origins of Islam onward.
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Hamas Wants a Ceasefire In Which It Keeps Attacking Israel | Frontpage Mag
They want a hudna, a temporary stop so they can reload and regroup (bolding added):
The “hudna” that Muslims make with non-Muslims can never be more than temporary, and is entered into only because the Muslim side feels it is too weak to conduct open warfare, and would benefit from a respite from open hostilities. Alternatively, a Muslim polity may enter into a hudna with non-Muslims if it has a reasonable expectation that those non-Muslims will soon adopt Islam.
If the hudna is undertaken in order to give the Muslims time to gather their strength, then the Muslim side is then not merely allowed, but required, whenever it feels strong enough, to re-engage in open hostilities. And of course all during the period of the “hudna” it may conduct whatever operations not involving combat that it is capable of, including economic boycotts, diplomatic offensives, and suchlike — which is exactly what all Muslim states do engage in to weaken Israel, whether or not they are still in an official state of war, or have signed, as have Egypt and Jordan, so-called “peace treaties.”
Note that last sentence; even Egypt and Jordan are attempting to weaken Israel economically, etc. This is why I’ve been skeptical of the Abraham Accords; hopeful, but very skeptical.
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Civilizational Conflict – Political Islam
Several weeks ago, a US Army private was killed in front of an army recruiting center in Little Rock, Arkansas. The killer was a Muslim jihadist. A memorial service for this victim of Islamic jihad was held in Little Rock. A Muslim woman in a burka showed up at the event screaming Islamic supremacist and Jew hatred slogans, interfering with the memorial. This was all captured on video. (See below).
Why would someone interfere at a memorial event for an innocent American murdered by a new-fangled Muslim jihadist killer? Interfering in the service was this woman’s jihad, fighting in Allah’s cause against the kafir. No compassion is extended to the kafir unbelievers in jihad, no basic courtesy even in mourning is given. Kafirs are less than human, they do not merit any courtesies from Muslims. Terrorizing kafirs, confusing them, and preventing them from following their own traditions of remembrance and respect are all jihad actions.
The kafir culture and kafirs themselves merit no respect by Islam and its adherents. Because kafirs have not accepted Allah and Mohammed so they are therefore the enemy. Islam knows its enemies – all non-believers wherever they might be. We do not know ours. “The sheep do not know the wolf, but the wolf knows the sheep.” (Walid Shoebat)
Jihad through migration and demographics is a real thing.
The demise of Europe through Islamic cultural enrichment (Updated!) – Flopping Aces
Just look at what’s happening in Germany specifically:
Germany’s Muslim Demographic Future :: Gatestone Institute
The Growth of Germany’s Muslim Population | Pew Research Center
Germany’s Muslim Demographic Revolution :: Gatestone Institute
All warned about. Repeatedly.
The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam
While Europe Slept: How Radical Islam is Destroying the West from Within
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Geert Wilders: “It is an Ideological Conflict, Not a Conflict Over Land” | Gates of Vienna
More insights – supporting my claim that while it’s peripherally around land and the Islamic command to retake any land held by Islam, it’s about Islam itself. Speaking of formerly Islamic land, remember they want Spain back:
They were deep into France too – part of Italy as well:
They want all of Eastern Europe, as shown above. Don’t forget the history of the Muslim Tartars in Russia:
India too:
Mughal India ~ The Biggest Holocaust in World History | SikhNet
And look here, and remember the videos of beheadings above. Remember: beheadings are part and parcel to Islam from the very start (embedded quote from the article, bolding added):
“In a short space of time all the people in the [Delhi] fort were put to the sword, and in the course of one hour the heads of 10,000 infidels were cut off. The sword of Islam was washed in the blood of the infidels, and all the goods and effects, the treasure and the grain which for many a long year had been stored in the fort became the spoil of my soldiers.
Don’t forget this broader history:
The Greatest Murder Machine in History – American Thinker
Every single square inch shown in the maps above, collectively, to a believing Muslim, MUST BE RETAKEN. And then, also per Koranic command, on to the rest of the world.
“First Saturday, then Sunday”.
ON INTERSECTIONALITY / LEFTIST SUPPORT
The problem is… they really are that clueless.
Those protesting against Israel should know what Hamas stands for | Toronto Sun
Minnesota: Socialist public school teacher calls for Israel’s eradication (jihadwatch.org)
Islam and Socialism are very related: both are aggressive, expansionist, collective-over-individual philosophies. Of course they are allies, especially against their common “The enemy of my enemy is my friend” West (America in particular).
PALLYWOOD
Adobe Caught Selling AI-Generated Images of Israel-Palestine Violence (yahoo.com)
Very obviously such things can go both ways. The problem is that such images hit emotionally, and once the impression is made it’s very hard to undo that initial gut-punch reaction. As I’ve highlighted before, consider this claimed image of an Israeli soldier stepping on a child:
Absent any other information, what person with a soul would not be horrified? Now, pull back:
Street theater. In Bangladesh IIRC. Now, never mind that per se. Consider how easily people see the first image and just jump to conclusions without saying WAIT A MINUTE.
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His Name is Mr. FAFO, Crisis Actor – HotAir
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One of the big lies is that Israel is an apartheid state. This Israeli Arab woman disagrees:
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Report: Photographers From AP, CNN, NYT, Reuters Were With Hamas on Oct. 7 (legalinsurrection.com)
Willing participants.
TERROR COMING GLOBALLY?
Terror. Islamic law ruling all. Yes, coming, across Europe and America, and very soon. More:
Austria: Afghan Muslim migrant stashes hand grenades in Vienna asylum center (jihadwatch.org)
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Remember – in Shia Islam their messiah cannot come unless there is a worldwide war. WWIII is, to them, a feature to anticipate, not something to be avoided.
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And it’s growing:
Shocked by the Jew-Hate on College Campuses? I Wasn’t. | The Free Press (thefp.com)
European Commission Statement on antisemitic incidents in EU (europa.eu)
Anti-semitism in Melbourne: It is the epicentre | Daily Mail Online
‘We don’t feel safe.’ As antisemitism threat rises, South Florida’s Jews arm themselves (yahoo.com)
And getting worse:
Elderly Jewish Man Dies After Being Injured at Pro-Hamas Rally in Los Angeles (Updated) – RedState
Some follow-up to the above death:
A pro-Hamas protester who seemed to come to Kessler’s aid placed a sign underneath his head. Afterwards she was seen laughing while looking towards the bloody sign.
This will, I fear, be only the first of many. Why? I think Golda captures it well:
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Terrorists and Saboteurs Are Surging into America :: Gatestone Institute
Watch that southern line that we used to call a border.
Attacks Imminent – 80K U.S. Enemies Ready in Sleeper Cells w/ JJ Carrell (rumble.com)
And let’s not forget the “plan” to bring more here. I’m sure that will end well.
Just like taking in Palestinian refugees – who were expelled from Jordan for fomenting riots and attempting to take over the country -ended well in Lebanon, right Brigitte?
TREADING ON THE POLITICAL
The Jewish American Dilemma – Kunstler
Some excellent critique, especially of the perverted doctrine of “Tikkun Olam”.
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Kamala Harris’ Stepdaughter Raises $8 Million for Hamas-Controlled Gaza – Becker News
Millions raised by a Democrat that will help Hamas.
Biden: Pro-Israel by Day, Pro-Hamas by Night – American Thinker
Joe Biden Is No Friend to Israel – PJ Media
It’s clear whose side he and his administration is on. Despite any aid given to Israel. American Jews, you face a binary choice:
Another one looooooved by liberal Jews actually helped enable what’s happening:
Barack Obama’s silent on Israel war because he made it possible (nypost.com)
Don’t forget his infamous quote:
“I Will Stand With the Muslims Should the Political Winds Shift In An Ugly Direction.”
MISCELLANEOUS
There Is No Food, Water, or Medicine Shortage In Gaza (jihadwatch.org)
But people eat up what they want to believe.
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A CONCLUDING THOUGHT FOR THIS POST
Before the main comment, a follow-up to the last post’s criticism of the “Team Humanity” useful idiots. This channel, below, does have some useful info, but this piece of absolute fantasy by the channel owner struck me (bolding added):
We have so much to be grateful for. There’s so much beauty and abundance on this planet…. and still we fight and kill one another, for what?
I don’t believe it’s in our nature to be violent, it’s a learned behaviour, a manipulation of perception engineered by those that wish to see us destroy ourselves so they may control everything in the aftermath of our own stupidity!Wake up humanity, wake up! Before it’s too late…
Clearly someone who believes that man, in his basic nature (video, about 8 minutes), is a “noble savage”. And here’s a comment from another channel (copied verbatim, bolding added) – in reference to a video I’d posted (the one above entitled “Palestinians: Are you willing to share the land with the Jews?”):
Hes interviewing people who have endured decades of violent occupation. Like one Guy said “it started with force and its very late” for a friendly lets share the cake together suggestion.
Also you must take into the equasion that a lot of “the other side” would say exacly the same if you asked them.
I bet the same video could be done the other way around really easy. This is just another “lets point the finger at the palestinians” and blame them for their own missery.
It dosent proove or solve anything and its part of the old narrative we need to get rid of so we can advance towards a more intelligent solution for all of us on the planet.
And i guarantee you that if we dont expose the people and see this on a deeper level on who instegated this attack none of us will have a country of our own in the future and we will all “own nothing and be happy”
So, basically, “all” we need to do to solve the problem is to completely reform Islam, remove a lot of Mohammed’s explicit commandments and directives and the hard-coded Jew hatred and requirement to reconquer Islamic lands; also to modify some of the more extreme elements of Judaism, undo over a millennia of animosity on both sides, and there we go. Oh, and change fundamental human nature. Then, we can all be at peace with one another. Let me know how that works out.
The conflict has always been about hatred of Jews.Every few decades, the Arabs come up with new excuses for murdering Jews to tell the gullible West, since they have to pretend not to be antisemitic to their Western partners. In the 1920s-30s it was “Jewish immigration.” In the 1940s-50s it was the “refugees.” In the 1960s-90s it was “statelessness.” Since then it was “occupation.” Since 2009 it was the “Gaza siege.” Since last year it was “apartheid.”All of those things are excuses to cover up the real reason for attacks on Jews that have been consistent for over a century: age-old hatred of Jews not acting like meek second class citizens under Muslim rule. And as we have seen, Jews have always been despised under Muslim rule, even if they were sometimes tolerated.
‘The Elephant in the Room’: The Real Source of Jew-Hatred in the Middle East :: Gatestone Institute
In their own words, texts, and deeds, they state their goal: dead Jews, a destroyed Israel… and eventually conquest of the whole planet. And these “Team Humanity” fantasists truly have the hubris to think they can “evolve humanity” past this. Just like “Team Socialism” thinks that this time they’ll get it right.
Nemesis is cackling and rubbing her hands…
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Now:
If Hamas’ billionaires don’t give a damn about Palestinians why should we? – Flopping Aces
Hamas leaders are billionaires, rolling in the dough – American Thinker
They’ve gotten very, very rich while their people suffered.
So this is a legitimate question. If they deliberately keep their people in poverty, and shoot them when they’re trying to flee, and put them into the line of fire hoping they get harmed / killed to be CAMERA FODDER, and in one video they’re seen actively covering the mouth of a grieving woman screaming that Hamas did this to her people… and more importantly the people put up with it… why should we then give a f*ck about them when their own *cough cough* leaders don’t? And when they don’t rise up to take those leaders out?
And just as an example, in closing, here’s something from one of their textbooks:
Who you honor and revere tells you much about who you are. Remember, they cheer, dance in the streets, and hand out candy when Jews are murdered, including Jewish children… while they teach their children from birth to this mindset.