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. My last “normal” meme post. 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 hatred of Jews and why that matters to today’s events.
Also note that these posts generally do not repeat information (e.g., specific links or memes) – so there is a lot of stuff in prior posts. Please do check them out too if this is a topic of interest to you. In reverse chronological order:
Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok
Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok
Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok
Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok
Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok
Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok
Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok
Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok
Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok
Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok
Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok
Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok
Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok
Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok
Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok
Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok
Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok
Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok
Israel: Still More Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok
Israel: Ongoing Memes, Links, and Commentary – Granite Grok
Israel: Ongoing Memes, Links, and Commentary – Granite Grok
Israel: More Memes, Links, and Commentary – Granite Grok
Israel: Even More Memes, Links, and Commentary – Granite Grok
Israel: More Memes, Links, and Commentary – Granite Grok
Israel: Memes and Commentary – Granite Grok
Israel: Memes and Commentary – Granite Grok
With some Israel-related materials here:
Don’t forget my special report on the *cough cough* hardships of pre-Oct 7 “Concentration Camp Gaza”:
Pre-War “Concentration Camp” Gaza – Granite Grok
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Czech PM Fiala pushes embassy move to Jerusalem to show support | Reuters
Thank them.
Embassy of Czechia
3900 Spring of Freedom St NW
Washington, Dc 20008
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So we have an airstrike. And tragic results.
The Palestinians claim this was an IDF strike that killed the WCK volunteers.
To me this doesn’t look like a missile from the air but rather a mortar shell from nearby. A missile would’ve destroyed the entire car…
That’s a pretty damned small hole, in my non-military eyes, for a missile strike. How is it that the front end seems wrecked but the doors didn’t get blown off?
Even as the IDF investigates:
IDF: Announcement by the IDF Spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, following the World Central Kitchen incident:
“Last night, an incident took place in Gaza that resulted in the tragic death of World Central Kitchen employees as they fulfilled their vital mission of bringing food to people in need.
As a professional military committed to international law, we are committed to examining our operations thoroughly and transparently.
I just spoke to WCK Founder, Chef Jose Anders, and expressed the deepest condolences of the Israel Defense Forces to the families and the entire World Central Kitchen family.
We also express sincere sorrow to our allied nations who have been doing and continue to do so much to assist those in need.
We have been reviewing the incident at the highest levels to understand the circumstances of what happened and how it happened.
We will be opening a probe to examine this serious incident further. This will help us reduce the risk of such an event from occurring again.
The incident will be investigated in the Fact Finding and Assessment Mechanism: an independent, professional, and expert body.
For the last few months, the IDF has been working closely with the World Central Kitchen to assist them in fulfilling their noble mission of helping bring food and humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza. WCK also came to help Israelis after the massacre of October 7th; they were one of the first NGOs here.
The work of WCK is critical; they are on the frontlines of humanity.
We will get to the bottom of this and we will share our findings transparently.”
Attached is the full video announcement in English: https://bit.ly/3UaTfhn
So an open question to consider. We know that Hamas et al routinely launch mortars and missiles that fall short, injuring and killing Arabs. When’s the last time they were open and honest about that? When’s the last time they came out and said anything that potentially accepts responsibility? A video noting – among other things – that bad things happen in war, and that Israel has set a new standard of behavior in warfare in urban settings. One that I suspect no other country will meet, or even attempt to:
World Central Kitchen Tragic Incident in Gaza | Hamas Wants This Video DELETED
Another take, by a former military man:
Bayou Renaissance Man: The aid convoy tragedy in Gaza
And from the comments, this nugget I had not considered:
It is called “The Fog Of War” for a reason, And I am convinced that hamas leaked the intel on the convoy movement to get the Israeli’s to fire a hellfire into the convoy to embarrass them on the world stage and heap further condemnation on them. To hamas, people dying for their cause is perfectly acceptable especially if it civilians and aid workers, better propaganda value. hamas learned well from their old soviet masters well how to manipulate the gullible western media.
The Gaza war: Asymmetrical rules, useful idiots, and worldwide enmity – American Thinker
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TOP OF THE FOLD
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From here – never forget how many times a “Two State” solution was offered, and who rejected it:
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Under Biden Administration, Iran’s Mullahs Enjoying Green Light to Go Nuclear :: Gatestone Institute
Under the third term of Barackus, you mean.
WAR & WHEN WILL IT END?
From here:
What have I said? Our enemies – whether Jihadist or other – openly state their intentions.
The Israeli-Palestinian ‘Two State Solution’ :: Gatestone Institute
Curiously, like President Joe Biden and his top national security officials, the ambassador [Martin Indyk] ignores a crucial element: radical Islam does not tolerate the existence of a sovereign non-Islamic entity (such as Israel) on land that once was conquered by Muslims (dar al-Islam, “abode of Islam”). As most Palestinians have been creditably straightforward about, there is no place for an Israeli state.
I have the moral courage to take them at their word. Why do so many not do so? Personally, I think that to do so would mean recognizing an evil – along with the survival-driven demand to do something about it – that is hard for most to wrap their minds around. This is why I continue to post Oct. 7 atrocities (below), among other Islamic horrors, for people to attempt to grasp what we face.
See this video by Bill Whittle; it’s from him that I learned that “moral courage” argument.
Bill Whittle on holy war against Israel ( & liberals’ unwillingness to acknowledge & confront it)
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Gaza: Truths Behind All the Lies (dailysignal.com)
Insights and pointed questions.
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UNRWA: Rotten to the core (barenakedislam.com)
Political warfare.
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Sociologists on the Warpath—Against Israel – The Lid (lidblog.com)
Israel doesn’t just have military enemies.
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Trigger warning: This is a very unpopular opinion that will surely anger a lot of people.
We have a war between two sides who are playing a totally different game with different rules and different definitions of what constitutes victory.
You have one side with zero restrictions and zero need to behave morally. You have the other side that is held to a higher standard of morality than anyone, and one little mess up can cause an international crisis. You have one side that wants to minimize civilian death and one side that’ll do anything to maximize it. You have one side behaving like cockroaches and hiding in every corner and under every rock and you have another side that has to use cutting edge tech to kill the bugs.
Remember this video from a post a while ago:
Any Muslim who dies in Jihad against the infidel is guaranteed a place in paradise. And a new one:
Against an enemy with this reward system, there’s only one solution: publicly denying them their paradise via the Jack Pershing method:
How American Soldiers Used Pig’s Blood and Corpses to Fight Muslim Terrorism | Frontpage Mag
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Interesting analysis.
ISLAM: PRACTICES, HISTORY, AND MENTALITY
Whalid Phares on who’s next after Israel (rumble.com)
This is the thing that truly confuses me. Islam, openly, states their goal: the entire world. And yet so many refuse to take them at that word. But then, deceit is the way of Islam, and there are many “useful idiots”.
Taqiyya: Deception and Lying in Islam (thereligionofpeace.com)
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From here:
Hamas member is confessing:
“Units of the military intelligence operated from Shifa Hospital. The Interior Ministry, the Emergency Committees and the government of Hxmas also worked from there. It’s a safe place.”
Using a hospital for military purposes removes the Geneva Convention protections.
The @IDF is proven right again. And again. And again. ~ Elder Of Ziyon – Israel News
ATROCITIES
Never forget how they behaved on Oct. 7:
Take a look how Palestinian “civilians” are cheering as they carry the body of Israeli girl Shani Louk.
This is what we are fighting against – pure evil radicalism.
Video. Link only. Graphic.
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From here:
⚠️GRAPHIC FOOTAGE FROM OCTOBER 7⚠️
There are 2 different movements (at least until recently they were different…):
1. “Free Palestine”. Exists only in the West.
Completely disconnected from reality.
Totally fake invented cause that doesn’t exist on Planet Earth.
Chants about Palestine, a country that never existed.
All the chants only in English, “From the river to the sea Palestine will be free” rhymes only in English, there is no such thing in Palestinian language…
Oh wait, Palestinian language doesn’t even exist. Ever wondered why?They don’t fight for anything real. They are not helping anyone. They invented a cause because they are bored and violent.
They need to hate someone. And hating Jews is the safest and has the least consequences.2. The real Gaza. You can see it in the video.
No one there chants “Free Palestine” or has a Palestinian flag.
No one there wants freedom from occupation, they know very well that there is no occupation, because they actually live in Gaza.
They have absolutely no idea what is apartheid, white colonization, etc. All these terms were invented only to fool the West and to get money from the West.And what the money is used for?
This. Barbaric slaughtering of Jews, while yelling “allahu akbar”.
That’s what Arabs were doing long before Israel was even established.
Slaughtering Jews. That’s what they like to do, that’s what they want to do. They have no reason for it, they are not oppressed, not occupied, not miserable.
They are perfectly happy and they want to slaughter Jews.Lately, these two different movements seem to merge into one.
The “Free Palestine” movement is realizing what they are actually supporting.
But instead of being horrified, they are fine with it now.
Western Liberals now want to slaughter Jews. Probably they’ll also be yelling “allahu akbar”.(lelemSLP on X)
Link only – civilian casualties of Oct. 7.
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Watch this filmed segment of Amit’s testimony in the documentary “Screams and then Silence”.
Text and video at the link.
ON INTERSECTIONALITY / LEFTIST SUPPORT
POETIC JUSTICE for ‘Queers for Palestine’ (barenakedislam.com)
Mrmph. Sorry, muffling my laughter. Related:
UCLA Med School Students Forced to Pray to ‘Mama Earth,’ Scream ‘Free Palestine’ (jihadwatch.org)
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When Feminists Stand for Hamas, You Know the West Is Over :: Middle East Forum (meforum.org)
The West went from “believe women” to “believe terrorists.”
Nothing seems to interfere with the ideological excitement these old and perverse peacocks derive from a barbarism they mistake for rebellion in an unholy marriage of Western self-loathing and Islamic Jihad. They are willing to do anything to save the most squalid moral vanity and be able to continue selling us their “goodness.” Except that it is really evil.
Where Were These Ceasefire Bleeding Hearts for the Past 20 Years of Hamas’s Carnage? (substack.com)
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Occupied territory. No, conquered.
PALLYWOOD & MEDIA DISTORTIONS/LIES IN GENERAL
From here. Look at that marketplace. Might be price gouging and theft of aid goods, but… not starvation!
From here:
Not sure what’s in those pots, but… that is NOT starvation. That poor child on the left? THAT is starvation. More, from here (video at link):
Famine in Gaza?
This market in northern Gaza is well stocked,
Especially after all the huge humanitarian aid that arrive from the air, sea and land for free and for some reason are sold in the market at high prices.
There is no problem of hunger or shortages, there is a problem of high prices.
1kg Flour – for 20 Nis ($5.40)
1gk – Chicken breasts – for 110 Nis ($29.80)
Cooking oil – 20 Nis ($5.40)
Corned beef – 60 Nis($16.25)
Tuna – 15 Nis ($4)
Canned hummus – 20 Nis ($5.40)
Can of soda – 10 Nis ($2.70)(Nis – new Israeli Shekel)
Gaza food prices plummet as area flooded with aid | World Israel News
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Islam codifies wife beating. Where are the feminists?
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Fortunately, Not Everyone Depends on CNN For Gaza Coverage (jihadwatch.org)
Other news sources exist.
TERROR COMING HERE? TO THE WEST?
From here. Looks like they’re already here:
Remember, the Left and Islam are allies:
Unholy Alliance: Radical Islam And the American Left (2006-02-17) [Paperback]
United in Hate: The Left’s Romance with Tyranny and Terror
I think in part this stems from their hatred of Western Civilization, and also from the fact that they’re both supremacist, totalitarian ideologies.
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As that frustration grows, their tendency to be violent will too. Related:
What it’s like for Jews who are living and/or working in Manhattan now (barenakedislam.com)
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Muslims HERE IN THE US.
TREADING ON THE POLITICAL
Matthew Continetti: Biden Has No Israel Policy | The Patriot Post
I think he does. I think he hates Israel; certainly his puppet masters do. And IMHO in the depths of his thoughts, such as he has these days, is a recollection of when Begin told him off.
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Democrat. As is this guy:
Top Democrats endorse anti-Israel ‘Squad’ member | World Israel News
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Is Biden Normalizing Hamas? :: Middle East Forum (meforum.org)
Yes. And helping Iran:
Thanks to Jihad Joe Biden, Iran’s oil exports Reached $35 billion in Last 12 Months – Geller Report
MISCELLANEOUS
Natasha Hausdorff responds to the ICRC on the Geneva Conventions
Since the Geneva Conventions are being used against Israel, understanding that – and the Conventions – is critical:
The International Legal War Against Israel with Natasha Hausdorff – Australian Jewish Association
Hamas really does think they’ll win with lawfare. Understand the ways of the enemy. Other videos featuring her:
The myths and facts of the laws of armed conflict in Gaza (youtube.com)
Why Israel has no legal obligation to give aid to Hamas (youtube.com)
Natasha Hausdorff: Why there is no illegal occupation (youtube.com)
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From here – video at the link:
One of the worst horror images that haunted me at night since October 7 was video of the running wounded dog shot by Hamas terrorists. Dogs in kibbutzim were so trustful and were simply running towards people without knowing that it was their last run…
“Israeli soldiers find the time to pet and take care of animals in the Gaza Strip.
I tend to be wary of people who dislike dogs (and any animal), yet I have confidence in a dog’s judgment when it takes a disliking to someone.
The Israel soldiers may embody strength, but they possess a gentle spirit and a kind heart towards animals”.
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People are going bat-guano crazy here.
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Latest EoZ cartoons and memes ~ Elder Of Ziyon – Israel News
Good ones!
GIVING SUPPORT TO ISRAEL
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A CONCLUDING THOUGHT FOR THIS POST
If the West abandons Israel, we all lose – spiked (spiked-online.com)
Israel is the front line against the 1400 year old murder machine that is Islam.
As I posted on one website to a person who advocated abandoning Israel to Islam, to get peace… “First Saturday, then Sunday”. Appeasement of those who hate you does two things:
1. It feeds their desire, not slakes it. They see weakness and it excites them.
2. Appeasement has been tried time and time again. E.g., the Sudetenland. And it never works. Santayana weeps.
Ultimately, force is the only language these people understand.
They want war. Give them all the war, and all the pig blood and carcasses (see Pershing link above) they want.
Wars are won when the enemy’s spirit is crushed. Not when it’s appeased.
And there’s a reason there was no Fourth Punic War:
