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His 8 month pregnant wife made a statement…
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In recent months/years the Anti Defamation League has put out some extremely disappointing statements on the situation in Gaza and many other subjects, but now their official position on free speech in America is to the right of Ann Coulter.
As many people have pointed out, even if the ADL seems to think this specific case is helpful to American Jews or to Israel, that’s an extraordinarily short-sighted view. A country that can arrest and detain/deport legal residents for first amendment expression without even accusing them of a crime is not a country that’s going to be a safe place for anyone who is part of a minority group. As the ADL should know better than just about anyone, we’ve seen where this leads historically.
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Obviously someone sold them a rock that will definitely, 100% guaranteed, keep away hungry leopards.
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Apparently not Madagascar, though.
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And it made me very very sad.
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Welp, ceasefire is now off…
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I’m copying a post made in a Facebook group I’m in. Since it’s a private group I’m not sharing the author’s contact information but I did not write this.
A new report into the October 7 attacks chaired by Lord Roberts will be launched today in the House of Commons in an effort to stem the denialism of the Hamas fans.
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What unfolded over the course of the attack amounted to one of the worst terror outrages in the annals of history, leaving 1,182 dead including 18 UK citizens. This marks the largest number of UK deaths from a terror attack in the Middle East, and the second highest globally after 9/11.
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In total, citizens from 44 nations were either killed or taken hostage by Hamas and other groups. The victims were overwhelmingly Jewish Israelis, but the attackers showed no mercy and slaughtered Israel Arabs and Bedouins without hesitation.
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Years of planning went into the invasion. The origins can be traced back to 2018 when Palestinian armed groups in the Gaza Strip established the “Joint Room for Palestinian Resistance Factions” to coordinate activities.
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Approximately 7,000 individuals took part in the large-scale, coordinated assault on 55 distinct locations.
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18 UK citizens were killed including Rotem Kalderon, 66, a dual UK-Israel citizen who was previously unnamed. Her body lay undiscovered until two weeks after the attack at Kibbutz Be’eri. The report details the deaths of all 17 UK citizens killed on that day, and the two hostages that were taken – one who was then also killed in captivity, bringing the total to 18 dead.
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Deliberate killings of civilians took place at 26 locations. The youngest victim was new-born Naama Abu Rashed who suffered a gunshot wound while still in his mother’s womb and died just 14-hours after doctors performed an emergency delivery. The oldest victim was Moshe Ridler, a 92-year-old Holocaust survivor, who was killed when Hamas invaders fired a rocket propelled grenade at the door of his safe room. Civilians account for 73% of the victims of 7 October.
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The biggest age group of victims was 18-30 – largely due to the attack on the Nova music festival, which account for 375 victims.
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Causes of death included shooting, burning, asphyxiation and grenade explosions.
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Desecration of corpses was widespread, including mutilation, beheadings and boobytrapping bodies with grenades. Dead bodies were taken as hostages.
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Detailed maps of villages (kibbutzim) and hostage taking manuals were found on the attackers who also designed special weaponry to breach the doors of civilian saferooms.
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Acts of sexual violence occurred across all sites during attack. Around 30 bodies were found to have been victim to sexual attacks. As described in the report: ‘One witness who received victims’ bodies described a girl around 13-years-old, who arrived naked with signs of violence to the stomach area and both legs broken. Bodies of men and women who arrived at Shura also arrived with precise burnings to their genital area. Forensic analysis showed indications that gasoline was used to set victims’ genitals on fire, which was corroborated by a video of a female victim who was set on fire with gasoline from the waist down.’
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There were multiple incidences of torture as described in the report: ‘Scans of bodies examined at the Abu Kabir National Institute of Forensic Sciences and reviewed by Dr Ahmed show victims who were bound, had limbs crushed or dismembered. A CT scan from the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute shows a parent and child bound together with metal wire and burned alive by their assailants.
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119 breaches in the border fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel took place during the attack, and simultaneous incursions by air and sea. The attack included an unprecedented rocket barrage which placed 75% of Israel’s population, around 7.3 million people, under threat.
The investigation leading to today’s report was conducted by Lord Roberts, with support from a panel of UK parliamentarians. The panel heard testimonials from those directly impacted including family members of victims and hostages, academics and military experts. The report also drew on footage from GoPro cameras worn by Hamas operatives on the day and CCTV footage which captured the attack.
Full report linked above.
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