Since everyone wants to go off on Israel for Shireen Abu Akleh’s accidental death, here is a list of Americans intentionally killed by Palestinian terrorists. A reminder, US aid money goes to the Palestinians who give it to the family of the terrorists in Pay to Slay:
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1970s: Barbara Ertle, David Berger, Elbert Kersen, Jeannie Salandi, Jeremiah Michel, Kathrine Michel, Fredrick Hare, Margaret Hare, Ralph Bosh, Seldon Bard, Etan Bard, Fredrick Stohlman, Don Holiday, Jon Chesire, Michael Nadler, Harold Rosenthal, Frances Meloy, Robert Waring
Gail Rubin, Richard Fishman, Haim Mark, Chaya Mark
1980s: Eli HaZe’ev, Anne Van Zanten, Grace Cutler, Aharon Gross, Serena Sussman, Leon Klinghoffer, 4 US Citizens killed in Athens by Fatah (1986 bombing), Gali Klein, American killed in Kiryat Ye’arim massacre
1990s: Yitzhak Weinstock, Nachshom Wachsman, Alisa Flatlow, Howard Tavens, Joan Davenny, unborn child of Mara Frey, Sara Duker, Matthew Eisenfeld, Ira Weinstein, 2 Americans killed in Dizzengof bombing (1996), David Boim (17), Yaron Ungar, Leah Stern, Yael Botwin (14), Dov Driben
2000s: Hillel Lieberman, Eish Kodesh Gilmor, Binyamin and Talia Kahane, Kobi Mendel (13), Samuel Berg, Sarah Blaustein, Judith Greenbaum, Malki Roth (15), Shoshana Ben-Yishai (16), Avraham Boaz, Aaron Elis, Moranne Amit, Lee Akunis, Keren Shatsky (14), Rachel Thaler (16)
Esther Kleinman, Hannah Rogen, Moshe Gottlieb, Gila Sara Kessler, Janis Ruth, Marla Bennet, David Gritz, Benjamin Blutstein, Dina Carter, Abigail Leital (14), Eli and Dana Horowitz, Alan Beer, Tzvi Goldstein, Goldie Taubenfeld, Shmuel Tabenfeld (3 mo old), Mordechai Reinitz…
Yitzhak Reinitz (9), Tehila Nathanson (3), David and Nava Applebaum, John Branchizio, Mark Parson, John Linde, Tiferet Tratner
Daniel Pearl and Shireen Abu Aqleh were both journalists. Daniel was kidnapped and executed for being a Jew in Pakistan. Shireen was killed in the middle of a firefight after reporting for 25 years. Daniel’s killers were set free by Pakistan, there were no protests…
Shireen’s killer is unknown. Israel has offered a joint investigation and admits she might have been killed by an Israeli bullet in the fight. The whole world is up in arms. These were both journalists killed reporting from war zones who died in very different circumstances
Pakistan receives nearly $1B from the US per year in free money to use as they see fit. £320M from the UK. France provides ~€125M to Pakistan. They released Pearl’s killers. There haven’t been protests or calls to suspend Pakistan’s aid. Pakistan is also a nuclear power.
A year ago I put this thread together on the waning power of Abbas and the PA in the wake of Hamas shooting thousands of rockets at Israel. Well, Abbas’ weaknesses are now readily available to see and a civil war is about to take part in the West Bank. ynetnews.com/article/bkxl0w…
Abbas has been hand picking his successors as a means to keep the embezzlement pipelines open, namely for his family. He effectively has turned the PA into an oligarchy and the Palestinians are furious. They’re struggling not due to Israel but internal Pal. budgeting.
Rather than provide services, the PA has prioritized 2 things: Keeping pay-for-slay fully financed (i24news.tv/en/news/middle…) and making sure they themselves are paid first…with a 67% pay hike (bbc.com/news/world-mid…).
So to summarize the last 5 days for America’s Jews:
- A Jewish mayoral candidate in Kentucky had an attempted assassination against him and BLM bailed out the highly antisemitic shooter
- Graffiti with “F*** Jews” with an arrow pointing to the JCC found on the UWS of NYC
- Graffiti also saying “F*** Jews” found in Queens
- A Jewish student was made to apologize to his teacher and school for whistleblowing a teacher who was doing Nazi salutes with students
- A Jewish man was punched in the face in NYC - this happens daily
- Swastikas on buses NYC
- Antisemitic leaflets dropped everywhere in Huntington Beach, Houston, San Antonio
- UK announces 2021 as highest antisemitic year on record with a 34% increase from 2020
Here’s a list of attacks against Jewish facilities since 2000 with the background on their perpetrators:
- 2000 - Congregation Beth El, Pittsburgh, PA, Congregation Ahavath Achim, Carnegie, PA, Shooting, White Supremacist
- 2000 - Temple Beth El, Syracuse, firebomb, Palestinian
- 2002 - White Supremacist bomb plot, nationwide
- 2002 - LAX, El Al targeted, Islamic fundamentalist
- 2002 - Temple Beth Israel, Eugene, OR, white supremacist
- 2003 - Valley Beth Shalom, Encino, CA, Molotov Cocktail, unknown
A short thread on why Hamas is doing this: Abbas cancelled the first Palestinian elections in 17 years on April 29. He did this citing East Jerusalem residents not being able to vote, but really he was trailing in the polls...badly (google.com/amp/s/www.wash…).
Cancelling the election showed immense concern by Abbas that he would lose the presidency, which he has used to enrich himself hundreds of millions rimes over. It would open the door to him personally being arrested for embezzlement. He is not well liked (pcpsr.org/sites/default/…)
Hamas (sic. Iran) saw its opportunity for legitimation from the international community in a democratic vote of the Palestinians slip away because of this. Therefore, they saw an opportunity to grab the power of the Palestinians through populism.