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Oct 30 • 3 tweets • 1 min read
In 1988 Palestinian terrorists threw a Molotov cocktail at a passenger bus & incinerated Rachel Weiss & her 3 small kids. It was the day before elections, & Shimon Peres, expected to win, lost bc of public opinion shift
Will the killing of an Israeli in Hebron tonight impact? 1/
#Hebron 2/. many Israelis will see the video of Palestinians celebrating Jewish casualties, The shooting took place outside of right-wing Ben-Gvir's home.
Will it mean s vote bump?
Polls claim Netanyahu's right bloc will receive 60 seats - no majority.
Will Hebron change that?
3/ Peres, the perennial loser, said "polls are like perfume: they smell great but you must never swallow them."
Are the polls underestimating the Smotritch-BenGvir right wing?
Or the 10s of thousands of soldiers' votes, 60% of whom will vote for the Right?

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Oct 27
1/ The following is US Govt-supported anti-Israel propaganda:
A question to the US State Dept spokesman by Said Arikat, al Quds:
"Israeli occupational army kill[ed] 6 people last night alone in a home in Nablus. Do they have the right to resist a military occupation that is ...
2/ Said Arikat to @StateDeptSpox:
"Do the Pals have the right to resist a military occupation that is killing them daily, assaulting their villages, stealing their crops, destroying their cars, their homes?"
Ned Price mostly answered w even-handed pablum.
state.gov/briefings/depa…
3/Ned Price let slip one phrase to shield Israel, but the rest was insulting. "The fact is that we recognize Israel’s very real security threats. We’re also very concerned by the increased violence in the WBank, where this past month alone 2 Israelis & 33 Pales have been killed."
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May 28
#JerusalemDay. Thread. 1/
I danced at the Western Wall on Jerusalem Day w/ fellow students from KBYeshiva in 1969 -- 53 y.a.
It's been a long tradition, but Jews were denied access before 1967.
Illustration by Elhanan Ben Uri answers US & Pal objections.
Pride & Determination.
#JerusalemDay. Thread. 2/
I found this #Jerusalem "parade" from ~1915 when Jer'm was ruled by the Turks.
Jews were forcibly conscripted & marched into the Turkish Army. The army looted food & supplies from the Jews. (Ottoman Archives)

Jewish humiliation.
#JerusalemDay. Thread. 3/
With younger Jewish men drafted or in hiding, the Turks took out their rage against old Jewish men. The German officer who took these picture ~1915 captioned them "Jewish merchants" probably based on the anti-Semitic image of Shylock.
Jewish humiliation.
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May 26
US leak saying Israel told US it killed #Iran colonel harms trust & isn’t true.
Sr politician denies Israel took responsibility for killing Revolutionary Guardsman in Tehran.
Israeli officials believe American counterparts talked to NYT timesofisrael.com/us-leak-finger… via @TimesofIsrael
This US leak to NYT alleging #Israeli responsibility for an attack on #Iran is a repeat of petulant #Obama leaks that signaled to Ayatollahs that US had no role.
#Israel just went on alert, suspecting Iran feels it must retaliate.

Let's Go Brandon!
US leak of Israeli responsibility serves to tell #Iran that the hit was not a repeat of the assassination of Qasem Soleimani done by Trump Admin.
Leak reflects Biden Admin frustration at JCPOA demise, which pleases Israel.
Who would do such a patented #Obama tactic? Take your ...
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May 5
Palestinian terrorists (apparently 2) entered the ultra-Orthodox town of Elad this eve, pulled out axes & started smashing heads. 3 dead, 3 critical.
Several pts.
- As an ultra-Orthodox town, it did not hold Independence Day celebrations.
- few if any gun owners. Few guards.
1/
2/ Elad terrorist attack
- A Hareidi town, few TVs. Kids =60% and going out to local parks is their fun. Was site of attack.
-With burgeoning population, Elad has a lot of building & a lot of Arab construction workers, many illegal.
-Cops asked ppl who took vids of events to..
3/ Elad terrorists
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- Cops asked locals for vids. But few Chareidim have smartphones or would admit it.
- Elad is close to West Bank, but has poor security. Attackers probably came from the Jenin area.
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Mar 27
The terrorist attack in Hadera that killed 2 tonight is a game-changer for many reasons:
1. The 2 terrorists were Israeli citizens from the Arab town of Umm al-Fahum. Last week in Beersheva, the terrorist who killed 4 civilians was an Israeli Bedouin.
1/
Terror in Hadera 2/
2. The terrorists were affiliated with ISIS. Around 2015, several dozen Israeli Arabs went to ISIS areas in Syria via Turkey.
Video of the two Israeli Arabs swearing allegiance to ISIS in front of the ISIS flag. (Facebook screenshot)
Terror in Hadera 3/
3. Virtually all Israeli security agencies were unaware of the growing terrorist cancer inside Israel. They admit that the latest terrorist attack was well-prepared, that Arabs in Israel have arsenals of weapons, & many are religiously motivated.
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Jul 28, 2021
#HRW's predictably anti-Israel report on #Gaza quotes the UN that Israel killed "260 Palestinians, including at least 129 civilians."
Uh, Who were the other 131?

HRW doesn't say it: they were combatants & commanders - legit military targets.
Some of those civilians...
1/
#HRW continued...2/
Tragically, some civilians were #Hamas' human shields.
As I pored over lists of Gaza dead compiled in #Israel, I found a case that would repeat itself: a senior Hamas commander, his wife, & 15 y.o. daughter.
Legit in laws of war, but listed as 2 civilians.
#HRW 3/
It came as no surprise that .@evanhill, producer of the @nytimes hatchet job on #israel for the buildings that collapsed on Wehda St, is a former HRW employee. Wehda St is a major HRW report topic.
It becomes clear #NYT & HRW shared research, fixers, & cinematographer.
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