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May 26

This weekend, the BBC apologized for mislabeling a Free Palestine protest as a vigil, when it was actually an attempt to shut down a screening of a film about the Nova music festival massacre.

Since October 7th, the BBC has issued FIVE apologies for spreading disinformation about Israel. Despite the apologies, each claim was rooted in antisemitic tropes and libels that caused irreversible damage after being released.

Here’s a recap of them. 🧵

On October 17, 2023, the BBC speculated on air that “an Israeli airstrike” was behind an explosion at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City.

The reality was that the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group misfired a rocket that was meant to hit civilians in Israel, but it landed short in the parking lot of the Gaza hospital.

On November 15, 2023, the BBC claimed Israel was “targeting” medical teams and Arabic speakers in Al-Shifa Hospital.

The reality was that Israel’s medical teams and Arabic-speaking soldiers were ensuring humanitarian aid reached those in need at the hospital.

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May 25

Judge Sebutinde, the first female African judge to ever sit at the ICJ and who opposed all its resolutions, was the sole voice of reason in her dissenting opinion.

She argued that the ICC’s resolution “implicitly orders Israel to disregard the safety and security of the more than 100 hostages still held by Hamas.”

The hostages' abduction is the entire reason Israel is in Rafah in the first place, Judge Sebutinde astutely recognized unfathomable double standards and the lack of empathy displayed by the ICC in ordering Israel to halt their rescue mission. 🧵

Additionally, she stated:

"War inevitably, and tragically, affects the lives of civilians. But this does not make Israel’s war against Hamas inherently illegitimate or unlawful and nor does it transform it into an act of genocide.”

War has always and unfortunately impacted civilians, but unlike in most wars, Israel has taken unprecedented steps to minimize civilian casualties while fighting a terrorist organization that is actively trying to do the opposite.

Judge Sebutinde highlighted the hypocrisy in holding only Israel responsible for the humanitarian crisis in Gaza when Egypt controls part of both the Rafah and Kerem Shalom crossing facilities.

She pointed out what others willfully ignore: “There have also been reports that Egypt has prevented the movement of aid trucks from Egypt towards Kerem Shalom. Without Egypt’s cooperation, Israel alone cannot ‘maintain open the Rafah crossing,’ which would render the Court’s current order, which is directed at Israel but not Egypt, impracticable."

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May 21

THREAD: Reactions to the ICC's decision to request arrest warrants for Israel and Hamas from world leaders 🧵

President Biden: “Let me be clear: whatever this prosecutor might imply, there is no equivalence — none — between Israel and Hamas. We will always stand with Israel against threats to its security.” 🧵

Mike Johnson (Speaker of the House): “Israel is fighting a just war of survival, and the ICC is trying to compare senior Israeli officials with the evil terrorists who carried out the massacre on October 7.” 🧵

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Mar 13

1) Genuine question - Can anyone find a major Holocaust movie made in the past ten years that focuses on Jewish experience during the Holocaust and is played by Jewish actors? 🧵

2) The Zone of Interest is culmination of a disturbing trend - the gradual sidelining and now disappearance of Jews from mainstream depictions of the Holocaust 🧵

3) Jojo Rabbit (2019) focused on a German kid who dreams of Hitler as his imaginary friend. 🧵

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Jan 17

Thread: The Girls I Met in the Tunnels
Seventeen-year-old Agam Goldstein-Almog saw Hamas murder her father and sister. Then she was taken to Gaza.

These are excerpts of her words on her experiences as a hostage of Hamas.

1. Together with my two young brothers, aged nine and eleven, the four of us had been taken from our home in Kibbutz Kfar Aza on the morning of October 7, but not before terrorists shot my father, Nadav, point blank, and afterward went after my older sister, Yam, the bullet tearing through her face. Their blood spattered everywhere. We stepped over my father’s dying body as the terrorists screamed at us, took us out of our home, and drove us into Gaza.

2. We were moved a lot during our time in confinement, transferred through a series of homes, apartments, tunnels, and even a mosque in Gaza. Our captors were cruel. During our captivity, they told us they “would be back” to our kibbutz. The fear was paralyzing. It overtook me. I remember saying to my mom when we entered the city, “They’re going to torture me. They’re going to rape me.”

3. It was in the tunnels that I met other young women. Most of them were just a year or so older than my 17 years. Some still had bloody gunshot wounds that had been left untreated in makeshift bandages. One had a dismembered limb.

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Jan 4

Gali Idan’s 18-year-old daughter Maayan was murdered in front of her, and she was forced to watch as her husband, Tsachi was abducted by Hamas.

These are her words on her horrific experience.

“Tsachi cried, begging to figure out where his 18-year-old was bleeding from, exclaiming, ‘She's dying.’ I left Yael to see Maayan in a pool of blood. I felt her body, looking for the bullet wound, and understood then that it was too late. Maayan was shot in the head and was already dead. I looked at Tsachi and began crying.”

“Later, I would learn that Hamas live-streamed its attack that day on Facebook, using our smartphones. Family, friends, and others around the world watched Hamas' brutality and violence in real-time as they entered our home, started shooting, and killed our daughter.”

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