Thread by @GREENESJ333

For those who do not know, there is a photo of bloodied hands describing the Democrats floating around Facebook and probably across social media after the assassination of Charlie Kirk and so many celebrating his death.
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People are fed up with their violence and projection.

What many people do not know, even those who support Israel in her existential war against Hamas, is there is another meaning for red bloodied hands that is used by the Democrats today.
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The red painted hands seen at some pro-Palestinian demonstrations are a symbol with deep and contentious historical roots, primarily linked to the Ramallah lynching of October 12, 2000, during the Second Intifada.
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On that day, two Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) reservists, Yossi Avrahami and Vadim Nurzhitz, mistakenly entered Ramallah in the West Bank and were detained by Palestinian Authority police. A large mob gathered, stormed the police station, and brutally killed the two soldiers.
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After the attack, a Palestinian man named Aziz Salha appeared at a window of the station, waving his bloodied hands to the cheering crowd below, an image that was captured in a widely circulated photograph.
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Salha later stated in court documents that he and the mob were "in a craze to see blood." This moment became an infamous symbol of the violence of the Second Intifada.

The symbol evokes the 2000 lynching for many Israelis and Jewish observers.
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Experts like Anne Bayefsky have described the red hands as representing "brutality and human depravity" and a form of violent antisemitism signifying what she calls Israel's existential war.
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The symbol has appeared in various forms, including painted hands, red gloves, handprints on signs, and even red hand pins worn by celebrities, which has further amplified its visibility and controversy.
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