The @washingtonpost and reporter @John_Hudson have gone rabid in their attacks on Israel. See the #1 story in the paper yesterday.
1/ Hudson must be challenged on every fact:
1. Biden never accused Israel of a "scorched earth" invasion. The term is used by Hudson and some of his colleagues. Biden also "walked back" the term "red line." (DeYoung)
2. Hudson lists quantities of 2,000-pound bombs transfered to Israel that "have been linked to previous mass-casualty events." Hudson DID NOT list the $320 million of JDAM and SPICE guidance kits which transform unguided bombs to precision guided munitions.
3. The "mass casualty" events he cites were discredited. Why? Because he couldn't recognize bunker buster bombs were used so that they would explode meters underground. 2/ Hudson and WaPo must be challenged on every fact:

4. Details and video on Israel's JDAM & Spice bomb kits were published in WSJ. The kits are expected to decrease collateral damage. When "dumb bombs" have been used, the IDF dive bombs to release close to target.
wsj.com/video/series/e…

The US raises treatment of imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti and not allowing Int'l Red Cross reps to see security prisoners in Israel.

Now this? The US is seeking the death of Israel by a thousand cuts.

Barghouti is a thug in prison for life after ordering bomb attacks during the Intifadas that killed 5, including a Greek Orthodox Priest. He was a leader of the Al Aqsa Brigade terrorist group.
It's claimed that Barghouti, now a #Hamas fan, is a potential successor to Mahmoud Abbas. Is that why the #Biden Admin is supporting him? @JakeSullivan46 @NSC_Spox

As far as the Int' Red Cross visiting Pals in prison, how dare @SecBlinken make that demand when they do not see Israeli civilian hostages?!
wapo.st/3xh0r2s 2/ You can tell a lot about a person by his friends.

Here's Marwan Barghouti with his prison pals -- Samir Kuntar, who smashed a baby's skull with his rifle butt during a terrorist attack, and Ahmed Saadat, who ordered the shooting of Israeli Minister Rehavam Ze'evi.
Kuntar was released in an exchange & joined Hizbullah. He was killed in an air strike while planning a terrorist attack on the Golan.

I am enthralled w #ghostsofbeirut, but a tinge of PTSD.
I was in Beirut in 1982. Alexander Hotel (Bob Simon's room). It had a nice outdoor cafe (used to be indoors til a bomb). Watched the IDF missile shooting down a Syrian jet, Syrian troops evacuate, Arafat & crew sail off. 1/ #Beirut 2/ Silly me. I bought a postcard & went to a post office to buy a stamp. Everyone howled. No service in yrs.
Went to Bashir Gemayal's office to talk with an aide about the president-to-be's PR in DC.
Not to be: the office & Gemayal were blown to smithereens 2 wks later.

"3D analysis shows how Israeli troops fired into group of civilians."
WaPo deep dive is a classic case of JOURNALISTIC MALPRACTICE by Evan Hill who just left NYT where he crucified Israel for the May 2021 war in Gaza, He lied hid evidence, old clips. 1/
washingtonpost.com/investigations… Journalistic Malpractice 2/
@EvenHill, formerly from NYT, Al Jazeera, Human Rights Watch. He wrote civilians were killed in Israeli raid that nabbed "several Palestinian fighters." At least 8!, including commanders.
The civilians - & all of Nablus - are used as human shields.

#Purim's over; costumes are in the attic. With some trepidation, many Jews see the #Passover preparations & cleaning ahead.
Traditionally, this is a time to get Matza for the holiday.
125 y.a. students at Mikve Yisrael ag school were harvesting wheat. Why was a Rabbi there?
1/ Making of Matza is very meticulous. No water can enter the process until the last minute, lest the grain, flour, or matza becomes leavened. Must complete the process from the second H2O is added to the flour, kneaded, rolled out & baked in under 18 minutes.
Rabbis supervise.

This is outrageous on so many levels. 1/
1. The Palestinians deny the existence of the Jewish People in Biblical time, even the existence of the Temple.
2. Palestinian looters & grave diggers plunder archeological sites constantly.
3. Most Pals aren't...
nytimes.com/2023/01/05/art… 2/ "Palestinian relic"
3. Most Arab residents did not show up in Palestine until maybe 1400 yrs ago & many only in last 150 yrs. Erakat's claim to have been a Canaanite is bunk.
4. Dangerous precedent by US. Imagine US Embassy trucks emptying Israel Museum, Shrine of the Book...

.@USAmbIsrael Thomas Nides is upset that an Israeli visited the holiest Jewish site, the Temple Mt.
We have been "very clear in conversations w the Israeli gov'f on the issue of preserving the status quo in Jerusalem’s holy sites. Actions that prevent that are unacceptable.”
1/ 2/ Amb Nides, the position of the High Commissioner of the Palestine Mandate ended in 1948.

Since Min Ben Gvir's visit took place during the middle of night DC time, I presume you got no guidance from DC, which would have been much tougher, like calling for an FBI interrogation.

Nothing is staler & more anti-Israel than former "Jim-Baker's-Boys" calling for Admin pressure on Israel's FUTURE govt.
Their formula for pressure on Palestinians amounts to 24 words.
40 yrs ago, Kurtzer argued vs even "natural growth"of settlements. 1/ washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/… 2/ Hey Aaron, @aarondmiller2 who poisoned you in a month since you tweeted this?
"Biden isn’t Obama on Israel. He won’t press Netanyahu on Pal's and Israel at same time. If accurate (sic) @BarakRavid reporting suggests Biden will give new govt wide margin to act responsibly."

What's behind the USG decision to investigate (prosecute) Israel for the death of @ShareenAbuAkhla?

USG knows there was no intentional hit, scores of Palestinian gunmen were in Jenin, Jenin terrorists had just killed 19 Israeli civilians, & Pals wouldn't help investigate.
1/ 2/ So why's the US prosecuting Israel?

It's political.
Waited to announce til after US & Israel elections so it wouldn't be a campaign issue.
Pressure from Democratic progressives & pro-Pal lobby.
Recast USG policy: investigate UAE, try to avoid supporting Iran regime change,

FBI opens investigation of Israel into killing of Palestinian American Shireen Abu Akleh.

THIS IS SO WRONG.
IT ECHOES THE CORRUPT UN.
IT IS AN EXPRESSION OF NO CONFIDENCE IN ISRAEL'S JUSTICE SYSTEM.
IT IGNORES ISRAEL'S MORALITY ON THE BATTLEFIELD. 1/ axios.com/2022/11/14/fbi… 2/

https://twitter.com/lennybendavid/status/1564490728587333632?t=mxXntT01qneXqZNRfd9q2Q&s=19

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…

#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.

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!

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..

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/

https://twitter.com/i/status/1508148783837855752

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)

#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.

#BREAKING Proof of @nytimes fraud in its #Gaza Hit Job against #Israel.

The NYT shows only 10 seconds of #Hamas narrow tunnels.
The video WAS TAKEN IN 2014!

Pic 1. 2021 vid. Min. 7:00. Man red Kaffiya.
Pic 2. Same man in 2014.
He's wearing PIJ emblem

nytimes.com/video/world/mi… 2/ NYT: There were no videos of the Hamas tunnels in May 2021?
Were NYT local fixers & photographers working for or scared of Hamas?
Was the 2014 clip added in the NY office?
Here's a trustworthy video from Qatari source.

.@evanhill, @herbertnyt @PatrickKingsley your hatchet job on #Israel gets worse w every layer of research.
Thread 1/

NYT minimized #IDF intel on the tunnels, showing only 10 secs of a skinny non-threatening #Hamas tunnel.

What you DIDN'T show would have killed your narrative. On June 5, 2021 - BEFORE @evanhill tweeted his search for tech bomb expert to help him on NYT project - Iran's Mehr & Qatar's Al Jazeera broadcast a vid of #Hamas' tunnels w Command, Control, Plan & Operation chambers!
Can't deny a legit target.
en.mehrnews.com/news/174409/VI…

Thread. 1/ More questions for @nytimes @herbertnyt @evanhill
Hill amassed a massive team for his hit job on #Israel. What did the NYT spend?
$2 million for the intensive month-long operation?
No one could get into #Gaza. How'd you pull that off? Who interviewed, film, research? 2/ More Qs for @nytimes @herbertnyt @evanhill

At end of his list of staff, Hill thanks UNRWA & a Palestinian human rights group.
Were they his foot soldiers on the ground (ON, not UNDER to investigate #Hamas tunnels.)
Another essential group was necessary, but not credited.

.@nytimes produced its war film vs #Israel that it's been working on for wks. The storyline: Israel used US weapons to bomb Gaza apt buildings & kill civilians.
I saw this coming. See thread.
Gaza’s Deadly Night: How Israeli Airstrikes Killed 44 People. nytimes.com/video/world/mi… 2/ The NYT ignored proof of tunnels & command center that CREATED A SINKHOLE.
3 wks ago NYT advertised for a tekkie who could help produce this video.
NYT ignored Hamas' reax to question about a command post, but bored in on IDF response.
Film's producer has HRW & AJ "history."

Is #HassanNasrallah, the leader of #Hizbullah, dead?

Rumors abound.
Coincidence? A flash heat wave was felt in #Israel yesterday, as if the fires of hell were stoked with a new source of fuel. 🔥
1/ Thread: The #Nasrallah Obituary Album 2/ Nasrallah Obit Album.
Israel will regret that #Nasrallah died NOT at its hand.

And then there were none: The three men who led the 2006 #Lebanon war against #Israel - Qasem #Soleimani, Iyad Mughniyeh, and #HassanNasrallah debriefing Khomeini Jr in #Iran.