"Stones" Kill. Israeli soldier murdered in the West Bank

‘You’re my only son, I have nothing,’ wept the father of murdered Israeli soldier Amit Ben-Ygal. The 21 year old was killed after being hit in the head by a rock during a raid in the village of Yabed

The young soldier was murdered just one month before the end of his service.

Palestinians and their fauxgressive apologists in the West want you to believe that "children throwing stones" looks like this.

More often, it looks like this

Palestinian children throwing stones

Or this  

Palestinian children throwing stones

Speaking to reporters, Amit's father Baruch Ben-Ygal, wept “We don’t have anything else. I am broken, I am broken, I am broken, I am crushed...I don’t have words for it.”

UPDATE

Empowered by their "success," Palestinians are using social media to encourage copycat actions.

Hamas: Misplaced priorities during the global pandemic

The world is at a standstill with shelter in place orders interupting all but the most basic routines.  Governments are investing significant resources to test and treat Covid-19 patients. Scientists are studying the virus, looking for points of weakness, and potential vaccines. 

And in Gaza, they are shooting rockets at Israeli civilians, and digging terror tunnels.

On Tuesday, a rocket was fired from Gaza, targetting Israeli civilians in the southland. And today the military wing of Hamas- the al-Qassam Brigades- announced the death of 25-year-old Moamen Ahmed Abu Hajar after a terror tunnel he was working in collapsed.

Two examples of the woefully misplaced priorities of Hamas, directing their resources towards terror.

Moamen Ahmed Abu Hajar

Moamen Abu Hajar was given a hero's funeral in Gaza, with no adherence to the  "social distancing" guidelines meant to reduce the spread of infection.

Funeral of Moamen Ahmed Abu Hajar

Moamen Ahmed Abu Hajar in happier times, presented for those that still claim the tunnels are the work of a desperate starving people.

Why is Hamas spending its money, its time, and its energy on terrorism in middle of a global pandemic?  Why do they continually prioritize taking Jewish lives, rather than saving Palestinian ones?

Mays Abu Gosh: Firebomber wannabe, and JVP latest Cause célèbre

Has Jewish Voice for Peace ever met a terrorist they didn't embrace?  Jewish Voice for Peace is so devoid of a moral compass they honored Rasmea Odeh at their annual gala.  Odeh is a vile terrorist whose claim to notoriety was placing a bomb in a kosher grocery store in Jerusalem, just before Shabbat.

Ben Lorber of JVP up close and personal with convicted murderer  Rasmea Odeh

Mays Abu Gosh (aka Mais Abu Gosh) is the latest cause célèbre for Jewish Voice for Peace. 

Mays Abu Gosh's history is difficult to ferret out,  so dominant is the Palestinian narrative on the Web.  She's either

1) a student
2) a journalist
3) student journalist
4) a peace activist

depending on what what piece of agitprop you're reading.

Cospicuously absent from the online  #FreeMays puff pieces are any mention her family, and their history of violent terrorism directed against the Israeli people

Mays Abu Gosh's brother Hussein murdered a 24 year old, Shlomit Krigman, in front of a Beit Horon grocery store in 2016. He was shot by a security guard after he tried to attack  others in the  store. The 17 year old Hussein (yes, another one of the "children" dead in the conflict) had planned to detonate 3 pipe bombs before he was neutralized. His accomplice Ibrahim Osama Allan, 23,  was also killed

Mays Abu Gosh 's cousin Hussein Salem Abu Ghosh, 24, attempted to ram his car into a bus stop, near the town of  Kochav Yaakov.  He was shot to death, still clutching his  knife.

Mays' brother Suleiman is also current in prison.

Mays Abu Gosh is a member of Al-Qutub, the student arm of the terrorist PFLP group on campus and was found with several firebombs in her possession.  (descibed in some of the online hagiographies as "organizing nonviolent student activities" ) She 's been sentenced to 16 months in prison, and a fine of 2,000 NIS.  

Thank you, Mayor Breed! San Francisco Honors Israel on her 72nd Anniversary

Last night, San Francisco's City Hall was lit up in blue and white, to commemorate Yom Ha'atzmaut, the 72nd anniversary of Israel's independence.

From the City Hall Lighting Events Calendar:

Thank you, Mayor Breed, for this beautiful gesture of solidarity.

Today, the Israeli flag flies at City Hall, acknowledging again, the bond between our people.

"Palestine is not our cause" is trending in the Arab world

The times, they are a'changin!

The trending hashtag "Palestine is not my cause" (In Arabic  #فلسطين_ليست_قضيتي   ) from the Gulf states is surprising, to say the least. 

Here's a sample of whats appeared  today on Twitter

One post blames the Palestinians for selling their land to the Jews.

Another shows a  Palestinian mother feeding her baby a diet of hatred and treachery

This cartoon seems fairly obvious

The Palestinians reaction to this affront?  Of course, they blamed Israel!

Palestinians compare Jews to viruses on Yom Ha Shoah

In one of the most abhorent PR campaigns in a long history of abhorent PR campaigns, the Palestinians have been encouraged to leave messages on social media, comparing the Jewish people and the Jewish state to the deadly coronavirus.

This campaign of dehumanization has begun on the Yom Hashoah, when we commemorate the 6 million lives lost, because they too, were considered less than human

These and other repulsive images have been shared thousands of time using the hashtag #covid48, a reminder, if you needed one, that this  conflict has never been about the territories captured in the 1967 war- but rather the existence of the state of Israel within any borders.

Gaza Grocery store opens in the Hyper Mall

There was no social distancing in Gaza at this weeks grand opening of a new grocery store in the Hyper mall, the largest mall in Gaza, located in the Nusseirat refugee camp.   Yes, really.

The management initially assured the Gaza public that all precautions were being taken to assure their safety and well being.

Photos were shown on social media of the staff appropriately masked and gloved.

Gaza  Hyper Mall Grocery Store

Gaza  Hyper Mall Grocery Store

Grand opening day looked very different. Inside the mall, there were local celebrities (actor and comedian Mahmoud Zuaiter) giveaways, and huge shoulder to shoulder crowds.

Yet there was no social distancing.   In view of the coronavirus which has affected over 2,000,000 people worldwide and has left over a hundred thousand dead, this kind of mass gathering is foolhardy and irresponsible.

Its as if the Hamas terror group completely disregarded the health and welfare of the people of Gaza....

Go Anteaters! UC Irvine rescinds BDS resolution

The University of California at Irvine Student Senate has repealed a 2012 resolution that called for the campus to divest from companies that do business with Israel.

Meeting on March 31, the Associated Students of UC Irvine voted to repeal the earlier BDS resolution by a vote of 15 for, 6 against, with 2 abstentions.

Senator Marshall Roe introduced a resolution to repeal  R48-15 , stating it had contributed to a hostile campus climate for Jewish students.   The boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement was denounced as “contrary to the foundational ideals of Higher Education and thus the values of the UC.”

Senate Roe, quoted in the Jerusalem Post expressed his desire that the repeal of the highly divisive resolution would return the campus to a position of neutrality on the conflict

“I believe that embracing neutrality on this matter and thus repealing R48-15 would dispel the noxious atmosphere and create neutrality on campus, a neutrality that would foster an environment of reconciliation rather than rancor.”

When the original resolution passed in 2012, Ali Abunimah of the Electronic Intifada gloated that the "historic" vote was a "stinging defeat" to "Zionist bullying" on campus.   He has not made a statement since the original vote was rescinded.

In the 8 years since  the passage of the  original BDS resolution, not a cent have been divested from UC Irvine, or any campus of the University of California. The UC Irvine / Israel Engineering Initiative remains strong and supports collaborative  educational research initiatives withTel Aviv University, the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology), Ben Gurion University and Hebrew University.

For more information on the repeal of UC Irvine's BDS resolution see:

UCI Student Senate Repeals BDS Resolution

UC Irvine Student Senate repeals BDS resolution

Instructions for keeping safe in Israel: English, Russian, Hebrew and Arabic

Lies about Israel's Ministry of Health's handling of the Coronovirus are spreading faster than .... well...you know what.

One common trope is that instructions to insure the safety of the populace are only given out in Hebrew. 

Um.  No.

Israel Coronavirus instructions in English

Israel Coronavirus instructions in Russian

Israel Coronavirus instructions in Arabic

Israel Coronavirus instructions in Hebrew

The truth is out there...in many languages.  You need only look.

Gaza prepares for the Coronavirus

In spite of the never-ending hostilities, aid continues to flow into Gaza, from Israel. Just last week, 206 tons of medical supplies and equipment entered Gaza.

Supplies needed to facilitate Gaza's fight against the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, including testing kits, personal protective gear, and sanitizer were also sent.

Gaza  has been sanitizing public areas and shopping centers.

Additionally, Gaza is building a 1000 bed field hospital for quarantined coronavirus patients.

Gaza coronavirus field hospital

Recognizing that viruses cross borders, Israel and the Palestinian Authority have set up a joint operations room to combat the pandemic.

Rather than applaud the regional cooperation, the usual suspects are taking this as an opportunity to bash Israel. Posting on Twitter, the self-described "journalist, writer, filmmaker" Ben Norton refuses to be inconvenienced by simple reality and instead makes the spurious claim,

"Coronavirus has now reached Gaza, which is under a totally illegal, brutal, medieval-style siege by Israel. Gaza barely has health infrastructure; it has been bombed to pieces by Israel. Every Palestinian death caused by Covid-19 is blood on Israel's hands"

Over 77,000 tons of supplies, in 2547 trucks entered Gaza last week alone.  Positively  "medieval", Ben.

Gaza refuses to practice social distancing

As of today, there are 306,677 confirmed cases of corona virus worldwide.  13,017 have died.  Health care facilities are critically understaffed, with shortages in masks, hand-sanitizer and ventilators in short supply.

And in spite of this,  Gaza has refused to practice social distancing, flaunting their refusal on social media

 

After two Gazans returning from Pakistan tested positive for the coronavirus, the Gaza Health  ministry began to take the pandemic seriously, deciding to close wedding halls, restaurants, cafes and lounges, and to suspend Friday prayers in the Gaza Strip until further notice.  Currently 80 travelers to Gaza are in quarantine.

Aida Touma-Sliman backtracks after Twitter slander

Aida Touma-Sliman from the Arab Joint List has accused the Israel Defense Forces of  committing an “atrocity” by spraying Palestinians “with an unknown substance” , then quickly backtracked.

On Twitter, Joint List MK Aida Touma-Sliman wrote “Another atrocity [being committed] by the occupation under the cover of the coronavirus — the IDF is spraying Palestinians at the Qalqilya checkpoint with an unknown substance. "

After Naftali Bennett corrected her, saying “These are not IDF forces. The Palestinian Authority disinfected the checkpoint,” she deleted her tweet responding, “The video I uploaded a few minutes ago was from the Palestinian side…I was misled.”

Pallywood narrowly averted.

Gaza prepares for the coronavirus

The world is preparing for the corona virus pandemic, and "open air prison" Gaza is no exception.

Teams of medical students have visited a local grocery store in the strip, distributing information and answering questions.

Photos from Gaza Meat City Facebook page

Widespread disinfecting is taking place

A mini field hospital has been set up close to the Rafah crossing where people entering Gaza from Egypt are checked. Anyone with a fever is tested.  So far, the tests have been negative.

Additionally, Israel has sent 200 kits to identify the Coronavirus to Gaza.  Kamil Abu Rokon, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) declared  "Viruses and diseases have no borders.  COGAT and the Health Ministry will continue their efforts to assist the Palestinian Authority to stop the spread of the coronavirus out of an Israeli interest and humanitarianism"

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