DUS IZ NIES

Saturday, November 11, 2023

No one can watch what I have seen and not be changed by it.

Late Thursday afternoon, I was one of about 20 journalists at a private screening of the raw footage of the 10/7 Hamas attack on Israel.

Security was tight at the Israeli Consulate in Manhattan; the unmarked building was surrounded by police. Our phones and laptops were stored in lockers. We were escorted in small groups through two locked doors to a conference room.

None of us wanted to be there. But all of us needed to be there — for this film, put together by the Israeli Army, will never be made public.

The point of these viewings, the consulate staff told us, was to make sure that 'conspiracies and distortions don't make it into mass media.'

As we know, they already have.

Is there any clearer proof than those grossly misguided and malicious 'activists' making a sport of tearing down posters of hostages held by Hamas? Of assaulting Jews on streets and college campuses?

The youngest hostage, by the way, is 10 months old.

Holocaust denial, now as before, remains very much with us. As does anti-Semitism. This footage is unassailable evidence.

Here is some of what I saw:

The IDF and ISA killed the terrorist who held hostage approximately 1,000 Gazan residents at the Rantisi Hospital in the Gaza Strip, the IDF and ISA said in a joint announcement.

Based on precise IDF and ISA intelligence, and with the direction of IDF ground troops, IDF aircraft struck Ahmed Siam, a company commander of the Naser Radwan Company of the Hamas terrorist organization.

Two days ago, the IDF spokesperson exposed that Siam held hostage approximately 1,000 Gazan residents at the Rantisi Hospital and prevented them from evacuating southwards for their safety.

Ahmed Siam was killed while hiding in the "al Buraq" school, where additional terrorists under this command were also hiding and were killed.

"Ahmed Siam demonstrates once again that Hamas uses the civilians of the Gaza Strip as human shields for terror purposes," the IDF stressed.

STUNNING: Antisemitic Hate Crimes In New York City Soared 214% In October

New York City has witnessed a stunning 214% rise in antisemitic hate crimes in October as compared to last year, according to NYPD data, coinciding directly with the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. While hate crimes rose overall by 124%, the soaring levels of antisemitism is particularly alarming, with 69 cases recorded last month compared to 22 in October of the previous year.

Bob Moskovitz, Executive Director of Flatbush Shomrim Safety Patrol told the New York Daily News that “We’re feeling it 100%.” Shomrim’s hotline experienced a staggering 300% increase in calls amid frazzled nerves among Jewish residents. Moskovitz noted that the volume of calls reached nearly 1,600 in October, a more than three-fold increase from the usual 500 calls per month.

“The community is obviously anxious and stressed by everything that is going on overseas and here,” Moskovitz said.

The nature of the incidents, according to Moskovitz, primarily involves younger individuals and includes verbal assaults from cars, theft, and destruction of Israeli flags outside homes.

The incidents also reflect a broader national trend of increased anti-Semitic activity, as documented by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which also noted a rise in anti-Muslim and anti-Arab incidents.

The situation has extended beyond the streets, affecting higher education institutes. Jewish students at Columbia University and other institutions have reported feeling vulnerable, with antisemitic threats becoming more frequent on campuses.

The recent escalation of hate crimes has captured the attention of lawmakers. Representative Ritchie Torres expressed his concerns, saying, “Antisemitism is like a cancer that can go into remission but it resurfaces every so often.” He also pointed to the role of social media in rapidly disseminating antisemitic rhetoric.

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, alongside legislators, has announced proposed changes to the legal definitions of hate crimes to address and close existing loopholes.

In response to the growing need for security, Senator Chuck Schumer is advocating for increased federal funding to safeguard places of worship and religious schools targeted by hate crimes, recognizing the urgency of the situation as America faces a rising tide of intolerance and violence.

FBI Agents Stop NYC Mayor Adams On The Street, Seize Two Cellphones And Ipad

FBI agents seized electronic devices belonging to New York City Mayor Eric Adams earlier this week as part of a federal investigation examining potential illegal collaboration between Adams’s 2021 campaign, the Turkish government, and other entities in channeling funds into the campaign’s coffers, the New York Times reports.

The agents, executing a court-authorized warrant, approached Mayor Adams on the street, asking his security detail to step aside before accompanying him into his SUV to seize at least two cellphones and an iPad. These devices were returned to Mayor Adams within days, with law enforcement having the capability to copy data from seized devices.