God Bless the brave heroes of the IDF.
— Andreas Fagerbakke (@afagerbakke) December 25, 2023
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“I don’t speak because I have the power to speak; I speak because I don’t have the power to remain silent.” Rav Kook z"l
God Bless the brave heroes of the IDF.
— Andreas Fagerbakke (@afagerbakke) December 25, 2023
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This time the Satmar/Neturei Karta got a Baal Teshuva Meshiginar to bark anti-Zionist Slogans
Israeli satirical television show “Eretz Nehederet” is continuing airing English-language sketches tackling the anti-Israel bias in the world as Israel fights Hamas in Gaza.
On Tuesday, the show aired a sketch which featured actor Brett Gelman, who visited Israel last week, and is known for his role in the Netflix series “Stranger Things”.
In the sketch, Gelman portrays a professor from Berkeley University who, together with two students, visits Joseph and Mary, the parents of newly born Jesus, to tell them that they are Palestinians and not Jewish.
The three insist that Jesus cannot be Jewish since, they claim, no Jews will live in the land of “Palestine” for another 1,948 years. However, in the same breath, the professor claims that Jesus will be murdered by the Jewish people who, a minute before, he had said do not even live in the land.
Previous “Eretz Nehederet” clips from the war, including ones mocking the BBC,tackling campus antisemitism in the wake of the war and mocking the UN and its anti-Israel bias, have gone viral.
A Hamas police officer shot a Palestinian boy to stop him from approaching humanitarian aid in the area of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday. The boy later died of his wounds.
Clashes later broke out between Hamas terrorists and the family of the boy, Ahmed Bracha, in the area of Tel al-Sultan north of Rafah.
Crowds set fire to the Hamas police station and the family vowed revenge for his death, threatening to kill the officer and his family, Channel 12 reported.
Hamas policemen were documented attacking residents in Khan Yunis as well over the distribution of humanitarian aid.
Video has emerged in recent weeks of Gazans raiding humanitarian aid trucks before they reach their destinations, the report said, noting in many cases it’s Hamas that gets its hands on the aid.
Earlier this month, an elderly Gazan woman told Al Jazeera that Hamas redirects humanitarian aid deliveries to its tunnels for use by members of the terrorist group.
“All aid goes down [into Hamas tunnels]. The aid does not reach the nation and entire people,” she said.
The journalist from the Qatari state-owned network then tried to convince her that only a small amount of aid is coming into the Strip and that it is all being properly distributed.
The woman wagged her finger at him and said, “Everything goes to [the terrorists’] houses. They take it. They will even shoot me and do whatever they want to me—Hamas.”
Despite the evidence that humanitarian aid is reaching Hamas, Israel has failed to hold to an earlier promise that aid would stop if it did so as it does not wish to resupply its enemy.
“Israel will not prevent humanitarian assistance from Egypt as long as it is only food, water and medicine for the civilian population located in the southern Gaza Strip or (those) evacuating to there, and as long as these supplies do not reach Hamas,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said.
Neither has the United States remained firm despite pledging to stop assistance if it ended up in the hands of the terror group.
“Let me be clear, if Hamas averts or steals the assistance, it will have demonstrated once again that they have no concern for the welfare of the Palestinian people and it will end,” U.S. President Joe Biden said on Oct. 18 during a solidarity trip to Israel.
“As a practical matter, it will—it will stop the international community from being able to provide this aid,” he said.
The United States has instead pressed Israel to increase the flow of humanitarian aid and Netanyahu now insists that humanitarian aid enables the war to continue, arguing at a Dec. 5 press conference:
“The war efforts are supported by the humanitarian effort…this is because we follow laws of war because we know that if there would be a collapse—diseases, pandemics and groundwater infections—it will stop the fighting.”
Iris Haim, the mother of hostage Yotam Haim who was tragically shot and killed by IDF troops in a case of mistaken identity in northern Gaza earlier this month, said she has no anger towards the military for the incident.
In a poignant interview with Channel 12, she shared her feelings of sorrow and shock, but not of anger.
“I was not angry for even a minute, neither was my husband. There was no anger at the IDF for even a moment. There was pain, sorrow, great pain… We were shocked,” Haim said.
Yotam Haim, along with Alon Shamriz and Samar Talalka, were mistakenly identified as threats and killed by IDF troops on December 15. The incident is currently under investigation by the IDF.
In a remarkable gesture of forgiveness, Haim recorded a message for the soldiers involved, expressing love and absolving them of blame. She recounted that she and her husband “cried together” with the soldiers during their shiva visit in the shiva. Haim described the soldiers as “sweet” young men who had thought they were confronting hostile figures, not realizing they were hostages.
The family has received numerous visits from military personnel and families of military members since the incident. Haim mentioned that she had learned about the low morale within the troops following the incident, which compelled her to release her message on December 20.
“Yotam was free, even if he did not return to Israel alive. He was free from Hamas’s captivity. In that way, he beat Hamas. It was important for me to say that to the soldiers,” she explained, highlighting a sense of victory in her son’s freedom from captivity.
“Hamas didn’t kill him — it gives us a sense of comfort.”
Last week, Mrs Haim released a public message to the soldiers.
The family of Master Sergeant (res.) Shay Termin from Rosh Pina, who tragically lost his life last Friday during a battle in Khan Yunis, received the heart-wrenching news today that their son was a victim of friendly fire. In an emotionally charged statement responding to the news, Shay’s father, Avi Termin, stood beside an Israeli flag and addressed the soldiers involved in the incident.
In a remarkable display of compassion, Avi said that he harbors no anger towards the soldiers responsible for the tragic event. He extended support from himself and his family, acknowledging the difficult circumstances under which the incident occurred.
He also extended an invitation to the soldiers involved, expressing his family’s wish to meet with them and hug them.