Starbucks Workers Union Voices ‘Solidarity With Palestine’ After Hamas Attack

 

The labor union representing approximately 9,000 Starbucks baristas, Starbucks Workers United, expressed “solidarity with Palestine” in the wake of the recent conflict that saw over 1,300 Israelis killed. 

This stance triggered calls for a boycott of the popular coffee chain. Starbucks Workers United, based in Buffalo, NY, represents 340 Starbucks locations across the United States and shared this message with its nearly 100,000 followers.

The tweet read, “Solidarity with Palestine!” However, Starbucks Workers United subsequently removed the controversial post, although their account did “like” a tweet from one of its members stating, “Once again, free Palestine.”

US Senator Rick Scott from Florida strongly criticized the union for its tone-deaf tweets and urged a boycott of the Seattle-based coffee chain, which boasts over 16,000 locations throughout the country. Scott tweeted, “This is disgusting. Every American should condemn the atrocities that Iran-backed Hamas terrorists committed in Israel. Boycott Starbucks until its leadership strongly denounces and takes action against this horrific support of terrorism.”

Starbucks was swift in distancing itself from the union, an affiliate of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), which has more than 2 million members working across various industries in the US and Canada. The company stated, “We unequivocally condemn acts of terrorism, hate, and violence, and disagree with the statements and views expressed by Workers United and its members. Workers United’s words and actions belong to them, and them alone.”

Starbucks Workers United, along with SEIU, “do not represent the company’s views, positions, or beliefs,” according to Starbucks.

Upon contacting Starbucks Workers United for comment, the union directed attention to a statement by SEIU president Mary Kay Henry. She tweeted, “The violence in Israel and Palestine is unconscionable. @SEIU stands with all who are suffering, while strongly condemning anti-Semitism, Islamophobia & hate in all forms. I pray for a swift resolution and a future where all in the region can be happy, safe & live with dignity.”

One of the founding organizers of Starbucks Workers United, Jaz Brisack, has previously expressed support for Palestinian terrorist Rasmea Odeh, who was involved in bombings in Jerusalem in 1969 and 1970. In a 2017 op-ed for the Daily Mississippian, Brisack referred to Odeh as a “political prisoner” and labeled Odeh and her fellow members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a group designated as a terrorist organization by the US in 1997, as “freedom fighters,” as reported by the Washington Free Beacon. Odeh was released by Israel as part of a prisoner exchange in 1980 but was arrested in the US in 2013 for illegally entering the country in the 1990s. She was deported to Jordan in 2017.

“WHAT’S WRONG WITH YOU?”: Naftali Bennett Roasts British Anchorman Over Anti-Israel Bias [VIDEO]

 

Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett got into a heated clash with a Sky News anchor over the plight of civilians in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

The Sky News reporter made a pointed effort to paint Israel as “the bad guys” by shutting off electricity to Gaza, which he said would kill babies in hospitals.

Bennett fired back: “Are you seriously asking about Palestinian civilians? What’s wrong with you? We’re fighting Nazis! We’re not targeting them … I’m not going to feed electricity or water to our enemies.”

The Red Cross Double Crossed the Jewish Hostages in Gaza

 

IDF Demolishes Palestinian Pizza Shop That Mocked Elderly Israeli Hostage

 

The Palestinian owners of a pizza shop in the West Bank town of Huwara apparently found the recent Hamas attacks and abductions of Israelis into Gaza quite humorous, so much so that they had an ad created featuring one of the hostages.

The ad, shared by the pizza shop on Facebook, shows an elderly Israeli woman being held captive in Gaza next to one of their pizza pies and urging people to come buy them.

The IDF wasn’t amused. On Thursday evening, an armored bulldozer showed up at the pizza shop and promptly leveled it to the ground. The pizza shop owner was also arrested by security forces and is now facing charges.

Not such a funny joke now, right?

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Hamas Practiced in Plain Sight, Posting Video of Mock Attack Weeks Before Border Breach

 

This image from video posted to social media by Hamas on Sept. 12, 2023 shows a live-fire exercise dubbed operation “Strong Pillar” outside Al-Mawasi, a Palestinian town on the southern coast of the Gaza Strip. (Hamas via AP)

Less than a month before Hamas fighters blew through Israel’s high-tech “Iron Wall” and launched an attack that would leave more than 1,200 Israelis dead, they practiced in a very public dress rehearsal.

A slickly produced two-minute propaganda video posted to social media by Hamas on Sept. 12 shows fighters using explosives to blast through a replica of the border gate, sweep in on pickup trucks and then move building by building through a full-scale reconstruction of an Israeli town, firing automatic weapons at human-silhouetted paper targets.

The Islamic militant group’s live-fire exercise dubbed operation “Strong Pillar” also had militants in body armor and combat fatigues carrying out operations that included the destruction of mock-ups of the wall’s concrete towers and a communications antenna, just as they would do for real in the deadly attack last Saturday.

While Israel’s highly regarded security and intelligence services were clearly caught flatfooted by Hamas’ ability to breach its Gaza defenses, the group appears to have hidden its extensive preparations for the deadly assault in plain sight.

“There clearly were warnings and indications that should have been picked up,” said Bradley Bowman, a former U.S. Army officer who is now senior director of the Center on Military and Political Power at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington research institute. “Or maybe they were picked up, but they didn’t spark necessary preparations to prevent these horrific terrorist acts from happening.”

Interrogation of a captured Hamas official Reveals the Motives of the attack against children

Interrogation of a captured Hamas official: 

terrorists wanted to kidnap women, children, and babies to rape them.

I’ve been careful to post content that has been confirmed — this video was shared by Israel’s MFA, and given the extent to which graphic videos have circulated I’ve also been careful not to overshare. But this is a necessity, and it reveals the depravity of these people.

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This is the tragic aftermath of Kibbutz Be’eri.

 

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There are no Innocent Gazans

 

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Gareth Cliff just wrote this. It’s incredible

I am not a Jew and I’m not a citizen of Israel. I haven’t even visited Israel. I don’t trace my religion back to a holy site in Jerusalem and I don’t have a problem with Arabs or Muslims or Christians.

 I’ve read about Abraham, Moses, David and Solomon; the Umayyads, the Abbasids and the Ottomans; I know about the British, the Balfour declaration, Ben Gurion and Golda Meir. I know a bit about the Six-Day War and the Intifada. I might not have any personal stake in the Holy Land, but humanity certainly does – and I’m a human being.

The women, men, children, elderly people and soldiers who were kidnapped, tortured, raped, humiliated and murdered on Saturday by Hamas in sovereign Israel were human beings too.

Those who did it to them are not.

Arab Social Media Posting Neturei Karta Message that Israel Must be Destroyed

 

Heart-breaking moment father breaks down in tears as he confesses he WELCOMED news his daughter, 8, had been killed by Hamas - rather than face the horrors of being a hostage in Gaza

 

A devastated father has said welcomed the news that his eight-year-old daughter had been killed by Hamas terrorists because it was better than being taken hostage during the barbaric attack on the Be'eri Kibbutz.

Thomas Hand faced an unbearable two-day wait for news about his daughter Emily after Palestinian terrorists stormed their kibbutz at around 7am on Saturday, massacring at least 100 people.

Mr Hand said the kibbutz came under gunfire for about 12 hours that day, during which he did not know the whereabouts or fate of his child after she had gone to sleep at a neighbor's house - something she rarely did. 

In a heartbreaking interview with CNN, Mr Hand broke down in tears as he recounted the moment he was finally told his daughter's body had been found - and said his reaction was one of relief that she had not been kidnapped instead.

'They said, "We found Emily. She's dead," and I just went "Yes!" I went "yes", and I smiled, because that is the best news of the possibilities that I knew,' Mr Hand said in a shaking voice. 

She doesn't do it very often, but unfortunately that night, that particular night - Friday night - she went to sleep at her friend's house,' recounted Hand. The next morning, the kibbutz was under attack. 

 Mr Hand described how he felt during the siege: 

'I'm thinking, the Army are going to be here soon. Just hold on a bit longer, and longer, and longer.' Later, when he was informed of his daughter's murder he said: 'I just went "Yes!"' 'That was the best news of the possibilities that I knew...' as his voice trailed off through tears. 'She was either dead, or in Gaza. And if you know anything about what they do to people in Gaza, that is worse than death,' he said. 'They'd have no food. They'd have no water. She'd be in a dark room filled with Christ knows how many people. And terrified every minute, hour, day, and possible years to come. So death was a blessing. An absolute blessing.'

 Beyond the estimated 1,200 Israelis Hamas butchered over the weekend, the Palestinian terrorists kidnapped scores of Israelis, including some 20 Americans whose whereabouts remain unknown. They committed unimaginable acts of violence against innocent Israelis, including raping and dragging through the streets the bodies of women and girls, burning families alive, and reportedly decapitating babies.

 On Tuesday, the Israeli Defense Force took reporters including a Fox News crew to Be'eri, which is three miles from the Gaza border. The kibbutz was, until Saturday, known as an artistic and farming community of 1,200 people.

Finally!! Israeli Health Minister 'directs public hospitals NOT to treat "cursed and despicable" Hamas terrorists'

 The Israeli Health Minister reportedly issued a directive Wednesday afternoon instructing hospitals in his country to refuse to treat captured terrorists.

According to the Jerusalem Post, Moshe Arbel wrote in his directive that Israeli hospitals must presently prioritize victims of Hamas and IDF soldiers as the country's medical system becomes strained.

'Since the beginning of the fighting, the issue of treating the damned and despicable Hamas terrorists within the public hospitals has piled up a tremendous difficulty on the health system,' he wrote.

'In these difficult times, the health system should focus fully on the treatment of the victims of the criminal massacre, the IDF soldiers and preparedness for the next.

'The task of securing and treating the cursed and despicable terrorists within the public health system significantly harms these efforts and therefore, under my guidance, the public health system will not treat them.

'The handling of the matter should be entrusted to the IDF or the Shin Bet, and of course the Health Ministry is ready and willing to assist these bodies, as needed,' he concluded.

The minister called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has sworn that Israel will kill every member of Hamas, to issue instructions to the relevant entities to begin enforcing his directive.

On Wednesday evening, following the order, Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv announced that a terrorist who had been brought to the hospital was not admitted to the emergency room.

He was instead sent to the prison service's clinic in Ramle for medical treatment.

On Saturday, Iran-backed Palestinian terrorists stormed Israel in a coordinated attack that has so far taken the lives of 1,200 Israelis, some of whom were raped, burned alive, and beheaded mercilessly by agents of Hamas.

Thousands more have been injured and are being treated in packed Israeli hospitals. 

Wednesday, residents in Gaza faced growing uncertainty after the territory's only power plant ran out of fuel and shut down. Over the weekend, PM Netanyahu declared war on Hamas and made it clear that Gaza would feel the impact of Israel's retaliation for decades to come.

This week, Israeli airstrikes demolished entire neighborhoods and sent people scrambling to find safety. The war is only expected to escalate from here.

Netanyahu has promised that his military will ensure the deaths of every Hamas agent. 

Hamas leader calls for 'global day of jihad' on Friday, and asks Muslims to 'take to the streets' in protest against Israel

 A former Hamas chief has called for protests to take place across the Muslim world on Friday in support of the Palestinians, and for the peoples of neighbouring countries to join the fight against Israel.

'[We must] head to the squares and streets of the Arab and Islamic world on Friday,' said Khaled Meshaal, who currently heads Hamas's diaspora office.

Meshaal, who is based in Qatar, said the governments and peoples of Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Egypt have a bigger duty to support the Palestinians.

'Tribes of Jordan, sons of Jordan, brothers and sisters of Jordan... This is a moment of truth and the borders are close to you, you all know your responsibility,' Meshaal said in a recorded statement. 'To all scholars who teach jihad... to all who teach and learn, this is a moment for the application (of theories).'

Jordan and Lebanon are home to the largest number of Palestinian refugees.

Meshaal's call for a Friday 13th uprising was reiterated by Hamas itself, according to the Israeli-run, Washington DC-based Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).

MEMRI said that Hamas urged its supporters in Gaza, the West Bank and Israel to rise up in what he called 'the Al-Aqsa Flood' - echoing what the the secretive Palestinian mastermind Mohammed Deif calls the attack he launched on Saturday against Israel.

The phrase Israel's most wanted man used in an audio tape broadcast as Hamas fired thousands of rockets out of the Gaza Strip over the weekend signalled the attack was their payback for Israeli raids at Jerusalem's Al Aqsa mosque.

'We declare next Friday, ''The Friday of the Al-Aqsa Flood,'' as a day of general mobilization in our Arab and Islamic world and among the free people of the world,' Meshaal's statement said, which was sent to Reuters news agency.

'It is a day to rally support, offer aid, and participate actively.

'It is a day to expose the crimes of the occupation, isolate it, and foil all its aggressive schemes. It is a day to demonstrate our love for Palestine, Jerusalem, and Al-Aqsa.

'It is a day for sacrifice, heroism, and dedication, and to earn the honour of defending the first Qibla of Muslims, the third holiest mosque, and the ascension of the trusted Messenger.'

25 Americans killed in Israel-Hamas war

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks before boarding a plane, October 11, 2023, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, en route to Israel. President Joe Biden is dispatching his top diplomat to Israel on an urgent mission to show US support after the unprecedented attack by Hamas militants. (Photo by JACQUELYN MARTIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed Thursday that at least 25 Americans were killed in the violence after Hamas infiltrated Israel on Saturday.

"Tragically, the number of innocent lives claimed by Hamas as heinous attacks continues to rise. Among those, we now know that at least 25 American citizens were killed," Blinken said at a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel. 

More than 2,400 Israelis and Palestinians have been killed in the Middle East since terrorist group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on Israel Saturday morning.

As of Thursday morning, Israel Defense Forces said more than 1,200 Israelis are dead and at least 3,000 are wounded.

The war between Israel and Hamas entered its sixth day on Thursday.

Damascus, Aleppo Airports Bombed, Disabled

 Both Damascus International Airport and Aleppo International Airport were bombed Thursday afternoon, according to a report by Israel’s KAN 11 News public broadcaster, quoting the Syrian Al-Watan newspaper, which blamed Israel for the attack.

The air strike targeted the runways used by incoming and departing aircraft, many of which are used by Iran to transport weapons to its Lebanese proxy, Hezbollah.

Both airports were disabled and are currently not functioning, forcing an Iranian aircraft that had already taken off from Tehran to turn around and retrace its route.

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was expected to land tomorrow in Damascus. Amir-Abdollahian was also expected to arrive in Iraq and Lebanon this week as part of that visit.

The attacks came as Israel continues to battle Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists as they attempt to annihilate the Jewish State, beginning with the launch of the Gaza-based group’s war against Israel on Saturday morning.

Rape as an Arab terrorist's weapon

 

The news that some women at the Israeli music festival were raped by Hamas terrorists before they were cruelly murdered is a reminder that this is not the first time Palestinian Arab terrorists have employed sexual violence as a weapon.

Nearly a century ago, in the aftermath the Arab pogrom against Jews in Hebron in 1929, a journalist visiting one of the victims’ homes reported:

“The 12 foot-high ceiling [was] splashed with blood. The rooms looked like a slaughterhouse…the severed sexual organs and the cut-off women’s breasts…lying scattered over the floor and in the beds…[N]ot a single item had been left intact except a large black-and-white photograph of Dr. Theodor Herzl, the founder of political Zionism. Around the picture frame the murderers had draped the blood-drenched underwear of a woman.”

Many accounts of the Arab invasion of the newborn state of Israel in 1948 have described the sexual mutilation of Jewish corpses that was discovered after Arab forces overran the Kfar Etzion bloc.

'Repugnant, disgraceful': White House press secretary blasts 'Squad' statements on Israel

 

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre blasted members of the so-called "Squad" of lawmakers from the Democratic Party following their statements on the war between Israel and Hamas, Fox News reported.

During her daily press briefing on Tuesday, Jean-Pierre was asked about the administration's reaction to comments made by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO).

"I've seen some of those statements this weekend, and we're going to continue to be very clear. We believe they're wrong, we believe they're repugnant, and we believe they're disgraceful," the press secretary replied.

"Our condemnation belongs squarely with terrorists who have brutally murdered, raped, kidnapped hundreds, hundreds of Israelis. There can be no equivocation about that. There are not two sides here. There are not two sides," she added.

The names of those confirmed taken by Hamas. Please daven for their safe return.

 

Great Message to the World from .... yes... Yair Lapid & Ron Dermer

 

In Beitar Elite Chareidim Tying Tzitzis for IDF but in Beit Shemesh D2 they are Harassing them

 

שטיבלאך קארו בביתר עילית. עשרות אברכים עומדים במשך שעות וקושרים ציציות ללוחמים. מדהים. pic.twitter.com/KSzqgS4tZl

— אריאל אלחרר (@ariel_elharar_) October 11, 2023

 Beit Shemesh News • Iron Swords*

Unbelievable: while a war is raging, several extremists were seen harassing a Chareidi soldier in RBS D2.

Residents quickly pushed the extremists back and called the police.