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How to Escape Mediocrity and Mental Illness – The Road Less Traveled

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By Academy of Ideas

The following is a transcript of this video.

“Since ultimately people heal themselves with or without the tool of psychotherapy, why is it that so few do and so many do not? Since the path of spiritual growth, albeit difficult, is open to all, why do so few choose to travel it? It was to this question that Christ was addressing himself when he said, “Many are called, but few are chosen.””

M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled

No matter the current state of our life or the problems we face, we all have the capacity for self-transformation, the ability to overcome our problems, and to move towards the ideal of peak psychological health. Yet most of us do not exercise this capacity; rather, we leave our personal problems unsolved and stay stuck in a mediocrity that situates us far below our potential and places us at risk of mental illness. Why is this limiting life-path the norm? In this video, drawing from the insights of the psychiatrist M. Scott Peck, we examine this question and explore how we can be one of the few who proceeds upon the path of personal growth – which Peck called “the road less traveled”.

“Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths….Most do not fully see this truth that life is difficult. Instead they moan more or less incessantly, noisily or subtly, about the enormity of their problems, their burdens, and their difficulties as if life were generally easy, as if life should be easy…Life is a series of problems. Do we want to moan about them or solve them?”

M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled

One of the primary marks of wisdom is the capacity to accept that life is difficult, problems inevitable, and suffering inescapable. A second mark of wisdom is the understanding that if we confront our problems and work to solve them, we will suffer, but it will be the type of suffering that is meaningful and promotive of personal growth. Many of us do not possess these marks of wisdom. Rather, we cling to the illusory hope that if only we can make enough money, meet the right person, or get the right job, then life will be easy. Many of us also try to evade our problems via a variety of avoidance tactics. We blame our problems on other people or social circumstances. We procrastinate, hoping our problems will disappear. We engage in self-deception and deny that we have problems, or we turn to alcohol, drugs, or compulsive technology use to escape awareness of our problems and to numb the suffering that accompanies them. And as Peck observed:

“Some of us will go to quite extraordinary lengths to avoid our problems and the suffering they cause, proceeding far afield from all that is clearly good and sensible in order to try to find an easy way out, building the most elaborate fantasies in which to live, sometimes to the total exclusion of reality…We attempt to skirt around problems rather than meet them head on. We attempt to get out of them rather than suffer through them.”

M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled

This attempt to avoid our problems and find an easy way out of suffering is doomed to fail. Not only does it lead us into fantasies and delusions, but it exacerbates our problems and makes us susceptible to a meaningless and neurotic type of suffering that is central to many forms of mental illness. Or as M. Scott Peck explained:

“This tendency to avoid problems and the emotional suffering inherent in them is the primary basis of all human mental illness…In the succinctly elegant words of Carl Jung, “Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.” But the substitute itself ultimately becomes more painful than the legitimate suffering it was designed to avoid. The neurosis itself becomes the biggest problem. True to form, many will then attempt to avoid this pain and this problem in turn, building layer upon layer of neurosis…when we avoid the legitimate suffering that results from dealing with problems, we also avoid the growth that problems demand from us. It is for this reason that in chronic mental illness we stop growing, we become stuck.”

M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled

There is only one way out of the neurotic suffering of mental illness, and this is to endure the legitimate suffering that is part and parcel of accepting our problems and then actively working to solve them. To heighten our capacity to endure suffering, it is beneficial to remember that suffering is not our enemy, but the greatest of teachers. “Those things that hurt, instruct.”, as Benjamin Franklin put it. Or as the ancient Greek tragedian Aeschylus observed 2500 years ago: The gods have ordained a solemn decree that from suffering alone comes wisdom.” When we stop fleeing from and numbing ourselves to our suffering, then suffering shows us where we are going wrong in life and opens our eyes to the full extent of our problems and the necessity of change. This is why M. Scott Peck labeled depression as a healthy symptom which only becomes pathological when we try to suppress it and evade the life changes that its presence is calling for. Or as Peck explained:

“…depressive symptoms are a sign to the suffering individual that all is not right with him or her and major adjustments need to be made…depression is a normal and basically healthy phenomenon.”

M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled

A further benefit of enduring suffering, instead of avoiding or masking it, is that eventually there comes a time when we grow sick of suffering and are struck by an intense motivation to resolve, once and for all, the problems underlying it. Once we cross this “threshold of suffering”, it typically becomes easy to leave behind bad habits and self-sabotaging behaviors, and to cultivate the discipline needed to move in a life-promoting direction. The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche used this threshold of suffering as a catalyst to eradicate some of his most harmful habits, and as he wrote:

“Indeed, from the bottom of my soul I am gratefully disposed to all my misery and sickness…because such things leave me a hundred back-doors through which I can escape from permanent [bad] habits.”

Nietzsche, The Gay Science

If suffering motivates us to confront our bad habits and problems, we will then have to struggle and suffer in order to overcome them. But in contrast to neurotic suffering which breeds stagnation and a wasted life, this type of suffering is constructive as it leads to personal growth. Or as Peck observed:

“It is through the pain of confronting and resolving problems that we learn…it is in this whole process of meeting and solving problems that life has its meaning….Problems call forth our courage and our wisdom; indeed, they create our courage and our wisdom. It is only because of the pain of problems that we grow mentally and spiritually.”

M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled

It is because legitimate suffering is a great teacher and a spur to personal growth that M. Scott Peck observed that: “…wise people learn not to dread but actually to welcome problems and actually to welcome the pain of problems.” Two of the wisest figures in history, Buddha and Jesus, harnessed the pain inherent in their problems to ascend to an elevated level of consciousness that was marked not only by a profound capacity to endure suffering, but also to experience overflowing joy. Or as Peck explained:

“One measure—and perhaps the best measure—of a person’s greatness is the capacity for suffering. Yet the great are also joyful. This, then, is the paradox. Buddhists tend to ignore the Buddha’s suffering and Christians forget Christ’s joy. Buddha and Christ were not different men. The suffering of Christ letting go on the cross and the joy of Buddha letting go under the bo tree are one.”

M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled

But it is not just the tendency to avoid the pain of our problems that locks us in a mediocre and mentally ill life. It is also our laziness – for as the psychologist Marie-Louise von Franz wrote:

“When people try to evade problems you first have to ask if it is not just laziness. Jung once said, “Laziness is the greatest passion of mankind, even greater than power or sex or anything.””

Marie Louise von Franz, The Way of the Dream

M. Scott Peck defined laziness as “the force of entropy as it manifests in the lives of us all.”  In the external world entropy is the tendency of systems to degenerate into a disordered and stagnant state; while in the inner world of the psyche it is the force of laziness that breeds disorder and stagnation. Laziness is so common and pervasive that Peck called it the one and only original sin, or as he wrote:

“For many years I found the notion of original sin meaningless, even objectionable…Gradually, however, I became increasingly aware of the ubiquitous nature of laziness…original sin does exist; it is our laziness. It is very real…Some of us may be less lazy than others, but we are all lazy to some extent. No matter how energetic, ambitious or even wise we may be, if we truly look into ourselves we will find laziness lurking at some level. It is the force of entropy within us, pushing us down and holding us all back from our spiritual evolution.”

M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled

Many will protest that they are not lazy as they work long hours and devote their limited free time to doing chores, spending time with friends and family, and resting. But as Peck notes, “laziness takes forms other than that related to the bare number of hours spent on the job or devoted to one’s responsibilities to ‘others.’…A major form that laziness takes is fear.” (M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled) Although many of us give lip service to wanting to change, grow, succeed, and perhaps even attain greatness, we often fear personal development more than we desire it, simply because of the immense amount of work and effort that is required. This intimate connection between fear and laziness is why the mind unconsciously devises ingenious ways to justify laziness; as but one example, we tell ourselves that our laziness is not really laziness, but merely the drive to relax and enjoy life – a type of refined hedonism. Or as Peck writes:

“In the earlier stages of spiritual growth, individuals are mostly unaware of their own laziness…This is because the lazy part of the self, like the devil that it may actually be, is unscrupulous and specializes in treacherous disguise. It cloaks its own laziness in all manner of rationalizations, which the more growing part of the self is still too weak to see through easily or to combat.”

M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled

Friedrich Nietzsche also identified laziness as an entropic psychological force which exhibits devil-like qualities, and he recommended a joyful approach to overcoming it. When we see through our rationalizations and become aware of our laziness, instead of feeling guilty, we should laugh at it in the recognition that it is an innate part of human nature. And then we should remind ourselves that true happiness is not found in maximizing time spent in passive leisure activities, rather, it is a byproduct of voluntary effort in the service of personal growth and meaningful goals. In Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Nietzsche called the entropic force of laziness “the spirit of gravity”, and as he wrote:

“And when I saw my devil, I found him serious, thorough, profound, solemn: he was the spirit of gravity – through him all things are ruined. Not by wrath, but by laughter do we slay. Come, let us slay the spirit of gravity! I learned to walk; since then I have run. I have learned to fly: since then I do not have to be pushed in order to move. Now I am nimble, now I fly, now I see myself under myself, now a god dances within me.”

Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Enduring the legitimate suffering that accompanies confronting and solving personal problems and exerting a joyful self-willed effort in the quest to override the original sin of laziness, is the road less traveled and the way to escape the mediocrity and mental illness that is so rampant in our age. Some may find this advice to be too general and desire a more specific and personalized plan for overcoming their problems, but as Peck cautions:

“There are many who, by virtue of their passivity, dependency, fear and laziness, seek to be shown every inch of the way and have it demonstrated to them that each step will be safe and worth their while. This cannot be done. For the journey of spiritual growth requires courage and initiative and independence of thought and action. While the words of the prophets…are available, the journey must still be traveled alone. No teacher can carry you there. There are no preset formulas.”

M. Scott Peck, The Road Less Traveled

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Hamas Atrocities in Israel Surface, Including Rape of ‘Beautiful Woman with Face of Angel’ Who Screamed To Be Killed

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By The Geller Report

What’s worse? These unimaginable horrors or the world braying for Jewish rape and blood?

Mass psychopathy: cheering these monstrous crimes while hand wringing and caterwauling about Gaza civilians when the large majority of Gazans support Hamas, support these atrocities. I have no sympathy for Gaza.

The world can no longer speak of human rights, the humane, or humanity. Their humanity is non-existent. They are the scum of the earth. It’s hard to know which is greater, their hatred of the Jews or their fear and admiration of Muslim supremacism.

Horrific new stories of Hamas attacks in Israel surface, including rape of ‘beautiful woman with face of angel’ who screamed to be killed

By: Ronny Reyes, NY Post, Published Dec. 3, 2023:

A “beautiful woman with the face of an angel’’ was raped by eight to 10 Hamas terrorists in Israel on Oct. 7, while another tragic victim was beheaded with a shovel trying to defend herself, a stricken survivor says.

Yoni Saadon, a 39-year-old father of four, told the UK’s Sunday Times that he is still haunted by the horrific scenes he witnessed at the Nova Music festival, when the Palestinian fiends slaughtered at least 364 festival-goers, including the gang-raped woman, who begged to be killed.

“I saw this beautiful woman with the face of an angel and eight or 10 of the fighters beating and raping her,” recalled Saadon, a foundry shift manager. “She was screaming, ‘Stop it already! I’m going to die anyway from what you are doing, just kill me!’

“When they finished, they were laughing, and the last one shot her in the head,” he said.

Saadon said he witnessed the gruesome act after pulling over him the body of a slain woman who had also been shot in the head — and smearing her blood on himself so it looked like he, too, was dead.

“I will never forget her face,” he said. “Every night I wake to it and apologise to her, saying. ‘I’m sorry.’ “

Saadon said he eventually joined others who had fled the site and hid in trees and bushes.

That’s when he witnessed two more Hamas gunmen attack another young woman who was fighting back from being stripped, he said.

“They threw her to the ground, and one of the terrorists took a shovel and beheaded her,” Saadon told the UK outlet. “And her head rolled along the ground. I see that head, too.”

Here are some accounts of the sexual assault against women on Oct 7 that the #metoo movement and @UN_Women don’t seem bothered by.

– “I saw this beautiful woman with the face of an angel and eight or ten of the fighters beating and raping her.“

“She was screaming,… pic.twitter.com/G9inU0X5EP

— Chaya Raichik (@ChayaRaichik10) December 4, 2023

Keep reading.

AUTHOR

Pamela Geller

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“Rape is too weak a word to define what was done to our women.” pic.twitter.com/I2KQVCtjDA

— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) December 4, 2023

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Hitler’s ‘Mein Kampf’ still enjoys considerable popularity in the Arab world

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By Jihad Watch

No surprise here. The Jews in the Qur’an are called the strongest of all people in enmity toward the Muslims (5:82); they fabricate things and falsely ascribe them to Allah (2:79; 3:75, 3:181); they claim that Allah’s power is limited (5:64); they love to listen to lies (5:41); they disobey Allah and never observe his commands (5:13). They are disputing and quarreling (2:247); hiding the truth and misleading people (3:78); staging rebellion against the prophets and rejecting their guidance (2:55); being hypocritical (2:14, 2:44); giving preference to their own interests over the teachings of Muhammad (2:87); wishing evil for people and trying to mislead them (2:109); feeling pain when others are happy or fortunate (3:120); being arrogant about their being Allah’s beloved people (5:18); devouring people’s wealth by subterfuge (4:161); slandering the true religion and being cursed by Allah (4:46); killing the prophets (2:61); being merciless and heartless (2:74); never keeping their promises or fulfilling their words (2:100); being unrestrained in committing sins (5:79); being cowardly (59:13-14); being miserly (4:53); being transformed into apes and pigs for breaking the Sabbath (2:63-65; 5:59-60; 7:166); and more. They are under Allah’s curse (9:30), and Muslims should wage war against them and subjugate them under Islamic hegemony (9:29).

Mein Kampf in Gaza—and Beyond

What’s Mein Kampf doing in Gaza?

by Rafael Medoff, Jewish Journal, November 25, 2023:

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has revealed that an Arabic-language copy of Adolf Hitler’s notorious manifesto of antisemitism and militarism was found in a Gaza apartment that Hamas was using as a base of operations. The terrorist who was studying it wrote notes in the margins.

Sixty-seven years ago, another Israeli leader announced the discovery of copies of Mein Kampf in the possession of a different enemy. On December 5, 1956, Golda Meir, then foreign minister of Israel, spoke before the General Assembly of the United Nations to explain why her country had been compelled to launch a pre-emptive strike against Egypt a week earlier. Her remarks included a surprising reference to Hitler’s book.

Ever since Israel’s War of Independence concluded in 1948, Egypt had been preparing its next attempt to destroy the Jewish State, Meir explained. There had been constant attacks by terrorists based in Egyptian-occupied Gaza, relentless economic warfare (an early version of the BDS movement), and a massive arms deal between Egypt and the Soviet Union. “For eight years,” she said, “Israel has had no respite from hostile acts and loudly proclaimed threats of destruction.” The Egyptians left Israel no choice but to strike first, or face annihilation.

Foreign Minister Meir saw a connection between the Holocaust and Egypt’s aggression. “The concept of annihilating Israel is a legacy of Hitler’s war against the Jewish people,” Meir said. “It is no mere coincidence that the soldiers of [Egyptian dictator Gamal Abdel] Nasser had an Arabic translation of Mein Kampf in their knapsacks.”…

In more recent years, Hitler’s manifesto has continued to enjoy considerable popularity in the Arab world. In 1982, Israeli troops found numerous Arabic-language copies of Mein Kampf in PLO strongholds that they overran in Lebanon. In 1999, the French news agency AFP reported that it was a bestseller in the Palestinian Authority-controlled territories, according to sales figures compiled by the most popular bookstore in Ramallah, the PA capital….

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AUTHOR

ROBERT SPENCER

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Time to Take all Catholic Churches Off the Electric Power Grid?

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By Geoff Ross

Border line Communist Pope Francis is preaching for the total elimination of oil, gas and coal production in his speech to the United Nations climate conference otherwise known as Cop28 in oil rich Dubai.

Actually Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State (who flew to Dubai in a fossil fueled private jet) gave the speech on behalf of the Pope. Comrade Francis was suffering from a lung infection and was too sick to deliver the speech himself.

Luckily the Pope is receiving top notch health care using oil based hospital equipment.

The Pope wants to totally eliminate fossil fuels and said the church must educate people to do without them. So here is what they must do.

My response to this New World Order Communist ideology includes my recommendation that every single Catholic Church globally immediately disconnect itself from the coal powered electrical grid that provides power to these structures.

Every piece of oil based construction material must be immediately removed from all said Catholic Churches including plastic seats, linoleum flooring, internet connections, phone lines and the vestiges worn by the priests and church leadership which are all oil based.

The Catholic Churches must also disconnect all water to their churches because the water is fed to the churches via power created by the coal powered electrical grids. All gas lines used for cooking in all Catholic Church kitchens must be disconnected.

This Marxist Pope also stated regarding climate change: ‘It is not the fault of the poor, since almost half of our world, that is more needy, is responsible for scarcely 10 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions, while the gap between the opulent few and the masses of the poor has never been so abysmal,’ he said.

So the Pope is blaming the global free markets and hard the working capitalists and entrepreneurs who create jobs and cash flow for the Catholic Church coffers for this fraud man made climate change and thus free market capitalism must be eliminated by eliminating all fossil fuels.

This is the same generational line of Catholic leadership that set up escape routes called Rat Lines to aid NAZIs in their escape from a defeated Germany to South America in the 1940s and 1950s using said fossil fuels they now want to ban.

Ladies and Gentlemen the head of the Catholic Church is a dangerous Marxist who is working in unison with the Director of the United Nations who is also a full blown Marxist and we tax payers are funding it.

Even the Communist appointed by installed President Joe Biden, U.S. Special Envoy To the United Nations Comrade John Kerry also announced for the first time that the United States will not build any new coal power plants, and the Biden Administration will phase out existing ones.

No word yet on if the U.S. Congress and U.S. Senate was included in this Marxist plan.

Now you see why they want to disarm us law abiding patriots in the USA. We ain’t going to put up with their crap for much longer.

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Murder Most Foul: The Bibas Family

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By Jihad Watch

On October 7, after their orgy of rape, torture, murder, and mutilation, Hamas operatives kidnapped 240 Israelis and took them back to Gaza. Among them was the Bibas family — father Yarden, mother Shiri, four-year-old Ariel, and 10-month-year-old Kfir. The 10-month-old was the youngest of the 240 hostages, and his baby face became the poster child, in every sense, for all of them.

Now Hamas has announced that the mother, her four-year-old son, and her 10-ten-month old baby were no longer alive; they had been killed in an “Israeli bombardment.”

More on this grim story can be found here: “IDF investigating ‘cruel’ Hamas claim that Bibas children, mother killed in Gaza,” Times of Israel, November 29, 2023:

Fears were raised Wednesday [Nov. 29] for the youngest hostage held in the Gaza Strip after Hamas claimed that 10-month-old Kfir Bibas had been killed alongside his brother and mother.

Israel’s military said it was assessing the claim, while relatives said they were “waiting for the news to be confirmed or hopefully refuted soon” about the family members, who have become leading faces of the hostage crisis.

During the Hamas massacre of October 7, the Bibas family, including 10-month-old Kfir Bibas, his 4-year-old brother Ariel Bibas, and their mother Shiri Bibas — were kidnapped alive into Gaza,” the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement.

“The barbarism and cruelty of Hamas is on full display to the world. IDF representatives spoke with the Bibas family following the recent reports and are with them at this difficult time. The IDF is assessing the accuracy of the information,” it added.

It follows a claim by the military wing of Hamas, which said earlier in the day that the three hostages had been killed in Gaza as the result of Israeli bombing.

NBC News could not verify the claim. Israel has accused Hamas of using civilians as human shields.

“Our family is updated on the latest Hamas publication. We are waiting for the news to be confirmed or hopefully refuted soon by military officials,” said the Bibas family in a statement released by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.

It added: “We thank the people of Israel for the warm embrace but ask to maintain our privacy at this complex time.” Footage of kibbutz Nir Oz near the Gaza border as she clutched her two young children has become one of the lasting images of the terror attack, and the subsequent plight of the hostages inside Gaza.

At 10-months old, Kfir is believed to be the youngest captive.

Shiri Bibas’ husband, Yarden, was kidnapped alongside her and their children, but there was no information immediately available about his well-being….

Why was the father separated from his wife and children? Was he killed earlier than they, or is he possibly still alive? Why won’t Hamas say?

Do you believe that the Bibas family died in an Israeli bombardment? Had that happened, wouldn’t Hamas have made that news public at once, in order to persuade the Israeli public to pressure their own government to call a halt to that bombardment? And since Hamas claimed that it had long before handed off the family to another terrorist group that it did not name — most likely Palestinian Islamic Jihad — wouldn’t Hamas have been told by that group that the Bibas family had been killed by an Israeli airstrike? Wouldn’t it have made sense for Hamas to declare that news, so demoralizing in its effect on Israelis, right away?

But that bombardment story by Hamas is almost certainly false. It’s to cover up the cold-blooded murder of the Bibas family, either by operatives of Hamas or of another group. Why would they kill them? Because they could. They’d just murdered 1,200 Israelis. Why would killing a few more trouble them? Perhaps some of the family’s captors were sick and tired of the baby’s constant crying, killed him, and the ensuing uncontrollable weeping from his mother and his brother so infuriated them that in order to shut them up, too, they decided to kill those other family members as well. Why wouldn’t they? What’s a few more murdered Israelis to Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad?

I suspect that Hamas and PIJ have probably killed many more of the hostages than the Bibas family and the three hostages whose bodies the IDF has so far discovered on the grounds of the Shifa Hospital. Their deaths will soon become apparent as the hostage-prisoner exchange continues, and several dozen hostages who were known to have been taken alive will turn out to have been killed, so Hamas will claim, “in Israeli bombardments.” Murder, however, will out. And this news about the Bibas family has so enraged the Israelis that nothing will now stop them — not the UN, not the Bidenites, not the OIC, and certainly not the army of “two-state-solution” boys — from resuming their attacks with even greater ferocity than before the hostage-prisoner exchange started, in order to wipe out Hamas once and for all.

AUTHOR

HUGH FITZGERALD

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TERROR IN PARIS: Muslim Shouting ‘Allahu Akbar!’ Goes on Stabbing Spree By Eiffel Tower, One DEAD, Two Injured

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By The Geller Report

“Known to police.’ Not that that ever matters.

When Trump was President, the global jihad did not mess with the “strong horse.”

But now the West is weak so expect more of this bloodshed.

And over in Germany, police foil Islamic terror plot to attack synagogue and Christmas market.

Brace yourself for “islamophobia” accusations and “fear of reprisals” which never materialize.

BREAKING:

Terror attack right next to the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

The Islamist attacker stabbed a German-Filipino citizen to death and wounded another German tourist and a British man. pic.twitter.com/Rk0AhqKFYP

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) December 2, 2023

One killed in Paris stabbing attack

By: Times of Israel, December 2, 2023:

An assailant stabbed one person to death and injured another in Paris while reportedly yelling “Allahu Akbar,” Arabic for “God is greatest.”

BREAKING:

1 killed and 2 wounded in suspected terror attack in Paris.

Witnesses say the attacker shouted “Allahu Ahkbar” and started stabbing people at random on the street.

🇫🇷🇮🇱 pic.twitter.com/ZTUOjfXH34

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) December 2, 2023

One person was arrested following the attack on passersby in Paris’s 15th arrondissement, French interior minister Gerald Darmanin says on X.

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Pamela Geller

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“Franco”-iranien.

Donc le droit actuel permettait de le déchoir de la nationalité française.

Par exemple lors de sa condamnation pour terrorisme en 2018.

OQTF, enfermement en centre de rétention administrative ; jusqu’à expulsion en Iran.

Non ?#attentat #grenelle #paris pic.twitter.com/eHnolxlS4G

— Mozart 🏴‍☠️🇨🇵 (@legentilyeti) December 3, 2023

A terror attack in Paris. A Brit was a victim. Nothing from @BBCNews on their app alerts. The same BBC that sent me an alert when Pitt split from Jolie.

The same @BBCNewsPR that start HR meetings when staff don’t put pronouns in their email signature.#DefundTheBBC https://t.co/Sfc2N8mf1m

— Scott 𝕏 (@ScottCJonesy) December 3, 2023

𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚:

Islamic terrorist attack in Paris tonight, 1 person stabbed to death, 2 injured by Muslim man screaming “Allahu Akbar.”

According to a source at the scene, the assailant was shouting that ‘he could not stand Muslims being killed in the world.’

One victim, a… pic.twitter.com/j0sI0yOsNT

— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) December 2, 2023

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Reporting This Week From Israel

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By Kenneth R. Timmerman

I spent the past week in Israel with filmmaker Ricky Schroder and his producer, Julie Trammel, getting a ground-based “reality-check” on Israel’s war on Hamas.

From the moment I arrived at Ben Gurion airport, the trauma Israelis are experiencing after the barbaric October 7 massacres by Hamas was obvious.

On the hundred or so steps down to Immigration, posters of each of the 240 Israeli hostages Hamas terrorists ripped from their homes or from the music concert that day were exhibited. A few, by that time, had been released – holes in the unending line of the hostages.

By the time I left, five days later, more hostages thankfully had been released and the holes were larger. But so many – so many – remain in the hands of Hamas.

This past week we learned greater detail of how the released hostages have been treated. Children were beaten repeatedly, deprived of food, and terrorized daily by their captors, to the point where after their release they were afraid to speak aloud.

Women were raped so brutally that their pelvic bones were broken. Even the United Nations has belatedly admitted these atrocities.

We also learned that one hostage was held for 50 days by a United Nations teacher in his home. Yes, that’s UNWRA, the UN Agency that employs 30,000 people on behalf of the Palestinians, and that teaches Palestinian children it is their duty to murder Jews when they grow up.

Donald Trump thought he’d cut off funding to UNWRA, but apparently that money has been deposited into an escrow account and could be released by the Biden State Department at any moment.

Contact your Congressman to make sure that doesn’t happen.

UNWRA has become an enabler of Hamas. More on that in posts to come. US taxpayers should not be funding genocide.

Speaking of genocide, I took Ricky and his producer to Yad Vashem, the Israeli Holocaust memorial. I hadn’t visited it in many years, and I must say, almost every exhibit, every Nazi roundup and atrocity, had its collorary with Hamas.

It was striking. Hamas are the Nazis of today. They seek to kill every Jew in Israel – and they say so.

Another important takeaway from this trip was the unbending resolve of Israelis of all political persuasions – as well as the IDF – to finish Hamas once and for all.

Don’t believe in the “ceasefire” talk you hear in Washington.

Yes, the Israeli government wants to get Israeli hostages released. But not at any price. They are determined – and say so every day – to finish this war so that Hamas will NEVER re-emerge as a terrorist organization capable of hitting israel.

We in the U.S. must not get in their way. Israel must FINISH THE JOB.

There has been lots of talk about intelligence failures, and we will learn much more once fighting has ended many months from now. But it’s already clear that senior military intelligence leaders did not want to listen to the analysts who had their ears to the ground.

The Hamas attack resulted from a failure of imagination on the part of Israeli intelligence leaders. They simply could not believe that Hamas could pull it off.

Pray for Israel. Pray for the families who lost their loved ones to the Evil One. And pray for the soldiers who have willingly joined the fight to defeat him.

Americans too often want to believe that evildoers are just deluded. Or they need help. Or they were deprived as children.

That is not the case here.

Hamas has used the mosques of Gaza and the United Nations (UNWRA) schools to deliberately raise generations of child fighters dedicated to genocide.

It’s time to take the handcuffs off the Israel Defense Force (IDF). It’s time for them to defeat Hamas once and for all.

Yours in freedom.

©2023. Kenneth R. Timmerman. All rights reserved.

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Child Hostages were beaten, branded with hot metal pipe by Islamic Terrorists in Gaza

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By The Geller Report

The Islamic terrorists branded each child by using a boiling hot motorcycle exhaust metal pipe to identify them in case they escaped so that those “innocent civilians” they keep beating us over the head with could recapture and return them like they did with Roni Krivoi.

Brothers Yagil Yaakov, 12, and Or Yaakov, 16, were branded, drugged and beaten, their uncle says

By Lawrence Richard Fox News, December 1, 2023 9:13am EST

Jack Keane on Hamas drugging, branding child hostages: ‘These people are monsters’

FOX News senior strategic analyst Jack Keane joined ‘FOX & Friends’ to discuss the disturbing new details as the cease-fire with Israel expires.

A family member of two Israeli boys released from Hamas captivity this week said they were branded like cattle, among other abuses, in the weeks they were held in Gaza since Oct. 7, according to a report.

Brothers Yagil Yaakov, 12, and Or Yaakov, 16, were freed Wednesday during a temporary cease-fire that saw the release of approximately 110 hostages. Their uncle said the terrorists branded each boy by using the exhaust pipe of a motorcycle to identify them in case they escaped, the Times of Israel reported.

“They told us stories about what they went through inside Gaza. The stories are horrible,” Yaniv Yaakov said in North Macedonia with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen. “Each child that was taken by Hamas was taken on a motorbike, and they took every child, took his leg and put it on the exhaust of that motorbike, so they have a burn, so they will be marked if they run, if they escape, so [Hamas] can find them.”

He added, “They were drugged, they were treated so badly, but at least they are with us.”

Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett confirmed the details of the branding on social media platform X, saying, “We now know that Hamas terrorists who held hostage 13-year-old Yagel Yaacov and his brother Or, used a boiling hot motorcycle exhaust to ‘imprint’ a burn on their legs as a way to identify them if they try to escape.”

“Let me repeat: They took a boiling piece of metal and pinned it to the legs of a helpless 13-year-old captive child,” he added.

When a user pressed him for evidence of the claim, he said he met with the children and saw their scars.

The gruesome account out of Gaza is the latest in a growing list of stories of torture and torment revealed by Israeli children released during the temporary cease-fire and the Israeli hostage-for-Palestinian prisoner exchange.

Vivian Hadar, the aunt of Mia Schem, 21, who was freed Thursday, said her young niece was taken from the Nova music festival, where she was shot in the arm. She had to endure the pain of the gunshot wound while she was being held hostage, only receiving treatment from a Palestinian veterinarian, the Times of Israel reported.

“She underwent trauma. She’s thin, she’s weak,” Hadar told reporters. “She did physical therapy for herself. We’re happy she’s with us. It’s really tough to see her like this.”

Moran Aloni, the relative of five released hostages — two of his sisters and three nieces — said the terrorists often withheld food and only fed them to keep them alive.

A sign that reads, ‘Bring them home now’

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Delaware Imam: Allah Will One Day Turn America Into Palestine

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By Middle East Media Research Institute

Palestine, United States | Special Dispatch No. 10994

Delaware imam Shadeed Muhammad said in an October 27, 2023 Friday sermon at the Rawdah Islamic Center in Delaware that Allah has destroyed nations in the past that were doing the same thing that Israel, America, and Europe are doing now. He said that Allah hasn’t turned America into Palestine yet, but “the time is coming.” Shadeed said that “this is stolen land,” and “every breath we take on this land […] is blood money taken from the Natives.” He said that “there is no going back after this situation” and that Muslims in America cannot kick back and relax while their money is going to “fund genocide against Muslims.” Shadeed said that Muslims living in America expect to receive the rewards of Paradise, “reclining in our first world country,” while Palestinians have received the rewards of Paradise being martyred.

View the clip of Imam Shadeed Muhammad below:

Allah Destroyed Entire Nations For The Same Thing That Israel, America, And Europe Are Doing Around The World; What Makes You Think He Is Not Going To Do The Same To Them?

Imam Shadeed Muhammad: “The Quran is a history book of people that Allah… of nations, people, individuals, as well as entire nations that Allah has destroyed for the same thing that Israel, as well as America and Europe in general, are doing around the world. What makes you think that Allah is not going to do the same thing to them?

[…]

“Usually, when we hear the word ‘martyr’ or ‘shahid’, we think of a person who is fighting Jihad, fighting in the cause of Allah, and they are dying.

[…]

“The Prophet said: ‘He who dies under rubble is a martyr.’ The person who dies under rubble, meaning the building collapsed on top of him, died as a martyr. That would include most of the people who died in Palestine, in Gaza, in the West Bank. This would include them.

[…]

“They still get the same reward as someone who dies fighting in the cause of Allah.

[…]

“These [Companions of the Prophet] were people who were willing to risk it all for Paradise, while we want to get to Paradise reclining in our first world country with first world problems, mashallah.

[…]

“And you have people who are willing to risk their entire lives to prove to Allah that they want Paradise. The only thing Allah is asking from us here is that we abide by the religion of Islam that He has given us, and were are struggling even to do that. But yet we want to see justice prevail.

[…]

“Allah Hasn’t Turned America Into Palestine Yet; That Time Is Coming… Our Days Here Are Numbered”

Allah hasn’t turned America into Palestine yet. That time is coming, we’ve enjoyed a lot.

“This is stolen land, make no mistake about that. Every breath that we take on this land right here, this is blood money. Blood money taken from the Natives right here.

“And you think that we want to just stay here, live here, enjoy all of our lives, and die, and the time is not going to come?

“No, by Allah. Our days here are numbered. This situation that is happening right here, there is no going back after that. There is no going to restaurants, kicking our feet up and relaxing, knowing that our tax dollars are being used to fund genocide on Muslims in other countries. How do you relax, how do you go to a restaurant, how do you chill, how do you enjoy life after that? No, this has to awaken a consciousness in us.”

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‘The Dark Clouds of Hamas Are Still Over Us’: Israeli Major

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By Family Research Council

Since October 7, the war between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas has steadily caused ruin and demise — even beyond the Middle East. In a recent development, Israel and the terror organization agreed to a temporary, four-day ceasefire, an agreement that demanded Israel release three Palestinian prisoners for each hostage released from the hands of Hamas. Major Doron Spielman, the international spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces, explained on “Washington Watch with Tony Perkins” that this was not an easy exchange.

“We’re also releasing convicted Palestinian felons, including some who who’ve committed some really despicable crimes,” he said. “But this is part of the price we’re paying in order to get our people home.”

For those who have been released, which now totals 104 individuals, it brings “a great sense of joy” to have them home, the Major emphasized. “This should include children, these innocent little children who had [been] taken hostage and a number of their mothers. So, this really is a ray of light.” But despite the joy of some returning, there are still over 150 hostages trapped in Gaza. As Spielman put it, “[T]he dark clouds of Hamas are still over us.”

Out of those still in the terrorists’ grip, Spielman said they are unsure of who is alive and who isn’t. Even so, rescuing them is a “top priority,” right alongside getting rid of Hamas, which he described as “non-negotiable.” These have been stated as their two primary goals since the start.

Spielman encouraged viewers to imagine if this was happening in their own backyard. In graphic detail, he explained some of the trauma Hamas inflicted upon the Israeli people during the initial attack including the “massacred” neighborhoods, the burning of houses and people, and loved ones ripped away by “a murderous regime.” If this were happening to others, Spielman suggested, “Would they hold off? Would they pull back? What are we supposed to do in Israel? [When we] put our children to sleep at night … what are we supposed to say to them when they ask us, ‘Mommy and Daddy, are those murderers still out there?’” He added, “I can tell you, as an Israeli, that we are not going to stop until Hamas is eliminated, because I want to be able to tell my child they are gone.”

With such a goal, Tony Perkins, president of Family Research Council and host of “Washington Watch,” shared his concerns about the potential longevity of this war, stating that Israel is seemingly “always on a time clock.” He continued, “[T]here’s only so much goodwill in the international community for Israel, no matter how great the threat is. And so, I think there’s just concern that the longer this [drags on], that Israel may not be able to finish what they need to accomplish.”

Speilman agreed but said, “Look, at the end of the day, we’re the ones who have to live with Gaza on our borders. No one else in the world.” He explained that they want international support, and further expressed his gratitude for the ally Israel has in the U.S. “I think when history looks back and sees how the United States has stood with Israel, it will go down in history as a great friendship,” he added.

But despite the valid concern Perkins raised, Spielman explained, “Every person, every country, [has] their own concerns, their own objectives. … [W]e have to be able to secure the State of Israel in the south, in the north, and make sure that our people are safe. That is our top priority, and it should be higher than anything else.”

He concluded that “all the thoughts and all the prayers and all the support is not only greatly needed, it’s felt. And that feeling gives us strength both on the battlefield and when we’re home with our families and in everything we’re doing to keep the state of Israel alive and well.”

AUTHOR

Sarah Holliday

Sarah Holliday is a reporter at The Washington Stand.

EDITORS NOTE: This Washington Stand column is republished with permission. All rights reserved. ©2023 Family Research Council.

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Mohler: Left-Wing Anti-Semitism Motivated by ’Hatred of God‘

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By Family Research Council

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday took the rare step of rebuking his own party’s left flank for anti-Semitism, criticizing them for believing that the principle, “Injustice against one oppressed group is injustice against all … does not extend to the Jewish people.” Schumer usually deploys his speeches to benefit Democrats at Republicans’ expense, but an increasing tally of violent anti-Semitic incidents in progressive strongholds has grown too glaring to ignore. In a Thursday conversation on “Washington Watch,” Southern Seminary President Albert Mohler said left-wing attacks on Jews ultimately boiled down to their “hatred of God.”

Left-wing anti-Semitism is ironic because America’s Jewish community has “been clearly situated in the Democratic Party, most importantly since 1948, when Harry Truman, a Democratic president, recognized Israel,” noted Mohler. “You also have a concentration of Jewish population in a lot of the northern urban centers, which are predominantly Democratic,” and “Jewish culture in the United States very much associated with liberal causes.”

But Mohler wasn’t surprised by the display of anti-Semitism, ironic though it is. He described it as “deep-seated anti-Semitism that has just arisen to the surface.” Anti-Semitism is “one of the world’s oldest and certainly its most deadly hatred throughout all of human history,” said Mohler. “There’s something that is unique in terms of the hatred of the Jewish people. And you see this in the Old Testament.”

Mohler identified the root cause of anti-Semitism in the Jews’ special status as God’s chosen, or “elect,” people. “Israel is God’s elect nation. … This was the scandal of the Jewish people,” he said. And because of that, they have “basically had the antipathy of the rest of the world” directed at them since the exodus. “we see that in the anti-Semitism that has so characterized human history, even Western civilization,” Mohler continued.

“This is not, to me, just about anti-Semitism … against Jewish people. This is a spiritual issue,” said Family Research Council Action President Jody Hice, guest host of “Washington Watch.” “It is much deeper than just hatred for Jews. It is a hatred towards God. It is a hatred towards the people of God.” Mohler agreed, “By extension, yes, this is a hatred of God.”

Motivated as it is by a hatred of God, left=wing anti-Semitism would proceed to expressions of hatred toward God’s other chosen people, the Christian church, Hice predicted. “This is not going to end … with anti-Semitic behavior towards the Jews. It is going to go from there to expressions of hostility and hatred to people of faith, period. I mean, we saw this reaction to Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House most recently,” he argued. In another recent incident, “[progressive Senator] Bernie Sanders [I-Vt.] basically told [former Trump administration official Russ Vought] in a hearing, ‘You have no right to be involved in politics because of your Christian faith,’” Hice offered.

Mohler agreed that left-wing anti-Semitism will spill over into anti-Christian bias and offered yet another example to suggest it is already happening. “I saw just this morning, where there are people saying, we’ve got to forbid these Christian parents from influencing their children.” The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently issued  a proposed rule that would require foster parents to affirm the gender identity of children in their care, which critics say would exclude many Christian families from participating.

Hice noted the inexplicable phenomenon of “Democrats who seem surprised, perhaps even disappointed, by the anti-Semitism in their own party or on the Left, but they never say a word about anti-Christian sentiment.” He wondered how these Democrats could not see the connection.

“The Left consumes itself,” Mohler offered in response. “The most [vulnerable] person in America right now … is yesterday’s liberal because tomorrow’s liberal will chew him up.” His point was that today’s anti-Semitism will turn into tomorrow’s anti-Christian hatred, and the switch will leave many old-school progressives to wonder what happened. “It’s kind of like the nature of sin,” suggested Hice. “It never is content with where it currently exists. It always is going to take a step further.”

One reason why some progressives, like Schumer, don’t see a connection between anti-Semitism and anti-Christianity is because “they define a Jewish identity largely in ethnicity, which is, of course, the one thing Christians can’t do,” said Mohler, as Christianity is “made up of every tongue and tribe and people and nation.” Revelation 7:9 describes “a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes.”

“I don’t think that’s legitimate,” Mohler argued. “If [Schumer] had been aware of what was going on the Left — and it’s hard for me to believe he wasn’t — then he would have to know that the cultural Marxism on the Left was turning into deep antipathy to the nation of Israel first of all, deep antipathy to the very existence of Israel … and thus opposition to Judaism.”

But Judaism is not the only religion for which cultural Marxism fosters hostility, Mohler continued. “It’s a deep antipathy towards any form of theism.” To support this contention, he noted the targets of the Left’s cancel culture. “Nobody is trying to cancel New Age prophets. No one is going after the neo-pagans of this age. They’re going after theists,” he declared.

Then, Mohler zoomed in to be even more specific. “The part of Judaism that’s most hated is Torah. It’s the law of God: ‘Thou shalt. Thou shalt not. God created human beings in his image. Male and female created he them.’ A secular progressivist Left just has to hate that,” he argued. “And they hate any form of theism because theism comes with, ‘thou shalt, and thou shalt not.’ And that’s just as true of Christianity as it is of Judaism — a very important worldview issue for us to recognize.”

This hatred does not result in mere disagreement or vigorous political debate, Hice reflected. Rather, the Left wages campaigns of censorship, character assassination, and intimidation against those expressing viewpoints they dislike. “The radical Left actually wants religious freedom for no one. They want to dictate what we believe,” Hice complained.

“I don’t think they would say that,” Mohler responded cautiously, without disagreeing. “I think they’re sly enough to say that they’re for the toleration and liberty of ‘safe’ religions and ‘safe’ religious people. That means [religious beliefs that pose] no threat to the Left, no threat to its agenda.” He added, “when it comes to biblical Christianity … we are the main obstacle to the Left delivering on its goals. And they know that.”

The question is, do Christians know that? “So many churches refuse to get into these issues and equip their church family with a biblical worldview,” lamented Hice. “It is one thing to teach biblical principles from the pulpit. It is a different level to teach a biblical worldview and how to live out those biblical truths.” Paul urged believers in Ephesus to “put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil” (Ephesians 6:11).

“You’re going to be ‘mugged by reality’ if you don’t understand the responsibility,” Mohler agreed, adapting an Irving Kristol quote. “A lot of Christian pastors are going to end up saying, ‘What in the world happened? How did this happen? How is this showing up in my church? How is this going uncontested in my community?’ Well, hey, it’s about time you wake up and see the challenge here and understand your responsibility as a pastor.”

Mohler also pointed to the role Christian families play in raising up their children in a counter-cultural, Christ-honoring manner. “The most important thing that goes on here is what goes on in Christian homes and in Christian churches,” he said. Lest any fall victim to the conceit that this duty is easy, Mohler added, “it’s going to bring opposition. You can count on it.”

“In the United States, we have a tremendous political stewardship,” concluded Mohler. “That doesn’t mean we translate the church’s ministry into politics. It does mean we tell Christ’s people how to be effective in contending for Christian truth out of love of neighbor.”

Mohler urged believers “to be praying that the American nation will continue to stand for righteousness around the world. He also urged prayer “that the American people and the American government will continue to stand with the nation of Israel.”

AUTHOR

Joshua Arnold

Joshua Arnold is a senior writer at The Washington Stand.

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15 New York Synagogues Hit with Bomb Threats Today Alone

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By The Geller Report

And there is no media coverage. None.

But leave bacon outside a mosque and you’ll face prison time.

WTH is happening here?

15 New York synagogues hit with bomb threats on Friday

By: JTA, December 1, 2023:

Bomb threats were made against 15 synagogues in New York State early Friday morning, according to a Jewish security agency in New York City.

Threats were made against five synagogues in Manhattan, two in Brooklyn, one on Long Island, two in Westchester County, and five in other parts of upstate New York, according to the Community Security Initiative, which coordinates security for Jewish institutions in the New York City area.

“There are multiple explosives inside the synagogue,” read one of the threats, which was sent via email. “These explosives will go off in a few hours and I will make history. I will make sure you all die.”

The threats were made as part of a campaign intended to interrupt synagogue operations by forcing law enforcement to go to a location, and there did not appear to be any actual danger to the targets, said CSI Director Mitch Silber.

Continue reading.

AUTHOR

Pamela Geller

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American Jews Never Learned to Fight Leftist Jew-Hatred

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By Jihad Watch

And talking about ‘anti-Semitism’ is part of the problem.

After the Holocaust, the American Jewish community, like most liberals, reduced the mass murder of millions of Jews to a problem of intolerance and prejudice. A massive effort was undertaken to educate about what had happened rather than what was happening.

While the first Holocaust museums were being built, the persecution and killing of Jews had mostly shifted over to the Soviet Union and its allies in the Arab Muslim world. American Jews failed to grapple with this shift much as they failed to come to terms with the reality that black nationalist groups were quickly eclipsing the KKK when it came to the domestic hatred of Jews.

These are the key ingredients that led to the current open climate of Jew-hatred in America.

Instead of talking about what the hatred of Jews looked like today, American Jewish liberals insisted on dwelling on what it had looked like decades earlier in America and in Europe. Like the generals who are always refighting yesterday’s war, they were not dealing with the present.

They relied heavily on “antisemitism”: a term invented in the 19th century by a German socialist bigot, Wilhelm Marr, to emphasize the race of the Jews. But post-Holocaust hatred of Jews on the Left was more often cultural than racial. Karl Marx, the progenitor of Marxism, had been of Jewish descent from a Christian family, and had spread poisonous antisemitic venom. Lenin, who had one Jewish grandfather, oversaw the oppression of Jews while denying they were a distinct people. The Soviet expectation was that the Jews would disappear as a people, but, aside from Stalin’s final years, avoided any plans for the racial extermination of the Jews.

The Marxist and the Islamic position, unlike the Nazi racial position, did not require the physical extermination of the Jews at a genetic level, only a cultural genocide. Jews would be allowed to exist under Communism or Islam, as long as they abandoned their religion and national identity. The liberal focus on fighting racial antisemitism left it unprepared to fight such cultural hatred.

Even though the Soviet persecution of the Jews as a people had been underway for generations, American liberal Jews never developed a vocabulary for describing it. Or showed much particular interest in it until a new generation of young activists in the USSR and America finally made it a burning issue that rose to national and international attention in the 1970s.

The Communist persecution of Jews was manifested in many of the same ways as the contemporary leftist hatred of Jews. The party and the regime claimed to oppose ‘antisemitism’, even passed laws banning it, while suppressing Judaism and Zionism as ‘reactionary’ and ‘nationalistic’. The Soviet Union could point to examples of high-ranking Jewish figures who had rejected Zionism and Judaism, and represented the Communist ideal for the Jews.

As Lenin put it, “whoever, directly or indirectly, puts forward the slogan of Jewish national culture is (whatever his good intentions may be) an enemy of the proletariat… he is an accomplice of the rabbis and the bourgeoisie… on the other hand, those Jewish Marxists who mingle with the Russian, Lithuanian, Ukrainian and other workers in international Marxist organizations, and make their contribution… towards creating the international culture of the working-class movement… uphold the best traditions of Jewry by fighting the slogan of ‘national culture.’”

Jews had to be culturally, but not racially eradicated. Those Jews who joined with non-Jewish Marxists in the rejection of Judaism and Zionism were praiseworthy Marxists. Those who did not were an “enemy of the proletariat” to be executed like a number of my great-uncles.

Like most Soviet implementations of Communist ideology, this was a ‘Potemkin village’ of lies. Jews, regardless of their religious observance or interest in Israel, had been explicitly targeted for persecution and mass murder, were specially designated as being Jews in government documents, and the government’s formal anti-Zionism and anti-Judaism was just the same old ‘antisemitism’, complete with hook-nosed cartoons, dressed up in progressive clothing.

Much the same is true of contemporary leftist Jew-hatred which is based on Marx’s stereotypes of Jews as capitalists, but draws heavily on the Soviet playbook of substituting anti-Zionism for antisemitism, and trotting out model Jewish socialists to defend the persecution of Jews.

The liberal Jewish failure to meaningfully confront the Soviet hatred of Jews left them unprepared for the leftist movements that mainstreamed the same hatred in America.

There were plenty of warnings. Decade after decade, academics pushing these positions on college campuses, journalists embedding them in magazines, and fringe politicians making these arguments grew in power and influence while the liberal establishment talked of ‘antisemitism’ purely in terms of far-right racial supremacism or small town prejudices.

The rise of black nationalist antisemitism in the seventies, which was often explicitly racialist in nature, produced flailing responses. The American Jewish liberal establishment held up faded pictures of Heschel marching with MLK, failing to grasp that this made black nationalists despise MLK rather than like Jews, and prattled about the Jewish contribution to civil rights. The liberal establishment was so committed to a model of top-down persecution that it was unable to defend Jews against antisemitism that appeared to be coming from a minority on the bottom.

When various forms of critical race theory made the formula official that black people and minorities could not be racist toward anyone with more privilege than them, a position that legitimized a general hatred of white people, Asians and Jews, there was little response. The formal understanding that Jews could now be freely hated was ignored by liberal Jews.

Some outnumbered figures launched a struggle for the soul of liberalism, but they had little and fleeting support from an establishment that was still influential enough to make a difference. The liberal Jewish establishment was more interested in being in the vanguard of civil rights than in protecting Jews from the emergence of an ideology that deprived them of their civil rights.

Only after the Hamas mass murder of over 1,000 Jews and the statements of support for it at major universities, did some donors and community leaders wake up enough to push back. It took the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust and the widespread acceptance of it by their friends for them to realize how bad the situation had gotten, but not to realize why.

And that is the crucial issue.

The pro-Hamas Left insists that it is not ‘antisemitic’ and most of it probably believes that’s true because while traditional bigotry and hatred created the Islamic obsession with killing Jews and the conviction in the old Marxist Left that the Jews were not a legitimate people, the final product is cloaked in talk about liberation, decolonization and an end to privilege and oppression.

It may support the mass murder of Jews, but it doesn’t culturally ‘feel’ like ‘antisemitism’.

The Leftist hatred of Jews doesn’t fit the liberal model in which there is a continuity of oppression. A downtrodden minority faces prejudice, which escalates into political repression  and then violence. First there are the jokes, then laws and then bullets. Leftists cheering for Hamas would argue that since they don’t tell ‘antisemitic’ jokes, they can’t be considered antisemitic even while they’re calling for the mass murder of Jews.

This is why the traditional model of talking about antisemitism has failed so badly.

The liberal insistence on teaching tolerance by addressing the roots of bigotry rather than its outcome has been a disastrous failure because where far-right bigotry is a continuity, left-wing bigotry is a discontinuity of ideological abstractions leading indirectly to mass murder. The ideological detachment from reality can be measured in the fact that inmates in Nazi camps did not shout, “Heil Hitler” before dying, but those in Soviet gulags were known to shout, “long live Stalin” before being executed. The Nazis knew what they were doing, Communists often did not. They existed and still exist in an ideological haze of slogans rather than people.

‘Antisemitism’ is an ideological abstraction that leftists reject because it appears to refer to a certain type of person and behavior that their ideological purity tells them that they couldn’t be. They’re not the sorts of people who talk about ‘jewing down’ or believe in the inferiority of races and therefore, even while they’re smashing Jewish store windows and attacking a Holocaust museum, they can’t be ‘antisemites’. They know ‘antisemites’ are ‘right wing’ and when they’re assaulting Jews in the street, they, like the Soviet Communists, are fighting against ‘Zionism’.

The emphasis on antisemitism, on the roots of bigotry rather than their outcomes, makes such moral evasiveness easy for leftists. Focus on the mass murder of Jews, the broken glass and a mob outside the doors of a Holocaust museum, and then you’re talking about hateful outcomes.

Those are much harder to evade than abstractions.

The analysis of ‘antisemitism’ rather than the concrete reality of Jew-hatred has played into the hands of a leftist culture of hate that uses analysis to disguise the reality of its actions.

Confronting the realities of the assaults on Jews will require taking stock of a cultural war, rather than a racial one, and deal with outcomes instead of motives. Talking about ‘antisemitism’ becomes misleading when confronting a form of antisemitism that hides its ethnic hatred behind cultural and political hostility. And that will require discussing cultural, religious and political differences, topics which liberal Jews are uncomfortable with.

The modern liberal consensus, like that of the Soviet Union, is racially diverse but ideologically unified. The illusion of multiculturalism in the Soviet Union or a college town in America is limited to only those cultural differences that don’t clash with the dominant leftist belief system. This is a comfortable echo chamber for those who agree and a repressive cage for those who do not.

Liberal Jews bought into this system in a big way because they were terrified of feeling different. They shed their religious traditions for non-threatening culturally Jewish versions of liberal Protestantism and stayed silent about the mass murder of Jews during the Holocaust. The rebirth of Israel challenged their theology and their politics, but mostly their anonymity.

While American Jewish anti-zionists lashed out at Israel in resentment for creating tension between their politics and their identity, Israel was just the canary in the coal mine. Black nationalists weren’t attacking Jewish teachers because of Israel. And Marxists weren’t targeting Jews because of the Jewish State. To a liberal establishment that was turning leftist, the existence of a traditional Jewish community was unsustainable in either Israel or America.

Oct 7, like the protests for Soviet Jewry and the defenses of Israel, forced American Jews to break with their political community in support of their religious and ethnic community. It’s a painful and alienating experience, but like any escape from a toxic relationship, also liberating.

Among the unexamined truisms that need to be rethought is ‘antisemitism’.

Antisemitism refers to race and when it comes to the hatred of Jews, culture trumps race. Aside from the Nazis and a few ‘Jewish Question’ obsessed racialists, hardly anyone who hates Jews would propose using genetic screening to track down people of Jewish descent who don’t even know that they are Jewish to exterminate them. Most cultural ‘antisemitism’ has a racial component, but it’s triggered by the idea of the Jews as a community and a people.

The term ‘antisemitism’ conflates someone who doesn’t like Jews, but would never engage in violence or support violence, with those who engage in and support violence against Jews. Furthermore some of those who support the mass murder of Jews don’t believe that they’re prejudiced against Jews, but believe that killing Jewish children is the right thing to do.

Talking about ‘antisemitism’ or even ‘hatred’ is wholly inadequate in such situations.

The idea of a continuity of bigotry often breaks down in the madness of contemporary political discourse. The same term used to describe someone who resents Jews moving into his town should not be used to also describe someone massacring Jews. Calling it all ‘antisemitism’ minimizes it and puts the local jerk on the same level as Hitler or Hamas. And that’s a mistake.

The liberal Jewish establishment has spent too much time fighting ‘prejudice’ and not enough time dealing with ‘eliminationist’ sentiments. The existential threat is not prejudice: it’s genocide.

Fighting the leftist and Islamic hatred of Jews will require developing a new terminology and a new approach than the same old tired ‘fight against antisemitism’ establishment rhetoric. Liberal Jews will have to confront their own fears and rethink their assumptions to take on the threat.

During the Hitler-Stalin Pact, Jews had to confront Communists and their sympathizers who were now suddenly insistent on a friendship with the Nazis. That genocidal alliance crystalized a rejection of Communism by American Jews as “Jewish workers assaulted Communists who tried to defend their alliance with the Nazis, calling them, ‘Communazis.’”

The pact between Islam and the Left manifested once again in the response to the Oct 7 atrocities should be met the same way. The Left should be rejected the same way the Communists were. The ‘Communazis’ have been replaced by ‘Commuhamasniks’, but that is the only thing that has changed. American Jews must relearn how to fight this enemy.

After three generations of failing to confront the leftist hatred of Jews, it’s time to fight.

AUTHOR

DANIEL GREENFIELD

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Iranian Regime Officials Praise Iran’s Proxies In The Palestinian Resistance And The October 7 Massacres, Call For Eradication Of Israel

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By Middle East Media Research Institute

Iran, Palestine | Inquiry & Analysis Series No. 1729

Introduction

Officials in the Iranian regime have been openly praising Hamas, Iran’s Palestinian proxy in the resistance axis, for its success in its October 7, 2023 invasion of southern Israel and massacre of over 1,200 civilians there, which Hamas dubbed the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation. Three days after the scope of the brutal massacre became clear, Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei chose a path of renouncing responsibility for the actions of its proxy Hamas, lest Iran’s image in the West be tarnished.[1] However, statements by Iranian regime officials, politicians, military leaders, and media figures show that Iran is the guiding force behind Hamas as well as behind the other militant groups belonging to the resistance axis and that these groups all act in coordination with Iran in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen – and that Iran is pulling the strings behind the scenes as it hides behind Hamas.

Tehran is speaking out of both sides of its mouth: While claiming that it has no connection to the brutal Hamas massacre of civilians in Israel, regime officials are at the same time boasting of Iran’s Islamic ideology being implemented by Hamas and Iran’s other proxies in the resistance axis. IRGC

The close Iran-Hamas relationship was also reflected in statements by IRGC commander Gen. Hossein Salami, who explicitly said on October 28: “All it takes to break Israel is one of our operations.”[2] Additionally, Iranian armed forces commander Ali Bagheri’s November 21, 2023 said at the tomb of slain IRGC Qods Force commander Qassim Soleimani: “These are the days when the entire world is witnessing how the sapling planted by the lord of the martyrs of the resistance front, [Qassem] Soleimani, and his colleagues has become a strong and stable tree that is waging resistance and that will destroy the Zionists. We in [Iran’s] armed forces, along with all the young people who join the army, see Hajj Qassem Soleimani as a role model whose footsteps must be followed and whom we must try to imitate. The martyr Soleimani is an excellent example, not just for the Iranian youth and people, but also for all freedom-seekers in the world… The enemies must know that Soleimani’s blood still bubbles, [and] that the young people in the Islamic countries and the resistance axis will not stand idly by and will not allow the institution of arrogance [i.e. Israel] to continue to exist.”[3]

Iranian regime encouragement and incentivizing of Hamas operatives and other members of the Iran-backed resistance axis was voiced by Alireza Panahian, cofounder of the Ammar think tank for Iran’s universities. On November 20, 2023, he said:

“A time will come when the Zionist regime will be wiped off the face of the earth. Why shouldn’t this be in our time? A time will come when there will be the last of the gatherings [with the chant] ‘Death to the Zionist regime’ [because it will have ceased to exist]. A day will come when the Palestinians sacrifice their last martyrs. A time will come when we witness the emptiness of the Zionists’ power.

“The era of the Jewish Zionism is over. Perhaps the time has passed for the motto ‘We will not let the enemy humiliate us’ – perhaps we need instead to chant the phrase of Mukhtar [Al-Thaqafi, an early Shi’ite leader who called for avenging the murder of Imam Hussein in 680]: ‘Oh victors, bring death!’[4]

“We have passed the first phase in which we seek martyrdom, and we have entered the phase of vengeance. Perhaps one day the motto ‘Death to Israel!’ will be just a memory for us. Today, the skull of the Zionist regime was broken, and the cup of its life was cracked. The time has come to tell the Palestinian people: ‘Oh victors, bring death!’”[5]

Several narratives can be observed in statements by Iranian regime officials about the Hamas massacres in southern Israel on October 7, 2023:

Narrative No. 1 – The Iranian Resistance Axis’s Strategic Victory And Humiliation Of Israel

Hamas’s October 7 invasion of southern Israel is viewed as an historic and strategic victory for the resistance axis, and it was described by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as “amazing” and “a wonderful lesson.” Khamenei also called the Hamas massacres an irreversible and insurmountable defeat and failure for Israel. The historic humiliation of the “Satanic front” – in which Israel is “Little Satan” and the U.S. is the “Great Satan” – is even greater, in Iran’s eyes, because it happened even though Israel is receiving U.S. aid.

Iranian regime officials have praised the massacres as having changed “the equation of the past 75 years”  and have called the operation “a shining and proud” victory. Other officials have called the Hamas operation “the resistance front’s smartest, bravest, and most effective operation” and praised it for having killed an unprecedented number of Zionists. In conversations with Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Ziyad Nakhaleh and Hamas political bureau head Isma’il Haniyeh, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi praised the operation as “heroic.” In addition, the Islamic scholar who serves as Tehran’s Friday preacher called for kissing the hands of those who carried out the massacres, and Iran’s culture minister designated October 7 the national “Day Of The Epic Valor Of The Young Palestinians.’”

Narrative No. 2 – Iran’s Ideological Line: The Destruction Of Israel And The Failure Of The Zionist Enterprise

In many statements, senior officials have reiterated that the Zionist regime has collapsed as a consequence of the Hamas operation, which they said shattered the myth of the effectiveness of Israel’s military and intelligence capabilities. The resulting war, they said, will soon lead to the total destruction of Israel, and they depict the surprise nature of the attack as proof that the liberation of Palestine is not a myth and, in the words of IRGC Deputy Commander Ali Fadavi, “the shock that the resistance forces’ strike caused to the Zionists will remain until this cancerous growth disappears from the map of the world.” Officials have also stated that the operation crushed Israel’s security, and led to the failure of its “steel-clad army,” proving that the Zionist idea has failed.

Narrative No. 3 – The War Of Religion And Civilization Between The West And Islam

Iranian regime officials have spoken about a religious war between Islam and infidels – that is, the U.S., the West, and the Jews – and stated that Islam will win in the end. According to their reasoning, the one responsible for the deaths of the “oppressed” – i.e. the Palestinians, according to the terminology of the Islamic Republic – is the U.S., which is itself waging the current war in Gaza, and this justifies the slogan “Death to America.” IRGC commander Hossein Salami has said: “God did not establish a way for the infidels to overpower the Muslims. The condition for divine victory is for us to simply be present on the battlefield.” Other Iranian officials, including intelligence chief Esmail Khatib, have stressed that the most important achievement of the October 7 operation was the defeat of America’s hegemony in the Middle East, as America flees the region. IRGC Aerospace Force commander Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh even mocked the U.S., claiming that it has been sending Iran messages begging it not to join the war.

Narrative No. 4 – Attributing The Success Of The Hamas Attack And Massacre To Hamas’s Belief In The Quran And Islam

This aspect was particularly notable in statements by IRGC commander Salami, who said that “the infiltration of 1,200 [Hamas operatives] via the walls, and their historic victory, constitute a practical implementation of the Quran” and proves that belief in the Quran leads to victory. Other regime officials have even attributed godly qualities to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, in light of his analysis of the Quran that predicted the destruction of Israel.

Narrative No. 5 – Justifying The Massacre As Permissible According To International Law

Iranian officials have justified the Hamas massacre by claiming that because the Palestinians’ land is occupied, they had a natural right, enshrined in international law, to carry out the October 7 operation. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has called such use of force justified and legitimate, adding that the killing of Israeli civilians is a consequence of, and natural response to, the Israeli occupation. Similarly, Supreme Leader Khamenei has denied that Hamas massacred Israeli civilians, and his mouthpiece, the Kayhan daily, has even accused Israel of faking images of children being murdered and of inflating the number of Israeli civilian casualties. Also, Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian has criticized the comparisons of Hamas to ISIS, calling this a media crime against “a group that is advancing freedom.”

Narrative No. 6 – Warning That The War Is Likely To Expand To Additional Fronts

Despite the Iranian regime’s attempts to distance itself from the events of October 7 by claiming that Hamas had acted entirely independently, since that day, many regime officials have warned that if Israel continues its fighting in Gaza, additional fronts will be launched against it, presumably by means of Iran’s other proxies in the region. Supreme Leader Khamenei said as much himself: “If the crimes of the Zionist regimes continue, nobody will be able to stop the Muslims and the forces of the resistance.”

This document will review key statements by Iranian regime officials and media outlets about the events of October 7 and the Hamas “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei

In a speech at a meeting with Iranian students, Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei said: “One of the most important things that the Al-Aqsa Flood operation did was to show [that] the Palestinians had humiliated the usurper regime [Israel] and its supporters, by means of their bravery, and, today, with their patience. This is a wonderful lesson. They cannot compensate for this blow that they received.”[6]

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, October 25, 2023

At an October 25, 2023 conference held by the National Congress of the Martyrs of Lorestan Province, Khamenei said: “The blow that was inflicted in [the October 7 operation] in this attack by Palestinian fighters against the usurping regime is decisive. There has never before been such a blow against this regime, and as we have previously said, it cannot be healed. As time passes, it becomes increasingly clear that it cannot be healed.”[7]

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, October 17, 2023

Khamenei said on October 17, 2023: “If the crimes of the Zionist regime continue, nobody will be able to stop the Muslims and the forces of the resistance… Officials from several countries talked with officials from our country, and defended the usurping Zionist regime. They protested the killing of civilians by the Palestinians. First of all, this statement is incorrect and contradicts the reality – that is, the people in the settlements are not civilians. They are all armed. Even assuming they are civilians – how many [Israeli] civilians were killed? The usurping regime is now killing 100 times more civilians – women, children, the young, and the elderly.”[8]

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, October 10, 2023

​Khamenei said on October 10, 2023: “The usurping Zionist regime has suffered a military and intelligence failure that is irreversible… My emphasis is that this is ‘irreparable.’ I am saying that this destructive earthquake successfully destroyed some of the main foundations of this usurping regime’s rule that cannot easily be rebuilt… It is not reasonable that the usurping Zionist regime will manage to rebuild these foundations, even with all the noise it is making and with all the support it is getting today from the West.

“I want to say that since Saturday, October 7, 2023, the Zionist regime is not the same Zionist regime that it was before…  Oh Zionist oppressors! You are to blame, you caused this storm, you brought this tragedy upon yourselves. The [Islamic] ummah has no choice but to respond zealously and bravely to this hostility [on Israel’s part]… This operation is the work of the Palestinians themselves. The smart planners, the brave youth, and the fighters who sacrificed themselves have managed to create an epic, and with God’s help this epic will be a giant step towards saving Palestine.”[9]

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, November 6, 2023

At a November 6, 2023 press conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Shia’ Al-Sudani, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said: “After the struggle and the steadfastness of the resistance against the Zionist regime and the defeat that it has been dealt, this regime has collapsed.”[10]

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, October 18, 2023

Raisi said on October 18, 2023: “[The Hamas] fighters showed that the initiative is in their hands, and they dealt a great defeat to the enemies by virtue of the storming that comprised the Al-Aqsa Flood [operation]. This was a crushing defeat for the Zionist regime, which has seven intelligence agencies to ensure its security. Aside from the Iron Dome, and the Mossad, there are six other intelligence agencies, but the Al-Aqsa Flood and the will of the Palestinian fighters caused heavy intelligence, security, and military failures for the Zionist regime.”[11]

IRGC Commander Gen. Hossein Salami, October 16, 2023

IRGC commander Hossein Salami said on October 16, 2023: “The radius of the impact of the Al-Aqsa Flood operation is global… The Zionist regime suffered not only defeat, but also humiliation, and Hamas, on its own, caused them a great defeat, with no reliance on anyone else. It makes no difference what the Zionists do in the future – this humiliation of the regime will not be rectified. The war in Gaza is the first phase in the early collapse of the false Zionist regime.”[12]

IRGC Commander Gen. Hossein Salami, October 28, 2023

Salami said on October 28, 2023: “The blow suffered by the enemy in the Al-Aqsa Flood operation was unprecedented, special, and entirely surprising… The Israelis slept soundly because they believed that their intelligence and military apparatus, which are equipped with the most advanced weaponry, would take care of them. But the Al-Aqsa Flood ruined everything, and [the resistance fighters] reconquered territory larger than the Gaza Strip… All it takes to break Israel is one of our operations. Today, Israel is a country of anxiety and terrible nightmares… [Israel] cannot fight Hamas. The land is Hamas’s strength, and if they fight on land, they will be swallowed up and Gaza will become their graveyard.”[13]

IRGC Commander Gen. Hossein Salami, October 30, 2023

He said on October 30, 2023: “They [Israel] does not want history to record that a besieged and lightly armed group triumphed over all the strength of falsehood… Until three weeks ago, the Zionists – who are the essence of enemy cunning and power – believed that insecurity and fear have meaning only on the other side of [their] walls, and belong [solely] to the Palestinian people. [The Zionists] thought that they were untouchable due to the support of America, England, Germany, and France. They thought that they had advanced security systems, that they controlled everything, and that not a single movement was hidden from them. They thought they had a strong army, and they slept soundly with these ideas. On October 7, all these ideas collapsed. Up until [October 7], they had been able to create the impression that insecurity cannot be brought to the occupied territories [i.e. all of Israel], but they suffered the greatest failure.”[14]

IRGC Commander Gen. Hossein Salami, November 9, 2023

On November 9, 2023, Salami said: “The Zionist regime suffered a terrible and irreversible defeat in the Al-Aqsa Flood operation. Gaza is today the grave of America and the Zionist regime. The regime that is occupying Jerusalem cannot regain the power that it lost. The fear in the hearts of the Muslims disappeared when the Palestinian youth [carried out the October 7 attacks], and the nightmare of destruction will not leave the minds of the Zionist regime and America.”[15]

IRGC Commander Gen. Hossein Salami, November 10, 2023

Salami said on November 10, 2023: “These days’ events in Gaza are the manifestation on the ground of the divine Quranic verses. The mystery of the Palestinians’ sudden incursion, via all the walls, is still unsolved… The Israeli army had a strong defense system around Gaza – yet no one paid attention to this incursion. This is nothing other than a manifestation of what the Quranic verses say…

“History will not forget this amazing victory. This victory was an event that showed how the power of faith can win… Today, the world is united more than ever against America and Israel… God did not allow the infidels to overpower the Muslims. The condition for divine victory is for us to simply be present on the battlefield… America will not be able to keep the Zionist regime on life support.”[16]

Tehran Friday Sermon Preacher Ahmad Khatami, October 13, 2023

Tehran Friday preacher Ahmad Khatami said in his October 13, 2023 sermon: “The Al-Aqsa Flood operation was unique, if not rare, in the time that Palestine has been occupied. Everything has changed. The global equation has changed. This situation will undoubtedly lead this story to the point where Supreme Leader [Khamenei] said that Israel will not survive another 25 years. What the resistance front did was legal and legitimate defense… This was totally legitimate defense, and the resistance front must be thanked for it… The leader of [Iran’s Islamic] Revolution said, rightly, that he kisses the foreheads, hands, and arms of these forces that invaded [Israel]. It can be said that this nation also kisses the foreheads, hands, and arms of these heroes.”[17]

Abdolrahim Mousavi, Commander Of The Islamic Republic Of Iran Army, November 9, 2023

Iranian army commander Abdolrahim Mousavi said on November 9, 2023: “The Al-Aqsa Flood operation is a turning point in the struggle for the liberation of Palestine, and it has accelerated the collapse of the Zionist regime. The aerial bombing of defenseless people who have no protection and no shelter in their homes, schools, public places, hospitals, and elsewhere cannot [be compared] to those moments in which those great people [i.e. the Hamas operatives] crossed the intelligence and operational barriers of the infamous [Zionist] regime… The complete destruction of the Zionist regime will happen earlier [than previously thought]. This spider’s house will collapse, and we hope for this.”[18]Abdolrahim Mousavi, Commander Of The Islamic Republic Of Iran Army (Source: Fars, Iran, November 9, 2023)

Ebrahim Jabari, Advisor To The IRGC Commander, October 22, 2023

Ebrahim Jabari, who is advisor to IRGC commander Salami, said on October 22, 2023: “The deep wound [caused] to the body of the Zionist regime by the Al-Aqsa Flood [operation] cannot be rectified, and will destroy that regime… The successful operation by the Palestinian fighters refuted the myth of the intelligence effectiveness of the Zionist regime and proved that it is closer to collapse… The wound caused to the body of the monster of crime and child slaughterer, the Zionist regime, will become worse and will accelerate its collapse.”[19]Jabari, advisor to IRGC commander (Source: Tasnim, October 22, 2023)

Iranian Majlis Speaker Mohammad Baqr Qalibaf, October 13, 2023

Iranian Majlis Speaker Mohammad Baqr Qalibaf said on October 13, 2023: “Within one week, the young Palestinians showed, and proved, that Israel is a great lie… The Zionist regime used to say that it is the supreme power – but the Palestinian youth movements from Gaza showed them that they are a well-equipped army. At the height of surprise, the Palestinians carried out the Al-Aqsa Flood operation, broke the Zionists’ pride, and took them captive… The Palestinian fighters and Palestinian groups had faith, but they were oppressed and alone; the Al-Aqsa Flood operation showed that victory is one step away, and their faith was strengthened.”[20]

Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib, October 21, 2023

Intelligence minister Esmail Khatib said on October 21, 2023: “A harsh and deadly vengeance is coming… The Al-Aqsa Flood operation is the resistance front’s smartest, bravest, and most effective operation, and it will cause a serious strategic change to the regional and global equations.”[21]

Kayhan Article, October 8, 2023

An article published October 8, 2023 in the regime mouthpiece Kayhan stated: “The Palestinian battalions’ extensive incursion into the cities and communities surrounding Gaza, that led to the absolute conquest of seven cities and communities, showed the Palestinians’ total readiness, and, at the same time, the surprise and helplessness of the state, intelligence, and military forces of the [Zionist] regime. This regime must divide its shameful history into two parts, [from its establishment] up to Saturday [October 7, 2023] and from [that] Saturday onwards, [and now] must it must await its complete and certain collapse. Taking a considerable number of Zionist army captives was an additional blow that was carried out by the Palestinian resistance against this regime.”[22]

Kayhan Front Page, October 8, 2023

On its front page on October 8, 2023, Kayhan wrote: “The Palestinian resistance forces’ unprecedented ground advance, and their incursion into the Israeli cities and towns, as part of the Al-Aqsa Flood operation, caused the Zionists unprecedented losses – losses that have never been seen in this regime’s entire shameful history. Within one day, this regime’s official sources announced over 110 Zionist deaths, and 900 wounded!… The Palestinian resistance forces’ advance in the Zionist cities, and their takeover of at least seven cities and towns, was very much welcomed among the citizens of the region, and by the resistance groups.”[23]

Article By Kayhan Editor Hassan Shariatmadari, October 18, 2023

Shariatmadari wrote in Kayhan on October 18, 2023: “One of the prominent and decisive initiatives in the Al-Aqsa Flood was the simultaneous filming by the resistance fighters of their successes in the various operations, and the description of the humiliated state of the Zionist soldiers in the face of the resistance forces. The resistance forces shared these videos on social media and updated global public opinion about the magnitude of the operation and the heavy and humiliating defeat of the Zionists.”[24]

Kayhan Article, October 26, 2023

An October 26 article in Kayhan stated: “[Regarding] this historic humiliation of the front of Satan, it is not inconceivable that the Al-Aqsa Flood of October 7, 2023 is the Israelis’ most unique military and intelligence failure after the Khaybar war [i.e. the massacre of the Jews at Khaybar in the Arabian Peninsula by the Prophet Muhammad and his forces in 629]. This operation was such a powerful slap, with its planning and wise execution, that it confused and maddened them…”[25]

Kayhan Article, October 28, 2023

An article published October 28, 2023 in Kayhan stated: “The comprehensive and joint operation called Al-Aqsa Flood, carried out by the zealous young Palestinians, shocked the Zionist regime. The Al-Aqsa Flood operation made the message of the oppressed Palestinian people reach the ears of the world, as honorably as possible, and humiliated the Zionist regime in the eyes of everyone.”[26]

Kayhan Article, November 11, 2023

On November 11, 2023, Kayhan published an article that stated: “Israel, that claims to have the strongest army in the region, and is fully supported militarily by the American army, took the greatest failure by not managing to eliminate and destroy a small group like Hamas… In exchange for the heavy price of war paid by the resistance, it had a great achievement that changed, for the first time, the equation of the past 75 years, and with the operation of all the resistance groups in the region, America and Israel both realized that from now on, they would be harmed if they were to attack [the resistance]!”[27]

Sa’adollah Zarei, Kayhan Editorial Board Member And International Affairs Expert, November 1, 2023

Kayhan editorial board member and international affairs expert Sa’adollah Zarei said on November 1, 2023: “The Al-Aqsa Flood operation changed the power relations with the Israeli side, and no event can overshadow this great success.”[28]

IRGC Deputy Commander Ali Fadavi, October 17, 2023

At an October 17, 2023 change of command  ceremony, Ali Fadavi said: “The Zionist enemy has not yet emerged from the great shock of the greatest defeat in its history. This strategic failure will not leave the minds of all those who have plundered the holy land of occupied Palestine for years. The shock that the resistance forces’ strike caused to the Zionists will remain until this cancerous growth disappears from the map of the world. The Zionist regime always does evil, and one day the Islamic resistance will destroy it.”[29]

Majlis Member Mahdi Sharifian, October 8, 2023

Iranian Majlis member Mahdi Sharifian said on October 8, 2023: “Today we are all proud of the Palestinian resistance groups because they achieved strength and progress to the point where they can attack the heavily armed Zionist army. The [Al-Aqsa Flood] operation turned the Zionist regime’s dream of the Nile to the Euphrates into a nightmare for it… Today is the day of vengeance, the day of justice, and the day that Israel must be destroyed. The destruction of Israel is imminent, and it can be accomplished because of the Zionist regime’s political instability and social schisms.”[30]

Kayhan Article, October 14, 2023

In an article published October 14, 2023, Kayhan wrote: “This [Al-Aqsa Flood] operation is indeed a great victory, and a great defeat and an unprecedented humiliation for the Zionists. We declare with certainty that except for a handful of people in the upper echelon of Hamas and [Palestinian Islamic] Jihad, no one was aware of the details of this operation and that actually ‘unmatched intelligence security’ was one of the most important reasons for this operation’s success… We see no need to explain that the mass media is controlled by global Zionism. However, the Palestinians managed to defeat the Zionist media empire with the tiniest media equipment that they have at their disposal. Everyone knows that the Zionists always censor the statistics concerning their victims and losses… But the photos of the operation, the destruction of the Zionists, their capture, and the simultaneous and sometimes livestreamed footage, and the pictures, left the Zionists with no choice [but to acknowledge their defeat].”[31]

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, October 29, 2023

After Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was interviewed on CNN on October 29, 2023,[32] the Iranian outlet Tasnim reported that he had said: “What happened on October 7 in occupied Palestine was [the result of] a decision made by the Palestinians, and, taking into account that their land is occupied, they saw that they have a natural right to defend their land. The operation… that they carried out was correct according to the guidelines and the explicit text of international law in defense of land that is occupied. The people whose land is occupied can even use weapons to get back their occupied land… We never approve of the killing of civilians, but this deed by the Palestinian resistance is a reaction to 75 years of Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people… Hamas is a liberation movement… and thus in response to 75 years of occupation, the operation was carried out… What happened was a natural response to 75 years of crime, genocide, and occupation.”[33]

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, October 16, 2023

Amir-Abdollahian said on October 16, 2023: “If Israel’s crimes against Gaza continue, any operation is acceptable… The West, in its propaganda, wants to compare Hamas to ISIS.. but they [Hamas] comprises people who are trying to remove the occupation from their land, according to the law. Comparing Hamas to ISIS is a media crime against a group that is advancing freedom.”[34]

Kayhan Front Page, October 12, 2023

Kayhan wrote on its October 12, 2023 front page: “Israel failed on the battlefield, [and thus] began to falsify reports and the killing of children, [and] as the number of Zionist victims tops 1,200, the Zionist regime’s propaganda machine is trying to accuse the Palestinian forces of killing children, with a distortion of reality. But many acknowledged that Hamas did not kill children and that the photos of the killing of children were faked.”[35]

IRGC Commander Hossein Salami, October 8, 2023

Salami said on October 8,. 2023: “Today we are witnessing the birth of a new Palestine based on greatness and might. This strong Palestine has brought fear and terror to the homes of the Zionists. Today the Palestinians are humiliating the soldiers of the Zionist regime, without any resistance on their part.”[36]

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, October 8, 2023

President Raisi said in an October 8, 2023 telephone conversation with Ziyad Nakhaleh, the secretary general of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and Isma’il Haniyeh, Hamas political bureau head: “In the name of the Iranian government and nation, I congratulate the Palestinian people and [I also congratulate] the [Palestinian] fighters and the Palestinian resistance forces for their brilliant and impressive victory…  What happened in the occupied territories and in the fighting against the usurper Zionist regime was a mighty and unique event of the last 70 years, and truly, you gladdened the Islamic ummah with this innovative and triumphant operation… What happened with the victorious operation of the Palestinian fighters in the occupied territories was the realization of the 70-year expectation of the Palestinian nation and the Islamic ummah, and, with God’s help, we will soon pray together at Al-Aqsa mosque [in Jerusalem].”[37]

Iranian Culture and Islamic Guidance Minister Mohammad Mehdi Esmaili, October 24, 2023

Culture and Islamic Guidance Minister Esmaili said on October 24, 2023: “The epic of October 7 is unprecedented in the Palestinian people’s struggle. This number of killed Zionists is unprecedented in history. We in the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution have designated this day [in the Persian calendar] as the ‘Day Of The Epic Valor Of The Young Palestinians.’”[38]Culture and I

Ali Akbar Velayati, Advisor To Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, October 7, 2023

In a letter to Hamas political bureau head Isma’il Haniyeh and Palestinian Islamic Jihad secretary general Ziyad Nakhaleh, Velayati wrote: “The pictures that were published today [October 7, 2023] from the Palestinian resistance operation against the criminal Zionist regime – [an operation] that destroyed the hegemony of this regime – are a great victory that will lead to fear and amazement among the enemies and to joy and gladness among the Muslims worldwide, particularly in Western Asia [i.e. the Middle East]. The era of the terrorist Zionist regime’s control and tyranny has ended, and what is happening today in the occupied territories is [but] a small manifestation of the growing might and authority of the Islamic resistance front in Palestine. The Al-Aqsa Flood operation, which is a response to the Zionist regime’s ongoing crimes in the occupied territories, has fundamentally changed the power relations in occupied Palestine, and will place the Zionist regime in a position of even greater weakness.”[39]

Ali Akbar Velayati, Advisor To Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, October 11, 2023

Velayati said in an October 11, 2023 phone call with Haniyeh: “The Muslims salute the sacrifices and the proud deeds of the Palestinian fighters who are honorably defending the strong fortifications and supporting them with all their hearts. Without a doubt, the Zionists are the main losers in this precious and decisive historic scenario… The strategy of the resistance against the enemies in the Al-Aqsa Flood operation, and the victories achieved in the history of the struggles of the brave Palestinian nation, are unprecedented. The Palestinian people has shown that today it is one of the most important strongholds of the resistance against the Zionists.”[40]

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister For Political Affairs Ali Bagheri Kani, October 30, 2023

On Iranian television, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Ali Bagheri Kani said: “Hamas has succeeded well in administering the region in recent years, when Gaza was cruelly besieged by the Zionists. In fact, this was an expression of the intelligence and prescience of the resistance. The operation that happened on October 7 underlined exactly this point. The point that I wanted to stress is that this incident on October 7 caused an irreversible earthquake in the Zionist regime’s military security system.”[41]

Kayhan Article, October 10, 2023

Kayhan wrote in an October 10, 2023 article: “This operation [Al-Aqsa Flood] was unique in the might of its planning and in its coordination of the resistance groups that allowed its execution, in 30 minutes in an occupied area three times the size of the Gaza Strip… The takeover of parts of the occupied territories and of some Zionist cities and towns, the clashes on the ground in the streets of Israel, and so on, broke the taboo of [the impossibility of] liberating Jerusalem, and showed that the Zionist regime is highly permeable… The liberation of Palestine is not a myth or a slogan, and it can be done.”[42]

Kayhan Article, October 25, 2023

In an article published October 25, 2023, Kayhan wrote: “Who would have believed that young people in Gaza and the West Bank who once filled their little hands with stones to throw at the cars and tanks of the regime occupying Jerusalem would [one day, i.e. hinting at assistance from Iran] become experienced commanders who, in a unique operation, would break through the Zionist regime’s billion-dollar security fence and cause it more losses than in all the Arab wars [put together]?”[43]

IRGC Coordination Department Head Mohammad Reza Naqdi, November 2, 2023

Top IRGC official Mohammad Reza Naqdi said on November 2, 2023: “The [Israelis’] fences and railroad and asphalt roads, concrete barriers, outposts, ground surveillance [systems], mighty guard towers, and extensive spy networks could not stop the Palestinians. We must explain this influence of faith – how 1,200 people broke through the line and surprised the enemy. This can be explained. We can be certain that this path is the path of victory.”[44]

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani, October 7, 2023

The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Nasser Kanaani, said on October 7, 2023: “Congratulations to the great nation of Palestine and to all the resistance groups and anti-Zionist streams in the region and in Palestine, on the heroic resistance of the Palestinian people in the Al-Aqsa Flood operation. Today’s operation is a turning point in the continuation of the Palestinian people’s armed resistance against the Zionists… This operation showed that the resistance movements in Palestine have excellent confidence [in that they can] carry out [such a] a joint operation against the occupiers… In this operation, the Zionists were badly surprised. This issue has proven yet again how fragile the Zionists are… We hope that the resistance movements will succeed in achieving more and more victories on the path to liberating Palestine and actualizing the aspirations of the Palestinian people.”[45]

Majlis Speaker Mohammad Baqr Qalibaf, October 23, 2023

At an October 23. 2023 Majlis session on Palestine attended by ambassadors of Islamic countries, Qalibaf said: “We must not forget the situation of the Palestinians before the Al-Aqsa Flood operation… The Palestinians reacted to it on October 7. In effect, that day the Palestinians decided to die once honorably instead of dying every day. The heroic attack on the Zionist outposts that day was a response to years of unprecedented cruelty and suffering. In fact, it cannot be expected that a rational and heroic people see this much violence and submit or be silent against it.”[46]

Iranian Army Commander Mohammad Bagheri, November 1, 2023

On November 1, 2023, Iranian Army commander Bagheri said: “The Palestinian fighters’ brave, surprising, and unique defense in the Al-Aqsa Flood operation is the beginning of a new chapter for Palestine, the region, and the Islamic world. This operation showed that all the concepts built by the Zionists and their masters were empty and meaningless, and that all their hollow strength collapsed in this perfect and precise operation. There can be no correction of or compensation for this usurper regime’s scandalous failure.”[47]

Iranian Army Commander Mohammad Bagheri, November 1, 2023

At the “Stable Iran” conference, on November 1, 2023, Bagheri said: “What happened in the recent operation was a result of the years-long oppression by the Zionists, and attributing this operation to any other countries [i.e. Iran] is a coverup for this failure. ‘The steel-clad army’ and the unique security and might of the Zionists collapsed on October 7, showing that the stolen land of Palestine is no place for immigrants… The Palestinian fighters’ operation was full of might and showed the depth of their intelligence and operational capabilities… Palestine decided to arise and take its right instead of dying by degrees.”[48]

Ali Akbar Velayati, Advisor To Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, October 30, 2023

Advisor Ali Akbar Velayati said at the October 30, 2023 “Gaza Is The Symbol Of Resistance And Uprising” conference: “The Palestinian groups’ strategic and unprecedented battle in the occupied territories that was carried out in response to the decades of crimes by the apartheid Zionist regime added another proud and shining page to the strife of the Palestinian nation.”[49]

Iranian Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian In Jeddah, October 18, 2023

In Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on October 18, 2023, Amir-Abdollahian said: “Without a doubt, the Al-Aqsa Flood operation proved that the Palestinian issue lives. The situation in Palestine will be different after Al-Aqsa Flood than it was before. This operation proved that Palestine belongs to the Palestinians.”[50]

​​Tehran Friday Prayer Imam Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami, October 30, 2023

Ayatollah Khatami said on October 30, 2023: “The motto ‘Death to Israel’ is the motto today in the world. The promise of the Quran is that this regime has no other end but humiliation and a fall. The blood of the Palestinian martyrs will defeat the Zionists and their supporters… 500,000 Zionists have left the settlements and said that they will not return because these areas are not [safe] to live in… This great man [Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei] talks like God. The analysis of this great man is that, God willing, victory will not be far off for Palestine and its people. His announcement is a Quranic analysis… The hands of the Americans are stained with the blood of the oppressed, and they deserve [the motto] ‘Death to America.’”[51]

Iranian Army Commander Abdolrahim Mousavi, November 16, 2023

Iranian Army commander Abdolrahim Mousavi said on November 16, 2023: “The Al-Aqsa Flood operation had two aspects: First, it was an unprecedented, astounding operation, and an irreversible event for the Zionists. Second, it is a strategic turning point in the struggle to liberate the oppressed Palestinian people… and it will accelerate the process of the disintegration of this regime [Israel]… America and those who are silent in light of the crimes of this regime are disgusting. The nature of America, that wanted to show a different face via the media, has again become clear to the world. This is the America of Hiroshima, Fallujah, Mosul, Iraq, Afghanistan, and so on. Obviously, it is updated and more arrogant, and relies on the useless international organizations… Had there been a [possible] future for a certain regime [Israel], it would not have shown [to the world] a face that is worse than the face of animals.”[52]

IRGC Aerospace Force Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh, November 13, 2023

IRGC Aerospace Force commander Hajizadeh said on November 13, 2023: “The Zionist regime… will not live long. The victory of the Palestinian fighters is a great strategic victory… The Americans are no threat to Iran – in their correspondence they sometimes corresponded with Iran three times in one night and all this correspondence [consists of] requests and pleas. Iran is not in a situation in which anyone would want to threaten it. We are at the height of our power, and we have prepared ourselves for any scenario.”[53]

Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib, November 4, 2023

Intelligence Minister Khatib said on November 4, 2023: “During these days, the historic Al-Aqsa Flood operation by the Islamic resistance of Palestine has caused an additional ignominious failure in the region against the U.S., and has completely disrupted the false glory of the aggressive Zionism.”[54]

Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib, November 11, 2023

Minister Khatib said on November 11, 2023: “The Hamas jihadis’ operation is an additional defeat for America in the region. The important point of this operation was the defeat of the American force in the region and in the world. The hegemony of the American power, that claimed it had military, intelligence, economic, and political support in the Zionist regime and exchanged it for an ignominious withdrawal from the region, has disintegrated.”[55]

Hamas Representative In Iran Khaled Qaddoumi, November 14, 2023

Khaled Qaddoumi, Hamas’s representative in Iran, said on November 14, 2023: “[President] Biden conducted the war in Gaza before Netanyahu did. [U.S. Secretary of State Antony] Blinken and Biden are in the Israeli war room in Tel Aviv. The current war is not between Israel and Palestine – it is between Islam and the arrogance [the U.S.]… If Gaza fails, it will be the turn of Beirut, Amman, Cairo, and other places. When we defend Gaza, we are defending Tehran, and the security of Beirut. Today, the Gaza residents are defending the security of Riyadh and Abu Dhabi [that is, Iran’s adversaries in the Middle East]. Today, this is an historic opportunity.”[56]

AUTHORS

N. Katirachi and A. Savyon

N. Katirachi is a Research Fellow at MEMRI; A. Savyon is Director of the Iran Media Studies Project.

SOURCES

[1] See MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 10857, Iranian Regime Mouthpiece Kayhan: Iran Is The Mind And Hands Behind Hamas; Operation ‘Al-Aqsa Flood’ Was Planned, Orchestrated By Qods Force Commander Qassem Soleimani Before He Was Killed; Khamenei Hinted In August 2022, August 2023 At ‘The Complete Conquest’ Of Israel, October 12, 2023; Special Dispatch No. 10889, Exclusive Report By Iranian News Agency Tasnim: ‘The “Mighty Pillar” Maneuvers Were The Resistance [Organizations’] Planning For An Attack On Israel; [They Constituted] Four Years Of Training The Palestinians For ‘Al-Aqsa Flood’, October 19, 2023; Special Dispatch No. 10878, The Iranian Regime’s Media Campaigns To Recruit Iranian Citizens To Be Sent To ‘Fight The Zionist Regime In Palestine’, October 16, 2023; and Special Dispatch No. 10860, Iranian Website Asr-e Iran Calls On Iranians Not To Speak Out On Iranian Involvement In ‘The Hamas-Israel Conflict’ – For Fear Of Harming Iranian Interests And International Status, October 13, 2023.

[2] Mashregh (Iran) October 287, 2023.

[3] Tasnim (Iran), November 21, 2023.

[4] The call “Oh victor, bring death!” was used in battles during the time of the Prophet Muhammad and in the time that followed. It was used by early Muslims to report that victory is near. Among Shi’ites, its use is associated with Mukthar Al-Thaqafi’s call to avenge Imam Hussein’s death in the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE.

[5] Fars (Iran), November 20, 2023.

[6] Farsi.khamenei.ir/speech-content?id=54271, November 1, 2023.

[7] Farsi.khamenei.ir/speech-content?id=54222, October 25, 2023.

[8] Tasnim (Iran), October 17, 2023.

[9] Farsi.khamenei.ir/speech-content?id=54056, October 10, 2023.

[10] Tasnim (Iran), November 6, 2023.

[11] Tasnim (Iran), October 18, 2023.

[12] Tasnim (Iran), October 16, 2023.

[13] Mashregh News (Iran), October 28, 2023.

[14] Tasnim (Iran), October 30, 2023.

[15] Fars (Iran), November 9, 2023.

[16] Tasnim (Iran), November 10, 2023.

[17] Mashregh News (Iran), October 13, 2023.

[18] Fars (Iran), November 9, 2023.

[19] Tasnim (Iran), October 22, 2023.

[20] Tasnim (Iran), October 13, 2023.

[21] Fardanews.com, October 21, 2023.

[22] Kayhan (Iran), October 8, 2023.

[23] Kayhan (Iran), October 8, 2023.

[24] Kayhan (Iran), October 18, 2023.

[25] Kayhan (Iran), October 26, 2023.

[26] Kayhan (Iran), October 26, 2023.

[27] Kayhan (Iran), November 11, 2023.

[28] Fars (Iran), November 1, 2023.

[29] Khabaronline.ir, October 17, 2023.

[30] Tasnim (Iran), October 8, 2023.

[31] Kayhan (Iran), October 14, 2023.

[32] For the actual interview, see Cnn.com/videos/world/2023/10/29/gps-1029-iranian-fm-on-hamas-attack.cnn, October 29, 2023.

[33] Tasnim (Iran), October 30, 2023.

[34] Tasnim (Iran), October 16, 2023.

[35] Kayhan (Iran), October 12, 2023.

[36] Fars (Iran), October 8, 2023.

[37] Tasnim (Iran), October 8, 2023.

[38] IRNA (Iran), October 24, 2023. See also MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 10947, Iranian Culture Minister: October 7 Will Be Designated ‘Day Of The Epic Valor Of The Young Palestinians’ – This ‘Number Of Dead Zionists Is Unprecedented In History’, November 8, 2023.

[39] Tasnim (Iran), October 7, 2023. See also MEMRI Special Dispatch No. 10882, Senior Iranian, Hamas, And Palestinian Islamic Jihad Officials Link Hamas Attack On Israel To Thwarting U.S.-Saudi-Israel Normalization Initiative, October 17, 2023.

[40] Mashregh (Iran), October 11, 2023.

[41] Tasnim (Iran), November 16, 2023.

[42] Kayhan (Iran), October 10, 2023.

[43] Kayhan (Iran), October 25, 2023.

[44] Tasnim (Iran), November 2, 2023.

[45] ISNA (Iran), October 7, 2023.

[46] Tasnimnews.com/fa, October 23, 2023.

[47] Mashregh (Iran), November 1, 2023.

[48] Fars (Iran), November 1, 2023.

[49] Tasnim (Iran), October 30, 2023.

[50] Mehrnews.com/news, October 18, 2023.

[51] Tasnim (Iran), October 30, 2023.

[52] Tasnim (Iran), November 16, 2023.

[53] Tasnim (Iran), November 13, 2023.

[54] Tasnim (Iran), November 4, 2023.

[55] Tasnim (Iran), November 11, 2023.

[56] Tasnim (Iran), November 14, 2023.

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Watch and Understand the Faith of Donald J. Trump a Christian Man

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By Dr. Rich Swier

Many know about what President Donald J. Trump truly believes in, his unyielding faith in God.

Watch as Paul Washer shares The Gospel with President Donald J. Trump. I was uplifted and hopeful after watching Paul Washer sharing the gospel with President Donald J. Trump in this amazing meeting where President Trump listens and Pastor Washer gives the lesson. Amazing indeed.

In the forward to their 2016 book   David Brody and Scott Lamb wrote,

“Donald J. Trump was raised as a Presbyterian and has praised both Christianity and the primacy of the Bible. In the Oval Office, he has surrounded himself with close advisors who share his deep faith. In this deeply reported book, David Brody and Scott Lamb draw on unparalleled access to the White House to explain President Trump’s connection to the Christian faith, the evangelical right, the prosperity gospel, and the pressing moral and ethical issues of our day.

In part, the authors argue, President Trump won over evangelicals not by pandering to them, but by supporting them and all their most important issues without pretending to be something he’s not. Though the forty-fifth president is far from the perfect vessel—he has been married three times—his supporters argue that Donald Trump may be just what America needs. This book reveals how he has surrounded himself with believers who think he is the one guiding figure who can return us to the traditional values—hard work, discipline, duty, respect, and faith—that have long been the foundation of American life, and truly make America great again in all ways.”

Given everything that President Trump and his family have undergone one might wonder from where comes his strength of character. It comes from the Holy Bible.

America today is in desperate need of a Godly man. Donald J. Trump is that man.

President Trump said, “Throughout our Nation’s history, Americans have consistently turned to God for guidance at pivotal moments. Our Nation’s honored tradition of prayer has sustained us and strengthened our trust that God will continue to watch over and accompany us through the best of times and the darkest hours.”

Today we are going through very dark times. We must all now turn to God and pray for His guidance.

©2023. Dr. Rich Swier. All rights reserved.

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Biden Regime Abandoning Israel

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By The Geller Report

“Biden administration is setting the stage to abandon Israel. What started off as “We are totally with you in destroying Hamas, which is as bad as ISIS,” is deteriorating into “You don’t have our support unless you can dismantle Hamas very quickly with very limited civilian casualties.” That’s impossible.” — Mark Dubowitz on X

Not only impossible but delusional. We have seen all of Gaza cheer Hamas and the mass slaughter of Jews, many taking part in the October 7th massacre. One hostage escaped and was captured and returned to Hamas by civilians.

Biden’s hack Secretary of State meets with war cabinet and tries to RESTRICT Israel so they won’t be able to eliminate Hamas

BY THE RIGHT SCOOP

Joe Biden’s hack Secretary of State Antony Blinken is pressuring Israel to end their war in Gaza without asking them to actually end it.

According to new reports, Blinken told Israel that the longer this war goes on in Gaza, the greater the international pressure will grow to stop the war.

He even suggested Israel restrict their military operation in southern Gaza in such a way as to avoid more civilian casualties.

Here’s more from Axios:

Scoop: Blinken warns Israeli war cabinet that the longer Gaza war goes on in the current intensity, the more international pressure on the U.S. and Israel will grow. My story on @axios https://t.co/m0R54Vd77R

— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) November 30, 2023

Blinken met on Thursday in Jerusalem with Netanyahu and the members of his war cabinet.

The possibility of an Israeli operation in southern Gaza was a major topic of the discussion, according to two sources with direct knowledge.

One source called the discussion “a frank exchange of views” — hinting at growing disagreements between the parties on the way forward when it comes to the IDF operation in Gaza.

Two of the sources said Blinken was the one who initiated the conversation when he asked to be briefed on the Israeli military’s plans for southern Gaza and asked how long Israel thinks the military operation will continue in its current scope.

Read more.

AUTHOR

Pamela Geller

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Israel: We will dismantle the Hamas terrorist network

Sec. Blinken: No you won’t

Biden regime is now stopping Israel from fully defending itself against a terrorist organization

Insane https://t.co/vcvtHNdGxS

— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) November 30, 2023

I don’t see why Blinken feels the need to lecture the Israeli military about human rights when the abusers are on the other side of that wall in Gaza. 

Biden’s putting more pressure on Israel than Hamas, their backers in the UN, and the anti-semites on the Left. pic.twitter.com/RzOb7oCfOj

— Rep. Mike Waltz (@michaelgwaltz) November 30, 2023

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Over the last ten years, Turkey has made 249 requests every day for removal of content from Google

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By Jihad Watch

Who controls your access to information, and determines what you can see and what you cannot? To a surprising degree, Recep Tayyip Erdogan does.

Turkey has requested removal of massive amount of online content from Google in 10 years

Turkish Minute, November 23, 2023:

Turkish government agencies have requested the removal of a total of 90,400 web pages and other content from Google in the last decade, Voice of America (VOA) Turkish edition reported on Wednesday, citing data from a report by the virtual private network company Surfshark.

According to the report, 150 countries have submitted a total of 335,000 removal requests to Google in the last 10 years. These requests included the removal of 3,870,000 different websites and pages claimed to be “objectionable.”

Turkey was the fourth country, after Russia, North Korea and India, that most frequently requested the removal of content from Google, submitting 18,900 requests for the removal of 90,400 web pages and other content in 10 years, which corresponds to an average of 5 pieces of online content per day.

During the same period, Russia submitted a total of 215,000 content removal requests to Google, accounting for 85 percent of all requests. North Korea came in second, submitting 27,000 content removal requests to Google over the past decade, and India was in third place with 20,000 requests.

The report showed that “national security” is the most common reason cited by governments to get unwanted content removed, with 27 percent, followed by “copyright” (19 percent) and “defamation” (10 percent). Turkey leads in citing defamation as the reason, representing over a fifth of all defamation claims with more than 7,600 requests.

According to the report, the number of requests worldwide has increased approximately 13 times, rising from 7,000 annually to 91,000 in the past 10 years, or from 19 requests per day to 249….

Read more.

AUTHOR

ROBERT SPENCER

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Iran’s Struggle Against Islamic Terrorism and its Spurious Narratives

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By Amil Imani

Iran is a nation gripped by a crisis.

In the last few decades, the lines between truth and misinformation have gradually blurred, adding to the complexities of an already dire situation. As the nation grapples with the onslaught of these Islamic terrorists, who have usurped power, it becomes increasingly crucial to distinguish between the aggressors and the innocent citizens trapped within the chaos.

I make an impassioned call to politicians, media outlets, and individuals alike and urge them to refrain from painting Iran with the same brush as that of these terrorists. My plea is clear: those who fail to distinguish between Islamic terrorists and the genuine people of Iran are “wicked.” My cry for accuracy underscores the gravity of the situation, and yet again, I seek to shed light on the situation in my beloved Iran.

Once again, I assert that Iran is an occupied country and a historical parallel can be drawn to the occupation of France during World War II. These Islamic terrorists responsible for the siege should be referred to as the “Islamic Republic” or simply “IRGC.” This distinction is more than a matter of semantics; it serves as a crucial reminder that the perpetrators of any attack or supporting any terrorist initiative across the globe are not representative of the Iranian people.
My repeated call to cease the use of the term “Iran” in connection with the terrorists highlights the urgency of preventing the mischaracterization of an entire nation with such a deeply rooted ancient culture as that of Iran. Such misattribution can perpetuate stereotypes, breed prejudice, and hinder international efforts to address the root causes of the conflict.

It is essential to recognize the gravity of the situation and acknowledge the long-term impact that the Islamic Republic’s actions could have on Iran. By consistently labeling them accurately, the hope is to diminish their perceived connection to the nation they have invaded and oppressed.
Within Iran, there is a deliberate control over the media and the narrative of the country, where the Islamic Republic censors news and controls what information is disseminated to the public. I can give a few specific examples of this:

Within Iran, there is a deliberate control over the media and the narrative of the country, where the Islamic Republic censors news and controls what information is disseminated to the public. I can give a few specific examples of this:

The Islamic Republic mandates complete control over television and radio broadcasting. The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) controls all internal and external broadcasting. There are no private or independent broadcasters inside Iran. This control extends to the state-controlled television that airs nationally and internationally and is streamed online. The host operates dozens of provincial, national, and foreign networks airing programs on culture, science, and news.

The Islamic Republic News Agency’s (IRNA) official news service is controlled and operated by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. Semi-official news agencies operate allegedly independently of government control but are often seen by analysts as touting the agendas of various government agencies.

The Islamic Republic has developed sophisticated means to control the internet. This includes blocking popular international platforms like WhatsApp or Instagram and imposing precise, targeted blocking of access to mobile data in specific neighborhoods where protests are planned. The Islamic Republic has also created a “cyber police” unit and announced a Supreme Council of Cyberspace, placing Internet regulation more directly in Mullahs—not secular—authorities.

The Islamic Republic operates an immense web of online personas and propaganda mills, virtually none of which disclose their affiliation with the government of the Islamic Republic. These operations have targeted dozens of nations with tens of millions of pieces of content, varying widely in their message and intent.

The use of fake social media accounts to disseminate false information creates a battleground of misinformation, making it challenging for both domestic and international audiences to discern the truth. This deliberate confusion contributes to an information war that muddles reality and perception.

Iran has as many as three hundred newspapers but only a dozen major national dailies. Like their weekly cousins, these papers are typically funded by and ideologically connected to political parties or politicians. They all have an unequivocally anti-Iranian tilt.

The Islamic Republic’s control over media and information is a crucial aspect of its strategy to maintain power and control over the population. Through this global information dissemination program, the Iranian government’s concerted efforts to control the narrative have far-reaching consequences that extend beyond the nation’s borders.

By shaping the narrative presented to the public, the Islamic Republic creates an environment where dissenting voices are marginalized and alternative perspectives are suppressed. This manipulation could breed fear and distrust among the domestic population. The Islamic Republic’s restrictions on internet access and increased censorship play a pivotal role in narrative control. In response to shocking images and stories emerging from the country, the Mullahs seek to mitigate the potential fallout by restricting access to such content. However, it’s an altogether different matter that resilient users find ways to circumvent these controls, thereby leaking out accurate information about the terror happenings within the country.

The control exercised by the Islamic Republic over the narrative extends to the international stage. By filtering information that reaches the global community, the IRGC can craft a narrative that portrays their actions positively or downplays negative occurrences. This strategic shaping of international perceptions contributes to the nation’s diplomatic and geopolitical challenges.

The Islamic Republic’s narrative control becomes particularly apparent during social protests, where attempts to suppress sentiments of freedom and democracy are met with international support for the protesters. The global community’s response highlights the direct link between the Islamic Republic’s narrative control and its influence on global perceptions and support.

However, I see the promise of a brighter future, and this vision is embedded in the faith that there will come a time when the Islamic terrorists will face justice, and Iran will rise again. This vision serves as a rallying cry for my homeland, for unity, resilience, and the ultimate triumph of justice over oppression.

Therefore, once more, my plea to the global community is clear: distinguish between the Islamic Republic and the people of Iran, for only then can a path toward liberation and reconstruction be forged. In a world where the lines between fact and fiction often blur, the quest for truth becomes more critical than ever.

©2023. Amil Imani. All rights reserved.

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NEW YORK CITY: Videos of pro-Hamas Riot at the Christmas Tree Lighting

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By Vlad Tepes Blog

Islam and leftists are really capitalizing on the Gaza war now. Remember George Soros’ tactic of “reflexivity”. They know how organizations and peoples will react to a stimulus. So they do the stimulus with full preparedness to use the predictable response to work towards their own goals. A kind of mass-Judo tactic. Use the enemy’s inertia collectively against them.

The most obvious example would be how terrorists will use half their resources to launch an attack, and then use the other half to go after the first responders. This makes the attack for more effective both from a damage and fear inducing point of view.

The October 7th attack on Israel could be seen as a scaled up example of the same. the left and Islamic nations funded the most barbaric attack on Israel they could think of, knowing they would not achieve a strategic goal in the traditional sense, but they would achieve one in the reaction to the reaction.

They knew Israel would wage war on Gaza, which is why they took hostages. The hostages in their estimate means Israel won’t do any significant damage to Hamas because Israel values the life of its hostages. Meanwhile, Hamas can play victim to the return fire on Gaza and the left and Islamic nations can fund massive demonstrations all over the world, all appearing to be about justice in Palestine, which of course is the last thing Islamic nations or Leftist groups want. Using the word “justice” in the usual sense that is. Once you look at the word in a communist or Islamic sense, its another matter.

Remember, the overall goal is the global communist revolution. And they are using imputed and manufactured victim narratives of the Palestinians based on the Israeli response to their attacks to give them the breathing room they need to attack everything Western. Like the tree lighting ceremony in NYC.

Anyone who has ever watched a Col. Kemp video knows that Israel has done more to protect the civilians in target zones than any army in the history of the world. They would also know that Hamas, who the Palestinians voted for at something like 70%, puts civilians in harms way on purpose for the dual win of either preventing an Israeli strike on military assets, which often works, or a lot of dead women and children, which makes for great PR while Hamas leadership yuks it up in world-leading luxury.

1. Could this LARPER, this COSPLAY Commie not have found a larger cross?

A Pro-Palestinian and Hamas Supporter holding a Poster of Swastika in reference to the Israel Defense Force tonight during the Riots in Manhattan, New York. pic.twitter.com/iMQtb7OppS

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) November 30, 2023

2. A patriot faces off with the protestors as they grab his flag, while he asks them why they are in America if they hate it so much. Why not move to Iran or Iraq?

“You are in America right now” – A man with American flag CONFRONT Pro-Palestine protesters during ‘Flood Tree Lighting for Gaza’ Protest near Rockefeller Tree Lighting tonight. One protester tries to rip American flag away as someone shouts “AllahuAkbar” and “Free Palestine!” pic.twitter.com/j62uSV3msc

— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) November 30, 2023

3. Multiple videos of the scene

Crowds of Pro-Palestinian and Hamas Supporters have Attacked Police and Businesses in New York City tonight in an attempt to Disrupt and Destroy the Annual-Rockefeller Christmas Tree Lighting Event in Manhattan; several Police Officers have reportedly been Injured with Riot and… pic.twitter.com/egJwBAPeqX

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) November 30, 2023

POST ON X:

⚠️ An Israeli hacker group hacked the Iranian Judiacial and Parliament:

“We broke into the computerized systems of the Iranian judiciary and parliament and were able to obtain thousands of classified documents of the decision makers on behalf of the Revolutionary Guards.

These… pic.twitter.com/IMHQOBscfh

— Mossad Commentary (@MOSSADil) November 29, 2023

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VIDEO: Brace Yourself For What’s Coming in 2024

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By The Geller Report

Watch this clip of Victor Davis Hanson warning about what will happen during the 2024 election.

Transcript by Real Clear Politics:

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: They look at Trump as a vampire and they put a stake in his heart but they’re afraid that that stake could come out any time. That he’s undying and they’re afraid of him. They are terrified of him.

They are terrified of him because they think he’s smarter this time and he has just cause to really get angry because of what they did to him. They can write all of The Atlantic Monthly and New Yorker clever, glib little essays about “Donald Trump is a threat to democracy,” and their little Molly Ball in Time Magazine essays how clever and brilliant they were with their cabals and conspiracies to get rid of him.

But deep down inside they know that if the right ever did that to Barack Obama or Joe Biden, they could have really made something out of the fact that Barack Obama had a hot mic expose where he told the president of Russia, “You tell Vladimir that I will be flexible on missile defense.” That’s the security of the United States of America. “If he gives me space in my last election.” Putin did do that. That’s an impeachable offense if a phone call to Ukraine is. So they understand that, the right could have done that to them, and they understand now the right probably will do that to them for their own survival, and they are scared.

They’re saying that if a MAGA candidate wins, and they win the House and Senate, they’re cooked because they’re going to get special prosecutors and go after the Biden family like they’ve never gone after anybody. And they’re going to find stuff because we know Joe is crooked. And then they’re going to go after [Attorney General] Merrick Garland and [Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro ] Mayorkas. And they’re not going to stop. And that’s why they’re scared.

Everybody thinks the danger passed, they got what they wanted. No, no, no, you’re never going to see anything like what they’re going to do in 2024. All of this could have been reconciled, all they had to do was say Donald Trump should not be president if that’s what they believe, and we’re not going to do any lawfare or try to change the voting laws or pack the court, we’re not going to let in two states, we’re not going to try to abolish the Senate filibuster, we’re not going to try to change the voting ID laws, we’re just going to play under the rules we have, we don’t need $419 million by Mark Zuckerberg infused, we don’t need Sam Bankman-Fried, the crook, giving us $100 million, we’re not going to go under the radar with George Soros, we’re just going to show you, the American people how we think Donald Trump should not be president and we’ll have a fair election. They can’t do that, and they don’t trust themselves.

They think anybody in his right mind would close that border right now. Anybody in his right mind would recall all of those DAs that have destroyed these major cities. Anybody in his right mind would not beg the Saudis or the Venezuelans or the Russians or the Iranians to pump oil on the eve of a midterm, or pump the strategic petroleum reserve when you have so much natural gas in the U.S. Nobody in their right mind would do that. nd nobody in their right mind would ever just pull out of Afghanistan without warning just so Joe Biden can say that on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 or the original October invasion of Afghanistan, “I am the president that got us out.” Nobody would do that. And nobody would print $6 trillion when there’s pent-up demand post-Covid lockdown and there’s a supply chain disruption, and all that money without an audit or examination of who got it and why and how it was spent, but to inflate the economy and ruin it. Nobody would do that! So they know that and they know that they cant take that record to the American people.

They have a deductive mind because their ideologues, so they start with a premise that we’re for social justice and equity of result, so we’re morally superior and smarter than anybody else. And therefore we’re entitled to do things other people don’t do. So if, under the cover of Covid, and frightening people about Covid, we can change all the voting laws so that 30%, instead of voting absentee and early voting shall become 70% in most states, with very little audit of the level necessary to authenticate most ballots.

They just do all this stuff because they start with the deductive principle that, “We are better, this is the vision and thereof the following must happen.” And if things don’t fit the narrative, they go after the person, they censor. That’s how they work. And if you keep that in mind, than everybody makes sense.

What I’m saying is they go on from one lie to the next.

So everybody now knows that Donald Trump was impeached for things that Joe Biden got away with. OK. Everybody knows the laptop was authentic. Everybody knows that now. Everybody knows it would have made a big difference in that debate when Donald Trump said it was and Joe Biden said, “Oh, no, no, 51 authorities.” Everybody knows that Christopher Steele was a fraud, and especially Glenn Simpson. And that Hillary Clinton took over an old Never-Trump file and inflated it with a million bucks, got the FBI on it to hire Christopher Steele as a consultant-informant, hid her so-called legal expenses when she was fined and cited for that violation, through Perkins-Coie, Fusion GPS, and the DNC, and that file was fraudulent. It was made up! I said that the first time I saw it, everything in it was false. And yet we wasted 22 months and $40 million to know what was obvious. No apology, not only no apology but they got Pulitzer Prizes, some of these reporters.

Every time they give these monstrous lies, there’s no apology, and why should they? They’re just narratives, the’re post-modern Foucauldian, Lacan, Derrida narratives. They were useful. That’s what they look at. They were useful at the time, because when we went through the Mueller investigation, we crippled Donald Trump and therefore we were able to stop him. We had Anonymous, he was burrowed deep into the Homeland Security. He was a minor official, but we said he was one of the major operatives in the Trump administration, we lied. And then we printed his op-ed because it did what it was supposed to do, it weakened the right-wing agenda, so they think. And we got Admiral McRaven to come in and write an op-ed and said Trump should leave, the sooner the better. And then we got all of the four-star generals, McCaffrey, McCrystal, all of them, to say that Trump was Hitler, that he was Mussolini, that he was a liar, he was dangerous. We got Mark Milley to call the Chinese. We did all of this.

Yes, we do not want this to be done to us. If right now, a retired four-star general said Joe Biden is senile or dangerous of the Afghan thing is a disaster and he should be removed sooner or later, or his weaponization of the DOJ or FBI is Mussolini-like, or his hounding of individual people at school boards, or the way he conducted the Mar-a-Lago raid is Nazi-like — and I’m just quoting from what they’ve said — you know what’s going to happen to those people? You’re going to get [Attorney General] Merrick Garland to call up the Pentagon and they’re all going to be slapped with a Code 88, uniform code of military justice and court-martialed for disparaging the commander-in-chief. Trust me, they would in two seconds. And that’s not going to happen. They’re not going to say anything because they’re not equally going to apply their standards of correct behavior. And second, they’re going to say things about Donald Trump because they know the media and the Pentagon are not going to do anything to them. Now? They would destroy them if they ever criticized the commander-in-chief. They would go after them like you would not believe. And they know that.

We’re talking about, to sum up and end this, they understand deterrence. They are saying to the American people, “We are SOBs, we’re capable of everything and anything. Which side do you want to be on? Because if you’re on our side, you can do what Hunter Biden is, there are no consequences. If you want to say the voting machines are crooked like Jill Stein, go ahead, she said that in 2016. If you want to be Barbara Boxer and 32 Democrats and say you’re not going to certify the Ohio count and hold up the whole election, don’t worry, they did it in 2004. If you’re Al Gore and the attorney general says the votes have been counted and certified in Florida. Oh no, we’re going to sue and hold up the entire election for a month. And so, you can do all of that — as long as you’re on our side. But if you don’t do that, and you want to go on the other side, you’re in big trouble.”

That’s the message they’re trying to send, that’s what we’re really getting down to. Join the winning side. It’s sort of like in the Soviet Union, if you’re part of the nomenclature and you join the party, you’re exempt; if you’re not, well, you’re on your own.

People say to me: “You’re an academic and you spent your whole life, how did you deal with the 94% of all academics who are left-wing? … Why are they so left-wing? Do they have tenure? They’re exempt from worrying about losing their job? … Are they idealistic because they deal with words?”

I say, “No, they understand that if you want to get tenure and be promoted and liked, you parrot the majority. If it paid better, they’d be fascists.”

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Pamela Geller

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