There’s a lot of leftists, radical Muslims, and anti-Semites around the world who don’t want to admit the truth of why Hamas/Palestinians are waging an obscene terrorist war on Israel right now. Israel is blamed, either partly or fully, and the “Palestinians” falsely painted as victims. So here are some truths about the Israel-Palestinian conflict that you won’t see in mainstream news.
The Quran and other Islamic scriptures explicitly endorse capturing sex slaves, raping non-Muslims, and fighting and slaughtering Jews. Islam encourages and endorses jihad and terrorism. The obscene slaughter you are seeing in Israel now by Hamas and the other “Palestinian” terrorists is a continuum going back to the 600s when the evil religion of Islam was first invented—and a violence that the Arabs have always inflicted on Israel.
Here are some of the devastating videos and images I saw today on X (Twitter):
WATCH: Graphic murder of Israeli citizen by Hamas.
“GRAPHIC: A heartbreaking video of a father saving his entire family who escaped through the window as Hamas terrorists broke into their house - and he didn't make it. I salute this hero.”
“WATCH: Father of an Israeli daughter talks [and weeps in agony] about the moment he found out Hamas kidnapped his daughter to Gaza. 💔”
“In this chilling video, #Palestinian terrorists from #Gaza kidnap a 12-year old #Israeli boy named Erez from the town of Nir Oz. His fate is unknown. May HaShem return Erez safely to #Israel and his family.”
“Gaza: Muslim refers to the Israeli women he has captured as his 'sex slaves'”
“Israeli family held hostage by Hamas tremble in fear after the terrorists executed one of their children.”
“Hamas has beheaded Israeli soldiers. We didn’t see behavior like that since ISIS was active in Syria.”
“Verified video shows the moment attendees of a rave festival in southern Israel on Oct. 7 tried fleeing from oncoming Hamas gunmen. Many from the festival were killed, injured and/or kidnapped by the Islamist militants.” Iran’s Ayatollah shared this video on X with a gleeful message of celebration.
“Palestinian man uses little boy as human shield.” Palestinians constantly use children and civilians as human shields.
“Palestinian terrorists recording a video with a kidnapped Israeli boy they are holding hostage in Gaza, letting young local Palestinian kids abuse him.” Palestinian TV shows encourage kids to kill Jews, and their annual summer camps train kids as child jihadis.
“Take a close look at this video of hamas TERRORIST[S] celebrating!!! Those are AMERICAN WEAPONS.” I personally cannot tell if they are American weapons, but the Biden administration absolutely funds both the Palestinians and the Iranians, who helped Hamas in this attack.
“Imagine if you and your family had to go through this… This is the reality for Israelis right now. #Israel #Gaza” A compilation of video.
An interesting post, well worth reading in full, from a Palestinian citizen of Israel: “…To a terrorist invading Israel, all citizens are targets. [up to] 900 Israelis died so far. More than 40 of them are Arabs. Killed by other Arabs. And even 2 Thai people died too. And I do not want to live under a Palestinian government. Which means I only have one home, even if I’m not Jewish: Israel…”
There were also videos I could not find again of a Palestinian terrorist beheading a little boy, and terrorists slaughtering women and babies. X/Twitter has reportedly removed some videos of Palestinian atrocities, though Ayatollah Khamenei called for the destruction of Israel on the platform all this week. The reported death toll in Israel is over 700 (as of 4:40 pm Eastern), with more than 2,300 more injured. There are reportedly Americans among the slain and the hostages taken by Hamas.
This terrorism from Muslims against Israel absolutely isn’t new. Below is a picture I took when I was in Israel recently, putting my finger into a hole created in one of the gates of Jerusalem by the 1948 bombardment of the city by the Muslim Jordanians (you can see the edges of other holes around it). When the Jordanians took over part of Jerusalem during that conflict, they razed much of the Jewish Quarter to the ground and trashed the rest. The Jewish Quarter had to be almost totally rebuilt when the Jews took control again in Jerusalem.
The Arabs refused a two-state solution in the 1940s and they have repeatedly refused such a solution since, and, too, they have been committing war crimes and terrorism against Israel ever since. There was never a time when the Arabs (who invented the “Palestinian people” in the 1960s) were not anti-Semitic terrorists, and there was never a time when Israel was not willing to give them their own country.
In fact, Israel has bent over backwards and made some, in my opinion, self-sabotaging decisions, trying to placate the Palestinians. One of those Israeli decisions was ceding control of the Gaza Strip to the Palestinians (it was under Israeli rule)! Israel is not the problem here. It’s the radical Muslims, whose religion tells them that killing Jews is commanded by their god. That’s why there were over 5300 “Palestinian” terrorist attacks on Israel last year and this obscene war happening now.
Below are some images I took of Palestinian graffiti in Bethlehem, which is under Palestinian control, including a depiction of an Israeli soldier as KKK and an insulting mural of pro-Israel Donald Trump. You can also see the sign forbidding Israeli citizens to enter; as our tour guide said, Muslim Israeli citizens can enter, the sign applies specifically to Jews:
This is the sort of hatred the Palestinians constantly indulge in, despite decades of concessions and aid and offers from Israel. Also, the areas controlled by the Palestinian Authority are absolute third-world, poverty-stricken disasters. It was a striking contrast to Israeli-controlled areas. The “Palestinian” leaders use all their money to enrich themselves (often with “relief” money from the U.S. and elsewhere) and to wage jihad. “Palestine” has never existed as a country, the “Palestinians” are actually a conglomeration of other peoples, and Israel is a fully legitimate nation.
The current jihad assault on Israel might be unprecedented in scale and body count, but it’s only the latest episode in radical Muslims’ hate-filled campaign to obliterate Israel.
I cut my teeth reading about the myth of Islamic tolerance. I support all that you have written here. BTW when I visited Dublin last I went to the GPO and put my finger into the bullet holes in the pillars
Thank you for writing this.