This is an attempt to “break out” memes, links, and my commentary about the situation in Israel / the Middle East so as to not overload the standard meme posts that I do.  My last “normal” meme post.  In these Israel-related posts I don’t just have memes such, but lots of informative links as well as hopefully-insightful commentary.

Note that this is not meant to be a day-by-day update about what’s going on.  Rather, to highlight uncomfortable truths about the actual nature of the conflict, deep-history background, and so on, as well as to show the at-present immutable nature of Islamic hatred of Jews and why that matters to today’s events.

Note that these posts do not repeat information – so there is a lot of stuff in prior posts.  Please do check them out too if this is a topic of interest to you.  In reverse chronological order:

Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok

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Israel: Still More Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok

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Israel: Ongoing Memes, Links, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: More Memes, Links, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Even More Memes, Links, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: More Memes, Links, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Memes and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Memes and Commentary – Granite Grok

With some Israel-related materials here:

Meme Overflow – Granite Grok

 

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TOP OF THE FOLD

As much as I am suspicious of Bibi and, as I’ve said repeatedly, his star has fallen far, he is absolutely correct in this:

Netanyahu against Biden’s Palestinian State initiative:

“We will not submit to international dictates regarding a political settlement with the Palestinians. The settlement will only be achieved through direct negotiations between the parties without preconditions. We will not be ready for unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state. There can be no greater reward for terrorism.” .

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“Sharmuta” means wh*re or b*tch in Arabic – don’t mess with Israeli women pic.twitter.com/FInURUEsD4

— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) February 16, 2024

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/female-israeli-soldier-pushes-arab-back.mp4

 

He’s now been dishonored in public by being pushed around by a woman.

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‘Why Doesn’t Hamas Go to Hell and Hide There?’: Other Voices from Gaza :: Gatestone Institute

Voice of sanity.  Too rare.

 

 

WAR & WHEN WILL IT END?

Reflections on Israel’s New Existential War – VDH’s Blade of Perseus (victorhanson.com)

Israel now knows there is no living with a precivilizational Hamas. It must destroy it, permanently block off Gaza from itself, and adopt a strategy of chronic disproportionate response from now on out.

Another reflection – by someone who should know Hamas very, very well.

Son of Hamas commentary (rumble.com)

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From here:

Meet Faisal Ali Mussalem Al Naami (in black). He’s a social worker for UNRWA by profession. On October 7, he took a road trip into Beeri with a friend.
I wonder if abduction of Israelis comes in the job description of an UNRWA social worker?
Damning evidence exposed by the Washington Post.

Psychopaths!

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/faisal-in-black-vid.mp4

 

But Israel is supposed to trust the UN?  ANY country is supposed to trust the UN?

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Succinctly put.  So I echo this guy’s commentary about the casualty figure:

I echo this: Why I don’t care about Gaza casualties (rumble.com)

And one other video, from here today:

Can you count how many “civilians” are entering into Israel on October 7, assisting Hamas terrorists?

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/This_video_taken_during_the_invasion_of_Israel__by_HamasRapists.mp4

 

These are all REGULAR GAZANS pouring in to look, rob, rape, and murder.  And celebrating when their fellows returned:

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/New_video_from_October_7th_show_Gazans_celebrating_as_Hamas_terrorists.mp4

 

 

To cite the example of Winston Churchill who replied, when someone asked about the innocent Germans being caught up in the bombing – “There are no innocent Germans”.

Should Israel Spare the Gazan “Innocents”?: Madeline Brooks | the “silent” majority no more! (thesilentmajoritynomore.com)

Hamas’ threats to “cut off heads,” slit throats,” and “slaughter every Jew on the planet” in 2019 were ignored

Hamas bodycam video shows early moments of massacre and tunnels under Gaza | CNN

Same here.  There are no innocent Gazans.

 

 

Interview with Palestinian family – BEFORE Oct. 7, 2023 (rumble.com)

Hamas: Palestinian Civilians Are Also Terrorists :: Gatestone Institute

Down to children.

WATCH: Child in Gaza Pledges to Become Martyr for Hamas | United with Israel

What’s in the Palestinian text books? (rumble.com)

‘Palestinian’ Mother: I Will Happily Sacrifice My 17 Children, 65 Grandchildren for the Sake of Allah – Geller Report

‘Stab! Stab! Stab!’ Palestinian girl brandishes knife in Facebook video | The Times of Israel

 

Chilling footage of kindergartners re-enacting terrorist drills in Gaza

 

 

Another video about it being a “religion of peace”:

On Islam being a “religion of peace” (rumble.com)

War is an ugly business, and the harder and faster it’s done, the better.  And yet, despite having the ability to carpet bomb Gaza into powder…

Urban warfare expert says Israeli military taking unprecedented steps to protect Gaza civilians | Fox News

 

 

 

 

 

 

ISLAM: PRACTICES, HISTORY, AND MENTALITY

From here:

The president of the country revealed at the security conference in Munich: the book “The End of the Jews” – the Guide for the destruction of the Jewish people written by one of the founders of the terrorist organization Hamas, Mahmoud al-Zahar – was found in a house in the al-Furkan neighborhood in Gaza.

 

 

“Peace partners”.

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From this post:

February 10, Bataclan music venue in Paris

Young people chant Free Palestine, voicing opposition against the IDF’s decision to eradicate the Islamist terror group Hamas.

November 13, 2015

Islamists from ISIS enter Bataclan and murder 90 concert-goers

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/bataclan-crowd.mp4

 

If you are a kaffir you need killing in their eyes.  Period.  Doesn’t matter if you’re supportive.

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Palestinian minister engages in fake crying at the ICJ ~ Elder Of Ziyon – Israel News

Understand this: lying in jihad is a highly-refined art to them.  Related is this excellent series:

Hezbollah’s narrative on Al-Aqsa Flood: Tailored to appeal to specific Western sensibilities | FDD’s Long War Journal

Part II – Hezbollah’s narrative on Al-Aqsa Flood: Tailored to appeal to specific Western sensibilities | FDD’s Long War Journal

Part III – Hezbollah’s narrative on Al-Aqsa Flood: Tailored to appeal to specific Western sensibilities | FDD’s Long War Journal

I need to resurrect this video, below, about Vietnam and how the actual military defeat of the Communists Sin the Tet Offensive was “spun” by the Communists and their media allies to drive America to voluntarily lose the war.

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/analogies-to-the-tet-offensive.mp4

 

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About all that Muslim disinformation alleging Jews were very happy living under Islamic rule for centuries… (barenakedislam.com)

Also, excellent book on the “paradise” that is alleged about Islamic-ruled Spain:

The Myth of the Andalusian Paradise: Muslims, Christians, and Jews under Islamic Rule in Medieval Spain

 

 

ATROCITIES

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/bodies-talk.mp4

 

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Hamas didn’t just gang-rape, they forced the families to watch. Most rape victims of Hamas on October 7 were killed either before or during rape; several victims’ genitals were mutilated beyond recognition. – Geller Report

Hamas rapes Israel & related atrocities | Power Line (powerlineblog.com)

The report’s executive summary emphasizes the finding highlighted by the Times of Israel: “The report clearly demonstrates that sexual abuse was not an isolated incident or sporadic cases but rather a clear operational strategy.” It seems to me that the systematic evil of these atrocities — their brutality, degradation, and sickness — at least equals and may exceed that of the “Final Solution” implemented by the Nazis.

Horrors.

WATCH: ‘Hamas rapes were according to guidelines’ | World Israel News

Video.

ISRAEL releases shocking report about the sexual violence and genital mutilations committed by Hamas against Israeli hostages during the October 7th terror attack (WARNING: Graphic Content) (barenakedislam.com)

 

 

ON INTERSECTIONALITY / LEFTIST SUPPORT

 

 

What ever happened to “believe all women” and #metoo?

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https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/bill-maher-on-college-students.mp4

 

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How to hit your wife properly.

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/wife-beating-codified-in-islam.mp4

 

 

 

PALLYWOOD & MEDIA DISTORTIONS/LIES IN GENERAL

The official Arab media released a publication that went viral in which IDF soldiers begin to flood a tunnel with seawater when suddenly a Mujahideen squad from the Al-Qassam Battalions
Bomb the IDF soldiers!!!
But it didn’t really happen…
Hamas was desperate to show some success overall, and they put together two well-edited videos and managed to make even the media believe this Pallywood.
Watch the video in slow motion and decide for yourself!

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/pallywood-in-slow-motion.mp4

 

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If Hamas admits 6,000 terrorists killed, you know the real number is at least double that ~ Elder Of Ziyon – Israel News

So who are you going to believe, the Hamas health ministry that also claims 29,000 dead, or your own eyes? For some reason, reporters simply cannot believe that a smiling terrorist would lie to their faces. And this has been a problem for many years.

From the same site: How to accuse Israel of the worst human rights abuses: a handy guide ~ Elder Of Ziyon – Israel News If Israel is attacking hospitals for no reason, why is it allowing so many field hospitals into Gaza? ~ Elder Of Ziyon – Israel News

All this information is freely available. And nearly all of it is ignored by the media.

Speaking of the media: United States and Europe in decline as they accept lies of terrorists – The Jerusalem Post (jpost.com) The deliberate lies in the Washington Post (david-collier.com) Exposing the lie about Palestinian journalists (david-collier.com) —

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/enemedia-on-hallels-killer.mp4

 

A teenager in her bedroom.

Palestinian man who killed teenager Hallel Yaffa Ariel as she slept said he wanted to become a ‘Martyr’ | IBTimes UK

 

 

 

Remember, the media said this girl’s murderer was “killed by Israelis”.

 

 

 

TERROR COMING HERE?  TO THE WEST?

Here already.

Open Jew-hatred is becoming common. And that makes it even more popular. ~ Elder Of Ziyon – Israel News

CAIR: A Muslim Brotherhood front group | Power Line (powerlineblog.com)

Around the world:

THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS: An imam in Belgium recited antisemitic verses from the koran at the parliament

Official imprimatur.

France’s Skyrocketing Threat :: Gatestone Institute

France: Knife-wielding Muslim threatens passersby and cops, refuses to drop knife and screams ‘words in Arabic’ (jihadwatch.org)

Islamists taking over.

Germany: North African Migrant Brutally Beats and Then Urinates on Train Conductor (jihadwatch.org)

 

I know, let’s bring them to America.  Jewicidal Yidiots.

 

 

 

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TREADING ON THE POLITICAL

Spineless Joe Biden is inching toward a full betrayal of Israel (nypost.com)

Thomas Gallatin: Biden Placates Pro-Jihadi Base Over Israel | The Patriot Post

The Ultimate Guide to the Biden Administration’s Betrayal of Israel (substack.com)

Betrayed: Biden Regime Proposes Anti-Israel ‘Ceasefire’ Resolution at United Nations Security Council – Geller Report

It’s an election year.  My prediction is coming true, particularly for the Left:

 

 

More, from the same site;

Joe Biden is playing with fire in the Middle East (nypost.com)

Although Biden ordered the military to strike back Friday at proxy groups in Iraq and Syria a week after a drone attack killed three American service members in Jordan, he is still letting Iran off the hook.

By saying repeatedly he is trying to avoid a wider war, the president is sending Iran a message that it has deterred him from directly punishing its aggressions.

Out of fear, he treats the symptoms rather than the disease.

It’s a form of appeasement that will end the way appeasement always does.

And if – when – The Potato betrays Israel, Saudi Arabia will know, as will every American ally, that America cannot be trusted to keep its word about support or protection.  And:

Biden Regime Plans to Give Hamas a Grand Reward for Murdering 1,200 Israelis – PJ Media

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Israel’s Democrats Abroad board quits over umbrella group’s hostility – JNS.org

Some Democrats waking up.

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Trump Vows To Get Hamas Sympathizers The Hell Out of Our Country – Geller Report

Good.  And I expect he will be fought tooth and nail.

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When Democrats Actually Defended Israel Without Reservation | Power Line (powerlineblog.com)

Back when they had at least something of a moral compass.

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS

From here:

Half a million Yezidis were facing Genocide by lSlS and the UN ignored them!
10,000 were killed,7000 were kidnapped and raped for refusing to convert to lsIam.
2703 still missing.
No one marched for them!
Not a single person protests for missing Yezidis.

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/yezidi-genocide.mp4

 

Genocide ongoing in Sudan by the Arabs.  But not Jews, so not news.

 

 

GIVING SUPPORT TO ISRAEL

You can’t go wrong with a donation here:

Connections Israel

And please share this post far and wide.  There’s a lot of info here that many people don’t know.  Post it, email it, share widely.

Also, if you’re willing:

Buy Me a Coffee

And speaking of support – please look up your embassy from Hungary and thank them:

Israel convinced Hungary to block two EU statements against Gaza war – The Jerusalem Post (jpost.com)

 

 

Find your local Hungarian embassy and thank them.

 

 

A CONCLUDING THOUGHT FOR THIS POST

Here’s a guy just wanting to talk.  You cannot have a dialog; you cannot reach out as “team humanity”, to people that want you dead.

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/guy-at-columbia-u-protest.mp4

 

Speaking of people trying to reach out.  From here:

Today at noon in the Jordan Valley: a Jewish radical leftist pro Palestinian activist came to accompany Arab herders supposedly to protect them from “settler violence”. When she stopped at the Fatsael intersection, Arabs violently pulled her out of her vehicle, threw her on the road and hijacked car.

What do you think about that?

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/radical-leftist-israeli-has-car-stolen.mp4

 

What do I think?  Honestly?  I half think it’s a shame she didn’t get gang-raped.  Harsh, yes.  But seriously – Arabs openly state they want you dead, your nation destroyed, and you have to virtue-signal “heal the world” by helping people who want you dead???  She got off very, very light.  Lucky.  Remember what happened to all the peace activists on the Gaza border who reached out to their neighbors in friendship?

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Message-to-sjws.mp4

 

How many times do they have to say DEATH TO JEWS! – and act on it – does it take before you get that they’re serious?

Trying to please your enemies does not turn them into friends.

How hard does this lesson have to be, how many times do they have to harm you, for you to get it?

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The President of the United States, and by extension, the Leader of the Free World, should be judged solely on their Presidency and Administration results. Policies should be the measuring stick; politics should not, but certainly does today more than ever, come into play when determining the results of a Presidency.

Today, we have new characteristics used by many to ascertain a person’s performance or qualification for the office. I think age must be considered, but not chronological age. Age and cognitive level have become synonymous, and that is just wrong. When a Biden supporter is asked if Joe Biden is too old at 81 to run for the office of President, they usually deflect immediately to the fact that Donald Trump is only three years younger than Joe Biden, so if Trump is capable, then to be consistent, Joe must be, too. No, this is not the place for consistent logic and a perfect example of why age should not be a factor. However, the cognitive level must be considered by the voters.

The cognitive level has rarely come up when discussing the merits of Presidential candidates. That is because, until 2024, we have never had an 81 year-old candidate brazen enough to think they are still sharp enough for the job. Joe Biden believes he is fully functioning and will be until he is 86 years old at the end of a second term. Joe Biden is not fully functioning today, but he will not admit it, nor is anyone in his family or circle of staff and consultants courageous enough to explain to Joe that his time is past and he should pass the baton to a more fit candidate.

Politics has become an emotional game. The typical voter does not do the homework necessary to understand the policy positions. These voters instead vote for who they “like” or who they “feel” will do the job. This is why the campaign ads are so important and why you may never see Joe Biden on a debate stage. Biden’s handlers will need to keep him sheltered and moot so that he will make as few mistakes as possible, and there is no opportunity for a visual comparison between the two candidates. The game plan to keep Biden in the basement worked in 2020 because he had the pandemic as an excuse. Unless the Democrats can manifest another global scare before Election Day, most Americans will see through this charade.

Donald Trump has a portfolio of accomplishments from his first term that he should be able to campaign on. Unfortunately, his personality does not allow him to tout his accomplishments quietly. Trump cannot prevent himself from saying controversial things that become the soundbites for the evening news. They are controversial because they evoke anger or frustration in many and allow them to label Trump as an out-of-control radical who will further divide our country. Even Nikki Haley calls Trump a disaster. She approves of many of his policies but not his demeanor. Well, Joe Biden ran in 2020 on the promise to be the adult in the room and heal the divisions Trump created. Three years later, Biden widened the division, and his harmful policies damaged the country in ways that may never be corrected. I will take the brash over destructive. I think the polls are starting to align with my choice.

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