Culture of Death Glorification by Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld The creation of a Palestinian state will not eliminate their glorification of their death ethos; instead, it will flourish! Palestinian Arab society is permeated by a culture of glorifying death. One key element is the idea that dying to destroy Israel is not only noble, but the wish of Allah. This culture of death glorification manifests itself in a variety of ways. One of these can be found in the original charter of Hamas: "The prophet, prayer and peace be upon him, said: 'The time will not come until Muslims will fight the Jews (and kill them); until the Jews hide behind rocks and trees, which will cry: O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, come and kill him!'” (They got that wrong. The trees will tell the Muslims “There is a Jew behind me. Run before he kills you!”) The Palestinian Authority (PA), controlled by Fatah, expresses its appreciation of killing Israelis through paying the murderers a pension. If they die as a result of their terrorist act, payments are made to the family. The PA also glorifies the murderers by naming facilities and streets after them. One false argument is that this culture of glorification of death is specific to the Palestinian Arabs because of their difficult circumstances. Yet there is in Islam in general a major current, which glorifies death. In 2018, the four deadliest terrorist groups in the world accounted for 58% of all terrorist fatalities in the world. They were all Muslim movements: the Taliban, Islamic state, the Khorasan Chapter of the Islamic States and Boko Haram. Israeli-American psychiatrist, Daphne Burdman, says that both the PA and Hamas lead children to view positively their involvement in terrorist actions in which they risk their lives. She continued: "This mass indoctrination of children is based on a carefully planned campaign that draws on strongly held cultural beliefs and deep-seated psychological mechanisms. The incitement uses a multimodal methodology, preaching Palestinian nationalism, martyrology, and under Hamas, emphasizing worldwide hegemonic Sharia. The campaign utilizes the media, schools, and the street, as well as religious figures.” Food for Thought: by Steven Shamrak I do not blame the 'Ugly Nothing' only for its discriminatory policy against Israel. The United Nations is controlled by the traditional anti-Semitic ugliness of the Western countries - so-called democracies, which are the primary dominant powers in the UN. They have been encouraging and accommodating aggression of the Arab/Muslim world against Israel and Islamist terrorist organizations against Jews and Israel, since even before the Jewish state was created. Zionism is the Jewish National Independence Movement Please, Support SHAMRAK Report Encourage Migration of Israel’s Enemies National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir favours occupying territories in the Gaza Strip and encouraging the voluntary migration of thousands of Gazan residents. He said: “Ideas like settling in Gaza are welcome. The only times we have defeated our enemies were when we took territory away from them. I also want to encourage immigration, to have them migrate voluntarily to their countries. We have a historic opportunity to collapse Hamas. We have a historic opportunity to restore deterrence, reoccupy the Gaza Strip, and re-encourage voluntary immigration of Israel’s enemies." An Iranian flight suspected to be ferrying arms to the Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon was blocked by the Israeli Air Force over Syria. The IAF fighter jets ordered it to turn around, and it did. In recent months, the Israel Defense Forces has forced several Iranian flights to make U-turns over Syrian or Iraqi airspace, after they were suspected of carrying weapons to Hezbollah. The UNRWA paused deliveries of aid into the Gaza Strip because of the threat of armed gangs and Hamas terrorists who have been looting humanitarian convoys, saying that the route leading to the Kerem Shalom crossing is too dangerous on the Gaza side. The decision could worsen the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as the cold, rainy winter sets in. (As usual, 'They' blame the breakdown of law and order in Gaza on Israel. Only after taking full control of Gaza Israel would be able to guarantee the distribution of aid in it. But 'They' hate the idea.) Aggressively Enforced Ceasefire Commanding Officer of the Northern Command, Major General Ori Gordin, says IDF is ready to resume combat in Lebanon if Hezbollah makes a mistake. "The achievement against Hezbollah is very significant, inflicting a severe blow on the organization at all levels and across all its systems. We have dealt a heavy blow to its launch capabilities, significantly reducing its ability to impact Israel’s home front. We inflicted severe damage on the organization's leadership and military command. Our role now is to enable and enforce the ceasefire arrangement. If they make a mistake, it will be a big one. We are prepared to return to offense and return to combat." Biden's anti-Israel Christmas Gift President Biden was observed, during Thanksgiving and Black Friday sales, exiting a bookstore in Massachusetts with the book “The Hundred-Year War on Palestine: A History of Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017 in hand”. The author, Rashid Khalidi of Palestinian and Lebanese descent, also accuses former President Donald Trump of serving as a "megaphone" for Israel and Prime Minister Netanyahu of leading "the most extreme government in Israel's history." The leader of Hezbollah, Naim Qassem, has claimed that its cease-fire deal with Israel is a “divine victory” for the Lebanese political party and militant (terrorist) group. He said that the Iran-backed group had “won because we prevented the enemy from destroying Hezbollah” and weakening the Lebanese “resistance.” The truce ends the presence of Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. Israel, too, must withdraw its ground forces from Lebanon within 60 days of the deal going into force. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on November 26 warned Hezbollah that Israel would take action if it suspected that Hezbollah had violated the agreement. Personal Laser Defense Systems The IDF will sign a deal to procure compact anti-missile laser systems. The system can neutralize threats such as anti-tank missiles and kamikaze drones targeting soldiers by using a laser beam to burn and destroy the threat mid-air automatically. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, a Kenyan national, serving as the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide United Nations (UN) to Secretary-General António Guterres, is apparently being forced out of office after refusing to categorize Israel’s counterterrorism campaign in the Gaza Strip as genocide. Nderitu has in the past issued warnings against officials using the term 'genocide' too flagrantly, as it has suffered from “frequent misuse in referring to large scale, grave crimes committed against particular populations.” The term “genocide” was coined in 1944 by Jewish-Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin to describe massacres of entire ethnic groups with the intention of eliminating them, following the Holocaust. It is Necessary for Israel to Free Gaza Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that Israel must occupy the Gaza Strip in the wake of the war with Hamas. The Israel Defense Forces will need to remain in Gaza after the war in any case, he said, to maintain security and prevent Hamas from rearming and once again becoming a threat to Israel. (Israel can only free, not "occupy", the Jewish land!) Idiotic Anti-Israel UN Rapporteur UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, who has become notorious for her anti-Israel rhetoric, said: “Israel didn’t have the right to wage a war against the Palestinians in Gaza.” Albanese acknowledged that on “the day Israel was attacked, it had all the rights (only) to defend itself, to protect its citizens in its territory." However, she added, “Israel didn’t have the right to wage a war against the Palestinians in Gaza.” Albanese’s anti-Israel bias was first exposed in 2022, in the form of anti-Semitic posts she made on social media, in which she claimed that the “Jewish lobby” controls the US. Quotes of the Week: “I don’t understand how we went from total victory to total surrender. Why aren’t we finishing what we started?! We managed to destabilize Hezbollah, and instead of continuing to crush the organization and demolish it to dust, we’re giving it oxygen and performing resuscitation?” - Avichai Stern, mayor of the northern Israeli city Kiryat Shmona. Tools of anti-Israel Media Bias! (honestreporting.com) How can readers discern the truth between the lines? Listed here are common methods employed by the media - intentionally or not - to influence public opinion. By being aware of these methods, we can avoid becoming a pawn in the media war against Israel. Misleading definitions and terminology. By using terminology and definitions in a way that implies accepted fact, the media injects bias under the guise of objectivity. Unbalanced reporting. Media reports frequently skew the picture by presenting only one side of the story. Opinions disguised as news. An objective reporter should not use adjectives or adverbs, unless they are part of a quotation. In addition, the source for any facts and opinions should be clear from the report. Lack of context. By failing to provide proper context and full background information, journalists can dramatically distort the true picture. Selective omission. By choosing to report certain events over others, the media controls access to information and manipulates public sentiment. Using true facts to draw false conclusions. Reporting news about Israel or the Middle-East conflict media reports frequently use facts to draw erroneous conclusions. Distortion of facts. In today's competitive media world, reporters frequently do not have the time, inclination, or resources to verify information properly before submitting a story for publication. Quite often they take a shortcut or even unscrupulously generate ‘newsworthy’ reports like paying Arab youths of the eastern part of Jerusalem to throw stones at Jews or IDF solders…
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