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Israel had the Hamas attack plan for the music festival in 2022 and called it "Jericho Wall".
When Hamas attacked Israel October 7, 2023 I was suspicious that it really was a surprise to Israel.
I hope this war comes to an end soon.
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Juneteenth is a Black American holiday.
We call Juneteenth many things: Black Independence Day, Freedom Day, Emancipation Day, Jubilee Day. We celebrate and honor our ancestors.
December 31 is recognized as Watch Night or Freedom’s Eve in Black American churches because it marks the day our enslaved ancestors were awaiting news of their freedom going into 1863. On January 1, 1863, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. But all of the ancestors wouldn’t be freed until June 19, 1865 for those in Galveston, Texas and even January 23, 1866 for those in New Jersey (the last slave state). (It’s also worth noting that our people under the Choctaw and Chickasaw Nations wouldn’t be freed until April 28, 1866 and June 14, 1866 for those under the Cherokee Nation by way of the Treaties.)
Since 1866, Black Americans in Texas have been commemorating the emancipation of our people by way of reading the Emancipation Proclamation and coming together to have parades, free festivities, and later on pageants. Thereafter, it spread to select states as an annual day of commemoration of our people in our homeland.
Here’s a short silent video filmed during the 1925 Juneteenth celebration in Beaumont, Texas:
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(It’s also worth noting that the Mascogos tribe in Coahuila, Mexico celebrate Juneteenth over there as well. Quick history lesson: A total of 305,326 Africans were shipped to the US to be enslaved alongside of American Indians who were already or would become enslaved as prisoners of war, as well as those who stayed behind refusing to leave and walk the Trail of Tears to Oklahoma. In the United States, you were either enslaved under the English territories, the Dutch, the French, the Spanish, or under the Nations of what would called the Five “Civilized” Native American Tribes: Cherokee, Creek (Muscogee), Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Seminoles. Mascogos descend from the Seminoles who escaped slavery during the Seminole Wars, or the Gullah Wars that lasted for more than 100 years if you will, and then settled at El Nacimiento in 1852.)
We largely wave our red, white and blue flags on Juneteenth. These are the only colors that represent Juneteenth. But sometimes you may see others wave our Black American Heritage flag (red, black, and gold).
Juneteenth is a day of respect. It has nothing to do with Africa, diversity, inclusion, immigration, your Pan-African flag, your cashapps, nor your commerce businesses. It is not a day of “what about” isms. It is not a day to tap into your inner colonizer and attempt to wipe out our existence. That is ethnocide and anti-Black American. If you can’t attend a Black American (centered) event that’s filled with education on the day, our music, our food and other centered activities because it’s not centered around yours…that is a you problem. Respect our day for what and whom it stands for in our homeland.
Juneteenth flag creator: “Boston Ben” Haith
It was created in 1997. The red, white and blue colors represent the American flag. The five-point star represents the Lone State (Texas). The white burst around the star represents a nova, the beginning of a new star. The new beginning for Black Americans.
Black American Heritage Flag creators: Melvin Charles & Gleason T. Jackson
It was created in 1967, our Civil Rights era. The color black represents the ethnic pride for who we are. Red represents the blood shed for freedom, equality, justice and human dignity. Gold fig wreath represents intellect, prosperity, and peace. The sword represents the strength and authority exhibited by a Black culture that made many contributions to the world in mathematics, art, medicine, and physical science, heralding the contributions that Black Americans would make in these and other fields.
SN: While we’re talking about flags, I should note that Grace Wisher, a 13-year-old free Black girl from Baltimore helped stitched the Star Spangled flag, which would inspire the national anthem during her six years of service to Mary Pickersgill. I ain’t even gon hold you. I never looked too far into it, but she prob sewed that whole American flag her damn self. They love lying about history here until you start unearthing them old documents.
In conclusion, Juneteenth is a Black American holiday. Respect us and our ancestors.
#juneteenth#juneteenth flag#black american history#black american culture#ben haith#black american heritage flag#melvin charles#gleason t jackson#grace wisher#american flag#mascogos#juneteenth 2023
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S2 of WHAT IF…
Ep1- “…Nebula joined the Nova Corps?”
Love the bleak opening sequence
Fascinating how Nebula narrates the context. Her “five years of isolation” hits hard.
Nova Prime siding with Ronan was a surprise
Ep2- “…Peter Quill Attacked Earth’s Mightiest Heroes?”
Cool intro; Peter leaning into his inherent powers is interesting…
The Winter Soldier being Gorbachev’s tool to contain Peter is surprising, but not unexpected…
“Does anyone have a plan?”/“I have a plan; retreat.” 😂
Thor announcing that Peter killed off all the Nine Realms except Earth; Peter needed containment to prevent him being too powerful.
Hope breaking Peter out is unexpected.
But Peter defeating his dad is a great ending.
Ep3- “…Happy Hogan Saved Christmas?”
Cool X’mas riff in the beginning music
Avengers Tower… looking festive.
Happy getting accidentally injected with Banner blood is unexpected.
Beethoven’s 9th riff playing when Darcy discovers a whole collection!
“Time for the Hammer to get nailed” 🤣
Overall, great X’mas episode.
Ep4- “…Iron Man Crashed into the Grandmaster?”
Cool that the Guardians of the Multiverse (from S1) are back!
Gamora’s origin story is a Tony Stark episode that looks to focus a bit on Valkyrie? Interesting…
Wonder what Gamora is doing there.
The little Chinchilla is adorable.
Tony with the nicknames (“Technicolor Dream Coat” is a Andrew Lloyd Webber musical reference) is hilarious
Also, Tony building a suit that reforms into a race car on command, and back, is AWESOME
Turns out, Tony inspired Gamora to be a hero.
Gamora melting Thanos, did not see that coming.
Ep5- “…Captain Carter Fought the Hydra Stomper?”
Cool Avengers team; with Carter and Janet instead of Steve and Banner.
It’s kind of what if 2012’s Battle of New York went differently. Then we pick up kind of CATWS but it’s Peggy and Nat.
Peggy’s spin-twist was really cool.
The whole reverse-CATWS but instead of Bucky gone bad and Steve finding out, it’s Steve gone bad and Peggy finding out.
Bucky as a Secretary of State? Did NOT see that coming. But makes sense that Bucky would be the one to try to bring Steve back. Truly a reverse CATWS.
The Stomper Suit keeping Steve alive, I wonder how.
Carter’s hilarious Star Wars reference to carbonite.
Also, the camera panning around Steve and Peggy, is a mirror of the Tony/Pepper one in Endgame.
Melina being part robot is also kind of creepy.
Captain Carter having a musical is hilarious too
Also, the emotional vibes kind of veering into CACW and “Black Widow” territory is quite fascinating.
Peggy disappears thru a portal, only to be greeted by Wanda.
Ep6- “…Kahhori Reshaped the World?”
Ragnarok comes early…
Also, this episode isn’t the first time we see the horrors of Spanish conquistadors invading on native land; we last saw that in Wakanda Forever a few years ago.
But when the Watcher narrates the context, it mirrors the Black Panther movie’s narrative about how the Vibranium came to Earth and ended with the peacemaking between various tribes.
Also great to note that this is the first MCU entry where nobody, except the Watcher (and Stephen Strange at the end) speaks English.
It’s really awesome that the Space Stone energy gives the people from the Sky World (who are formerly Mohawk natives from Earth) and Kahhori very, VERY interesting powers.
KAHHORI MOVED THE PORTAL TO THE LAND!! That is an insane amount of power and strength! That’s wonderful!
Kahhori and her people sinking the Spanish Armada is a sight to behold.
Ep7- “…Hela Found the Ten Rings?”
Hela suddenly being able to speak Putonghua was a surprise.
Odin says that the bearer of Hela’s crown be merciful, which explains why Hela is at first unable to lift it. Just like the first Thor movie.
I kind of wonder why Wenwu would invite Hela to wear a traditional dress; but more importantly, why does he have one ready?
MORRIS RETURNS!! Best fuzzy thing.
Hela visits Talo.
Folding paper. That’s basically Origami. IRL history has it that China has its own paper folding traditions long ago, just like Japan, but separately.
Hela being upset that Fenrir as a puppy was taken from her, is something interesting too.
Asgard, a realm of Norse legend, and Ta Lo, a fictitious Chinese fantasy realm, coming together to free the cosmos, is something I did not see coming.
Ep8- “…the Avengers Assembled in 1602?”
Tom Hiddleston as Loki narrating Hamlet? Not surprising.
Wanda summoned Carter from three episodes ago, and turns out Thor knew about this here.
But what are those portals? Wanda warns to stop them.
Wanda speaks of a lost traveler…
Tony says “Forerunner” but the caption says “person”.
Loki speaking of William Shakespeare writing about Iago in the play Othello.
Rogers Hood. Hilarious combo of Steve Rogers and Robin Hood.
Rogers and Carter double-teaming with the shield is really cool.
Where did the Destroyer come from?
Hogan throwing out all manner of old fashioned insults is hilarious 😆
Also, why is Hogan a hulk in this episode? He was one in the Christmas episode but this one?
Turns out the Forerunner is mainMCU!Steve?
The main effect is that Carter is alone again.
Strange Supreme makes an appearance. Which we leave on a “TBC” for next episode. The fact that he went to fetch Kahhori in Ep6 must mean something big is in the finale…
Ep9- “…Strange Supreme Intervened?”
Interesting; we get the full MCU theme for the title card. We never got the full theme in previous episodes.
Peggy speaks with Strange, who keeps dangerous beings inside their own little crystals.
If the Watcher is a metaphor for us, and Strange implying that the Watcher may not always be right, that means that we might not also always be right about certain things.
Peggy enters South Dakota… where Red Skull (HYDRA) exploded the Tesseract. But why would Kahhori be a danger to the Multiverse, considering Strange net with her last episode? Why is she considered a danger in this one?
Also, Kahhori now speaks English. Not odd, per se, but it helps. She says Strange is “a universe killer.” Which, in some way, he is.
Also, a dragon from Ta Lo, which kinda sells the point.
Hela being insulted that Kahhori sent the swords back is hilarious 😆
Peggy gets an Infinity Armor is pretty to cool. Also, Peggy and Kahhori vs Strange? That’s also really cool.
Peggy gets sent back to her home, but it’s an illusion, and she sees right through it.
Though, playing with the lives of so many people to face Strange, that’s a weird effect, perhaps meant to be “comedic” in a way, but comes off as cruel, which might have been the more intended effect.
Also, the characters falling to the portal just basically overpowering Peggy with their weapons? It’s very interesting because it’s not overpowering her for no reason, she NEEDS to be overpowered to stop an already over-powered Strange. She needs to be MORE than him to win.She gets Hela’s crown, a large sword, and multiple other weapons, while Kahhori uses her powers to lift Thor’s hammers and also uses the Ten Rings. Both Peggy and Kahhori MUST be overpowered to overpower Strange and stop him.
Strange becomes a huge devil monster and falls into the Forge.
Peggy goes to the Watcher.
S2E9 ending exactly as Loki S2E6 did, that’s interesting.
#mcu#what if season 2#what if series#the watcher#captain carter#kahhori#natasha romanoff#happy hogan#hela odinsdottir#my thoughts#nebula#peter quill#iron man#strange supreme#my notes#mcu meta
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Back on October 7, at least 260 people died at the open-air Tribe of Nova Music Festival during a Hamas attack. Fast forward to today and the story takes on a new lens as the Israeli newspaper known as Haaretz just confirmed that some IDF helicopters also killed civilians at the music festival. Unexpected reports from residents have been circulating in the past few days of how several IDF helicopters mistakingly shot civilians.
When Hamas started their attack, IDF helicopters appeared on the scene to stop the attacks yet what resulted was the accidental killing of hundreds of Israeli citizens. The IDF were unprepared for the attack with the biggest issue being the difficulty of helicopter pilots differentiating what they see on the ground. Not having a clear vision of whether they were killing civilians or Hamas fighters, the pilots improvised and fired a huge amount of ammunition, literally emptying the belly of the helicopter in minutes. They followed that by re-arming and repeating the process.
The unplanned nature of the IDF attacks led to many Israeli civilians getting mistaken for Hamas fighters and getting killed by air attacks. Today, there are claims that the IDF was responsible for most of the civilian casualties using airstrikes, apache helicopters, tanking shelling, and crossfire.
These reports were also backed up by witnesses as one of the survivors of the Hamas attack said that Israeli citizens were “undoubtedly” killed by the Israeli military. Another witness, Rotim Holin who lives on the west side of the Kibbutz, said that Hamas fighters infiltrated her home but never hurt her family, as one of the soldiers said: “I’m Muslim, I’m not going to hurt you.”
With these new reports, more truth is being drawn out concerning the Hamas attacks and this may lead to new perspectives about the events that occurred back in October 7.
فجرت وسائل إعلام عبرية مفاجأة من العيار الثقيل، بخصوص تورط قوات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي في هجوم حماس على مستوطنين إسرائيليين يوم 7 أكتوبر الماضي.
ووفقًا لصحيفة هآرتس الإسرائيلية، فقد كان للمروحيات الإسرائيلية دورًا هامًا في إخبار عناصر حماس لمكان الحفل الإسرائيلي قرب مستوطنة ريعيم.
وأوضح التقرير أن المروحيات الإسرائيلية قامت باستهداف المستوطنين بالخطأ يوم هجوم 7 أكتوبر
وبحسب الصحيفة، فإن المروحية الإسرائيلية جاءت لصد هجوم حماس، إلا أنها استهدفت جمهور مهرجان الطبيعة بالخطأ والذي شهد مقتل نحو ٣٠٠ مستوطن.
ولفتت الصحيفة، إلى أن المروحية الإسرائيلية كانت سببًا في إرشاد عناصر حماس، بمكان المهرجان المكتظ بالجماهير رغم عدم معرفة المقاومة المسبقة بوجود المهرجان.
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By: Metta World Peace
Published: Oct 30, 2023
Lately, a lot of people have been asking me, “How do you feel about this situation with Israel and Gaza? I’m sure you know people on both sides.”
And I tell them, “I know Israeli Jews, and I know American Jews. And both have relatives, friends and loved ones who were raped, tortured and killed Oct. 7.”
Hamas has inflicted terror on innocent Israelis — more than 1,400 of whom were murdered in a single day of savagery not seen since ISIS’s horrific attacks in the 2010s.
Yet every day, new painful details of rape, mutilation and torture continue to emerge.
Hamas’ terrorist attack on the Tribe of Nova music festival was heartbreaking.
It was something straight out of a movie and would have been America’s worst mass-shooting event of all time had it happened on US soil.
At least 260 young people were butchered (60 were killed in the worst such shooting in American history, at a 2016 Las Vegas festival).
Having grown up in Queens’ Queensbridge projects, I’ve lived through many traumatic events, but I’ve never seen anything like this: 80% of bodies were tortured, including electrocuted, burned alive, limbs cut off, eyes gouged out and, again and again, the targeted rape of women and girls.
Captors referred to very young girls they kidnapped as “concubines.”
Hamas took at least 222 hostages from many nations, including America, into Gaza, where evidence has already emerged of continuing sexual abuse.
As someone who has dedicated my post-NBA career to ensuring people get the mental-health support they need, I cannot fathom the mental-health crisis this terrorist attack has inflicted on Israelis.
What’s happened in Israel isn’t war; it is inhumanity.
There were mass rapes so brutal they broke their victim’s pelvises — women, grandmothers, children.
A baby was cut out of a pregnant woman and beheaded; then the mother was beheaded.
This must be unequivocally condemned.
Let’s now talk about what’s happening on the other side of the border, where I also know people who are living in fear after Hamas decided to put its own brutal agenda ahead of the interest of the Palestinian people. Gazans too are being terrorized by Hamas’ barbaric actions.
I know Palestinians who live in fear of those same terrorists, and we must have empathy for the children in Palestine who have been hurt.
We are all human, and empathy is an essential value of the human experience.
We must also recognize there is no moral equivalence between terrorist killers and the innocents they destroy so brutally.
Everyone must have the courage to say this when mobs of antisemites are marching through America’s college campuses and the streets of cities around the world, chanting “gas the Jews” and tearing down pictures of kidnapped Israeli children.
As an activist myself, I know firsthand there is a better path: a path toward peace and love that does not start with justifying terrorizing innocent civilians.
Pro-Hamas rallies have taken place in my hometown of New York under the guise of promoting peace.
These rallies, unfortunately, have done nothing to promote peace; instead, they justify terror against innocent civilians.
The participants displayed a concerning lack of condemnation for Hamas.
While freedom of expression is crucial, it’s essential to distinguish between advocating for peace and supporting groups that refuse to condemn atrocities against innocent civilians.
Responsible activism should unequivocally denounce all forms of terrorism.
These rallies failed to live up to this basic standard.
If you can’t condemn harming innocents amidst horrific images of Jewish babies in cages, then you need to check yourself.
If you want to help Palestinians, the best way to support them is by first supporting tangible steps toward peace by freeing Gaza from Hamas and letting the Palestinian people decide their own future without being controlled by a repressive terrorist organization.
Free Gaza from Hamas and its injustice once and for all.
Only then will we have a chance at peace.
Metta World Peace, born Ronald William Artest Jr., is a former NBA player who played for 19 seasons and won an NBA championship with the Los Angeles Lakers. He is a staunch advocate for mental health, even auctioning his championship ring to benefit mental-health charities.
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Reminder that concubines are sex-slaves, referred to euphemistically as "those whom your right hand possess."
https://quranx.com/Hadith/Muslim/USC-MSA/Book-8/Hadith-3432/
Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (Allah her pleased with him) reported that at the Battle of Hanain Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent an army to Autas and encountered the enemy and fought with them. Having overcome them and taken them captives, the Companions of Allah's Messenger (may peace te upon him) seemed to refrain from having intercourse with captive women because of their husbands being polytheists. Then Allah, Most High, sent down regarding that:
" And women already married, except those whom your right hands possess (iv. 24)" (i. e. they were lawful for them when their 'Idda period came to an end).
https://quranx.com/4.24
And [also prohibited to you are all] married women except those your right hands possess. [This is] the decree of Allah upon you. And lawful to you are [all others] beyond these, [provided] that you seek them [in marriage] with [gifts from] your property, desiring chastity, not unlawful sexual intercourse. So for whatever you enjoy [of marriage] from them, give them their due compensation as an obligation. And there is no blame upon you for what you mutually agree to beyond the obligation. Indeed, Allah is ever Knowing and Wise.
https://askimam.org/public/question_detail/17032
One question that still remains is whether slavery still legally prevails anywhere in the Islamic world and whether it can be successfully implemented in this age…
Firstly, the prisoners have to be captured in 'Jihaad' in the true sense of the word…
According to Islamic Law, captive female prisoners are also part and parcel of the booty. One fifth of the booty has to be first distributed to the needy, orphans, etc. The remaining four-fifths should then be distributed among the soldiers who participated in the war. The distribution can only take effect after the booty is brought into Islamic territory. The Ameerul-Mu'mineen (Head of the Islamic State) remains the guardian of the female prisoners until he allocates them to the soldiers. Only after a soldier has been allotted a slave girl, and made the owner of her, will she become his lawful possession. After she spends a period called 'Istibraa', which is the elapse of one menstrual period, it becomes permissible for her owner to have relations with her.
Islamically, they're fair game by the terrorists.
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I'm not surprised by Hamas brutality. But I was surprised by the scale of their attack. Not to this degree. Wiping out entire communities, messing with nuclear power, the most powerful country in the region, a country with a trauma, great trauma from the past, with a memory of the Holocaust and all the Nazis did in the past century.
They opened the gates of hell on the Palestinian people. This is how irresponsible this group of people are. They are willing to actually sacrifice many Palestinian children, the entire Palestinian people and use them as fuel to just achieve their ideological agendas, their religious agendas. They are careless. They don't care for the human life.
We have to separate between what so-called Palestinian cause and Hamas cause. Hamas cause is a sick one. It's coming from the pit of hell. And they need to be removed from power.
This is my message. As an ex-Hamas member, as a son of one of Hamas founders, that enough of this. If we don't stop them now, the next war is going to be deadlier. And only god knows what will happen next if Hamas is not finished as soon as possible.
#Metta World Peace#Metta Sandiford Artest#Ron Artest#Hamas#Israel#Palestine#Gaza#Gaza Strip#islam#islamic violence#islamic terrorism#jihad#free palestine#free palestine from hamas#free gaza#free gaza from hamas#exterminate hamas#down with hamas#religion is a mental illness
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~The conflict between Israel and Palestine~
The conflict between palestain and Israel started firstly because of the territory but it is actually not the only reason because it aswell involed their difference in religion.Palestain is mostly part of islamic religion and they where mostly known as Sunni Muslims and the others are part of the christianic religion.As for the israel most of them are Jewish with 74.3% of their population,then followed by Muslims with 17.8% of their population,then Christians with 1.9% of their population,then Druze with 1.6% of their population and for the rest of are an unidentified religion with 4.4% of their population.Because of the difference the Palestine and the Israel has a border that sepperates them from each other and it was called OPTs also known as Occupied Palestinian Territories.The OPTs is a border that is being controlled by the israeli authorities.The conflict between the Hamas Militans and israeli all started since 1947 and even now both sides started a new conflict firing at each other with airstrikes and rocket launchers, damaging a lot of buildings and infrastructure, causing harm and danger to normal citizens and causing damage to other countries aswell.On October 9th Alot of Israelis gathered their for a official gathering for a music festival for a fund raising for the palestinians.Yet a It became a worst civilian massacre in Israeli history for the Hamas started massacering alot of Israelis both women and men.The people who where announced dead where a total of at least 260 people and some of the rest are being held as hostages.Well for me I am a Pro Israeli as I am a roman catholic who believe that the Israelians are the true owner of the country for I believe that it was a sacred place that jesus gave to the Israelians.From the bible it is said that the Israeli are desendance of the Hebrew patriarch Jacob as we search it in the bible of (Genesis 32:28)"Your name shall no longer be called Jacob,but Israel,for you have striven with God and with men,and have prevailed."
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*Musical Festival on Israel
*Religion of Israel
*Religion of Palestine
*(Genesis 32:28)
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ISRAEL VS. PALESTINE
Before we proceed to our main topic, let's have a short recap about the war between Israel and Palestine.
• It started in October 2023, the Hammas fighters fired rockets on Israel. Killing and injuring hundreds of people and taking hostages.1,400 people have been killed in Israel, the vast majority in the Hamas attacks.After the attack, the Israeli cabinet formally declared war against Hamas.Since then, the two sides have traded daily rocket fire, and Israel ordered more than one million Palestinian civilians in northern Gaza to evacuate ahead of a possible ground assault. Israel also pounded the territory from air, land and sea. Gaza's Health Ministry said the death toll among Palestinians has passed 8,000, mostly women and minors.Gaza is running out of water, fuel, and supplies amid an Israeli aid blockade, and the conflict risks spreading as cross-border strikes escalate in Lebanon and Syria.
RELIGION
• The State of Israel declares itself as a "Jewish and democratic state" and is the only country in the world with a Jewish-majority population. Other faiths in the country include Islam, Christianity, and the religion of the Druze people.
•Before 1948, Palestine was home to a diverse population of Arabs, Jews, and Christians, as all groups had religious ties to the area, especially the city of Jerusalem.
BORDER
• Palestine is generally defined as a region bounded on the east by the Jordan River, on the north by the border between modern Israel and Lebanon, on the west by the Mediterranean Sea (including the coast of Gaza), and on the south by the Negev, with its southernmost extension reaching the Gulf of Aqaba.
TERRITORY
• They both claim that they are the first people who lives in that country. During the time of Jesus Christ, the Jews believed that Israel was a promise land and given to them. But those people are from Europe so they need to travel until they went to Canaan but someone came before them which is the Palestinians. The United Nations approved to divide the British Palestine into two separate States: Jewish State (Israel) and Arab State (Palestine).
RESOURCES
Historic PALESTINE has long had an abundance of natural resources.
•fresh and ground water
•arable land
•rich in oil
•natural gas
•Mineral resources include potash, bromine, and magnesium, the last two deriving from the waters of the Dead Sea. Copper ore is located in the Arava, phosphates and small amounts of gypsum in the Negev, and some marble in Galilee.
ORIGIN OF THE PEOPLE
Jews and Palestinians are both came from the ancient Canaanites, who extensively mixed with Egyptians, Anatolia, Mesopotamian peoples in ancient times.Israelite, descendant of the Hebrew patriarch Jacob, whose name was changed to Israel after an all-night fight at Penuel near the stream of Jabbok (Genesis 32:28). The Israelites were members of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. Palestine is the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity, it has been controlled by many powers and kingdoms.
NOVA MUSIC FESTIVAL
• The Nova Music Festival is marking the Jewish holiday Sukkot and touted as an event celebrating “unity and love". Between 3,000 and 4,000 attendees flocked to an open-air space in Israel’s Negev Desert. Hamas attackers choked off avenues of escape from the Nova music festival. Hamas insurgents invaded attendees from all directions, killing at least 260 people and abducting dozens as hostages.The terrorists who assaulted Paris’ Bataclan in 2015 killed 130 people, including 90 inside the theater, and the mass murderer who opened fire on a country-music festival in Las Vegas in 2017 ultimately killed 60. At least 260 bodies would later be found at the festival site, according to Israeli rescue service Zaka.
ARE YOU A PRO PALESTINE OR PRO ISRAEL?
I'm a pro Israel because based on bible (Joshua 1:4) and other sources, Israel actually owns the country.
Joshua 1:4
Your territory will extend from the desert to Lebanon, and from the great river, the Euphrates—all the Hittite country—to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.
Deuteronomy 29:24
Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
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ISRAEL VS. PALESTINE
The Israel-Palestine conflict is a long-standing and complex dispute over territory, identity, and sovereignty in the Middle East. Here's a brief overview of its historical background:
1. RELIGION
In the Israeli-Palestinian context, religious movements are prime actors stoking and sparking escalation.
Israel is a nation perennially swept up in religious fervor and conflict. And yet, strikingly, a large portion of its population is secular, and even its insular ultra-Orthodox community loses a steady stream of members who tire of its strict religious rules.
The country is home to about 7 million Jews, almost half of the global Jewish population. But Jewish identity is a complex blend of religious and ethnonational identity; most Israeli Jews are not diligent observers of Judaism.
2. BORDER
More than 75 years after Israel declared statehood, its borders are yet to be entirely settled. Wars, treaties and occupation mean the shape of the Jewish state has changed over time, and in parts is still undefine The land which would become Israel was for centuries part of the Turkish-ruled Ottoman Empire. After World War One and the collapse of the empire, territory known as Palestine - the portion of which west of the River Jordan was also known as the land of Israel by Jews - was marked out and assigned to Britain to administer by the victorious allied powers (soon after endorsed by the League
3. TERRITORY
Israel is a nation perennially swept up in religious fervor and conflict. And yet, strikingly, a large portion of its population is secular, and even its insular ultra-Orthodox community loses a steady stream of members who tire of its strict religious rules.
The country is home to about 7 million Jews, almost half of the global Jewish population. But Jewish identity is a complex blend of religious and ethnonational identity; most Israeli Jews are not diligent observers of Judaism.
4. RESOURCES
As of 2017, more than 96% of Gaza’s coastal aquifer – the main source of water for residents of Gaza – has become unfit for human consumption. The reasons include over-extraction because of Gaza’s extremely dense population, contamination with sewage and seawater, Israel’s 12-year old blockade, and asymmetrical wars which has left Gaza’s infrastructure severely crippled and with a near-constant electricity shortage.
5. ORIGIN OF THE PEOPLE
Many Palestinians trace their collective ancestry to the Canaanites(civilization or region of southern levant in the Asian near east during in the late 2nd millennium bc), and consider the concept of "Arab" to be pre-Islamic (including the Quranic and Biblical patriarchs). This identity was described in the early 20th century by writers such as Tawfiq Canaan, Abdallah Frangi and Akram Zu'aytir.
6. NOVA MUSIC FESTIVAL
Israel's Supernova festival celebrated music and unity. It turned into the deadliest concert attack in history
During a music festival near the Gaza border in southern Israel, thousands of young people were enjoying music and dancing. Environmental volunteers, like Maya Alper, were present, promoting sustainability by collecting trash and providing free vodka shots to those who reused their cups. However, the event was disrupted when air raid sirens blared and rockets were launched overhead during the DJ's performance at dawn. Panic ensued as festival-goers attempted to flee. Tragically, the situation escalated into violence with gunshots, resulting in injuries and fatalities.
The attack on the Tribe of Nova music festival, which took place during a Sukkot celebration near the Gaza border, is considered the deadliest civilian massacre in Israeli history. Approximately 260 people lost their lives, and an unspecified number were taken hostage. The incident involved dozens of Hamas militants.
7.ARE YOU PRO ISRAEL OR PRO PALESTINE?
I am pro Israel because according to the word of gods the Israel is the promise land of Jerusalem. This passage from 2 Chronicles 6:5-6 quotes King Solomon as saying that God chose Jerusalem as the city in which His name would reside and David to be the leader of the people of Israel, rather than selecting any other city or ruler from among the tribes of Israel. It highlights the special significance of Jerusalem in God's plan for the Israelites.
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Soldiers who lost limbs in Gaza war are finding healing on Israel's amputee soccer team
RAMAT GAN, Israel — When Ben Binyamin was left for dead, his right leg blown off during the Hamas attack on the Tribe of Nova music festival, the Israeli professional soccer player thought he would never again play the game he loved.
“When I woke up,” the 29-year-old said, “I felt I was going to spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair.”
Then Binyamin learned about a chance to be “normal” again:…
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It is highly comparable but think played out differently. But their choice of weaponization and conflict source wasn’t just the media but the EDM industry specifically
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COMMUNITY WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: The following New York Times article, ‘Accounts of Sexual Violence by Hamas Are Aired Amid Criticism of U.N.’, contains graphic descriptions of war, including sexual violence, that some readers may find distressing.
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Sheryl Sandberg, the former Meta executive who, along with Gilad Erdan, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, was among the event’s primary organizers.
Simcha Greinman, a member of ZAKA, an Israeli emergency response team, is embraced after speaking at the United Nations in Manhattan on Monday.
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Accounts of Sexual Violence by Hamas Are Aired Amid Criticism of U.N.
A meeting at the United Nations, organized in part by Sheryl Sandberg, accused the international body of ignoring the rape and mutilation of women in the Oct. 7 assault on Israel, and heard gruesome details from witnesses.
By Katherine Rosman and Lisa Lerer
The New York Times - December 4, 2023
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COMMUNITY WARNING - GRAPHIC CONTENT: The following New York Times article, ‘Slaughter at a Festival of Peace and Love Leaves Israel Transformed’, contains graphic pictures and descriptions of war, that some viewers may find distressing.
The funeral of Noa Englander, who was killed at the Tribe of Nova festival.
(Photo: Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times)
The bodies of Israelis killed in the Hamas attack were gathered for identification at an Israel Defense Forces base in Ramla, Israel.
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Burned-out cars at the campsite where the music festival was attacked.
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Slaughter at a Festival of Peace and Love Leaves Israel Transformed
By Roger Cohen
Photographs by Sergey Ponomarev and Avishag Shaar-Yashuv
Reporting from Re’im, Israel
The New York Times - October 15, 2023
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Marc and Judith Kornblatt sit on a bench in Tel Aviv, surrounded by their son, Jake Kornblatt, his wife, Tamar Asnko, and their daughter Louisa Kornblatt.
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“Just don’t murder people. Don’t kill people. Just stop it,” said Louisa Kornblatt, 31, who now lives in Brooklyn. “It feels so simple, and a lot of my mom’s responses are like, ‘It’s so complex.’”
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Jake Kornblatt, 35, with his wife Tamar Asnko, 36.
“Has there been racism, has there been a lot of injustice, have there been war crimes potentially? Yes, but there’s more to it than that.” said Jake.
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Marc Kornblatt, 69, and wife Judith Kornblatt, 68.
“Judith and I talk about this: Did we not talk about antisemitism and the Holocaust enough with our children?” said Marc.
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Jewish American Families Confront a Generational Divide Over Israel
Gen Z and young Millennials often see Israel as an occupying power oppressing Palestinians — a shock to their parents and grandparents, who tend to see it as an essential haven fighting for survival.
New York Times journalists Emma Goldberg and Marc Tracy talked to more than two dozen Jewish Americans, including those within the same families, about their views on Israel.
Many young Jews said they believed in Israel’s right to exist and condemned the Hamas attacks, but they believed at least as passionately in Palestinian rights, and condemned Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, its settlements and its treatment of Palestinians broadly.
By Emma Goldberg and Marc Tracy
The New York Times - December 5, 2023
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Israeli security forces looking on as Palestinians prayed in Jerusalem in October. Nearby is a site sacred to both Jews and Muslims that has been one focus of tensions over the years.
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Between Israelis and Palestinians, a Lethal Psychological Chasm Grows
In a conflict marked by complete incomprehension on both sides, the ability to see each other as human has been lost.
By Roger Cohen
Reporting from Jerusalem
The New York Times - November 20, 2023
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IDF Platoon Staff Sergeant Recounts Music Festival Horror in Israel
Israeli Survivor Recounts Horror at Tribe of Nova Festival Attack
In the early morning of Saturday, October 7, an Israeli man found himself in the midst of a harrowing attack near the Gaza Strip. This attack occurred during the Tribe of Nova festival, just over three miles from the Gaza border.
Hamas terrorists carried out a shocking assault on festival-goers. Their method involved paragliding into the area and crossing the Gaza-Israel border, with the sinister intention of targeting Jewish attendees. The consequences were devastating, with at least 260 innocent civilians losing their lives during the festival. Additionally, a series of airstrikes claimed the lives of more than 1,400 civilians in various locations throughout Israel.
The attackers also abducted at least 199 people, some of whom were festival-goers. A distressing video circulating on social media showed one such abduction. Noa Argamani, a Chinese-born Israeli student, was seen being taken away by Hamas terrorists on a motorcycle. Heartbreakingly, she reached out for her boyfriend, who was held at gunpoint.
Aviv Mor, a 26-year-old platoon staff sergeant in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) and a survivor of the festival attack, shared his chilling experience with Fox News Digital.
Mor, who had previously served in Gaza, joined the festival with his cousin, his cousin's girlfriend, and two friends. Little did they know that the night would take a horrific turn. Gunshots and missiles suddenly rang out, signaling an imminent danger.
Mor's military experience did not prepare him for the scale of the violence he witnessed that night. As they attempted to flee, they were repeatedly ambushed by terrorists. The chaos and fear were overwhelming, with hundreds of civilians desperately seeking safety.
In the midst of this terror, Mor described the chilling battle cries of the Hamas terrorists, resembling demonic roars. They were relentless, infiltrating on motorcycles, in trucks, and on foot, targeting anyone in their path.
At one point, Mor became separated from his group and found himself alone. He recounted a phone call with his uncle, who provided guidance and support while he sought refuge. The fear and uncertainty in Mor's voice were palpable.
Determined to survive, Mor continued his escape, trying to help others along the way. He remembered one young woman with a broken leg but was unsure of her fate.
Eventually, he encountered a car with fellow Israelis, and they witnessed an intense confrontation between a terrorist and two police officers. The outcome was grim, with the officers taking down the threat.
Mor's journey led him to a police station, where he finally found safety. The fate of the strangers who offered him a ride remains unknown.
The events that unfolded in the kibbutzim were equally horrifying, with reports of unspeakable acts. Mor expressed his deep shock and disgust at the inhumanity of these actions, questioning the motives of the terrorists and emphasizing that neither he nor Israel will forget or forgive these events.
He invited those who doubt or question the severity of the situation to visit Be'eri and the kibbutzim, encouraging them to see the devastating impact on Israeli lives firsthand.
In the wake of this tragic incident, the scars on the survivors and the nation run deep.
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NYC mom whose daughter was killed in Israel warns Americans sympathetic to Hamas’
Georgett Roberts
An Upper East Side mom whose daughter was one of 260 people slaughtered by Hamas at a music festival begged Americans who back the terror group’s cause to reconsider.
Hannie Ricardo’s daughter Oriya was gunned down at the Tribe of Nova event, where the terrorists shot into the fleeing crowd, lobbed grenades at concertgoers and took hostages.
“You have terrorists and a lot of…
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Religion
-concerns the physical restoration of the biblical land of Israel before the return of the Messiah, something central to the beliefs of some orthodox Jews.
Boarder
-Israel controls the air space over Gaza and its shoreline and restricts who and what goods are allowed in and out through its border crossings. Similarly, Egypt controls who passes in and out through its border with Gaza.
Territory
-Israel says it is no longer occupied. The United Nations says otherwise because of Israel's continued control of airspace and territorial waters
Resources
-Specifically, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict can be attributed, to some extent, to disputes over the scarce and valuable water resources of the Jordan River basin and its aquifers.
Origin of the people
-Nearly half of all Israeli Jews are descended from immigrants from the European Jewish diaspora. Approximately the same number are descended from immigrants from Arab countries, Iran, Turkey and Central Asia. Over 200,000 are of Ethiopian and Indian-Jewish descent.
Nova music Festival
-The group is sworn to Israel's destruction and wants to replace it with an Islamic state. Hamas has fought several wars with Israel since it took power. It has fired - or allowed other militant groups to fire - thousands of rockets at Israel, and carried out other deadly attac
Are you a pro Israel or pro palestine
-It means that this is not about who's right or wrong as much as which tribe or nation you are loyal to.
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A Canadian-Israeli woman who has been missing since Hamas militants attacked a music festival last weekend is dead, according to her family.Shir Georgy, 22, went missing after Hamas ambushed the Tribe of Nova music festival, which took place in southern Israel near Kibbutz Re'im last Saturday.Hundreds of militants from the Palestinian group had swarmed the event, killing at least 260 people and taking an unknown number of others hostage.Georgy's aunt, Michal Bouganim, said the family is a mess and heartbroken, according to the Canadian Press. The family is also preparing to hold Georgy's funeral in Israel tonight."My family received the terrible news. It is with great sadness and a broken heart that we announce the murder of our beloved Shir," Bouganim shared in an Instagram post.In the comments of the post, people shared their sympathy towards Bouganim and the family's loss."Just horrible news. She was a beautiful young woman and may her memory be a blessing," someone penned."My deepest sympathies to you and your family," someone else shared."I'm really sad, I have no words to console you. Indescribable. My heart aches for you," one person wrote, translated from French.People on X, formerly known as Twitter, also expressed their sympathy, including Canadian Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre and former York Centre MP Michael Levitt.Tragic news from 🇮🇱 as the family of 22 year-old, Israeli-Canadian Shir Georgy, confirms she’s dead. Shir was murdered by Hamas terrorists, alongside 100s of innocent partygoers. Sending love and prayers to her family. May her memory forever be a blessing.https://t.co/WqhZGVh71j— Michael Levitt 🇨🇦 (@LevittMichael) October 14, 2023Thinking of the family and friends of Canadian-Israeli Shir Georgy who was brutally murdered at the hands of the terrorist death cult, Hamas. May her memory be a blessing. https://t.co/DDzTvWITDQ— Pierre Poilievre (@PierrePoilievre) October 14, 2023My heart is broken for this beautiful young girl and her family. Condolences seem so inadequate in the face of such a loss. My heart is with you and your family.— dee (@dholow) October 14, 2023Georgy is the fourth Canadian to have died in the Israel-Hamas conflict.Adi Vital-Kaploun, a 33-year-old Israeli-Canadian with ties to Ottawa, was the third Canadian confirmed to have been killed following Hamas' attack.Vancouver's Ben Mizrachi, 22, was also at the music festival and was among the hundreds of people gunned down, along with 33-year-old former Montreal resident Alexandre Look.Around 150 people — most of whom are Canadians — have asked Ottawa for help escaping Gaza. A possible exit agreement to help Canadians and other foreigners flee Gaza through Rafah Crossing into Egypt on Saturday has fallen through.There are 6,500 Canadians registered in Israel and another 485 in both Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza, according to Global Affairs Canada's Julie Sunday.The combined death toll of Israelis and Palestinians killed after Hamas' attack on Israel last weekend has surpassed 2,800.
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