Jamaal Bowman Is Unfit To Serve In Congress

Posted on November 19, 2023 by First.One.Through

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY16) has recently been portrayed in the media as a target of Jewish voters for his stance on Israel. That is an incomplete picture.

Bowman is simply unfit to serve anybody for a variety of reasons.

Liar and hypocrite. Bowman voted against Biden’s Infrastructure bill and then told constituents he supported it in his September/October 2021 newsletter. Bowman criticized Sen. Joe Manchin for opposing that bill when Bowman himself voted against it making him a hypocrite as well (December 26, 2021). Bowman continues to lie to his constituents such as claiming that he brought in $100 million into “the District” when only $5.5 million went to Westchester County with the balance going to New York City (January 9, 2023). Similarly, Bowman claimed that the average donation to his campaign was only $40 when it was $607, fifteen times as much (November 16, 2022).

Dangerous. Bowman infamously pulled the fire alarm putting hundreds of people’s lives at risk, just to delay a House vote, and then lied about the episode, even while the entire event was caught on video (September 30, 2023). The offense is a felony but he was able to plead it down to a misdemeanor charge.

Undermines safety. Bowman’s disregard for public safety can also be seen in his calls to “Defund the Police” (August 20, 2020) and to “Abolish ICE” (September 15, 2020).

Uses vile antisemitic language for theater. Bowman often uses inflammatory language, such as calling Republicans “Nazis” (March 7, 2023) and “terrorists” (May 25, 2023). He’s even taken aim at fellow Democrats including President Joe Biden and other politicians calling them “racists” and “xenophobic” for opposing the Chinese company TikTok (March 22, 2023), which has become the biggest antisemitic movement since the Nazis according to many.

Race baiter. Bowman relishes his own racism. After a Black man was killed by five Black police officers, he said that the victim was “killed by White supremacy” (February 6, 2023). He took the floor of Congress to say Republicans are too White and racist to understand a Brown Muslim woman (November 7, 2023) and even called the non-partisan filibuster rule in Congress “racist” in June 2023.

Extremist. Bowman is among the least bipartisan Democrats, ranking #396 out of all 435 members of Congress according to the Lugar Center House scorecard. His voting record is nearly identical with extremists Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN). In addition to his voting record, Bowman criticized Biden for occasionally moving to the center “to acquiesce to the so-called independent voter” (May 17, 2023), as if bipartisanship and moderation is terrible.

Destroyer of education. Bowman aggressively stands against charter schools (February 3, 2023) which is not surprising as he is heavily backed by teacher unions who advance public school teacher interests over students’ well being. Bowman has also pushed to instill critical race theory throughout the school system (May 3, 2021).

Controlled by extremist groups. In his 2022 congressional race, Bowman was the largest recipient of money from the extremist political action group Justice Democrats. His top donors in 2022 were J Street, American Federation of Teachers, and CUNY.

Against capitalism. Bowman has called for a “redistribution of wealth and power” (September 7, 2020) and said “our current system of capitalism is slavery by another name” (December 21, 2020) as well as a “genetic disease” (November 8, 2023). As part of Bowman’s plans for a massive wealth redistribution under the banner of “decolonize wealth”, he wants to cancel all student debt (April 13, 2022), pay “reparations” to Black Americans (June 2023), and to annually tax unrealized gains by 30% (April 14, 2022). Bowman expects the government to simply print trillions of dollars to hand to Black people saying “the U.S. government, we have a fiat currency. It’s not tied to any natural resource like gold, so we can literally spend money into existence” (June 2023), a policy which would destroy the U.S. currency and economy.

Is against citizens in small states. Bowman wants to abolish the electoral college (September 13, 2022) which was instituted to protect small states and communities in rural America.

Packing the Supreme Court. Bowman co-sponsored a bill to stuff several Democratically-appointed judges onto the court (May 3, 2023) which will simply create counter-movements when Republicans are in power.

None of these stances have anything to do with Israel. Bowman is a liar and hypocrite who stokes division and is dangerous for all Americans.

And yes, that includes Jews and Zionists.

*Rep. Jamaal Bowman calling Republicans as being too White, stupid and cold to understand a Muslim woman on the House floor*

Co-authored resolution calling founding of Israel a “Nakba” on May 17, 2022. The resolution offered no language that Jews should have sovereignty and self-determination in their homeland at the same time, which often happens with “balanced” resolutions condemning both antisemitism and Islamophobia. Instead, Bowman adopted a solely Palestinian narrative, seemingly indicating that he does not believe Jews are indigenous to the land of Israel and should have a Jewish State.

Voted against supporting the Abraham Accords on April 25, 2023, which brought Israel into peace agreements with four Arab and Muslim countries. How could anyone oppose peace agreements unless they have targeted Israel for attack?

Boycotted Israeli President Herzog address to Congress on July 19, 2023, which was highly insulting to American Jews and Zionists, as well as America’s key ally in the Middle East.

Favors conditioning aid to Israel. While President Biden clearly stated he will not condition aid to Israel which is surrounded by terrorist groups and countries sworn to its destruction, Bowman co-authored a resolution to do just that on April 23, 2023.

Does not stand against antisemitism. Bowman has repeatedly shown that he does not care about antisemitism. He did not sign a February 4, 2022 bipartisan letter to the Department of Education to combat antisemitism on college campuses, and on July 18, 2023 he voted against a resolution condemning antisemitism.

Would not condemn Hamas resolution after October 7 massacre. Bowman was one of only a handful of members of Congress to oppose a resolution condemning Hamas on November 2, 2023.

Would not attend synagogue vigils in his district after October 7 massacre. Many synagogues in Bowman’s district held vigils after the Hamas massacre with hundreds of attendees including several dozen politicians. Bowman skipped all of them. His reputation in the Jewish community is so bad, that he held a sham “healing breakfast” regarding antisemitism in a windowless room in his office attended by only a dozen people on November 6, 2023. Not one rabbi in the district attended.

Bowman’s track record is not just disgraceful to the district’s estimated 20% Jewish voters; his policies targeting the economy and education are very scary for Hispanic and Asian constituents.

Many Hispanics in the district come from families which left failing economies in Central America to come to the United States to build a prosperous life. The ideas championed by Bowman to bring socialism to America is appalling to many. The health of the economy is the number one issue for American Latinos and Asian Americans according to Pew Research, and Bowman’s virulently anti-capitalism stances put him at odds with many groups in the district.

Almost as important to Hispanic voters in Westchester County is the public school system. Favoring teachers and the powerful teacher unions over students is disgraceful. Public schools are the gateway for many Hispanic children to gain valuable life skills and pathways to a good career. A former principal who cannot recognize a fire alarm does not instill any confidence in Bowman’s capabilities.

Bowman is backed by the powerful American Federation of Teachers, the City University of New York and the socialist group Justice Democrats. He is also closely aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America. These are major red flags for District 16’s large Hispanic community.

New York’s Congressional District 16 leans heavily Democratic and the winner of the Democratic primary will almost certainly win the general election in November 2024. Should someone with name recognition like George Latimer enter the race, he should easily gather a massive turnout from the district’s Hispanic, Jewish and Asian communities, due to Bowman’s terrible policies.

The only question that remains is whether the New York Independent Redistricting Committee will artificially try to protect Bowman by redrawing his district into the Bronx and take away voters who support Rep. Ritchie Torres in Congressional District 15. Doing so would be a new form of gerrymandering that would not add a Democratic seat but protect an extremist fringe of the party.

The entire Democratic party may pay a price for artificially seating someone unfit to serve in Congress.

Political AND Military Resolution To Arab-Israeli Conflict

Posted on November 17, 2023 by First.One.Through

In the aftermath of Hamas’s October 7 massacre in Israel and Israel’s response, a number of politicians have opined that there should be a ceasefire and allow a political solution to bear fruit. It is a naive and dangerous suggestion, as are calls to flatten Gaza. The situation requires both a military and a political dynamic, in that order.

The Palestinian-Israel Conflict has two dimensions: a radical jihadi ideology that seeks the destruction of Israel, and a territorial component which parties better understand. The first poisonous jihadi threat must be extinguished and the second matter crafted with care.

Hamas is not only a terrorist group which just carried out the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. It is a genocidal antisemitic group which has broad popular support among Palestinians, especially in Gaza. That threat must be destroyed and the evil ideology erased for there to be any hope for calm in the region.

Hamas’s foundational charter is an antisemitic screed calling for the death of Jews and end to the Jewish State. Palestinian Arabs elected Hamas to 58% of the parliament in 2006 with this charter and Palestinians would elect the leader of Hamas to the presidency in latest polls. An estimated 70% of Gazans support killing Jewish civilians inside of Israel in a June 2023 poll.

The United Nations Security Council understands such evil ideology as it voted “unequivocally” to condemn ISIS for a similar violent orientation. On November 20, 2015, the UNSC press stated:

The Security Council determined today that the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant/Sham (ISIL/ISIS) constituted an “unprecedented” threat to international peace and security, calling upon Member States with the requisite capacity to take “all necessary measures” to prevent and suppress its terrorist acts on territory under its control in Syria and Iraq.

Unanimously adopting resolution 2249 (2015), the Council unequivocally condemned the terrorist attacks perpetrated by ISIL — also known as Da’esh — on 26 June in Sousse, on 10 October in Ankara, on 31 October over the Sinaï Peninsula, on 12 November in Beirut and on 13 November in Paris, among others. It expressed its deepest condolences to the victims and their families, as well as to the people and Governments of Tunisia, Turkey, Russian Federation, Lebanon and France.

The 15-member body condemned in the strongest terms ISIL’s gross, systematic and widespread abuses of human rights, as well as its destruction and looting of cultural heritage. Those who committed, or were otherwise responsible for, terrorist acts or human rights violations must be held accountable. By other terms, the Council urged Member States to intensify their efforts to stem the flow of foreign terrorist fighters into Iraq and Syria, and to prevent and suppress the financing of terrorism.

Following the vote, nearly all Council members took the floor to decry the “barbaric” attacks and hateful world view espoused by ISIL, reaffirming their support in both stemming the threat and bringing perpetrators to justice. In an echo of the sentiments voiced by many around the table Spain’s representative declared: “Today, we are all French, Russian, Malian and Arab,” adding: “It is time to act with a French, Russian, Malian and Arab heart.” The Council had a duty to guarantee the values and principles of the United Nations, and all must close ranks to vanquish terrorism, he stressed.

France’s representative, recalling that Da’esh had perpetrated an act of war against his country on 13 November, said today’s vote signaled recognition of the threat’s exceptional nature. The fight against terrorism could only be effective if combined with a political transition that would eliminate Da’esh, he said, adding that France had obtained activation of the European Union’s mutual solidarity clause.

The Russian Federation’s representative said today’s unanimous vote was a step towards the creation of a broad anti-terrorism front aimed at eradicating root causes. That also had been the aim of a Russian draft presented to the Council on 30 September, he said, describing attempts by some to block his delegation’s efforts as politically short-sighted.

The course of action against Hamas should be the same as taken with ISIL:

decry the “barbaric” attacks and hateful world view
bringing perpetrators to justice / Those who committed, or were otherwise responsible for, terrorist acts or human rights violations must be held accountable
take “all necessary measures” to prevent and suppress its terrorist acts
intensify their efforts to stem the flow of foreign terrorist fighters
prevent and suppress the financing of terrorism
all must close ranks to vanquish terrorism

Hamas must be destroyed militarily and financially with global support.

Afterwards, the transition to a civil society must include a political component, as noted “The fight against terrorism could only be effective if combined with a political transition that would eliminate Da’esh [Hamas].” Key factors must be present in a new governing entity:

no military capabilities
no intention to destroy Israel
not virulently antisemitic

The last item – of not being antisemitic – is wishful thinking. Palestinians are the most antisemitic in the world according to polls. Regarding stripping military capabilities, that is essential as the amount of Palestinian terrorism with limited capabilities is already terrifying. Think post-WWII Japan.

In regards to a goal of coexisting with the Jewish State, that will require the world – the United Nations and Saudi Arabia in particular – to clearly state that there is no “right of return” for Palestinian Arabs to move to Israel. A two state solution means Palestinian refugees move to a new Palestinian state, not the Jewish state.

If there is a chance for “from the river to the sea, people will live with security,” a decisive military destruction of Hamas as an organization must be followed with bringing a vision of coexistence instead of bloodshed. To get there, the world must unequivocally support Israel in its destruction of Hamas and thereafter, a weapons-free Arab state which will be home to the descendants of Palestine refugees.

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The Debate About Two States is Between Arabs Themselves and Jews Themselves

Five And One-Half Years From Purging Jewish Ideas To Eradicating Jews

Posted on November 16, 2023 by First.One.Through

*Nazis burn books by Jews in Berlin in 1933*

During the night of May 10, 1933, tens of thousands of Germans in twenty-two cities gathered books written by Jews and tossed them into huge bonfires. It was part of an emerging effort to remove the supposed “depraved” culture of Germany instigated by Jews and replace it with something more pure.

In Munich, the Ludwig Maximilian University and the Technical University granted state recognition to students’ unions as legal entities in the university constitution, with a stipulation that Jewish students be excluded from these bodies. An estimated 8,000 Germans celebrated the action at a rally and then proceeded to burn books by Jews. An estimated 70,000 onlookers watched the spectacle.

Roughly one hundred book burnings took place from early March and ran through October of 1933. Universities were the main originators of the effort to identify and ban books, which led to libraries and other institutions following suit.

Five and one-half years later, the Nazi machinery had gained momentum. On November 9 and 10, 1938, Nazis throughout Germany and Austria burned Jewish stores and synagogues in what became knows as Kristallnacht. Citizens – mostly neighbors – ransacked and looted about 7,500 Jewish businesses, killed at least 91 Jews, and vandalized Jewish hospitals, homes, schools, and cemeteries. Some 30,000 Jewish males aged 16 to 60 were arrested.

Jews were forced to pay for and clean up the carnage from which they suffered. They scrubbed streets on their knees before Nazis and their neighbors, as they had been forced to do for months in public humiliation.

*Jews in Vienna, Austria forced to scrub streets with their hands in March 1938*

Eighty-five years later, a new generation of antisemites labeled a different Jewish idea as a depravity to terminate and Jews to annihilate: Zionism.

On March 30, 2018, thirty thousand Gazans marched on the fence with Israel in what they billed the “Great March of Return.” They continued to rail against the fence demanding the “right to return” into the land of Israel, where grandparents lived until 1948. Backed by Hamas, the Gazans burned fires and sent burning kites into Israel to torch their fields, as they tried to take down the border fence.

Our struggle against the Jews is very great and very serious.
Hamas Charter

Five and one half years later, on October 7, 2023, over 1,000 members of Hamas and many Gazans effectively stormed and destroyed the border separation and stormed into Israeli towns where they butchered and slaughtered 1,200 people. They made clear that they did not just want to return to Israel but to end the existence of Jews and the Jewish State.

*Kibbutz Be’eri after Hamas October 7 Massacre*

Both Nazis and Hamas targeted Jews at their inceptions well before 1933 and 2018, respectively. The Nazis gained legitimacy over time through democratic elections and penetrated the mindset of universities. Hamas similarly won Palestinian elections and dominate Palestinian views in a manner that James Zogby of the Arab American Institute called a “deformity in Palestinian political culture.”

Israel, Judaism and Jews challenge Islam and the Moslem people.
Hamas Charter

The scary dynamic is that the Palestinian narrative about the evil idea of Zionism is no longer constrained to Arab and Muslim schools but global academia.

Ivy League schools push the idea to “Decolonize Palestine” and paint Jews as foreign invaders with no history in their homeland. They support a global putsch to take down the Jewish State and professors agreed “to recontextualize the events of October 7, 2023, pointing out that military operations and state violence did not begin that day, but rather it represented a military response by a people who had endured crushing and unrelenting state violence from an occupying power over many years. One could regard the events of October 7th as just one salvo in an ongoing war between an occupying state and the people it occupies, or as an occupied people exercising a right to resist violent and illegal occupation,” even though Israel left Gaza in 2005.

In face of the Jews’ usurpation of Palestine, it is compulsory that the banner of Jihad be raised…. the Palestinian problem is a religious problem, and should be dealt with on this basis.
Hamas Charter

What is Zionism that so angers Palestinians and university “scholars”? A simple set of beliefs that millions of Jews and non-Jews believe:

Jews are a people, not simply members of a religion
Jews have history and deep ties to their particular homeland in the land of Israel
Jews have a right to self-determination, manifest in establishing sovereignty with the State of Israel
The State of Israel is a safe haven for Jews around the world, all welcome to return
That Jewish State will fight global antisemitism

Nazi Germany moved from burning Jewish ideas to burning Jews in just a few years. Palestinian Arabs and their supporters have similarly targeted Zionism, Jews and the Jewish State. The question is whether the civilized world will turn back the evil.

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A National Mall Between Shiva And Hope

Posted on November 15, 2023 by First.One.Through

An estimated 290,000 Jews and Zionists came to the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on November 14, 2023 to march for Israel, the release of hostages and against antisemitism. News reports share that it was the single largest turnout of Jews in D.C. ever.

*Hundreds of thousands of people at the National Mall rally on November 14, 2023 (photo: FirstOneThrough)*

While marked as a “march” to run from 1:00PM to 3:00PM, the rally started at 11:00AM and ended well past 3:00PM. Speakers and singers addressed the large crowd who came from around the United States, Canada, Europe and Israel. There were masses of Israeli flags everywhere, as well as American flags, as everyone attending appreciated the simple ability to come out without fear in America’s capital.

There were sections set aside for members of Congress, and both Republicans and Democrats were proud to show their support for Israel and Zionists. Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) was an early speaker, and the most forceful American politician from those invited to speak. He roundly condemned Hamas and spoke with moral clarity about the fight against evil.

Other Democrats who were not given the podium, like Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), were happy to speak to various people about the war, including Nir Barkat, former Mayor of Jerusalem and current Minister of Finance in Israel. Republican speakers included new House Speaker Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) who was only second to Rep. Torres in clearly articulating standing firmly with Israel and against Hamas, and that America’s support was a bipartisan effort. Many other Republicans attended, including from California, Arizona, Georgia and Texas.

*Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz at rally for Israel in Washington, DC on November 14, 2023 (photo: FirstOneThrough)*

Beyond the familiar names were the new names.

Families of the over 200 hostages held in Gaza came to Washington. They stood and held each other and demanded the return of their loved ones. Many took the stage and spoke passionately about their sons, daughters and family members abducted amidst the slaughter of October 7.

Rachel Goldberg-Polin spoke to the audience as she has done many times at any forum where she can try to help advance the release of her son Hersh, whose arm was blown off during the October 7 massacre. She shared that she did not know if he was alive and buried in the tunnels of Gaza, or had died from bleeding out from his wounds. But she knew she needed to speak out as best she could.

Other parents also spoke on behalf of their children. Some held placards with the names and faces of the captives. These were not “Kidnapped” signs that could be ripped from lampposts as thousands have been by anti-Zionists in America’s cities. These signs held up the tortured families, standing somewhere between shiva and hope.

In many ways, that was the essence of rally. While people leaned on each other for support and blessed the United States for both standing with Israel and being an open welcoming society, everyone knew that this was no celebration.

Over 1,200 people in Israel were slaughtered and butchered. Antisemitism was skyrocketing. University professors and students shouted their joy at the death of Jews. Politicians and world governments were calling the Jewish State a racist genocidal country not worthy of existing. Global crowds cheered the jihadists’ auto-da-fe.

So thousands came to America’s capital in a counter-demonstration of love and peace.

Jews and Christian Zionists came to be together. At times they accepted comfort from the array of speakers and other times they shouted back “Bring Them Home!” and “No Ceasefire!” in reply. The crowd stood for hours, talking to people around them to understand their personal stories of how they’ve been impacted, as well as to simply embrace friends traumatized by unfolding events.

*Families of hostages demand the return of their loves ones in Washington, DC on November 14, 2023 (photo: FirstOneThrough)*

The crowd came to the capital to collectively mourn the unholy death in the holy land. They came to get and demand reassurance from powerful politicians that they will be safe in America and make sure Israel can have peace.

And they openly showed their fear.

Like the 240 hostages in Gaza, roughly 300,000 people are not sure whether this was a time for hope or a time to mourn. Perhaps this is a post-Ecclesiastes world when time and state are no longer paired; a time for shiva and hope concurrently.

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What Changed With October 7 Massacre

Posted on November 14, 2023 by First.One.Through

A month after the heinous massacre of October 7, the world feels very different, when in fact only a few things changed.

Hamas was a terrorist group at its founding in 1987, when it wrote its infamous 1988 charter, when Palestinian Arabs voted the group to 58% of parliament in 2006, and today. Their capabilities have gotten better while their intent to murder Jews and destroy the Jewish State remains constant.

The Israeli Defense Forces is seemingly capable of responding to the threat when given time but were horribly unprepared during that first day. The Palestinian jihadists were not able to launch an even more deadly invasion from the West Bank showing the important life-saving work of active intelligence and occasional raids into terrorists’ enclaves. The IDF had done no such raids into Gaza for two years.

In reality, much of the underlying matters have not changed much. However, the scale and barbarity of the attack has put Israeli society in shock. It cannot permit Hamas to maintain such genocidal capabilities to launch similar attacks.

The United States, Germany and several other western democracies are standing with Israel in its fight against jihadi terror. The American president and Secretary of State have both said that “Hamas is ISIS”, a lethal, radical Islamist group with a poisonous ideology which a global coalition helped defeat in Syria and Iraq.

It’s much of the rest of the world that changed.

While the Muslim world did not actively condemn the destruction of ISIS, they have rallied to the Palestinians as many have been killed in the effort to root out Hamas. Many governments have also excused Hamas’s atrocities and some even support it.

Worse, socialists around the world have been cheering Hamas’s slaughter. On college campuses, students and professors shout about their joy about the attacks, hailing it is the start of “decolonizing Palestine.”

Faced with clear footage of barbarism, the radical left is supporting genocidal maniacs. With the clarity that the conflict is not just about land but vicious racism and antisemitism, the alt-left is cleaving to the jihadists.

Socialists have demonstrated their depravity. They are not just indifferent but joyous to see Jews suffer.

I have long known about Hamas but I didn’t really know you.

October 7 did not change my view of Hamas.

October 8 changed my view of you.

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United Kingdom’s Home Grown Terrorism, Abroad

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Jews Are A Minority-Minority

Posted on November 13, 2023 by First.One.Through

Jews make up a very small population in the world yet suffer disproportionately from persecution.

Globally, Jews account for less than 0.2% of the population, or about 1 person for every 525 people. Most people have never met a Jewish person.

As most of the world is Christian and Muslim, it is not surprising that Christian-majority countries make up the majority of the United Nations, followed by Muslim-majority countries. There is only a single Jewish-majority country, Israel, which is disproportionately vilified at the United Nations.

Outside of the Israel, the only country with a sizable Jewish population is the United States, which has 40% of the global Jewish population. Outside of Israel and the USA, there is roughly 15% of the rest of world Jewry, principally located in France, Canada, United Kingdom, Argentina and Russia.

In the United States, Jews are a small part of the minority groups. While DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) efforts focus on Hispanics, Blacks, Asians and the LGBT+ community, it ignores Jews who are labeled “White” and “privileged”.

Without protection afforded to other minorities, Jews stand out as the most targeted group in the United States for hate crimes, based on population.

College campuses have become particularly noxious breeding grounds of antisemitism. In addition to excluding Jews from DEI and federal Title VI protections, universities miseducate Zionism to be a form of “European colonialism” and Zionists to be racists. Compounding the matter, because Jews are labeled “White and privileged”, they are not allowed to defend themselves, and must simply sit and be berated.

The tragic farse doesn’t even end there. In addition to persecuted American Jews being vilified by laws and people meant to defend minorities, those groups label Israel as an example of White Supremacy, even though Mizrahi Jews make up a majority of the Jewish State. Jews of color make up 41.2% of the Israeli population.

Despite Jews being indigenous to the land of Israel and Israel being the most liberal country in the entire Middle East, liberal universities have turned the Jewish State into a polluter of pure Arab land.

Jews are a minority-minority in the United States and around the world, persecuted and unprotected by laws and people who are both proud of their antisemitism and those who think they are fighting for minority rights. At least majority-minority rights, like 1.8 billion Muslims.

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Grading Comments in The 2023 Gaza War

Posted on November 12, 2023 by First.One.Through

Politicians and presidents of universities are being graded by their reaction to Hamas’s October 7 massacre in Israel and Israel’s response. The pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian communities are keeping score.

Pro- Israel Statements

There are a number of statements that people expect to see, some of which are considered easy and others which show true pro-Israel bona fides.

Condemn October 7. The Hamas attack which killed over 1,200 people was brutal. Most people expect condemning the attack an easy thing to do because of its scale and brutality.
Harsh adjectives of attack. Calling the attack “barbaric”, a “pogrom”, “pure evil” and similar language is similarly expected as a logical extension of the condemnation.
Calling Hamas is a terrorist group. The United States, Canada, United Kingdom and many other countries officially label Hamas a terrorist group, so calling it as such is also not viewed as a major pronouncement but Zionists expect to hear it specifically mentioned now.
Israel has a right to defend itself. This is a natural right and obligation of countries which are attacked. Stating that Israel has such right would normally be considered redundant but nothing seems to be in the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Call to release hostages. Prioritizing the release of an estimated 240 people who were seized in the October 7 attack is a basic humanitarian call. It is surprisingly absent from many public statements, upsetting many Jews and Zionists.
Bring the perpetrators to justice. A natural biproduct of all of these statements is to hold the murderers and abductors to account.

Pro-Palestinian Actions

Pro-Israeli statements blend into pro-Palestinian statements when addressing Israel’s response to the attack. People who condemn violence might want all attacks to end and can hold both pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian statements concurrently. However, when people demonize Israel and support Hamas, the break in the preference becomes clear.

Call for Humanitarian Pause. Israel’s response to the October 7 attack has killed thousands of people. Calling for humanitarian pauses to allow civilians to leave the area and bring in food and fuel is viewed as natural by many peace activists who want to minimize civilian casualties.
Call for Ceasefire. A ceasefire is viewed as much more extreme than a pause, especially early in the Israeli counter-attack. Pro-Israel people want to see the military capabilities of Hamas destroyed and a premature end to the campaign would give Hamas a huge victory. Pro-Palestinians believe that it is the only way to save thousands of Palestinian lives and are not concerned that Hamas may launch more attacks as they promised to do.
Say the October 7 attack had “context.” Backers of Palestinians do not want the narrative of the story to be that Hamas initiated the fight. While people may or may not acknowledge the brutality of the October 7 massacre, they discuss the blockade of Gaza and other Palestinian grievances to frame the discussion.
Rip down Kidnapped posters. The fate of 240 people ripped from their homes undermines the Palestinian narrative which paints Arabs as the victims.
Calling Hamas a “resistance movement”. Hamas calls itself a “resistance” movement, making it sound like a reactionary force rather than a terrorist group. Palestinian sympathizers use the nomenclature, even after the October 7 attack which killed more Jews in a day than any day since the Holocaust.
Not condemning October 7 attack. Many people released statements which skip the Hamas attack and only address Israel’s ongoing attack on Gaza. This is appreciated by the Palestinian community as it frames the oppressor and oppressed narrative to their liking. In contrast, it is considered appalling and a red flag to much of humanity as failing to condemn horrific acts like placing a baby in an oven alive, an action of psychopaths.
Call to “Free Palestine from the River to the Sea.” This demand to end Israel as a Jewish State goes beyond the specific war. It marks the war as the beginning of a liberation of land from Jewish control.
Call to “Globalize the Intifada”. This chant has many iterations like “Intifada revolution”. It spells out the desire to ‘Free Palestine’ with violence as well as either attack Zionists everywhere and/or any entity considered a western imperialist power.
Shouts of “Gas the Jews” and other forms of attack. The call for violence against Jews everywhere, not just in Israel, is the extreme end of pro-Hamas statements, shouted at rallies and in social media.

The scorecard shows people’s preferences in the conflict, like U.S. President Joe Biden and Congressman Ritchie Torres on the pro-Israel side, university leaders like Columbia University president Minouche Shafik who say nothing, and United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Queen Rania of Jordan and Rep. Rashida Tlaib on the pro-Palestinian side.

Politicians, university presidents and corporate CEOs who all waded into politics in the Russia-Ukraine War and Black Lives Matter incidents, are being pushed to make statements about the 2023 Gaza War, with many angering supporters of each side. Everyone is checking the scorecard to gauge where people’s loyalties lie.

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Even In The End, You Must Ensure The Future

Posted on November 11, 2023 by First.One.Through

Genesis chapter 23 describes the death of the Jewish matriarch Sarah and her burial. It is immediately followed by a peculiar opening in chapter 24:

וְאַבְרָהָ֣ם זָקֵ֔ן בָּ֖א בַּיָּמִ֑ים וַֽיהֹוָ֛ה בֵּרַ֥ךְ אֶת־אַבְרָהָ֖ם בַּכֹּֽל׃

Abraham was now old, advanced in years, and ‘ה blessed Abraham in all things.

Abraham had just buried his wife and the Torah says that Abraham had everything. A strange phrase, as he just lost his spouse!

The Bible would then describe that Abraham sent out one of his trusted attendants to make sure that his son Isaac got a suitable spouse. The biblical commentator Rashi noted that the numerical value of the Hebrew word for with everything, בַּכֹּֽל, is the same as the numerical value in Hebrew of son, בֵּן. Rashi said that because God blessed Abraham with a son, Abraham needed to find him a wife.

Looking at the Haftorah section for the weekly portion of Chayei Sarah when this portion is read, could lead to a broader interpretation of this sentence.

The rabbis decided to match Chayeh Sarah with Kings 1, which starts with King David being very old. Sentences 1 to 4 describe David as being so old that he could not retain heat, so he was brought a young virgin who stayed with him to warm him. The passages were clear that the king was not intimate with her. A lot of detail to share that the king was very old and mostly stayed in bed.

The rest of the reading would describe King David setting Solomon to be his heir, instead of sons who competed for the role of king.

*King David playing the Harp, by Peter Paul Rubens ca. 1616*

The two biblical stories convey a message to be taken together.

As Abraham and King David approached the end of their lives, they had seemingly accomplished everything. They had finished having children and building their fortune. It was time to retire peacefully.

But they did not.

Abraham made sure that his son would marry an appropriate woman and be able to carry on the family’s good name. King David made sure the appropriate son would lead the kingdom.

The bible relates that each man did this when they were old and without an active companion. While they would have no more children – hence the bible making clear that the virgin brought to David remained a virgin – they still had an active role to play in directing their children and the course of Jewish history.

Rashi’s comment that Abraham had a son could be reread that Abraham was not going to have any more sons. He needed to focus on the future of the son he had.

It is a lesson for older people even today: you are more then just a link in a chain. The next generation continues to need your guidance to make sure important values and traditions are imparted.

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The Asynchronous Audience At Jihadists’ Auto-da-Fe

Posted on November 10, 2023 by First.One.Through

Hamas’s grotesque butchery of people in Israel on October 7, 2023 was seemingly from another time and place. Burning babies in ovens. Chopping off fingers of young boys and amputating feet of young girls. Cutting off breasts of women and raping them. The sickening depravity of the Palestinian jihadists seemed born in hell.

These Islamic extremists were not simply invading Israel to take land; they came to embarrass, to dehumanize, to torment the infidels.

Like the Spanish Inquisition of hundreds of years ago, religious fanatics tortured and burned Jews whom they deemed to be “heretics”.

Heretics to Christians. Infidels to Jihadists.

Jews.

The latest assault on Jews was launched from Gaza quickly with no cheering crowds. The Hamas terrorists had to call their parents to share WhatsApp videos of killing Jewish families to get some applause. While the jihadi butchers clearly wanted everyone to know they were “heroes,” the murderers did not get the exciting thrill of burning Jews alive in front of large crowds like Christians at an auto-da-fe in the 16th century.

So they brought back some corpses to parade through the streets of Gaza. Some 240 live people too.

Modern technology enabled their barbarity to be captured and shared with the world very quickly. From Australia to the United States, antisemites shouted their joy at watching the massacre of Jews.

In Sydney, Australia the crowds yelled “Gas the Jews,” “F–k the Jews.” Cornell professor Russell Rickford said the spectacle was “exhilarating” and “energizing.” A junior at the University of Pennsylvania asked the crowd whether they remembered “the several other joyful and powerful images which came from the glorious October seventh?… I remember feeling so empowered and happy, so confident that victory was near and so tangible. I want all of you to hold that feeling in your hearts. Never let go of it. Channel it through every action you take. Bring it to the streets!”

The butchering of Jews eventually brought out the crowds, albeit asynchronous to the slaughter. They cheered the guilty verdict and incineration of Jews.

The antisemites gathered in the streets with fellow Jew-haters to reminisce and pray for more days like October 7. They tore down “kidnapped” posters, staged walk-outs, blockaded streets and lobbied members of congress to protect their heroes in Gaza. They wanted to see the second, third and fourth wave of torturing Jews, as Hamas promised.

Maybe live next time.

The Catholic Church once tortured and paraded Jews before burning them at the stake for the local crowds amusement. Today’s religious devils are radical jihadists appealing to a global audience to hunt and torment diaspora Jews for sport and to gather support for their war effort against the Jewish State.

The biblical Samson did not die alone but was staged in a large theater to mock and kill for the crowd’s pleasure.

Recognize that today’s pro-Hamas “protests” are not silent, holding vigil for Palestinian civilians. They are a mob looking for the next Jewish Samson to eliminate.

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United Nations Declares Jews May Not Judge

Posted on November 9, 2023 by First.One.Through

Many countries are fighting terrorism, and the fall of 2023 is no different.

On November 6, over 20 people were killed, including children, in Cameroon. In Myanmar a bombing on October 9 killed dozens.

And of course, there were over 1,400 people butchered in Israel on October 7.

The United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres addressed each, condemning the attacks.

Regarding Cameroon, Guterres called “on the Government of Cameroon to conduct an investigation and to ensure that those responsible are held accountable.”

For the attack in Myanmar, Guterres said of the terrorists, “Those responsible must be held to account.”

Yet despite to much greater scale and barbarity of the attack on Israel, Guterres pared back his comments. He specifically did not want the Government of Israel to hold the Hamas terrorists accountable.

In the immediate aftermath of the worst crime against Jews since the Holocaust, Guterres offered “The Secretary-General is deeply concerned for the civilian population and urges maximum restraint. Civilians must be respected and protected in accordance with international humanitarian law at all times.”

Does Guterres think that Hamas terrorists are “civilians” to be protected? Does he not believe that the 1,000-plus terrorists that invaded Israel and burned families alive should “be held to account?” What is the purpose of the statement that is a world apart from what Guterres offers to other countries?

Seemingly, the United Nations is sending a message that countries like Cameroon and Myanmar can and should hold terrorists to account. But not Israel. Israel must use “maximum restraint” despite the horror.

To give context to the 1,400 people killed in Israel on a single day, the total deaths from terrorism in 2022 in the entire Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region was 791 people. The one day toll in Israel was more than any country for the entire year of 2022.

Yet the United Nations urged “maximum restraint.”

This treatment of Israel in the face of terrorism has a long history, as the UN adopted Palestinian Arabs long ago and protects them at all times, even – or especially – when they engage in grotesque jihadi terrorism.

But even now? Even in the aftermath of the October 7 massacre?

According to the United Nations, Israel may never act as judge; it is only to be judged, scrutinized and criticized. It is an object to be acted upon, and must otherwise remain silent, even when slaughtered.