A Gaza doctor who has been published twice by The New York Times and profiled by CNN is actively detained and being interrogated by Israel, which believes he is a terrorist operative. But despite evidence suggesting close ties to Hamas, international organizations are hailing him as a humanitarian.
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital, was arrested on Friday along with 240 others during a raid on the hospital, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-detains-medics-after-hospital-raid-health-officials-say-2024-12-28/">Reuters reported</a>.
In the wake of his arrest, organizations including the World Health Organization, Amnesty International, and the Council on America-Islamic Relations (CAIR), have called for his release. But as the global campaign to free Abu Safiya from Israeli detention takes off, revelations have come to light about his alleged dual role as a Hamas colonel.
In a <a href="https://www.idf.il/260609">statement</a>, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) reported that the hospital was being used as a terrorist command, where they recovered grenades, guns, ammunition, and other military equipment in the area. Patients and medical staff were reportedly relocated to the Indonesian Hospital, with additional fuel and medical supplies provided. About 15 of those arrested are believed to have infiltrated Israel on the October 7 attack.
The statement adds that Abu Safiya was taken for questioning due to being suspected of being a Hamas terrorist operative. The IDF confirmed to The Daily Wire that Abu Safiya is still currently detained and being interrogated.
Media outlets <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/29/middleeast/kamal-adwan-hospital-director-detained-hnk-intl/index.html">including CNN</a> have profiled Abu Safiya without investigating his ties to Hamas. The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/hussam-abu-safyia">published two</a> op-eds authored by Abu Safiya where he begged for help for his hospital. Abu Safiya’s family issued a statement demanding his release and urging the media to apply pressure for his freedom.
Abu Safiya, a pediatrician who has cultivated an image as a defender of human rights to mask his terrorist ties, was exposed first by Israeli activist <a href="https://x.com/EFischberger/status/1872625254788722784">Eitan Fischberger</a>. In multiple Arab media reports or social media posts, Abu Safiya is referred to as a Colonel.
In five Arabic news articles, from four different articles, spanning from 2017 to 2021, Abu Safiya was referred to with his Hamas terrorist military rank of Colonel. These articles are published in <a href="https://archive.is/MSfVZ">Quds Net News Agency</a>, <a href="https://archive.is/4Ueb8">Alray</a>, <a href="https://archive.is/1KsC7">Pal Times</a>, and <a href="https://archive.is/6PiWN">twice</a> in <a href="https://archive.is/6PiWN">Al Watan</a>. 
A 2018 <a href="https://archive.is/WNcaC">Facebook post</a> by the Hamas-run Medical Services in Gaza refers to Abu Safiya as “Director of the Children&#8217;s Hospital, Colonel Hussam Abu Safiya.”
“It’s clear these news articles are using the word ‘aqeed’ to describe Hussam Abu Safiya which means military colonel,” Yigal Carmon, the president of the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) told The Daily Wire.
“This word would not be used to describe someone running a hospital as a civilian,” he added. “Besides, a few of the articles mention his role in the hospital in addition to using the word Colonel. Other doctors are mentioned too with military ranks and some doctors are mentioned just as doctors. They are distinguished.&#8221;
Apart from IDF accusations, Kamal Adwan hospital has been described as being overrun by Hamas. In the Pal Times article mentioned above, the Kamal Adwan hospital is described as belonging to the military medical services in the northern Gaza region. Dr. Baxtiyar Baram, a Kurdish physician who volunteered in Al-Awda hospital and Kamal Adwam hospital, accused Hamas of exploiting the hospital. 
“I saw that hospitals had been used for hiding Hamas leaders,” Baram said in an interview, <a href="https://www.jpost.com/israel-hamas-war/article-804116#google_vignette">reported the Jerusalem Post</a>. He added that he believes Israel’s accusations of using human shields is correct because he has “seen it with my own eyes.”
Safiya’s social media shows his support of the October 7 attack and hostility towards Jews. The day after the attack, Safiya <a href="https://archive.is/9M2H9">shared a graphic</a> of Palestinians breaching the Israeli border with the caption, “We are coming back to you, we are coming back, oh our country we are coming back.”
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He writes about the October 7th massacre: &#8220;And they thought their fortresses would protect them from God, but God came upon them from where they did not expect, 
and cast terror into their hearts.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/NXIwp9ppRO">pic.twitter.com/NXIwp9ppRO</a>
— Eitan Fischberger (@EFischberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/EFischberger/status/1872625316205842530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 27, 2024</a></blockquote>
The next day, Abu Safiya <a href="https://x.com/EFischberger/status/1872625316205842530">wrote</a> in a now-deleted Facebook post: &#8220;And they thought their fortresses would protect them from Allah, but Allah came upon them from where they did not expect, and cast terror into their hearts.&#8221;
Safiya’s social media history gave an insight into his beliefs before the Israel-Hamas war as well.
In 2020, Abu Safiya <a href="https://archive.is/CLrgN">used a verse</a> from the Quran about not allying with Christians or Jews to encourage against “normalizing with the enemy.” In 2021, <a href="https://archive.is/ZnuYB">he shared</a> an image of terrorists with terrorist logos including Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad. In a <a href="https://archive.is/HgVoS#selection-1369.0-1369.109">2022 post</a>, Abu Safiya called for the “beloved people of Palestine and Al-Aqsa Mosque” to be protected from &#8220;the injustice of the Jews and their aggression.”
&#8220;Nobody should be surprised that even doctors and hospital directors are part of Hamas,” Carmon said. “Hamas leaders are not uneducated thugs. They are the top of their society and highly-educated idealists, but their ideal is to annihilate the Jews.”
Abu Safiya has been especially outspoken on Instagram and Facebook as the IDF has waged a new offensive against Hamas in northern Gaza. The doctor told CNN he was briefly detained and interrogated in October.
Aby Safiya’s family <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DENSb8YIslT/?hl=en">posted to his Instagram account</a> on Monday calling for his immediate release.
“Detained by Israeli occupation forces while performing his humanitarian duty, he now suffers severe mistreatment in Sde Teiman detention center, including humiliation, exposure to freezing cold, and denial of medical care,” the post states.
CAIR <a href="https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-action-alert-demand-ama-call-for-the-release-of-gaza-hospital-director-dr-hussam-abu-safiya-now-held-in-israeli-torture-center/">described</a> Abu Safiya as “kidnapped” and called on the Biden Administration to demand his release. The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, <a href="https://x.com/DrTedros/status/1873595575167283556">also called</a> for his release.

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Suspected Hamas Operative Hailed As A Humanitarian After Arrest

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Birzeit University

The Dark Relationship Between U.S. Universities And An Anti-American School Controlled By Terrorists

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Rutgers University

Media outlets around the world reported Thursday that five Palestinian journalists were killed in Gaza by Israel, even though those “journalists” were members of a terrorist group.
The BBC’s headline <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yg57wrgl7o?xtor=AL-99999-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Bbbc.news.twitter%5D-%5Bheadline%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D&amp;at_medium=social&amp;at_ptr_name=twitter&amp;at_bbc_team=editorial&amp;at_campaign_type=owned&amp;at_link_origin=BBCWorld&amp;at_link_type=web_link&amp;at_link_id=54910A0E-C370-11EF-9ED0-BBDB6976FC3C&amp;at_campaign=Social_Flow&amp;at_format=link" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared,</a> “Five Gaza journalists killed in Israeli strike targeting armed group,” and began its coverage by citing Quds TV, a Palestinian TV channel that is affiliated with the terrorist group Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).
The PIJ is described by the BBC merely as “an armed group that took part in 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel.” The BBC also, early in its report, mentioned that the wife of one of the “journalists” was about to give birth. The outlet waited until the fourth paragraph to mention that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had targeted “Islamic Jihad operatives posing as journalists&#8221; and that steps were taken to avoid harming civilians.”
But immediately after, the BBC included a comment from the Committee to Protect Journalists saying it was “devastated by the reports” and that &#8220;Journalists are civilians and must always be protected.&#8221; The outlet spends most of the article claiming that Israel has been killing “journalists” in Gaza.
The five men killed were Ibrahim Jamal Ibrahim Al-Sheikh Ali, Faisal Abdallah Muhammad Abu Qamsan, Mohammed Ayad Khamis al-Ladaa, Ayman Nihad Abd Alrahman Jadi, and Fadi Ihab Muhammad Ramadan Hassouna, all of whom the IDF labels as PIJ operatives.
Other outlets also followed the framing that the men were merely journalists. The Associated Press, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-lebanon-hezbollah-iran-news-12-26-2024-2e8c33648410c2da94ae7d0d73c0b1a1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">for example</a>, cited the notoriously unreliable Gaza Health Ministry as its source that the men were journalists. Only after claiming they were journalists did the AP acknowledge that the Israeli military says the men were posing as journalists and were actually Islamic militants.
CNN also <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/25/middleeast/journalists-death-israeli-strike-gaza-intl-hnk/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">used this framing</a>, citing Gaza authorities.
Eitan Fischberger, a former staff sergeant for the IDF, posted a thread on X identifying each of the men as terrorists, including their public postings, which include pro-terrorism statements.
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Faisel likes to indoctrinate children into a life of terrorism, because “journalism” <a href="https://t.co/C3S9iiQ3ZN">pic.twitter.com/C3S9iiQ3ZN</a>
— Eitan Fischberger (@EFischberger) <a href="https://twitter.com/EFischberger/status/1872244010376744974?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 26, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Media outlets routinely present stories from the side of the Palestinians over Israel. In August, more than 80 outlets had to issue a correction after republishing an article from the AP that falsely stated the civilian death toll in Gaza had “exceeded 40,000,” The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/eighty-media-outlets-issue-correction-on-ap-story-that-inflated-gaza-civilian-death-toll" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> at the time.
But “not even Hamas has alleged that more than 40,000 Palestinian civilians in Gaza have been killed in the war between Israel and the terror organization,” the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA), which monitors Arab media, <a href="https://www.camera.org/article/press-release-more-than-80-north-american-media-outlets-correct-after-ap-outflanks-hamas-casualty-claims/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> at the time.
“While the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health in Gaza has reported over 40,000 total deaths among Gaza’s residents, its data does not distinguish between civilians and combatants. Israeli sources, meanwhile, estimate that over 17,000 of those killed are Hamas combatants,” the organization added.
Media outlets have also repeatedly cited the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry, even though it routinely lies about civilian casualties, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hamas-run-gaza-health-ministry-cited-by-legacy-media-has-history-of-lying-about-civilian-casualties" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.

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Media Claims 5 Gaza Journalists Were Killed By Israel. They Were Terrorists.

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American Israeli Defense Forces reservist Chaim Meisels didn’t just fly from New York to Israel on October 7, 2023, to fight against Hamas — he also helped the IDF acquire the drone that located Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
Sinwar, 61, was killed in October after the drone detected a group of militants moving between buildings. The drone helped pinpoint the terrorists’ location, leading to a firefight and the terrorists splitting up before being killed. Sinwar ran alone into a building and was eventually killed.
Sinwar&#8217;s final moments were captured by another drone, which recorded him sitting with his head covered and throwing what appears to be a stick at the device. The IDF was not immediately aware that Sinwar was part of the group of militants.
The first drone, donated by a group in New Jersey, was a DJI Mavic equipped with thermal imaging and primarily used for general observation. The second drone, a DJI Avata, was donated by London fashion designer <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chansufrin/?hl=en">Hannah Lancry Sufrin</a>, and is designed for navigating small spaces, such as entering buildings through windows, according to Meisels. Lancry told The Daily Wire she has raised close to half a million dollars since the war began to assist with getting supplies to the IDF.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a> Drone footage shows the last seconds of Sinwar’s life <a href="https://t.co/XwmEZRzWfo">pic.twitter.com/XwmEZRzWfo</a>
&mdash; Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) <a href="https://twitter.com/AvivaKlompas/status/1847007721922744415?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Meisels, 30, told The Daily Wire that after being honored as a guest of a synagogue in Teaneck New Jersey, a family hosting him asked how they could support the 828th Bislamach Brigade he belongs to. Meisels explained that his unit would benefit from more equipment, including drones. 
“When I got to my unit after October 7, it’s sad to say but we had almost nothing,” Meisels said. “After October 7, there were close to 300,000 reserve guys that joined in and had to become part of the fight and the IDF did not have helmets or vests for them. Jews in America pitched in and donated so we could do our job.”
Lindsay, who requested her last name be withheld for fear of her safety, told The Daily Wire she organized the fundraising, which amounted to about $10,000, given by members of her shul, the rabbi’s discretionary fund, and a few donors from another state.
“The excitement we all felt when we heard Sinwar was dead and that the drone we donated helped locate him was unreal,” Lindsay of Teaneck, New Jersey, who helped organize the fundraising for the drones told The Daily Wire. “It was great news to receive.”
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<div id="attachment_848885" style="width: 334px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-848885" class="size-large wp-image-848885" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/7dfd9771-8a37-4357-96e8-644578bde6af-324x576.jpg" alt="" width="324" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/7dfd9771-8a37-4357-96e8-644578bde6af-324x576.jpg 324w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/7dfd9771-8a37-4357-96e8-644578bde6af-169x300.jpg 169w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/7dfd9771-8a37-4357-96e8-644578bde6af-768x1366.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/7dfd9771-8a37-4357-96e8-644578bde6af-864x1536.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/7dfd9771-8a37-4357-96e8-644578bde6af.jpg 899w" sizes="(max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px" />DJI Mavic drone donated to the IDF by a group of Jews in New Jersey. (Photo: Courtesy of Chaim Meisels)</div>
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Lindsay and her family purchased the drones in May and provided them to Meisels. According to Meisels, the drones were fully operational in Gaza by June.
“October 7th wasn&#8217;t an attack just on Israel. It was an attack on Jews all over,” Meisels explained. “So they wanted to help and one of the ways they were able to help is by donating equipment to the guys on the front lines in Israel. So a lot of drones were donated, a lot of helmets, a lot of vests, a lot of tourniquets or basic stuff for the guys in order to be able to fight better.”
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Meisels explained that while the IDF has many drones, they are often shot down and need to be replaced, which is costly. He said that when one is donated, its software is modified to function in combat and connect to IDF systems. 
Though Meisels is proud of his unit, which used the drones to help eliminate Sinwar, he was not present during the operation because he decided to take a few hours off to see his wife and newborn daughter on what appeared to be a low-action day.
“Because my wife came to Israel I went to visit her,” Meisels explained. “When I came back I realized that they had killed Sinwar and they were doing a lot of good stuff. I was kind of sad to not be part of it, but we put in a tremendous amount of work the days later to find hostages.”
<div id="attachment_848881" style="width: 423px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-848881" class="size-large wp-image-848881" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/c28eb201-6d2f-47c6-b0d6-138f50f5d169-413x576.jpg" alt="" width="413" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/c28eb201-6d2f-47c6-b0d6-138f50f5d169-413x576.jpg 413w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/c28eb201-6d2f-47c6-b0d6-138f50f5d169-215x300.jpg 215w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/c28eb201-6d2f-47c6-b0d6-138f50f5d169-768x1070.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/c28eb201-6d2f-47c6-b0d6-138f50f5d169.jpg 888w" sizes="(max-width: 413px) 100vw, 413px" />Chaim Meisels sitting on the chair Sinwar was seen sitting on before he died. (Photo: Courtesy of Chaim Meisels)</div>
Meisels, a native of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, was raised in the Orthodox Jewish Satmar community — one of the largest Hasidic groups. He is the great-grandson of the famed Rabbi Moshe Teitelbaum, the former leader of Satmar, who passed away in 2006. 
Meisels says he is the only grandchild (of about 500) fighting in the IDF, as the group does not support its members fighting in Israel’s military. But Meisels said he felt a connection to Israel at a young age and agreed to a short commitment that turned into nearly six years of service, during which time he rose to the rank of captain.
“It ended up that I was there for close to six years after becoming a commander and then going to the Israeli West Point, which made me an officer and later a captain,” he said. “After my service, I moved back to the United States to continue my life over here.”
Meisels served about six years in Israel as a “lone soldier,” a term used for Jews from the diaspora fighting in the IDF without any immediate family present in the country. He said most of the time he was training for a potential war, but on October 7, just four months after his wedding, he flew to Israel to fight.
“I went to JFK to be on the first flight to Israel, and I was there on Sunday,” he said. “Only when I landed in Israel, I realized what actually happened. I knew it was very bad but I didn&#8217;t know how bad it was.”
Meisels first went to the Lebanon border with his unit in case Hezbollah decided to replicate Hamas’s attack. Then he was one of the first units to enter Gaza to help bring back the hostages. 
Fighting in Gaza has been difficult because of the urban warfare environment, said Meisels.
“It just changed my whole perspective on fighting in a neighborhood where the civilians might be terrorists,” he said. “We got shot at by people who looked like regular people. So we didn&#8217;t want to open fire on them in the beginning. But then they see you start shooting at you in civilian clothing and it kind of made the world very tough for us to be able to differentiate when you&#8217;re going to shoot back and when not because we didn&#8217;t want to kill civilians.”
Meisels said it shocked him that he found weapons in every Gazan house he entered. He said he also found traces of hostages in civilian homes.
“You go into a house and everything is normal and then you find papers or an I.D. from one of the hostages so you knew those guys had to be involved with that, which was very shocking to me in the beginning,” he said. “There isn&#8217;t a lot of civilians and a lot of the people there identify with Hamas and will try to kill you if they can.”
Meisels supports balance when it comes to having more Orthodox men fighting in the IDF, a topic that has caused stark divisions in Israeli society. Many religious groups prefer to have men studying the Torah in religious programs, called yeshivas, while other religious groups and secular society believe fighting-age men should participate in Israel’s mandatory draft.
<div id="attachment_848877" style="width: 778px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-848877" class="size-large wp-image-848877" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/729b7958-6f57-49a5-a954-97390be8c3c7-768x576.jpg" alt="" width="768" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/729b7958-6f57-49a5-a954-97390be8c3c7-768x576.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/729b7958-6f57-49a5-a954-97390be8c3c7-300x225.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/729b7958-6f57-49a5-a954-97390be8c3c7-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2024/12/729b7958-6f57-49a5-a954-97390be8c3c7.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" />Chaim Meisels praying while serving in Gaza for the IDF. (Photo: Courtesy of Chaim Meisels)</div>
“There are 7 to 9 million Jews living in Israel and we want to protect them,” he said. “You can’t force people to join the IDF though, so to get this group to join it has to be done in a smart way, including making following religious observance possible while serving.”
He added that though he believes more men should serve, not everyone is cut out.
“I think that most of the Haredi community should serve, but not everyone,” he said.  “Some people are just not made for the army system. There&#8217;s a lot of people who should, but you can&#8217;t make it everyone, because then it&#8217;s going to become very hard for some guys that I don&#8217;t want to get a gun.”
He said that other roles for mandatory service, such as in the ambulance system, fire department, or police may be a suitable compromise.
“We, as Orthodox Jews believe that a lot of men that are able should be learning and become rabbis because we believe that that&#8217;s also helping to protect Israel and it&#8217;s good for the future we need,” he said. “Like we need professors and doctors in the secular world, we need people who learn and know Torah very well.”
While Meisels is not on reserve duty in the IDF, he serves as the National Chapters Director at the nonprofit <a href="https://nevut.org/about-us/">Nevut</a>, where he spearheads efforts to support returning lone soldiers as they transition back to the United States.
“There are a lot of guys who went to Israel to fight and then when they come back, some are struggling with PTSD,” he said. &#8220;We just basically try to tell them they&#8217;re not alone and we didn&#8217;t forget their service and we try to take care of them.”

Drone and Sinwar

Drone That Caught Yahya Sinwar Was Donated By New Jersey Jews Says IDF Captain

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Yahya Sinwar

A new analysis from a UK-based think tank shows that many major media outlets have credulously parroted flawed figures from the Gaza Ministry of Health.
The Henry Jackson Society (HJS) released a 40-page <a href="https://henryjacksonsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/HJS-Questionable-Counting-%E2%80%93-Hamas-Report-web.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> last week following a review of Gaza health ministry figures and how that data has appeared in hundreds of news reports across four months of the war between Israel and the terror group Hamas. While often given credence in media reports, HJS’s analysis of health ministry data has found the numbers to contain “widespread inaccuracies and distortion.”
HJS analyzed nearly 1,400 news reports from February through May of this year that included a reference to the war&#8217;s death toll as counted by the Gaza Ministry of Health, which is controlled by Hamas. The review included reports from major outlets, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, CNN, the BBC, Reuters, The Associated Press, and the Australian ABC.
Over the course of the review, HJS found that the media overwhelmingly favored reporting Ministry of Health figures over those put out by the Israeli government. Just 5% of the reports analyzed cited Israeli figures, while 98% of the reports cited fatality numbers put out by the Hamas-run health department.
“In 19% of media reports examined, numbers provided by Hamas-run institutions were used without citing any source, thereby suggesting those figures were undisputed,” HJS <a href="https://henryjacksonsociety.org/publications/questionable-counting/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “Furthermore, fewer than one in every 50 articles mentioned that the figures provided by the MoH were unverifiable or controversial. Strikingly, the Israeli statistics had their credibility questioned in half of the few articles that incorporated them.”
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In 84% of the reports, the fatality number cited did not differentiate between combatant and civilian deaths, potentially giving a flawed perception of the state of the war.
Hamas’ figures should be viewed skeptically given that the terror group is a direct participant in the war and thus has a deep interest in how it is reported, according to HJS. Beyond the conflict of interest, an HJS review found deep flaws within the health ministry data that have led to potentially severe overcounting of civilian fatality numbers.
“Our investigation found numerous statistical anomalies in the MoH’s fatality lists, including significant daily increases in the reported deaths of women and children that are mathematically impossible,” the report states. “Furthermore, the inclusion of natural deaths in war-related fatality counts, the erroneous categorisation of men as women and children, and the failure to account for deaths caused by internal Palestinian violence or misfired rockets from Gaza have all contributed to inflated and misleading numbers.”

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‘Widespread Inaccuracies And Distortion’: UK Think Tank Says Media Too Trusting Of Hamas Data

Media

Politics

President Joe Biden falsely claimed during the White House&#8217;s Hanukkah reception on Monday that he had &#8220;gotten over 100 hostages out&#8221; of Gaza and away from Hamas terrorists.
The president referenced the horrific and unprovoked attacks perpetrated by Hamas in Israel on October 7th, 2023 — during which more than 1,200 Israelis were murdered and dozens more sexually assaulted, tortured, or kidnapped and taken into Gaza. He then went on to claim credit for getting back more than 100 of the 251 who were taken hostage.
WATCH:
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BREAKING: At the White House Hanukkah reception, Biden claimed he has &#8220;gotten over 100 hostages out&#8221; from Gaza — which is obviously a lie. <a href="https://t.co/5lVDZiVEe0">pic.twitter.com/5lVDZiVEe0</a>
— Jake Schneider (@jacobkschneider) <a href="https://twitter.com/jacobkschneider/status/1868835337495363681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;The trauma of that day and its aftermath is still raw and ongoing,&#8221; Biden said of October 7th. &#8220;I&#8217;ve gotten over 100 hostages out. I will not stop until I get every single one of them home.&#8221;
Of the initial 251 hostages taken, 117 have been returned to Israel so far: eight were rescued by Israel Defense Forces; 105 were released as part of a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel, and four were released by their terrorist captors.
Critics responded to Biden&#8217;s claim, saying that he was lying to inflate his role in the negotiations that resulted in the release of some hostages and temporary ceasefire agreements between Israel and Hamas.
&#8220;To be clear, Biden is lying,&#8221; Andrew Follett posted.
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To be clear, Biden is lying. <a href="https://t.co/NL1C4pctce">pic.twitter.com/NL1C4pctce</a>
— Andrew Follett (@AndrewCFollett) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewCFollett/status/1868837275070853292?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;What an insult he always manages to be,&#8221; another said.
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What an insult he always manages to be.🤨
— Marla Hohner (@marlahohner) <a href="https://twitter.com/marlahohner/status/1868836496004063597?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Wait, what? When did &#8216;he&#8217; do that?&#8221; RedState&#8217;s Bonchie asked.
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Wait, what?
When did “he” do that? <a href="https://t.co/gezC2itJ4F">https://t.co/gezC2itJ4F</a>
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) <a href="https://twitter.com/bonchieredstate/status/1868829058899042436?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;If hostages are released on inauguration day because of Trump&#8217;s threats the shameless Biden WH will take full credit for it,&#8221; Doug Powers added.
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If hostages are released on inauguration day because of Trump&#8217;s threats the shameless Biden WH will take full credit for it. <a href="https://t.co/PDkr57fylW">https://t.co/PDkr57fylW</a>
— Doug Powers (@ThePowersThatBe) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThePowersThatBe/status/1868831075633631437?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Disgusting that he&#8217;s taking credit for this,&#8221; another posted.
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— Fusilli Spock (@awstar11) <a href="https://twitter.com/awstar11/status/1868828654211678691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Biden raised eyebrows over the weekend, when he claimed at a holiday reception hosted by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) that he had run a campaign that was &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-claims-his-campaign-was-basically-scandal-free-and-people-have-thoughts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">basically scandal free.</a>&#8221;
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Critics corrected the record on that statement as well, noting among other things that Biden had actually been forced out of his own campaign after members of his party realized they could no longer hide his cognitive decline from the people.

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Biden Falsely Claims He Got 100 Hostages Out Of Gaza

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A photo exhibit in the United Nations headquarters in New York revolving around the situation in Gaza makes no mention of the terrorist group Hamas or its massacre of more than 1200 people in Israel on October 7, 2023.
“Gaza, Palestine: A Crisis of Humanity, a Cry for Justice” shows buildings that have been destroyed and the bodies of Gazans killed in Israel’s retaliatory war against Hamas.
“This was written by the Palestinian mission to the United Nations and in this long, long text, you won’t find the word ‘Hamas’ in it,” Jonathan Harounoff, international spokesman for Israel’s mission to the UN, told <a href="https://www.jns.org/no-mention-of-hamas-in-gaza-justice-photo-show-at-un-headquarters/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jewish News Syndicate</a>. “You won’t find any mention of the perpetrators of the attacks of Oct. 7, 2023. It’s very selective in the history it is trying to portray, and the exhibit includes graphic imagery of everything that took place following Oct. 7, but they never mention what actually happened to lead to all of this.”
“The Palestinians’ diplomatic terrorism continues,” Danny Danon, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, wrote on X. “This week, a one-sided pro-Palestinian exhibition that is detached from reality opened at the main entrance to the UN. When will the UN stop spending millions of dollars on spreading lies and instead pass a moral resolution that condemns Hamas and calls for the release of our hostages? Disgraceful!”
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The Palestinians’ diplomatic terrorism continues. This week, a one-sided pro-Palestinian exhibition that is detached from reality opened at the main entrance to the UN. When will the UN stop spending millions of dollars on spreading lies and instead pass a moral resolution that… <a href="https://t.co/bD8BwkkCmz">pic.twitter.com/bD8BwkkCmz</a>
&mdash; Danny Danon 🇮🇱 דני דנון (@dannydanon) <a href="https://twitter.com/dannydanon/status/1864766826414026835?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The United Nations’ obvious prejudice against Israel has been demonstrated in numerous ways over the decades. As recently as late last month, a courageous woman from Kenya who serves as the United Nations Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide was fired after she stood up to the Israel-haters in the U.N. and refused to declare that Israel had committed “genocide” in its war against Hamas, as The Wall Street Journal reported.
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“Alice Nderitu said Israel’s campaign in Gaza doesn’t meet the definition of genocide. She was fired,” The Wall Street Journal editorial board <a href="https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-u-ns-anti-israel-genocide-purge-c8feef1a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>. “On Wednesday the U.N. will refuse to renew the contract of Alice Wairimu Nderitu, the Kenyan who is the Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide.”
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“The UN long ago lost credibility as a moral arbiter, but its assault on Israel is hitting a new low. On Wednesday the U.N. will refuse to renew the contract of Alice Wairimu Nderitu, the Kenyan who is the Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide.” <a href="https://t.co/6uV6ELCJnU">https://t.co/6uV6ELCJnU</a>
&mdash; Fredric U. Dicker (@fud31) <a href="https://twitter.com/fud31/status/1861223440373416045?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The U.N. Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices issued a report in November accusing Israel of “the possibility of genocide in Gaza and an apartheid system in the West Bank.”
“The committee is taking its cues from Austrian Volker Turk, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, who has spent the past year assailing Israel,” the WSJ editorial board noted. “His claims are often echoed by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Israel’s critics. &#8230; Ms. Nderitu serves at the pleasure of Mr. Gutterres, and Mr. Turk and the anti-Israel faction want her out.&#8221;
As UN Watch has <a href="https://unwatch.org/2024-unga-resolutions-on-israel-vs-rest-of-the-world/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>, “From 2015 through 2024, the UN General Assembly has adopted 164 resolutions on Israel and 84 on other countries. &#8230; The UN Watch Database also documents that from 2006 through 2024, the UN Human Rights Council has adopted 108 resolutions against Israel, 44 against Syria, 15 against Iran, 8 against Russia, and 3 against Venezuela.”
In 2017, the anti-Israel United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which had used the picture of a young Arab girl standing amid rubble in Syria in late January 2015, used the same image to pretend the girl was a young girl in Gaza oppressed by the Israelis.
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Left: UNRWA photo, Jan. 27. 2015, of girl in Syria Right: Same UNRWA photo, May 29, 2017, but now she&#39;s &quot;Aya from Gaza&quot; oppressed by Israel <a href="https://t.co/RwMJwwXvpM">pic.twitter.com/RwMJwwXvpM</a>
&mdash; Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/status/870674370984804352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 2, 2017</a></blockquote>
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UN Exhibit Shows Rubble, Bodies In Gaza. They Don’t Mention Hamas Or October 7 Massacre.

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October 7

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he told President Joe Biden that Israel was prepared to stand alone after Biden threatened to abandon the Jewish state if it invaded Rafah, <a href="https://www.now14.co.il/article/1055466">according to Israeli outlet Channel 14</a>. 
&#8220;Biden called me and said: Prime Minister Netanyahu — you will be left alone,” Netanyahu reportedly said during a secret meeting with government officials. 
In response, Netanyahu reportedly told Biden, “We will do it alone.”
Netanyahu added that two days later, Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Israel and reportedly told him that Israel would not get more U.S. weapons if it invaded Rafah. 
“We will fight with our hands and nails,” Netanyahu said he responded.
 &#8220;The Americans estimated that 20,000 people would be killed in Rafah, it turned out to be a total disaster,&#8221; he added.
Despite Vice President Kamala Harris and Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-what-kamala-was-saying-about-gaza-as-sinwar-cited-white-house-pressure-to-reject-hostage-deal">warning against invading Rafah</a>, Israel’s incursion has been a strategic success, with numerous Hamas members eliminated, including former leader Yahya Sinwar last month. 
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Netanyahu congratulated President-elect Donald Trump on his election victory earlier this month, calling it “history’s greatest comeback.”
&#8220;Your historic return to the White House offers a new beginning for America and a powerful recommitment to the great alliance between Israel and America. This is a huge victory!”
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Dear Donald and Melania Trump,
Congratulations on history’s greatest comeback!
Your historic return to the White House offers a new beginning for America and a powerful recommitment to the great alliance between Israel and America.
This is a huge victory!
In true friendship,… <a href="https://t.co/B54NSo2BMA">pic.twitter.com/B54NSo2BMA</a>
&mdash; Benjamin Netanyahu &#8211; בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) <a href="https://twitter.com/netanyahu/status/1854070348926328965?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 6, 2024</a></blockquote>
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So far, Trump has chosen several pro-Israel leaders for his administration, including former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as his pick for the U.S. ambassador to Israel and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) as secretary of state.
In a cabinet meeting on Monday, Netanyahu reportedly said Israel’s ability to interfere with Iran’s nuclear program “will be reevaluated” with the incoming Trump administration, <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/netanyahu-israel-will-reevaluate-its-ability-to-act-against-irans-nuclear-program-once-trump-takes-office/">reported the Times of Israel</a>.

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Netanyahu Reveals What He Said To Biden After Threats Over Invading Rafah: Report

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President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> faced blowback on Tuesday for his response to a journalist asking about an Israeli hostage deal with Hamas more than a year after the group&#8217;s October 7 terrorist attacks.
The bizarre exchange took place in the White House as Biden, 81, met with Israeli President Isaac Herzog.
&#8220;President Biden, do you think we can get a hostage deal by the end of your term?&#8221; asked Neria Kraus, a reporter for Israel&#8217;s Channel 13.
Biden&#8217;s reply was somewhat muddled. According to Kraus, he said: &#8220;Do you think that you can get hit in the head by the camera behind you?&#8221;
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I asked President Biden if he thinks that he can get a hostage deal done by the end of his term. He answered, commenting on the number of cameramen in the room: “do you think that you can get hit in the head by the camera behind you?” <a href="https://t.co/B3DCJoHdaw">pic.twitter.com/B3DCJoHdaw</a>
&mdash; Neria Kraus (@NeriaKraus) <a href="https://twitter.com/NeriaKraus/status/1856387921953128480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The White House, which has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-harris-admin-altered-transcript-of-bidens-garbage-insult-could-have-broken-law" target="_blank" rel="noopener">faced controversy</a> for altering a transcript of Biden&#8217;s infamous &#8220;garbage&#8221; insult against supporters of President-elect Donald Trump, offered a slightly different version.
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&#8220;Do you think you can keep from getting hit in the head by a — a camera behind you?&#8221; Biden said in reply, according to the White House <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2024/11/12/remarks-by-president-biden-and-president-isaac-herzog-of-the-state-of-israel-before-a-meeting/">transcript</a>.
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QUESTION: President Biden, do you think we can get a hostage deal by the end of your term?   PRESIDENT BIDEN:  Do you think you can keep from getting hit in the head by a &#8212; a camera behind you? <a href="https://t.co/JjD0pSIVJW">pic.twitter.com/JjD0pSIVJW</a>
&mdash; Matt Viser (@mviser) <a href="https://twitter.com/mviser/status/1856410273562644846?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2024</a></blockquote>
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After the exchange, Biden began delivering remarks, declaring that his commitment to Israel is &#8220;ironclad&#8221; and introducing Herzog.
Kraus <a href="https://x.com/NeriaKraus/status/1856387921953128480" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shared</a> video of their exchange on X, noting Biden was commenting on &#8220;the number of cameramen in the room.&#8221;
The clip quickly went viral, with many users — including journalists — describing Biden&#8217;s remark as odd, rude, or just plain combative.
&#8220;Huh? weird,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/JakeSherman/status/1856404022175117762" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> PunchBowl News co-founder Jake Sherman.
&#8220;Biden unburdened by what has been,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/TocRadio/status/1856409546585190778" target="_blank" rel="noopener">quipped</a> The Washington Examiner&#8217;s Christian Datoc.
&#8220;What a complete a**,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/LawrenceBJones3/status/1856399930463559738" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Fox News host Lawrence Jones.
&#8220;Seems aggressive,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/ZitoSalena/status/1856405836383350903" target="_blank" rel="noopener">observed</a> journalist Salina Zito.
&#8220;This man has jello for brains and was still a better candidate than Kamala,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/RubinReport/status/1856405805068685524" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> commentator Dave Rubin.
The exchange happened one week after Biden&#8217;s vice president, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamala Harris</a>, lost to Trump in the 2024 presidential election.
Biden had been running for a second term but dropped out in July after a fumbling debate performance against Trump while facing pressure from allies who raised concerns about his age, mental acuity, and electability.
In his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhmvTbWFJNo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">remarks</a> that followed Biden&#8217;s introduction, Herzog noted there were still 101 hostages in Gaza and emphasized that bringing them home is a priority — a stance with which the U.S. president said he agreed.

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WATCH: Biden Gives Bizarre Response To Reporter Asking About Israeli Hostage Deal

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—With just a week until Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris made her closing arguments from the nation&#8217;s capital, casting former President Donald Trump as an agent of chaos while a protest raged on the outskirts of her rally.
Harris addressed the crowd at the Ellipse just north of the Washington Monument and in view of the White House, casting Trump as a “wannabe dictator” and a tyrant in a speech billed by her campaign and media alike as the candidate’s “closing argument.”
“America, we know what Donald Trump has in mind. More chaos. More division,” Harris said to the crowd, which her campaign claims included an estimated 75,000 attendees. “The United States of America is not a vessel for the schemes of wannabe dictators.”
Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, have <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/28/us/politics/kamala-harris-donald-trump-2024-election.html">sought to</a> label Trump a fascist and compare him to <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4956168-walz-trump-madison-square-garden-rally/">the Nazis</a>. These attacks contradict President Joe Biden&#8217;s call for Americans to “lower the temperature” after Trump narrowly escaped death when a would-be assassin attempted to kill him in Butler, Pennsylvania.
As Harris blasted Trump, far-left protesters gathered just outside the rally, often drowning out her speech with cries that Harris was complicit in genocide in Gaza.
The protesters jeered and <a href="https://x.com/SpencerLndqst/status/1851441144334573904">banged pots and pans</a> as Harris first took the stage as supporters of the Democratic candidate attempted to watch her on a screen. The clash is the latest evidence of a growing split in the Democratic Party, one that could impact Harris’ chances in swing states like Michigan, where there is a large Muslim population.
One protester made it past a line of police and jumped onto a platform in front of the screen, waving a Palestinian flag.
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One far-left protester made his way past a police line and jumped in front of the screen playing Harris’ speech, waving the Palestinian flag.
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Other protesters held signs that encouraged or celebrated violence. <a href="https://x.com/SpencerLndqst/status/1851433558818373941">One protester held a sign that read</a> “vote with a f****** brick,” while another <a href="https://x.com/SpencerLndqst/status/1851434933987733539">held a sign</a> featuring pictures of what appeared to be Hamas terrorists. The man also wore a headband associated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a designated terrorist organization that believes in revolutionary communism.
Police maintained separation between the Harris supporters and the far left-demonstrators, though the two groups engaged in <a href="https://x.com/SpencerLndqst/status/1851443816424751555">shouting matches</a> at times, with the protesters calling the supporters of the Democratic candidate “shameful.”
Throughout her speech, Harris called Trump an authoritarian and a threat to the country.
“This election is more than a choice between two parties and two different candidates. It is a choice about whether we have a country rooted in freedom for every American. Or one ruled by chaos and division,” Harris said at the outset.
“We all know who Donald Trump is. He is the person who stood at this very spot nearly four years ago and sent an armed mob to the United States Capitol to overturn the will of the people in a free and fair election that he knew he lost,” she went on to say.
Trump <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXy7Dwi3Khc">addressed the speech</a> at a rally in North Carolina, saying that &#8220;all she talked about was Donald Trump,&#8221; before playing a supercut of Harris saying his name during closing argument. &#8220;She and Joe have no achievements, only failure,&#8221; he said before making light of her speech. &#8220;She suffers from a very serious disease called Trump derangement syndrome &#8230; sometime referred to as TDS, it&#8217;s quite serious.&#8221;
Harris again cast Trump as an authoritarian in the final moments of her speech, likening her opponent to King George III.
“Nearly 250 years ago, America was born when we wrested freedom from a petty tyrant,” Harris stated. “They did not struggle, sacrifice, and lay down their lives, only to see us cede our fundamental freedoms, only to see us submit to the will of another petty tyrant.”
In addition to presenting Trump as a dangerous authoritarian, Harris also emphasized her stance on abortion and the economy, which her supporters frequently identify as their top issues.
“I will fight to restore what Donald Trump and his hand-picked Supreme Court Justices took away from the women of America,” she said, referencing abortion and the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
“Trump isn’t done. He would ban abortion nationwide, restrict access to birth control and put IVF at risk, and force states to monitor women’s pregnancies,” she went on to say despite Trump repeatedly telling voters that he would leave abortion to the states.
“I will enact the first-ever federal ban on price gouging on groceries, cap the price of insulin, and limit out-of-pocket prescription costs for all Americans. I will fight to make sure that hard working Americans can actually afford a place to live,” she said, addressing the cost of living.
Current polling averages show Trump <a href="https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/president/general/2024/trump-vs-harris">leading</a> Harris by slim margins in the key swing states of Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia, with the Democratic candidate holding leads in Michigan and Wisconsin.

Protest at Harris speech

Kamala Calls Trump A ‘Petty Tyrant’ In Closing Speech As Far-Left Protests Rage

2024 Election

Kamala Harris

Washington D.C.

Vice President Kamala Harris agreed with a far-left protester late last week who falsely claimed that Israel&#8217;s war against Hamas in Gaza is a &#8220;genocide.&#8221;
The moment came when Harris was speaking Thursday at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee when a student, <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/10/19/us-news/kamala-harris-publicly-agrees-with-protestor-accusing-israel-of-genocide-what-hes-talking-about-its-real/">identified</a> by the New York Post as being &#8220;pro-Hamas,&#8221; interrupted her event.
When Harris said that she was invested in the students, the heckler fired back: “And in genocide right? Billions of dollars in genocide. Billions of dollars in genocide.”
“I’m speaking right now,” Harris responded. “I know what you’re speaking of. I want the ceasefire. I want the war to end. And I respect your right to speak but I am speaking right now.”
“But what about the genocide? What about the genocide though?” the protestor, wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh, shouted as security began to escort him from the room.
The heckler shouted numbers published by the Gaza Health Ministry, which is controlled by the Hamas terrorist organization. Those figures have been widely disputed.
“19,000 children are dead,&#8221; the student claimed, &#8220;and you won’t call it a genocide.&#8221;
Even President Joe Biden, who has been critical of Israel&#8217;s military operations against Hamas, has <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-whats-happening-gaza-is-not-genocide-2024-05-20/">acknowledged</a> that Israel&#8217;s military operation is not a &#8220;genocide.&#8221;
After the protester was removed from the event, Harris responded: “Listen, what he’s talking about, it’s real. That’s not the subject that I came to discuss today, but it’s real and I respect his voice.”
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David Friedman, a former U.S. ambassador to Israel, posted on X that Harris&#8217; &#8220;validation of this ugly genocide charge is ignorant, malign and thoroughly disqualifying for any public office, let alone the presidency!&#8221;
&#8220;Since Israel became a state, its Palestinian Arab population increased more than ten-fold!&#8221; he added.
Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren posted X said that the incident set &#8220;a very dangerous precedent.&#8221;
&#8220;I was disturbed to view the video in which Vice President Kamala Harris appears to confirm the charge that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza,&#8221; he added. &#8220;This is the first time that the White House has been linked to a libel which threatens Israel’s legitimacy and security. I call on the U.S. administration to issue an immediate and complete denial.&#8221;
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🚨🚨🚨DISGUSTING: KAMALA AGREES WITH ANTISEMITE WHO SAYS ISRAEL IS COMMITTING GENOCIDE🚨🚨🚨
‘What he’s talking about, it’s real’
At an event Thursday, Kamala agreed with an audience member who interrupted her to accuse Israel of committing “genocide.”<a href="https://t.co/fkdt6mnbv3">https://t.co/fkdt6mnbv3</a> <a href="https://t.co/zxxAIWVXcO">pic.twitter.com/zxxAIWVXcO</a>
— Shelley G (@ShelleyGldschmt) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShelleyGldschmt/status/1847758280321618232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 19, 2024</a></blockquote>

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Kamala Ripped For Agreeing With Far-Left Protester About ‘Genocide’ In Gaza

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After Israel announced the death of the murderous Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Rafah, Vice President Kamala Harris, who had told Israel not to enter Rafah, was ripped for bragging that “we” will always bring terrorists to justice.
“And I will say to any terrorist who kills Americans, threatens the American people, or threatens our troops or our interests, know this: We will always bring you to justice,” Harris boasted on Thursday.
“Hamas’s genocidal leader, Yahya Sinwar, was killed in Rafah. Remember, Kamala Harris ‘studied the maps’ and demanded that Israel not enter Rafah. Sinwar would be alive today and terrorizing the world if she got her way. Kamala Harris cannot be trusted as commander-in-chief,” Arkansas GOP Senator Tom Cotton blasted on X.
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Hamas’s genocidal leader, Yahya Sinwar, was killed in Rafah. Remember, Kamala Harris “studied the maps” and demanded that Israel not enter Rafah. Sinwar would be alive today and terrorizing the world if she got her way. 
Kamala Harris cannot be trusted as commander-in-chief.
&mdash; Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomCottonAR/status/1847007531152932988?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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In late March, Harris was interviewed by Rachel Scott on ABC News&#8217;s &#8220;This Week,&#8221; where Scott prompted her by asking if Israel attacking Rafah would cross a “red line” for the Biden administration.
“We have been clear in multiple conversations and in every way that any major military operation in Rafah would be a huge mistake,&#8221; Harris said. &#8220;Let me tell you something, I have been studying the maps. There&#8217;s nowhere for those folks to go. And we&#8217;re looking at about 1.5 million people in Rafah who were there because they were told to go there, most of them. And so we’ve been very clear that it would be a mistake to move into Rafah with any type of military operation.&#8221;
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“Sinwar was killed in Rafah &#8211; a mile from the Egyptian border. Kamala threatened Israel with sanctions if we went in. Oh, and she studied the maps,” author Caroline Glick commented.
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Sinwar was killed in Rafah &#8211; a mile from the Egyptian border. Kamala threatened Israel with sanctions if we went in. Oh, and she studied the maps.<a href="https://t.co/lWqXSqAbSc">https://t.co/lWqXSqAbSc</a> <a href="https://t.co/xajEkN4Y2Z">https://t.co/xajEkN4Y2Z</a>
&mdash; Caroline Glick (@CarolineGlick) <a href="https://twitter.com/CarolineGlick/status/1846999288884482228?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Tech advisor Hillel Fuld, whose brother Ari was murdered by a Palestinian terrorist in 2018, added:
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Kamala “studied the maps” and warned Israel to not dare enter Rafah. Netanyahu ignored her and hostages were found in Rafah. Sinwar was eliminated in Rafah. Kamala makes a statement taking credit for the elimination of Sinwar. She said, and I quote, “And I will say to any terrorist who kills Americans&#8230; know this. We will always bring you to justice.&#8221; We? We??? We?!!!! How do you say “Chutzpah” in English? Forget everything else, how does one vote for someone this dishonest? This is repulsive. Israel eliminated Sinwar DESPITE the Biden/Harris admin, not thanks to them.
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Kamala “studied the maps” and warned Israel to not dare enter Rafah. 
Netanyahu ignored her and hostages were found in Rafah. 
Sinwar was eliminated in Rafah. 
Kamala makes a statement taking credit for the elimination of Sinwar. 
She said, and I quote, “And I will say to any… <a href="https://t.co/9aMPwJ3CpN">pic.twitter.com/9aMPwJ3CpN</a>
&mdash; Hillel Fuld (@HilzFuld) <a href="https://twitter.com/HilzFuld/status/1847230422700228736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Jack Sullivan, Biden&#39;s National Security Advisor, on March 19, 2024: “Israel&#39;s 🇮🇱 military operation in Rafah would be a mistake” 👇
Sinwar was eliminated in Rafah today. Thanks God <a href="https://twitter.com/netanyahu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@netanyahu</a> ignored Biden, Kamala, Blinken, and Sullivan. <a href="https://t.co/6ADwyItXSg">pic.twitter.com/6ADwyItXSg</a>
&mdash; Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrEliDavid/status/1847042608113074442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Kamala Harris studied the maps and said Israel could not succeed in Rafah, in case you were wondering if she was or was not an idiot.
&mdash; John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) <a href="https://twitter.com/jpodhoretz/status/1847003418067616041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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In early May, President Joe Biden threatened to cut Israel off from receiving U.S. military weapons if they entered Rafah to finish off Hamas&#8217; last stronghold inside Gaza.
“And I made it clear that, if they go into Rafah — they haven&#8217;t gone into Rafah yet — if they go into Rafah, I&#8217;m not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah, to deal with the cities, that deal with that problem,” he stated.

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