Turkish President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/recep-tayyip-erdogan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Recep Tayyip Erdogan</a> said during a recent press conference that he would find it &#8220;upsetting&#8221; to refer to Hamas as a terrorist organization.
Erdogan made the comments during a joint appearance alongside Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who spoke first on the topic of the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
&#8220;Athens&#8217; stance on the subject is clear: Israel has every right for self defense against a bloody, provocative occupation of its territory by terrorists,&#8221; Mitsotakis began. &#8220;An attack that innocents got killed, got kidnapped and tortured by a terrorist organization that doesn&#8217;t represent Palestinians.&#8221;
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Greek prime minister Mitsotakis to Erdogan’s face: 
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&mdash; ‏ ציוני כחול לבן (@Admeliorax) <a href="https://twitter.com/Admeliorax/status/1790074751009816922?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Erdogan&#8217;s response was measured, but he made it clear that he did not agree with Mitsotakis&#8217; assessment of Hamas.
&#8220;It is not a terrorist organization, but if you state it is a terror group here, that would be upsetting,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I never see Hamas as a terror organization. And as of now, step by step, I am following Hamas, and in my country right now, more than 1,000 members of Hamas are in our hospitals.&#8221;
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Erdogan went on to claim that it was unfair to call Hamas a terror group, blaming &#8220;the entire west&#8221; for assisting Israel and lamenting the number of dead among the &#8220;members of Hamas.&#8221;
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Turkish President Erdogan says calling Hamas terrorists is “upsetting.”
 “I never see Hamas as a terror organization.”
Erdogan has also said Turkey is treating Hamas members in their hospitals. 
“In my country right now more than 1000 members of Hamas are in our hospitals.” <a href="https://t.co/NX6QbAwhXr">pic.twitter.com/NX6QbAwhXr</a>
&mdash; Oli London (@OliLondonTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/OliLondonTV/status/1790153174663184683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Erdogan is not the only one reluctant to refer to Hamas as a terrorist organization even after the brutal attacks of October 7th. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has steadfastly refused to call Hamas &#8220;terrorists&#8221; – referring to them instead as a &#8220;Palestinian group&#8221; — earning them an earful from former British Prime Minister <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-britains-ex-pm-torches-the-bbc-for-failing-to-call-hamas-terrorists" target="_blank" rel="noopener">David Cameron</a>.
&#8220;When you see what Hamas are prepared to do, you just realize the terrible, dreadful, inhuman people, frankly, that we are dealing with,&#8221; Cameron began &#8220;And maybe it’s a moment, actually, for the BBC to ask itself again, should we describe these people as terrorists? They are terrorists.&#8221;
&#8220;If you kidnap grandmothers, you kidnap babies, you rape people, you shoot children in front of their parents. What more do they need to do for the BBC to say, look, these are terrorists? They really are.&#8221;

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‘I Never See Hamas As A Terror Organization’: Turkey’s Erdogan Says It’s ‘Upsetting’ To Call Hamas ‘Terrorists’

'I Never See Hamas As A Terror Organization': Turkey's Erdogan Says It's 'Upsetting' To Call Hamas 'Terrorists'

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Israel&#8217;s official X account shared video on Tuesday of armed gunmen — who were believed to be Hamas terrorists — inside a United Nations-affiliated Palestinian aid compound in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/rafah" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rafah</a>.
In the <a href="https://twitter.com/Israel/status/1790450075782525371" target="_blank" rel="noopener">video</a>, which was captured by an Israel Defense Forces drone, showed the gunmen casually walking about inside the UNRWA compound and interacting with people who were standing near and operating vehicles labeled &#8220;UN.&#8221;
Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner also shared the video, challenging the United Nations to answer for what it showed.
&#8220;Gunmen, likely #Hamas terrorists, hanging out at an @UNRWA warehouse in eastern #Rafah a few days ago and identified by an @IDF drone. The @UN needs to answer some serious questions. Imagine what would’ve happened if we were to target them? The hypocrisy is astounding,&#8221; he posted.
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Gunmen, likely <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hamas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Hamas</a> terrorists, hanging out at an <a href="https://twitter.com/UNRWA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UNRWA</a> warehouse in eastern <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Rafah?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Rafah</a> a few days ago and identified by an <a href="https://twitter.com/IDF?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IDF</a> drone. The <a href="https://twitter.com/UN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UN</a> needs to answer some serious questions. Imagine what would’ve happened if we were to target them? The hypocrisy is astounding. <a href="https://t.co/sCHiKZhZpQ">pic.twitter.com/sCHiKZhZpQ</a>
&mdash; Lt. Col. (R) Peter Lerner (@LTCPeterLerner) <a href="https://twitter.com/LTCPeterLerner/status/1790447136514924973?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Later in the video, the gunmen could be seen shooting at people outside the compound who appeared to be civilians.
&#8220;When will the world realize that @UNRWA is part of the problem, and definitely not part of the solution?&#8221; Naama Levy asked.
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When will the world realize that <a href="https://twitter.com/UNRWA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UNRWA</a> is part of the problem, and definitely not part of the solution? <a href="https://t.co/F6TgiJWMaH">https://t.co/F6TgiJWMaH</a>
&mdash; Naama Levy (@_NaamaLevy) <a href="https://twitter.com/_NaamaLevy/status/1790463494044754355?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 14, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Some critics claimed that the gunmen were acting as police in an attempt to ensure that humanitarian aid was kept secure until it could be delivered to those who needed it &#8212; but according to the organization&#8217;s own website, UNRWA has a strict &#8220;<a href="https://twitter.com/LTCPeterLerner/status/1790456286334566716" target="_blank" rel="noopener">no guns</a>&#8221; policy dating back more than a decade.
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&#8220;UNRWA has reinforced and continues to implement its robust procedures to maintain the neutrality of all its premises, including a strict no-weapons policy and regular inspections of its installations, to ensure they are only used for humanitarian purposes,&#8221; the organization posted in a <a href="https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/press-releases/unrwa-condemns-placement-rockets-second-time-one-its-schools#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a> in 2014 after Hamas rockets were discovered hidden under a school in Gaza.
&#8220;Palestinian civilians in Gaza rely on UNRWA to provide humanitarian assistance and shelter. At all times, and especially during escalations of violence, the sanctity and integrity of UN installations must be respected,&#8221; the statement continued.

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Australian actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-hemsworth">Chris Hemsworth</a> said he’s not happy with the criticism that superhero movies have received, especially from well-respected directors such as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/martin-scorsese">Martin Scorsese</a> and Francis Ford Coppola.
“It felt harsh, and it bothers me, especially from heroes. It was an eye-roll for me, people bashing the superhero space,” the 40-year-old “Thor” actor said during a recently published <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/chris-hemsworth-alzheimers-interview-mad-max-gw7kb8tvs">interview</a> with U.K.-based outlet The Times.
Hemsworth went on to point out how even industry greats have failures. “Those guys had films that didn’t work too — we all have. When they talked about what was wrong with superheroes, I thought, cool, tell that to the billions who watch them. Were they all wrong?” he added.
“Cinema-going did not change because of superheroes, but because of smartphones and social media. Superhero films actually kept people in the cinemas during that transition, and now people are coming back. So they deserve a little more appreciation,” Hemsworth said.
Scorsese authored an op-ed published in the New York Times in 2019 titled “Martin Scorsese: I Said <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marvel">Marvel</a> Movies Aren’t Cinema. Let Me Explain.”
“There’s worldwide audiovisual entertainment, and there’s cinema,” the “Goodfellas” director <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/martin-scorsese-shreds-marvel-movies-says-theyre-not-cinema">wrote</a> in the piece. “They still overlap from time to time, but that’s becoming increasingly rare. And I fear that the financial dominance of one is being used to marginalize and even belittle the existence of the other.” 
He added, “For anyone who dreams of making movies or who is just starting out, the situation at this moment is brutal and inhospitable to art. And the act of simply writing those words fills me with terrible sadness.”
Coppola, director of “The Godfather,” agreed with that assessment. He sparked controversy in October 2019 when he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/francis-ford-coppola-backs-scorsese-marvel-movies-are-despicable">said</a>, “When Martin Scorsese says that the Marvel pictures are not cinema, he’s right, because we expect to learn something from cinema, we expect to gain something, some enlightenment, some knowledge, some inspiration. I don’t know that anyone gets anything out of seeing the same movie over and over again. Martin was kind when he said it’s not cinema. He didn’t say it’s despicable, which I just say it is.”
Hemsworth also told The Times he’s unhappy with actors who blame the genre for their failures.
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“It’s, like, ‘They’re films that are successful — put me in one. Oh, mine didn’t work? I’ll bash them,’” he said. “Look, I grew up on a soap opera. And it used to bother me when actors would later talk about the show with guilt or shame. Humility goes a long way. One of the older actors on ‘Home and Away’ said, ‘We don’t get paid to make the good lines sound good, but to make the bad ones work.’ That stuck with me.”
He continued, “But hey, it’s all a lesson. And if I ever went back to [‘Thor’] I’d wonder how we could change it again. But there is a superhero curse in the sense you get pigeonholed, and I’ve felt a little hamstrung with what I could do, so [I] desperately wanted something to scare the s*** out of me. And ‘Furiosa’ did.”
Hemsworth will appear next in “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” premiering May 24.

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Chris Hemsworth Admits It ‘Bothers’ Him When Directors Like Scorsese, Coppola Criticize Marvel Movies

Chris Hemsworth Admits It 'Bothers' Him When Directors Like Scorsese, Coppola Criticize Marvel Movies

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The man whose 2015 <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150227014959/http:/swiked.tumblr.com/post/112073818575/guys-please-help-me-is-this-dress-white-and" target="_blank" rel="noopener">photo of a dress</a> caused an internet sensation has pleaded guilty to strangling his wife.
Keir Johnston, 38, recently pleaded guilty to attacking his wife, Grace, during an assault that occurred on March 6, 2022, People Magazine <a href="https://people.com/groom-who-made-the-dress-go-viral-in-2015-admits-he-tried-to-strangle-his-wife-8646499" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. He was previously known for posting a photo of a blue and black dress that appeared to some as white and gold.
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From this day on, the world will be divided into two people. Blue &amp; black, or white &amp; gold. <a href="http://t.co/xJeR7GldwP">http://t.co/xJeR7GldwP</a> <a href="http://t.co/i6BwVzPzSZ">pic.twitter.com/i6BwVzPzSZ</a>
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Johnston was indicted following the incident, which involved him pinning his wife to the ground, straddling her, and choking her. During that incident, he also threatened to kill her and waved a knife. He reportedly told her, “Somebody is going to die,” according to testimony in the High Court in Glasgow, Scotland, on May 9, The Guardian <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/10/man-behind-viral-dress-pleads-guilty-endangering-wifes-life" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Grace called for help, saying, “My husband is trying to kill me.”
Chris Macintosh, prosecutor for the crown, told the judge in the case that Grace had few options since the couple lived on the remote Isle of Colonsay.
“There is no permanent police presence on the island, and she was in a situation where she felt trapped,” Macintosh said, according to the Guardian.
The incident began after Johnston discovered Grace had gone to a job interview on the mainland, defying his demands that she not go. Prior to the attack, Johnston was reportedly drinking at a pub and texted his wife: “You should support me but you do not.”
He then went home and passed out. When Grace returned to their home, he “woke up and said that he was going to leave her,” Macintosh told the court. “She went outside the property to stop him leaving. He followed her and pinned her to the ground.”
“[Johnston] placed both knees on her arms, so she was unable to move,” Macintosh added. “He then began strangling her with both his hands. She was initially able to scream and feared for her life and believed Johnston intended to kill her as he was very forceful.”
Grace received several severe bruises from the attack but did not require medical attention.
Johnston’s defense attorney, Marco Guarino, told the court that his client had accepted responsibility for the attack, but the judge, Lady Drummond, denied bail, saying: “I have no need to tell you that this is a serious and violent offense.”
“You repeatedly strangled her, injured her and put her life in danger in what must have been absolutely terrifying circumstances for her,” she added. “I am afraid, Mr Johnston, that your status has now changed, you have been convicted of a very serious crime and you will be remanded meantime.”
Johnston is set to be sentenced on June 6.
Johnston and Grace became famous in 2015 after he posted a photo of a dress Grace’s mother planned to wear at their wedding. The photo posted online showed the dress as either black and blue or white and gold depending on the viewer. Subsequent images of the dress showed that it was a vibrant blue and black, but the original picture fooled man, including this reporter.
New York University neuroscientist Pascal Wallisch <a href="https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2017/april/why-did-we-see-_the-dress-differently--the-answer-lies-in-the-sh.html#:~:text=%E2%80%9CThe%20original%20image%20was%20overexposed,affects%20the%20colors%20we%20see.%E2%80%9D" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explained</a> that people saw the dress differently because of how the brain processes assumptions based on how the dress was illuminated.
“The original image was overexposed, rendering the illumination source uncertain,” Wallisch. “As a result, we make assumptions about how the dress was illuminated, which affects the colors we see.”
If people assumed the dress was photographed in a shadow, it may appear gold and white, while those who believed it was illuminated by artificial light saw it as black and blue.
“This is a basic cognitive function: to appreciate the color on an object, the illumination source has to be taken into account, which the brain does continuously,” Wallisch added.

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Groom Who Took The Viral Black/Blue White/Gold Dress Photo Pleads Guilty To Strangling His Wife

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Photos of a baby lying on the ground at the Paris stop of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/taylor-swift">Taylor Swift</a>’s Eras Tour on Friday night have gone viral online, sparking outrage.
Per <a href="https://deadline.com/2024/05/taylor-swifts-youngest-fan-photo-sparks-online-outrage-1235912919/">Deadline</a>, X user @jacnights13, a Taylor Swift fan account, circulated an image that caught everyone’s attention, though that original post has since been deleted. Plenty of other social media users have reposted the photo and shared others showing what appears to be a baby sleeping on a purple coat on the ground at the La Défense Arena as other concertgoers stand around.
“Not to be one of those people but I would genuinely call security if I saw a baby in the pit because it is NOT safe there,” the original poster wrote on the since-deleted post.
Another X post with 1.8 million views expressed similar concerns. “get ur baby off the floor and GO HOME,” that user wrote in the caption. 
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get ur baby off the floor and GO HOME <a href="https://t.co/U8xrIbHCcS">pic.twitter.com/U8xrIbHCcS</a>
&mdash; GINA 🌙✨ (@whatamind13) <a href="https://twitter.com/whatamind13/status/1789025151209644330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2024</a></blockquote>
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“[J]ust to paint the full picture this is general admission at the Paris show tonight… and that baby is somewhere in the floor AT THIS SHOW! Like WTF they have lost their minds! terrible parenting,” the poster wrote in a follow-up, which included a photo of the crowded stadium.
“All it takes is one misstep….. this angers me, idk why a parent would think this is ok!” one commenter <a href="https://twitter.com/ReadyForBritt/status/1789058400556368207">wrote</a>.
“I have a baby and I couldn’t imagine bringing him to the PIT let alone setting him ON THE FLOOR???!! Like hold him???” another account <a href="https://twitter.com/trinityjclay/status/1789030755689263125">agreed</a>.
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“I hope someone called social services,” a third comment said.
The outlet also noted that the arena’s website had a section warning attendees that it “doesn’t recommend bringing children under the age of 4, even if accompanied, particularly due to the high volume.” Several commenters noted that the baby in the photos appeared to have ear protection.
Swift began the European leg of her Eras Tour on Thursday in Paris. She’ll visit 18 cities before returning to the United States and Canada to close out the year. The tour has raked in more than $1 billion in revenue, making it the most lucrative music tour ever.

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Photos Of Baby Lying On Ground At Taylor Swift Concert Spark Outrage: ‘Lost Their Minds’

Photo Of Baby Lying On Ground At Taylor Swift Concert Sparks Outrage: 'Lost Their Minds'

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The United Nations recently — and quietly — revised the casualty numbers coming out of Gaza amid the ongoing war between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas, prompting questions about the reporting from Gaza and whether any of it could be trusted.
According to multiple sources, adjustments were quietly made to the casualty count — regarding those killed in Gaza during the ongoing conflict — as more and more of the dead have been positively identified. Those adjustments suggest that Gaza&#8217;s Hamas-controlled Health Ministry has grossly inflated the number of women and children who have been killed.
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BREAKING: UN halves estimate of women and children killed in Gaza. As quoted in the article, let me explain how the UN&#39;s method for casualty counting in Gaza is the complete opposite of how they act in other conflict situations such as Ukraine. 🧵<a href="https://t.co/PdYTlyMbyl">https://t.co/PdYTlyMbyl</a>
&mdash; Hillel Neuer (@HillelNeuer) <a href="https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/status/1789794227053887974?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 12, 2024</a></blockquote>
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According to the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), on May 6, some 9,500 women and 14,500 children were reported to have been killed in Gaza since the October 7 Hamas terror attacks on Israel. Less than a week later, those numbers had dropped significantly to 5,000 women and 8,000 children, the National Post <a href="https://nationalpost.com/news/world/israel-middle-east/united-nations-halves-estimate-of-women-and-children-killed-in-gaza">reported</a>.
According to David Adesnik, director of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), that change could be the result of the UN adopting a different source of information. He noted that prior to May 6, the UN had cited the Hamas-controlled Government Media Office as a source for the casualty numbers — but more recently, they had not cited the GMO.
&#8220;So you see May 6 and before, the GMO (is listed as a source); all of a sudden, May 8, they don’t cite a source,&#8221; Adesnik said, suggesting that the UN was relying on the Gaza Health Ministry instead — despite the fact that Hamas controls that as well. &#8220;So clearly here we’ve done a switch from GMO’s big number, which never had any clear basis elaborated; like they just offered nothing but their own assertion. Whereas the Health Ministry does more to back its stuff up.&#8221;
A number of critics pointed out that relying on any numbers influenced by Hamas terrorists was likely a mistake.
&#8220;The UN has significantly adjusted Palestinian casualty figures for the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip, halving the number of women and children previously reported killed. Who is surprised to learn the Hamas-run Ministry of Health lied and the UN went along with it for 7 months?&#8221; Aviva Klompas posted.
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The UN has significantly adjusted Palestinian casualty figures for the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip, halving the number of women and children previously reported killed.
Who is surprised to learn the Hamas-run Ministry of Health lied and the UN went along with it for 7 months?…
&mdash; Aviva Klompas (@AvivaKlompas) <a href="https://twitter.com/AvivaKlompas/status/1790020518722077095?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;UN revises Gaza death toll, almost 50% less women and children killed than previously reported. Hamas’ death toll figures have been disputed by Israel, yet they have been quoted by media, humanitarian organizations and world leaders, including Biden,&#8221; news outlet Visegrád 24 added.
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UN revises Gaza death toll, almost 50% less women and children killed than previously reported. 
Hamas’ death toll figures have been disputed by Israel, yet they have been quoted by media, humanitarian organizations and world leaders, including Biden.
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&mdash; Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) <a href="https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1790021393590968722?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;How convenient that for 7 months they peddled lies. The United Nations seemingly halved the estimated number of women and children killed in Gaza, according to UN data published on May 6 and 8,&#8221; Adam Milstein said.
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How convenient that for 7 months they peddled lies.
The United Nations seemingly halved the estimated number of women and children killed in Gaza, according to UN data published on May 6 and 8.<a href="https://t.co/8Yz5TYxvmv">https://t.co/8Yz5TYxvmv</a>
&mdash; Adam Milstein (@AdamMilstein) <a href="https://twitter.com/AdamMilstein/status/1789956403773263969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;UN has revised the Gaza death toll, almost 50% less women and children killed than previously reported. A big congratulations to media organisations like the BBC &amp; Sky News who reported unverified figures and Hamas propaganda. Who knew a terrorist organisation would lie?&#8221;
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UN has revised the Gaza death toll, almost 50% less women and children killed than previously reported. 
A big congratulations to media organisations like the BBC &amp; Sky News who reported unverified figures and Hamas propaganda. 
Who knew a terrorist organisation would lie? 🥴
&mdash; Chris Rose (@ArchRose90) <a href="https://twitter.com/ArchRose90/status/1790032957589053875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 13, 2024</a></blockquote>
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The shifting numbers raise legitimate questions as to whether other reports out of Gaza can be trusted – such as claims that Israel was behind the reported &#8220;bombing&#8221; of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/after-u-s-official-confirms-hamas-has-command-center-under-hospital-biden-calls-for-hospital-to-be-protected" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Al Shifa Hospital</a> or that Israel was behind attacks on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hamas-gunmen-target-palestinian-civilians-from-the-top-of-aid-trucks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">humanitarian aid trucks</a>, and even reports that made it as far as the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bbc-apologizes-for-falsely-claiming-israeli-soldiers-executed-civilians-inside-gaza" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BBC blaming Israel</a> for things that only Hamas terrorists were guilty of doing.

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Shifting UN Casualty Numbers Raise Questions: Can Any Reports From Gaza Be Trusted?

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Global Politics

Media

Former British Prime Minister David Cameron gave the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) an earful during a recent appearance, excoriating the network for its steadfast refusal to refer to Hamas as a terrorist organization.
Cameron, currently serving as the United Kingdom&#8217;s Foreign Secretary, spoke with broadcaster Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday. Their discussion came on the heels of a video Hamas released of British-Israeli hostage Nadav Popplewell — along with the terrorist group&#8217;s subsequent claim that Popplewell had since been killed by &#8220;an Israeli strike.&#8221;
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UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron calls out the BBC for refusing to label Hamas as terrorists. 
“Maybe it’s a moment for the BBC to ask itself again should we describe these people as terrorists? 
They are terrorists, if you kidnap grandmothers, kidnap babies, you r*** people,… <a href="https://t.co/qwWhiwzSxd">pic.twitter.com/qwWhiwzSxd</a>
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&#8220;When you see what Hamas are prepared to do, you just realize, the terrible, dreadful, inhuman people, frankly, that we are dealing with,&#8221; Cameron began, and then immediately turned to issue a challenge to the BBC. &#8220;And maybe it’s a moment, actually, for the BBC to ask itself again, should we describe these people as terrorists? They are terrorists.&#8221;
&#8220;If you kidnap grandmothers, you kidnap babies, you rape people, you shoot children in front of their parents. What more do they need to do for the BBC to say, look, these are terrorists?&#8221; Cameron pressed, listing just a few of the horrific atrocities committed by Hamas terrorists during the October 7 attacks on Israel. &#8220;They really are.&#8221;
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The BBC released a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/david-cameron-calls-out-bbc-air-label-hamas-terrorist-group-more-need-do" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> to Fox News Digital following Cameron&#8217;s appearance, claiming that their coverage of Hamas — regardless of what they called the terror group — should speak for itself. In recent coverage of the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, the BBC has referred to the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67039975" target="_blank" rel="noopener">terrorist organization</a> as simply a &#8220;Palestinian group.&#8221;
&#8220;No one consuming BBC News can be left unaware of the horrific nature of Hamas’ acts. We’ve made our long-standing position on this matter very clear — we use the word terrorist when it is attributed to others, such as the UK Government,&#8221; the statement read.

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WATCH: Britain’s Ex-PM Torches The BBC For Failing To Call Hamas ‘Terrorists’

Britain's Ex-PM Torches The BBC For Failing To Call Hamas 'Terrorists'

David Cameron

Pro-Hamas

A rocket fired by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hamas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hamas</a> terrorists from inside Rafah landed in the middle of a children&#8217;s playground inside Israel this week, seven months after the terrorist group launched their unprecedented massacre on October 7.
A total of 14 rockets were launched at Beersheba on Friday, the first time the town has faced rocket alerts in five months, The Jerusalem Post reported.
The IDF located two launch sites inside Rafah and destroyed both of them. During the strike, secondary explosions were detected, indicating the presence of additional weapons and munitions.
“The locations of the launch posts further show how Hamas intentionally embeds itself in close proximity to civilian population and infrastructure throughout the Gaza Strip,” an IDF spokesperson said.
The IDF published a video that showed how one of the rockets that was fired landed in the middle of a playground and its explosion sent shrapnel flying everywhere. Fortunately, there were no children present when the rocket hit, although one middle-aged woman was reportedly hit by the shrapnel and suffered minor injuries.
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Medics from Magen David Adom (MDA) said, “we arrived at the scene with many personnel, we saw a lot of commotion and damage to the playground, and nearby, was a 37-year-old woman who was fully conscious and suffered from a shrapnel wound to her leg.”
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Footage from the playground in Be&#8217;er Sheva, where a Hamas missile directly hit a children’s playground: <a href="https://t.co/ifMIkMVIxz">pic.twitter.com/ifMIkMVIxz</a>
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) <a href="https://twitter.com/IDF/status/1789028200116375809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2024</a></blockquote>

Hamas Fires Rocket At Children’s Playground In Israel

Former Israeli Prime Minister <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/naftali-bennett" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Naftali Bennett</a> ripped President Joe Biden on Thursday for threatening to withhold military aid to Israel if the country invades Rafah to destroy the Hamas stronghold.
Bennett made the remarks on CNN during an interview with Erin Burnett while talking about remarks made to her during a separate interview that aired yesterday.
&#8220;I think this decision is deeply misguided,&#8221; Bennett said. &#8220;What are we being told here? We have a radical jihadist terror organization [on] our border that&#8217;s telling us it&#8217;s going to continue trying to murder as many Jews as possible. Obviously, we have to get rid of it. We have no choice.&#8221;
&#8220;Now, talking about civilians, if Hamas is granted immunity because it hides behind civilians, that&#8217;s not only a problem with Hamas,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;That means that the whole global jihad organizations are all going to adopt human shields as the core way of conducting terror. So this would be a profound mistake. And we think that we have really no choice, and we got to do what we got to do.&#8221;
Bennett also called out Biden for claiming that Israel was targeting civilian population centers while not mentioning that the country goes to great lengths to warn civilians that they need to leave and that Hamas hides behind civilians.
&#8220;In all wars, all wars, in every urban war in the history of the world, there&#8217;s collateral damage, especially when Hamas is using the civilians as a human shield. There&#8217;s no doubt,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But is Israel using bombs to target civilians? Absolutely not. Never. We never target civilians. In fact, we have the lowest ratio of collateral damage in the history of urban warfare. There&#8217;s about, let&#8217;s call it, 32,000 Palestinians who died. Half of them are terrorists. That&#8217;s one to one.&#8221;
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&#8220;In Afghanistan, in Iraq, it was one to nine. For every terrorist you killed, there were six, seven, eight, nine civilians,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;We&#8217;re bending over backward in order to prevent unnecessary deaths. Otherwise, we&#8217;d get this whole thing done within three days if we didn&#8217;t care about it.&#8221;
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“I think that this decision is deeply misguided.”
Fmr. Israeli PM Naftali Bennett reacts to President Biden’s warning on OutFront that the U.S. could withhold weapons shipments to Israel <a href="https://t.co/p827SUJ3Ww">pic.twitter.com/p827SUJ3Ww</a>
— Erin Burnett OutFront (@OutFrontCNN) <a href="https://twitter.com/OutFrontCNN/status/1788715840193368556?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2024</a></blockquote>

Naftali Bennett

Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett Rips Biden Over Threat To Withhold Military Aid

Joe Biden

Israeli Prime Minister <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/benjamin-netanyahu" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Benjamin Netanyahu</a> responded to President Joe Biden&#8217;s controversial remarks this week — that the U.S. will withhold military support from Israel if it goes after Hamas terrorists inside the Gaza city of Rafah — by saying that Israel is not afraid to stand alone if it has to.
Netanyahu made the remarks as the country has been engaged in a seven-month war against Palestinian terrorists who massacred 1,200 people inside Israel on October 7, 2023.
&#8220;We are on the eve of Independence Day. In the War of Independence 76 years ago, we were few against many,&#8221; Netanyahu said. &#8220;We had no weapons, there was an arms embargo on Israel, but with the greatness of our spirit, bravery and unity amongst us &#8211; we won.&#8221;
&#8220;Today we are much stronger. We are determined, and we are united to defeat our enemy and those who seek our destruction,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;If we have to stand alone, we will stand alone. I already said that if we have to &#8211; we will fight with our fingernails. But we have much more than fingernails, and with the same greatness of spirit, with God&#8217;s help, we will win together.&#8221;
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His remarks come after Biden smeared Israel during an interview with CNN on Wednesday in which the president accused the country of deliberately targeting civilian population centers. Biden&#8217;s remarks, which come after he pledged to not abandon Israel, follow pressure that he faced from pro-Hamas protesters that caused chaos on college campuses across the U.S. late last month and earlier this month.
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PM <a href="https://twitter.com/netanyahu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Netanyahu</a>:
&#8220;We are on the eve of Independence Day. In the War of Independence 76 years ago, we were few against many. We had no weapons, there was an arms embargo on Israel, but with the greatness of our spirit, bravery and unity amongst us &#8211; we won.
Today we are much… <a href="https://t.co/RH9dSvjm0I">pic.twitter.com/RH9dSvjm0I</a>
— Arsen Ostrovsky 🎗️ (@Ostrov_A) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ostrov_A/status/1788619326313964011?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2024</a></blockquote>

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Visits Berlin

Netanyahu Responds To Biden’s Betrayal Of Israel: ‘If We Have To Stand Alone, We Will Stand Alone’

Benjamin Netanyahu

President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> threatened to cut Israel off this week from receiving U.S. military weapons if they enter Rafah to finish off Hamas&#8217; last stronghold inside Gaza.
Biden made the remarks during an interview Wednesday evening with CNN&#8217;s Erin Burnett after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-halts-weapons-shipments-to-idf-to-send-a-political-message-to-israel-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news broke</a> earlier this week that he was halting a shipment of bombs and other equipment to Israel to send a political message to them.
CNN asked Biden if the 2,000-pound bombs that the U.S. has sent to Israel have killed civilians inside Gaza.
&#8220;Civilians have been killed in Gaza as the consequence of those bombs and other ways in which they go after population centers,&#8221; Biden said in an apparent attempt to smear America&#8217;s top ally in the region, which comes as he faces mounting pressure from the Islamic/anti-Semitic progressive-wing of the Democrat Party to take action against Israel.
Israel does not target &#8220;population centers,&#8221; they take exhaustive steps to warn civilians that they need to leave specific areas before they conduct military operations.
No where in Biden&#8217;s remarks did the president mention that Hamas intentionally hides behind civilians thus making it impossible for Israel to hold the Palestinian Islamic terrorist organization accountable for the unprecedented terrorist attack that it launched on October 7 without there being collateral damage.
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&#8220;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,&#8221; he continued, adding that he would only do the bare minimum by continuing to supply Israel with Iron Dome missiles.
&#8220;But it&#8217;s — it’s — it’s just wrong,&#8221; Biden said of Israel&#8217;s military campaign against Hamas. &#8220;We&#8217;re not gonna — we&#8217;re not gonna supply the weapons and the artillery shells used that have been used.&#8221;
The 81-year-old president, who repeatedly coughed throughout the interview, is now <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-looking-to-bring-in-palestinians-to-the-u-s-as-refugees-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> considering importing Palestinian refugees into the U.S. despite their overwhelming hatred for the country, according to polling.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BREAKING</a>: Biden tells CNN that he will not only continue to pause shipments of bombs to Israel, but also hold up artillery shells because what the IDF has done and wants to do is “just wrong”&#8230;.
CNN’s Erin Burnett: “I want to ask you about something happening as we sit here… <a href="https://t.co/vqxewKM7CU">pic.twitter.com/vqxewKM7CU</a>
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href="https://twitter.com/CurtisHouck/status/1788333342343000481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2024</a></blockquote>

President Biden Delivers Remarks In The Roosevelt Room Of The White House

Biden Threatens To Cut Israel Off From Military Weapons If They Go After Hamas In Rafah

Israeli media reported Wednesday night that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hamas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hamas</a> terrorists fired rockets at a pier that the U.S. Military is constructing off the coast of Gaza.
Israel&#8217;s Channel 13 reported that &#8220;in the morning and in the afternoon, missiles were launched towards the area where the Americans are currently building the seaport.&#8221;
The attack from Hamas did not cause any casualties or damage, but represented yet another example of the Islamic terrorist organization preventing humanitarian aid from entering Gaza.
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פרסום ראשון: מחבלי חמאס שיגרו היום פעמים פצמרים למרחב שבו האמריקנים בונים את הנמל הימי. 
לחדשות 13 נודע כי בשעות הבוקר ובשעות הצהריים שוגרו פצמרים לעבר המרחב שבו האמריקנים בונים בימים אלה את הנמל הימי. לא היו נפגעים בגוף או נזק, אבל כמו בכרם שלום גם בצפון הרצועה, ארגון הטרור מנסה…
— almog boker (@bokeralmog) <a href="https://twitter.com/bokeralmog/status/1788296653910257818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2024</a></blockquote>
The attack comes after Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin claimed last week that he saw no indication that the terrorist group was going to attack the U.S. forces building the pier.
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“I don’t discuss intelligence information at the podium, but I don’t see any indications currently that there is an active intent to do that,” he said, adding: “This is a combat zone, and a number of things can happen.”
A Pentagon official said late on Wednesday that the pier was now finished being constructed but had not been moved into position.
“As of today [Wednesday], the construction of the two portions of the [Joint Logistics Over-the Shore] JLOTS – the floating pier and the Trident pier – are complete and awaiting final movement offshore,” the official said. “There are still forecasted high winds and high sea swells, which are causing unsafe conditions for the JLOTS components to be moved.”
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Construction of the floating JLOTS pier in the Mediterranean is underway

Hamas Terrorists Open Fire On Gaza Pier Being Constructed By U.S. Forces: Israeli Media

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