Gaza Most Densely Populated Area - Not Really.

 The Gaza Strip is frequently referred to as one of the most densely populated areas in the world. According to the CIA, it has a population of 2,098,389 in an area of 139 square miles (slightly more than twice the size of Washington, D.C.), which would be a density of 15,096 people per square mile, which is less than the density of the city of Tel Aviv (21,793/sq. mi.). If you compare Gaza to a country, then it would rank fifth but is not even close to the top two ­­– Macau (56,247) and Monaco (51,167).

 
Gaza City is the 63rd most densely populated urban area in the world at 42,059 per square mile. This is far below Bnei Brak in Israel (76,000 per square mile). A more apt comparison is Manhattan, which is 23 square miles compared to Gaza City’s 17. Its population density is more than 70,000 per square mile.
 
Sources: World Population Review.

First All Female Tank Crew Saves Many Israelis

 

These Israeli women took out dozens of terrorists 
and saved an entire Kibbutz on October 7th.

Hamas Attempts To Ignite Judea And Samaria

• Since October 7, 2023, when the war in the Gaza Strip began, Hamas has been working to ignite Judea and Samaria to open another front that will engage Israel’s security forces, part of the concept the “unity of the arenas” which Hamas and the “axis of resistance” developed earlier. Senior Hamas terrorists, led by Saleh al-‘Arouri, deputy chairman of the Hamas political bureau and in charge of Judea and Samaria for Hamas, are again urging the residents of Judea, Samaria, east Jerusalem and Israeli Arabs to join the campaign, attack settlers, clash with Israeli security forces and carry out attacks, including inside Israeli territory. They called on the operatives of the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) security apparatus to use their weapons to carry out terrorist attacks against Israel.
• As part of the campaign to encourage the activity of the residents of Judea and Samaria, calls to the Palestinian public to carry out terrorist attacks are published on Hamas-affiliated social networks and channels, led by the Islamic Bloc (Hamas’ student faction at the universities in Judea and Samaria). Hamas also officially declared “days of rage,” mainly on Fridays, when the public was asked to demonstrate and clash with Israeli security forces.
• Not wanting to open another front and to foil Hamas’ plans, immediately after the war began, the Israeli security forces increased their counterterrorism activities in Judea, Samaria and east Jerusalem. Their actions are directed primarily against the Hamas terrorist infrastructure and its leadership. So far, the security forces have arrested about 1,850 wanted persons, about 1,100 of them Hamas operatives.
• The PA also understood the danger and the possibility it would lose control. Therefore, as soon as the war began, Mahmoud Abbas instructed the Palestinian security forces to increase their activity in the Palestinian cities, warning that otherwise the situation could become chaotic. He also ordered them to prevent any protest against him personally, and to use force to stop Hamas supporters from demonstrating.
• In practice, the public’s response to Hamas’ calls has been limited

For full analysis by The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center go to https://tinyurl.com/4356shsd

$13b. in hidden foreign funds linked to 300% antisemitism rise in US universities

An in-depth study uncovers the corrosive impact of undocumented funding from authoritarian regimes on academic freedom.

By ZVIKA KLEIN NOVEMBER 23, 2023 12:07 https://tinyurl.com/ypdbs6tt  

 Approximately $13 billion in undisclosed foreign funds, a substantial portion from authoritarian regimes, has been linked to a staggering 300% rise in antisemitism at US universities, according to a new study, “The Corruption of the American Mind,” which has brought to light this deeply troubling trend.

The meticulous research, spearheaded by the Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP) and conducted by the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), has found that over 100 American colleges and universities failed to report these significant contributions, in direct violation of legal requirements.

“Institutions of higher education...received billions of dollars from foreign donors that were not reported to the US Department of Education as required,” the study highlights, shedding light on a severe lack of transparency.

The implications of these undisclosed funds are profound and far-reaching, the study reports. “Institutions receiving such undocumented money, campuses receiving undocumented funds, exhibited approximately twice as many campaigns to silence academics as those that did not...From 2015-2020 institutions that accepted money from Middle Eastern donors had on average 300% more antisemitic incidents than those institutions that did not”.

This alarming statistic underlines the corrosive influence of such funding on the academic freedom and social environment of universities.

Free speech 'under siege'

Delving deeper, the study utilized a wide array of data sources, including the FBI’s crime database and the Anti-Defamation League, to conduct a multifaceted analysis of the situation. The findings paint a picture of an academic landscape where free speech and democratic norms are “under siege,” and antisemitic sentiments are alarmingly on the rise.

The influx of undisclosed funds has not only led to a doubling of campaigns against free speech, but also significantly heightened the exposure of students to antisemitic and anti-Zionist rhetoric. The study notes, “Increased campaigns to punish scholars for their speech were associated with increased levels of such campaigns from both the Left and the Right.”

Furthermore, a national survey of college students as part of the study revealed that those attending universities with undocumented funding reported experiencing more antisemitism, adding a personal dimension to the statistical findings. This direct impact on the educational environment raises serious concerns about the influence of foreign funds on the values and experiences at the heart of American higher education.

Leading the list of countries providing the highest levels of undocumented funding is Qatar, contributing an astonishing $2.7 billion. This is followed by England, China, Saudi Arabia, Bermuda, Canada, Hong Kong, Japan, Switzerland, India, Germany, and the United Arab Emirates. These contributions, particularly from countries with differing values and political agendas, have raised significant concerns about the influence of foreign funds on academic freedom and democratic values.

Burning Fields in Gaza

Cross posted from Grandma's Army 

My family has had quite a long history with the Gaza Strip. My husband and I joined a newly formed moshav in the Negev, seven kms. from Gaza in 1960, where my four children grew up. My oldest son, who is a farmer, and his four married children, plus his youngest unmarried daughter, still live there with their growing families

In 1949, Arab terrorists, known as Fedayeen were trained and equipped by Egyptian Intelligence to engage in hostile action on the border, and infiltrate Israel - to commit acts of sabotage and murder. The Fedayeen operated mainly from bases in Jordan, so that Jordan would bear the brunt of Israel’s retaliation, which inevitably followed. The terrorist attacks violated the armistice agreement provision that prohibited the initiation of hostilities by paramilitary forces – nevertheless, it was Israel that was condemned by the UN Security Council for its counter-attacks!

 Since then, terrorism from Gaza has “rocketed”. We have experienced it all: suicide bombers, kidnapping, mortar bombs, rockets, well over 100 tunnels dug out in order to infiltrate into Israel.

Death and destruction has become the way of life for young Gazans who are taught to hate and destroy – as they did when Gush Katif was given to them with all the greenhouses intact.

 In 2018, rioters began a series of mass protests at the borders. This was the first Hamas supported invasion attempt, with rioters throwing firebombs, blazing kites, and shooting at IDF soldiers. Thousands of acres of cultivated farmland, nature reserves, and forests were burnt – up to a distance of 40 kms. from the Gaza border.  The green landscapes in the fields worked by the Israeli settlements and villages on the Gaza borders had been turned to black and scorched earth.

A few girls from my moshav decided to change this grim scenario and to introduce some colour into the burnt territories. They felt that, by organizing a fashion show they would increase public awareness to the terrible damage being caused by the many fires, which were burning up the crops, nature reserves, trees, etc. in the Gaza periphery.

 

To show  that, in spite of the hate and destruction which emanates from Gaza, life in Israel goes on. To show that the people of Gaza cannot break our spirit - to instil some light and colour into the black landscape. They recruited a few friends who were willing to be photographed and procured the services of a stylist. The venue they chose was in the fields of kibbutz Be’eri which had been burned a few hours previously. They said that when they arrived the fields were still burning.

Hamas Plays Numbers Game, it's Psychological Warfare.

 

• The Palestinian Ministry of Health (PMH) in Gaza is tightly controlled and operated by Hamas, a barbaric radical Islamic terror organization whose charter calls for the mass murder of Jews. Any report by the ministry, by definition, is a Hamas report.

 

• The PMH reports on Palestinian casualties with attribution exclusively to IDF strikes. Reports of Hamas fighters’ casualties are noticeably absent. In short time since the outbreak of the war, neither the Hamas leadership nor the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported a single casualty among Hamas forces.

 

• No one questioned how PMH reported 30,000 Palestinians wounded when the total number of hospital beds in all medical facilities in Gaza, including UNRWA clinics, did not exceed 3,000. So, where exactly are all the 30,000 wounded? According to PMH reports, there are already more than 13,000 Palestinians dead. If that casualty number is accurate, where were they buried?

 

• Due to the zero reliability of Hamas and its strategic manipulations, we offer an alternative analysis to help determine an objective measure of casualties in Gaza. It starts from a number of dead and wounded which is about half of the number reported by Hamas, although it is possible, and even with high certainty, to assume an even lower number.

 

• At least half of the number of dead and wounded are probably Hamas members, whether armed terrorists, whose identity is disguised as civilians by Hamas, or members of the Hamas establishment. A significant number of the “children” reported as killed or wounded are young people aged 13-18, who were in Hamas facilities or even took an active part in the fighting. (Israeli Minister Ron Dermer, in an interview with Sky News, reported 3,000 Hamas members killed.)

 

• From the remaining number, a significant number of Palestinian dead and injured resulting from nearly 1,000 failed rocket launches that landed short must be subtracted, such as the one that fell on the al-Ahali hospital. From the remainder one must subtract all the Palestinians who fled northern Gaza for the safe zone in the south and who were killed by Hamas.

 

• The small balance of casualties is indeed comprised of unarmed civilians who were regretfully and unintentionally killed by IDF attacks. But compared to every other war in the last hundred years, the collateral damage caused by IDF is low compared to other Western military campaigns, particularly by the UK or U.S. military

 

• This relatively small civilian collateral damage is the result of Israel’s strict adherence to the international laws of war and the utmost efforts made by the IDF to convince the Gaza civilian population to evacuate battle zones while opening humanitarian corridors and securing safe civilian passage.

Hamas numbers are always inflated, that is the nature of the Hamas propaganda.

Hamas Weapons Galore in Shifa Hospital

IDF exposes the countless Hamas weapons

IDF troops have uncovered in the Shifa Hospital's MRI building