Lisa Granatstein

I know some things about this and that: media, advertising, tech, sports, business.

[Wall Street Journal Opinion @WSJopinion]

The sexual violence by Hamas has been aggressively denied by an antisemitic global left that wants us to forget. A new report is a reminder.
https://t.co/T89XzEuxZE

[Maarten Boudry @mboudry]

A while ago, I watched the infamous 47-minute video documenting the atrocities of October 7th — the one not made publicly available, to protect the privacy of the victims.

The worst part of this video is not what it displays, but who is displaying it: the perpetrators themselves. Gleefully. Sadistically. Unabashedly. Most of the footage was filmed by Hamas terrorists on their GoPro bodycams, some also by ordinary Gazan civilians on their cellphones.

Even the Nazis tried to cover up their atrocities, but Hamas brags about theirs for the entire world to see. The killers are euphoric throughout the massacre, and their relentless, ecstatic cries of "Allahu Akbar" (punctuated by the occasional "Kill the Jew!") are simply nauseating.

Some images are seared into my memory forever. I will never forget the two boys in their underwear — one with his eye socket hanging out of his face — asking his brother whether he thinks they're going to die, while the Hamas monster who had just thrown a grenade in their saferoom helps himself to a drink from their fridge, taking a casual break from the slaughter.

Neither will I ever forget the terrorists playing football with a severed head. Or the Thai migrant worker whose head is viciously hacked off with a garden hoe — another "Zionist colonizer" getting what he deserved, right?https://t.co/JvfJEtk8LA
Or the throngs of Gazans crowding around pickup trucks loaded with the mutilated corpses of Jewish women, filming and spitting on the bodies. Or the woman in Kibbutz Mefalsim, crouching and begging in vain for mercy.

There is some evidence of sexual violence in the video — the charred corpse of a young woman with her legs splayed and her genitals exposed — but not much. Apparently even Hamas draws a line somewhere: they are not as proud of raping Jewish women as they are of murdering them. Or, more likely, they simply didn't want to embarrass the delicate sensibilities of their legions of useful idiots in the West.

But yes — there was rape. Not "rape" in scare quotes, as the apologists would have it, but sadistic, murderous sexual violence, documented in a new damning new report by The Civil Commission, an independent Israeli women's rights NGO. (video summary here: https://t.co/LTTjiO1s7E)

Across its 180 pages, the report describes "a recurring pattern of rape and gang rape; sexual torture; mutilation; targeted shooting to the face, head and genital area; forced nudity; binding and restraint; genital burning; objects inserted into intimate areas; post-mortem sexual humiliation; and execution during or after sexual assault."

And it was premeditated and organized. The terrorists crossing into Israel carried printed Arabic-to-Hebrew phrasebooks with handy expressions like "take off your pants," "lie down," "spread your legs," and "don't make trouble." I wonder why they expected to need those particular phrases?

I know one thing: no civilized country on earth would tolerate the existence of an organization like Hamas on its border after October 7th. Not one. This includes every self-righteous Westerner currently lecturing Israel from thousands of kilometres away, without an inch of skin in the game.
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[Andy Plesser @Beet_TV]

Great to see Liane Nadeau, chief investment officer of @Digitas, on https://t.co/dM7451WXSv's remote set at the 2026 @iab NewFronts. Watch this space for our interview with https://t.co/dM7451WXSv's @lgranatstein coming soon!

[Andy Plesser @Beet_TV]

We always enjoy seeing James Rooke, president of @ComcastAd, on https://t.co/dM7451WXSv's remote set! Watch this space for the interview with https://t.co/dM7451WXSv's @lgranatstein at the 2026 @iab NewFronts.

[Rawan Osman روان عثمان @RawaneOsmane]

Share this to save his life.
If you make him famous, the Iranian regime might not execute him tomorrow.
#ErfanSoltani

[Lisa Granatstein @lgranatstein]

@dudewitnatt2de @TheCinesthetic The Bureau - Understated French spy series, excellent. It's 5 seasons streaming on Paramount+ or Prime, Apple+

[Andy Plesser @Beet_TV]

BREAKING - @IABTechLab unveils 'LEAP' ad playbook to modernize live event streaming ads, as Chief Executive Anthony Katsur tells https://t.co/dM7451WXSv's @LGranatstein in this video interview. https://t.co/71uuRyp75Z

[PoIiMath @politicalmath]

this belongs in the crisis management hall of fame

[Columbia Jewish & Israeli Students ✡️🇮🇱 @CUJewsIsraelis]

Yesterday's building takeover put students, Public Safety, and the entire Columbia community at harm, and was completely unacceptable. Watch @Columbia Acting President Claire Shipman's excellent statement on yesterday's events in Butler Library here.

[non aesthetic things @PicturesFoIder]

THIS IS THE KINDA CONTENT I WANNA SEE

[Lisa Granatstein @lgranatstein]

@realginaschock @officialgogos Hey there! The Roxy show was 🔥. Thought you might like this photo!

[𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘆🫧💚 @beyoncegarden]

OH SHE ATE THAT SO BAD LMAOOO😭😭😭

[Lisa Granatstein @lgranatstein]

@picturethis74 @BlondieOfficial @chrissteinplays @clem_burke Love this too! cc @Goldsmithphoto

[Bec Shaw @Brocklesnitch]

Jeremiroquai

[Bari Weiss @bariweiss]

“I have never seen in all my life such a thing, such expressions from people of all ages, such expressions of apprehension, of isolation, insecurity, foreboding, expressed in different ways. I see it when I meet with students; I see it when I meet with elderly people. I hear, ‘This is not the Canada I know,’ or ‘This is not the Canada I came to.’ Or ‘This is not the Canada I have ever experienced. This is something else.’ And they are afraid to publicly express it.”

[Lisa Granatstein @lgranatstein]

@bariweiss @JustinTrudeau @TerryGlavin @TheFP Excellent, spot-on reporting.

[Lisa Granatstein @lgranatstein]

@Kathy_Valentine Amazing! Now hoping there's an East Coast surprise awaiting us!

[Lisa Granatstein @lgranatstein]

@Delta bravo to the calm and attentive crew of DL887 who were total pros attending to a passenger’s medical emergency. 👏👏

[Jeremy Goldberg @jeremy_goldberg]

sad to hear Susan Wojcicki passed away at 56. i was lucky to photograph Susan for @Adweek when she became CEO of YouTube.

from renting her garage to two Stanford students working on a search engine, to helping build a little place called Google. an incredible but too short life.