(((Sarah Weiner)))

It’s mostly books and fandom stuff.

[Ritchie Torres @RitchieTorres]

The original NY Times headline reads: “Violence Tied to Soccer Game….” There is no mention of the unprecedented nature of the event—a pogrom in the 21st century. No mention of its motive: antisemitism. No mention of its victims: Jews and Israelis. No mention of the response it necessitated: an emergency rescue operation by the Israeli government.

The hollowness of the headline tells its own story about a deeper desensitization of the modern world to Jew hatred even when the hate metastasizes into violence.

[American Jewish Committee @AJCGlobal]

Where’s the global outrage?

Where’s the condemnation?

[AIPAC 🇺🇸🇮🇱 @AIPAC]

AIPAC and our 4.5 million grassroots members were proud to help progressive pro-Israel leader Wesley Bell defeat anti-Israel Squad member Rep. Cori Bush last night.

Being pro-Israel is good policy and good politics!

[(((Sarah Weiner))) @SarahGW19]

I finished the Buffy comics last night! Some truly epic arcs, and while I can't say I agree with all the writers' choices, I can't argue with the ending. It's been a ride.

[Avi Mayer אבי מאיר @AviMayer]

This is a very big deal.

The Associated Press has done what journalists and news organizations covering the war in Gaza should have months ago: a deep dive into Hamas's casualty figures.

And whaddaya know – they don't add up.

The AP analysis shows that Hamas claims about both the overall number of casualties and the proportion of women and children among the total are contradicted by Hamas's own data, which is itself based on a mishmash of sources, all of which lead back to the terrorist group itself.

For example, although Hamas claims that two-thirds of all the casualties have been women and children, the AP's analysis of Hamas's own data shows that, as recently as the end of April, the actual proportion was about half – a civilian casualty ratio of approximately 1:1 that is both among the lowest in the history of modern urban warfare and wholly consistent with Israel's claims since the start of the war.

In addition, Hamas itself acknowledges that its overall figure of roughly 34,600 war casualties includes nearly 10,000—29% of the total—who are curiously "unidentified," suggesting that the ratio may be even less convenient for the terrorist group than the data it does disclose shows.

Why does this matter?

Because every accusation against Israel—from allegations of "disproportionate force" to the grave charge of "genocide"—is based on these Hamas numbers, which we now know to be, at best, completely unreliable and, at worst, wildly inflated.

In point of fact, the AP analysis disproves those very allegations, suggesting that Israel is going to unprecedented lengths to target terrorists while protecting Palestinian civilians – exactly as it says it does.

While every civilian death is a tragedy that should be avoided to the extent possible, the fact that Israel has managed to keep the civilian casualty ratio so low—far lower than what other Western militaries have achieved in less complex wartime environments—is a testament to Israel's remarkable battlefield ethics and to the tremendous professionalism of its soldiers and commanders.

This analysis—which corroborates what statisticians and researchers have been saying for months—should change the conversation about Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza, marshalling support for the Israeli military's admirable conduct against a cruel adversary that cynically uses its own population as a human shield and enabling Israel to eradicate that foe while continuing to keep civilian casualties strikingly low.

Will it?

Here's the full AP piece: https://t.co/xQznaw7oxd

[Embassy of Israel to the USA @IsraelinUSA]

133 hostages.

#BringThemHomeNow🎗️

[(((Sarah Weiner))) @SarahGW19]

@erinhorwitz I love “Daisy Jones & the Six”

[(((Sarah Weiner))) @SarahGW19]

Don’t take off your solidarity bracelet.

…Except maybe when you’re making challah.

#bringthemhomenow

[The Jerusalem Post @Jerusalem_Post]

American actor/comedian Michael Rapaport returned to Eretz Nehederet with an especially biting sketch about how Hollywood stars are ignoring the plight of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.

🖊️by @HannahBrown972
https://t.co/NRAnKv10yg

[Yaakov Katz @yaakovkatz]

The combatant-to-civilian death ratio in this war is unprecedented.

I’ll explain: The international media regularly quotes Hamas claims that around 25,000 people have been killed in Gaza. They of course do not differentiate between combatants and civilians.

If we are, for argument’s sake, going to accept Hamas numbers then we should also accept IDF numbers that the military has killed around 9,000 combatants (if you accept a terrorist’s numbers please have the decency to accept the democracy’s claims too).

With those numbers, the combatant-civilian death ratio in Gaza is about 1:1.5 and less than 1:2. In other words, for every combatant killed, around 1.5 civilians are killed.

Every loss of civilian life is tragic, but with this ratio, not only should Israel not be accused of genocide (that’s obvious), world leaders should be applauding the IDF’s precision-strike capabilities. As a point of reference, according to the UN, civilians usually make up around 90 percent of casualties in war. That’s a 1:9 ratio (one combatant for every nine civilians).

What is happening in Gaza is unique - it is a new form of warfare (urban setting, extensive use of human shields and massive tunnel infrastructure) and still the ratio is low.

What the IDF is doing will be studied by other militaries for decades to come. No other military in the world has ever achieved this.

[(((Sarah Weiner))) @SarahGW19]

@lizznotliz @hankgreen Hank, based on your videos, I think you'd enjoy this. It really asks the questions: what makes us sentient? How do you merge different cultures?

[(((Sarah Weiner))) @SarahGW19]

Not exactly the best book to end on, but I liked the confetti. https://t.co/RM3I9FMy7Y

[Jordyn @JordynTilchen]

There’s a difference between “war” and “genocide.”

Learn it.

[(((Sarah Weiner))) @SarahGW19]

Every time I listen to the Hadestown soundtrack I make a connection. This is such a great show.

[(((Sarah Weiner))) @SarahGW19]

Everytime I listen to this I get close to crying and then I end up grinning.

Am Yisrael Chai.

https://t.co/cZ7491C9oL via @YouTube

[Dovi Safier @safier]

Thread🧵: Friday, while perusing the archives of Life Magazine, I encountered an unbelievable story. Paul Schutzer was born into a traditional Jewish family in Boro Park in 1930. When he was 10 years old, he starting taking pictures with a broken camera he found in a garbage. 1/A

[(((Sarah Weiner))) @SarahGW19]

Teens in Jerusalem are unable to get mental health care because their rehabilitation center doesn't have a bomb shelter. We can help fix that!
https://t.co/vMb0u559NI

[(((Sarah Weiner))) @SarahGW19]

I understand so many people want to see the suffering in Gaza end immediately. I beg you to read this.
"A cease-fire may mean an end to this round of bloodshed — but it guarantees even bloodier conflicts ahead."

https://t.co/Efpn9D2sJ3

[HonestReporting @HonestReporting]

Why does @washingtonpost refer throughout its story to Palestinian "fighters"?

There's nothing heroic about being an armed member of a terrorist organization.

🛑 Stop lionizing terrorists.
https://t.co/YNC0aMv7zw

[Eylon Levy @EylonALevy]

The @IDF found civilians who hadn't evacuated Shati yet. It secured an evacuation route for them to get to safety. Gazan terrorists fired at the troops securing the safe passage of Gazan civilians. We killed the terrorists.

We know we're the good guys.