Tzur Bar-oz

[facts about @destinationXIX]

For two years, we were told that the “Free Palestine” movement was about compassion.

About helping children.
About humanitarian relief.
About saving lives.

But a recent report paints a much darker picture.

Researchers identified more than 45 major Gaza fundraising campaigns across Europe. Of those, more than half were linked directly or indirectly to Hamas or other terrorist organizations. Together, those campaigns raised at least $9.5 million. 

Let that sink in.

Not fringe extremists.
Not secret dark-web networks.
Not anonymous terrorist financiers.

Ordinary Europeans.
Students.
Activists.
Celebrities.
Social media influencers.

People who clicked “donate” after being bombarded with emotional videos, propaganda, guilt campaigns, and carefully crafted narratives designed to separate them from their money.

Of course, none of these campaigns said:
“Donate to Hamas.”

That would be illegal.

Instead, they used the language of humanitarian aid, relief, medical support, food distribution, children’s welfare, and emergency assistance.

And that raises a simple question:

Did the organizers know where the money was going?

Or did they simply not care?

Because when more than half of the major campaigns examined are connected to organizations with Hamas or terrorist ties, there are only two possibilities.

Either they were useful idiots who failed to perform even the most basic due diligence before moving millions of dollars into one of the most heavily terror-infiltrated environments on Earth.

Or they knew exactly what they were doing.

Neither explanation is flattering.

The tragedy is that the people most exploited in this scheme were often the donors themselves.

Many genuinely believed they were helping innocent civilians.

Instead, they may have helped strengthen the very networks that keep Palestinians trapped under extremist rule, prolong war, siphon aid, and turn human suffering into a profitable industry.

And this doesn’t exist in a vacuum.

For years, billions have flowed into institutions that repeatedly escaped meaningful scrutiny. UNRWA has faced allegations involving employees who participated in or celebrated the October 7 massacre, held hostages and even sexually abuse Palestinian widows. And its structure has helped perpetuate the conflict rather than resolve it.

An entire ecosystem has emerged around the Palestinian cause:

Emotional manipulation.
Victimhood marketing.
Selective outrage.
Endless fundraising.
Very little accountability.

The result?

Europeans and Americans open their wallets believing they are funding peace.

The money enters a black box.

And somehow Hamas remains powerful, the war continues, Palestinians remain trapped, and new generations are taught the same hatred.

If you donated without asking questions, you may not be guilty.
But you were used.

Used by people who understood that a picture of a crying child is often worth more money than a financial audit.

Used by activists who demanded blind trust while refusing transparency.

Used by organizations that built entire fundraising empires on a conflict they have no incentive to see end.

The first victims of terrorism are the people it murders.

The second victims are the people it deceives into funding it.

And that deception may be one of the most successful fundraising fraud operations of the 21st century.

[Zvika Klein צביקה קליין @ZvikaKlein]

Today’s front page.

The evidence Hamas filmed itself.
A 300-page report, two and a half years in the making, documents the systematic sexual violence of Oct. 7 — much of it broadcast by the terrorists. The deniers have nowhere left to stand.

@Jerusalem_Post

[Zvika Klein צביקה קליין @ZvikaKlein]

The @nytimes ran 4,000 words claiming Israel trains dogs to rape Palestinian prisoners.

Yes, dogs.

The source is Euro-Med, a Geneva group with proven ties to Palestinian terror. The author, Nicholas Kristof, admits inside his own column that he cannot actually know how widespread sexual assault against Palestinians is. He writes the 4,000 words anyway, and calls on Washington to condition arms transfers on ending it.

The timing is the story. One day later, the Civil Commission on October 7 Crimes by Hamas against Women and Children released its report into the systematic rape of Israeli women on that day. The Times had the report weeks in advance. They chose to ignore it.

Nova. The kibbutzim. Hostages still assaulted in Gaza tunnels. None of it deserved a column inch this week.
Rape dogs did.

That is the editorial choice the Times made. We named it today on our @Jerusalem_Post front page. We will keep naming it.

A link to our editorial, in first comment 👇

[Associated Fress @AssociatedFress]

Spain Reveals New Flag

[Fox News @FoxNews]

PRESIDENT TRUMP: “To our wonderful Jewish American community and to Jews celebrating in Israel and around the world this week, I wanna wish you a very happy Passover.”

“This week we recall this ancient proof of God's faithfulness and are reminded that with true faith, eternal hope, and the power of prayer, nothing can stop the people of God.”

“As Jewish families and loved ones gather together for Seder dinner, we ask that God will continue to watch over the Jewish people and that he may continue to preserve and protect the United States of America for generations to come.”

[USA TODAY @USATODAY]

Rachel Goldberg-Polin (@BringHershHome) is the embodiment of every mother’s worst nightmare: losing a child. Now, she is turning her loss into a way to help others heal.

Hamas kidnapped and executed her son, Hersh. Her commitment to save as many of the 251 hostages as possible never wavered. https://t.co/VO2n6MgyBS

📸: Avishag Shaar-Yashuv, for USA TODAY

[dahlia kurtz ✡︎ דליה קורץ @DahliaKurtz]

In less than 5 days, Canada has seen 5 shootings plus several acts of vandalism against synagogues and Jewish-owned businesses.

Prime Minister Mark Carney took time from combating Islamophobia to give this official statement:

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

If you claim to support human rights yet can’t bring yourself to show solidarity with those fighting for their liberty in Iran, you’ve revealed yourself. You don’t give a damn about people being oppressed and brutalised so long as it’s being done by the enemies of your enemies.

[Lindsey Graham @LindseyGrahamSC]

Operation Epic Fury is about much more than a nuclear weapon.

For decades, Iran’s brutal regime has bankrolled terrorism across the Middle East. Because of President @realDonaldTrump’s resolve, we finally have a real chance at lasting peace.

[Tamar Ish Shalom תמר @tamarishshalom]

One of the hardest realizations for me after Oct. 7, as an Israeli feminist, was the sense of betrayal by many Western women’s organizations. 1/6>>

[Eylon Levy @EylonALevy]

The Hamas Rapist Regime took Israeli hostages as sex slaves and drove them to suicide.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

We have three things to say...

GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS. 
GOD BLESS AMERICA. 
AND WE ARE JUST GETTING STARTED. 🦅

[NBA @NBA]

"I just love playing with this team... This camaraderie, this team, it's just fun to play."

After his clutch triple to seal POR's W, birthday boy Deni Avdija (29p, 11r, 10a) gave major props to his teammates postgame!

[Zvika Klein צביקה קליין @ZvikaKlein]

46 countries adopted IHRA, NYC exits the consensus

Zohran Mamdani revoked IHRA and anti-BDS protections on his first day in office.

Forty-six countries and more than 1,500 institutions adopted IHRA because administrators need a standard to train police, adjudicate discrimination, and measure anti-Jewish incidents with consistency.

New York City competes for the title of the largest Jewish metropolis in the world. Its policy choices become global reference points, exported through prestige, imitation, and institutional habit.

Antisemitism is accelerating across ideological poles. Extremes on the Left frame Zionism as moral contamination, and conspiratorial pockets on the Right frame Jews as architects of demographic and cultural control. The narratives differ, the target converges.

A city that removes an operational definition of Jew-hatred removes its ability to enforce protection evenly. Enforcement becomes fragmented, case-by-case, slower, and heavier on the complainant.

History has shown the sequence that follows ambiguity: communal institutions invest in concrete and guards, students calibrate silence as safety, families map exits quietly, and Jewish life thins long before the city notices the loss.

New York did not revoke hate. It revoked a standard used to identify it.
A global city cannot fight a rising threat with a shrinking vocabulary.

Here's my full column: https://t.co/2j4qZ66swv

[Arsen Ostrovsky @Ostrov_A]

I lived through Oct 7th. Never imagined I’d see this horror in Australia.

Bullet grazed my head. Doctors said miracle survived, but will make recovery.

Tonight is 1st night of Chanukah. The forces of darkness and hate will never triumph. We will prevail.

Am Yisrael Chai ✡️

[Arsen Ostrovsky @Ostrov_A]

This is what the @nytimes front page should look like today.

But it won't.

[Moriah Asraf @MoriahAsraf]

ואחרי שרואים את התמונות והסרטונים של חטופינו ביממה האחרונה מבינים איך באמת נראית הרעבה.

בושה לאלו מתוכנו, חלקם מתיימרים לשאת בטייטלים מפוצצים למדי, שהדהדו את הקמפיין הזה בזמן שחטופינו שם, עור ועצמות. תמונות בלתי נתפשות.

[Hillel Fuld @HilzFuld]

Correct.

[Tzur Bar-oz @TzurBaroz]

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