Diana Urow

[Diana Urow @dianaurow]

UN Women - I will not stay silent. Every woman's life is equally precious.

This is-
UNbelievable
UNjustified
UNforgivable

Sign the petition and be the voice of the women who were brutally raped, abused, burned alive, murdered, and kidnapped.

#MeToo_UNless_UR_a_Jew

[Tobias Huch @TobiasHuch]

Ich hatte immer wieder vorgerechnet, dass die #Hamas-Zahl von ca. 73.000 in #Gaza getöteten falsch ist und das mit Quellen und Fakten ausführlich belegt. Ich kam damals auf eine reale Zahl von 50.000 Getöteten (abgezogen waren die auf natürlichem Wege gestorbenen Personen).

Sofort kamen die Israelhasser und drehten durch.

Die Zahl der getöteten Zivilisten habe ich auf in etwa 25.000 bis maximal 30.000 beziffert. Eine Quote von 1:1 von Terrorist zu Zivilist, was in einem urbanen Krieg dieser Art eine unglaubliche niedrige Quote ist. 1:7 bis 1:19 sind je nach Kriegsgebiet leider normal.

Meine Rechnung belegt also, dass #Israel die Zivilisten schützt und nur die Terrorgruppe angreift.

Ich habe ebenso klar gesagt, dass die Behauptung, die Mehrheit der durch Israel Getöteten seien Frauen und Kinder, eine dreiste antisemitische Lüge ist.

Nun hat die Hamas selbst Zahlen veröffentlicht und diese Zahlen bestätigen erschreckend perfekt, dass ich mit JEDEM Wort und mit JEDER Zahl Recht hatte.

- Die echte Zahl der Getöteten (Terroristen + Zivilisten) liegt aktuell bei ca. 53.000.
- Die Mehrheit der Getöteten sind Männer im wehrfähigen Alter
- Es gibt nahezu keine Hungertoten
- Die Quote Terrorist zu Zivilist ist 1:1

Dies sind keine Zahlen Israels. Das sind die offiziellen Zahlen des Hamas-Gesundheitsministeriums mit detaillierter Aufschlüsselung aller Todesursachen und Beschreibung der Opfer.

[Amit Segal @AmitSegal]

A few days ago, we believed that without the heroism of the passengers on Flight 1073, the almost 180 people aboard, 27 of them children, would have been killed. Now we know that without the bravery of Capt. Smit Machchhar, Yaniv Hayun, Tzvika Mans and Assaf Rajuan, we would be facing a catastrophe likely worse than October 7.

Under interrogation, Hamam al-Hammami, the Omani co-pilot, confessed that after killing the pilot his plan was to fly a normal landing approach and, in the final seconds, when interception was no longer possible, crash the plane into Ben Gurion Airport. That is why, rather than striking at the outset, he attacked the captain only once the plane was over Jordan.

The flight was due to land around 9:30 a.m., at the height of Sukkot, when traffic through the airport peaks. Tens of thousands of travelers would likely have been in the terminal when it arrived, and the death toll could easily have run into the thousands. Under interrogation, al-Hammami admitted that on previous trips to Israel he had “gathered information,” perhaps on where a crash would claim the most lives.

Had he managed to crash the plane into the Saudi desert, as we originally believed was his intention, the aftermath would have been catastrophic. The day would have gone down as the second-deadliest terror attack in Israel’s history, with nearly five times the death toll of the third. The central artery of the Abraham Accords, the 30-flight-a-day corridor, would have been severed, and the steadily warming relations between the Emirates and Israel would have frozen.

Had his original plan succeeded, it would have been, by a wide margin, the worst attack in Israel’s history, and it would have closed far more than one flight corridor. Even if the physical damage at Ben Gurion could be quickly repaired, no airline would risk flying to Israel. The country would face an aviation isolation worse than anything it experienced even at the peak after October 7.

The tourism industry, barely hanging on by a thread after three years of war, would plunge into the abyss. Above all, the damage to the sense of safety of Israelis, chronic world travelers, would be incalculable.

The most obvious and striking parallel is that Israel almost had its own 9/11, nearly exactly 25 years after the first. Not in the loose, figurative sense in which the phrase is so often used, but literally: a plane turned into a weapon, with a death toll that may have been comparable to that disaster, and far greater relative to Israel’s population. And the effect would have been even more disastrous. The World Trade Center was a symbolic target, while Ben Gurion is the heart of Israel’s connection to the outside world. It would have done more to isolate Israel from the world than any single Hamas attack.

No thanks, medals or rewards are sufficient for the heroes who prevented what would undoubtedly have been the most devastating single attack on the State of Israel.

[Noa Tishby @noatishby]

Emily Hand was 8 years old when Hamas kidnapped her from Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7th.

In captivity, she was starved and threatened with a knife to stay quiet. When she came home, she was so afraid to speak that her dad had to put his ear to her lips just to hear her whisper.

Now, Emily is recovering by learning to surf with @HaGalSheli. HaGal Sheli, which means “My Wave” in Hebrew, uses surf therapy to help kids across Israel heal, build confidence, and find their footing again.

Emily says, “It’s unpredictable, just like life. You don’t know if you’re going to stand or fall. And when you manage to catch a wave, it’s a very good feeling of satisfaction. You are simply part of the sea.”

No matter how many times you fall, you get back on the board. Am Yisrael Chai 🇮🇱🌊

[Afshine Emrani MD FACC @afshineemrani]

Asaf Rajuan, the hero who defused the stabbing, in a touching post

"I usually don't write on social media, but today I felt something deep burning inside me that I had to share.

Since the incident where the terrorist took control of the Dubai flight, I've been talking a lot and have been asked many times what I think prevented the terrible disaster that could have happened to us. Today I received a very special response.

Of course, after we arrived safely in the land of Israel, I felt the need to thank many people: the passengers who cooperated, my wife the lioness, all the mothers and fathers who protected their loved ones, the children who behaved with courage, and all the Israelis who were on the plane.

But yesterday, during the interview with the group of passengers for the Baruch HaGomel, I realized something completely random: the prayer in the synagogue was in the portion of Devarim, chapter 29, verse 46:
"There is no one to intercede for you in heaven, and no one to intercede for you on earth, but you must intercede with God yourself."
I read the verse, stopped, and shivered along with all the other worshippers who knew the story. After everything we went through – the fear, the rush, and the understanding of how thin the line was between life and death – to stand right in front of these words was a moment that is hard to explain.

I don't know if it was providence, coincidence, or just a moment that took on a deep meaning. But today, with the blessing of Gomel, I felt one central thing: thank you. Thank you for life, thank you for the miracle, and thank you for the privilege of standing here and telling about it.

Am Yisrael Chai! 🇮🇱

[Sofia Afonso Ferreira @sofiafonsoferre]

Israeli filmmakers have released 'NAZA: The Real Story' to answer the documentary 'NAZA'.

The Venice film, by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, rests on anonymous testimony that civilian deaths were built into Israeli targeting in Gaza.

The new film, by Lt. Col. Roi Danino, Hagai Gutman and Ariel Averbuch, uses on-the-record interviews with senior commanders and intelligence officers, plus combat footage and captured material. It argues that Hamas embedded fighters and weapons in homes, schools, mosques and hospitals, and that the IDF operated under strict rules of fire because of that.

The pushback has already started — attacks on the film and calls to boycott it. If it is buried before people watch it, only one version of the story will circulate.

Watch it, then share it as widely as you can — the link, the title, a short note on why it matters. Send it to family, friends, post it, forward it.

The film is free at https://t.co/Q6aObKITxX.

Do not let a boycott decide what others are allowed to see.

[León Krauze @LeonKrauze]

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

[Sana Ebrahimi Ledene @SanaELedene]

Since yesterday I’ve been grilling my husband about the Flydubai incident. He’s a commercial pilot. I threw every conspiracy at him until he snapped.
His exact words: “People already calling this fake is insane.”

So here’s what he said about the three dumbest theories.

1- “How did anyone get into the cockpit? The door locks from the inside.”
There’s a door-release switch right next to the pilot. He can unlock it from the flight deck. Once it’s released, people on the other side can shove it open and get in. Locked does not mean sealed forever.

2- “Why didn’t the oxygen masks drop?”
This isn’t a movie. Masks don’t fall because something scary happened. They deploy only if cabin pressure drops. A steep descent, even a violent one, does not automatically dump cabin pressure. No pressure loss, no masks. Simple as that.

3-“How did people reach the cockpit if the plane was nose-diving?”
“Nose dive” does not mean the jet was vertical. It was pitched down, not at 90 degrees. That attitude doesn’t pin you in your seat. It throws you forward, toward the cockpit. If you get up, you’re not fighting the dive. You’re being shoved down the aisle faster.

That’s it. Not a film. Not a hoax script. Just how the airplane actually works.

[Acción y Comunicación sobre Oriente Medio - ACOM @ACOM_es]

📢ÚLTIMA HORA: Un representante del gobierno de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos ha confirmado públicamente que el intento de secuestro de FlyDubai fue un acto de terrorismo.

Anwar Gargash, asesor principal del presidente de los EAU, elogió al piloto indio, el capitán Smit Machchhar, quien fue apuñalado repetidamente mientras luchaba contra el copiloto omaní.

“Él encarnó el significado del coraje y la responsabilidad ante un peligroso acto terrorista y una potencial catástrofe. Su profesionalismo y sentido moral en las circunstancias más oscuras lo convierten en un verdadero héroe”.

https://t.co/rkwG7YAKv1

[David Ghitis @ghitis]

Yaniv Hayun no es agente secreto ni piloto. Iba de pasajero en el vuelo FZ 1073 de Flydubai, de Dubái a Tel Aviv, cuando el copiloto apuñaló al comandante e intentó estrellar el avión.
Hayun corrió a la cabina. Forcejeó con el atacante, lo inmovilizó con una llave al cuello y lo sacó de la cabina. Otros pasajeros ayudaron a sujetarlo. Luego volvió, tomó el mando del avión y niveló el avión, que en menos de dos minutos había perdido más de 17.000 pies. Un piloto que viajaba de vacaciones entró después y se hizo cargo de los controles. Hayun salió otra vez a vigilar al copiloto.
No tenía formación de seguridad. Tenía un avión cayendo y decidió no quedarse sentado.
עם ישראל חי

[Luai Ahmed @JustLuai]

Yesterday, I debated an obnoxious, disrespectful, and ignorant @jacksonhinkle who argued that the Houthi terrorists were some sort of polished, incredible “government” that Yemenis love and respect.

Today, at the UN, I met Gamal al-Ma’mari, a well-known Yemeni tribal leader and sheikh who was kidnapped, tortured, and jailed by the Houthis for 3 years. They tortured him to the point of paralysis because he, and his tribe, opposed their rule.

He was, ironically, put in the same jail cell as Levi Marhabi, the only Yemenite Jew left in Yemen, who has also been tortured to the point of paralysis.

Stop getting your information about my country from clueless, ignorant Western “experts” who visited it for two weeks.

Thank you.

[Jonathan Greenblatt @JGreenblattADL]

Jewish artists are being canceled, blacklisted and pushed out of American cultural life. We knew the situation was bad, but we just didn't know how bad. No one had documented the problem in a systematic manner. Until now.

The new @ADL State of the Arts report offers a series of shocking findings:

- 40 leading museums across the U.S. and not a single one includes Jewish identity among its diversity & inclusion commitments.

- Authors are being told to strip Hebrew words from their works and change Jewish character names just to get published.

- Jewish and Israeli performers are being harassed off stages, dropped from lineups and never invited back.

This is antisemitism, plain and simple. Blocking someone because of their nationality is bigotry, full stop. Canceling someone because of their faith isn't courage — it's cowardice.

The arts and culture sector needs to wake up and stop silencing Jewish voices. Patrons of the arts need to step up and demand, not special treatment, but simply equal treatment for Jewish and Israeli artists. Now is the time.

Explore the research: https://t.co/KNygVwQI2j

[Hananya Naftali @HananyaNaftali]

Pilot Smit Machchar, speaking with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi from a hospital in the UAE:

"I feel an immense sense of pride. At that moment, I was fighting for my life, but I realized that if I didn't get up and act – after being seriously injured and lying on the floor – no one else would. I've been flying planes for 17 years and have been a captain for the last 11 years, and I know what's happening on the plane, even with my eyes closed. I knew that only one more push was needed to open the door. Despite my injuries, I opened it, and the rest of the crew came in and did their part. I knew I couldn't let the passengers die."

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

“I knew I couldn’t let the passengers die”

FlyDubai pilot Smit Machchhar has spoken from his hospital bed.

Speaking to the India 🇮🇳 PM, Smit recounted the moments of the attack, his fears of the plane going down, and knowing he had to make one last push to save the innocent people on the flight.

We all thank him for his bravery and wish him a speedy recovery!

[Rawan Osman روان عثمان @RawaneOsmane]

George Galloway posted this photo today with the caption "What if this was your Dad? #Gaza."

This man is not in Gaza and he is not Palestinian. He is Syrian, like me.

His name is Mohammed Mohiedin Anis, known as Abu Omar. AFP photographer Joseph Eid took this photo in March 2017, in the ruins of Abu Omar's bedroom in al-Shaar, eastern Aleppo, the neighborhood devastated in the regime's 2016 offensive to retake the city. Abu Omar was a collector of antiques and vintage cars. The war took his home and most of his collection. He came back anyway, sat on his bed in the rubble, lit his pipe and played a record. The whole world knew this picture as the face of Aleppo's destruction.

And Galloway knows exactly who destroyed Aleppo, because he was on their payroll.

In 2012, Galloway began hosting a show on Al Mayadeen, the Beirut channel that has never disclosed its backers and is widely seen as the voice of Iran's "Axis of Resistance." He was reportedly paid around £3,000 an episode. He also presented on Iran's state channel Press TV, and spent nearly a decade on Putin's RT.

The Axis: the Islamic Republic of Iran, Hezbollah, the Iraqi militias, the Houthis and, until December 2024, the Assad regime. For over 13 years after the 2011 uprising, Assad survived only because the IRGC, Hezbollah and Russia fought his war for him. When the regime finally collapsed, he fled to Moscow and was granted "humanitarian" asylum. The same humanity he denied every Syrian he bombed.

Who doesn't remember the barrel bombs on bakeries and markets? The sarin in Ghouta and Khan Sheikhoun? The chlorine in Douma?

Galloway remembers. On his show he called Assad "the last bastion of Arab dignity." When Assad gassed Douma in 2018, Galloway pushed the "staged attack" conspiracy, even though the OPCW confirmed chlorine was used.

None of this is new. This is the man who stood before Saddam Hussein in 1994 and saluted his "courage" and "indefatigability." He was suspended from the House of Commons after an inquiry found strong circumstantial evidence that Saddam's regime, with his connivance, used the Oil-for-Food program, meant to feed starving Iraqi children, to fund his Mariam Appeal campaign.

In 2014 he declared Bradford an "Israel-free zone": no Israeli goods, no Israeli academics, not even Israeli tourists. Police logged it as a hate incident.

Last year he flew to Tehran to accept an award named after Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, called him a "martyr," and boasted that his most treasured possession is Haniyeh's personal passport. Then he flew straight to Moscow to applaud Putin's Victory Day parade.

Today, the self-proclaimed anti-imperialist lives in what he calls "exile," broadcasting from Russia and China, lecturing the West about freedom.

This is not an honest mistake. It is the method of Galloway and his camp, and it is what they mean by "by any means necessary." When the truth doesn't serve the cause, you invent a new one. A Syrian father, ruined by Assad and his Iranian and Russian patrons, becomes a Gazan victim of Israel. The real killers get erased, and the propagandist who defended them on their payroll gets applause from a Western audience that never bothers to check.

Syrians remember who bombed Aleppo. They remember who went on TV to defend it.

Abu Omar is not your propaganda, shameless George.

@georgegalloway

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

I am pro-Palestinian.

I’m just not anti-Israel.

I support every nation’s right to self-determination.

But I don’t support the slaughter of Israelis, terrorism, or destruction of the Jewish homeland that gave refuge to Jews fleeing genocide all over the world.

You can support a people’s rights without advocating for the destruction of another.

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

Norman Finkelstein raises (by mistake) an important point about the Hamas-Israel war: no one ever asks how many of the Jews killed in the Holocaust were combatants.

That's because the Holocaust had nothing to do with anything Jews did. They were murdered for being Jews.

Jews in Europe had no army, killed no German babies, raped no one, and took no hostages. Hamas did all four and more.

That's the difference between a war and a genocide.

Thanks Norman!

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

Sayed Abu Farchi should be a shining example of what Israel 🇮🇱 truly is.

Instead, this Muslim Arab-Israeli is abused online for a goal celebration that many players from the around the world do.

He directly contradicts the narrative of Israel only being for Jews. Abu gets to represent his home country and its diverse population with his team, but Free Palestine doesn't listen to reason.

[Angela Epstein @adepstein1]

Wayne Rooney has publicly revealed that his maternal grandmother was Jewish. Which, given that Jewish identity is traditionally determined through the maternal line, could mean he’s Jewish too.

At a time of spiralling antisemitism, he could easily have kept this to himself. Yet - crazy though it is that acknowledging your Jewish heritage should require courage- he chose to tell the world.

This suggests two things:

1He’s a mensch.
2The Jewish instinct to overshare may well be in his DNA.

#waynerooney

[Yardena Schwartz @yardenas]

“In Venice, the film received a standing ovation that lasted more than 24 minutes. As a former hostage, those minutes felt like a shower of knives. Not because the film shows Palestinian suffering, which is real and deserves to be seen. What hurts is that the film, as it has been reported, doesn’t seem to see me.

It sees the suffering in Gaza, but not what brought the war there: Hamas’s planning, the murder of families on Oct. 7, the people dragged from their homes and a music festival. None of that seems to create much of a moral dilemma for the film’s writers. In that story, perhaps I am NAZA too. Collateral damage. A Jewish hostage who could have been left to rot in a Hamas tunnel, or murdered alongside my friends at Nova, because fighting to free me, and to protect Israelis from the people who did this, is itself treated as morally suspect.”

https://t.co/zAHLOX2oig

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

"Collateral damage. For 505 days, that’s what I was.”

Former hostage Omer Shem Tov has written an Op Ed to the filmmakers of "NAZA", educating them on what transpired during his captivity.

“Hamas knew where I was and left me to die. Israel didn’t know my location, but it knew where my captor’s mother was and called to make sure she wasn’t killed accidentally.”

“There I was — kidnapped, starved and tortured by her son — while my army was trying to keep his mother alive.”

It is no secret that there have been issues with Israel's military, as it is the case with many nations. Omer's story is one that people won't talk about or, worse, ignore.