Elan Kugelmass

My life's goal is to finally settle the great Latke/Hamentashen debate.

[Elan Kugelmass @epkugelmass]

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[Elan Kugelmass @epkugelmass]

@ProfDBernstein I hope you are sending this to Hillel and not just posting it on Twitter :)

[Jonathan Schanzer @JSchanzer]

Now for the uncomfortable part:

What has America done to hold these actors to account?

Nothing.

We treat all of these bad actors as partners.

Our diplomatic, kid gloves approach to them has enabled murder.

The way to end this crisis is to hold our wayward allies to account.

[Elan Kugelmass @epkugelmass]

@RachelGur עכשיו אני מת לדעת לאן טיילתם

[CAMERA UK @CAMERAorgUK]

Seriously @Independent?!

[נדב איל Nadav Eyal @Nadav_Eyal]

**Background to Israel's Preemptive Strike in Lebanon:**

On October 8, 2023, Hezbollah unilaterally and without provocation attacked Israel, less than 24 hours after the Hamas massacres on its southern border. Hezbollah has continued its attacks on Israel since then, viewing this as an act of solidarity with the "Axis of Resistance" and with Hamas. As a result, the entire northern region of Israel, along the border, has been evacuated, displacing tens of thousands of residents.

Hezbollah has launched thousands of rockets and unmanned drones toward Israel, prompting the IDF to retaliate by attacking Hezbollah targets in Lebanon. Last month, Israel carried out a targeted assassination in Beirut, killing Hezbollah's second-in-command, its Chief of Staff. Hezbollah has vowed revenge.

Israeli security forces have communicated, both to me and others, that Israel will not wait if it knows Hezbollah is planning to strike. Israel will launch a preemptive strike, which is precisely what is happening now. Additionally, Israel has sent a message to Hezbollah, which we have reported on, warning that any attack targeting Israeli civilians will result in a full-scale war by Israel against the state of Lebanon.

At the beginning of the conflict, on October 11, the Israeli cabinet convened to consider an IDF plan for a surprise, wide-ranging preemptive aerial strike against Hezbollah. Although the Defense Minister and most of the IDF supported the plan, the cabinet decided against it. The Israeli defense establishment believed at the time that it had excellent intelligence and the capability to significantly degrade Hezbollah’s abilities in such a surprise attack. However, the plan was not adopted due to concerns that it could distract from Israel's primary objective: dismantling Hamas's military power in the Gaza Strip.

Israel has now begun a second round of aerial assaults in Lebanon against Hezbollah targets. The critical questions now are whether Israel can derail Hezbollah's plan to attack Israel and significantly reduce its ability to retaliate. Hezbollah possesses tens of thousands of missiles, rockets, and unmanned drones. Some of these are extremely accurate, while others carry large payloads.

In Israel, there has been widespread speculation for weeks that Hezbollah would strike. People have been stockpiling food, supplies, and in some cases, purchasing generators in preparation for potential attacks on Israel's electrical and other infrastructure.

Another significant question is whether Iran will intervene. Additionally, what actions will U.S. forces, now significantly increased in the region by orders from the President and the White House, take if Iran intervenes.

[Ambassador Amir Weissbrod @AmirwWeissbrod]

Watch this video of the @UN_Spokesperson . He can’t utter the word Hizbollah .For the @UN It’s like Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter, the one whose name shouldn’t be mentioned. He won’t admit that Hizbollah started the current escalation against Israel on October 8th. Ask people in Lebanon. They will tell you.

And one more question @UN_Spokesperson : Did anybody from @UNSCO_MEPP or the other UN visitors who came here visited the 80,000 displaced Israelis from Northern Israel? Yes, they are being taken care of by the Israeli government - but to show empathy, to hear their side of the story? It’s not only about providing humanitarian assistance, it’s about reporting and listening to both sides of the story.

[Lahav Harkov @LahavHarkov]

Women should feel safe in kibbutzes
Women should feel safe in moshavs
Women should feel safe at raves

Women should not be held hostage by UN employees
Women should not be held hostage in UN facilities

UN Women are hypocrites

[Ambassador Amir Weissbrod @AmirwWeissbrod]

Wow @UNOCHA . This tweet is one of your all time low. For you there are no 80000 Israeli civilians who had to leave their homes in north Israel because Hizbollah opened fire against Israel on October 8th for no reason putting the lives of Israeli and Lebanese civilians at risk.
Let me rephrase it to you:
“ since October 7th, more then 80,000 Israeli civilians had to leave their homes in north Israel because Hizbullah targeted Israel with more then 7500 rockets, more then 1300 anti tank missiles and more then 200 explosive UAVS. Because of Hizbollah , the lebanese population in South Lebanon had to leave their homes since Hizbollah is using civilian infrastructures to launch attacks at Israel putting at risk the lives of civilians in Sourh Lebanon”
Incredible !

[Elan Kugelmass @epkugelmass]

@JasonMBrodsky It's not a leak. It was disclosed on background to Ravid, on purpose.

[American Jewish Committee @AJCGlobal]

AJC and @JFederations issued an open letter today, calling out @WashingtonPost, @CNN, @AP, @BBC, and other news outlets for their biased and incomplete reporting following the Hezbollah rocket attack that killed 12 Druze Israeli kids and the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh.

Amid rising tensions in the Middle East and a surge in global antisemitism, accurate reporting on Israel and the region is crucial.

Read the full letter:
https://t.co/cVuSFQzwDq

[Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby]

Next time you see an Al Jazeera journalist, just remember that they are in bed with Hamas.

Here is the head of content strategy at Al Jazeera memorializing Haniyeh with photos of them together.

[KC Johnson @kcjohnson9]

Harvard's draft expression policy seems designed to ensure that no video or audio record can be made of anti-Israel activists who *publicly* protest on campus.

[Ian Austin @LordIanAustin]

200 conflicts in world but 11 of first 16 questions on Foreign Affairs in Commons today on Israel/Palestine

Of course it’s important but millions dead in Africa, Syria, Yemen, Iraq which no one’s raising

There’s a war in Europe but only one each on Russia, Ukraine, EU & NATO

[Lahav Harkov @LahavHarkov]

The red triangle, a death threat, at a synagogue in Squirrel Hill, the neighborhood in Pittsburgh where an antisemite murdered 11 Jews in a synagogue 6 years ago.

[Eylon Levy @EylonALevy]

That’s an image of a funeral of a girl KILLED IN ISRAEL BY A HEZBOLLAH ROCKET FROM LEBANON, so why is the @washingtonpost headline backwards?

[Elan Kugelmass @epkugelmass]

@AcrossTheBay Eh. Seems convenient disinformation for Hizballah to spread.

[Joo @JoosyJew]

Look how @BBCNews reported two of today’s stories.

The @BBC is damaged beyond repair.

[Eylon Levy @EylonALevy]

UNRWA is a Hamas front funded by European taxpayers. Shut it down.