judy shapiro

CEO/Cofounder of Trust Web, engageSimply, Topic Intelligence. Journalist for ethical adtech. "The highest form of wisdom is kindness" (Talmud - Berakhot 17a).

[judy shapiro @judyshapiro]

Profound. Thank you @elicalebon

[Nicole Lampert @nicolelampert]

The row over one definition on @Wikipedia is fascinating. It gives us an idea of the huge amount of information war thrown at Jews in the post October 7 world.
The definition of words including Zionism and genocide have been turned upside down. When they are changed on Wikipedia, that is then swallowed up and used to train AI, future proofing this upside down-ness.
There aren’t enough Jews to fight this information war. It comes at us from all angles.

[Haviv Rettig Gur @havivrettiggur]

.@Wikipedia has been transformed into a blunt instrument of propaganda in the deliberate effort to erase a nation and its history.

Read this thread before shouting at me that it ain't so.

[Mor Edge Insight @MorEdge_Insight]

For those who may not have seen the Clinton video about the Camp David proposal Arafat rejected last minute, here it is.

“Hamas just wanted to kill Israelis and make Israel uninhabitable… well I got news for them. They (the Jews) were there first. Before there was their faith, the Jews were there”

[Mor Edge Insight @MorEdge_Insight]

Even Arab leaders admit it.

Everyone is sharing the Bill Clinton clip where he describes how Yasser Arafat rejected a generous peace offer at Camp David that would have given the Palestinians a state on 96 percent of the West Bank, land swaps, and a capital in East Jerusalem. Clinton says Arafat lied to him and that the Palestinian leadership never actually wanted a two-state solution. They wanted to destroy Israel. It’s a video often shared by people like @VividProwess, and it’s an important one for people to see.

Of course, critics immediately dismiss it. They claim Clinton is biased or he’s pro-Israel. They’ll tell you that you cannot trust the American perspective.

Ok, so let us set that aside.

Now watch this.

In this powerful interview, former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, a major Arab leader who was directly involved in negotiations, says exactly the same thing from the Arab side. He talks about the Mena House Conference in Cairo as well as the Camp David negotiations of 1978. All failed because of the Palestinians repeatedly rejecting any offer. The Oslo accords were signed but because Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad were not involved, they derailed the accords and any chance for peace by initiating 4 years of terrorist suicide attacks in Israel. Then came the second Camp David negotiations in 2000 which Arafat agreed to, then rejected and instead initiated the Second Intifada.

Mubarak explains how the Palestinians refused to even participate in the Mena House conference of 1977. He describes repeated opportunities they were given, including a detailed document that called for Israeli withdrawal from the Samaria, Judea and Gaza, security arrangements during a transitional period, and other major concessions. The Israelis were willing to negotiate on difficult issues like who would control security. The Palestinians, according to Mubarak, kept saying no and wasting chance after chance.

He speaks with clear frustration about how for decades the Palestinian side has rejected peace initiatives and realistic compromises.

The video further shows footage from the PLO representative in 1977, as well as old footage of Egyptian president Sadat who was involved in the Mena House and first Camp David negotiations of 1978.

This perhaps is far more impactful than Clinton’s account because it is not a Western or Israeli voice. It is prominent Arab leaders who lived the negotiations, who represented the broader Arab world, and who had zero incentive to defend Israel.

When leaders from both sides of the table describe the same pattern of Palestinian rejectionism and violence, it becomes much harder to dismiss as bias.

The pattern is clear across decades and across different voices… generous offers, repeated refusals, and continued demands for everything while giving nothing in return.

This is not ancient history. It is the core reason the conflict continues today.

If you value the truth, please share.

[Insurrection Barbie @DefiyantlyFree]

WHAT WE GIVE ISRAEL

The standard US military aid package is $3.8 billion per year $3.3 billion in Foreign Military Financing plus $500 million for joint missile defense programs. Israel must spend most of this on US-made products and services, and by 2028 essentially all of it must be spent in America.

WHAT ISRAEL GIVES BACK

1. F-35 R&D Savings: 55 billion
Israel resolved multiple technical issues during the F-35’s early development, reducing US R&D costs by an estimated $55 billion and accelerating deployment timelines.  The total F-35 program cost was $55 billion in R&D Israel’s combat testing effectively saved the US from having to discover and fix those problems on their own dime.

2. Intelligence Value: equivalent to 5 CIAs (75 billion/year)

General George Keegan, former Chief of US Air Force Intelligence, stated that Israel’s intel value equals “5 CIAs” providing a 400% return on investment on the $3.8 billion aid package. One CIA budget runs approximately $15 billion.  Five times that equals roughly $75 billion worth of intelligence annually for $3.8 billion in aid.

3. Strategic Base Value: $15–20 billion/year

As stated by Admiral Elmo Zumwalt and General Alexander Haig, Israel is the largest US aircraft carrier that does not require US military personnel on board, cannot be sunk, and is deployed in a critical region sparing the US the need to manufacture, deploy, and maintain real aircraft carriers with ground divisions, which would cost the US $15–20 billion annually. 

4. F-35 Export Multiplier: $40 billion in sales, $173 billion backlog
Israel’s battle-tested performance and upgrades to the F-35 contribute to $40 billion in US exports and a $173 billion backlog for US industry.  Israel essentially serves as the world’s most credible advertisement for American weapons.

5. Jobs and Economic Output: 255,000 jobs, $72 billion annually
The F-35 economic engine alone supports 290,000 US employees and $72 billion in annual economic output.  Israeli stakeholders hold contracts with over 1,000 American companies across 48 states, DC, and Puerto Rico.

Why do people need to lie about this?

Because they have nefarious reasons.

There’s no other reason to lie about this stuff.

[Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 @MarinaMedvin]

Israel didn’t even go into Gaza until a week later. The October 8 protest was literally just in support of mass slaughter and kidnappings of Jews.

[TheJewishAlly @TheJewishAlly]

Israel didn’t have troops in Gaza on October 8.

Israel has the right to defend herself.

Darializa Avila Chevalier — the DSA candidate for NYC CD13 backed by Mayor Mamdani — addresses her decision to attend an anti-Israel rally on October 8, 2023, one day after the October 7 attack by Hamas.

Chevalier held a news conference with the NY Progressive Action Network to explain why they rescinded their endorsement of incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat and alleging he broke a promise because he accepted donations earmarked for him through AIPAC.
@MelissaRusso4NY

AIPAC is American 🇺🇸 the first A stands for American.

Who is funding Mamdani and Darializa Avila Chevalier?

[Andrew Fox @Mr_Andrew_Fox]

@NickCohen4 They did offer that, and the Palestinians said no. Hence the endless cycle of violence and escalation we see today.

[Andrew Fox @Mr_Andrew_Fox]

Sam Harris has written the best thing you’ll read today.

https://t.co/gI0wZZNH4m

[Andrew Fox @Mr_Andrew_Fox]

Great article.

“ The UN has become one of the most dangerous instruments in modern geopolitics. Authoritarian regimes are using the UN’s prestige to normalise their behavior, conceal their crimes and peddle anti-Western propaganda. It should terrify all of us that the world’s most trusted watchdog has been successfully leveraged as a PR firm for tyrants.”

https://t.co/scgJQ6REmR

[Gad Saad @GadSaad]

Oh I know what the Arabic words mean!

[Educators for Israel (JewTLA) @JewTLA]

Last night, at an official UTLA House of Representatives meeting, 160 credentialed teachers — the people who teach your children — spent thirty minutes denouncing me by name, declared that Zionism is racism, and then voted to expel me. I never said a single word the entire meeting.

For two hours I sat silently as an observer, which is my right as a union member in good standing. Then someone noticed I was there. What followed was half an hour of teachers explaining how terrible I am, how Zionism is racism, and how I had personally tried to get them fired — stories I don’t recognize and that anyone who knows how schools work would find laughable.

Then they voted out the only Orthodox Jew in the room.

No charges. No process. No hearing. Just organized hostility, a vote, and a gavel.

I’ve been doing antisemitism accountability work in K-12 education for years. I file complaints. I document. I publish. I name names. Apparently my silent presence on a Zoom call is a five-alarm emergency.

I want to be clear about what happened: a union used official meeting time to conduct a public denunciation of a Jewish advocate, then expelled her for the crime of showing up and saying nothing.

I’ve been kicked out of better places.

But I’ve never been more certain the work is landing.

[Vivid.🇮🇱 @VividProwess]

Douglas Murray:

"Imagine what kind of a psychopath you have to be to gang rape a girl and then shoot her in the head. Most won't be proud of that, but Hamas is."

The vast majority of Gazans celebrated this.

[Mor Edge Insight @MorEdge_Insight]

This is absolutely brilliant…

This was from 2024, in South Africa, during a debate on stage that included the Gaza conflict and the ICJ case South Africa initiated.

Watch the weak politically correct response from the DA speaker.

But then, watch what moral clarity really sounds like from @GaytonMcK who speaks with strength and conviction about what he would do in a similar situation Israel was in.

[GAZAWOOD - the PALLYWOOD saga @GAZAWOOD1]

Mudar Zahran delivers an absolutely powerful and eye-opening speech, exposing the real truth behind the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

[Nick: thefuzzyone 🇦🇺🇮🇱 @thefuzzyone83]

I write this with a heavy heart. It feels like the whole world has become 1930s Germany. My Jewish brethren are under constant threat from all sides. Enough is enough. If you have a Jewish friend, reach out. To all my beautiful Jewish family I say this. You aren’t alone 🫶🏻🇦🇺🇮🇱🫶🏻

[Eye On Antisemitism @AntisemitismEye]

Watch Melanie Phillips smoothly answer a Muslim kings University Student who tries to say that because there are European Jewish people living in Israel that they are not entitled to be there this is from beginning of last year

[Rep Josh Gottheimer @RepJoshG]

No foreign government should be influencing what our kids are taught in American classrooms.

We need transparency, accountability, and strong safeguards against foreign interference in our education system. American students should be learning facts, not Qatari-funded narratives.

https://t.co/5puHhPcrnp

[TheJewishAlly @TheJewishAlly]

I’m glad CNN aired this and no one cut her off.

[Insurrection Barbie @DefiyantlyFree]

Lebonese MP, yes in Lebanon talks about the precautions the IDF takes.

Oh my gosh I was shocked that his assessment doesn’t match Podcadistan.

Oh what the heck does he know. He’s only in Lebanon living it. The podcasters have like headsets and mics and stuff.