As Israel mourns, the world remains silent

The people of Israel mourned this week as Yarden Bibas buried his beloved wife Shiri and their sons – four-year-old Ariel and nine-month Kfir.

Yarden, who was recently released from Gaza, shared a poignant eulogy at Kibbutz Nir Oz on Wednesday for the burial of his wife and two children. Shiri, Ariel and Kfir were brutally killed by Hamas operatives with their bare hands. It appears that their bodies were then mutilated in order to give the appearance that they had been killed by Israeli bombs.

In a deeply moving ceremony, Yarden recalled his deep love for Shiri, remembering their first moments together and their bond as best friends, and later, as a wife and mother. He expressed deep sorrow and regret for not being able to protect them, especially during the tragic events on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas and Palestinian terrorist snatched them from their home.

The bodies of four more hostages – Ohad Yahalomi, Tsachi Idan, Shlomo Mantzur, and Itzik Elgarat – were handed over during the night of Wednesday-Thursday. Forensic analysis confirmed that they were murdered.

Why is the world not in outcry at the brutality of the treatment of the hostages? Why is the United Nations so weak in facing up to the depravity of the Hamas treatment of innocent civilians?

“Why is the world not in outcry at the brutality of the treatment of the hostages?”

Not only is there no outcry, the United Nations is trying to stifle any criticism the atrocities. At a meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, the Chairman silenced a human rights expert who spoke out for the human rights of Israelis and against the Hamas terrorist organization. Prof. Anne Bayefsky began her testimony, “The world now knows. Palestinian savages murdered nine-month-old baby Kfir…” UNHCR President Jürg Laube immediately interrupted her and said, “Sorry, sorry. I have to interrupt. And I invite all speakers to use language that is commensurate with the dignity in here to our discussions here on human rights. Everyone has the right to express their views, but this should remain within the appropriate framework and terminology. As I said yesterday, tolerance and respect must be the guiding principles of the council’s work, and I will not tolerate disrespectful language with this in mind. I give the floor back to this video statement.”

“Why is the United Nations so weak in facing up to the depravity of the Hamas treatment of innocent civilians?”

In the United States, evidence is gradually emerging of deep corruption. The Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency (DOGE) held a hearing yesterday to expose egregious foreign aid spending. Members of the Subcommittee presented an overwhelming array of examples illustrating how the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has spent taxpayer dollars on programs that undermine American interests. One expert stated:

“We have assisted al-Shabaab in Somalia, there’s been instances of the Hamzi network in Sudan, Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Hezbollah, Kata’ib Hezbollah, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in Syria, dozens of terror organizations have received indirect assistance from U.S. foreign aid. Let’s use Gaza as our case study. $2.1 billion in American taxpayers’ money to Gaza since October 7th and Hamas invaded southern Israel. USAID money was going in terms of an emergency use authorization to try to give money to parties that USAID formerly had a relationship with in the Gaza Strip. They had to have been vetted by OFEK. They should be vetted against the special designated terrorist in the State Department and from other Treasury organizations. Waivers were granted because they said that there was an emergency use to have that money come in to Gaza, thereby jettisoning the usual typical screening procedures. As a result, 90% of aid that was going from the United States, by way of its agents in Gaza, ended up in Hamas controlled areas. Essentially, what the U.S. assistance to Gaza did was underwrite the ability for Hamas to survive until the cease fire, which was passed a few weeks ago.”

In another development, the IDF has published its review of the failures on 7th October 2023. The results are damning of a failure of strategy within the Israeli Defence Forces.

“The State of Israel chose a policy of ‘conflict management’ vis-à-vis Hamas, whose purpose is to preserve and improve the existing reality, and from which the military methods of operation were derived,” the IDF concludes. “It is wrong to ‘manage’ a conflict with an enemy whose goal is your destruction.” The investigators conclude that Hamas terrorists “took advantage of Israel’s policy of ‘conflict management’ to advance an orderly plan for a broad attack.”

Let us pray that the Lord will comfort His grieving people, and that He will intervene to end this tragedy.

IDF presents internal probes of Oct. 7 failures
JNS: Investigation into the hours leading up to the massacre revealed that the first signs of an impending invasion were detected around 9 p.m., some nine-and-a-half hours before Hamas and Palestinian Arabs attacked.
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October 7 probes: IDF’s slow response on day of Hamas attack due to chaos, commanders’ denial
Yonah Jeremy Bob at JPost: “IDF sources: It was like we had no legs or eyes and were just trying to figure out where to run.”
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Pay-for-slay to continue, ‘even if we have [only] one penny left,’ Abbas vows
Akiva van Koningsveld at JNS: “The Fatah Revolutionary Council vowed to “double its efforts” to support terrorist prisoners.”
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UN Human Rights Council silences speech on Bibas murders and UN role
Gary Willig at IsraelNational News: “UNHCR President Jürg Laube refuses to let Prof. Anne Bayefsky, representing a UN-accredited organization, address the council about the murders of the Bibas family and the UN’s lack of response.”
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Hamas’s October 7 Massacre Is Part of Its Jihad to Destroy Israel
Khaled Abu Toameh at Gatestone: “Some people in Israel are demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu step down and agree to Hamas’s demand to end the war in the Gaza Strip…. These Israelis fail to understand that the October 7 massacre is just another phase of the Islamists’ Jihad (holy war) against Israel.”
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