Incitement to genocide is a crime
Kan, the Israeli broadcaster, posted the full video of the song on its X account on Sunday but deleted it a short time later amid an outcry from Israeli and other users.
Some expressed concern that it would help "Hamas propaganda," while others appeared genuinely disgusted by the video's violent and genocidal messages.
An archived copy of the now-deleted Kan tweet can still be found online. Kan also deleted a page featuring the song from its website but that too is archived.
The now-deleted page on Kan's website was headlined, "Love sanctified by blood: The children of the Gaza envelope re-record The Friendship Song."
It is unclear why Kan removed the video, but it is possible that someone there was concerned that it could make the channel complicit in genocide.
Two decades ago, officials of Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines were convicted by an international tribunal for incitement to genocide for broadcasts promoting the extermination of Tutsi people in Rwanda nine years earlier.
The song and video were originally created by Ofer Rosenbaum a so-called "crisis-communication expert" who heads a public relations firm called Rosenbaum Communication.
PR firm for ethnic cleansers
The video was published by "The Civil Front," an organization run by Ofer Rosenbaum that purports to rally the Israeli homefront in support of the war on Gaza.
In 2020, Rosenbaum was responsible for a billboard campaign in Tel Aviv depicting Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh kneeling on the ground blindfolded, under the slogan "Peace is only made with defeated enemies."
The client for this campaign was the Israel Victory Project, a cutout of the Middle East Forum, the organization run by notorious anti-Muslim agitator Daniel Pipes.
The Israeli Victory Project is currently promoting the ethnic cleansing of the Gaza Strip.
Just a reminder, the Israeli lobby in the US funds and supports European Islamophobes like Geert Wilders- the next PM of The Netherlands? - with substantial donations. See FEAR Inc. - Ayaan Hirsi Ali.and Daniel Pipes.
Israel: a demographic ticking bomb in today's one-state reality
More recently, Israeli politics in Dutch politics embodied by new VVD party leader and candidate for Prime Minister:
VVD Dilan Yesilgöz Commits to Law & Order - Part III
As far I can research, the title of the song is plagiarized from the Song of Independence of 1948 ...
Remembering Israel's Fallen -- Hare'ut, the Song of Friendship
Israel-Palestine war: Europe is following the US into another disastrous war | MEE - 19 Nov. 2023 |
Without debating the root cause of the Hamas attack - which even UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres acknowledged was a result of "56 years of suffocating occupation [of Palestinian lands]" - Europeans need to remember post-9/11 US policy and the regrets that many of them have had since then.
Right after the 7 October attack, many officials, including US President Joe Biden, compared it to 9/11.
Indeed, Biden mathematised the issue and stated that "for a nation the size of Israel, it was like 15 9/11s".
Biden making comparisons to 9/11 was far from true for many reasons, including, as the UN secretary-general stated, because "[Palestinians had seen their] land steadily devoured by settlements and plagued by violence; their economy stifled; their people displaced and their homes demolished. Their hopes for a political solution to their plight have been vanishing."
But it seems that the world, and especially the western world, is creating a similar environment to the one post-9/11, including repeating many of the mistakes that they made over 20 years ago.
Blindly following US foreign policy
Let us not forget that Israel's response has seen the disproportional killing of civilians through indiscriminate air strikes and the violation of international law by using tools of collective punishment in Gaza, with the withholding of aid and the cutting of water and electricity supplies.
If Biden appears to be taking a familiar and hawkish US line on the Middle East, so too are European Union countries and the United Kingdom, which seem to not have learned from previous mistakes of blindly following US foreign policy.
The mistakes European leaders are making this time around are remarkably similar to those of 20 years ago. First, they are again ignoring huge domestic anti-war protests and public demands for a ceasefire. Second, they are ignoring widespread public calls to stop their unconditional support for the US (and, today, for Israel).
Third, European leaders are willingly accepting "information" that has not yet been proven, just like the infamous "intelligence" that identified Saddam Hussein's "weapons of mass destruction". And, fourth, they are failing to learn the lessons from the US's experiences in Afghanistan, where the country was once secured from the Taliban but later handed over to it.
'Never again': Tel Aviv billboard campaign backing army divides Israelis | The Guardian |
Huge billboards depicting leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah looking beaten and bound as Israeli soldiers stand over them, line the main thoroughfares in the coastal city of Tel Aviv.
The words: "We love you, we trust you," directed at the Israeli army and: "Never again," are printed big and bold. The graphic AI-generated imagery has elicited different responses from the Israeli public; some find the campaign repugnant, many others have welcomed it.
Ofer Rosenbaum, 36, whose PR work has had previous brushes with controversy, is behind the provocative campaign launched last week that he hopes will help restore trust in Israel's security forces.
Ofer Rosenbaum, the PR man behind a campaign of billboards meant to restore trust in Israel's army. One of his controversial billboards is in the background. (Photo credit: Rick Findler/The Guardian)
Huge billboards depicting leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah looking beaten and bound as Israeli soldiers stand over them, line the main thoroughfares in the coastal city of Tel Aviv. The words: "We love you, we trust you," directed at the Israeli army and: "Never again," are printed big and bold. The graphic AI-generated imagery has elicited different responses from the Israeli public; some find the campaign repugnant, many others have welcomed it.
Ofer Rosenbaum, 36, whose PR work has had previous brushes with controversy, is behind the provocative campaign launched last week that he hopes will help restore trust in Israel's security forces.
Observing a billboard from across the highway, retired accountant Simona Yaloz, 65, said she was disgusted by the image. "I hate it, really, it's not the Israeli attitude," Yaloz said. "This is very extreme, it's too violent. There are extreme people here but we're trying to avoid it."
Fashion designer Shiran, who only gave one name, said she and her husband were supportive of the billboard campaign. "We both smiled when we saw it. I think we've been too kind and too nice for too long. We've let people outside of Israel tell us what we can and can't do," said the 30-year-old.
Meanwhile on a personal career quest to solicitate for Secretary General of the NATO to succeed Jens Stoltenberg ...
Dutch PM Rutte and unconditional support for Israel's Long Road to Ethnic Cleansing
Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte was in Israel, as international leaders continued diplomacy aimed at showing solidarity with Israel while also calling for restraint in its response to Hamas' 7 October attack.
It was of "existential importance for Israel to remove the Hamas threat," Rutte said in a statement after meeting Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) meets Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte in Jerusalem. (Photo credit: GPO/Kobi Gideon HANDOUT/EPA)
Dutch leader and PM Rutte knew instantly on whose side he was on ...
Netanyahu's Security State Blown Up
Palestine UN Ambassador Riyad Mansour
Blame on Decades Policy offered by Netanyahu from hate filled rhetoric leading to the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin to destruction of a peace movement after the Oslo Accords.
Wars and settler violence has corrupted Israeli society: decolonize the West Bank and agree to a Free Palestinian State 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 🇵🇸 ... most difficult as there is no leadership nor citizens for a model used by Nelson Mandela to heal from decades of apartheid in South Africa.
From ET archive key word | Yitzak Rabin |
A horrific stupid act of provocation as there is a large minority of Muslims living in The Netherlands ... an racist, Islamophobic act by Dutch Prime Minister
Caretaker Rutte Campaign Stunt to Fly Israeli Flag
Ministry of Rutte hoists Israeli flag on Court Yards of Parliament near his office of Het Torentje
Government Information Service: 'No general flag instruction'
The Ministry of General Affairs, the department of outgoing Prime Minister Mark Rutte, will raise the Israeli flag in the Binnenhof on Monday morning. In doing so, it wants to express support for Israel 'in these difficult times', the Government Information Service confirmed after reporting in the Telegraaf. Many people in the Netherlands, especially within the Jewish community, are also very concerned. Rutte says that the government is extra alert to their safety.
According to the spokesperson, this is a 'personal decision' by outgoing Prime Minister Rutte as a show of support for Israel after Saturday's massive surprise attack by the Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas. Hundreds of people were killed.
European Union "leadership" meets after meetings and summits and declares ...
The European Council met today via video link ...
The European Council agreed to keep working to avoid regional escalation. And although a two-state solution feels more remote than ever, the Netherlands still sees it as the only solution that can bring lasting peace.
Opening statement by President von der Leyen at the joint press conference with President Michel on the occasion of the extraordinary meeting of the European Council of 17 October 2023
Killing the Oslo Accords, initiates hate incitement leading to the assassination of a ray of hope for peace in the Middle East ... a commemoration canceled due to WAR and steps towards ethnic cleansing and genocide on Palestinians.
Annual memorial for assassinated PM Rabin canceled due to war with Hamas
Friendly-Fire Incidents Killed IDF Soldiers and Civilians | Tikun Olam |
During Hamas attack, Israeli tanks and helicopters killed civilian captives
Israel's 7th Eye is Israel's most prominent monitor and critic of Israeli media. It has compiled several media reports on incidents of friendly-fire between IDF forces inside Gaza; and intentional IDF attacks on targets that contained Israeli civilians, which left a significant number of dead and wounded.
The story was first reported by Haaretz, which noted police accounts that "some" of the festival goers at the kibbutz rave were "wounded" by a helicopter attack. Many media and social media users reported that Haaretz had confirmed they had been "killed," which was based on a mistranslation. In the end, despite the translation error, the claims of deaths were correct, as you'll see below. Nonetheless, it's important to be precise in these situations and not jump the gun, because there is a veritable cottage industry to hasbara social media warriors seek to expose out such errors.
Separately, Kan aired a documentary interviewing IDF helicopter pilots, who were among the first on the scene on 10/7. One officer admitted that he fired on a group of fleeing people who he assumed were "terrorists." He assessed at the time that such a group could not run if it contained a hostage. He fired on them. But admitted he could not be "100% certain" his judgment was right. He implied that he might have fired on Israeli civilians and killed or wounded them. Accounts below confirm that he and his fellow pilots did kill civilians.
See also my earlier posts on the suspected firing on their own ... Hannibal Directive.
Fire Power Apache Helicopters On 7th October
White House removes photo that appears to show faces of U.S. special operators | Task and Purpose - 19 Oct. 2023 |
The Defense Department typically does not publish photographs with the faces of special operators.
The White House has removed a picture shared on social media that apparently showed President Joe Biden shaking hands with American special operators in Israel during his recent visit to the country.
"In Israel, President Biden met with first responders to thank them for their bravery and the work they're doing in response to the Hamas terrorist attacks," was the caption to the photograph, which the White House shared on Instagram.
The service members in the photograph with Biden were not wearing any badges or insignia that identified their units, but their appearance and tactical gear were consistent with U.S. special operations forces.
White House apologizes for glaring national security blunder after publishing photo showing faces of US Special Forces as they met Joe Biden in Israel
Disinformation and war rhetoric ... unverified by a second source.
'Delta Force' and gas in the Hamas underground tunnels of Gaza| MEE - 24 Oct. 2023 |
An undisclosed Arab source affiliated with the parties told Middle East Eye [cited also by Obektivno.bg] that Palestinians anticipate Israel to deploy nerve gas within Hamas tunnels, with US Delta Force commandos supervising the operation, presumably for a clandestine offensive on the Gaza Strip.
Deception campaign
The US is coordinating with Israel ahead of its expected invasion of Gaza, with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin holding near-daily phone calls with his Israeli counterpart, Yoav Gallant, to discuss operations.
Senior US military officials with knowledge of urban warfare have also been dispatched to Israel.
The source said that Israel's delay in its ground invasion was misinformation aimed at gaining the element of surprise in a multifaceted attack that will include Israeli commandos landing in northern Gaza and along the coast.
The operational details of the attack have already been agreed upon, according to the source.
[Middle East Eye apparently the primary publication followed by others such as Fars News a day later. I discount the story as based on fear of the unknown in coming days.]
The story does show evidence the United States military are working hand in glove with Israeli perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Beyond supplying lethal arms and ammunition for the grenades and aerial bombing raids, reconnaissance by drones included.
