Cross-Examination

• Beheaded babies: Demonstrating the savagery of the Hamas jihadi terrorists who suddenly attacked Israel over the weekend, in the Israeli town of Kfar Aza near the border of Gaza, Hamas attacked an Israeli kibbutz, murdering families. Among the Israeli dead were 40 babies and young children, some of whom had been beheaded. As i24 News reporter Nicole Zedek described it: “Babies with their heads cut off, that’s what [the soldiers] said. Gunned down. Families gunned down, completely gunned down in their beds.” CNN reporter Nic Robertson said: “There were so many murdered members of this kibbutz. Men, women, children, hands bound, shot, executed, heads cut.” It’s utterly barbaric.

• Tlaib’s distorted reality: Representative Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), a Detroit native born of Palestinian immigrants, has a long history of making anti-Semitic remarks. She was questioned by a reporter regarding the beheading of babies by Hamas terrorists: “Do you condone what Hamas has done chopping off babies’ heads, burning children alive, raping women in the street?” Tlaib, who blames Israel for the deplorable state of the Gaza Strip and Palestinian suffering, refused to answer the reporter’s repeated questions. Her silence speaks volumes. Meanwhile, outside her congressional office, Tlaib has two incongruent flags hanging. One is the Palestinian flag, and the other is the rainbow “Pride” flag. Let’s just say that Arab Muslims don’t tend to view homosexuality with quite the same tolerance of the American Left. Regardless, if one cannot condemn the murdering of innocent civilians, including babies, then one’s claim of fighting for justice against a supposed oppressive state rings hollow.

• Ex-Harvard president “sickened” by his former school: Hamas is a terrorist organization not only conducting murderous attacks against Israel but also terrorizing any Palestinians who would dare to stand against them. Yet thanks to an abysmal understanding of the decades-long conflict, many on the American Left have fallen for the Hamas narrative of the situation. This ignorance was on display at Harvard University, where more than 30 student groups hold Israel “entirely responsible” for Hamas’s mass murdering of innocent Israel civilians. These Harvard groups sent a letter titled “Joint Statement by Harvard Palestine Solidarity Groups on the Situation in Palestine,” which condemned Israel and said “the apartheid regime is the only one to blame.” Former Harvard President Larry Summers said the letter “sickened” him, adding: “In nearly 50 years of @Harvard affiliation, I have never been as disillusioned and alienated as I am today. The silence from Harvard’s leadership, so far, coupled with a vocal and widely reported student groups’ statement blaming Israel solely, has allowed Harvard to appear at best neutral towards acts of terror against the Jewish state of Israel.”

• The Some Human Rights Council: Speaking of expressing neutrality toward acts of terror, the UN’s Human Rights Council was only able to muster “a moment of silence for the loss of innocent lives in the occupied Palestinian territory and elsewhere.” Talk about moral equivalency. The UN wasn’t even willing to recognize the state of Israel, while regurgitating Hamas’s “occupation” messaging. In so doing, the UN has effectively condoned Hamas’s murderous attacks, while condemning Israel for responding to the gross injustice. Human rights, indeed.

• Joe’s 20,000 emails about Hunter’s business: A Freedom of Information Act request revealed that while Joe Biden was vice president, nearly 20,000 emails were exchanged between his office and Hunter Biden’s investment firm Rosemont Seneca. This revelation, in addition to thousands of previously known emails, further exposes Joe Biden’s oft-repeated false claim that he never discussed business with his son. Republicans on the House Oversight Committee say that they have identified over $20 million in payments from foreign sources to the Bidens and their business partners. The Biden family effectively used several businesses as cutouts to funnel foreign money to family coffers.

• Good news — NHL bans “pride” promotion: Last season, several National Hockey League (NHL) players refused to don “pride” warmup jerseys, citing their religious faith for refusing. Over the last several years, the vast majority of NHL teams have held “Pride Nights” wherein players put on speciality warmup jerseys with various rainbow color schemes. With an increasing number of players refusing to wear these “pride” warmup jerseys, it began generating unwanted headlines for the league. Well, NHL brass got wise and not only banned “pride”-themed jerseys but even rainbow-colored tape on players’ sticks. The reason for the change is that the issue has become distracting for the players and the sport itself. A memo from the NHL states, “Players shall not be put in the position of having to demonstrate (or where they may be appearing to demonstrate) personal support for any Special Initiatives.” In other words, hockey should be about hockey, nothing else. Well, and fist fights.

Headlines

• Fourteen Americans killed in Hamas attacks, Biden says (Washington Examiner)

• Black Lives Matter chapters express support for Hamas after terror attacks on Israel (Daily Wire)

• Pro-Palestine student org calls for national “day of resistance” backing attacks on Israel (Daily Signal)

• EU threatens Elon Musk with fines, blocking of X over “disinformation” on platform amid Israel-Hamas conflict (PM)

• John Kirby refuses to say nuclear war is more dangerous than climate change (Daily Wire)

• Jordan, Scalise battle to the wire for Speakership (The Hill)

• Tuberville reports former CIA director Hayden to Capitol Police over tweet (The Hill)

• George Santos charged with 10 new criminal counts in superseding indictment (The Hill)

• Top two positions in women’s cycling tournament dominated by men (PJ Media)

• Tim Ballard, who inspired “Sound of Freedom” movie, sued by five women alleging sexual assault (NBC News)

• Number of illegal aliens who entered U.S. under Biden exceeds population of 22 states (Daily Signal)

• Satire: White House claims $6 billion to Iran absolutely not related to the exactly $6 billion worth of rockets being fired into Israel (Babylon Bee)

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