Thursday, November 09, 2023

Israel's War on Ghaza - US Opinion Poll


UPDATE added on Nov. 10/11
Military news from Ghaza
Exodus of the Palestinians
A brandnew Book on Israel



استطلاع: انقسام الشارع الأميركي بشأن رد فعل إسرائيل على هجوم حماس
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أمد/ واشنطن: أسوشيتد برس: أصبح الأميركيون أكثر ميلا لوصف إسرائيل بالحليف الذي يشارك الولايات المتحدة المصالح والقيم، منذ بدء الحرب مع حماس، لكنهم منقسمون بشأن تماديها في ردها على هجوم حماس، وذلك وفقا لاستطلاع جديد للرأي أجرته وكالة "أسوشيتد برس" ومركز "نورك" لأبحاث الشؤون العامة.

ويكشف الاستطلاع، الذي أنجز في الفترة من 2 إلى 6 نوفمبر، أيضا عن شكوك بين الديمقراطيين تجاه إسرائيل، الأمر الذي قد يمثل تحديا للرئيس، جو بايدن، خلال محاولته فرض توازن بين توفير الدعم للدفاع عن البلاد والأولويات المتغيرة لحزبه
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لكن 36 بالمئة فقط، قالوا إنه من المهم للغاية تقديم المساعدة للجيش الإسرائيلي لمحاربة حماس. وقال 40 بالمئة من الأميركيين إن الرد العسكري الإسرائيلي في قطاع غزة مبالغ فيه وغير متكافئ

تتذكر رييس أنها سمعت عدد القتلى في الأخبار وقالت "إنه مرتفع جدا، اعتقدت أن هذا لا يمكن أن يكون صحيحا

وتوفي أربعة آلاف طفل في غزة، بحسب السلطات الصحية، وقالت رييس ”هذا هو المدى البعيد للغاية

وهذا الشعور أكثر شيوعا بين الديمقراطيين، حيث يرى 58 بالمئة منهم أن الهجوم المضاد الإسرائيلي مبالغ فيه

وبشكل عام، يرى 38 بالمئة من الأميركيين إن رد فعل إسرائيل كان صحيحا، فيما قال 18 بالمئة إنه لم يكن مبالغا فيه



Poll: American street divided over Israel's response to Hamas attack

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Americans have become more inclined to describe Israel as a like-minded ally of the United States since the war with Hamas began, but they are divided over how it goes too far in responding to the Hamas attack, according to a new poll by The Associated Press (AP) and the Norak Center for Public Affairs Research.

The poll, conducted Nov. 2-6, also reveals skepticism among Democrats toward Israel, which could challenge President Joe Biden as he tries to strike a balance between providing support for the country's defense with his party's shifting priorities.
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But only 36 percent said it was crucial to provide assistance to the IDF to fight Hamas. 40 percent of Americans said Israel's military response in the Gaza Strip was exaggerated and disproportionate.

Reyes (*) recalls hearing the death toll in the news and saying "it's too high, I thought that couldn't be true."

Four thousand children have died in Gaza, according to health authorities, and Reyes said: "This is [going to be] a very long run."

This sentiment is more common among Democrats, with 58 percent saying Israel's counterattack is exaggerated.

Overall, 38 percent of Americans said Israel's reaction was correct, while 18 percent said it was not exaggerated.


(*) = Caroline Reyes, a Democrat from New York
and, as well, a typical voice from the street.
[كارولين رييس، وهي ديمقراطية تبلغ من العمر 36 عاما في نيويورك]

[AMAD أمد, Palestine, on Nov. 8]

The Palestinian news platform AMAD أمد, its name meaning something like 'Extension - Breakthrough - Difference', is 'more than a single website and less than a newspaper'.
The adage of the group behind it: 'Hostility is unacceptable and difference is a right'.

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Daily News:


Israeli authorities announced the liquidation of Ibrahim Abu Mughassib, commander of the anti-armor missile system in the central camps of Hamas. IDF spokesman Avichai Adraee said: "The IDF, under the intelligence direction of the Shin Bet and the Military Intelligence Service, was able to liquidate Ibrahim Abu Mughassib, who is in charge of the anti-armor missile system in the central camps of Hamas." Abu Mughassib "directed and carried out numerous attacks using anti-tank missiles targeting Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers," he said. "In addition, during ground operations, the navy attacked a Hamas anti-armor rocket launch site, using monitored operations to target ground forces," he added.

[Al-Ain العين, Dubai, Nov. 9]



أولي لحظات انفجا! اسرائيل تل أبيب وعسقلان واشدود
Initial moments of surprise !

Israel: Tel Aviv, Ashkelon and Ashdod

[World Weather News أخبار الطقس العالمية on Nov. 10]
Attention : The related X-account cannot be confirmed
and their YouTube channel says they are specialized in
publishing news and unusual natural disasters around
the world
. However, similar rocket attacks on the center
of Israel have been confirmed by various serious news
sources. Places shown are in Israel, spoken comment
is in Arabic while the video is hosted on an Arabic site.



Palestinians leaving Ghaza City
during the hours of a ceasefire.


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German Bestseller
published in 2023














An - Israeli Diary -
that had been published
shortly before Israel's
War on Ghaza began.
Here is the cover text:

Israel is on the brink. The Israel we knew. Saul Friedländer, the great historian of the Holocaust, has written a diary in which he describes and comments on current events, recounts in flashbacks the history of the country he helped to build, analyzes conflicts and thinks about solutions. His diary gets under your skin and concerns everyone who cares about Israel. "You can't eat as much as you want to puke." With this harsh comment by Max Liebermann on the "seizure of power" by the National Socialists, Saul Friedländer's Israeli diary begins. A new government led by Benjamin Netanyahu, which is in coalition with right-wing radical forces, is trying to undermine democracy and establish an authoritarian regime with a judicial reform.
Hundreds of thousands take to the streets to demonstrate against it. Saul Friedländer, world-famous, awarded the highest prizes and in the 90th year of his life, can no longer demonstrate, but he writes an "Israeli diary" to counter this dramatic development. It is a painful, moving read and an appeal to all of us to prevent Israel from falling into an authoritarian pseudo-democracy.


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