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Quarter of Jews Want to Leave Israel After Gaza

CrossFireArabia
October 6, 2024

A poll revealed, Saturday, about a quarter of Israelis have been thinking about leaving the country and settling abroad in the past year, due to the “current political and security situation,” the Jewish media reported.

The latest poll by the Israeli official Kan channel, showed 23 percent of Israeli respondants “thought about leaving the country in the past year, starting from October 2023 till October 2024), due to the current political and security situation.”

⚡️Around a quarter of Israelis report that in the past year, they have considered leaving the country.—Kann Hebrew. pic.twitter.com/r8pgB7YmRi
— Suppressed News. (@SuppressedNws) October 5, 2024

However the poll also showed that 67 percent of Israelis said they “did not think about leaving the country,” but the rest refused to answer the question.

Revealing is the fact that 14 percent of those who support the government coalition of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have thought about leaving, compared to 36 percent of the opposition parties’ supporters.

Thus the poll showed “secularists are more inclined to leave, compared to Haredi (religious) Jews.”

The Kan channel’s survey showed however, that negative migration – that is Israelis leaving the country – was evident even before 7 October with the numbers of people exiting exceeding the number of new immigrants coming to Israel.

Kan stated this trend of negative migration seems to be continuing for 2024 which could worsen.

Last September, official Israeli data by the Central Bureau of Statistics showed a significant increase in this phenomenon with more than 40,000 leaving in the first seven months of 2024.

In 2023, about 55,300 citizens immigrated from Israel, compared to 38,000 who immigrated in 2022, according to the same source as reported by the Anadolu news agency.

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Israel to Face a Decade of Death, Pain and War Says Maariv Columnist

CrossFireArabia
October 6, 2024

Israeli writer Dror Raphael presents a bleak vision of the future of Israel. In an article published in Maariv newspaper, almost a year after the events of 7 October and the start pf the “Al-Aqsa Flood”, he stresses that “every Israeli has been walking around with a black hole in his heart for a year now.”

He explains there is no need to remind Israelis of what they are going through, because they live with pain and losses daily. The displaced (in the north and south) are still far from their homes, the prisoners are still in the tunnels of the Gaza Strip, and the pain of the dead does not subside.

“A decade of death and pain awaits us, and there is no light at the end of the tunnel.”
Dror Rafael – Maariv

The guy is very optimistic, whose contract? God willing, they will not survive even a half decade! pic.twitter.com/xHXNudRXUa
— Mohamed Hamid (@MohamedHam27169) October 5, 2024

“Every Israeli has been walking around with a black hole in his heart for a year now,” referring to the role of social media, such as the famous Israeli account on X “News from last year”, which republishes newspaper headlines that predicted the crisis before it happened, he added.

He pointed out it was clear to everyone that Israel was heading towards disaster, but the leaders were busy with the “legal revolution”, unaware of the looming danger, noting that “the most common greeting these days is ‘the return of the kidnapped’ and the expression of negativity and pessimism.”

The writer expresses his disappointment with the political and social situation in Israel, considering that “the assumption of responsibility and other values that the Israelis believed they lived by turned out to be illusions,” noting in particular that “the government investigation committee, which was supposed to be established automatically after the attacks of 7 October, has become almost illegitimate.”

He believes that the young Israeli generation is suffering from a state of despair, and sites what former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill said during World War II, expressing his hope that Israel would receive promises of “blood, sweat and tears” as Churchill promised his people, and says that “the reality indicates that we are facing a decade of death and wars with no light at the end of the tunnel.”

Titanic and Ice

Raphael sees that Israel is facing a “decade of death, pain and war” without clear leadership or vision to get out of this dark tunnel, likening the situation in Israel to the Titanic that is hurtling towards an iceberg.

The writer highlights the political situation in Israel, pointing to the extreme composition of the government, criticizing the leaders and officials, from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the heads of the army and intelligence, describing them as “short-sighted, arrogant, boasting about Israel’s strength and deterrence without actually understanding what is happening.”

The writer points to the division in Israel and its future impact, saying, “people between the ages of 40 and 50 feel disgusted with the Knesset and the government, and therefore hesitate to participate in leadership.

The writer refers to the phenomenon of reverse migration among Israelis due to despair over the conditions in Israel, and said, “those born last year will live in another, different and colder country, a country whose citizens vowed not to leave, but have already established colonies in Cyprus, Thailand or Puerto Rico on the Atlantic coast.”

While the writer tries to alleviate the “gloomy picture” by referring to the young soldiers who he said are “fighting to repair the country that collapsed,” he concludes by directing a question to future generations: “How did they not see this happening? How did they not know? How did they not prevent or warn? And most importantly, how were they not ashamed?”

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Trump Calls on Israel to Hit Iran’s Nuclear Sites

CrossFireArabia
October 5, 2024

The ex-US President and the current Republican presidential candidate for US presidency elections next November, Donald Trump has called on Israel to launch a ‘preemptive’ strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities in what is seen as careless talk.

Speaking at a rally in North Carolina, and no doubt to beef up his support among the American electorate, Trump criticized the stance of the outgoing US President Joe Biden on the matter,

This is while he is advocating for a more aggressive approach to handling Iran’s nuclear program. His approach might be due the fact that Kamala Harris continues to be ahead of him in national votes at 49.3% while Trump continues to clock at 46% of voters.

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Amid Pressure Israeli Army Admits 38 Injuries in 24 Hrs

CrossFireArabia
October 5, 2024

The Israeli army, Saturday, acknowledged 38 of its soldiers were injured in the last 24 hours across southern Lebanon, Gaza Strip, and the West Bank.

This update comes as the military faces accusations of concealing the actual scale of its losses during a genocidal campaign against Gaza, which has escalated alongside rising assaults in the West Bank and recently extended to various areas of Lebanon, including the capital Beirut.

Israeli media:

38 soldiers injured in the past 24 hours. pic.twitter.com/7sycNcWgbw
— S p r i n t e r (@SprinterFamily) October 5, 2024

According to the latest data published on the military’s official website, the number of injured soldiers since Oct. 7, 2023 – the date marking the start of the genocide in Gaza – has reached 4,567, with 38 injuries reported in the past 24 hours.

The data did not provide detailed figures for injuries among soldiers on each front.

Among the injured, 695 soldiers are reported to be in “serious” condition, while 1,147 are classified as “moderate,” and the remaining cases are considered “mild,” it said.

Despite reports of two soldiers killed and 24 injured, including two critically, following drone attacks from Iraq in northern Israel on Friday, the military’s official website has not updated the total number of soldier fatalities, which remains at 726.

DISCREPANCY BETWEEN IDF AND HOSPITAL DATA ABOUT INJURED SOLDIER

IDF: 1,593

HOSPITAL DATA: 4,454
-Barzelazi 1,949
-Assuta 178
-Ichilov 148
-Rambam 181
-Hadassah 209
-Shaare Zedek 139
-Soroka 1,000
-Sheba 650 pic.twitter.com/QjK5T4wdEr
— Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) December 12, 2023

Since Sept. 23, Israel has launched massive airstrikes against what it calls Hezbollah targets across Lebanon, killing more than 1,180 people and injuring over 3,318 others, according to the Lebanese Health Ministry.

Hezbollah has confirmed in multiple statements over recent hours and days that it has successfully repelled attempts by Israeli forces to penetrate Lebanese territory, resulting in a significant number of casualties among Israeli troops.

Hezbollah and Israel have been engaged in cross-border warfare since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza, which has killed over 41,800 people, most of them women and children, following an attack by the Palestinian group Hamas last October.

Due to Israeli attacks, at least 2,036 people have since been killed, over 9,500 injured, and 1.2 million others displaced, according to Lebanese authorities.

The international community has warned that Israeli attacks in Lebanon could escalate the Gaza conflict into a wider regional war.

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Israel Destroys 814 Mosques, 3 Churches in Gaza Genocide

CrossFireArabia
October 5, 2024

Along with 814 mosques flattened, another 148 damaged, 3 churches were also destroyed, and 19 of 60 cemeteries deliberately targeted, stated the Ministry of Religious Affairs in Gaza

The Ministry of Religious Affairs in Gaza announced, Saturday, Israel destroyed 79% of mosques in the Gaza Strip during its genocidal war against Palestinians.

The Israeli army has flattened 814 of Gaza’s 1,245 mosques and severely damaged another 148 during its intensified bombardment, the ministry revealed.

Along with the mosques, three churches were also destroyed, and 19 of the 60 cemeteries were deliberately targeted, the statement said according to Anadolu.

Ministry of Endowments & Religious Affairs in Gaza:

"The occupation destroyed 814 mosques, 3 churches, and bombed 19 cemeteries during a year of genocide." pic.twitter.com/IdNaeufn6i
— The Cradle (@TheCradleMedia) October 5, 2024

The estimated financial cost of the damage to the ministry’s properties is $350 million, it added.

The ministry also accused the Israeli army of desecrating graves, exhuming bodies, and committing brutal acts of violence against those who died, such as stealing their remains and mutilating them.

In addition to the destruction of places of worship, the ministry noted that 11 administrative and educational facilities under its authority were destroyed, accounting for 79% of such structures in Gaza.

The ministry added that Israeli forces killed 238 of its employees and detained 19 others during ground offensives in the territory.

The ministry condemned the attacks on Gaza’s religious sites and urged the international community, including world governments and Islamic organizations, to intervene immediately to halt the “ongoing war of extermination.”

Nothing is sacred to demons.

🔴|| Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs in the Gaza Strip: The Israeli army destroyed 814 mosques, 3 churches, and bombed 19 cemeteries during a year of genocide. pic.twitter.com/IgicKcQ3Bq
— 𝙆𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙮 (@Tenth_One_) October 5, 2024

Israel has continued its brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip following an attack by the Palestinian group Hamas last Oct. 7, despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire.

More than 41,800 people have since been killed, mostly women and children, and over 96,800 others injured, according to local health authorities.

The Israeli onslaught has displaced almost the entire population of the territory amid an ongoing blockade that has led to severe shortages of food, clean water, and medicine.

Israel faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its actions in Gaza.