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Must See, Hear or Read Videos, Audios or Books / This Surgeon Just Returned Fro...
Last post by yankeedoodle - February 17, 2024, 06:25:50 PMThis Surgeon Just Returned From Gaza. See The Nightmare He Witnessed Firsthand | WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES
Video content begins at 3:30.
https://rumble.com/v4d78ue-this-surgeon-just-returned-from-gaza.-see-the-nightmare-he-witnessed-firsth.html
Video content begins at 3:30.
https://rumble.com/v4d78ue-this-surgeon-just-returned-from-gaza.-see-the-nightmare-he-witnessed-firsth.html
#72
History and Philosophy of Zionism/Judaism/"Jews"/Cabala / Jewish separatists in Biafra w...
Last post by yankeedoodle - February 17, 2024, 05:33:11 PMJewish separatists in Biafra want to proclaim a second Israel
https://www.voltairenet.org/article220453.html
Igbo independence is back in Nigeria. It was the trigger for the "Nigerian Civil War", also known as the Biafra genocide or the Biafran War (1967-70). Except this time, the separatist leader, Nnamdi Kanu, insists that the Igbos are a lost tribe of Israel.
Nnamdi Kanu is the owner of Radio Biafra. He was proclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). A former real estate agent in London, he has dual Nigerien-British nationality. In 2015, he spoke at the World Igbo Congress (WIC) in Los Angeles. He calls for an armed uprising against Nigeria. Upon his return, he was arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) and later released on bail. In 2018, he fled to Israel [1].
He was arrested again, probably in Kenya, in 2021 and extradited to Nigeria. His trial on terrorism charges is still ongoing. Since 2021, he has employed the US lobbying firm Mercury LLC. This allowed him to meet former director of the CIA Mike Pompeo. Jet-black Corp is tasked with promoting the narrative of Israel's lost tribe and garnering support among evangelical Christians and Washington.
In his absence, Nigerian-Finnish athlete Simon Ekpa was proclaimed prime minister of the unrecognized government of Biafra. The latter is linked to the Unification Church (known as the "Moon sect") which awarded him the title of "Ambassador for Peace" in 2023.
During the Nigerian civil war, Biafra was supported by France. Jacques Foccart, head of President Charles De Gaulle's secret services, wanted to prevent the creation of the Nigerian state, which he considered too powerful compared to its French-speaking neighbors. Simultaneously, Israel, South Africa and Rhodesia have been involved in this war, also on the side of Biafra.
According to documents revealed by the State of Israel Archives, in 2023 the Hebrew state has supported its companies present in Nigeria since independence. In doing so, it sided with the Biafran separatists. At the request of Félix Houphouet-Boigny, President of Côte d'Ivoire, Israel supplied Tanzanian arms to the Biafrans and financed their representation in Paris [2]. The whole operation was devised by the revisionist Zionist ambassador Ram Nirgad, who later distinguished himself with the Argentine dictatorship of General Jorge Rafael Videla.
This article is the editorial of our paywalled "Voltaire, international newsletter", n°74. To learn more, do not hesitate to subscribe: 150€ per year or 15€ per month.
[1] "Nigerian separatist leader admits he's in Israel, says owes life to Jewish state", AFP, October 22, 2018.
[2] "Arms, Massacres and Denials : Israel's Double Game Between Biafra and Nigeria's Government Revealed in Newly Declassified Documents", Haaretz, 28 september 2023.
https://www.voltairenet.org/article220453.html
Igbo independence is back in Nigeria. It was the trigger for the "Nigerian Civil War", also known as the Biafra genocide or the Biafran War (1967-70). Except this time, the separatist leader, Nnamdi Kanu, insists that the Igbos are a lost tribe of Israel.
Nnamdi Kanu is the owner of Radio Biafra. He was proclaimed leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). A former real estate agent in London, he has dual Nigerien-British nationality. In 2015, he spoke at the World Igbo Congress (WIC) in Los Angeles. He calls for an armed uprising against Nigeria. Upon his return, he was arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS) and later released on bail. In 2018, he fled to Israel [1].
He was arrested again, probably in Kenya, in 2021 and extradited to Nigeria. His trial on terrorism charges is still ongoing. Since 2021, he has employed the US lobbying firm Mercury LLC. This allowed him to meet former director of the CIA Mike Pompeo. Jet-black Corp is tasked with promoting the narrative of Israel's lost tribe and garnering support among evangelical Christians and Washington.
In his absence, Nigerian-Finnish athlete Simon Ekpa was proclaimed prime minister of the unrecognized government of Biafra. The latter is linked to the Unification Church (known as the "Moon sect") which awarded him the title of "Ambassador for Peace" in 2023.
During the Nigerian civil war, Biafra was supported by France. Jacques Foccart, head of President Charles De Gaulle's secret services, wanted to prevent the creation of the Nigerian state, which he considered too powerful compared to its French-speaking neighbors. Simultaneously, Israel, South Africa and Rhodesia have been involved in this war, also on the side of Biafra.
According to documents revealed by the State of Israel Archives, in 2023 the Hebrew state has supported its companies present in Nigeria since independence. In doing so, it sided with the Biafran separatists. At the request of Félix Houphouet-Boigny, President of Côte d'Ivoire, Israel supplied Tanzanian arms to the Biafrans and financed their representation in Paris [2]. The whole operation was devised by the revisionist Zionist ambassador Ram Nirgad, who later distinguished himself with the Argentine dictatorship of General Jorge Rafael Videla.
This article is the editorial of our paywalled "Voltaire, international newsletter", n°74. To learn more, do not hesitate to subscribe: 150€ per year or 15€ per month.
[1] "Nigerian separatist leader admits he's in Israel, says owes life to Jewish state", AFP, October 22, 2018.
[2] "Arms, Massacres and Denials : Israel's Double Game Between Biafra and Nigeria's Government Revealed in Newly Declassified Documents", Haaretz, 28 september 2023.
#73
Zionist Personalities We Should Know About / Ira and Lizzy Savetsky - jewis...
Last post by yankeedoodle - February 17, 2024, 05:15:19 PMRed Ice ridicule here. https://odysee.com/@redicetv:1/free-nose-jobs-and-zionist-propaganda:b 
Why this Upper East Side doctor is offering free plastic surgery to victims of antisemitism
https://www.jta.org/2024/02/05/ny/why-this-upper-east-side-doctor-is-offering-free-plastic-surgery-to-victims-of-antisemitism
In the three months since he started offering free plastic surgery to victims of antisemitic hate crimes or anyone affected by Hamas' deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel, Upper East Side plastic surgeon Ira Savetsky has performed one nose job, been asked to remove a tattoo and counseled the victim of an antisemitic assault in New York.
And while these aren't quite the kinds of cases he anticipated after making the offer in November, the Jewish doctor, who boasts a significant social media following, said he hasn't regretted his offer.
"It's been very fulfilling and it helps give me purpose and meaning," Savetsky, 40, told the New York Jewish Week. "That's sort of why I became a doctor in the first place."
"We're in a time where we feel somewhat helpless, where the IDF is fighting a physical war and we're sort of here, abroad, finding oftentimes a different version of the same war — whether it be on social media or whether it be confronting people that are ripping down hostage signs," Savetsky explained. "Those are situations that sometimes could, unfortunately, turn into something violent."
Savetsky and his wife Lizzy are both well-known Jewish influencers on social media; Ira has some 50,000 followers on Instagram while Lizzy has 350,000. The couple first made headlines in the summer of 2022 when Lizzy was cast in season 14 of "The Real Housewives of New York" and then abruptly backed out, citing a "torrent of antisemitism."
Lizzy Savetsky, who once told us she was an "accidental activist," first became prominent online for her fashion and lifestyle content. But in recent years, she and Ira have become increasingly known for their efforts to promote Zionism and fight antisemitism, something they have leaned into even further in the months following Oct. 7. In their content, the Savetskys often spotlight their children Stella, 11, Juliet, 9 and Ollie, 3, in their advocacy. In one video, posted Nov. 13, shows a forlorn-looking Stella and Juliet standing in Washington Square Park holding a sign that reads: "We are Jewish. We are all hurting. Can we give you a hug?"
Ira Savetsky, who has operated his uptown practice for two years, was inspired to offer free surgeries after meeting a 19-year-old New Yorker named Rafi who had been punched in the face multiple times one Sunday evening shortly after Oct. 7, after a passerby on the Lower East Side asked if he was Jewish and he responded affirmatively.
"He just immediately attacked me, punching me in the face four or five times and then he knocked me over," Rafi told the New York Jewish Week. His nose was bruised and bloody and he was worried it was broken. Rafi reached out to a childhood friend, whose father is Jewish radio host Sidney Rosenberg, who put out a call for help on his social media. Savetsky saw the posts and offered to help Rafi free of charge.
Savetsky ultimately determined that Rafi didn't need surgery. Nonetheless, the teen called Savetsky's help "a blessing," adding, "I just never thought that being Jewish would be enough reason to get attacked."
But Rafi's story sparked something in Savetsky, who decided to offer his expertise to others who may be hurting. "If you know someone who has experienced a hate crime and requires plastic or reconstructive surgery, please contact my office," he posted on Instagram Nov. 3. "These services will be free of charge. Let's stand together and stay safe and resilient, everyone. Am Yisroel Chai."
So far, those who have taken Savetsky up on his offer haven't been involved with the type of injuries that Savetsky imagined at the outset of this initiative. One woman, a junior in college, reached out about getting a Hebrew tattoo of the word chai, the Hebrew word for "life," removed, fearing it might incite threats or violence. Another woman, 28-year-old Long Island native Natalie Sanandaji, is a survivor of the Nova Music Festival massacre on Oct. 7. Sanandaji fortunately wasn't physically injured by Hamas' attack, though Savetsky gave her botox and filler "just to lift her spirits up," he said.
Most recently, on Jan. 17, Savetsky performed a rhinoplasty on Rebecca, a 30-year-old Israeli-American woman who preferred not to share her last name for safety reasons. Rebecca was in Jerusalem on Oct. 7, where most of her family lives. After several weeks of spending time with family, Rebecca was supposed to fly to Turkey on Oct. 8 for a rhinoplasty.
"When [Oct. 7] happened, I called the office and said 'Listen, I'm not going to make it — I'm in Israel with no way to get out," Rebecca recalled. To her surprise, the office responded, as she remembers, "It's probably better that way, as we prefer not to do work on anybody who's Jewish."
Rebecca said she was "shocked" and "speechless."
Of course, it by far wasn't the worst thing in the world to happen — Hamas' violence and her grandmother's death a few days afterwards was "a month from hell, from start to finish," Rebecca said. But still, the response from the Turkish doctor was upsetting and disappointing for her — she had just gotten engaged and was planning to do the surgery before her wedding.
"It's an insecurity I've had my whole life and I wanted to look back at my wedding photos and love them," Rebecca explained. "I didn't have the money to do a full nose job — that's why I was going to Turkey." Turkey has emerged as a popular destination for cosmetic procedure tourism; there, a typical rhinoplasty typically costs a fraction of the approximately $20,000 it costs in New York.
Rebecca saw Savetsky's post and, on a whim, decided to message him. "He responded immediately," she told the New York Jewish Week. "I went in, we read some tehillim [psalms] before the surgery. I'm so happy. It's amazing. The fact that he was able to do that for me was literally life changing."
(For his part, Savetksy said he gladly participates in praying before a surgery if the patient suggests it, but doesn't typically do it himself.)
While Savetsky said it's possible that some might take advantage of his offer for free surgery, his office "tries to do some due diligence" and get records of what happened — like, for instance, of the canceled appointment in Turkey.
"There are some people that have misinterpreted the initiative," he said, adding, "if someone's going to go through extreme efforts to sort of do something like that, I'd rather just help them out and do it because they're probably desperate to get something done."
He added that the initiative "is not exclusive" to Jews or Israelis. "If somebody Muslim is a victim of a hate crime, and they got beat up, of course, I would see them and take care of them," he said.
Soon, Savetksy will operate on a former IDF soldier who broke his nose in training in 2022. The 23-year-old soldier, who is now a first-year at an American university and asked to remain anonymous for safety reasons, said he never properly got his nose fixed.
"I have been following Dr. Savetsky for a while and I just reached out to ask in general since I know he's been helping people out," he told the New York Jewish Week. "He responded very quickly and we spoke and he said you're free of charge. It's just really amazing."
Savetksy said his anti-antisemitism advocacy stems from being the grandchild of a Holocaust survivor. "These are real conversations that people are having that I never thought that we would have — it's just very surreal," he said of the uptick in antisemitic violence in New York City and around the world since Israel's war with Hamas began. "Having grown up hearing all of the stories of the Holocaust from my grandmother, it was obviously something that was ingrained in us. But growing up in New York, it felt like something like that could never happen.
"We see the numbers, we see the reports, and oftentimes it can feel more hypothetical than tangible," he added. "But when you're sitting with somebody in your office in the middle of the Upper East Side who was attacked for being Jewish, it definitely becomes much more real. It just sort of gives a lot more insight in the times that we're living."
For the patients and clients the New York Jewish Week spoke to for this story, each of them said the most meaningful part of Savetsky's initiative is not his ability to provide surgery and to do so for free. Rather, they said they were moved that Savetsky listened to their stories and supported them as Jews.
"It wasn't the easiest semester, this past semester, to say the least," the former IDF soldier, who is a pro-Israel activist on his campus, said. "There were a lot of personal attacks and obviously it was very detrimental academically. So it's really nice to know that there are people in the Jewish community who really have your back."
"I think it's given people strength and reassurance that we're in it together no matter how bad things are. It's really united us as a community," Savetsky said. "Thankfully, these aren't people that were needing emergency surgery or services; a lot of it is being someone to talk to about what they had gone through, and just the gesture of, 'Hey, you're not alone, and we're here for whatever you need.'"
Why this Upper East Side doctor is offering free plastic surgery to victims of antisemitism
https://www.jta.org/2024/02/05/ny/why-this-upper-east-side-doctor-is-offering-free-plastic-surgery-to-victims-of-antisemitism
In the three months since he started offering free plastic surgery to victims of antisemitic hate crimes or anyone affected by Hamas' deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel, Upper East Side plastic surgeon Ira Savetsky has performed one nose job, been asked to remove a tattoo and counseled the victim of an antisemitic assault in New York.
And while these aren't quite the kinds of cases he anticipated after making the offer in November, the Jewish doctor, who boasts a significant social media following, said he hasn't regretted his offer.
"It's been very fulfilling and it helps give me purpose and meaning," Savetsky, 40, told the New York Jewish Week. "That's sort of why I became a doctor in the first place."
"We're in a time where we feel somewhat helpless, where the IDF is fighting a physical war and we're sort of here, abroad, finding oftentimes a different version of the same war — whether it be on social media or whether it be confronting people that are ripping down hostage signs," Savetsky explained. "Those are situations that sometimes could, unfortunately, turn into something violent."
Savetsky and his wife Lizzy are both well-known Jewish influencers on social media; Ira has some 50,000 followers on Instagram while Lizzy has 350,000. The couple first made headlines in the summer of 2022 when Lizzy was cast in season 14 of "The Real Housewives of New York" and then abruptly backed out, citing a "torrent of antisemitism."
Lizzy Savetsky, who once told us she was an "accidental activist," first became prominent online for her fashion and lifestyle content. But in recent years, she and Ira have become increasingly known for their efforts to promote Zionism and fight antisemitism, something they have leaned into even further in the months following Oct. 7. In their content, the Savetskys often spotlight their children Stella, 11, Juliet, 9 and Ollie, 3, in their advocacy. In one video, posted Nov. 13, shows a forlorn-looking Stella and Juliet standing in Washington Square Park holding a sign that reads: "We are Jewish. We are all hurting. Can we give you a hug?"
Ira Savetsky, who has operated his uptown practice for two years, was inspired to offer free surgeries after meeting a 19-year-old New Yorker named Rafi who had been punched in the face multiple times one Sunday evening shortly after Oct. 7, after a passerby on the Lower East Side asked if he was Jewish and he responded affirmatively.
"He just immediately attacked me, punching me in the face four or five times and then he knocked me over," Rafi told the New York Jewish Week. His nose was bruised and bloody and he was worried it was broken. Rafi reached out to a childhood friend, whose father is Jewish radio host Sidney Rosenberg, who put out a call for help on his social media. Savetsky saw the posts and offered to help Rafi free of charge.
Savetsky ultimately determined that Rafi didn't need surgery. Nonetheless, the teen called Savetsky's help "a blessing," adding, "I just never thought that being Jewish would be enough reason to get attacked."
But Rafi's story sparked something in Savetsky, who decided to offer his expertise to others who may be hurting. "If you know someone who has experienced a hate crime and requires plastic or reconstructive surgery, please contact my office," he posted on Instagram Nov. 3. "These services will be free of charge. Let's stand together and stay safe and resilient, everyone. Am Yisroel Chai."
So far, those who have taken Savetsky up on his offer haven't been involved with the type of injuries that Savetsky imagined at the outset of this initiative. One woman, a junior in college, reached out about getting a Hebrew tattoo of the word chai, the Hebrew word for "life," removed, fearing it might incite threats or violence. Another woman, 28-year-old Long Island native Natalie Sanandaji, is a survivor of the Nova Music Festival massacre on Oct. 7. Sanandaji fortunately wasn't physically injured by Hamas' attack, though Savetsky gave her botox and filler "just to lift her spirits up," he said.
Most recently, on Jan. 17, Savetsky performed a rhinoplasty on Rebecca, a 30-year-old Israeli-American woman who preferred not to share her last name for safety reasons. Rebecca was in Jerusalem on Oct. 7, where most of her family lives. After several weeks of spending time with family, Rebecca was supposed to fly to Turkey on Oct. 8 for a rhinoplasty.
"When [Oct. 7] happened, I called the office and said 'Listen, I'm not going to make it — I'm in Israel with no way to get out," Rebecca recalled. To her surprise, the office responded, as she remembers, "It's probably better that way, as we prefer not to do work on anybody who's Jewish."
Rebecca said she was "shocked" and "speechless."
Of course, it by far wasn't the worst thing in the world to happen — Hamas' violence and her grandmother's death a few days afterwards was "a month from hell, from start to finish," Rebecca said. But still, the response from the Turkish doctor was upsetting and disappointing for her — she had just gotten engaged and was planning to do the surgery before her wedding.
"It's an insecurity I've had my whole life and I wanted to look back at my wedding photos and love them," Rebecca explained. "I didn't have the money to do a full nose job — that's why I was going to Turkey." Turkey has emerged as a popular destination for cosmetic procedure tourism; there, a typical rhinoplasty typically costs a fraction of the approximately $20,000 it costs in New York.
Rebecca saw Savetsky's post and, on a whim, decided to message him. "He responded immediately," she told the New York Jewish Week. "I went in, we read some tehillim [psalms] before the surgery. I'm so happy. It's amazing. The fact that he was able to do that for me was literally life changing."
(For his part, Savetksy said he gladly participates in praying before a surgery if the patient suggests it, but doesn't typically do it himself.)
While Savetsky said it's possible that some might take advantage of his offer for free surgery, his office "tries to do some due diligence" and get records of what happened — like, for instance, of the canceled appointment in Turkey.
"There are some people that have misinterpreted the initiative," he said, adding, "if someone's going to go through extreme efforts to sort of do something like that, I'd rather just help them out and do it because they're probably desperate to get something done."
He added that the initiative "is not exclusive" to Jews or Israelis. "If somebody Muslim is a victim of a hate crime, and they got beat up, of course, I would see them and take care of them," he said.
Soon, Savetksy will operate on a former IDF soldier who broke his nose in training in 2022. The 23-year-old soldier, who is now a first-year at an American university and asked to remain anonymous for safety reasons, said he never properly got his nose fixed.
"I have been following Dr. Savetsky for a while and I just reached out to ask in general since I know he's been helping people out," he told the New York Jewish Week. "He responded very quickly and we spoke and he said you're free of charge. It's just really amazing."
Savetksy said his anti-antisemitism advocacy stems from being the grandchild of a Holocaust survivor. "These are real conversations that people are having that I never thought that we would have — it's just very surreal," he said of the uptick in antisemitic violence in New York City and around the world since Israel's war with Hamas began. "Having grown up hearing all of the stories of the Holocaust from my grandmother, it was obviously something that was ingrained in us. But growing up in New York, it felt like something like that could never happen.
"We see the numbers, we see the reports, and oftentimes it can feel more hypothetical than tangible," he added. "But when you're sitting with somebody in your office in the middle of the Upper East Side who was attacked for being Jewish, it definitely becomes much more real. It just sort of gives a lot more insight in the times that we're living."
For the patients and clients the New York Jewish Week spoke to for this story, each of them said the most meaningful part of Savetsky's initiative is not his ability to provide surgery and to do so for free. Rather, they said they were moved that Savetsky listened to their stories and supported them as Jews.
"It wasn't the easiest semester, this past semester, to say the least," the former IDF soldier, who is a pro-Israel activist on his campus, said. "There were a lot of personal attacks and obviously it was very detrimental academically. So it's really nice to know that there are people in the Jewish community who really have your back."
"I think it's given people strength and reassurance that we're in it together no matter how bad things are. It's really united us as a community," Savetsky said. "Thankfully, these aren't people that were needing emergency surgery or services; a lot of it is being someone to talk to about what they had gone through, and just the gesture of, 'Hey, you're not alone, and we're here for whatever you need.'"
#74
Crimes of Israel, IDF, Zionists, Mossad or "Jews" / Re: Permanent version: Israel ...
Last post by abduLMaria - February 17, 2024, 11:51:19 AMI have posted links to this thread, at this point, about 20,000 times on Facebook. In all of the "Embassies", foreign government pages, trying to precipitate them talking about it.
Until very recently, it would flash in big letters, "Israel did 9-11, All the Proof in the World".
i.e., normal procedure, when you post a link, it lists the Title of the page.
A few days ago, Facebook changed their procedure.
NO MORE TITLES FOR LINKS.
Until very recently, it would flash in big letters, "Israel did 9-11, All the Proof in the World".
i.e., normal procedure, when you post a link, it lists the Title of the page.
A few days ago, Facebook changed their procedure.
NO MORE TITLES FOR LINKS.
#75
Current News / News of an Immediate & Urgent Nature / Re: Gentile Conference in Dres...
Last post by abduLMaria - February 16, 2024, 08:49:44 PMQuote from: yankeedoodle on February 16, 2024, 08:33:04 PM
The original 911 - Sept. 11, 1882 - The First Anti-jewish Congress in Dresden
https://theinfounderground.com/smf/index.php?topic=31854.msg100583#msg100583
Thank you, very much.
Not a coincidence, the date that is.
Do you think they will launch the full offensive Saturday morning ?
Does the Jewish Sabbath play any role in the timing of these things ?
#76
Current News / News of an Immediate & Urgent Nature / Re: Picture of the Day
Last post by yankeedoodle - February 16, 2024, 08:39:40 PM
#77
Current News / News of an Immediate & Urgent Nature / Re: Gentile Conference in Dres...
Last post by yankeedoodle - February 16, 2024, 08:33:04 PMThe original 911 - Sept. 11, 1882 - The First Anti-jewish Congress in Dresden
https://theinfounderground.com/smf/index.php?topic=31854.msg100583#msg100583
https://theinfounderground.com/smf/index.php?topic=31854.msg100583#msg100583
#78
Current News / News of an Immediate & Urgent Nature / Gentile Conference in Dresden ...
Last post by abduLMaria - February 16, 2024, 08:25:09 PMI am trying to cite the Gentile conference that was held in Dresden 20 or 50 years before the Jews fire-bombed it in 1945.
Obviously they were punishing the people of Dresden for DARING to be independent.
I am citing this in a letter to Netanyahu.
I need the information ASAP.
Google is not helpful.
Thanks for any info !
Obviously they were punishing the people of Dresden for DARING to be independent.
I am citing this in a letter to Netanyahu.
I need the information ASAP.
Google is not helpful.
Thanks for any info !
#79
Must See, Hear or Read Videos, Audios or Books / ERNST ZUNDEL AND DAVID IRVING ...
Last post by yankeedoodle - February 16, 2024, 06:40:13 PMERNST ZUNDEL AND DAVID IRVING DISCUSSION
https://www.bitchute.com/video/IVRihc3OnqtM/
https://www.bitchute.com/video/IVRihc3OnqtM/
#80
Zionist Personalities We Should Know About / Robert Kraft - forces football...
Last post by yankeedoodle - February 16, 2024, 06:22:36 PMMeet Robert Kraft, the eccentric billionaire owner of the New England Patriots who is not only funding unusual Super Bowl ads but also pro-Israel American politicians.
Super Bowl Propaganda: Patriots' Robert Kraft's Ties to Israel Explained
https://scheerpost.com/2024/02/15/super-bowl-propaganda-patriots-robert-krafts-ties-to-israel-explained/
https://www.mintpressnews.com/super-bowl-propaganda-patriots-robert-kraft-ties-israel-explained/286807/
By Alan MacLeod / MintPress News
Amid the fast-paced action that saw the Kansas City Chiefs win their third championship in five years, Americans tuning in to watch the Super Bowl were met with a barrage of unusual propaganda.
Nestled between the typical ads for cars and beer were two bizarre messages: one from the Foundation to Combat anti-Semitism (FCAS) and the other from the State of Israel itself. Both were intimately related to the ongoing slaughter in Gaza and trying to draw attention away from Israeli war crimes.
TARGETING BLACK AMERICANS
The FCAS commercial features Clarence B. Jones, the former advisor to Martin Luther King, who drafted his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. The message is that there is a growing tidal wave of racist intolerance in America and that we must all come together to oppose anti-Semitism — the commercial ends by telling people to visit the website StandUpToJewishHate.com.
Super Bowl ads do not come cheap, and its $7 million for 30-second air time price tag was footed by the billionaire owner of the New England Patriots NFL franchise, Robert Kraft. Kraft (net worth: $11 billion) made his fortune in the paper and packaging business and has deep ties to the state of Israel, including donating hundreds of millions of dollars to pro-Israel groups and funding pro-Israel candidates in U.S. elections. He even enjoys a close relationship with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
https://twitter.com/StandUp2JewHate/status/1756841375117496469?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1756841375117496469%7Ctwgr%5E1ba67d297a2c0aa3dfb25382548e03e112420027%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fscheerpost.com%2F2024%2F02%2F15%2Fsuper-bowl-propaganda-patriots-robert-krafts-ties-to-israel-explained%2F
Kraft married his wife in Israel in 1962 and has reportedly made over 100 visits to the country, including leading dozens of PR missions there, bringing celebrities and sports stars with him. He also maintains a network of charities across Israel.
In December, he pledged a gigantic $100 million to the FCAS. This was, Forbes reported, to "educate the public about the rise in antisemitic incidents and further develop the relationship between the Black and Jewish communities." Considering its content and invocation of Dr. King, it seems clear that the Super Bowl ad was part of Kraft's plan to target the Black community.
Black Americans are far more progressive on Palestine than the rest of the population. Many Black leaders, as well as movements such as Black Lives Matter, have allied themselves with the Palestinian cause, seeing parallels and connections between the oppression of Palestinians abroad and the treatment of Black Americans at home.
A December poll by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace found that 28% of the Black population favored an immediate ceasefire, as opposed to 20% of white Americans. Only 5% of African Americans wanted the U.S. government to show "unwavering support" to Israel, versus 23% of the white population.
FUNDING ANTI-ANTI-SEMITISM
In Kraft's view, therefore, the Black population's outlook is a problem. The billionaire sports owner founded the FCAS in 2019 amid growing domestic and international opposition to the state of Israel's apartheid policies in Palestine. He announced the move at a lavish ceremony in Jerusalem, where he was presented with the Genesis Prize – an Israeli government-backed award given to individuals who most aid the Jewish state.
After the ceremony, he had lunch with his friend, Prime Minister Netanyahu. Kraft had previously supported Netanyahu by attending his speech to Congress in 2015. "Israel does not have a more loyal friend than Robert Kraft," Netanyahu said.
Kraft was awarded the $1 million Genesis Prize for his efforts in philanthropy and "combating anti-Semitism." Yet his views on what does and does not constitute anti-Semitism are contentious, to say the least.
In the wake of the historic wave of protests across the U.S. calling for a ceasefire in the Middle East, he appeared on MSNBC to denounce those taking part as supporters of terrorism. "It's horrible to me that a group like Hamas can be respected and people in the United States of America can be carrying flags or supporting them," he said, clearly equating supporting Palestinian rights with terrorism. "Hamas is preaching the eradication of all Jewish people from the Earth," he added.
Thus, while the FCAS claims to be standing against lies and racism, its founder continues to spread his own disinformation in service of the Israeli project.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, he also opposes the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement – a grassroots campaign to peacefully bring economic pressure on the state of Israel to stop its oppression and occupation of its neighbors. Kraft sees BDS as a form of anti-Jewish racism, lumping it in with attacks on synagogues or the growing threat from the far-right.
"My vision is to work to end the violence against Jewish communities. To counter the normalization of anti-Semitic narratives that question Israel's right to exist, disguised as part of legitimate debate on campuses and in the media," he said, thereby hinting that the FCAS will attempt to insert themselves into college campuses nationwide and pressure the media to take (even) more pro-Israel stances.
THE ISRAEL LOBBY'S FINANCIER
Kraft is one of the Israel lobby's chief benefactors, donating millions of dollars to various groups throughout his life. In 2022, for example, he gave $1 million to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's (AIPAC) super PAC. AIPAC works to push pro-Israel policies across the U.S. and insert pro-Israel language into as many pieces of legislation as possible.
He also funds the Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces – a group that raises money to help Israeli soldiers, even as they carry out war crimes in Palestine, Syria and beyond. Other pro-Israel groups, he has given sizeable donations to include:
- American Friends of the Israel Museum
- American Friends of the Yitzhak Rabin Center
- The Anti-Defamation League
- The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis
- The Jewish Agency for Israel
- The Jewish National Fund
- StandWithUs
- The Israel Project
Through his organization, Touchdown in Israel, Kraft regularly organizes propaganda trips to Israel for former NFL players, no doubt hoping they will become advocates of the Jewish state.
Arguably the most influential way in which Kraft influences American public life, however, is his consistent funding of right-wing Democrats standing against progressives and advocates for justice in Palestine.
In 2021, for example, he donated $5,800 to Congresswoman Shontel Brown in her contentious face-off against progressive Nina Turner and another $2,900 to her reelection. Brown was a little-known but strongly pro-Israel candidate standing against a democratic socialist, national co-chair of Bernie Sanders' 2020 election campaign, and an outspoken critic of Israel's policies.
Vast amounts of pro-Israel money flowed into Brown's campaign, helping her to defeat Turner. In her acceptance speech, Brown praised Israel and later thanked the Jewish community for "help[ing] me get over the finish line."
Kraft has also given money to pro-Israel Democrats, including David Cicilline; Juan Vargas; Ted Deutch; Jake Auchincloss and Ritchie Torres.
His actions, donations and public pronouncements have drawn condemnation from some who have followed them. Sports journalist Dave Zirin, for example, recently wrote that:
He appears to think that any criticism of Israel is inherently antisemitic. For Kraft, it is Jews like myself, rabbis, and Holocaust survivors calling for a ceasefire and a free Palestine that are part of the problem. And Kraft seems to think that opposition to Israel, the IDF, and the AIPAC agenda is antisemitism."
ISRAEL ON TV
Super Bowl viewers were subjected to another pro-Israel ad in between the action, this one directly funded by and representing the Israeli government.
"To all the dads," the voiceover says, as images of wholesome fatherhood activities play on the screen, "The funny ones, the silly ones, the strong ones, the adventurous ones. To all the dads held in captivity by Hamas for over 120 days, we vow to bring you home."
On the surface of the ad, the Israeli government was sending a message to Israeli fathers still in Hamas custody. That message was that they were working to bring them home (by spending millions of dollars to air the message on American TV during the Super Bowl.)
The reality, however, is that this was an attempt to sway the American public into identifying with Israel, suggesting that this could happen to any of their fathers' too.
https://twitter.com/TheCradleMedia/status/1757200644543250904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1757200644543250904%7Ctwgr%5E1ba67d297a2c0aa3dfb25382548e03e112420027%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fscheerpost.com%2F2024%2F02%2F15%2Fsuper-bowl-propaganda-patriots-robert-krafts-ties-to-israel-explained%2F
Many viewers felt that what they saw amounted to little more than expensive disinformation. "I'm sorry, is Israel seriously airing a SOB STORY PROPAGANDA AD during the SUPER BOWL while SIMULTANEOUSLY BOMBING THE REFUGEES AT RAFAH?
" wrote one viewer on Twitter.
Nevertheless, the Super Bowl was the most-watched American telecast ever, reaching over 123 million viewers. Some say you cannot put a price on that sort of publicity, but apparently, you can, and that price is $7 million. Propaganda it might be, but in America, money talks. And both Robert Kraft and the government of Israel certainly have a lot of it to spend.
Super Bowl Propaganda: Patriots' Robert Kraft's Ties to Israel Explained
https://scheerpost.com/2024/02/15/super-bowl-propaganda-patriots-robert-krafts-ties-to-israel-explained/
https://www.mintpressnews.com/super-bowl-propaganda-patriots-robert-kraft-ties-israel-explained/286807/
By Alan MacLeod / MintPress News
Amid the fast-paced action that saw the Kansas City Chiefs win their third championship in five years, Americans tuning in to watch the Super Bowl were met with a barrage of unusual propaganda.
Nestled between the typical ads for cars and beer were two bizarre messages: one from the Foundation to Combat anti-Semitism (FCAS) and the other from the State of Israel itself. Both were intimately related to the ongoing slaughter in Gaza and trying to draw attention away from Israeli war crimes.
TARGETING BLACK AMERICANS
The FCAS commercial features Clarence B. Jones, the former advisor to Martin Luther King, who drafted his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. The message is that there is a growing tidal wave of racist intolerance in America and that we must all come together to oppose anti-Semitism — the commercial ends by telling people to visit the website StandUpToJewishHate.com.
Super Bowl ads do not come cheap, and its $7 million for 30-second air time price tag was footed by the billionaire owner of the New England Patriots NFL franchise, Robert Kraft. Kraft (net worth: $11 billion) made his fortune in the paper and packaging business and has deep ties to the state of Israel, including donating hundreds of millions of dollars to pro-Israel groups and funding pro-Israel candidates in U.S. elections. He even enjoys a close relationship with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
https://twitter.com/StandUp2JewHate/status/1756841375117496469?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1756841375117496469%7Ctwgr%5E1ba67d297a2c0aa3dfb25382548e03e112420027%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fscheerpost.com%2F2024%2F02%2F15%2Fsuper-bowl-propaganda-patriots-robert-krafts-ties-to-israel-explained%2F
Kraft married his wife in Israel in 1962 and has reportedly made over 100 visits to the country, including leading dozens of PR missions there, bringing celebrities and sports stars with him. He also maintains a network of charities across Israel.
In December, he pledged a gigantic $100 million to the FCAS. This was, Forbes reported, to "educate the public about the rise in antisemitic incidents and further develop the relationship between the Black and Jewish communities." Considering its content and invocation of Dr. King, it seems clear that the Super Bowl ad was part of Kraft's plan to target the Black community.
Black Americans are far more progressive on Palestine than the rest of the population. Many Black leaders, as well as movements such as Black Lives Matter, have allied themselves with the Palestinian cause, seeing parallels and connections between the oppression of Palestinians abroad and the treatment of Black Americans at home.
A December poll by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace found that 28% of the Black population favored an immediate ceasefire, as opposed to 20% of white Americans. Only 5% of African Americans wanted the U.S. government to show "unwavering support" to Israel, versus 23% of the white population.
FUNDING ANTI-ANTI-SEMITISM
In Kraft's view, therefore, the Black population's outlook is a problem. The billionaire sports owner founded the FCAS in 2019 amid growing domestic and international opposition to the state of Israel's apartheid policies in Palestine. He announced the move at a lavish ceremony in Jerusalem, where he was presented with the Genesis Prize – an Israeli government-backed award given to individuals who most aid the Jewish state.
After the ceremony, he had lunch with his friend, Prime Minister Netanyahu. Kraft had previously supported Netanyahu by attending his speech to Congress in 2015. "Israel does not have a more loyal friend than Robert Kraft," Netanyahu said.
Kraft was awarded the $1 million Genesis Prize for his efforts in philanthropy and "combating anti-Semitism." Yet his views on what does and does not constitute anti-Semitism are contentious, to say the least.
In the wake of the historic wave of protests across the U.S. calling for a ceasefire in the Middle East, he appeared on MSNBC to denounce those taking part as supporters of terrorism. "It's horrible to me that a group like Hamas can be respected and people in the United States of America can be carrying flags or supporting them," he said, clearly equating supporting Palestinian rights with terrorism. "Hamas is preaching the eradication of all Jewish people from the Earth," he added.
Thus, while the FCAS claims to be standing against lies and racism, its founder continues to spread his own disinformation in service of the Israeli project.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, he also opposes the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement – a grassroots campaign to peacefully bring economic pressure on the state of Israel to stop its oppression and occupation of its neighbors. Kraft sees BDS as a form of anti-Jewish racism, lumping it in with attacks on synagogues or the growing threat from the far-right.
"My vision is to work to end the violence against Jewish communities. To counter the normalization of anti-Semitic narratives that question Israel's right to exist, disguised as part of legitimate debate on campuses and in the media," he said, thereby hinting that the FCAS will attempt to insert themselves into college campuses nationwide and pressure the media to take (even) more pro-Israel stances.
THE ISRAEL LOBBY'S FINANCIER
Kraft is one of the Israel lobby's chief benefactors, donating millions of dollars to various groups throughout his life. In 2022, for example, he gave $1 million to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's (AIPAC) super PAC. AIPAC works to push pro-Israel policies across the U.S. and insert pro-Israel language into as many pieces of legislation as possible.
He also funds the Friends of the Israeli Defense Forces – a group that raises money to help Israeli soldiers, even as they carry out war crimes in Palestine, Syria and beyond. Other pro-Israel groups, he has given sizeable donations to include:
- American Friends of the Israel Museum
- American Friends of the Yitzhak Rabin Center
- The Anti-Defamation League
- The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis
- The Jewish Agency for Israel
- The Jewish National Fund
- StandWithUs
- The Israel Project
Through his organization, Touchdown in Israel, Kraft regularly organizes propaganda trips to Israel for former NFL players, no doubt hoping they will become advocates of the Jewish state.
Arguably the most influential way in which Kraft influences American public life, however, is his consistent funding of right-wing Democrats standing against progressives and advocates for justice in Palestine.
In 2021, for example, he donated $5,800 to Congresswoman Shontel Brown in her contentious face-off against progressive Nina Turner and another $2,900 to her reelection. Brown was a little-known but strongly pro-Israel candidate standing against a democratic socialist, national co-chair of Bernie Sanders' 2020 election campaign, and an outspoken critic of Israel's policies.
Vast amounts of pro-Israel money flowed into Brown's campaign, helping her to defeat Turner. In her acceptance speech, Brown praised Israel and later thanked the Jewish community for "help[ing] me get over the finish line."
Kraft has also given money to pro-Israel Democrats, including David Cicilline; Juan Vargas; Ted Deutch; Jake Auchincloss and Ritchie Torres.
His actions, donations and public pronouncements have drawn condemnation from some who have followed them. Sports journalist Dave Zirin, for example, recently wrote that:
He appears to think that any criticism of Israel is inherently antisemitic. For Kraft, it is Jews like myself, rabbis, and Holocaust survivors calling for a ceasefire and a free Palestine that are part of the problem. And Kraft seems to think that opposition to Israel, the IDF, and the AIPAC agenda is antisemitism."
ISRAEL ON TV
Super Bowl viewers were subjected to another pro-Israel ad in between the action, this one directly funded by and representing the Israeli government.
"To all the dads," the voiceover says, as images of wholesome fatherhood activities play on the screen, "The funny ones, the silly ones, the strong ones, the adventurous ones. To all the dads held in captivity by Hamas for over 120 days, we vow to bring you home."
On the surface of the ad, the Israeli government was sending a message to Israeli fathers still in Hamas custody. That message was that they were working to bring them home (by spending millions of dollars to air the message on American TV during the Super Bowl.)
The reality, however, is that this was an attempt to sway the American public into identifying with Israel, suggesting that this could happen to any of their fathers' too.
https://twitter.com/TheCradleMedia/status/1757200644543250904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1757200644543250904%7Ctwgr%5E1ba67d297a2c0aa3dfb25382548e03e112420027%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fscheerpost.com%2F2024%2F02%2F15%2Fsuper-bowl-propaganda-patriots-robert-krafts-ties-to-israel-explained%2F
Many viewers felt that what they saw amounted to little more than expensive disinformation. "I'm sorry, is Israel seriously airing a SOB STORY PROPAGANDA AD during the SUPER BOWL while SIMULTANEOUSLY BOMBING THE REFUGEES AT RAFAH?
" wrote one viewer on Twitter.Nevertheless, the Super Bowl was the most-watched American telecast ever, reaching over 123 million viewers. Some say you cannot put a price on that sort of publicity, but apparently, you can, and that price is $7 million. Propaganda it might be, but in America, money talks. And both Robert Kraft and the government of Israel certainly have a lot of it to spend.