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Michael Oren on Hamas Propaganda, Campus Antisemitism, and the COVID Vax Lawsuits

Megyn KellyFebruary 5, 20241h 40min137,435 views
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Global Protests and Antisemitism

  • 🌍 Protests erupted globally following Israel's entry into Gaza, with significant demonstrations in Brooklyn, London, and Istanbul.
  • 🗣️ Chants like "Allahu Akbar" and "Long Live Hamas" were heard, and some protesters explicitly supported Hamas, which Turkish President Erdogan stated is "not a terrorist organization."
  • ✈️ In Dagestan, Russia, pro-Palestinian rioters stormed an airport searching for Israeli passengers from a Tel Aviv flight, highlighting escalating global tensions.
  • 🇺🇸 On American campuses, particularly Cornell University, Jewish students faced threats including calls for them to be hunted and have their throats slit, described as "outrageous" and a "deep and profound moral failing."

The Horrors of the October 7th Attacks

  • 💔 Former Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren shared harrowing accounts from survivors and rescuers, including a baby found in an oven and children beheaded.
  • 🩸 The attacks are described as worse than the Holocaust, with an inability to identify many bodies due to mutilation and incineration.
  • 🧠 Oren emphasizes that these atrocities explain Israel's current military response to uproot Hamas.

The War Against the Jewish People and the Threat of Ceasefire

  • ⚔️ Oren asserts this is not just a war against Israel but a global "war against the Jewish people," citing incidents in Dagestan, London, and Ithaca.
  • 🚨 A major threat to Israel is a ceasefire, which Hamas seeks to achieve by releasing hostages with staged positive treatment, thereby allowing Hamas to escape accountability for mass murder.
  • 🚫 A ceasefire would prevent Israel from restoring security, returning evacuees, and deterring future attacks from Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran.

Media and Campus Narratives

  • 📺 Oren criticizes media outlets like NPR for unverified casualty numbers and a lack of context, suggesting they enable Hamas's propaganda war.
  • 🏫 He contrasts Israel's mandatory military service with American university "indoctrination" in radical left-wing thinking, which he believes makes students vulnerable to distorted narratives.
  • 💡 Knowledge of facts, such as Israel's withdrawal from Gaza in 2005 and Hamas's diversion of water resources for rockets, is presented as a crucial weapon against campus misinformation.

Legal Battles: COVID Vax Lawsuits and Derek Chauvin Appeal

  • 💉 Lawsuits are emerging against Pfizer and the Department of Defense concerning alleged vaccine-related deaths, with plaintiffs arguing willful misconduct to bypass immunity.
  • ⚖️ The legal strategy involves proving reckless conduct and civil rights violations to overcome governmental and manufacturer immunity.
  • 🎤 New evidence from a prosecutor's deposition suggests the medical examiner in the Derek Chauvin case had doubts about the evidence not matching the public narrative, potentially impacting his appeal for a new trial.
  • 🏛️ Arguments are being made that the Chauvin trial was influenced by public pressure and media bias, with a focus on the lack of venue change and the medical examiner's potentially compromised testimony.
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