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Resilience in the Face of Terror A review of "October 7: In Their Own Words"
Steyn Online ^ | 2 June 2024 | Mark Steyn

Posted on 06/06/2024 6:48:21 PM PDT by Rummyfan

If you take the view that art is inherently subversive, it's tragic that October 7 exists.

The play, the latest from Phelim McAleer and Ann McElhinney, brings the stories of victims and survivors of the Oct. 7 attacks to life.

McAleer is credited as the writer, though the words themselves come from verbatim transcripts of interviews he and McElhinney conducted in Israel in the aftermath of Hamas' murder of 1,200 people, not to mention the rapes, kidnappings, and other horrors that, for at least one father, made death preferable.

As one man, Michael (Randy Schein), says of his slain daughter Rachel:

"We are crying, but at least she just was killed. She didn't get raped. She didn't... she wasn't burned alive. Only in Israel, only here, to be a parent and to say, 'We feel happy because she just was killed and not more than that.'"

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Seeing October 7 left me feeling a strange blend of demoralization and hopefulness. On one hand, the world has turned its back on Israel and the Jewish people time and time again. But on the other, they have continuously shown their ability to rise up against all obstacles and emerge victorious. I have no doubt they will survive this.

1 posted on 06/06/2024 6:48:21 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

Israel will defeat this generation of ham ass. I’m in Jerusalem having cappuccino on the street, and a parade of hundreds of children just went by with Israeli flags. This society is still completely spun up to go kill the killers.

Joebama can withhold all the weapons he wants. Israelis will go fight with sticks. And win.

Sadly, the festering sore on the ass of humanity that is islam will rise again in 20 years to repeat October 7th. Israel will kick that generation’s ass too.

One solution would be for the settler colonialist arabs to go back to arabia from which they launched their invasion of conquest and leave Israel to its indigenous Jews.


2 posted on 06/06/2024 9:09:22 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Hamas <3 Biden.)
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To: Uncle Miltie
One solution would be for the settler colonialist arabs to go back to arabia from which they launched their invasion of conquest and leave Israel to its indigenous Jews.

The more a person digs into Islam and its history, the more he will think Islam is (a) not a religion in any reasonable sense of the term, and (b) it should be rammed off the face of the Earth.

The settler colonial arabs should also leave West, Central and Eastern Africa to the native Christians and traditional peoples.

3 posted on 06/06/2024 10:15:03 PM PDT by magooey (The Mandate of Heaven resides in the hearts of men.)
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To: Rummyfan
"We are crying, but at least she just was killed. She didn't get raped. She didn't... she wasn't burned alive. Only in Israel, only here, to be a parent and to say, 'We feel happy because she just was killed and not more than that.'"

The subhuman treatment of non-Muslim women by jihadi organizations such as the Islamic State or Nigeria's Boko Haram,where "infidel" women are bought, sold, gang-raped, mutilated, dismembered and burned alive---is relatively well known (thanks to ISIS itself, for disseminating images and videos). Lesser known is that "infidel" women are treated in similar ways all across the Muslim world, as explained by a 2016 report: ...

The reference is Raymond Ibrahim, 'Infidel Women: Islam's "Spoils of War" ', at https://www.raymondibrahim.com/2018/02/19/infidel-women-islams-spoils-war .

Maybe it is past time to make common cause among all the peoples and nations being oppressed by Islamic imperialism that is emanating from the Middle East.

4 posted on 06/06/2024 10:34:01 PM PDT by magooey (The Mandate of Heaven resides in the hearts of men.)
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To: Rummyfan; Uncle Miltie

To get some insight into the psychological dynamics of the perpetrators we can look to this wepage.

Skeptic Infidel, Violent Sexual Obsession and Rape as Expression of Islamic Spirituality, https://www.islam-watch.org/Others/Violent-Sexual-Obsession-and-Rape-as-Expression-of-Islamic-Spirituality.htm

The relevant section begins with these paragraphs. Those who can stomach it can go to the webpage and read further.

“Islam’s scriptural authorities require faithful Muslim’s to “humiliate” non-believers, and to bring them to an understanding of their state of degradation. The humiliation and degradation of women has become, despite Islam’s denials, an extension of this spiritual directive, with sexuality being the tool for the expression of Islamic dominance, as well as a weapon with which to punish the disobedient and the unbelieving.”

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“It is within this cultural dynamic that is to be found the source of the gross overkill and sexual torture that has become the common and consistently characteristic signature of Muslim violence toward their non-Muslim and apostate captives.”

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5 posted on 06/07/2024 12:54:57 AM PDT by magooey (The Mandate of Heaven resides in the hearts of men.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Shabbat Shalom!


6 posted on 06/07/2024 5:48:31 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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To: Rummyfan

Shabbat Shalom!

I welcomed The Shabbat Bride at the Kotel with the singing and dancing young burly Jews!

Now, a nice single malt Scotch and Amaro Nonino cocktail, and 850 grams (way over a pound) of prime rib medium rare!

Life is good.


7 posted on 06/07/2024 10:31:15 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Hamas <3 Biden.)
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To: Rummyfan

Pluswhich, earlier today I made my first visit to The Wall, and made my prayers. Very emotional.

Sunday, I walk the Temple Mount, then on to Tel Aviv for dinner with a friend. Flight out Monday early morning.


8 posted on 06/07/2024 10:35:48 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Hamas <3 Biden.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Enjoy! And a safe trip home. Have submitted my application to Sar-El. Waiting to hear back from them.


9 posted on 06/07/2024 8:00:32 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man.)
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To: Rummyfan

Good deal! You’ll definitely have fun.


10 posted on 06/07/2024 10:07:17 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Hamas <3 Biden.)
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To: Uncle Miltie
Sadly, the festering sore on the ass of humanity that is islam will rise again in 20 years to repeat October 7th.

That is why, regrettably, those "innocent" children and the women who bear them must die. Or if young enough to not yet be ruined by Islam, to be raised with love instead of hate by Godly parents of other faiths.

11 posted on 06/08/2024 12:56:22 PM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH! )
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