Posted on 04/11/2024 2:20:29 AM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
The story of what happened after Oct 7 has played out in the international media as a montage of bombs and rubble. And while Israel’s campaign against the Hamas perpetrators of the horrific massacres, rapes and kidnappings is an important part of the story, it is not the only one.
From the men who grabbed their guns and drove south in the hours after the attack began to the warehouses quickly set up to provide food and clothing for the hundreds of thousands of Israelis who were forced to leave their homes after the attacks from Gaza, inside Israel, the real story has been defined by a country coming together not only to fight, but to support each other.
In the month after the attacks, one survey estimated that the majority of Israeli Jews were volunteering in one form or another at everything from baking cookies for soldiers to standing guard at potential terrorist targets. With hundreds of thousands of soldiers mobilized and hundreds of thousands of people stranded, even the most ordinary things became a problem.
Like laundry.
A Chassidic rabbi loaded up washing machines and dryers on trucks and headed with them to an army base. Laundry from displaced families was crowdsourced through social media groups with messages like, “there are at least 2000 people from Sderot who need help with their laundry. If you can help with doing one or two loads please reach out.”
Both religious and secular groups assembled massive warehouses filled with clothing and supplies for displaced people. Restaurants have set up meals and volunteers have deployed mobile kitchens in parking lots. And tens of thousands volunteer to cook in their own homes.
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Thanks for posting it. Most Americans will never know it or see this. But we have.
Repeat after me:
There are no civilians in Gaza.
None.
Theyre all savages.
Period.
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Where’s your quote about name calling?
Marking.
The Untold Story of Israel After October 7th
02/28/2024 7:35:31 AM PST · by Rev M. Bresciani · 5 replies
New American Prophet ^ | February 28, 2024 | Daniel Greenfield
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I'm sure they'll assimilate and become good Americans as soon as we import them here. That's the next step.
Might be interested in this for the thread, bitt!
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