Democrats love to pretend they are a friend to Israel, but it is very easy to make the case that Democrats hate Israel.
Look no further than comments made by Harris that pushed a Hamas narrative over actual proof that Israel's IDF provided.
Talking Points…
- Israel claims 19 Hamas members killed in strike
- Harris calls out Israel over civilian casualties
- Analysis
On Saturday, Hamas announced that an Israeli strike killed 100 civilians, only Hamas provided no proof. The media immediately accepted Hamas' numbers and even approached Kamala Harris about the attack, which we will get to in just a bit. First, however, we wanted to set the table with the statements made about the attack by both Hamas and Israel.
Hamas knows the media and Democrats in this country will accept anything it says at this point, so it was no surprise to see headlines blowing up over the weekend that Israel had struck a civilian target, killing roughly 100 Palestinians and injuring dozens more. To that point, CNBC reported:
"More than 100 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on a Gaza school sheltering displaced people, the Hamas-run Gaza government said on Saturday, an airstrike the Israeli military said had targeted a Hamas command centre.
"The strikes hit when people sheltering at the school were performing dawn prayers, leading to many casualties, the Hamas media office said in a statement."
Israel then responded to the reports about the attack, providing proof that 19 Hamas operatives were killed in the attack. In part, Israel stated:
"The names of 19 of the terrorists who were operating in this compound were published by us today. We also have intelligence indications that the terrorist Ashraf Juda Islamic Jihad's brigade commander of the central camps, was at the compound. This military facility was embedded inside the Al-Taba'een school building in Gaza City. After we received clear intelligence of the threat posed by these terrorists, and in accordance with international humanitarian law, we took numerous steps to mitigate the risk to civilians, including using aerial surveillance prior to the strike, and selecting very precise munitions to avoid civilian casualties.
"Early this morning, the IDF conducted a precision strike against the terrorists in one specific building of the compound, an area that according to our intelligence, no women and children were present. You can see in a video published by us today, that the compound is still intact, and that there is no significant cratering or damage to the main structure of the compound."
Harris was asked about the attack on Saturday by reporters. Now, I want you to listen to how the question was framed as well as Harris's response, calling out Israel over the deaths of civilians during this conflict…
"Yet again, there are far too many civilians who've been killed. Israel has a right to go after the terrorists that are Hamas. But as I have said many, many times, they also have, I believe, an important responsibility to avoid civilian casualties."
-- Kamala Harris on Gaza pic.twitter.com/Ir0bysiFT9
— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) August 10, 2024
Did you notice how the reporter did not even mention the response by the IDF, nor did they talk about the proof provided by the IDF or the video and pictures showing how precise this strike was? And, as I have said before, while civilian deaths are tragic, they are also a reality of war, but Israel has done everything in its power to eliminate collateral damage in this war, having a historically low fighter-to-civilian death toll during this war.
Democrats are up on their high horse against Israel, but let's not forget the fact that the United States has often disregarded civilian deaths to win a war. How soon we seem to forget that Harry S. Truman, a Democrat, authorized the dropping of the atomic bomb on Japan, which killed more than 214,000 civilians in the strike, with hundreds of thousands more facing side effects of the bombing and dying well after the fact.
It is truly sad that civilians die in war, but Hamas loves to attack and then hide in a civilian stronghold to avoid counterattacks. Israel simply cannot allow this terrorist organization to continue to operate. And again, let's not forget that Palestine has done nothing to assist Israel in hunting down Hamas. If Palestine wants to protect its innocent civilians from being collateral damage in a bombing, then why not join forces with Israel to root out Hamas, expose it, and help Israel kill them?
To me, it is despicable that our media and Democrats continue to use Hamas talking points without even looking to Israel for information. In this case, Israel had proof of what took place, but neither Harris nor the media seemed interested in it. Harris is no friend to Israel, nor is she someone who will protect the American way and work for Americans. She will work for the far left in the Democrat Party and illegal immigrants… that is her real platform, yet half this country seems more than willing to install her into office simply because her opposition is the bad orange man who says mean things on social media.
