A new report out of Israel and the same response.

I have a buddy who was quite the cyclist. He once did an organized ride from Boston to San Francisco. He later went all around Europe on his Trek touring bike. In Madison, we rode frequently through the beautiful countryside. I would pass him going up the hills on my light racing bike, and he would fly by me going down on his heavy bike. While in Europe (before the days of the Euro), he went into a store to buy his standard bread, chocolate, and Coke. When he came to pay, he was shocked at how expensive the food was. He asked the store owner why he had to pay so many French francs for just a couple of items. “Because you are in Switzerland and you have the wrong currency.”

The Israeli news websites are abuzz with a new, definitive report on Hamas’ sexual violence on October 7, 2023. Much of the data for the document came from Hamas itself and its highly recorded activities on that awful day. On the one hand, the report is important, as all history needs to be accurately documented for posterity and to prevent lies and misrepresentations. On that score, no doubt the efforts will be well worth the painful investigations behind the words and images. On the other hand, the report will do nothing. The U.N., for quite some time, completely ignored Hamas’ widespread sexual violence. The “Me Too” crowd never said a peep. Many people, including lefty women, said that no such attacks took place. “Israeli women are too ugly.” “It’s Zionist propaganda.” The zero-sum crowd invented claims of IDF soldiers raping Gazan women, a lie that was exposed as fraudulent. And for those who made such claims, the report will do nothing. And it will do nothing because their activities and statements are based on hating Jews and Israel and not some academic, factual investigation.

“Hasbara” in Hebrew means explanation, and in a broader use of........

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