War.

Existential purpose -- and how YOU can help

Author

Yuri Kruman
October 15, 2023

Dear Friends,

As you are all doubtless aware by this point, Israel was attacked by Hamas on October 7th.

1300 of our women, children, elderly, men, soldiers, emergency workers and police were cruelly murdered, dismembered, raped, beheaded over the course of a few hours by carefully prepared Hamas ISIS Nazi storm-troopers.

This is no hyperbole.

This is our horrific reality here in Israel.

Now we know they had every last tiny detail of this mapped out.

They were training for 2 years. Right under the noses of Israeli intelligence.

5000+ rockets fired.

Hundreds of thousands of people rushing to shelters all the time with their kids and elderly parents.

So here we are, 8 days later, the army mobilized (including what will be 600,000+ reservists) to eliminate Hamas.

The country is united as we haven’t seen in many years, even decades.

The fighting and cooperative spirit of the Jewish people is truly astounding.

I could not be more proud of my people.

Thousands upon thousands giving blood, hundreds of thousands volunteering for everything from cooking and delivering food, purchasing phone chargers and ceramic vests.

Reservists flying in from all over the world, even when they don’t have to.

It is an awesome sight to see.

But if you look at Israel from the outside, all you might see in the mainstream media is…

Even much worse demonization, blame, (already) denial that anything actually happened.

Even though everything was documented in chilling detail by the hamas isis islamo-nazis themselves!

Anti-Semites feel empowered more than ever before, it seems.

Hundreds of thousands marching in support of genocide against Jews in Israel and anywhere else.

In Times Square, London, you name it.

This is a time to re-dedicate oneself to one’s true mission.

As you all know, I stopped writing this newsletter at the end of August, because frankly, I was exhausted.

By a difficult year (ha!), by all my various work and other obligations, etc.

War makes a lot of things quite clear.

Since last week, I’m not just managing social media for Technion, but also joined up with some amazing people to launch an Israel advocacy newsletter that will be sent to 150K readers.

Stay tuned for more on that.

But while this is an important refocus, I want to re-dedicate myself to this newsletter.

I will be putting together an Israel news-and-commentary-focused newsletter as often as I can each week to reflect our reality.

We need to get out the truth of our war against islamo-nazis as much as we humanly can.

I will ask in advance for your support.

Not just engaging and sharing.

But support from your wallet.

It’s already a difficult time for Israel’s economy, before we even account for the effect of this war, which was forced upon us by Hamas, Iran and the rest of those who would gleefully murder and rape and behead us, if we gave them the chance, G-d forbid.

I need your help to spread the truth and light in a world that has turned dramatically dark.

If you find my work valuable, show me some love.

Follow me on FB (posting 15-20 times a day there).

And on LinkedIN (once or twice a day, generally).

Feel free to buy me coffee (or 2 or 5 :) to help me keep going with this.

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With that in mind, here’s the first edition:

By The Numbers:

IDF Update:

PMO Update:

TOP 5:

1. The death toll has risen past 1300. The Air Force continues its bombing campaigns around Gaza Strip.

2. Hamas declares today (October 13th) a “Day of Rage” for Hamas supporters around the world. Stay vigilant, careful and away from large crowds and gatherings.

3. Primary attacks, ongoing attacks from Gaza and Lebanon, 750 targets struck by IDF overnight today. IDF calls for Gaza city civilians to leave their homes and move south of Gaza river for their safety. Hamas tells them to stay. UN agency says it’s not evacuating Palestinian shelters or its staffers

5. Israel cuts off Gaza access to water and electricity. Video emerges of water pipes dug up by Hamas to make missiles

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OVERVIEW:

IN ISRAEL:

The IDF allowed release of graphic imagery from the scenes of terror, audience, be warned they are horrid (EXTREME VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED) (Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

WAR CAMPAIGN RECAP: Recap up to day 7 of the war against Hamas (IDF)

IDF Statements:

Times of Israel Live Blog (Times of Israel)

Also (Bloomberg News):

Live Updates (AP News) 

Live Updates (Reuters) 

Hamas-issued video of the above (PMO - Bibi’s Adviser on Russian Press Affairs - X)

 

Also here (X) 

ABROAD:

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CIVIL ACTS OF KINDNESS:

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CRITICAL RESOURCES

THOSE WE HAVE LOST (Times of Israel)

 

HOW YOU CAN HELP (Times of Israel)

Also, you can pray and say copious Tehillim for these hostages:

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