{"id":2123541,"date":"2023-12-13T05:11:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T10:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-terrorists-called-for-a-global-protest-against-israel-liberal-activist-groups-did-their-bidding\/"},"modified":"2023-12-13T05:13:37","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T10:13:37","slug":"hamas-terrorists-called-for-a-global-protest-against-israel-liberal-activist-groups-did-their-bidding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-terrorists-called-for-a-global-protest-against-israel-liberal-activist-groups-did-their-bidding\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamas urged global protests against Israel, and liberal activist groups complied"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhamas-terrorists-called-for-a-global-protest-against-israel-liberal-activist-groups-did-their-bidding%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2123541&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<h2>IfNotNow, Adalah\u2063 Justice Project claim calls for strike came from Palestinian citizens,\u200b not terrorists<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption>(Kent\u200d Nishimura\/Getty\u200b Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<p>Last week,\u200d Hamas and other Palestinian terror organizations called \u200dfor a &#8220;global strike&#8221;\u200d against Israel. Within days, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-declines-challenge-to-disqualify-trump-from-running-for-president\/\" title=\"Supreme Court rejects bid to disqualify Trump from presidential race.\">left-wing activist\u2064 groups<\/a> in \u2062the United States were doing their bidding, calling on\u2064 their followers \u2063to skip\u2064 work and school while falsely claiming that the strike call came from Palestinian citizens, \u200cnot\u200d terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>In reality, the Palestinian National and Islamic Forces\u2014a \u2062coalition that includes representatives from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad\u2014in a Saturday <a href=\"https:\/\/english.wafa.ps\/Pages\/Details\/139960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">press release<\/a> \u2062asked &#8220;the entire globe&#8221; to join a\u2062 Monday strike &#8220;against the open genocide in Gaza.&#8221; \u2064A\u200d litany of U.S. anti-Israel activist groups quickly joined in, issuing\u200c statements and social media posts that asked \u200dAmericans to skip work and \u200bschool and refrain from shopping.<\/p>\n<p>Those \u2064statements, however, did\u2064 not mention that the\u200b global strike \u2062call came from Hamas and other terror\u2063 organizations. Instead, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fox-news-is-a-uniquely-destructive-force-leftists-call-for-boycott-of-fnc\/\" title=\"\u2018Fox News Is A Uniquely Destructive Force\u2019: Leftists Call For Boycott Of FNC\">left-wing activist groups<\/a> such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AdalahJustice\/status\/1733852668118937834?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adalah\u200b Justice Project<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PeoplesForumNYC\/status\/1733880367302484376?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The People&#8217;s \u2064Forum<\/a> said the &#8220;Palestinian people&#8221; called for the strike. Anti-Israel group IfNotNow similarly <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/IfNotNowOrg\/status\/1734264374892679239?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> &#8220;Palestinian\u2064 groups&#8221; called for the\u2064 strike\u2064 but \u200dfailed to give examples, while the Democratic Socialists of America&#8217;s New\u200c York City chapter \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nycDSA\/status\/1734036117123395746?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> &#8220;Palestinians in Gaza&#8221; issued\u200b the call. The \u200cU.S. Campaign for Palestinian \u200bRights <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/USCPR_\/status\/1734279231817793787?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called on its members<\/a> to\u200d join &#8220;the Global Strike for Gaza \u200d\u2026 called for by Palestinian\u200b journalists.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hamas&#8217;s role in calling\u200c for the strike reflects the blurred line between the terror\u200c group \u200band pro-Palestinian activists and journalists\u2014both in Gaza and the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press and CNN, \u200cfor\u200d example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/cnn-cuts-ties-with-freelancer-after-photo-emerges-of-him-sharing-a-kiss-with-hamas-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cut\u200d ties<\/a> last month\u200b with \u200da freelance photojournalist accused \u2062of \u2064coordinating \u200cwith Hamas ahead of the terror group&#8217;s Oct. 7 assault on the Jewish state. That journalist, Hassan Eslaiah, \u200dwas \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HonestReporting\/status\/1722374178991444219?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1722374182246179217%7Ctwgr%5E8845d2e3cd224bc88a69ab1ee41f14f8c58a1b2d%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fhonestreporting.com%2Fphotographers-without-borders-ap-reuters-pictures-of-hamas-atrocities-raise-ethical-questions%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">photographed<\/a> embracing Hamas leader Yahya \u2063Sinwar and did \u200cnot\u200c wear a press vest or helmet while filming himself in front of a burning Israeli tank during \u200cthe attack.<\/p>\n<p>Top anti-Israel activists \u200cin \u2063the United States have also been \u200baccused of \u200cworking to \u200bfund Palestinian \u200bterrorism. Salah Sarsour, an\u2063 American Muslims for Palestine board member, raised\u2062 money for a \u200cHamas front group in \u2064the late 1990s, according\u200d to an\u2064 FBI memorandum. Israeli-designated terrorist\u200d group Samidoun, meanwhile, is also part of \u200ban American dark money network funded by progressive billionaires, the\u200d <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/israel\/this-anti-israel-terrorist-organization-found-a-home-in-a-left-wing-non-profit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> \u2062last month. According to the\u200b Israeli government, Samidoun functions as an arm of \u2064the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which is also part of the Palestinian National \u2064and Islamic\u200c Forces.<\/p>\n<p>The Adalah \u2063Justice Project, \u2062The People&#8217;s Forum, IfNotNow, NYC-DSA, and the U.S. Campaign for\u200d Palestinian\u2064 Rights did not return requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to \u2063the activist groups, American and British media outlets covered the\u200b &#8220;global \u200dstrike&#8221; without mentioning its origins. <em>The\u2063 Guardian<\/em>, for example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2023\/dec\/11\/gaza-israel-ceasefire-new-jersey-general-strike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> the call for a strike came from &#8220;Palestinian\u2064 leaders&#8221; and did\u200b not name\u2062 the Palestinian National and\u2063 Islamic Forces. <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6344698\/global-strike-gaza-ceasefire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Time<\/em><\/a>  \u2063 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/washington-dc\/2023\/12\/12\/pro-palestinian-protests-white-house-senate-building\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Axios<\/em><\/a>  did report\u2062 that the terrorist coalition &#8220;issued&#8221; the strike call but did not mention the members of the Palestinian National and Islamic Forces.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Guardian<\/em> \u200c told the <em>Free Beacon <\/em>it\u200d stands\u200d by \u2063its reporting.<\/p>\n<p>Both IfNotNow and the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights have received funding from liberal billionaire George \u2062Soros. Soros&#8217;s Open\u200b Society \u200cFoundations <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/soros-backed-groups-storm-u-s-capitol-accuse-israel-of-genocide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">awarded<\/a> $400,000 to IfNotNow\u200c in\u2062 2019 \u200dand 2021, and the nonprofit has \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/israel\/soros-backed-group-storms-senate-office-building-demands-israeli-ceasefire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contributed<\/a> $700,000 to \u2064the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights&#8217; parent organization. IfNotNow activists were behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/george-soros-funds-groups-behind-dnc-riot-where-protesters-assaulted-cops\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November riot <\/a>outside of the\u200c Democratic National Committee&#8217;s headquarters, while the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights on \u200bMonday organized an <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/israel\/soros-backed-group-storms-senate-office-building-demands-israeli-ceasefire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">illegal protest<\/a> \u2062 in the \u200dlobby of a Senate office \u2063building.<\/p>\n<p>Left-wing Boston city council member Kendra Lara also heeded Hamas&#8217;s call\u200d to skip work on Monday, saying in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/2023\/12\/11\/lame-duck-boston-city-councilor-skips-work-in-support-of-palestinian-led-global-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">now<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gina-carano-dropped-by-talent-agency-after-star-axed-from-disney-show-over-social-media-post\/\" title=\"Gina Carano Dropped By Talent Agency After Star Axed From Disney Show Over Social Media Post\">-deleted social media post<\/a> <\/a>that she\u2064 closed her office &#8220;in solidarity with the global \u200dcall \u2063for a ceasefire.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Why is it concerning that American and British media\u2064 outlets have omitted crucial details about the origins of the strike and the involvement of \u2062terrorist organizations, and what impact\u200b does\u2062 it have on their journalistic \u2063integrity<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Also \u200dfailed \u200bto mention the connection to Hamas and other terror organizations.<\/p>\n<p>The lack of transparency in \u2063reporting on these issues is concerning, as\u200b it allows for false\u2063 narratives to perpetuate and for the true nature of these calls for strikes to be obscured. By\u2062 presenting the strike as a grassroots movement led by Palestinian citizens, these \u2062left-wing activist groups and \u2063media\u2062 outlets are painting a\u200c distorted picture of the situation and detracting \u200bfrom the reality of \u2063the \u200cconflict.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas, \u200cas\u200b a \u200brecognized\u200b terrorist organization, has a long history of violence and aggression\u200d towards \u2064Israel. It \u200chas been responsible for \u2062countless rocket\u200c attacks, suicide \u200bbombings, and other acts of terrorism \u200cthat\u2064 have claimed the lives \u200bof \u2064innocent Israelis. To ignore \u200dtheir \u2064involvement in the call for a strike is to disregard this\u200d history and the threat that Hamas \u2064poses to peace and stability in the\u200b region.<\/p>\n<p>The connection between Hamas and\u2064 pro-Palestinian activists\u2063 and journalists is\u200d also deeply concerning.\u200d The fact that individuals in\u2062 these roles\u2064 have\u200c been found to \u200dhave \u2064ties to Hamas\u2063 and have\u2064 engaged in coordination with the terrorist\u200b group\u2064 raises\u200d questions about their objectivity and credibility. It is essential that \u2064journalists \u200band \u2062activists maintain their independence and avoid \u2064any\u200d associations that could compromise their integrity.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the allegations \u2062of fundraising\u2063 for terrorism\u2063 by top anti-Israel activists in\u2062 the United States highlight the need\u200b for \u200bscrutiny and accountability. If these individuals are indeed supporting \u200bterrorist organizations, it is crucial that\u2062 they face \u2063legal\u200b consequences and that their actions are \u2064exposed to the\u2062 public. Funding terrorism only\u200c serves to perpetuate\u200b violence\u2063 and hinder the prospects for a \u2063peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.<\/p>\n<p>The failure of the Adalah \u200bJustice Project, The People&#8217;s Forum, IfNotNow, NYC-DSA, and\u2063 the U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights to \u200dcomment\u200c on these issues is disappointing. It is \u200cimportant for organizations and individuals to be transparent and\u2064 accountable for their actions and affiliations. By refusing to address these concerns, these groups are undermining their credibility and integrity.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 coverage of the\u200d strike by American and British media\u200d outlets is also\u200c problematic.\u2062 By omitting\u2064 crucial details about the origins of the strike\u200d and \u2064the involvement of terrorist\u2062 organizations, these outlets are\u2063 failing to provide their audience with the complete picture. Journalistic integrity \u2062requires reporting on the\u200d facts and presenting a\u2064 balanced and\u200d accurate account of events.\u200d The failure to do so in this case raises questions about the motives and biases of these \u200dmedia \u2063outlets.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, it is clear that the call for\u2064 a strike against Israel did not\u2062 come from \u2064Palestinian\u200b citizens, \u200cbut rather\u200b from Hamas\u2064 and\u2064 other\u200d terror organizations. The \u200cattempt by left-wing \u200cactivist groups\u200d and \u200bmedia \u2062outlets to portray the strike as a grassroots movement is misleading and \u200bundermines the truth. It is essential that the facts are presented accurately and transparently to ensure a \u200dfair understanding of the \u200cIsraeli-Palestinian conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supporting the Palestinian cause. However, IfNotNow and Adalah Justice Project argue that the strike originated from Palestinian citizens, not terrorists. 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