Ben Shapiro is a Jewish columnist and media commentator with a neocon bent who has peddled propaganda and lies against Islām and Muslims in the past. He recently posted an image of dubious origin, which is being used by many to justify and support what a UN expert fears could be "a new instance of mass ethnic cleansing of Palestinians."
No sooner had Shapiro been criticised his posting of this image that the "fact-checking" network sprung into action to support Shapiro's action. The authenticity of the image has been questioned with some saying it has been manipulated or generated by AI.
We deplore and condemnn the actions of every party that deliberately takes innocent lives no matter what creed or religion, whether it is the likes of Irgun, the Stern Gang, the Lehi, IDF, the Kahanist Terrorists or Daesh (ISIS), al-Qaeda, or HAMAS—[who are loved by the Jewish right, being a strategic asset for them, effectively doing their bidding]—for intentional killing of civilians, women and children and the likes, whenever it is verified and true. At the same time, we also deplore collective punishment, genocide and ethnic cleansing.
Numerous other claims have been spread and used to justify genocide and ethnic cleansing, from them, that 40 babies were beheaded. These unverified claims—similar to those 'weapons of mass destruction' in Iraq—are spread for the purpose of shocking people and justifying aggression that would otherwise be unjustifiable.
FLASHBACK: Netanyahu’s Long History of Lying About Fake ‘WMDs’ in Iraq — Watch video and commentary of Netanyahu lying out of his back teeth, in order to justify invasion and bombing of Iraq, subsequently leading to the death of an estimated million Iraqis, and also spawning groups like ISIS in the aftermath.
Either way, we condemn any atrocity in which innocent civilians, women and children are killed in no uncertain terms, as this is prohibited in our religion.
Good advice to Shapiro is for him to follow the more honest and frank path of others with the much safer (and intellectually honest) method of using scripture, religious texts and tenets of faith:
A List of the 613 Mitzvot (Commandments)
Below is a list of the 613 mitzvot (commandments). It is based primarily on the list compiled by Rambam in the Mishneh Torah.
601.Not to keep alive any individual of the seven Canaanite nations (Deut. 20:16) (negative).
602. To exterminate the seven Canaanite nations from the land of Israel (Deut. 20:17) (affirmative).
611. Always to remember what Amalek did (Deut. 25:17) (CCA76). See Shabbat Zakhor.
612. That the evil done to us by Amalek shall not be forgotten (Deut. 25:19) (CCN194). See Shabbat Zakhor.
613. To destroy the seed of Amalek (Deut. 25:19) (CCA77). See Shabbat Zakhor.
Let us see...
“These animals can no longer live” says Israel’s oldest reservist — “These animals can no longer live”. 95-year-old Israeli army reservist Ezra Yachin was filmed calling on Israeli troops to kill families and children along with Hamas fighters in Gaza. Click to see video calling for genocide and ethnic cleansing.
Killing Children Brings Israelis Together — “Killing children is an effective action that becomes carved into memory... Killing children is designed to cause pain, to strike the most sensitive place of all. It isn’t designed to stop terrorism; it’s designed to deter the terrorists and make us happy.”
Israel’s President claims there are “no innocents” in the Gaza Strip. — Keep in mind, 44% of Gaza’s population of 2 MILLION civilians are 14 years old or younger.
Israeli historian and genocide scholar Raz Segal says Israeli leaders' dehumanizing language about Palestinians in Gaza and the IDF's conduct are cause for alarm. "We're seeing the combination of genocidal acts with special intent. This is indeed a textbook case of genocide."
As for us, we are followers of the guidance of Prophet Muḥammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) who was sent as a guide and mercy for mankind. We condemn the extremists of all factions, whether that be HAMAS, Daesh, ISIS, al-Qaeda, who are from the generality of the Khārijites whom our Prophet warned us against in the most severe of ways. We also condemn Christian, Jewish, Hindu (and Buddhist) extremists.
Just as we also deplore duplicity and hypocrisy (sitting on top of euro/ethnocentrism).
Von der Leyen on Russias actions: "these are war crimes... cutting off men, women & children from water, electricity, and heating with winter coming, these are acts of pure terror."
Its not just that Von der Leyen won't say the same about Israel, its that shes supporting Israel.
@SaulStaniforth — 7:36 PM · Oct 11, 2023.
President of the EU, Von der Leyen condemned Russia in 2022 for cutting off energy, food and water to Ukraine. However, she supports the Zionists/Jewish extremists with reference to actions entering into war crimes including indiscriminate bombing of civilian infrastructures, killing women and children in their homes, cutting of food, water and electricity for the entire Palestinian people.
Rank, stinking hypocrisy.
However, a Spanish government minister stated today, 16 October 2023:
The state of Israel is carrying out a planned genocide in the Gaza Strip, leaving hundreds of thousands without light, food, and water and carrying out bombings on the civilian population that are collective punishment, seriously breach international law and may be considered war crimes.
That which is in our Sharīʿah, in the Prophetic Sunnah is that Prophet Muḥammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) ordered, in the context of a legitimate war, the following affairs:
This is our Sharīʿah which is founded on truth, justice and mercy. Genocide and ethnic cleansing are unlawful in Islām and to hate, oppress or kill people on the basis of their tribe, lineage or race is unlawful.
From the tremendous mercy of our Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) is that instead of calling for the destruction of his enemies, he supplicated for their guidance and on occasions when he was given the choice by the Angel Jibrīl, whether to destroy a people or leave them (such as the people of Ṭāʾif). He chose not to have them destroyed because there may arise from their offspring those who will worship Allāh alone.
THE WAY OF THE PROPHET(صلى الله عليه وسلم)
Abū Hurayrah reports that a man said to the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم), “O Messenger of Allāh, supplicate against the polytheists”—this was during their great oppression against the Muslims—and the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, “I was not sent to curse, I was sent as mercy.”[1]
Abū Hurayrah also reports that Ṭufayl bin ʿAmr and some of his associates from the Daws tribe came to the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) and said, “O Messenger of Allāh, the Daws have disobeyed us and refused our call, so supplicate against them.” The Prophet said, “O Allāh guide the [tribe of] Daws and bring them to us.”[2]
The Daws tribe accepted Islām towards the end of the Prophet’s mission and just as the Prophet supplicated, the entire tribe consisting of seventy to eighty households migrated to Madīnah.
Jābir bin ʿAbdullāh reported that a group of the companions said, “O Messenger of Allāh, the nobles of the Thaqīf tribe have violated against us so supplicate against them.” The Prophet said, “O Allāh, guide the tribe of Thaqīf.”[3]
This demonstrates the moral excellence and superiority of the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) who was himself mocked, abused, reviled, pelted with stones, strangled and humiliated in public by the polytheists.
Since, he was sent to guide and not destroy or kill, he never, ever held on to grudges of a personal nature. Likewise, when Islām spread and Muslim converts were receiving similar treatment from their tribes, the Prophet indicated to them that Islām is a religion of guidance, peace and mercy and that they should behave with patience and dignity in the face of non-acceptance and aggression from their tribes.
In short, this is our religion, this is our Sharīʿah (law), which prohibits—In the course of defending the instrument of peaceful preaching from aggression and hostility—the killing of non-combatant civilians, women and children and this is the way of our Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم), one of truth, wisdom, justice and mercy. It is not the way of HAMAS who are strategic assets/partners of the Jewish right in facilitating dispossession of the Palestinians of their land and who fight for the world and grievances therein.
Note: It should be pointed out that these types of hawkish neocon Jews (like Shapiro) are not the majority.
The majority of ordinary Jews do not want conflict, war and killing and they do not share the ideologies of the Jewish hawks, extremists and right-wingers. There are many Jews who oppose the Zionist project and consider it a heresy in their religion.
In fact, even now, many Jews in Israel are highly suspicious of the recent HAMAS attack and believe it has been allowed/facilitated by the Netanyahu regime. There is enough evidence over the past few decades to show that HAMAS has in fact been a long-term strategic asset for the Jewish right to help facilitate their agendas of expansion and territorial gain.