70 AD MASADA UNESCO & 10-7-23 AD Israel War

“Masada” in 70 AD Jewish Slaves of Rome Took a Stand
"Gaza" in 2023-2024 AD Jewish Victims of Islam Take a Stand

6-25-24, The October 7, 2023 Islamic attack on the innocent Jews of Israel [1] recalls the many attacks on the Jewish people of Israel. The historical ‘Masada’ 70 AD horror stands out. At that time approximately 900 Jews fled Jerusalem to a ancient fortification in southern Israel [today a 90 minute car ride] situated on top of an isolated rock plateau, akin to a mesa is located on the eastern edge of the Judaean Desert about two day’s journey from Jerusalem where Israel’s King Herod built a fortress - it stands out among the rest. Then, thousands of Roman soldiers chased the Jews and – for seven years – encamped and worked creating a ramp to take the mountain to recapture all the Jews. [In 1981 the event was made into a movie see it here on YouTube]

The Jewish historian, Josephus, who was alive at the time, reports that the horror ended with the mass suicide of about 900 innocent Jews who chose death rather than be captured and enslaved again by the Romans.

Currently, although so much of the world and the United Nation harbors hatred for Israel - its site "MASADA" is a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization [UNESCO] World Heritage Site [2].

Today, in 2024 after the brutal and barbaric Islamic attack and slaughter on Israel [Oct 7, 2023] - the Jews are again fighting. Israel is attempting to destroy the Islamic enemy terrorists: Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Sadly, the UN, USA and much of Europe opposes Israel.

Current 2024 Masada Photo with Dead Sea in Background:

Why Does the World Hate Israel and Not the Islamic Terorrists Hamas?
6-14-24, One of 20th century Israel's most prominent rabbinic leaders and an esteemed authority in Jewish law, Rav Shaul Yisraeli (1909-1995) discussed why Islamic terrorists are defended and the victim Israel is besmirched. According to revisionists, an army fighting on behalf of a sovereign state [Israel] — cannot morally justify their actions and should cease fighting. Revisionists are the ultimate useful idiots for terrorist organizations and rogue states, who respect no laws and selfishly render violence while always claiming to be victims. 

If a righteous nation is held to revisionist ideals, they would not just be fighting with one hand tied behind their backs, but two.
Israel's ongoing conflict with Hamas, and particularly the rescue of hostages, undoubtedly represents an existential struggle for Israel’s survival that is being keenly observed by all of Israel’s adversaries. This is why the cost of kidnapping Israelis must be high to deter such atrocities in the future. The misfortune of civilian deaths, as in any just war, is the tragic consequence of such a mission, undertaken to prevent far worse outcomes. [Think about USA bombing Japan in Hiroshima!]

The hypocrisy of the media and international actors who criticize Israel is glaring. They refuse to acknowledge that the hostages were all innocent civilians now held by Hamas  in Gaza's residential neighborhoods, where the likelihood of an Israeli rescue raid was, thus high making civilian casualties inevitable.
​Rather than hauling Israel over the coals, isn’t it time for the media and international organizations to start hounding Hamas and their lackeys for generating suffering on a scale for Palestinians not seen since 1948? 
Until Hamas is gone, the suffering will continue like it was at Masada with Rome!

6-25-24, Harbingers Report = Muslim Civilians in Gaza aren't innocent bystanders!

• 73% of Gazans and 57% of West Bank [Judaea & Samaria, Israel] Muslims aka "Palestinians" still think the Islamic terrorist's Hamas’ brutality and slaughter of Jews on October 7, 2023 was correct. More here

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TOTAL AREA OF THE JEWISH NATION OF ISRAEL [omitting the Muslim Areas] 
• Total 8,019 square miles
Widest Distance from East to West: 71 miles
Distance from North to South: 263 miles
Source Wikipedia here
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​[1] Israel Gaza War: Hamas raped, mutilated, killed Jewish civilians  & children on 7 October [here]
BBC: On Oct 7, 2023 the Islamic group Hamas terrorists from Gaza stormed Israel's "Nova Festival" and private homes of innocent Jewish civilians in Israel. They raped, tortured, beheaded, killed and kidnapped hundreds. One video shows a Jewish woman known as Witness S mime the attackers picking up and passing the victim from one terrorist to another.

​[2]  Masada - UNESCO World Heritage Centre
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Full report of Masada here:
90 minute car ride from Jerusalem here
The Masada Siege - Biblical Archaeology Society
Masada: Where Jewish rebels took a stand against the Romans | Stars and Stripes
The fall of Masada | Princeton University Press
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