Graphic war images surfacing from the Israel-Hamas conflict have been described by media reports as “horrifying,” “ugly” and, “disgusting” by CNN’s Poppy Harlow. KT McFarland, deputy national security advisor in the Trump administration, criticized Harlow's reaction during an interview with On Balance With Leland Vittert: “War is hell, and this particular kind of war is hell. Hamas not only hides behind its civilians, it wants them to die.” “Hamas knows that it cannot defeat Israel on the battlefield, or on the economic plane, and it's only hope is to have the International community condemn Israel and force it into concessions,” she added. Related articles: Military headstone placed on grave of accidentally slain hostage IAF fighter jets intercept UAV that approached Israel Footage from the IDF operations to expand the operational hold 'We're going to Rafah and we'll give it to them' “The thing about these pictures is that they almost remind you of Gitmo, and how everyone there was complaining about how terrible our treatment of terrorists was. I wonder if we haven't learned anything. The whole point of this is that Hamas and their Iran masters want people to hate Israel. “Being stripped, handcuffed, and blindfolded is degrading, there is no question about that. The question is, what else is there to do, and how else should it be done with terrorists who want to kill you? Anything Israel does is bad. This is the new antisemiti sm.”
Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, on Wednesday evening delivered opening remarks at the Kristallnacht memorial event, organized by the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Program. The event, which took place at the UN headquarters, included a panel discussion with international experts on the topic. Kristallnacht (Night of Broken Glass) was a pogrom against Jews in Nazi Germany and Austria on November 9 and 10, 1938. The name Kristallnacht comes from the shards of broken glass that littered the streets after the windows of Jewish-owned stores, buildings, and synagogues were smashed. In his remarks, Ambassador Danon presented a burnt stone salvaged from the Great Synagogue in Mannheim, which was set aflame during the night of Kristallnacht. The stone was borrowed from the Jewish Heritage Museum in New York. “This stone represents one of the darkest times in human history, and the history of the Jewish people. The burn marks of hatred and anti-Semitism are, in a very real sense, the cornerstone of this institution, which was established to ‘to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war,’” he said. Ambassador Danon responded to Wednesday’s attack in Marseilles, France, where a Jewish teacher was stabbed by assailants who expressed support for the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist organization. “In the 70 years since the end of World War II and the liberation of the concentration camps, anti-Semitism has returned to the streets of Europe. The state of Israel was founded to ensure that never again will the survival of the Jewish people be threatened. We will not remain silent and we will never let anti-Semitism to rise again,” he said.