Fauxtography of the Day: The Sheikh Jarrah Eviction Mockers
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A number of Arab families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem are being evicted from their homes after an Israeli court ruled that the homes had belonged to Jewish families before 1948. And the haters have launched an online campaign in response.
As part of this campaign, they are sharing the following photo and captions:
The captions, including hashtag, clearly suggest this is a photo of Jewish settlers mocking a palestinian woman just evicted from Sheikh Jarrah. Note how the last one includes the fact that she is an “elderly” woman, for increased dramatic effect.
A traditional ceremony, live-streamed
Soldiers wearing masks stand at attention at the national opening ceremony for Israel’s Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and victims of terror, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, April 27, 2020 (video screenshot)
Masa Israel, an umbrella for long-term programs in Israel, will be streaming a traditional memorial service for English speakers hosted at Latrun, a strategic junction in between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv that saw fighting in Israel’s 1948 War of Independence. The service will begin with the Tuesday night siren and commemorate Israeli victims of terror and war.
A joint Israeli-Palestinian memorial
Israeli bereaved family member Tal Kfir speaks during a joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Day ceremony broadcast in Tel Aviv on April 27, 2020. (Rami Ben Ari/Combatants for Peace)
Moshe âMoshkoâ Moskowitz (L), Shlomo Neâeman (R)
The Jewish People and the State of Israel lost a true giant this week with the passing of Moshe âMoshkoâ Moskowitz ZâL, who died at the age of 96. For more than eight decades, and even before the establishment of the State, Moshko dedicated his life to fighting for the Land of Israel, establishing Jewish communities, building educational institutions and Torah centers, and much more.
Moshko was synonymously tied to the Gush Etzion bloc, as at the age of 20, he was part of the core group of pioneers who founded the community of Masuâot Yitzhak in 1945. When Gush Etzion fell at the beginning of the war of Independence, Moshko was on a mission to Cyprus, assisting Jewish families in internment camps immigrate to Israel, despite the ban imposed by the British on Jewish immigration.