The Weekly Dispatch
Updates on culture, politics, and religion from Matthew Schultz, a rabbinical student and writer living in Tel Aviv.
THE BIG STORIES
THE GREAT DEBUNKING: The claim that Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza is false. This has always been the case, but as we gather more data, this becomes more obvious. For instance, the Associated Press has revised its Gaza casualty figures based on new information. Despite months of activists claiming that the majority of Gaza deaths were women and children, it turns out that the actual figure is 38%. These deaths are still tragic, but the numbers are not indicative of intentional targeting of civilians as charged by anti-Zionist activists.
This hasn’t stopped congresswoman Rashida Tlaib from posting that half of all casualties in Gaza are children in a post with disabled comments.
Accusations about Israel intentionally causing a famine are also proving to be unfounded.
DIPLOMAT DOWN: The myth of Netanyahu as “Mr. Security” died on October 7th. Now it seems like he’s trying to trash his reputation as a master statesman as well.