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Jim D Maynard

@jimdmaynard.bsky.social
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Gay, secular humanist/atheist, Democratic Socialist/Social Democrat

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StandWithUs @standwithus.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
53 years ago on October 6, 1973, the Yom Kippur War began when a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria took Israel by complete surprise by attacking the tiny Jewish State on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar.
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StandWithUs @standwithus.bsky.social · 14h
This note was found on a Hamas terrorist who infiltrated into Israel on October 7, 2023, with one goal: To maim, massacre, rape, and kidnap Jews. Hamas's way to "peace".
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StandWithUs @standwithus.bsky.social · 13h
Jihadist terrorists don’t differentiate between nations. Remember October 7, 2023
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StandWithUs @standwithus.bsky.social · 18h
Three years since our lives changed forever. Three years since Hamas terrorists brutally murdered and kidnapped our brothers and sisters. Three years, but we will never forget. Remember October 7, 2023. 🕯️
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StandWithUs @standwithus.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
On what should have been his daughter Yahel’s 16th birthday (October 3), Eli Sharabi, who survived 491 days in Hamas captivity in Gaza, shared this heartbreaking message in her memory. Yahel was murdered alongside her mother, Lianne, and her sister, Noiya, during the Hamas massacre on Oct. 7, 2023.
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Ofherb 🟦🌈🕎🌻🎶🐈 @bestsurvivor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Read all three posts within this thread. Try not to cry. May Yael Sharabi's memory be a blessing.
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Carol @arumplebuttercup.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This family ceased to exist on October 7. The parents and their three kids were all murdered by Hamas in their home. The Kutz family is remembered.
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These videos are difficult to watch
These are crimes against humanity – and the world must know.
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Jim D Maynard @jimdmaynard.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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Three Years After October 7th: How SJP and Anti-Israel Activists Have Reframed the Hamas Massacre to Demonize Jews | Combat Antisemitism Movement
On October 7, 2023, Hamas launched a surprise invasion of southern Israel from Gaza. Over the course of the day, the terrorists themselves recorded their
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Jim D Maynard @jimdmaynard.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Rooftops at night: IDF commanders describe the war in Gaza in their own words. Watch free: nazadocumentary.com/film?utm_sou...
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Watch Naza: The Real Story Free | Full Documentary (49 min)
Watch the full film in the official player, no sign-in. Hamas fighters in civilian clothes, hostages in homes, aid trucks and the rules of fire.
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The Jerusalem Post @thejerusalempost.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The United Arab Emirate's president's diplomatic advisor, Anwar Gargash, said that the recent attempted hijacking of a flydubai flight to Tel Aviv was a "dangerous terrorist act." www.jpost.com/middle-east/...
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UAE diplomacy advisor Gargash labels flydubai hijacking attempt terrorist attack | The Jerusalem Post
Gargash said this while praising the Indian pilot of the flight, Capt. Smit Machchhar, who fought back against his Omani co-pilot and helped allow passengers into the cockpit and rescue the plane.
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StandWithUs @standwithus.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Don’t be fooled by the “innocent journalists” narrative. These men were Hamas terrorists who were eliminated by the IDF in Gaza. Their roles within the terrorist organization cannot be erased from the story. The TRUTH matters.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“unilaterally change the world without having to constantly convince people… tech is an incredible alternative to politics…” JD Vance & Trump-backing billionaire Peter Thiel making it clear tech oligarchs hate democracy👇🏽 When they tell you what they’re doing, believe them
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Jim D Maynard @jimdmaynard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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IDF rejects 'NAZA' film after viewing, provides detailed response to claims | The Jerusalem Post
The intelligence interviewees were not experts, but rather a middle step of the targeting process, who knew much less about the final step • Guardian: 24 interviewees in film taken from pool of 100
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Household debt at a record high. Student loan defaults at a record high. Credit card debt at a near record high. Meanwhile, corporate profits are the highest they’ve ever been. CEOs are paid 325x more than their typical workers. U.S. billionaire wealth is up 30% in a year. It's unsustainable.
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The Jerusalem Post @thejerusalempost.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Study: A series of reports from the ADL found that Jewish and Israeli artists have been canceled or blacklisted across US cultural institutions. www.jpost.com/diaspora/ant...
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ADL study: Jewish, Israeli artists canceled, blacklisted in America | The Jerusalem Post
Over 80% of respondents somewhat or strongly agreed that excluding Jews or their work from cultural spaces contributes to anti-Jewish hate, while 72% said the same about excluding Israelis.
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The Jerusalem Post @thejerusalempost.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Turkish authorities shut down T24, an independent outlet, in the country's latest crackdown on freedom of speech. Reporters Without Borders ranked Turkey 163rd out of 180 countries in its 2026 World Press Freedom Index. www.jpost.com/middle-east/...
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Turkey cracksdown on independent media targeting 'LGBT propaganda' | The Jerusalem Post
A court in Istanbul shut down T2, an independent news outlet, over allegedly publishing 'LGBT propaganda.'
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The Jerusalem Post @thejerusalempost.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The IDF revealed that 170 journalists who were misleadingly presented as innocent civilians killed in strikes on Gaza were affiliated with Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, and other terrorist organizations. www.jpost.com/israel-news/...
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IDF: 170 alleged ‘journalists’ killed in Gaza were Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists | The Jerusalem Post
According to the IDF, a number of the alleged journalists infiltrated Israel and participated in Hamas’s October 7 massacre.
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The Free Press @thefp.com · 30/09/2026
For the first time in 20 years, someone tried to hijack a plane bound for Israel. The passengers made sure he was unsuccessful, writes Amit Segal.
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How Ordinary Israelis Foiled a Hijacking
For the first time in 20 years, someone tried to hijack a plane bound for Israel. The passengers made sure he was unsuccessful, writes Amit Segal.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 30/09/2026
"A failing, 80-year-old sociopath, surrounded by loyalists and bitter-enders, facing the end of his rule, while the world burns. The period of maximum danger may still lie ahead of us."
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The Forces of Trumpism Are in Disarray
This is what it looks like when a movement begins to come apart.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 30/09/2026
"It was bitterly ironic to see Darline Graham demand that Smith, of all people, should feel ashamed....in today’s GOP, there is no shame."
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Jack Smith and the Republican Smear Squad
If holding Trump accountable makes you an enemy of the GOP, the party has told you everything you need to know.
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StandWithUs @standwithus.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
May the memories of the victims forever be a blessing. 🕯️ Never Forget
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StandWithUs @standwithus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We salute your courage. 🇮🇱 Israeli passengers and crew helped subdue a copilot suspected of stabbing the captain and trying to crash a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv. Your bravery helped save lives. 💙
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The Jewish Chronicle @jewishchron.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
‘We thought we weren’t going to make it out alive’ say passengers on Tel Aviv-bound flight nearly crashed in ‘attempted jihadist terror attack’ www.thejc.com/news/world/p...
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‘We thought we weren’t going to make it out alive’ say passengers on Tel Aviv-bound flight nearly crashed in ‘attempted jihadist terror attack’ - The Jewish Chronicle
Two passengers who were off-duty pilots gained control of the plane and landed it in Saudi Arabia after the captain was stabbed at 35,000 feet
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Jim D Maynard @jimdmaynard.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Copilot subdued after stabbing pilot in alleged attempt to crash plane full of Israelis www.timesofisrael.com/copilot-subd...
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Copilot subdued after stabbing pilot in alleged attempt to crash plane full of Israelis
Flydubai flight from UAE lands safely in Saudi Arabia with no non-crewmembers seriously hurt after Israeli passengers rush cockpit, subdue stabber; Israeli warplanes were scrambled
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The Jerusalem Post @thejerusalempost.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Security sources told the Post that, as of Wednesday evening, they believe that the hijacker was a single terrorist who acted on his own, without any ties to Iran or another terror group. www.jpost.com/internationa...
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Israel: Flydubai pilot tried to hijack Tel Aviv flight, all passengers safe | The Jerusalem Post
Israeli official says “major disaster avoided” after pilot stabbed his co-pilot, attempted to hijack aircraft with over 100 Israeli passengers • Plane makes emergency landing in Saudi Arabia
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All In with Chris Hayes @allinwithchris.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
WATCH: @chrislhayes.bsky.social breaks down how a GOP senator tried to use a supposed Atlanta Hawks game to prove Jack Smith secretly colluded with Trump prosecutors—only to learn the texts were about the Iowa Hawkeyes game he attended 700 miles away in Maryland.
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'COMPLETE DOOFUS': GOP’s Jack Smith ‘smoking gun’ CRUMBLES over Caitlin Clark game
YouTube video by MS NOW
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The Free Press @thefp.com · 30/09/2026
In its latest edition, ‘The Economist’ presented Islamism and the European far right as two symmetrical threats. They are not, writes Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali: The Lie About Islam, Europe, and the Dangers We Face
In its latest edition, ‘The Economist’ presented Islamism and the European far right as two symmetrical threats. They are not, writes Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
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Jim D Maynard @jimdmaynard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Impeach Him Again
There’s never been a better time.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 29/09/2026
Crucially, all of Trump's more recent impeachment-worthy conduct has taken place against the backdrop of worsening economic conditions. This is perhaps the biggest difference between today and 2019.
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Impeach Him Again
There’s never been a better time.
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Thom Hartmann @hartmannreport.com · 29/09/2026
From Harding’s trickle-down promises to Hoover’s prosperity pitch to Reagan’s tax cut hustle to Trump’s factory announcements, Republicans have a long history of pushing scams before Election Day… hartmannreport.com/p/trump-has-...
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The Times of Israel @timesofisrael.com · 27/09/2026
The Israeli military published drone footage showing a Palestinian child transporting weapons in the central Gaza Strip. The IDF says troops had spotted a terror operative "using a child to transport weapons into a civilian home." Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...
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The Times of Israel @timesofisrael.com · 28/09/2026
The documentary draws on 24 alleged whistleblowers, but the explosive allegations, assembled to serve a narrative that Israel paid no heed to civilian deaths, suffer from questionable sourcing and deficient investigative rigor. Read more: www.timesofisrael.com/nazas-claims...
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The Jerusalem Post @thejerusalempost.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
UN Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese issued an apology, retracting a statement she made during an interview in which she claimed that Jews were referred to as Muslims. www.jpost.com/diaspora/ant...
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UN rapporteur Francesca Albanese retracts comments on origins of antisemitism | The Jerusalem Post
In her original statement, she said, “In fact, when they were being taken to the gas chambers, there are some accounts of life in the concentration camps saying that Jews were called ‘the Muslims.’”
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The Jerusalem Post @thejerusalempost.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A new academic study published last Thursday examines legal and historical evaluations of charges labeling Israel as an apartheid state or guilty of genocide, concluding that "apartheid and genocide are not established." www.jpost.com/israel-news/...
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Academic study disputes apartheid, genocide labels for Israel | The Jerusalem Post
A new academic study examines apartheid, genocide and settler colonialism accusations against Israel, concluding the first two are not established and the third is an inadequate classification.
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The Jerusalem Post @thejerusalempost.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Opinion: King Abdullah used the UN podium to condemn Israel over the Palestinians, but Jordan’s own history, from its West Bank annexation to Black September, complicates that posture of moral denunciation www.jpost.com/opinion/arti...
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Jordan’s history with Palestinians casts a shadow over Abdullah’s UN speech | The Jerusalem Post
Standing at the UN podium vilifying Israel, King Abdullah might have borne in mind the adage: “People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.”
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The Forward @forward.com · 11/12/2025
“The left often prioritizes spotlighting the urgent needs of Palestinians—rightly, and with good reason…But the de-escalation that has accompanied the current ceasefire has opened an opportunity for the Jewish left to reflect and redefine its strategy. What future, exactly, are they fighting for?"
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The Jewish left is misplaying its hand — by not focusing enough on Jews
Jews who support Palestinians are often treated as less Jewish in Israel. It's time for the Jewish left to take that issue seriously.
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Berman Archive at Stanford @bermanarchive.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
"Not only is the Antisemitism Industrial Complex failing to focus on the most dangerous forms of antisemitism, many of its efforts are making matters worse." —Rabbi @jaymichaelson.bsky.social in the @forward.com forward.com/opinion/8123...
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Antisemitism is exploding on the right but the Jewish establishment is focused on the left
Obsessed with Israel, the anti-antisemitism industry is failing to confront the threat of right-wing nationalism — and, in some cases, making it worse
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The Jerusalem Post @thejerusalempost.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Committee to Protect Journalists removed 20 people from its database of journalists and media workers killed in the Israel-Gaza war after it determined they had engaged in combat. www.jpost.com/middle-east/...
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CPJ takes 20 Gaza journalists off war casualties list after combat roles found | The Jerusalem Post
CPJ maintains that affiliation with a militant organization is not sufficient for exclusion if a person was working as a civilian journalist and was not directly participating in hostilities.
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Jim D Maynard @jimdmaynard.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Hold Your Applause for the New Gaza Documentary www.thefp.com/p/haviv-rett...
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Hold Your Applause for the New Gaza Documentary
There may yet be hard truths in ‘NAZA,’ including evidence of Israel’s systemic failures. But the reporting around it treats flimsy claims as proof of criminality, writes Haviv Rettig Gur.
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Jim D Maynard @jimdmaynard.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Rebutting ‘NAZA,’ freed hostage says he knows what it’s like ‘to be collateral damage’ www.timesofisrael.com/rebutting-na...
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Rebutting ‘NAZA,’ freed hostage says he knows what it’s like ‘to be collateral damage’
Writing in WSJ, Omer Shem Tov says he witnessed IDF attempts to minimize civilian casualties while he was held captive by Hamas, which 'left hostages like me waiting longer'
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Jim D Maynard @jimdmaynard.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Pew poll finds majority of Israelis and Palestinians say two-state coexistence impossible www.timesofisrael.com/pew-poll-fin...
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Pew poll finds majority of Israelis and Palestinians say two-state coexistence impossible
New survey shows just 17% of Israelis and 21% of Palestinians in West Bank and East Jerusalem see path to peaceful two-state outcome; respondents cite land, security and deep distrust
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Jim D Maynard @jimdmaynard.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Let's see how the Israel hating "Pro-Palestinian" crowd feel about "free speech" if a pro-Israel band sings songs and shows videos supporting the 1200+ Jews Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihadists murdered or speak against Islamic Jihadist terrorism.
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Jim D Maynard @jimdmaynard.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The Problem w/the "Free Palestine" antizionists is they mean replacing Israel w/ a *Palestinian* state "from the river to the sea"
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The Jerusalem Post @thejerusalempost.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Gazan photographer Motaz Azaiza said he filmed Israeli hostages being beaten by Gazans on October 7, but chose not to publish it out of fear of putting the Palestinians involved at risk. www.jpost.com/middle-east/...
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Oct. 7 footage taken by Gazan not published to avoid harming Palestinian mob | The Jerusalem Post
Motaz Azaiza also criticized Hamas’s leadership over its months-long refusal to agree to a deal.
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The Jerusalem Post @thejerusalempost.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The last time Macklemore drew fire from the Jewish community for a controversial performance, he apologized; there was forgiveness, and the rapper asked fans to support the Anti-Defamation League. www.jpost.com/diaspora/ant...
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Macklemore faces renewed antisemitism accusations over Israel criticism | The Jerusalem Post
Macklemore once apologized after a controversial costume drew accusations of antisemitism. A decade later, his pro-Palestinian activism and criticism of Israel have sparked renewed backlash.
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