{"id":82165,"date":"2024-10-09T15:30:19","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T20:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=82165"},"modified":"2024-10-09T15:30:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T20:30:21","slug":"informative-talk-addresses-one-year-anniversary-of-hamas-attack-on-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=82165","title":{"rendered":"Informative talk addresses one year anniversary of Hamas&#8217; attack on Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By RORY MOORE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tiger Media Network<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023 terror attack on Israel by the Palestinian militant group Hamas, an informative talk about the current Middle Eastern conflict was led by Mayan Paz and political science assistant professor Jay Steinmetz on Monday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paz, a political science major from Israel, began his lecture by emphasizing how the attack was targeted mainly at Jews and has expanded the conflict regionally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was the largest massacre of Jewish people since the Holocaust,\u201d he said. \u201cIt backfired to a state of war between Israel and Hamas, Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, Israel and Iran, and Israel and Yemen. So, it\u2019s not only a shocking day for Israelis, but also something that shapes and will continue to shape the future of Palestinians, Lebanese, and Iranians.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"370\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-82167\" data-id=\"82167\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-Moore-1-of-7.jpg?resize=790%2C370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-Moore-1-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C480&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-Moore-1-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=370%2C173&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-Moore-1-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C70&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-Moore-1-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C360&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-Moore-1-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C719&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-Moore-1-of-7-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C959&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-Moore-1-of-7-scaled.jpg?w=2370 2370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">An informative talk about the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict is hosted inside the Stouffer Lounge.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"511\" height=\"784\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-82169\" data-id=\"82169\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-Moore-2-of-7.jpg?resize=511%2C784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-Moore-2-of-7.jpg?w=511&amp;ssl=1 511w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-Moore-2-of-7.jpg?resize=169%2C260&amp;ssl=1 169w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-Moore-2-of-7.jpg?resize=98%2C150&amp;ssl=1 98w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Maayan Paz, a political science major from Israel, spoke about the events that led to the Oct. 7 attack and the aftermath.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"372\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-82174\" data-id=\"82174\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-Moore-3-of-7.jpg?resize=790%2C372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-Moore-3-of-7.jpg?resize=1024%2C482&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-Moore-3-of-7.jpg?resize=370%2C174&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-Moore-3-of-7.jpg?resize=150%2C71&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-Moore-3-of-7.jpg?resize=768%2C362&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-Moore-3-of-7.jpg?resize=1536%2C723&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-Moore-3-of-7.jpg?w=1673&amp;ssl=1 1673w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Prof. Jay Steinmetz gives a history lesson on the tensions between Israelis and Palestinians.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"467\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-82173\" data-id=\"82173\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-Moore-4-of-7.jpg?resize=790%2C467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-Moore-4-of-7.jpg?resize=1024%2C605&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-Moore-4-of-7.jpg?resize=370%2C219&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-Moore-4-of-7.jpg?resize=150%2C89&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-Moore-4-of-7.jpg?resize=768%2C454&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-Moore-4-of-7.jpg?w=1321&amp;ssl=1 1321w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Steinmetz gives an update on the growing conflict in the Middle East.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"558\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-82172\" data-id=\"82172\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-moore-5-of-7.jpg?resize=790%2C558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-moore-5-of-7.jpg?resize=1024%2C723&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-moore-5-of-7.jpg?resize=368%2C260&amp;ssl=1 368w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-moore-5-of-7.jpg?resize=150%2C106&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-moore-5-of-7.jpg?resize=768%2C542&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-moore-5-of-7.jpg?w=1111&amp;ssl=1 1111w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Hamas, as Steinmetz explained to students, has been in power of Palestine since 2006 and maintains is responsible for numerous terror attacks directed at civilians.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"535\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-82171\" data-id=\"82171\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-Moore-6-of-7.jpg?resize=790%2C535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-Moore-6-of-7.jpg?resize=1024%2C693&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-Moore-6-of-7.jpg?resize=370%2C250&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-Moore-6-of-7.jpg?resize=150%2C102&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-Moore-6-of-7.jpg?resize=768%2C520&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflict-Moore-6-of-7.jpg?w=1154&amp;ssl=1 1154w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Paz gives a chronological and analytical summary of how Hamas carried out the attack.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"445\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-82170\" data-id=\"82170\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-conflict-moore-7-of-7.jpg?resize=790%2C445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-conflict-moore-7-of-7.jpg?resize=1024%2C577&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-conflict-moore-7-of-7.jpg?resize=370%2C208&amp;ssl=1 370w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-conflict-moore-7-of-7.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-conflict-moore-7-of-7.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-conflict-moore-7-of-7.jpg?w=1389&amp;ssl=1 1389w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Paz points out the initiatives civilians took to help families impacted by the attack and how ceasefire negotiations have failed.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Steinmetz continued Paz\u2019s point of how discriminatory the attack was on a historic level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt really was a wakeup call to Jews all over the world,\u201d Steinmetz said. \u201cThe rising antisemitism, the fear of it, and the increase of it throughout the globe. There\u2019s a tremendous amount of death, destruction, and violence that this war has brought about. We don\u2019t know how many people died in Gaza, but it\u2019s a significant number, and this war has no sign of letting up anytime soon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He went on to explain the history of Zionism and how it ties to the current tensions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cZionism is the notion that Jews experiencing antisemitism around the world for hundreds of years need a homeland of their own,\u201d Steinmetz said. \u201cTo return to their homeland was a response and reaction to centuries of antisemitism that especially European Jews had experienced for many years. Zionism became a political idea to solve the global and intractable problem of antisemitism that existed and by the early 20th century, Zionist settlers are moving into the land, and political conflicts emerge almost immediately, and those became heightened and elevated as we got closer to 1948.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Steinmetz noted how 1948 was an important year for both nations and how it pertains to the debate over a two-state solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is the year of Israeli independence,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is also the year of the Nakba, the Arabic word for the tragedy of the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their traditional homelands in what is now Israel proper. It set the seeds for the Palestinian struggle, which has different components to it. One of its elements is a sense of independence for the Palestinian people, and that is a nation-state. Another element is to return to their ancestral homelands, back to the place in Israel proper, but if Palestinians are to return there, what happens to Jews? Can Israelis and Palestinians live side-by-side? That\u2019s a difficult political question.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the conflict has occurred for decades, last year\u2019s surprise attack was the largest and deadliest in Israel, which saw over 1,200 Israeli civilians murdered and 251 people taken hostage. Many of the hostages have been rescued or found dead.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn 2022, There was an extremely right ring government elected in Israel,\u201d Paz said. \u201cThey stated they wanted to change the judicial system to weaken it to make only their branch of government the strongest. That provoked the largest demonstrations that were even seen in the country. Thousands of people protested and succeeded in preventing the changing of laws, but what happened was a huge divide in Israeli society, government, and a lot of military people.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSome people associated with the left withdrew their service to protest the government, and that caused Hamas to see Israel as weak. So, it was a major flaw in military preparation that caused the attack, and lower ranked soldiers alarmed their superiors for a long time before it happened, and the high ranks shut them down.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paz played audio of his friend who gave a testimony of the attack and is currently a special operator in a special unit of the Israel Defense Forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn October 7, it was Saturday morning,\u201d he said in the audio. \u201cI was on vacation at my home. I got a phone call from my staff sergeant, who tells me that I need to come back to my unit urgently because there was some attack on civilians. At the moment, we\u2019ve got no intelligence. Nobody really understands what\u2019s happening.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Paz\u2019s friend, Sergeant Major O, shared what he experienced firsthand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was a witness to one of the most horrific and terrible things a man can see,\u201d he said. \u201cI saw dozens of Israeli civilians murdered, women, children, elderly. The Hamas terrorists did not care who you were. They murdered Arab civilians of Israel. They murdered Thai people who work in Israel. And, of course, they murdered every Jew they could put their hands on. I saw a whole family [murdered] in their car.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also experienced direct combat during the conflict with Hamas terrorists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI saw bodies had been tortured,\u201d he recounted. \u201cI fought a terrorist face-to-face. I was lucky enough to be the one who won that fight. They did not care about civilians, nor did they care about the children. They would do everything they could to kill Israeli civilians, kill Israeli soldiers without any hesitation or thinking about what it could do to their own civilians.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The soldier concluded his testimony by stressing that the war was not against a nation, but against those who carried out the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important for me to say it\u2019s not a way of Israelis and Palestinians. It\u2019s not a conflict between Jews and Arabs. It\u2019s a conflict between the IDF and Israel against Hamas, one of the most brutal, merciless, bad, and evil organizations that ever existed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While a ceasefire has been encouraged by the United States and other nations in the U.N. and NATO, neither side has shown any desire to stop all fighting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn November 2023, there was a temporary ceasefire in exchange for 10 hostages per day,\u201d Paz said. \u201c&#8230;50 people came back in this five-day ceasefire. Then the Israeli government didn\u2019t speak. They broke the ceasefire. After that happened, after we had so much hope with the ceasefire deal, when we tried to heal from this blow, this happened. All the Israeli government cares about is the war and the continuation of the war.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By RORY MOORE Tiger Media Network On the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023 terror attack on Israel by the Palestinian militant group Hamas,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":82176,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":false,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3397,3398,11,3570],"tags":[15897,11489,15898,12287,15831,11513,15700],"class_list":["post-82165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-area-news","category-campus-news","category-news","category-politics-news","tag-hama","tag-israel","tag-israel-hamas-war","tag-jay-steinmetz","tag-mayan-paz","tag-palestine","tag-rory-moore"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/1007-Conflic-0101-e1728505811464.jpg?fit=1750%2C891&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82165"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82178,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82165\/revisions\/82178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/82176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}