By Joan Swirsky Whether it’s on college campuses across America or on the streets of cities throughout the world or out of the mouths of major world leaders or the peace-loving anti-Semites at that cesspool on 1st Avenue in NY City––the United Nations–– or the Nobel Committee that just awarded the Peace Prize  to a longtime anti-Semitic judge who called Israel’s response to being savagely attacked a “genocide” of its opponents, or many of the Democrat elected leaders in the United States, the “Israel is committing genocide” meme––and canard––is all the rage. It’s as ubiquitous as the now-disproven “Israel is an apartheid state” and “Israel is starving the Palestinians,” with proof of the significantly obese Arabs, as reported by no less an authoritative source than The Lancet… and by simply looking at the bloated Arab potentates who insist on calling themselves Palestinians. But the genocide accusation is accurate! It’s only that the accusers are so accustomed to projecting their own malevolent thoughts and actions onto their enemies that at this point they cannot tell the difference between truth and fiction––an inability they share with the craven members of the worldwide media, paid (or paid off?) by their globalist bosses who also find a Democratic Republic like America and a Parliamentary Democracy like Israel a mortal threat to their grand ambitions of destroying Western civilization and replacing it with their own megalomaniacal mission of globalist control. In truth, the genocide that is being waged in the Middle East is from the Arabs…from Iran’s orchestration of Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and all the other Arab “victims” of the only state in the entire region––Israel–– in which millions of Arabs live peaceably, thrive, hold positions of power (in the Knesset, on the Supreme Court, fighting for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) et al. WHAT IS PROJECTION? At Spiked, Brendan O’Neill writes: “Tell me what you accuse the Jews of [and] I’ll tell you what you are guilty of’, said the great Soviet writer, Vasily Grossman.” He was speaking about the psychological defense mechanism called projection. Originally conceptualized by Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, projection compels a person (or an entire group of people) to attribute his or her own individual thoughts, attitudes, biases, weaknesses, character flaws and actions to another person or group. The absolute perfect example is the Arabs from the terrorist group Hamas––and, in fact, all the enemies of Israel––accusing the Jewish state of committing genocide when, in fact, the mission of this terrorist group is the elimination of all Jews on earth and the obliteration of the only Jewish State on planet earth. Think about it. When the Arabs who call themselves Palestinians first arrived in Gaza, they numbered approximately one million. Today, they number five million. Which means––objectively and factually and irrefutably––that Israel is an abject failure at committing genocide! So, what are we really looking at here? WHEN JEWS FIGHT BACK After the brutal assault by Hamas on October 7, 2023, there was an immediate worldwide reaction not against the psychopaths who: Murdered 1,200 Israelis in cold blood––the equivalent vis-à-vis population of 40,000 Americans, Wrested infants from their mothers’ arms and put them in ovens to bake to death, Raped women so savagely that they shattered their pelvic bones, Lit fires so deadly that they incinerated entire families in their homes, Captured 240 hostages and incarcerated them in their underground torture-the-Jews tunnels for over two years, on and on and on…. But against Israel! Who can forget the recorded voice of the deliriously thrilled terrorist who bragged to his mother over the phone: “Mom, I killed 10 Jews!” Or the mothers of these mass murderers who were videotaped gleefully passing out candies at the news of Jewish deaths. Why was there such a bizarre reaction to this mass murder? Because clearly, the world doesn’t like it when Israel fights back, when Jews fight back. And they particularly hate it when Jews prevail…ultimately: Rendering Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis essentially on the ropes if not impotent, although to this day these terrorist groups continue their last-ditch efforts to kill more Jews, Eliminating just about all of their leaders, Crippling their nuclear program––with the immense help of the U.S. military, thanks to President Trump, And both mortifying and terrifying them with the quite spectacular pager attack that left amazingly few mortalities but permanent paranoia in the ranks of the terrorists. WHAT MOTIVATES SUCH HATRED? Let’s remember that Islam was established a full seven centuries after Judaism. Initially, the founder of Islam, Mohammed, had great admiration for the Jews and incorporated many of Judaism’s beliefs and rituals into Islam. But when he changed his mind, Jews became the mortal enemy. In that regard, Dr. Uri Rosset spells out in comprehensive detail the warped mentality that led to the savage attack of October 7, 2023. Among other motivating reasons, he cites the dictates of the Hamas Charter, based on the teachings of Islam. “The Charter,” he says, “also quotes the stone-and-tree hadith concerning Jews: “The hour [Judgment Day] will not come until the Muslims fight the Jews and the Muslims kill them, and until the Jew hides behind the stones and trees, and the stones and trees will say: ‘O Muslim, O servant of Allah, there is a Jew hiding [behind me], come and kill him.” Dr. Rosset continues: “A Hamas battle order for the massacre at Kibbutz Alumim included instructions to murder as many people as possible, take hostages and establish positions inside the buildings. Everyone found in the buildings was to be systematically murdered, and if control could not be taken of the buildings, they were to be burned with their occupants inside. It clarified that the stated objective was ‘kill, kill, kill,’ and that civilians were to be used as human shields until reinforcements of additional Hamas fighters arrived (Israeli TV channel Kan, October 14, 2025).” And Israel is accused of genocide! REFUTING THE LIE Just the other day, 78 former US military leaders released a public statement condemning the dishonest accusation of genocide in Gaza. And here, Dr. Michael Brown annihilates the accusation. “I write these words,” he says, “from Poland, where 90 percent of Poland’s Jews—3 million out of 3.3 million—were slaughtered during World War II. That is what genocide looks like. In stark contrast, roughly 70,000 of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents were killed during Israel’s war with Hamas, amounting to approximately 3 percent of the population. And that figure includes enemy combatants. Yet the same word, genocide, used for the systematic, intentional murder of 90 percent of Poland’s Jews—and two-thirds of Europe’s Jews as a whole—is being used to describe Israel’s war with Hamas. How can this be? And where is the moral equivalence?” THE SHEER HYPOCRISY OF THIS ACCUSATION Here, the esteemed military historian, Victor Davis Hanson, spells out the genesis of this absurd accusation. “On October 7, 2023, Hamas killers slaughtered 1,200 people, more than two-thirds of them civilians, inside Israel…. within a day of the attacks, when Hamas gunmen were still fighting Israeli troops on Israeli soil, the American Left was already screaming “genocide!” Professor Hanson then goes on to detail the massive hypocrisy of Israel’s accusers, effectively destroying their arguments and their claim to the moral high ground. “In short,” Hanson concludes, “we should remind these privileged ingrates [who he names] to look inward before they blast their adopted country [America] and not to project the sins of their own homelands upon either Israel or America.” And now we learn that Qatar––the sponsor and funder of the violent terror groups against Israel–– sent over $100 million in aid to Gaza during the war, including 30 million liters of fuel, food supplies, temporary shelters, and infrastructure projects. Talk about the compelling lust to kill Jews! BEEN THERE… Going back literally thousands of years, Jews are accustomed to maliciously false charges, to brazen lies, and to uncountable attempts to destroy not only their ancestral homeland but the entire people themselves. To us, this is nothing new. But why are our enemies so stupid? They remind me of the mal-educated American high school and college students who believe that even though both Socialism and Communism have failed thunderously in every country they’ve afflicted, they––these 21st-century students––will do it better! Same thing with today’s Jew- and Israel-haters who think that they are smarter and therefore will be more successful in eliminating Jews and their ancient homeland Israel from the earth than those who conducted the Crusades, the Inquisition, the expulsion of Jews from Spain, the Holocaust, and always, the diaspora. And now, October 7, 2023. Let’s look at the huge empires, with their vast populations and immense military might, that have tried––and again, thunderously failed to succeed in destroying the Jews…all of them non-existent today. This is the short list: Assyrian Empire Babylonian Empire Persian Empire Roman Empire Byzantine Empire Holy Roman Empire Spanish Empire Portuguese Empire Ottoman Empire French (Napoleonic) Empire Austro-Hungarian Empire Nazi Third Reich How to explain the astounding record of the Jews not only surviving but of their phenomenally disproportionate contributions to mankind in medicine, science, agriculture, the arts, technology, industry, actually in every field of endeavor. My own take is that when you peel back every layer of the onion of anti-Semitism, the root cause is that the anti-Semites among us are obsessively jealous. How can it be, they wonder, that this tiny people––dispersed in a diaspora for the last 4,000 years to far-flung communities all over the world where they landed with no language skills, no money, no resources, no nothing, and in the process survived the Jew-targeting mentioned above, yet managed to flourish and rise to prominence wherever they went? As to the subject at hand, the brazen lie that Israelis have committed genocide, let’s never forget that if Hamas had not attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, the number of casualties in Gaza would be zero! ~~~ Joan Swirsky is a New York–based journalist and author. Her website is www.joanswirsky.com, and she can be reached at joanswirsky@gmail.com.   Image: Pexels Wal 172619 The post Yes, There’s a Genocide Being Waged in Gaza! appeared first on Fat Elephant.

One common thread in these riots and protests across the West and South America is judicial overreach. There is a pattern. It’s a serious problem in the United States and in Paris this weekend. After the violence and destruction of the protests, an administrative court in Paris overturned a police-issued ban on a mass demonstration, allowing thousands of protesters to gather in the city on Thursday, October 22, 2026. So far, it’s peaceful, but how long will it remain that way? The NFL Steelers and Saints play in Paris this weekend. It could attract some bad behavior. Paris police had initially banned planned demonstrations across key areas (including around the Élysée Palace, parliament, the Louvre, and the Champs-Élysées) following a weekend of severe street violence, looting, and torched cars. Organizers challenged the decision, and an administrative court overturned the ban. Thousands are chanting in Paris today. The French still follow the narrative that the violent protests are mostly peaceful and that the students are unhappy with their schools. Does anyone believe the communists, anarchists, and Islamists involved care about their education while they are beating up their teachers and trying to burn down 150 schools?   Pexels, Jane Grn The post They’re Back! Paris Court Lifts Ban on Mass Demonstrations appeared first on Fat Elephant.

If you’re a New Yorker, you know how important the horse-drawn carriages are to New York City culture. They bring Central Park to life and draw tourists. The horses have never been abused. In fact, they are being saved from the glue factory. Communist Islamist Mayor Mamdani pushed to end it, and the City Council agreed. They will be banned as of June 1, 2028. Anything cultural and financial will soon die under Mamdani. The opportunity to ban the carriages came up when an 18-year-old jumped from a carriage to help his mother as the horse bolted. The boy hit his head when he fell. He tragically died. It was a freak accident. The business employs hundreds of people, and the City Council said they’d get them jobs. Don’t expect that to happen. The animal groups were thrilled. Those are the same people who won’t allow elephants in our circus or zoo. The big news is the land the horse-drawn carriages sit on is worth millions, and the administration probably has the bidders lined up. The same goes for the land Riker’s Island prison is on. It’s worth a small fortune. The same goes for the land the Black historic church in Brooklyn was on before it was set on fire by an arsonist. The churchgoers wanted to save the South Brunswick Reformed Church. The Mamdani building boss quickly took it over without giving parishioners much time to assess the situation.   Image: Pexels Luca Sullivan The post Zohran’s Central Park: No Horse-Drawn Carriages appeared first on Fat Elephant.

California Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín blocked the Trump administration from investigating voter fraud by noncitizens in 9 states. The Supreme Court has already rejected judges’ rulings for other states or anywhere outside its jurisdiction. This judge did it anyway. This one judge ordered DHS to stop its voter probes in California, Connecticut, Georgia, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Washington, and Wisconsin. A group named “Voto Latino” is involved in the block. Her order runs right up until polls close on Election Day. This is suspicious, especially since Voto Latino is a very active get-out-the-Latino-vote group. Is this what democracy looks like under Democrats? https://fatelephant.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Judge-rules-for-9-states-.mp4 Image: Unsplash Steve A. Johnson The post California Judge Banned the Admin from Probing Noncitizen Voter Fraud in 9 States appeared first on Fat Elephant.

Major U.S. banks are responding to intrusions in which unauthorized third-party AI agents accessed customer digital banking accounts using credentials users willingly provided. The problem is that the users are falling for it. Major institutions affected by the intrusion include JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, Citi, and Charles Schwab. Customers are sharing their private usernames and passwords with third-party artificial intelligence agents and assistant tools to automate financial tasks. It is not traditional cyber-hacking; however, the practice violates standard bank terms of service because financial institutions require human users to sign in directly. Some of these AI agents also attempted unauthorized or independent actions inside the accounts. Morgan Stanley and Citi have begun actively blocking or restricting third-party AI agents from logging in or transacting. JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America are restricting access and warning customers that sharing login credentials breaks safety rules. Banks are generally moving toward read-only access models or outright bans, and consumer liability protections may not cover losses caused by third-party agents using shared credentials. If you use any financial apps or third-party tools that ask for your online banking login, you might want to revoke their access or check your bank’s security settings.   Image: AI Grok The post Major US Banks Are Dealing with Intrusions Into Customer Accounts appeared first on Fat Elephant.