From Hamas to campus ‘tentifadas’: The world’s obsession with telling Jews how to die

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Washington Examiner · collected 2026-10-07 · by Sarah Kendis

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This opinion piece discusses the author’s perspective on the third anniversary of the 2023 Israel massacre by Hamas, criticizing global reactions as exhibiting an entitled attitude towards Jewish people's safety and rights. The article accuses both Middle Eastern terrorist groups like Hamas and Western activists of arrogance in dictating how Israel should respond to threats and manage its security, while also denying their own legal boundaries and acting illegally on public property.
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Story summary

On October 7, 2023, Israel suffered a brutal attack by Hamas, marking one of the most devastating days in its history. This incident has drawn international attention and criticism over how Israel responds to threats from groups like Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthis. The author criticizes these organizations for their authoritarian stance and their perceived entitlement to dictate terms that include both demands and violent actions against civilian populations. Specifically, they blame Hamas for invading Israel, kidnapping and killing hundreds of innocent people, and forcing Israel into negotiations under duress. Additionally, the article implicates Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a financial backer supporting these terrorist activities. The narrative highlights the destructive nature of such groups in undermining democratic nations' sovereignty while also questioning the global community’s response to such threats.

Written for “Israel Palestine Conflict” on 2026-10-07, grounded in this article and the 0 other(s) covering the same event.
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Reading Leans strongly right (beta estimate) Confidence high 1 quote(s) discarded as not found in the article
Leaning: leans strongly right for article 63146 (high confidence, 6 verified quotes) · logged 2026-10-07

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📰 Israel Palestine Conflict
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This article reads leans strongly right and hedges 3% of its claims. Each row says how that neighbour differs.
Zeteo
⚖️ Leans strongly left further left than this 🔴 0% hedged 0 of 13
“Both articles refer to the third anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel but discuss different aspects and perspectives — one focusing on isolation and alleged genocide in Gaza, the other on global reactions and criticisms towards Jews.”
The two legacies of Oct. 7 different event · 95%
Washington Examiner
⚖️ Leans strongly right 🔴 3% hedged 1 of 36 📰 publisher trust 72
“While both articles refer to the Oct. 7, 2023 event involving Hamas, they do not describe the exact same incident or occurrence but rather offer different perspectives and reflections on it.”
Washington Examiner
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 0% hedged 0 of 7 📰 publisher trust 72
“While both articles refer to the third anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023 attack by Hamas on Israel, they describe different aspects and perspectives of this broader topic.”
Deutsche Welle
⚖️ Leans left further left than this 🔴 6% hedged 3 of 52 📰 publisher trust 95
“While both articles reference the October 7 attacks in Israel, Article A focuses on the mental health impact leading up to the third anniversary, while Article B discusses broader political and social commentary around the event's aftermath.”
Evening Standard
⚖️ Leans left further left than this 🔴 14% hedged 3 of 21 📰 publisher trust 67
“Article A describes a planned pro-Palestine march in London on October 7, while Article B is an editorial piece commenting on the third anniversary of Hamas's attack and broader geopolitical issues.”
New York Post
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 0% hedged 0 of 5 📰 publisher trust 66
“While both articles reference the Oct. 7 anniversary, Article A focuses on NYC Mayor Mamdani's statement specifically attacking Israel, while Article B discusses a broader commentary on global attitudes towards Israel post-Hamas attack.”
Washington Examiner
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 0% hedged 0 of 24 📰 publisher trust 72
“While both articles reference the Oct. 7, 2023 attack by Hamas on Israel, Article A discusses celebrity involvement and commentary following that event, while Article B addresses the broader political implications and reactions over three years since the event.”
New York Post
⚖️ Leans strongly right 🔴 6% hedged 1 of 17 📰 publisher trust 66
“While both articles reference the Oct. 7 atrocities in Israel, Article A discusses gatherings celebrating the terror while Article B is a broader commentary on the aftermath and reactions to the events.”
Daily Mail
⚖️ Leans strongly right 🔴 4% hedged 3 of 84 📰 publisher trust 65
“While both articles mention the October 7 Hamas attacks in Israel, they describe different aspects of the event and its aftermath rather than the same specific incident.”
The Free Press
⚖️ Leans strongly right 🔴 0% hedged 0 of 14 📰 publisher trust 96
“While both articles discuss the third anniversary of a significant event related to October 7, 2023, they focus on different aspects and critiques regarding reactions to this incident.”

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Who wrote this

Sarah Kendis
2 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
🔮 The level of misplaced esteem and bursting ego to consider themselves worthy of dictating how another country defends itself would be fairly impressive if not so utterly destructive.
🔮 As the script demands, Israel and its prime minister are continually railed against as both a genocidal state and war criminals, yet the U.N. is perfectly willing to entertain genuine war criminals, and the TikTok “humanitarians” gathered outside couldn’t be less interested in their stateside presence.
Also by Sarah Kendis
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Topics

Hamas Hezbollah Houthis Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Israel

Subjects

Israel GPE · 2× Western NORP · 2× Hamas ORG · 1× Hezbollah ORG · 1× Houthis NORP · 1× Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ORG · 1×

Narrative

Looking eastward first, we have the reigning royalty of authoritarian regimes through the “H” terror clique of Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthis, and their Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sugar daddy: all spilling over with entitlement to the life and death of both their own communities and their enemies, who over ancient conquests and modern terrorism have perfected simultaneously making absurd demands while committing outrageous atrocities.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-07
🔮 The level of misplaced esteem and bursting ego to consider themselves worthy of dictating how another country defends itself would be fairly impressive if not so utterly destructive.

Claims (29 extracted, 1 hedged)

We have reached the third anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre in Israel. asserted
We → reach → Israel
Three years since the most horrific barbarity that can be inflicted upon a people in a day. asserted
that → inflict → day
Three years of the most abysmal antipathy that can be inflicted upon a people in its wake. asserted
that → inflict → wake
And at its core, three years that have revealed the most abhorrently unabashed and perversely unifying entitlement by the world to one particular nation and its people. asserted
that → reveal → nation
Looking eastward first, we have the reigning royalty of authoritarian regimes through the “H” terror clique of Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthis, and their Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps sugar daddy: all spilling over with entitlement to the life and death of both their own communities and their enemies, who over ancient conquests and modern terrorism have perfected simultaneously making absurd demands while committing outrageous atrocities. asserted
who → look → atrocities
There is the surreal selfishness to not only brutally invade a neighboring democracy and steal hundreds on hundreds of innocent lives through both massacre and hostage taking, but to force the grieving nation to bargain for the civilians who should never have existed in such a situation. asserted
who → be → situation
And, after everything done, the hubris to believe they still are entitled to reign in the territory they’ve destroyed and with which they’ve tried to destroy others … but more than that, enjoy an eternal reign of terror with neither punishment nor accountability. asserted
they → do → punishment
If only such entitlement were limited to that region, asserted
entitlement → limit → region
but there is unfortunately more than enough to be shared, and this sociopathic narcissism has become the drawing board for their fawning echo in the West. asserted
narcissism → be → West
As a result, we’ve had a front-row seat to watch those so removed from both the collective conflict and personal purpose in life desperate for an endorsed route to take out their self and worldly loathing onto others. asserted
we → have → others
Through their arrogant arsenal of tantrums and “tentifadas,” not only have these Western junior varsity jihadis shown that they are fully intent on denying others basic legal rights, but they are equally determined to not be denied privileges never afforded to those carrying out blatantly illegal activity. asserted
they → show → activity
In their attention-seeking dream come true, they feel completely at home commandeering public property for personal preferences and reject the idea of being arrested for occupying land that isn’t theirs, all while simultaneously calling for the removal of rightful owners of land across the world. asserted
that → seek → world
The level of misplaced esteem and bursting ego to consider themselves worthy of dictating how another country defends itself would be fairly impressive if not so utterly destructive. asserted
country → burst → itself
Somehow, they know better with their performative activism degrees than all of the military experts, historians, and common sense. asserted
they → know → experts
They know better in such utterly removed privilege than those who live each day next to those that would, have tried to, and will try again to, wipe them off of the planet when given an inch. asserted
that → know → inch
They, who have and likely never will have to face such a situation, yet feel such a compulsion to demand others bend to their unethical education and personal bigotry. asserted
others → have → education
Blazing hypocrisy aside, all continue to feel entitled to keep pushing corrupt ideology while demanding special accommodations, as too many who should know better continue to enable the previous parties with their own brand of entitlement. asserted
who → blaze → entitlement
In what is possibly the most insidious arrogance of all, as it is the version coming from not just the only democratic category of the three, but supposed allies and moral parties as well, we’ve witnessed the dangerous display of Western governments not only plainly hindering Israel’s efforts and success, but then gaslighting them on top of that betrayal … all for selfish and sinister gains. uncertain
governments → come → gains
So many nations’ pathetic administrations have felt overly comfortable spinning an existential crisis into political chess, wielding such grotesque authority to play fast and loose with real lives for shallow desires. asserted
administrations → feel → desires
Watching elected officials lack the spine to fully stand up to their party’s clownery and stand by what is just, while simultaneously thinking that they have the right to dictate how a sovereign democracy conducts its essential elimination of jihadists that no one else wanted to touch, has been utterly atrocious, though perfectly in line with the rest of withering modern ethics. asserted
one → watch → ethics
While we are aware of the depths society can reach, it is still difficult to fathom the amount of childish narcissism one must possess to not only make such ignorant demands, but to make any of a sovereign nation at all. asserted
one → reach → nation
Yet when it comes down to it, in once again the bias reserved only for Jews and their state, all of these parties not only hold entitlement to how Israel carries out its operations, but entitlement to Israel’s own existence and entire future. asserted
Israel → come → existence
It is such a shame that we live in a reality where too many feel so entitled to hold Israel as both a nation and its people hostage over the years, whether through its living, breathing citizens as captives, or as the world’s singular Jewish democracy to the most ridiculous double standards. asserted
many → live → standards
And it is such a shame that we live in a world where Israel is so dismissed and dehumanized that it is forced into daily required defense against an eternal offense. asserted
it → live → offense
It is well past time for the rest of the supposedly civilized world to start giving Israel and Jews the basic respect and entitlement to life that has been and will always be afforded to all other disdainful parties. asserted
that → start → parties
And if that is somehow still too much of an ask for the Zionist-fixated circus out there, it’s time to turn the focus to themselves: to stop spinning Israel’s necessary response to terrorism into an outlet of validation for personal prejudices, and start asking why it is that there is such a problem placing the blame exactly where it belongs. asserted
it → fixate → blame
Because until such morality frauds can prove capable of genuinely acknowledging the overwhelming truth at hand, not only do they lack any business feeling entitled to judge anyone else, but all eyes should be solely on themselves. asserted
eyes → prove → themselves
A proud Jew and radical feminist, she writes and speaks about antisemitism and women’s issues in the world today. asserted
she → write → today
Her work has been published in sp!ked, Skeptic, the American Spectator, and the Federalist. asserted
work → publish → sp!ked
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