Queens Jewish Link
Connecting the Queens Jewish Community 
Hamas, the terror organization that just murdered the most Jews since the Holocaust, has spokespeople in the United States House of Representatives. These members of Congress are actively attempting to ensure the survival of Hamas and more funds to be sent to them so they can attack Israel at a later date. This group, the Hamas Caucus, just filed a House Resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza.
Israel is now battle-ready. So said the spokesman for the IDF in response to a question from a correspondent. Is this war inevitable? Is it reckless? Will the losses be tolerable? Are any losses tolerable? The left has already started to answer these questions. A human catastrophe is occurring in Gaza. People are starving. Families are displaced. Buildings are being leveled. Israel is the culprit. Many American rabbis are equally outraged by the carnage of the Hamas savages, by the burned bodies, by bullet-riddled babies, by beheaded men and woman in the communities surrounding the Gaza Strip, and by the destruction caused by Israeli aircraft responding to the murder of 1,300 of its citizens. They counsel Israel not to “overreact,” not to be “disproportionate.” The situation, they say, can be solved by diplomacy.
The “pay-for-slay” stipends will continue for the rest of their relatives’ lives.
(October 17, 2023 / JNS) The Palestinian Authority will pay nearly $3 million to the families of slain Hamas terrorists who slaughtered civilians in Gaza border communities on Oct. 7, Palestinian Media Watch reports.
After Hamas, Arab countries blame Israel, IDF says analysis shows errant rocket fired by terror group hit Al-Ahli hospital; videos appear to support Israel’s position
The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday night said it was not behind a blast at a hospital in the Gaza Strip, which according to Hamas health authorities led to hundreds of deaths, and that a misfired rocket launched by Gaza terrorists led to the explosion at the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital.
(This article was originally published on www.Aish.com.)
Ten close relatives of Shaked Haran, a young Israeli lawyer, are being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza. She is using every contact she can find tell the world about their plight and try and gain their freedom.
On Monday, UJA announced that it has provided approximately $22 million in grants thus far to over 60 Israeli nonprofits.
