Daniel Rubenstein
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🇮🇱 Middle East analyst and co-founder of At Pakistan's Request
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CNN: A survivor of Hamas captivity said he was held hostage by an UNRWA teacher. What's UNRWA's response? UNRWA: I can speak about the flour that UNRWA delivers. CNN: Does it bother you that an UNRWA teacher held somebody hostage? UNRWA: Every bag of flour is cross-referenced.
Daniel Rubenstein2,357,561 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren
Hamas: We demand a 100 percent Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank, a 100 percent Israeli withdrawal from half of Jerusalem – including the entire Old City and the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim holy sites – and a 100 percent "right of return" for five million Palestinians to Israel. If Israel accepts this, then we will have a ceasefire and a truce of five years or more. As soon as Israel concedes everything, Hamas will transform itself into a normal political party and the Hamas militia will disband and become part of Palestine's national army. Associated Press headline: "Hamas official says group would lay down its weapons if a two-state solution is implemented"
Daniel Rubenstein1,802,671 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren
I gave a pop quiz to more than 100 college students. Everyone failed. Watch until the end.
Daniel Rubenstein243,915 Aufrufe • vor 10 Monaten
NEVER FORGET: Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh’s call on October 7, 2023, for every Muslim in the world to join Hamas’s war against Israel was a call that was broadcast from the Qatari capital, on Qatari television, with the approval of the Qatari royal family.
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Here's a story for you about how the news industry works. Earlier tonight, the group that invaded Israel, massacred 1000+ people, burned families to death in their homes, took hostages back to Gaza, and recorded it all with GoPros – this group announced that Israel bombed a hospital in Gaza, killing hundreds. Then, instead of waiting for more information from the Israeli side, the editors of the world's most important media outlets said to themselves: "This is enough for us. Let's run with it." Headlines screamed that Israel bombed a hospital. Push notifications were sent to MILLIONS of people. CNN push: "Hundreds of people may have been killed in an Israeli strike on a Gaza City hospital, according to the Palestinian health ministry" BBC push: "Hundreds feared dead or injured in Israeli air strike on hospital in Gaza, Palestinian officials say" NYT push: "At least 500 people were killed by an Israeli airstrike at a Gaza hospital, the Palestinian Health Ministry said" Do you see what they did there? They put the dramatic news in the beginning of the sentence and then they cited the source at the end so that the assertion is technically true. The Palestinian Health Ministry DID say that. The thing is, the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza is a Hamas institution. What do you call people who amplify Hamas propaganda not just as news, but as the top news story in the world? There is no way that a professional military such as the Israel Defense Forces can give an instant answer about a catastrophe in enemy territory during a war. It took around two or three hours for the IDF to share the results of its initial investigation – that the explosion at the hospital was a due to a rocket launched by Islamic Jihad that malfunctioned and crashed back into Gaza. More evidence is coming out as I write this. The sad fact is that it appears that hundreds of Palestinians are dead at a hospital because terrorists in Gaza tried to fire rockets at Israelis and ended up hitting their own people. It's unbearably stupid and tragic. None of this is new, unfortunately. Journalists in the Middle East know – they absolutely know – that a significant percentage of Hamas and Islamic Jihad’s rockets misfire and crash into residential areas of Gaza. I've attached a famous example. This video is from May 2022. It shows a live broadcast of a rocket being launched from a residential area of Gaza. The rocket malfunctions, turns sideways, and crashes into the city. The overexcited broadcaster tries to pretend that nothing unusual happened and asks the camera man to turn away. The video went viral at the time. There are other known instances where this happened. These rockets are designed to kill people. Don't act surprised when they do. I say all of this to remind you to treat breaking news from Gaza with caution, even if it's unpopular to do so.
Daniel Rubenstein506,055 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren
The Qatari royal family doesn’t want you to retweet this.
Daniel Rubenstein97,633 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
My response to Australian Foreign Minister Senator Penny Wong Sky News Australia with Sharri Markson
Daniel Rubenstein63,882 Aufrufe • vor 10 Monaten
Here's my full conversation with Eylon Levy on Israel: State of a Nation with Eylon Levy. This was my second time on his podcast. We talk about Eurovision, Trump's visit to the Middle East, the war in Gaza, and more. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:49 Campus Tour 06:44 Eurovision 15:32 Trump in the Middle East 18:43 Qatar 25:31 Syria 31:27 Saudi Arabia 35:15 Gaza 40:08 Aid 54:01 Netanyahu 58:52 Outro Recorded May 19, 2025
Daniel Rubenstein36,187 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
