Jerusalem News Now. 5 August 2025, 11 Av 5785.
Contents:
1. Theo Edmunds on Quora. How Many Died of starvation in Gaza?
2. Sa'ar Slams International Media For Ignoring Images Of Emaciated Hostages.
3. Mass anti-Israel demonstration causes fear among Australian Jews
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1. Theo Edmunds on Quora.
How Many Died of starvation in Gaza?
If you watched the headlines on social media and read newspapers you probably ran into a picture of a child who appeared to be starving in Gaza. Except that child was suffering from cerebral palsy and hypoxemia.
But the truth is there's been 113 deaths due to starvation in Gaza since October 7, 2023. To compare with a similar situation, there's a war happening in Sudan between two extremist Muslim groups that started in April 2023, just six months before the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel October 2023. In that war that involves 26 million people, according to the Sudan Doctor's Union, 522,000 infants have died due to malnutrition. So while those liberal, virtue signaling, useful idiots are crying about 113 deaths in Gaza, nearly half a million infants have died just a country away in Sudan just on the other side of Egypt.
At the same time Hamas leaders have been laughing all the way to the bank, pocketing (aka embezzling) about $500 million annually, siphoned off international aid to their luxury apartments in Qatar and now Turkey. We're talking billions of dollars stuffed away for generations.
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2. Sa'ar Slams International Media For Ignoring Images Of Emaciated Hostages
https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/israel-news/2433591/watch-saar-slams-international-media-for-ignoring-images-of-emaciated-hostages.html
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar spoke to the foreign press on Monday while standing in front of a screenshot of hostage Evyatar David, taken from a cruel Hamas psychological terror video published on Friday showing an emaciated David digging his own grave.
"This past weekend, Hamas and Islamic Jihad cruelly released horrifying videos of our hostages, Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski," he said.
"The world witnessed their terrible condition, starved and tortured. Evyatar was forced to dig his own grave. The world saw the thick arm of the well-fed terrorist next to the starved and tortured Evyatar."
"On October 7 and since then, Hamas has committed evil crimes, like the Nazis and ISIS did. There are still 50 hostages cruelly being held in the dungeons of Gaza. Hamas and Islamic Jihad are using the starvation and torture of hostages as part of a deliberate and well-planned sadistic propaganda campaign. These organizations also planted the starvation campaign of lies."
Sa'ar slammed the international media for its 'unbalanced and twisted anti-Israel agenda' feigning concern for Gaza while ignoring the plight of the hostages and failing to publish their photos on their front pages.
He emphasized that 50 hostages (20 living) are still being held in Gaza and have been denied access to visits by Red Cross representatives.
He also slammed countries, such as France, the UK and Canada, [and now malta, and Australia] for announcing they will recognize a Palestinian state, emboldening Hamas and undermining hostage negotiations.
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3. Mass anti-Israel demonstration causes fear among Australian Jews
Close to 100,000 pro-Palestinian demonstrators took part in a rally in Sydney that displayed antisemitic elements. Participants chanted slogans against Jews and Israel.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/412727
Extracts:
Tens of thousands marched across Sydney's Harbor Bridge on Sunday in an anti-Israel demonstration dubbed the "March for Humanity," amid worsening humanitarian conditions in Gaza.
Keren, a member of the Jewish community in Sydney, told Channel 12 News: "It was a very sad day for members of the community, especially for us as Israelis. The situation here is not good. We are experiencing overt antisemitism that has escalated in recent weeks - and the local government is doing nothing."
She added, "I've been living here for almost 14 years; Australia is not what it used to be. My child got on a school bus and the kids in the back shouted that he was a Jew and should be sent to the gas chambers. The teachers did nothing, and only after we reached the parliament and the Education Minister was publicly criticized did anything get done. By the way, when my children respond to insults - the teachers call me to ask why my child is answering back."
According to Keren, many are considering leaving the country due to the rising harassment. "Many are thinking of returning to Israel. We're about 5,000 Israelis and around 120,000 Jews - facing over a million Muslims and an anti-Israel government, it feels hopeless," she said.