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| John Spencer (Arutz Sheva) |
The animus expressed against Israel by the left is often
based on perceptions that are taken out of context. When Jews are misguided
along these lines, however, it is even more troubling. It becomes a gross
violation and reflection of what should be their values as Jews. These are the
Jews for Justice in Palestine people, whose voices are very loud.
But Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, the Jewish directors of a
documentary film called NAZA are misguided to a whole other level.
They portray themselves as warriors for mankind. Warriors
for justice. Exposing the evil deeds of an evil army led by evil leaders.
When the fact is that they are attacking the very people who
are on the front lines of protecting the Jewish people from jihadist groups so
savage and brutal that they make Jack the Ripper look good.
These are the people who savagely massacred approximately
1,200 people on October 7 in some of the most horrific ways imaginable—and then
celebrated it as a victory for God.
Just yesterday, I read the story of one of those victims - a
12-year-old girl found doing her homework who begged for her life, saying that
she just wanted to go to school the next day. She was killed and brutally
mutilated, making identification nearly impossible. Her remains had to be
identified from pieces found scattered among those of other victims.
And these filmmakers want us to believe that Israel is the
villain?
The problem with NAZA is not simply that I disagree
with its conclusions. It is that some of its most consequential claims are
being presented as established fact despite serious questions about their
accuracy, sourcing, context, and verification.
The Israeli military has responded in detail, calling the
film “distorted, misleading, and disingenuous” and accusing the filmmakers of
substantial factual errors, manipulative editing, and omitting essential
context. The IDF specifically disputes the film’s claims about how targeting
decisions are made and denies that it ever planned or approved a strike in
which 500 civilians were expected to be killed.
But no one has been more scathing in his criticism of the
film than Jonathan Spencer, perhaps the world’s most respected expert on urban
warfare.
Arutz
Sheva reported his reaction:
Urban warfare expert Jonathan Spencer accuses documentary of
spreading “lies, lies by omission, and lies of ignorance,” takes particular aim
at claim that Israel killed more than 73,000 in Gaza…
Spencer is not some random political commentator. He is the
Chair of Urban Warfare Studies at the Modern War Institute at West Point. You
don’t get that position by being a shill for Israel.
His comments are not merely the opinions of some liberal
former army officer. He knows what he is talking about when it comes to urban
warfare. More than just about anyone else.
So when he accuses these filmmakers of “lies, lies by
omission, and lies of ignorance,” he is speaking from professional
knowledge, not partisan political bias…
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