It's been one year since this viral moment of TV gold, which has spawned WhatsApp stickers, GIFs, t-shirts, cookies, requests for selfies "with the eyebrows", and TV stripes calling me the "Eyebrows of the Nation." I have mixed feelings.
On the one hand, it feels very silly. It was a split-second decision to pull a comical face to express our collective frustration with a problematic question. And I don't want to become a gimmick.
But on the other hand, it hit a nerve with everyone, because it symbolized our feeling that sometimes it doesn't matter what we do, people will always spin things against us. If being blackmailed to get toddlers out of terrorist captivity means we're the bad guys, there's nothing we can do right. And this moment catapulted my social media accounts and international and national media presence, giving me a much bigger platform to advocate for Israel and the Jewish People as we come under attack on eight fronts.
I can't believe it's only been a year. It feels like ten years. I feel I've aged ten years over this war.
But giggles aside, what matters is that one year on, 101 hostages who weren't released in the original deal are still trapped in the Gaza Terror Dungeons, and for however many are still clinging onto life, it must feel like an eternity in hell. We will never forgive ourselves as a society if we don't get them out of hell—alive. We need massive international pressure on Hamas and its backers—Turkey, Qatar, and Iran—to LET THEM GO NOW, and our government must absolutely prioritize how to BRING THEM HOME NOW.
The eyebrows were funny. Being at imminent risk of death in Hamas captivity is not.
This flour should’ve been baked into bread days ago. But the UN is letting it rot in the sun while it writes press releases blaming Israel instead. This is all inside Gaza and the IDF is urging the UN to pick it up.
The point Jonah is making is more unsettling than “Hollywood is antisemitic.” It’s that even people who have no problem with Jews still avoid Jewish stories because they’re afraid of the backlash.
That’s the power of the mob. It doesn’t need to convince everyone. It just needs to scare them into submission
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Israel is one of the most magical Disneylands for history geeks like me. And the most exciting thing: so much ancient history is still lying underground, waiting to be discovered. Ahead of #JerusalemDay, I visited my favorite heritage site of @cityofdavid to see the excavations at the Siloam Pool and recently explored Pilgrimage Road—and explored the Second Temple era necropolis of the Ben Hinnom Valley.
What’s your favorite historical site in Jerusalem?
Two thousand years ago, this is where Jews from all over the ancient Land of Israel and Diaspora began their pilgrimage to the Temple in Jerusalem. You can now walk in their footsteps at @cityofdavid . #JerusalemDay
“Israel targeted journalists” is one of the most dangerous hoaxes of this century.
Hamas and Islamic Jihad are FINALLY admitting how many of those “brave Gaza journalists” were combatants in costume.
