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The article, “Watching the Phoenix Burn” by Miles Mathis, criticizes Speaker of the House Mike Johnson for a speech at Columbia University where he claimed Hamas cooked Jewish babies in ovens. Mathas notes that this claim was fabricated by Eli Beer, head of Israel’s EMS, and lacks evidence, even being acknowledged as untrue by the Israeli press, specifically Haaretz. The author argues this is part of a larger pattern of lies from Israel, Ukraine, DC, and the mainstream press.
Mathas then discusses a recently passed, but likely unconstitutional US House anti-Semitism law that prohibits comparing Jews or Israel to Nazis. He argues that the current claims about babies being cooked in ovens are reminiscent of Holocaust narratives, suggesting a pattern of using similar accusations. He posits that the fabricated story about Hamas cooking babies could undermine the credibility of the Holocaust narrative, likening it to the “boy who cried wolf.”
The author claims that this fabricated story is being spread not only by Israel, Johnson, and the mainstream press but also by alternative outlets like The Gateway Pundit. He criticizes The Gateway Pundit for repeating the story from a Jewish student at the University of Michigan and suggests this indicates they are “controlled opposition.” Finally, Mathas points out that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis also repeated this lie during a speech at the University of Florida campus, detailing alleged atrocities by Hamas.
List of subjects, names, references, locations, companies, etc.:
- Miles Mathis
- Watching the Phoenix Burn
- May 5, 2024
- Babylon Bee
- Speaker of the House Mike Johnson
- Columbia University
- Palestinian protestors
- Hamas
- Jewish babies
- Eli Beer
- Israel’s EMS
- Israeli press
- Haaretz
- Israel
- Ukraine
- DC
- mainstream press
- US House
- anti-Semitism law
- unConstitutional
- Supreme Court
- First Amendment
- Senate
- May of 2024
- Nazis
- Jews
- Holocaust
- Hansel and Gretel
- WWII
- Trump
- Larry Nassar
- Duke lacrosse team
- The Gateway Pundit
- Jewish student
- University of Michigan
- Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
- Wednesday
- University of Florida campus
- October 7
- Israeli communities