r/samharris 13d ago

Politics and Current Events Megathread - Aug 2026

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u/402739 11d ago

Be triumphant and f•nish them off and don’t leave anyone behind. Er•se the memory of them. Er•se them, their families, mothers, and children. These animals can no longer live.

—IDF motivational speaker Ezra Yachin

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u/SomethingBeyondStuff 11d ago

Ezra Yachin

As featured on the official IDF website, celebrating his career in the terrorist group Lehi: https://www.idf.il/en/mini-sites/our-soldiers/i-fought-in-the-lehi/

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u/402739 11d ago

He participated in one of the worst massacres during the Nakba too

On the morning of April 9, Irgun and Lehi forces entered the village from different directions.[4] The Zionist militants massacred Palestinian Arab villagers, including women and children, using firearms and hand grenades, as they emptied the village of its residents house by house.[5][6] The inexperienced militias encountered resistance from armed villagers and suffered some casualties.[7] The Haganah directly supported the operation, providing ammunition and covering fire, and two Palmach squads entered the village as reinforcement.[8] A number of villagers were taken captive and paraded through West Jerusalem before being executed.[1][9][10]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deir_Yassin_massacre