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Landmark UK report on Hamas massacre exposes worst attack on Jews since Holocaust

A Holocaust survivor murdered at age 91 and a baby killed just 14 hours after birth are among the victims named in the U.K.’s October 7 Parliamentary Commission Report, the most detailed Western investigation to date into the Hamas-led attack on Israel.
The 318-page report, chaired by British historian and peer Lord Andrew Roberts, documents the deaths of 1,182 people in a 48-hour period and provides extensive evidence of atrocities committed against civilians.
The report describes the assault as «a meticulously planned operation designed not only to kill but to terrorize through extreme brutality, looting and humiliation.» It includes testimonies of group rapes of women and girls, some of whom were murdered, as well as evidence of sexual violence committed against corpses. It details the targeting of children, including infants shot in strollers or burned alive.
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Hamas terrorists killed civilians, including women, children and the elderly, when they attacked Israel on Oct. 7. (Israel Defense Forces via AP)
Roberts, one of Britain’s leading historians and a member of the House of Lords, said that meeting Mandy Damari, the mother of hostage Emily Damari, «reduced me to tears.» Speaking in an interview with Fox News Digital, Lord Roberts recalled visiting Kibbutz Kfar Aza and hearing from families of victims while the fate of their loved ones was still unknown.
«At that time, of course, she didn’t know whether her 27-year-old daughter, Emily, was going to be released or not, or whether she was going to die in Gaza,» he said. «And I have a 25-year-old daughter, and so it was brought home incredibly powerfully to me.»
Despite the graphic nature of the material, Roberts emphasized that the report was deliberately limited to verified facts. «We actually made the report much less than it could have been, because we insisted on only putting things in that could be double-checked,» he said. «If we had put in things that we truly believe happened but couldn’t prove happened, we kept them out.»

A bloodied handprint stains a wall in a Nir Oz house after Hamas terrorists attacked this kibbutz days earlier near the border of Gaza. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
When asked what motivated him to take on the project, Roberts said, «The denialism that has already cropped up,» including attempts to downplay or question the events of October 7. «It’s quite ironic that as well as celebrating and indulging in their most sort of disgusting fantasies by wearing GoPro cameras, they also seek to deny that the whole thing ever happened,» he said of Hamas.
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«October 7 denial,» as the report refers to it, emerged almost immediately after the attacks and mirrors historical patterns of atrocity denial, despite the overwhelming evidence.
«I thought it was really important to get a big, thick, well-documented, irrefutable, fully footnoted document out there that will stand the test of time,» Roberts said.

Hamas terrorists kidnap a bloodied Israeli woman into the Gaza Strip. (Hamas-Telegram)
The report includes accounts of mass looting, arson and mutilation. It states that terrorists used victims’ phones to send images to their families, booby-trapped corpses with grenades, and dragged bodies through Gaza. It confirms that «acts of sexual violence» occurred «across all sites» during the attack, and references forensic findings of partially or fully naked bodies.
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Roberts said the attack was «not just spontaneous — it was a premeditated bloodlust.» He compared it to historical atrocities like the Rape of Nanjing in 1937. «Once Hamas got into a bloodlust, they were going out of their way to murder and kill absolutely anybody who came anywhere near them,» he said.
Despite the horrors, Roberts said the report also includes examples of heroism. For example, of Netta Epstein — a young man who «threw himself on a grenade to save his fiancée’s life» — Roberts said such acts «stand up with the great acts of heroism of any age.»

Released hostages Doron Steinbrecher and Emily Damari, wearing green, are greeted by Israeli soldiers following their arrival in Israel after being held in Gaza since the deadly Oct. 7, 2023 attack, following their release as part of a hostage-prisoner exchange deal between Hamas and Israel, in southern Israel, in a screen grab from a handout video obtained by Reuters on Jan. 19, 2025. ( Israel Defense Forces/Handout via Reuters)
«We have the names in it of everybody who was killed … mostly with the circumstances of their deaths as well,» Roberts added: «Speaking as a historian, there are moments when one thinks of 9/11, or Pearl Harbor, various other attacks like this. They become part of history very quickly, but the actual individuals involved tend to get forgotten.»
Asked what role democracies should play in countering denialism, Roberts answered, «The first is properly to memorialize the victims,» he said. «The second … is to see this appalling act of barbarism for what it is, which is a complete denial of democracy, a blow struck deliberately against civilization, and … the most appalling act of racism.»
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Israeli soldiers remove the bodies of civilians, who were killed days earlier in an attack by Palestinian terrorists on this kibbutz near the border with Gaza, on October 10, 2023, in Kfar Aza, Israel. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images)
«Britain should be doing everything in its power to help Israel protect itself forever against such another attack,» Roberts clarified that he was expressing a personal view: «At the moment, it seems [the British government] is not doing that at all.»
In the report’s conclusion, Roberts and his colleagues wrote: «Our report will hopefully permit people to see such denials and justifications for what they really are: a perversion of and rejection of human decency. We owe it to the victims and their grieving families to set down the ghastly unvarnished truth about the sheer barbarism that Hamas and its terrorist allies unleashed on October 7, 2023.»
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Comienza la cuenta regresiva para el cónclave: los cardenales buscan definir el rumbo de la Iglesia católica

Tras el masivo funeral del papa Francisco, este lunes a la madrugada argentina comienza la cuenta regresiva hacia el futuro cónclave que deberá elegir al sucesor de Jorge Bergoglio y cuya fecha de inicio será determinada en breve.
El cónclave no empezará antes del domingo 4 de mayo, cuando concluirá el luto de 9 días desde la sepultura del pontífice. La fecha podría ser anunciada este mismo lunes.
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En esta transición de “sede vacante”, el Vaticano atraviesa el período de duelo conocido como “novendiales”, con misas diarias y reuniones periódicas de cardenales en las llamadas “congregaciones generales”.
Cuál es la importancia de las congregaciones generales
Estas asambleas buscan definir el rumbo que deberá seguir la Iglesia en el futuro pontificado y sirven de antesala a la elección del nuevo papa. En estas reuniones participan los cardenales que ya llegaron a Roma y sus deliberaciones son secretas.
Entre otras cosas, la primera congregación celebrada un día después de la muerte de Francisco determinó la fecha del funeral. Se espera que, de ahora en más y hasta el inicio del cónclave, los cardenales comenzarán a definir hacia dónde se inclinará la balanza entre esa lucha entre continuistas y rupturistas sobre la herencia que deja Francisco.
El cardenal Matteo Zuppi llega a la Basílica de San Pedro, mientras el cuerpo del Papa Francisco es llevado en un ataúd dentro de la Basílica, el día de su traslado, en el Vaticano, el 23 de abril de 2025 (Foto: Reuters/Hannah McKay)
Si bien las deliberaciones son secretas, se sabe que estas reuniones son vitales para definir el perfil de quien será el nuevo pontífice.
De hecho, en el último cónclave, según una infidencia “autorizada” hecha hace unos años por el fallecido cardenal cubano Jaime Ortega y Alamino, el entonces cardenal Bergoglio leyó un discurso que captó la atención del sector progresista. “La Iglesia está llamada a salir de sí misma e ir hacia las periferias, no solo las geográficas, sino también las existenciales”, sostuvo. Días después fue electo papa.
El objetivo más ambicioso de estas congregaciones es achicar el tiempo de duración del cónclave. La Iglesia católica necesita dar un mensaje de unidad tras la muerte de Francisco. A nadie escapa que Bergoglio fue un papa muy popular y querido, pero que también generó una fuerte resistencia en la curia y en sectores conservadores.
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Si bien en estas reuniones no se barajan nombres, sí se vislumbra el perfil que deberá tener el sucesor. Los discursos de los cardenales tratan de definir el modelo y la agenda prioritaria del nuevo pontificado. El portavoz vaticano, Matteo Bruni, dijo que en la congregación del jueves pasado hubo 34 intervenciones.
En los próximos días, los discursos buscarán “consensuar” el perfil del nuevo papa para evitar un cónclave extenso. “No será largo”, dijo este fin de semana el cardenal Reinhard Marx, arzobispo de Múnich y Freising, la diócesis de Joseph Ratzinger
“Durará pocos días”, aseguró Marx, miembro del Colegio Cardenalicio y coordinador del Consejo para la Economía.
Según el cardenal alemán, el futuro papa deberá ser comunicativo y “poner en el centro la autoridad del Evangelio. En estos días hemos podido constatar el sentimiento del pueblo de Dios Los cardenales no pueden ignorar este sentimiento”, dijo. Sus palabras fueron interpretadas por la prensa italiana como un vaticinio de la “continuidad” del estilo del papa argentino.
Un caso urgente: el cardenal Angelo Becciu
Los cardenales deberán tomar una decisión urgente sobre su colega italiano Angelo Becciu, a quien Francisco le quitó sus “derechos” cardenalicios tras ser condenado por corrupción. Sin embargo, Becciu insiste en su inocencia y reclama participar del cónclave.
Según el diario Domani, Francisco dejó dos cartas en las que confirmó su voluntad de que Becciu sea excluido del cónclave.
Ante este panorama y frente al riesgo de un escándalo, los purpurados decidieron crear una comisión especial conformada por cinco cardenales para analizar el caso. La prensa italiana afirma que el propio Becciu integra el grupo.
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Left-wing DA forcing prosecutors to consider ‘racial identity’ in plea deals
Prosecutors in a left-wing Minnesota county attorney’s office will be required to consider defendants’ race when crafting plea deals, according to a local report citing internal documents.
The office of Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, which recently let a Democrat-connected alleged Tesla vandal off with a slap on the wrist, issued the internal document «Negotiations Policy for Cases Involving Adult Defendants.» It directs prosecutors to consider «racial identity and age» as they negotiate plea deals, local Minnestota outlet KARE 11 first reported last week.
«While racial identity and age are not appropriate grounds for departures [from the Minnesota Sentencing Guidelines], proposed resolutions should consider the person charged as a whole person, including their racial identity and age,» the internal document states, according to the outlet.
«While these factors should not be controlling, they should be part of the overall analysis. Racial disparities harm our community, lead to distrust, and have a negative impact on community safety. Prosecutors should be identifying and addressing racial disparities at decision points, as appropriate,» it continues.
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Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty speaks in video address. (Hennepin County Attorney’s Office/YouTube)
The policy changes are set to take effect on April 28, according to the outlet. Hennepin County encompasses the city of Minneapolis and is the most populous county in the Democrat-run state.
The «Negotiations Policy for Cases Involving Adult Defendants» began circulating in the county attorney’s office last week, KARE 11 reported.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office on Sunday morning regarding the policy update, motivation behind the internal document and whether there are any concerns over the constitutionality of the changes, and is awaiting a response.
The reported plea deal policy comes with constitutionality issues, according to KARE 11, which spoke to local attorneys to weigh in on the change.
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«It both says, ‘Don’t take race into account,’ presumably because of the constitutional problems with taking race into account in addition to potentially political objections, but it simultaneously says this is something you should consider,» Jill Hasday, a University of Minnesota law professor, told the outlet. «And the problem for the drafters of this policy is, once you take race into account, it doesn’t really matter what else you say. The policy is going to be struck down.»
Another local attorney brushed off constitutionality concerns, saying that county prosecutors are directed to steer clear of racial disparities, not create them.

A man in handcuffs (Reuters/Lucy Nicholson) (Reuters/Lucy Nicholson)
«I definitely think that some people will get worked up about the issue, but I don’t see a constitutional problem, and that’s specifically because the policy tells prosecutors to avoid racial disparities. Not to create them,» University of St. Thomas law professor Rachel Moran told the outlet.
The Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution requires states to govern impartially, meaning that states and official government actions cannot discriminate or treat individuals differently based on characteristics such as race.
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«Our sentencing guidelines that criminal justice professionals use every single day in court say that race should not be used in that calculus. This seems to contradict our sentencing guidelines,» former Washington County, Minnesota, prosecutor Imran Ali told the outlet. «It’s inconsistent not only with our sentencing guidelines, but the policy in and of itself is inconsistent.»

Snow is removed from the entrance of the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa, File)
The county attorney’s office told KARE 11 that race is an important factor to consider during plea deal negotiations «because we know unaddressed unconscious biases lead to racial disparities.»
«This policy acknowledges that there are many factors to be considered in negotiations. Each case – and defendant – is unique. Someone’s age may change the likelihood of growth and change. A defendant’s race matters because we know unaddressed unconscious biases lead to racial disparities, which is an unacceptable outcome,» the office told the outlet.
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«Our goal with this policy matches the goal of all our work: to achieve safe, equitable, and just outcomes that center the healing of victims while improving public safety,» the office continued.
Fox News Digital previously reported that Moriarty has been backed by groups tied to money from liberal mega-donor George Soros, who has helped to install scores of soft-on-crime local prosecutors around the nation. She was first elected to the role in 2022 after working for more than two decades as a public defender in the county.
Moriarty most recently made national headlines last week when her office bucked criminally charging a Minnesota state employee suspected of vandalizing six Tesla vehicles and causing $20,000 in damages. Instead, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office said it would seek «diversion» over charges against Minnesota Department of Human Services data analyst Dylan Bryan Adams. The diversion approach «helps to ensure the individual keeps their job and can pay restitution,» according to the office.

Mugshot of suspected Tesla vandal Dylan Byan Adams (Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office)
Teslas around the country have been targeted for vandalism as its CEO Elon Musk heads up President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, which has been auditing various federal agencies for government overspending, fraud and mismanagement.
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Moriarty and her office also came under fire in October of 2023, when families of murder victims slammed a string of plea deals that had been offered to murder defendants, sparing them time behind bars, Fox News Digital previously reported.
Fox News Digital’s Deirdre Heavey and Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report.
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Guerra híbrida del socialismo del siglo 21 contra las democracias de las Américas

En el siglo 21 la dictadura de Cuba ha reemplazado la guerrilla por la “guerra híbrida”. Las democracias de las Américas están bajo constante ataque por medios y procedimientos como el narcotráfico, migración forzada, grupos criminales, agitación publica o calentar la calle, golpes de estado, terrorismo, penetración electoral, asesinato de reputaciones, noticias falsas, magnicidios y asesinatos, ciberataques y más, operados por el grupo delictivo organizado que se denomina socialismo del siglo 21.
“Guerra hibrida” es la “agresión en que se utilizan todo tipo de medios y procedimientos, fuerza convencional, no convencional o medios irregulares con el objeto de debilitar y socavar la resistencia del adversario, erosionar su poder, potencia y voluntad, y que tiene la ventaja de que el agresor puede evitar que le atribuyan el ataque”.
“Crimen”, es el “delito grave”. Son los “actos perjudiciales no solo para la víctima sino también para la comunidad, la sociedad o el Estado”.
“Grupo delictivo organizado”, definido por el articulo 2.a. de la Convención de la ONU contra la Delincuencia Organizada Trasnacional (Palermo) es “un grupo estructurado de tres o más personas que exista durante cierto tiempo y que actúe concertadamente con el propósito de cometer uno o más delitos graves o delitos tipificados con arreglo a la presente Convención con miras a obtener, directa o indirectamente, un beneficio económico u otro beneficio de orden material”.
“Socialismo del siglo 21” es la denominación política de un grupo delictivo organizado a partir de la presidencia de Hugo Chávez en Venezuela en 1999 y que es liderado por la dictadura de Cuba. El término “socialismo del siglo 21” fue creado en 1996 por Heinz Dieterich y se convirtió en la marca política del castrochavismo desde que fue utilizado por Hugo Chávez en el V Foro Social Mundial de 2005.
“Castrochavismo” es el neologismo de apellidos de Fidel Castro y Hugo Chávez que describe al socialismo del siglo 21 como “delincuencia organizada trasnacional disfrazada de política para violar los derechos humanos y detentar indefinidamente el poder”.
Insisto en que “la lucha contra el narcotráfico fracasa cuando los narcos toman el poder” como lo prueban las dictaduras en Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia y Nicaragua que protegen y expanden este crimen. Con narcotráfico agreden a EEUU, pero también a todas las democracias de las Américas donde ha subido la prevalencia de consumo. A la producción y tráfico de cocaína han agregado el fentanilo vinculado a China.
Afirmo que las migraciones son forzadas por el miedo, porque en los pueblos de las Américas lidian con la pobreza mientras ésta no se agrava con terror. El socialismo del siglo 21 es violación de derechos humanos, miseria, persecución, tortura, prisión y muerte, lo que genera migraciones masivas como los millones de cubanos, venezolanos y nicaragüenses, que producen una crisis humanitaria que es manipulada por las mismas dictaduras que la causan y lucran con ella, infiltrándola de criminales y agentes. Repetir en grande el llamado “éxodo del Mariel” manipulado por Castro en 1980 que fueron 125.000 personas.
El ataque con migración forzada no es solo contra EEUU, es contra todas las democracias de la región. En Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Chile, Argentina, Brasil, Panamá, Costa Rica, El Salvador y más, decenas de miles de víctimas del terrorismo de Estado (infiltradas con criminales y agentes) han puesto en crisis los sistemas de salud, educación, vivienda, empleo, seguridad, erosionando las economías.
Los grupos delictivos comunes son brazos operativos de las dictaduras y han sido transnacionalizados igual que los carteles del narcotráfico: el Tren de Aragua, las Maras, el MS13 o Mara Salvatrucha, los carteles de Sinaloa, Jalisco, los Zetas, del Golfo, por citar los más conocidos.
Financiamiento de agitación pública creando o exacerbando problemas, produciendo confrontaciones, calentando la calle con violencia. “Calentar la Plaza” en México es “cuando un grupo, generalmente de narcotraficantes, detona una escalada de violencia en algún territorio que controla para aterrorizar a la población, llamar la atención de los medios, amenazar o intimidar a las autoridades o alguna banda rival….Si los narcos se alían con guerrilleros, paramilitares, candidatos o partidos, suelen calentar una elección”.
Golpes de estado a Jamil Mahuad en Ecuador (2000), a Fernando de la Rúa en Argentina (2001), a Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada en Bolivia (2003), al Secretario General de la OEA Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (2004), a Lucio Gutiérrez en Ecuador (2005); fallidos golpes de estado a Lenin Moreno en Ecuador (2019), a Sebastián Piñera en Chile (2019),a Iván Duque en Colombia (2021) y en Ecuador a Guillermo Lasso (2022).
Insurgencia, terrorismo y “terrorismo de Estado”, penetración electoral, asesinato de reputaciones, noticias falsas, magnicidios como el de Fernando Villavicencio en Ecuador y asesinatos como cientos de presos políticos muertos en cárceles de las dictaduras de Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia y Nicaragua, y la guerra cibernética son parte de la guerra híbrida.
*Abogado y Politólogo. Director del Interamerican Institute for Democracy
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