Stu Smith on X - "Eman Abdelhadi: “F*** the University of Chicago... but it’s my best shot at power.” At Socialism 2025, @UChicago professor Eman Abdelhadi called her employer “evil colonial landlord." Use it. Organize it. Seize its structural leverage. “We don’t have power... but I work at one of the biggest employers in Chicago... a place with thousands of people I could potentially organize... This is where I need to build power.” She openly says it’s “brutal” organizing academics. But despite her disdain, Abdelhadi sees the university as a tactical weapon—to build a Palestine-aligned political base from within."
Peter Savodnik on X - "The smugness, the crassness, the obvious inability to engage with those who do not see the world the way she does. I would welcome a thinker who could make the moral case for the Free Palestine movement, but she's obviously not up to that. She's just another radical posing as an academic. She's an embarrassment. When will the university rid itself of its embarrassments?"
Left wingers are forever thinking about power and how to seize it. That's how they implement oligarchy
Two Israelis attacked during pre-army Montenegro trip after casino meeting - "Two young Israelis visiting Montenegro appear to have been targeted by a group of people for being Jewish during a pre-army vacation... The two Israelis, Yoav and Dor, told N12 that they were visiting a casino when a man approached them, made conversation, and then asked where they were from. After the two said they were from Israel, "our nightmare began," Yoav recounted. "The guy wouldn't leave us, started pestering us, and offered to take us to a 'much nicer casino.' At the beginning of the conversation with him, he said he was on a family vacation, but then we saw that he knew all the locals sitting at the tables around him. That's when we started to get suspicious and realize that something was wrong." The two were able to escape the man and exit the casino, only to be confronted by a group of around 15 people. "It felt like a planned ambush in every regard. They were waiting for us, they noticed us and chased us. A hunt began in the alleys and streets." Yoav and Dor split up, with Yoav finding a hiding place in a private garden, where he was able to call his parents. "I heard them right on top of me, searching house by house, shouting 'Jews, Jews!'" Yoav said. "After a few minutes, I managed to sneak into the outside kitchen of another house, where I called my parents.""
Clearly, they were just hunting "Zionists", so there's nothing to see here
Montenegro’s tiny Jewish community navigates rising hostility toward Israel l - "“Yes, there’s antisemitism here. It’s much better than some other places, but the situation has changed,” said Rabbi Ari Edelkopf, who heads the Religious Jewish Community of Montenegro in Podgorica, the capital. “When I came here, I never believed we’d need 24-hour security. But since October 7, we’ve had Free Gaza marches in all the major cities. My office is following every antisemitic portal here in Montenegro,” he said, using a local term for websites that report regional news. “We’re paying a lawyer to monitor all this.”... In the Adriatic beach resort of Budva, a recent violent brawl between local Montenegrins and some 20 Israeli tourists has triggered alarm among both the Jewish community and Israeli tourists. It’s still unclear who or what provoked the incident, which took place after midnight July 12 at a beach bar where the Israelis — 12 men and eight women — had been drinking. Edelkopf said he believed the incident had begun with a personal altercation but escalated when the locals realized the tourists they were sparring with were Israeli. According to an Israeli government alert about the incident, the locals “shouted ‘Free Palestine’ and ‘F*** Israel’” after learning about the origins of the tourists, who the alert said were not wearing indicators of their national or religious identity. “Then they came back with a few friends and really beat the hell out of them,” said Edelkopf, a Chabad rabbi originally from Los Angeles who has lived in Montenegro for nine years. “They put out cigarettes on their faces, and threw metal chairs and tables at them. It was horrible and very aggressive,” he said. “Most of the Israelis were injured; one of them had a broken jaw.”... While most Montenegrins are Eastern Orthodox Christians, about 20% are Muslims of either Bosnian or Albanian origin... “The Jews are very well accepted here,” said Nikolla Camaj, vice-president of Montenegro’s parliament and one of five ethnic Albanians in the 81-member body. “Officially, we have very good relations with Israel, and people support the idea that Israel must be protected. But there’s a problem because in Montenegro we have a lot of Muslims — Albanians and Bosniaks — and they don’t like what’s happening in Palestine.” In Podgorica, a huge mural painted on an apartment building two blocks from the municipal bus terminal depicts Gazan refugee children, a slice of watermelon symbolizing the Palestinian resistance, and the declaration “Montenegro Stands With Palestine.” In early July, Israeli tourists visiting Plav — a resort town near Montenegro’s borders with Kosovo and Albania — were harassed by a local couple, who called the visitors “baby killers.” That doesn’t surprise Edelkopf at all. “Local people are being fed articles translated from very strong anti-Israel news outlets,” the rabbi said. “The main TV channels and online portals here are filled with lies and garbage against Israel, and the people have started to believe that Israel is committing genocide.”"
Clearly, the local Jews just need to show that they are decent people by denouncing Israel and joining in the attacks on Israelis and everything will be fine. Of course, telling Muslims to denounce Islamism and/or Islamist terrorism is Islamophobic
Meme - Mosab Hassan Yousef @MosabHasanYOSEF: "Hamas plays two different numbers for two different purposes. 50,000 fighters for fundraising. 50,000 civilians for rage."
ME24 Middle East 24: "Hamas Admits Scale of Losses. Hamas says it will pay stipends to around 50,000 widows of fighters killed by the IDF in the war it initiated. By its own admission, this suggests that up to 80% of Gaza's dead were terrorist combatants, not civilians."
Captain Allen on X - "The Arab Muslim colonization of the Jewish homeland began with invasion. In 636–638 CE, the armies of Caliph Umar conquered the Land of Israel. Nearly 55 years later, in 691–692, they built the Dome of the Rock directly on the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism for more than 1,700 years where two Jewish Temples had stood. The Al-Aqsa Mosque followed around 715 CE. Then came the systematic degradation of the indigenous Jews. In 717 CE, crushing taxes drove many Jews off their ancestral land. In 720 CE, Caliph Umar II banned Jews from worshipping on the Temple Mount entirely. That ban lasted more than 1,200 years; and, in practice, the ban continues to this day under Muslim control of the site. Jews were reduced to humiliated dhimmis (second-class “infidels” in their own homeland). This was not coexistence. It was Arab colonization followed by attempted Jewish erasure. The Jews did not “colonize” the Land of Israel. They are its indigenous people. Some never left. Others returned in every generation whenever conditions allowed. Political Zionism in the late 19th century was the modern expression of that unbroken connection, culminating in the restoration of Jewish sovereignty. History does not begin in the 7th century. Jewish roots in the Land of Israel go back more than 3,000 years."
Ninad Vengurlekar | Facebook - "This is Egyptian coach Hossam Hassan waving a Palestine flag after their team’s 4-2 win in a shootout against Australia. And this is what his country’s government has done for the Palestinians since October 7, 2023.
1. Egyptian President el-Sisi has declared a "red line" against Palestinian resettlement, rejecting international pressure and debt-relief offers to absorb refugees.
2. Egypt has built a massive, gated buffer zone with 7-metre-high concrete walls along its 14-kilometre border with Gaza to physically prevent mass migration of the battered refugees. Tens of thousands of Gazans were standing at Rafah for weeks and were asked to turn back.
3. To cross outside official channels, Palestinians face a travel monopoly by the Egyptian firm Hala Consulting and Tourism Services, which charges exorbitant "transfer fees" ranging from $4,500 to $10,000 per person. This is done right under the nose of government officials.
4. The Palestinians who did manage to enter through such channels, have been officially denied refugee status, permanent residency, public education, healthcare, and legal employment to prevent permanent integration.
5. Egypt has contributed zilch to the reconstruction of Gaza. Instead of funding to rebuild unilaterally, Egypt authored a detailed, 91-page $53 billion, five-year reconstruction roadmap that was officially adopted by the Arab League and backed by the UN.
6. Rather than financing even 10% of the reconstruction, Egypt has proposed to act as the sole executor of the plan. Their proposal mandates that Egyptian construction companies will secure the lucrative contracts to physically clear rubble and rebuild Gaza's infrastructure, ports, and housing.
So what is the flag being waved for? I have no idea. Hossam Hassan should wave this flag in Egyptian Parliament and not on a football stadium in USA. That’s where it will have maximum and material impact. But he doesn’t. Because if he does, he will lose his place as a Coach of the national team. So he uses the USA to rationalize his guilt and conscience.
I have said this multiple times earlier. The Palestine cause is an optical illusion used to build a moral superiority status by a certain section of Muslims and their liberal Left supporters - without taking any responsibility for actually contributing to the betterment of Palestine.
That flag waving act of no consequence, stands as a silent testimony of how morally corrupt we have become in our hunger to elevate our social media status in the world.
I know I will be called a Zionist and an Israel supporter for saying this openly. But I really don’t care. Some straight talking is needed for these “performance artists” worldwide, taking credit for doing nothing material for the battered citizens of Palestine by a genocidal leader.
Palestine is not a status symbol. #egypt #FIFAWorldCup #palestine #prayforgaza #prayforpalestine"
Rafael Medoff | Facebook - "MORE BELGIAN HYPOCRISY
The Belgian government announced last week that it will prohibit importing Israeli products “originating from the occupied Palestinian territories.” Note the outrageous double standard. Belgium has never prohibited goods from Arab regimes that have committed actual war crimes. It didn’t ban goods from Egypt when the Egyptian government expelled tens of thousands of Jews in the 1950s and confiscated their property. It didn’t ban goods from Jordan when the Jordanian government destroyed tens of thousands of Jewish graves on the Mount of Olives cemetery in the 1960s, and used the gravestones to pave latrines. It didn’t ban goods from Syria when the Syrian government massacred more than 1,400 of its own citizens with chemical weapons in 2013. Also note the incredible hypocrisy of the Belgian government accusing Israel of “occupying Palestinian territories” when Belgium occupies territories where Flemish-speakers and German-speakers reside. For nearly two centuries, Flemish separatists have been seeking independence from Belgium, to no avail. East Belgian German-speakers and ethnic Walloons, in Belgium’s southern Wallonia region, have been seeking greater autonomy. Of course, unlike Belgium and its territories, the Israelis have actual religious, historical, and legal claims to the territories that the Belgians call “Palestinian” but which were called “Judea” and “Samaria” by the entire world for thousands of years. Have the Belgian authorities considered that two can play the banning-and-boycotting game? How would Belgium feel if Israel banned products from Belgian-occupied Flemish and German territories, or if supporters of Israel around the world boycotted those products?"
Jeremy Corbyn on X - "We must not forget the people of Lebanon. 4,000 people killed since March. 1.2 million forced from their homes. Their humanity deserves more than deafening silence. Israel must be held accountable for its war crimes, alongside all those who have been shamefully complicit."
Leo Kearse - see me on tour! Links in bio on X - "The people of Lebanon had a stable, prosperous, Christian-majority country until Palestinian refugees arrived and destabilised the country, causing decades of civil war and exodus. But you'll never hear Jeremy complain about that."
The House Vote on Israel Echoes Past Betrayals - WSJ - "The vote by 103 House Democrats on Wednesday to block U.S. arms to Israel as it fights a multifront war is a shocking abandonment of an ally. It’s a sign of the rapid conquest of the Democratic Party by its anti-Israel wing, and it echoes another betrayal half a century ago—in Vietnam. The measure to strip Israel of all aid—humanitarian and military, offensive and defensive—was offered by the isolationist Republican Thomas Massie of Kentucky. He was the only GOP member who voted for it, as it failed on the House floor, 314–104. The shock is that nearly half of all Democrats voted for it. They included former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the second ranking Democrat in leadership, Katherine Clark of Massachusetts. Another 10 voted “present”—non-profiles in courage all... Israel has violated no U.S. laws we know of. As for U.S. interests, Israel is fighting by the side of the U.S. against Iran and fighting alone against Iran’s proxies that have killed Americans. The defense relationship with Israel is a U.S. military advantage that helps maintain America’s technological edge over adversaries. When Democrats are voting to abandon even Iron Dome missile defense, this is self-sabotage out of anti-Israel animus. It’s one thing to oppose Mr. Trump’s war on Iran, but it’s a far more radical step to cut loose a steadfast ally. How is it a U.S. “value” to disarm an ally fighting against murderous enemies that fire rockets on civilian towns? All of this echoes the sad denouement of the Vietnam War, when Democrats fought for years to cut off funds for South Vietnam, restricted U.S. aid, and denied its pleas for help in 1975. The North Vietnamese Communist offensive overran the South, sending more than a million “boat people” into the open ocean. That is where the Democratic Party—and some parts of the far right—appear to be heading. It’s a telling sign that even Seth Moulton, often sensible on foreign policy, voted to disarm Israel as he competes in a Democratic Senate primary in Massachusetts. That’s where the party’s grassroots voters apparently are. Some might dismiss the House vote as of no great account because everyone knew the Massie measure would fail. But the mistake is thinking that this is a one-time affair. The political momentum is growing against Israel, even if Israelis depose Prime Minister Netanyahu in their October election. This movement thinks Israel is evil while Palestinian terrorists are victims. The party of Harry Truman, who recognized Israel in its time of founding crisis, is becoming the party of Zohran Mamdani. It’s a betrayal for the ages."
This doesn't stop terrorism supporters claiming that Israel controls the US. Hell, even in the UK, which panders even more to them, they claim the government is Zionist-controlled, because they finally cracked down on Palestine Action's sledgehammers
Meme - kevinvuongxmp: ""Direct Action" isn't boycotts or vandalism. In the UK, a #PalestineAction member struck a policewoman with a sledgehammer. And this UK-designated terrorist group is now advocating for "direct action" with their Canadian chapter, a group that's already claiming credit for action against a local business in Concord, Ontario. Sign and share the petition at the link in bio calling for the Government of Canada to join our #FiveEyes intelligence partner and @NATO ally to designate #PalestineAction a terrorist entity."
"ARMS TIRED FROM WAVING FLAGS? WORKOUT WITH A HAMMER! DIRECT ACTION TRAINING AVAILABLE. Palestine Action Global"
Terrorist supporters are very upset they can't support domestic terrorists and attack people with sledgehammers, and claiming their free speech is being attacked, of course
Burnham plans to sanction Israel set to anger White House - "Mr Burnham apologised for Sir Keir Starmer’s response to the Gaza crisis, claiming that under his leadership, Labour “didn’t get it right” in its initial reaction to Israel’s military action. He pledged to impose further sanctions on individuals and entities and consider trade bans on goods in illegal settlements after entering Downing Street on Monday."
Of course, terrorism supporters still claim he's a "Zionist" puppet, because it's still illegal to support the terrorism of Palestine Action
Solicitor General met Hamas in Jerusalem - "Andy Burnham’s new Solicitor General has been accused of having shown “sympathy for Hamas” after pictures resurfaced of him meeting senior leaders within the group in Jerusalem. Andy Slaughter, who will advise the Government on proscription decisions, was in Jerusalem from Nov 5 to Nov 9, 2010 alongside Jeremy Corbyn on a £927 fact-finding trip to the Palestinian territories sponsored by Friends of Al-Aqsa and Middle East Monitor (Memo)."
Anti-Semitism is as bad as before the war, says 102-year-old Jewish veteran - "A 102-year-old Jewish Second World War veteran has said anti-Semitism is as bad now as it was before the war. Monty Goldstein, who served in the Royal Artillery during the conflict, recalled there being “a lot of anti-Semitism” in the years around the war."
How ignorant. Doesn't he know that it's just "anti-Zionism"?
Lucythegreat on X - "The biggest mistake Americans make while visiting and judging Israel is seeing a modern and advanced society, and assuming it operates just like ours. In America, people claim severe trauma over a misused pronoun. In Israel, citizens face a constant barrage of stabbings, bombings, and rockets raining down from every border. In America, religion is treated as a hate group or dropped the second their pastor contradicts the latest TikTok trend. In Israel, they fiercely protect their right to worship in peace after millennia of slaughter and exile. In America, we playfully mock our neighbors while enjoying the longest peaceful borders in world history. In Israel, checkpoints exist because one single mistake means a massacre. Stop projecting Western privileges onto a region that wants the West eradicated. We are incredibly blessed to live in America, but operating by our naive standards over there would get every man, woman, and child murdered in cold blood while the rest of the Middle East threw the largest victory party in history."
Argentina court blames Iran for deadly 1994 bombing of Jewish center - "A new ruling by Argentina’s highest criminal court has blamed Iran for the fatal 1994 attack against a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, declaring it a “crime against humanity” in a decision that paves the way for victims to seek justice. That huge blast at the Argentinian Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA), was blamed on a suicide bomber driving a stolen van loaded with explosives. It killed 85 people, wounded 300 and devastated Latin America’s biggest Jewish community... Prosecutors in the report charged top Iranian officials and Hezbollah members with ordering the bombing as well as an attack in 1992 against the Israeli embassy in Argentina, which killed 22 people... In 2013, Argentina and Iran signed a memorandum of understanding that sought to create a truth commission to investigate the attack, but the agreement never came into force and gave rise to a case against Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, then the president, for an alleged cover-up operation. Mahiques highlighted the figure of former prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who was investigating the attack and was found dead at his home in January 2015 after accusing Fernández de Kirchner for concealing Iran’s alleged responsibility in the attack... The court singled out top Iranian officials and paramilitary Revolutionary Guard commanders in its determination that Iran carried out the bombings in response to Argentina scrapping three contracts that would have provided Tehran with nuclear technology in the mid-1980s. Its conclusions were based on confidential intelligence reports."
Clearly they were just "protesting" "Zionists" and this is more suppression of "pro-Palestine" "speech"
Don't they know that it was a false flag by Mossad?!
Adam Milstein | Facebook - "The UN has finally acknowledged what many of us have been documenting for months: Hamas has been obstructing aid, intimidating humanitarian workers, assaulting truck drivers, and disrupting food distribution in Gaza. The real question is why it took so long. For months, anyone pointing out Hamas’s theft, intimidation, and manipulation of humanitarian aid was dismissed or ignored. It’s good the UN is finally saying it, but its prolonged silence helped enable the very abuses it now condemns."
Damn Zionist genocide!
Sarah Wilkinson on X - "Disturbing israeli footage of 60 Palestinians being inhumanly crammed & transported into israeli custody using a waste-disposal rubbish truck"
Eli Lake on X - "The video is from Israeli police who discovered 60 Palestinians hiding in the garbage truck trying to sneak into Israel. They crammed themselves into the truck. The Palestine crowd lies like this all the time."
jasper nathaniel on X - "They are trying to sneak in because Israel cut 130,000 work permits for West Bank Palestinians after October 7, triggering a mass unemployment crisis. That’s an important part of the story Eli lake"
Jacob Ben-David Linker on X - "Israelis saw over 80% of WB Palestinians supported Hamas and 10/7, so they decided they didn't want many Palestinians working in their cities and houses and providing intelligence to Hamas or whoever else about what goes on in Israel. 98% felt pride as Palestinians after 10/7."
This must be the first genocide in history where the genocided people are desperate to get into the country of the ones genociding them
Daniel on X - "Dear people still talking about a 'Gaza genocide'. Can you point to a single other "genocide" in all of recorded history where:
a) The targeted population grew larger every year with thousands of births monthly,
b) The targeted population refused at any time to surrender,
c) The genocidal party provided mass humanitarian aid,
d) The genocidal party warned the target population to move to safety,
e) The targeted population of the genocide held victory parades,
f) The genocidal party had the ability to wipe out the entire targeted party from the air without a single military casualty but intentionally chose not to do so,
g) The genocide abruptly stopped with a ceasefire agreement,
h) The target population produced hundreds of medical students who completed their university studies and graduated during the genocide.
Any one example will do. Don't even need specifics. Just one. I'll wait."