Proud Jew and Zionist. Public Speaker / Writer 🇿🇦🇮🇱
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Orwellian: Hamas says it will commit genocide, then commits genocidal acts on Oct 7, Israel responds to prevent it from continuing, Hamas openly says it will do more genocide, South African government takes Israel (not Hamas) to International Court of Justice for 'genocide'.
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Nothing to see, just Jeremy Corbyn sharing an AI fake. This is how viral disinformation is fueling the Genocide Hoax. It was a psyops campaign to begin with.
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.@HMcEntee Reminder: Francesca Albanese has been condemned for antisemitism, Holocaust inversion or U.N. Code of Conduct violations by:
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Important meeting today with UN Special Rapporteur @FranceskAlbs. Ireland will not forget about Palestine and will continue to stand up for the UN, its representatives, and international law.
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Hamas obstructed attempts to protect Palestinian civilians before the devastating winter storms that flooded tens of thousands of tents.
REVEALED: The scandal surrounding Gaza's failed winterization efforts lays bare a grim reality: Hamas obstructed attempts to protect Palestinian civilians before the devastating winter storms that flooded tens of thousands of tents.
Palestinian Authority employees inside Gaza have reported that professionals from the Ministries of Public Works and Relief Affairs were intimidated, summoned, and coerced by Hamas into signing pledges not to undertake humanitarian projects without the group's approval. According to their accounts, those who defied Hamas risked so-called "field justice," including beatings and worse.
Several officials, including Najla Hammad, Ihab Al-Bahtiti, Khaled Abu Safiya, Wiam Aboul-Nasr, Dr. Adnan Hamouda, and Ahmed Abu Zaiter, have publicly stated that efforts to build more durable fiberglass housing and improve conditions for displaced civilians were blocked.
Another example was a proposal that was put forward to demolish several heavily damaged towers which were at risk of collapse from rainwater after extensive bombardment. According to those involved, Hamas blocked the removal of the “Bank of Palestine Tower” in Gaza City's Rimal neighborhood, reportedly arguing that it would "collapse from the rain anyway." The terrorist group did not show any concern for the civilian lives that would be lost when the tower eventually collapses on its own, because it wants dead Palestinians and news of tragedy to keep Gaza in the news cycle and to gain global sympathy, hoping for more incoming resources and donations for the Strip’s humanitarian and reconstruction needs that it could siphon.
Additionally, Hamas has also been accused of obstructing construction projects intended to create safer communities for displaced Gazans in southern Gaza, prioritizing political control over humanitarian relief.
This is a reminder that Gaza's suffering is not only a consequence of war. It is also the result of a fascist and ruthless governing power that repeatedly places its own interests above the welfare of the people it claims to represent. The same terror group that helped bring catastrophe upon Gaza continues to obstruct efforts to mitigate its consequences.
As floodwaters sweep through displacement camps and families endure another winter in misery, the question is unavoidable: how many Palestinian lives could have been spared had Hamas allowed humanitarian, housing, and reconstruction efforts to proceed unimpeded?
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Palestinian Hamas’s own videos show it digging up water pipes and turning them into rockets to attack Israel.
Infrastructure meant to serve Gazans is sacrificed to fuel Hamas’s war.
When the rains come and sewage floods Gaza’s streets, outrage should be directed at Hamas.
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U.N. Hamas Supporter Crushed in 🇿🇦 Elections
Tlaleng Mofokeng, the former U.N. Special Rapporteur who says “Hamas are not terrorists,” went down to a bruising defeat at the polls for Mayor of Johannesburg. Her radical-left EFF came a distant fourth, taking just 6.52%.
BREAKING: Tlaleng Mofokeng, the disgraced UN special rapporteur on health who just ended her term, has been announced as Johannesburg mayoral candidate for the EFF, the radical-left party led by Julius Malema, who leads chants calling to kill white farmers and was recently sentenced to five years in prison on gun charges.
This is the latest “independent” UN human rights official to slide right into a political post, without any cooling-off period.
Bangladesh recently named UN free speech rapporteur Irene Khan as their next UN rep.
Francesca Albanese said she's considering to join one of Italy's far left parties when her (illegally renewed) term ends in 2028.
These revolving-door appointments expose the fiction of “independent” UN human rights experts: officials use supposedly impartial mandates to advance partisan agendas, then move directly into political office without even a cooling-off period.
Under Volker Türk, the UN human rights office has enabled this blatant politicization, defending mandate-holders as neutral experts while imposing no meaningful safeguards against their using UN positions as springboards for radical political careers.
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More than 1,000 synagogues and Jewish institutions worldwide are expected to leave their lights burning overnight Monday to mark the 88th anniversary of Kristallnacht, as part of an ongoing Israeli initiative.
The annual “Spread the Light” campaign aims to commemorate the Nazi pogrom of November 9-10, 1938, when Jewish homes, businesses and institutions across Germany and Austria were attacked, hundreds of Jews were killed and thousands were sent to concentration camps. Historians view the pogrom as a precursor to the Holocaust.
Participants are encouraged to photograph their illuminated buildings and share the images on social media with the hashtag #SpreadtheLight.
“The night of Kristallnacht was a clear turning point for the Nazis in their quest to destroy the Jews,” Dalia Yohanan, who coordinates the project through her organization, Or Dolek. “After that, they saw that they could do anything they wanted and the world would be silent.”
Read more on The Times of Israel.
timesofisrael.com/synagogues…
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It is Hamas that is stopping the reconstrucition of Gaza, and they will always impose misery upon their people to score propaganda points against Israel.
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What did Hamas spend millions building underground? Terror tunnels to attack Israelis.
What should it have built? A modern drainage system to protect Gazans from flooding.
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Melanchon calls for ‘direct action’ - military intervention eg a French war - against Israel.
As i predicted, we have gone full circle from imperial colonial intervention 1917/18 to a call for neo-imperial ‘decolonialization’ intervention…
Nous agirons frontalement au secours des Palestiniens, à la fois contre le génocide à Gaza et contre l’annexion progressive de la Cisjordanie.
Les navires français, s’il le fallait, escorteront les flottilles de citoyens mobilisés pour faire valoir leurs droits.
Nous n’acceptons pas l’annexion progressive de la Cisjordanie, ni du Sud-Liban, ni du plateau du Golan.
Nous organiserons concrètement la mobilisation contre l’extension des cruautés aux communautés chrétiennes assiégées, persécutées en Palestine et au Liban.
#Melenchon2027 #JLMBourget
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The new judges at The Hague: one absurdly accused Israel of war crimes just one month after the October 7 massacre, while another served as a legal adviser in proceedings against Israel.
The UN elected five judges to the International Court of “Justice,” which is expected to continue its politically motivated proceedings against Israel.
Electing judges who have previously taken positions against Israel raises serious doubts about the Court’s impartiality.
Yet another example of the UN’s institutional bias against Israel.
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We're devastated by reports of a mass shooting at a market in Kraków, Poland, with at least 6 fatalities. Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Poland at this difficult time.
Appears that party leaders Cyril Ramaphosa (ANC), Julius Malema (EFF), Herman Mashaba (Action SA), Songezo Zibi (Rise Mzansi) and Brett Heron (Good) all live in DA wards now
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The ICJ may soon change its "only inference" test for genocidal intent, just as various "experts" have urged. The push to change it is an effective admission that the genocide allegation against Israel cannot survive the existing test. I expect little integrity from the ICJ.
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Five days after October 7, before Israel’s ground operation, biased Wikipedia editor Buidhe created the “Palestinian genocide allegations” page.
His allies Iskandar323 and Selfstudier, later banned for anti-Israel bias, helped shape the surrounding coverage.
The "genocide" framing was ready before the war.
ALT Wikipedia page “Palestinian genocide allegations”. Created on October 12, 2023 (five days after the massacre) by editor Buidhe. First revision already cited a 2014 book.
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MSG responds to Macklemore's claim that the arena turned down his "Free Palestine" tour:
"We have some of the busiest venues in the world with extremely limited availability and he's not an arena level act."
🔗: tmz.com/2026/11/06/madison-s…
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Nicole you need to research precisely how Helen reacted when Connor Cruise O’Brien was barred by UCT and Wits in 1987 and in same year she was prevented from speaking at Wits.
I know personally that she was as close as it came to being a free speech absolutist
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Your readers deserve better, @politico.
So far, more than 245 candidates supported by AIPAC members won, including dozens of incoming freshman.
AIPAC members support Democrats and Republicans. So yes, unfortunately, 10% of the candidates they backed lost in a wave election.
AIPAC’s dwindling allies in Congress politi.co/4iAF67N
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Gosh, so Suzman would not only have backed Oppenheimer being booted from UCT but would have cheered SA's ICJ application. I think not.
