Author: Blazingcatfur

On the first commuting morning of the first full workweek of 2024, New York’s permanent “protesting” class demonstrated its tactical approach for the year: to make us miserable on our daily trips, even as the city struggles to attract pre-2020 commuting and tourism crowds. Under the rubric of “Shut it Down for Palestine,” a few hundred people on Monday managed, indeed, to shut down all three Lower Manhattan bridges to Brooklyn, as well as the Holland Tunnel to New Jersey, just after the morning rush. They created gridlock that inconvenienced tens of thousands of drivers, bus riders, bike riders, and walkers. Following months of smaller-scale actions, it was agitators’ most disruptive action yet—and organizers will continue to escalate their behavior unless Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul make clear that blocking key transportation corridors is not “peaceful protest.”

Trudeau government silent on genocide allegations against Israel at UN court

OTTAWA—The federal government is so far staying out of the latest political flashpoint surrounding the war in Gaza, as it remains silent on a contentious accusation being heard this week at the UN’s International Court of Justice that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians .

The United States and Israel were quick to reject the allegation — which South Africa filed at the ICJ in late December — as groundless and insulting, while other countries have expressed support for the claim, including Turkey, a NATO ally and staunch critic of Israel’s ongoing airstrikes and ground attacks in response to the Hamas atrocities launched from the Gaza Strip on Oct. 7.

Toronto police union says protest cops deserved more support after coffee delivery blowback

The Toronto Police Association said officers who were criticized for delivering coffee to pro-Palestinian protesters over the weekend have been maligned and deserve more support from within the organization.

In a memo to members obtained by the Star, the police union wrote that the officers in question, who it said were working in service of “keeping the peace,” have been unfairly portrayed as “ineffectual and negligent in their duties.”

Canada is now entering its third month of near-constant anti-Israel demonstrations. What began as a series of impromptu parades and rallies celebrating the Oct. 7 massacres has morphed into a coordinated campaign of disruptions and blockades.

The police do the bidding of politicians, that’s their real job Canada. Chow, Ford et al should be called out on this.

In the past few decades, Lebanon has allowed the Hezbollah terror militia and several Palestinian terror groups, including Hamas, to use its territory to plan and launch attacks against Israel. Hezbollah, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad – the three major officially-designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations operating in Lebanon – are all armed and funded by Iran.