How Arabs Discriminate Against Palestinians

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has invited Iraq to send observers to monitor the Palestinian parliamentary elections, if and when they are held on May 22. The invitation was extended to Mohamed al-Halbousi, Speaker of the Council of Representatives of Iraq, by the PA ambassador to Iraq, Ahmed Akl, during a meeting in Baghdad.

It is not clear whether the Iraqis have accepted the invitation. What is clear, however, is that Iraq is among the many Arab countries where Palestinians continue to face discriminatory measures and laws.

Worse, it seems the Iraqi authorities are carrying out a policy of ethnic cleansing against the few thousand Palestinians who still live in Iraq.

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Mexico ambush: 13 state police killed in attack on convoy

Thirteen Mexican police officers and investigators have been killed in an ambush as they travelled through a rural region – marking the latest attack on law enforcement by brazen criminal groups.

Eight state police officers and five members of the state’s investigative police force died in the ambush in the municipality of Coatepec Harinas, 125km (78 miles) south-west of Mexico City in Mexico state on Thursday afternoon, according to officials.

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Muslim Supermarket in France Draws Ire After Posting Job Offer Reading ‘We Don’t Employ Any Women’

A Muslim-owned supermarket in France has drawn ire after posting a discriminatory job offer. The announcement, which was posted on Facebook in the group “Muslims of Perpignan and surroundings”, read as follows:

“Ibrahim supermarket is opening its doors soon. We are looking for five employees: for the cash desk and to manage departments […] We do not accept any women”.

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Pollster rebrands asking woman on a date or complimenting her looks as sexual harassment, akin to grabbing ‘bum’ or up-skirt photo

Polling giant YouGov has apparently redefined asking a woman out for a drink or complimenting her appearance as a form of sexual harassment, leading some to wonder about the future of a species that bans basic courtship behaviors.

The poll, which was released last week, asked “which potential forms of sexual harassment do European women most commonly experience?” YouGov surveyed women in the UK and four other European countries, hitting on a timely topic amid street protests in Britain over rising violent crime against women.

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Uighur children sent to ‘orphan camps’ in China

Uighur children sent to ‘orphan camps’ in China

China has begun rounding up and sending the children of Uighur exiles to “orphan camps” where they are forced to speak Mandarin and parrot Communist Party propaganda, parents claim.

Six families who have fled Xinjiang have told Amnesty International that friends and relatives sent coded messages, photos and videos telling them that their children had been moved to camps. Many believe that they will never see them again.

Communist China is a murder state and it’s list of crimes is long and well known but the money must be so good our China class will never give them up.

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A university lecturer has won a £15,000 payout after being unfairly sacked from his role for ‘unnecessarily aggressive’ punctuation

A university lecturer has won a £15,000 payout after being unfairly sacked from his role for ‘aggressive’ behaviour – by sending too many question marks in text messages.

Dr Binoy Sobnack, a physics lecturer at the University of Loughborough, created an ‘intimidating tone’ with his use of ‘multiple punctuation marks’, a tribunal heard.

He was removed from his role as warden of a hall of residence following complaints by fellow staff.

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Biden’s inaugural priest Father Kevin O’Brien is put on leave as president of Santa Clara University over claims of misconduct ‘in an adult setting’

The Catholic priest who celebrated a special Mass for President Joe Biden’s inauguration has been placed on administrative leave as president of Santa Clara University over allegations of misconduct.

Father Kevin O’Brien is under investigation over claims that he ‘exhibited behaviors in adult settings, consisting primarily of conversations, which may be inconsistent with established Jesuit protocols and boundaries,’ the university said on Thursday.

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ISIS slag Shamima Begum wants to buy a foot-long meatball Sub if she’s allowed back in UK

Isis bride Shamima Begum revealed that she wants a foot-long meatball Subway if she is allowed to return to the UK.

The 21-year-old was stripped of her British citizenship on national security grounds shortly after she was found in a Syrian refugee camp in February 2019, four years after she fled there with two other east London schoolgirls to join the so-called Islamic State group.

Speaking in a documentary about her life in the camp, Begum described wanting to kill herself because of the grief at losing her three children and pleaded with Britain to give her a ‘second chance’.

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Biden Gets Batted Around by Both China and Putin In Dismissive Statements

Biden Gets Batted Around by Both China and Putin In Dismissive Statements

It’s pretty clear over the last day or so, with statements from both Vladimir Putin and the Chinese during a meeting with the U.S. in Alaska that they think they can step all over Joe Biden and treat him dismissively.

First, as we previously reported, Joe Biden started a pissing contest with Putin. Biden claimed that he told Putin he was soulless during a meeting in 2011 and said in an interview that aired on Wednesday that Putin was a killer.

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If he’s ever going to win, Erin O’Toole needs to start broadening the Conservative tent

If the Conservatives want to win the next election, they’ll need a broader coalition of voters behind them.

But building that coalition has turned out to be a challenge: polls suggest the party has not been successful in broadening its appeal beyond its core supporters.

If an election were held today, the Conservatives under Erin O’Toole would find themselves back where they started some 17 years ago.

Expand his base? He’s busy alienating long term CPC supporters.

PPC is the only party talking sense the rest are locked in the political amber.

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Michael Spavor’s show trial ends without verdict, Canadian officials barred from attending

Michael Spavor’s show trial ends without verdict, Canadian officials barred from attending

The trial for one of two Canadians detained in China took place behind closed doors, lasted just two hours and ended without a verdict, according to multiple local reports Friday.

Canadian officials were barred from attending the trial of Michael Spavor, who was being tried in the Chinese city of Dandong on espionage charges after over two years in detention.

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