“Oct 7 2023”

Iran’s Encirclement of Israel, Control of Red Sea, Almost Complete

While the Biden administration is preoccupied trying to win re-election this November, as well as putting out a series of fires it helped start in Ukraine, the Middle East and the Indo-Pacific, a new area of urgent concern, largely flying under the public’s radar, has been brewing: Iran’s increasing penetration of Sudan.

Pocketing Sudan would provide Iran with more oil, gold and rare minerals, as well as another port on Red Sea from which to continue blocking maritime commercial passage. Sudan would also provide Iran with proximity to Israel, and serve as an additional launching pad from which to swarm Israel with more lethal drone attacks – at least until its nuclear weapons program is complete.

President Joe Biden has been dogged for months by pro-Palestinian protesters calling him “Genocide Joe” — but some of the groups behind the demonstrations receive financial backing from philanthropists pushing hard for his reelection.

The donors include some of the biggest names in Democratic circles: Gates, Soros, Rockefeller and Pritzker, according to a POLITICO analysis.

For seven months, since Oct. 7, university students have been enjoying revolutionary cosplay. Their faces swathed in Arafat scarves, they wave flags, demand Israel disinvestment, scream mantras premised in genocide of Jews: Living entirely in the moment, they find it all tremendously exhilarating. That there may be an eventual downside to their conduct doesn’t seem to occur to them.

So it came as a shock to some law students in the U.S. that certain pro-Hamas public pronouncements they put their name to following the Oct 7 pogrom of Israeli civilians might affect their post-university careers.

Affirmative action at work.

At the height of the Black Lives Matter movement, the mythical figure of the “Karen” rose to prominence. A Karen was a middle-class woman entitled by her “white privilege”, whose main crime seemed to be a predilection for complaining to the manager, and demanding basic competence when paying for services.

For all the loathing she received on social media, Karen was harmless. Her successor is not. This woman throngs university campuses, leading protests, wrapped up in keffiyehs and a face covering, passionately crying out for what she calls freedom fighters and their “just war” against Zionist apartheid, genocide and occupation, and the general existence of the Jewish state.

I will never tire of Ms. Slutzky

OMG….who did this??? 🤣😆🤣

Someone created a parody of Johannah King-Slutzky, the @Columbia PhD student that demanded "humanitarian aid", ordering pizzas for everyone.

"Just make sure they're gluten free…in fact send some pizzas without bread….and also no cheese." pic.twitter.com/83uOuoVhsO

— CommiesOnCampus (@CommiesOnCampus) May 1, 2024

The recent wave of pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses came on suddenly and shocked people across the nation. But the political tactics underlying some of the demonstrations were the result of months of training, planning and encouragement by longtime activists and left-wing groups.

At Columbia University, in the weeks and months before police took down encampments at the New York City campus and removed demonstrators occupying an academic building, student organizers began consulting with groups such as the National Students for Justice in Palestine, veterans of campus protests and former Black Panthers.

h/t Dana G.

Hamas’ response to the proposed ceasefire-prisoner swap deal will not arrive on Saturday night, Israel Hayom reported.

It is estimated that Hamas’ response will be received within the next 24 hours, but reports earlier this week made similar predictions, which were revealed to be unfounded.

The terror group told AFP that there has been no progress in negotiations over the past day, and that the negotiations will renew early next week.

Students made monkey chants at a black pro-Palestine protester in the latest ugly scene from US campuses.

The woman was greeted with jeers by a group of young men at the University of Mississippi, who also shouted “Lizzo” – referring to the black plus-size singer – at her.

A Republican congressman appeared to give his backing to the abuse, claiming the demonstrators were simply “taking care of business”.

She hates America, sides with Hamas she should expect to be called names.

Frat bros at @OleMiss chant, "Lizzo! Lizzo!" and shout, "F**k you fatass, f**k you b*tch" at a Black woman who was protesting for Palestine.

Do people really think these counterprotestors are doing it to support Jews? pic.twitter.com/gUNYgUR7YL

— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman) May 3, 2024

A white Ole Miss frat boy dances like a monkey and makes monkey noises near a Black woman who was protesting for Palestine.

Is this heart warming? (Video: @StaceyJSpiehler)pic.twitter.com/MgKqIVI3DH https://t.co/0FsAamDMPw

— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman) May 3, 2024

Parents of students at Columbia and other Ivy League colleges are demanding refunds on tuition and looking to transfer to other schools as Gaza protests continue on campuses.

The universities have locked down campuses, suspended in-person classes and threatened to pare down graduation ceremonies, leaving families questioning the value — and considerable price tag — of higher education.

It’s time to call the enemy by its true name.

This spring, thousands of keffiyeh-wearing youth are marching in America’s streets, occupying its college campuses, and proclaiming their allegiance to Hamas, a terrorist organization which has already made its mark as one of the bloodiest, most inhuman and inhumane political armies on record. The chants calling for the killing of Jews and attacks on American ships make it clear that murder is their heartfelt aim.

Former Mossad Director

Yossi Cohen told the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) that the Israeli government had approached the Qatari government to work to fund civilian life in the Gaza Strip, something that was formally authorized by the State of Israel.

The policy included funding for health, education, and other aspects of civilian life in the Gaza Strip.

When asked about the initiative and if it was implemented to prevent conflict, or rather an “explosion” from Gaza aimed at Israel, Cohen told MEMRI, “Absolutely.”