Responding to the Government’s new definition of extremism, the Muslim Association of Britain called the move “cynical… Orwellian” and an “erosion of civil liberties”.
The response was a case study in how Islamists use the language of liberalism to pursue illiberal objectives. For the Muslim Association of Britain (MAB) is one of several organisations declared extremist by Michael Gove in Parliament last week. Previously, an expert government report called it “the Muslim Brotherhood in the UK”.
It’s become crystal clear why there have been four ministers of foreign affairs in the past five years under the Trudeau government: it is are a rudderless ship with no vision for how Canada should be represented on the world stage. The prime minister’s leadership has been catastrophic for Canadian foreign policy.
The Liberals have failed to meet our NATO commitments, leaving our allies questioning our ability and our resolve. They’ve failed to stand with our Israeli allies, who are facing an existential threat. They’ve left Canada’s image degraded, tarnished and nearing the point of total collapse.
Post 10/7 Looks a Lot Like Post 9/11, Only Worse
News that the U.S. will build a “temporary pier” in the Mediterranean Sea to facilitate transfer of humanitarian aid to the Hamas-occupied Gaza Strip should tickle the déjà vu receptors of anyone who was politically aware at the dawn of the 21st century.
After the worst terrorist attack against the U.S. in its 225-year history on September 11, 2001, “the world” reacted sympathetically at first. But it didn’t last long. After the worst terrorist attack against Israel in its 75-year history on October 7, 2023, the world’s sympathy was as ephemeral as an Ivy League “pro-Palestine” hunger strike.
The U.S. and Israel were consoled and pitied – until they fought back. Then they were suddenly portrayed as aggressive colonizing villains, each seeking to impose its version of “empire” on an oppressed “other” while meting out “collective punishment.”
h/t MT
OTTAWA — MPs are set to vote Monday on an NDP motion calling on the government to officially recognize a Palestinian state, testing deep splits in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal caucus over the Israel-Hamas war.
The motion also calls on the government to advocate for an end to what it calls the “decades-long occupation of Palestinian territories.” It calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all hostages, an arms embargo against Israel, unimpeded humanitarian access to Gaza and a lifting of the “arbitrary cap” on the government’s temporary resident visa applications from Gazans.
Two weeks ago, I was hearing a disturbing message from two young Canadians while having lunch at a downtown Toronto cafe.
They were questioning whether it’s still safe to be a Jew in Canada.
This week, I was sitting with two rabbis in Thornhill as they raised the same questions for themselves and their congregations.
I don’t blame them for feeling that way.
But to be clear politicians count votes not principles and the police are a militia who follow the orders of our pols.
Neither politicians or the police were ever your friend.
That cutline is insulting. I haven’t abandoned anyone. Also, white Christians have been subject to systemic demonization for years, and there’s been no organized response from the Jewish community. Should I feel “abandoned” by them?
— Patti Jo (@TheSupeHero) March 17, 2024
Some in the Jewish community have a legitimate beef with our politicians & police, they saw the Islamist writing on the wall. Others called non-Jews like myself Islamophobes or racists for warning about Islamist migration. Few spoke up about DEI when whites were the public target
— Fancypants Maloney (@fancypants_s) March 17, 2024
But too many won’t believe anything other than that Israel is deliberately targeting women and children
One of the marks of anti-Semitism, George Orwell observed in 1945, is “an ability to believe stories that could not possibly be true”. Which brings us smartly to Hamas and how the broadcast media, aid organisations, international bodies and world leaders take its disinformation as gospel. Last week it became clear that this gullibility may have led to a crime against reality.
Yemen’s Houthi terrorist group has obtained a new hypersonic missile and upgraded its current arsenal with warheads, Russian state media RIA reported on Thursday.
Citing an unnamed Houthi official, the terrorist group told RIA that they had tested a hypersonic missile “with high lethality” and are planning to add it to their arsenal.
A damning dossier has revealed almost 40 incidents of MPs and councillors being targeted with intimidatory tactics by pro-Palestinian activists, The Telegraph can disclose.
Counter-extremism analysis has revealed a “litany of menace” since the start of the year, involving elected representatives experiencing verbal abuse, intimidation and disruptive protests related to the Israel-Hamas war.
A shocking new study released by the Regavim Movement, an NGO dedicated to the protection of Israel’s national lands and resources throughout the country, reveals the deep and growing involvement of officers of the Palestinian Authority’s security apparatus – officers who are trained, armed and equipped by the US and Europe – in terrorism against Israeli civilians and IDF soldiers.
OTTAWA—A Canadian company that makes light armoured vehicles says its shipments destined for police use in Israel, not military use in Gaza, have been delayed without explanation by the federal government.
So have Brampton-based Roshel’s proposed shipments of light armoured vehicles (LAVS) for federal police use in Bosnia, the company says, with applications for an export licence filed on Sept. 11, nearly a month before war broke out in the Middle East. The company says this indicates Ottawa’s delays in approvals are “systemic.”
There’s a story often told about Pablo Picasso’s Guernica. In black and white and shades of grey, his monumental anti-war mural depicts the aftermath of the 1937 German and Italian bombing of the Basque town of Guernica, in support of Spain’s nationalists. As the legend goes, when a Nazi officer visited Picasso’s apartment in German-occupied Paris, he pointed to the mural.
“Did you do that?” the Nazi asked.
“No,” Picasso responded. “You did.”
Teen Vogue has quietly made changes to a controversial story it published about a US airman who lit himself on fire in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington last month — days after critics slammed the article for “glorifying suicide” and promoting “propaganda”.
The Condé Nast-owned magazine published a March 5 article about Aaron Bushnell — the 25-year-old US airman who self-immolated on Feb. 25 while screaming, “Free Palestine!” — and the glossy publication got blasted for minimizing Bushnell’s potential mental health issues while portraying him as a martyr fighting an alleged “genocide.”
New Democrats are bringing a motion to Parliament on March 18th and demanding Justin Trudeau takes a stand.
Add your voice to the calls, ahead of the vote.
Fill Justin Trudeau's inbox and demand he does the right thing.https://t.co/McNjppaBIW
— Jagmeet Singh (@theJagmeetSingh) March 16, 2024
h/t SweetPea
The first maritime humanitarian aid shipment to Gaza has been unloaded on to the shore.
The US charity behind the mission, World Central Kitchen, is carrying out the mission in co-operation with the United Arab Emirates.
The shipment contained 200 tonnes of food desperately needed for Gaza, which the UN says is on the brink of famine.
Israeli Government spokesman Avi Hyman rejects Lord Cameron’s claim that 500 aid trucks a day are needed to prevent famine in Gaza.
“A lot of this is wildly exaggerated because people want to keep Hamas in power, they want an immediate ceasefire. We can’t accept that!"… pic.twitter.com/qoDzhlrTY3
— TalkTV (@TalkTV) March 8, 2024
Toronto police made an arrest on Friday as a large crowd of pro-Palestinian demonstrators rallied outside a downtown hotel where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was appearing at a Liberal party fundraiser.
Protest organizers had earlier promised to disrupt the event at the King Edward Hotel, insisting in a statement that the Liberal Party of Canada could not proceed with “business as usual” amid the Israel-Hamas war.
Genocide Justin: Canada’s Prime Minister has a new moniker. #Toronto pic.twitter.com/i2ZeTZPrnA
— Rowan Thee Stallion 🏇 (@canmericanized) March 15, 2024
These flags brought by convoy supporters were not allowed to stay up but anti Jews signs are fine. Outside King Edward Hotel Toronto. pic.twitter.com/yenQNwN02L
— Josh Ryan 🍁🍎 (@joshryanjames) March 15, 2024
March break so the protests may be a little larger than they have been of late.
