“Oct 7 2023”

American Muslims Must Repudiate Pro-Hamas Charities

Wresting control of Muslim institutions from the Islamist radicals who control them is crucial.

Something good happened this past week in south Florida. After being briefed and educated by activists affiliated with the Middle East Forum (MEF), a group of responsible public officials and business leaders prevailed upon a local hotel to refrain from hosting an Islamist-organized gathering of extremists slated to take place near Fort Lauderdale. The cancellation of the event, scheduled for the second weekend of January at the Marriot Hotel in Coral Springs, has prompted the all-too-predictable cries of bigotry and “Islamophobia” on the part of its organizer, the South Florida Muslim Federation (SFMF), which is now scrambling for another venue to hold its gala.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", "Oct 7 2023"

Michael Higgins: Mélanie Joly’s timidity a sign of Canada’s foreign policy cowardice

George Orwell wondered why it was that in decisive moments during the 1930s British statesmen always managed to do the “wrong thing with so unerring an instinct.”

The Trudeau government is treading in these footsteps.

It took the Liberals days to craft a statement on their position on Israel being accused of genocide by South Africa at the International Court of Justice.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Hamas release sick footage with hostage Noa Argamani forced to say her two fellow captives are DEAD, ‘killed by IDF strikes’

Hamas has released a new video in which 26-year-old hostage Noa Argamani is forced to say two of her fellow captives are dead, allegedly killed by IDF strikes.

It follows a video earlier today where Hamas claimed they would reveal tonight if three hostages are alive or dead – including Argamani, whose abduction horrified the world.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023"

Terror attack in Ra’anana leaves multiple wounded, one dead

Hamas claimed responsibility for the combined ramming and stabbing attacks in Ra’anana on Monday afternoon, which left over a dozen people wounded and one person dead.

A terrorist stabbed a woman while another terrorist stole a car and proceeded to carry out ramming attacks in several locations, Israel Police confirmed. The terrorist swapped vehicles three times after crashing, the police stated. The terrorists were Muhammad Zaidat, 44, and Ahmed Zaidat, 24, both from Hebron and were later arrested.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023"

‘I don’t know if she’s cold or if she’s alive’: How families of Israel’s hostages are coping 100 days on

For the family and friends of the 132 remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza, the past 100 days have been an eternity. On October 7, when Hamas brought terror, horror and chaos to Israel, they seized an estimated 240 hostages and took them to the Gaza Strip. Yesterday, the agony of Israeli families deepened when Hamas said the fate of many remaining hostages had become unknown, and that some “may have been killed”.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023"

Michael Taube: Justin Trudeau Opposed South Africa’s Genocide Case Against Israel… or Did He?

International Court Of Justice – ICJ

For a brief moment, it appeared Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had come out against South Africa’s ludicrous genocide case against Israel. Not as forcefully as other countries, but just enough to show our nation stood with its longtime ally.

That sentiment turned out to be fleeting. Let’s examine why.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

Opposing rallies in Toronto mark 100 days since start of Israel-Hamas conflict

Division among Torontonians over the war in Gaza was on full display Sunday as both pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian demonstrators held concurrent rallies downtown.

The rallies, meant to mark 100 days since the onset of the conflict, drew greater attendance than any local event connected with the war in the last several weeks, in spite of plunging temperatures and wind that made it feel like -18 C.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023"

One War and Two Visions

If you thought you knew all you need to know about the war in Gaza, think again. Much depends on where and how you get your news from. Last week I decided to do a little, obviously non-scientific, experiment by following the Gaza news through two channels: the old BBC, one of Great Britain’s most adulated institutions, and in parallel with it, the various news outlets controlled by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Tehran.

A number of themes emerged.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023"

Is Israel Part of What It Means to Be Jewish?

Post Oct 7 and the stupid grows stronger.

Some progressive Jews are embracing “diasporism” — reimagining their faith as one that blesses their lives in America and elsewhere.

Last month, on the first night of Hanukkah, more than 200 people packed an old ballroom on the third floor of a restored synagogue in Brooklyn. A few came fresh off the subway from a protest in Manhattan that was organized by left-wing Jewish groups calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.

They were there to hear from Shaul Magid, 65, whose long, thin white beard and shaved head made him look more like a roadie than a rabbi. A professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth as well as (yes) a rabbi, Mr. Magid was there to spread the message elucidated in a new book, “The Necessity of Exile,” that Jews today outside Israel — 75 percent of whom live in the United States — should embrace diaspora, the state of living outside a homeland, as a permanent and valuable condition.

Progressive Israel fatigue?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023"

They were Israel’s eyes on the border – but their Hamas warnings went unheard

They are known as Israel’s eyes on the Gaza border.

For years, units of young female conscripts had one job here. It was to sit in surveillance bases for hours, looking for signs of anything suspicious.

In the months leading up to the 7 October attacks by Hamas, they did begin to see things: practice raids, mock hostage-taking, and farmers behaving strangely on the other side of the fence.
Noa, not her real name, says they would pass information about what they were seeing to intelligence and higher-ranking officers, but were powerless to do more. “We were just the eyes,” she says.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023"

US Jews for Hamas. Yes. Really.

So, it’s come to this. Some Jewish grads from our finest universities have learned nothing from our finest modern playwright, David Mamet.

Some time ago, with vigor, he announced, “Why I am no longer a Brain-Dead Liberal.” He found out that people were generally not good at heart.

Currently, a highly regarded Jewish professor at MIT quit his job because the place is run by brain-dead liberals. From Prof Karchmer, we get the inside scoop about being Jewish on campus, post Oct. 7, when Jews expected a touch of world sympathy, but instead, find themselves “a people who dwell alone.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023"

Barbara Kay: Defamation case against antisemitic slander only the beginning

On July 10, 2020, a statement of claim for defamation was issued against Kimberley Hawkins, owner and “directing mind” of now-closed Toronto Bloor St. eatery, Foodbenders. The plaintiff, Shai DeLuca, a Canadian with Israeli citizenship, is a designer and longtime contributor to CTV’s lifestyle show, Cityline. He’s also a gay Zionist who served with the IDF as a combat engineer.

Hawkins is an ardently progressive, anti-Zionist activist. She mounted a gigantic “I (heart) Gaza” sign in Foodbenders’ window; her social media account warned “Zionists” (taken by many to mean Jews) away from her business. In short, you couldn’t ask for any antagonists more passionately divided in their beliefs about Israel or more committed to defending their corner to the bitter end.

The suit was triggered by offensive statements featuring DeLuca’s name on Foodbenders’ official Instagram account; a gravely problematic one read: “(DeLuca) is an IDF SOLDIER (aka terrorist) yet he’s using the BLM movement for likes. How can you sit here and post about BLM when you have your sniper rifle aimed at Palestinian children.”

The plaintiff’s real life embrace of the anti-white and of late Hamas supporting hate group BLM was OK but the comment about theoretically killing Palestinian kids while serving in the IDF was bad. Okey Dokey. 

Both parties should have lost. I have no sympathy for anyone who supported BLM or DEI. They didn’t seem to mind when their hate group’s targets were white people. 

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023", WTF?

Genocide case against Israel: Where does the rest of the world stand on the momentous allegations?

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa says more than 50 countries have expressed support for its case at the United Nations’ top court accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians in the war in Gaza.

Others, including the United States, have strongly rejected South Africa’s allegation that Israel is violating the U.N. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Many more have remained silent.

The world’s reaction to the landmark case that was heard Thursday and Friday at the International Court of Justice in The Hague shows a predictable global split when it comes to the inextricable, 75-year-old problem of Israel and the Palestinians. Sunday marks 100 days of their bloodiest ever conflict.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023"

Three Gaza hostages, including Noa Argamani, shown in Hamas video

Hamas on Sunday night published videos of Gaza hostages Noa Argamani, 26, Yossi Sharabi, 53, and Itai Svirsky, 38, showing the first signs of life of all three hostages.

The video shows them introducing themselves and asking the Israeli government to return them home.

Hamas said the fate of the three would be revealed on Monday.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023"