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A storm has gathered over the Belgian Parliament for refusing to show a graphic video of the Hamas attack on 7 October, put together by the Israeli Government, due to a lack of consensus between MPs.

Unlike some neighbouring countries, the Belgian Parliament turned down an invitation by the Israeli Embassy on Tuesday to set up a screening of graphic videos of the Hamas terror attack on 7 October, which killed around 1400 people. It was the worst attack in Israel’s history.

Whilst MR, Les Engagés and N-VA were in favour of the screening, strong opposition came from the French-speaking Socialist Party (PS) – who argued it would be fairer to also show a reciprocal video on the violence against Palestinians. This stance was backed by the Belgian Green Parties (Ecolo/Groen) and the Belgian Worker’s Party (PTB/PVDA).

Damn socialists.

California police have arrested Loay Alnaji on an involuntary manslaughter charge for the death of Jewish protester Paul Kessler.

Kessler, 69, died after getting into an altercation with Alnaji at a protest in Thousand Oaks earlier this month.

An autopsy revealed he’d been hit in the face and died after hitting his head on the concrete sidewalk. Witnesses said Alnaji attacked him, causing him to fall.

Canada’s former foreign affairs minister, John Baird, said Justin Trudeau was responding to pressure from his own caucus members to shift to a more pro-Palestinian stance, when he called on Israel to use “maximum restraint” in Gaza.

“I think supporting Israel is not a popular thing in all quarters, but it’s the right thing. Trudeau has one eye on foreign policy and the other on the next election (because) a group of his MPs are getting increasingly nervous and increasingly concerned that they’re facing defeat.”

A man draped in an Israeli flag entered a High Park mosque on Monday and refused to leave until he was escorted out by Toronto police.

Toronto police said they received a call on Monday because of reports of an “unwanted guest” at Jami Mosque.

An elderly gentleman wearing #Israel flag was kicked out of a mosque in Toronto using police force while he wasn’t doing anything to bother anyone!
This is the true face of #Islam not what you see in mainstream media.
Muslims have ZERO tolerance for the slightest diversion from… pic.twitter.com/amcPWQziOT

— Nazanin (@nazanin7) November 16, 2023

H/T Sweetpea

Hypocrisy, double standards and a failure to understand the region. These are the charges being levelled at the West, primarily the US, by leaders of 57 Arab and Muslim countries who convened at the weekend in the Saudi capital Riyadh.

How is it, foreign ministers said to me, that the West slams Russia for killing civilians in Ukraine, yet, in their words, it “gives a green light to Israel to do the same in Gaza”?

In the luxurious surroundings of Riyadh’s Ritz-Carlton hotel, amid giant floral bouquets and glittering chandeliers, and a world away from the shattered landscape of Gaza, princes, presidents and prime ministers met for the Joint Arab Islamic Extraordinary Summit.

So how come they won’t accept Palestinian refugees?