What will Israel do next? Military options in Gaza explained

Civilian casualties are likely to be in their thousands, which could attract worldwide condemnation

Only last month Israel unveiled its latest weapon, the Merkava Mk 4 Barak tank, which the country’s defence ministry believes to be the most advanced in the world.

It is fitted with the latest “platform-mounted sensory systems”, in which Israel is a world leader: self-operating 360-degree-vision technology that can incorporate artificial intelligence to spot and target fast-moving foes in the sort of counterinsurgent, asymmetric wars that are the main threat to the country.

This formidable technology is about to receive its sternest test. The Israel Defence Forces’ tanks — new and old — and 300,000 reservists are preparing for what most Israelis and Palestinians assume will be a ground invasion of Gaza to try to finish off Hamas once and for all.

Attract worldwide condemnation? I don’t think that the old “disproportionate response” line is going to hold much weight.

They would be wise to erase Gaza.

Seems it will be different this time … What is the endgame in Gaza?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIsraeli - Islam Conflict

Why We’re Seeing Communist Flags at Pro-Palestine Rallies in Canada

Canadian politicians on both sides of the political spectrum decried rallies across the country this weekend supporting the Palestinian resistance. The rallies followed the Oct. 7 deadly attacks on Israeli civilians by the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.

But the far left has long stood against Israel, and some demonstrators in Canada displayed the communist symbol of the hammer and sickle. The Communist Party of Canada also came out in force, waving red flags with the party’s circular white symbol.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inHamas

The horror in Israel has put the failure of Western multiculturalism on shocking display

Civilisation is at a crossroads: one way, there are deluded progressives cheering on mass murderers – the other, everything we hold dear

Several years ago, I was chairing a panel of writers talking about motherhood when an Orthodox Jewish author made an observation I have never forgotten. Twins were not viewed as a blessing in her community, Sally said.

“Why?”

“Because when they come for you, it’s too hard to pick up both of them and run.” The other mums on the panel were stunned into silence. When they come for you, the Jewish mother said, not if.

The people pushing multiculturalism are the same people backing Hamas.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", "Multiculturalism", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

‘I support the attack 100%’: inside London’s Israel embassy protest

It’s a balmy October evening on Kensington High Street and a little old Italian lady is standing up for Hamas’s right to attack civilians. Elisa, her face increasingly close to mine, insists the terror group is “defending Palestine and the rights of the resistance”.

“We need sanctions on Israel,” she adds. “These people in Israel don’t respect human life.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, WTF?

Jamie Sarkonak: Multicultural ‘awareness months’ fail to raise awareness

October is Women’s History Month. It’s also Latin American Heritage Month. And German Heritage Month. And Canadian Islamic History Month. And 2SLGBTQQIA+ History Month (though this has not been recognized by the federal government — yet). Some provinces recognize this to be Canadian Library Month .

It’s a fairly busy time in our modern update to the old liturgical calendar. Instead of numerous saintly feasts, we get cultural awareness months, remembrance days and the like. Paradoxically, there are now so many of these observances that they don’t seem particularly worth observing at all. Everyone is special, so no one is.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Identity Politics"

Mohammed Deif: Palestinian militant behind Israel attack is slippery, one-armed, one-legged former bomb maker

Answers to Lucky

The shadowy mastermind behind Hamas’ sneak weekend slaughter in Israel is a one-armed, one-legged psycho nicknamed “the cat with nine lives’’ because he’s dodged so many Israeli assassination attempts.

“Mohammed Deif,” the pseudonym used by the fearsome head of the Palestinian terror group’s military wing, chillingly warned “the enemy” that they will soon be “held to account” as Hamas launched its unprecedented attack on Israel, kicking off a war Saturday that has already left more than 1,000 Israelis and 765 Palestinians dead.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Hamas, Israeli - Islam Conflict

No silver bullet when it comes to solving Toronto’s rental woes, experts say

When it comes to solving a problem as complicated as Toronto’s housing crisis, there’s no such thing as a silver bullet, says one expert.

CBC Toronto spoke to Douglas Kwan, the director of advocacy and legal services at the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario, and other housing experts after hearing from hundreds of our readers about how hard it is to be a tenant in the city. We asked them about some of your most popular ideas to help curb the rampant unaffordability.

Justin will keep the immigration floodgates open so why bother speculating about a fix?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Homelessness & Affordability Crisis", Canada

Hamas attacks on Israel are not terrorism, Muslim group Cage insists

A Muslim campaign group which once praised a British terrorist who beheaded western hostages as a “beautiful young man” has justified the attack on Israelis by Hamas as “the inalienable right of the Palestinian people”.

The statement by Cage said that the word “terrorism” should not be used to describe the violence and did not express sympathy for the victims of the attacks.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", WTF?

Immigration Made Australia a Tolerant Place Where Muslims Chant “Gas the Jews” Outside the Sydney Opera House

Pro-Palestinian protesters were allowed to chant ‘gas the Jews’ and burn the Star of David in front of Sydney’s Opera House on Monday night – while a counter-demonstrator was arrested for attempting to fly the Israeli flag.

Police are now under fire for allowing the rally to go ahead – while telling Jewish Australians to ‘stay home’ for their own safety.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Hamas, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, Israeli - Islam Conflict

When Americans Do the Job Their Police Won’t Do

Recent instances of Vermont store-goers detaining and even assaulting would-be thieves reveal growing societal tensions seeded by progressive policies. Vermont’s law enforcement services are anemic due to anti-police rhetoric, racialization of courts, and lax prosecutorial policies. Vermont is not enforcing basic criminal laws, as gang-related violence and property crimes transform communities, drug overdoses skyrocket, and businesses are compromised. Citizens are tired of being victimized by government failure: many are taking matters into their own hands.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCrime

Victims of Ukrainian cafe attack were neo-Nazis, says Russian UN ambassador

The Russian ambassador to the United Nations has claimed that dozens of people killed when a missile struck a cafe in eastern Ukraine were neo-Nazis, in a speech to the UN security souncil in New York.

A Russian missile struck the cafe in Hroza, in Kharkiv, on Thursday as locals in the village turned out for the funeral of a soldier named Andriy Kozyr. The blast killed 52 people in one of the deadliest attacks since the war began.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia"

Israel was distracted — but so are we

The West’s fractured response reveals our weakness

How could Israel let this happen? As footage of Gazan motorbikes pelting through holes in Israel’s “smart” border fence started to circulate, of paragliders descending on a desert rave, of entire families being kidnapped or butchered in their homes, that was the question on every Western analyst’s lips: how could Israel let this happen?

The more important question, however, is this: what will the West itself do now?

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inIsraeli - Islam Conflict

This Is What ‘Decolonization’ Looks Like

On Saturday, as the raping and murdering and kidnapping were happening in Israel, Najma Sharif, a writer for Soho House magazine and Teen Vogue, posted on X: “What did y’all think decolonization meant? vibes? papers? essays? losers.”

So far, Sharif’s post has been liked 100,000 times and reposted nearly 23,000 times—by, among others, The Washington Post’s global opinions editor, Karen Attiah.

The point was: Don’t be squeamish. Never mind the Jewish girl being pulled by her hair with blood streaming between her legs. Never mind the women being raped beside the corpses of their friends at a music festival. Never mind the children and babies snatched from their parents.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inHamas, Israeli - Islam Conflict