Israel passes first reading of bill proposing death penalty for people it deems terrorists

Israel’s parliament has passed the first reading of a bill proposing the death penalty for those it deems to be terrorists acting against the state – a requirement which means it is likely to be used only against Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks on Israelis.

The bill – which has been condemned by the Palestinian Authority and human rights groups – was backed in the 120-seat Knesset by 39 votes to 16.

Far-right National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir – whose Jewish Power party brought the vote – celebrated late on Monday by handing out sweets.

“After the law is finally passed – terrorists will only be released to hell,” he said.

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WARMINGTON: Toronto spits on veterans’ graves with land, slavery acknowledgements

Lest we forget our veterans who served and died in foreign wars and, instead, focus on exaggerated slavery and past colonialism.

Only in Toronto would we be as stupid and as insensitive as that.

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Diane Francis: Joining Eurovision nothing more than a Carney vanity project

Mark Carney’s first federal budget as Prime Minister should be called the Eurovision Budget. It piles on debt and contains a $150-million allocation to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) — disguised as cultural investment — which includes, unbelievably, a plan for Canada to “explore participation” in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Eurovision is watched by 160 million Europeans annually and is a music contest. Carney wants Canada, which is not in Europe and not even a member of the European Broadcasting Union, to join the show. This is not parody. It’s in the 2025-26 federal budget.

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Britain stops sharing intelligence with US after Trump bombs drug boats

Britain has stopped sharing intelligence with the US about drug trafficking in the Caribbean, in a move that risks opening a fresh rift with Donald Trump.

In a major break with its closest ally, the Labour Government allegedly paused intelligence briefings because it does not want to be complicit in US strikes on suspected drug boats in Latin America, CNN reported.

The pause came into effect in September shortly after the US began carrying out lethal strikes against boats suspected of transporting drugs from Latin America to mainland US, sources told the news outlet.

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Maybe we shouldn’t have stopped him?

Foreign National Pleads Guilty to Smuggling Migrants From Canada Into the US

A foreign national has pleaded guilty to conspiring to facilitate the smuggling of illegal migrants into the United States, and will face deportation after serving a two-year prison sentence, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) says.

Edgar Gonzalez de Paz, 37, pleaded guilty to facilitating illegal entries into the United States at a Montreal courthouse on Nov. 6, the CBSA said in a Nov. 10 news release. The agency says Gonzalez de Paz faces a prison sentence of two years less a day.


I bet he moves more illegals out of the country than the government does.

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BERNARDO: Carney’s firearms fiasco: Punish the law-abiding while criminals run wild

In the last two weeks of October 2025, criminal violence with illegal guns has reached a fever pitch, which exposes (yet again) the stark hypocrisy of federal Liberal firearms policy.

While Mark Carney’s Liberal government pours hundreds of millions into a useless Firearms Confiscation Compensation Scheme that only targets licenced owners — hunters, sport shooters, and rural residents — violent crime involving smuggled illegal guns surges unchecked.

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Corruption scandal rocks Ukraine: Zelensky’s close associate flees country hours before police raids targeting 70 properties, at least $100 million stolen

In yet another sign of the rampant corruption in Ukraine, Ukrainian security forces raided the apartment of Timur Mindich, a businessman associated with President Volodymyr Zelensky. However, the oligarch had already left the country just hours before, likely after being tipped off by an insider.

Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) says that $100 million is believed to have been siphoned off due to a “money laundering operation,” and other associates were involved. The 15-month investigation featured 1,000 hours of wiretapping and resulted in 70 raids, according to NABU.

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Going After Tommy

Tommy Robinson has had yet another day in court.

This time, he appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ on the 6th of November in order to answer a charge under Schedule 7 of the UK Terrorism Act 2000, no less. He had been stopped, in July 2024, at the Channel Tunnel in Folkestone. When asked by ports police—specialist counter-terrorism officers—to disclose his phone’s pin number, Robinson refused, claiming that journalistic material was stored on it. Under the Terrorism Act, this refusal is, in itself, an offence.

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Chinese-Owned Trailer Park Beside U.S. Stealth Bomber Base Linked to Alleged Vancouver Repression Case

A sprawling U.S. investigative report has placed a Richmond, B.C., couple already identified in a high-profile Chinese-diaspora repression case at the center of an even more explosive national-security controversy south of the border: they are linked to a web of shell companies that own a trailer park beside Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri — home to the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber and launch point for the June 2025 strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

h/t SC

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European Christian pacifists face truth: Peace requires strength

For centuries, many European Christians have proudly declared that following Jesus means rejecting violence. But as Russia’s brutal war against Ukraine drags into its fourth year, even lifelong pacifists are beginning to ask whether peace can survive without the means to defend it.

Christianity Today reports on a moral and theological shift taking place among Europe’s faithful.

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