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An investigation by Le Figaro reveals Le Monde, a newspaper which may practically be owned by political sources in France, has a very horrific level of antisemitism going on in their ranks:

In an unprecedented exposé, Le Figaro has published damaging revelations about antisemitic content and Hamas support within Le Monde's newsroom, one of France's largest and most influential newspapers.

In a lengthy and pointed investigation, Le Figaro, the center-right competitor, took the unusual step of revealing internal details from Le Monde's newsroom, including photographs showing content that staff members are exposed to, reflecting what it describes as political activism promoting an anti-Israel agenda.

In one corner of the new editorial office near the Austerlitz station in central Paris, employees have created a large wall of propaganda pieces and illustrations focused solely on the war in Gaza, rather than French politics or global issues like climate change. The wall, dubbed the "Gaza Wall," features cartoons with accusations of genocide in Gaza and lists of alleged massacres that Israel or Jews supposedly committed before the state's establishment.

There may be some employees at Le Monde who find this chilling, but they're scared to speak publicly about it. This is no shock, but it does make clear anybody in France who understands how this not only causes serious harm, but also takes away attention from the more serious issues of Islamofascism destroying France, has got to stop paying money for such a bottom of the barrel newspaper. And advertising should be withdrawn from their pages too. There's got to be quite a few far-left newspapers and such in France worth boycotting now, and the time's come to do so.

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Over the past 3 decades, a lot of abortion clinics in the USA closed, but it's not necessarily for the right reasons (via Daily Signal):

More than two out of every three abortion facilities in the United States have closed their doors since 1990 — but abortion still represents “a dark, bloody, hopeless stain on humanity,” according to a new report released on Tuesday.

A total of 667 abortion facilities are currently doing business in the United States, according to Operation Rescue’s 2024 annual survey of abortion facilities, three fewer than last year. That represents a sharp decrease from 706 in 2020 and a whopping 69% lower than the 2,176 U.S. abortion facilities operating in 1990, according to the report, which tracks the ebbs and flows of the U.S. abortion industry.

“There is no doubt that abortion facilities are struggling to survive in this post-Roe environment,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. “As we conduct our extensive investigations, we continue to see evidence that abortion clinics are facing challenges hiring and keeping abortionists.”

As of the publication date, 29 abortion facilities had closed down or stopped committing abortions in 2024, and another 20 ceased seeing abortion-minded women in person, often choosing to distribute abortion pills. At the same time, 46 facilities opened or resumed carrying out abortions. Overall, the number of in-person abortion facilities decreased, from 670 to 667: 377 surgical abortion facilities and 290 that carry out chemical abortions alone.

But if you look at this through modern lens, is this happening for the right reasons?

Explanations for the falling number of abortions vary. Young people today report having less sex than their parents. Researchers have documented “decreases in all modes of partnered sex” between 2009 and 2018. Additional studies trace the decline to at least 1989.

Well this is obviously very bad. And making matters worse:

The report also documents the abortion industry’s increasing trend of stepping deeply into the transgender industry. “A significant number of independent abortion clinics are offering gender-subversion drugs, and most Planned Parenthood affiliates are capitalizing on this lucrative, population-reducing initiative,” notes Operation Rescue.

“An abortionist might spend an hour killing several innocent babies then spend another hour forever sterilizing vulnerable young people,” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman. “These facilities are a dark, bloody, hopeless stain on humanity.”

This has got to be even more horrific. To be sure, universities have a lot of responsibility here, and that's one more reason why it'd be best to defund them after the whole debacle they're causing, along with Planned Parenthood.

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Congress house speaker Mike Johnson may have taken a firm stance in Israel's favor, but when it comes to the issue of transsexuality, and a Democrat member regrettably going by such identity politics, Johnson initially didn't take the firm position the conservative movement would doubtless appreciate he take right from the start. It was only shortly afterwards that he did:

House Speaker Mike Johnson can’t tell the difference between a man and a woman. Or can he? We’ve gotten quite the whiplash in the last 24 hours.

First, the Speaker came out with the most mealy-mouthed non-answer possible regarding a question about his new transgender colleague, Democratic Representative-elect Sarah McBride.

Whose actual name is Tim, IIRC. The op-ed continues:

“Is freshman-elect Sarah McBride a man or a woman?” asked a reporter Tuesday afternoon.

“Look, I’m not going to get into this,” Johnson diplomatically responded. “We treat all persons with dignity and respect and we will. I’m not going to engage in silly debates about this,” he continued.

He then went on to address the “concern about uses of restroom facilities and locker rooms.” Sure, Congress will work in a “deliberate fashion” to reach “member consensus” and “accommodate the needs of every single person” — but that still didn’t answer whether he’d support Rep. Nancy Mace’s proposal to make Congressional bathrooms strictly sex-based.

But that lasted all of a few hours before the Speaker came right back out to the podium to walk back his embarrassing non-answer. “Let me be unequivocally clear. A man is a man and a woman is a woman. And a man cannot become a woman,” he reiterated to a gaggle of reporters.

Better, but still somewhat tepid.

By Wednesday afternoon, Johnson finally announced that Congress would adopt Mace’s proposed rule. “All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings (like restrooms, changing rooms, and locker rooms) are reserved for individuals of that biological sex,” he said in a statement.

This is the bare minimum we should expect from one of the top leaders of a political party that makes rejecting this gender nonsense a core plank of its platform. The real question is: why couldn’t he do it the first time?

See, this is the kind of cowardice conservatives have to show they have the courage to overcome. Answering in such a mealy-mouthed manner as Johnson first did is not going to put a stop to the LGBT disaster that's long taken hold and become a sad staple over the past decade or so. Johnson's initial answer also did a terrible disfavor to Nancy Mace, who worked hard to ensure no abuse of women would take hold at the political level. The Democrat disgrace from Delaware did finally agree to avoid women's bathrooms, but it's clear he's unrepentant about his lifestyle conduct, and something tells me he wouldn't use bathrooms frequented by Muslim women regardless. A most serious issue to consider in all this affair is that, as noted in the article about McBride's eventual agreement to avoid troublemaking:

Mace, who became a rape victim at the of age 16, stated Tuesday she still suffers from PTSD from the traumatic incident while pointing to the vulnerability of women and girls.

“I’m not going to stand for a man, you know, someone with a penis is in the women’s locker room. That’s not okay,” Mace told reporters. “I’m a victim of abuse myself. I’m a rape survivor. I have PTSD from the abuse I’ve suffered at the hands of a man and I know how vulnerable women and girls are in private spaces.”

The bathroom issue garnered national attention in 2021 after a biological male wearing a skirt raped a female in a woman’s bathroom at a public school located in Loudoun County, Virginia. The school kept the incident a secret from the school community.

What the disgraceful McBride's doing is disrespectful to women's honor and dignity. It's something Ruthie Blum spoke about over a decade ago, and I hope she herself recognizes why an issue like this is also very grave. Mace is doing the right thing to work on these legal issues, and it's but a step needed to put a stop to the abuse that's become a terrible staple worldwide too.

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So here's a writer at the Federalist who's raising the issue of Maori members of New Zealand's parliament who caused a ruckus over a bill they didn't like, and arguing this is why native cultures must be assimilated, yet even this argument is not without flaws. What is vital for consideration from a historical viewpoint is the following:

Before the arrival of the British, the Maori routinely engaged in ritual cannibalism and human sacrifice, mostly related to warfare. A tribe’s warriors would perform the haka, go off to fight, and then consume the flesh of slain enemies afterward.

In fact, the very haka performed by the House members on Thursday (the title of which translates to “It is death”) was created by a Maori chief who had escaped capture and consumption by an enemy tribe.

Though the Maori and leftist scholars have tried to downplay (and still do) the frequency and significance of cannibalism in Maori culture for decades, New Zealand historian Paul Moon extensively documented instances of cannibalism in his book This Horrid Practice, drawing on European accounts going back to the legendary Captain James Cook in the 1770s.

Moon also noted that the Maori practiced infanticide. Their warrior culture prized male babies, so mothers would sometimes smother female infants or push their fingers through the soft part of their skulls.

As they did elsewhere in the world, the British extirpated cannibalism and human sacrifice in New Zealand after the Treaty of Waitangi to such an extent that many historians doubted that the practices had taken place at all.

Maori revisionists have claimed that the haka can represent a greeting or a “celebration of life,” but any rational observer can conclude that the Te Pāti Māori members did not intend their Thursday haka as a greeting or celebration.

To be sure, this is disturbingly reminiscent of how in modern times, huge efforts are made by apologists for Islam to obscure every form of barbarism that was ever performed in the name of the Religion of Peace. And obscuring/erasing specific histories is wrong. But there's a decided flaw in this item that needs to be pondered:

And it’s not impossible to assimilate foreign cultures. The United States did it very successfully up until a few decades ago — when we made the conscious decision to stop trying. European history has seen dozens if not hundreds of cultures assimilated (see any culture that fell under Roman hegemony). All it takes is the confidence that your culture is more moral and more dedicated to the improvement of human life. When the culture you’re trying to assimilate is engaging in or glorifying cannibalism and human sacrifice, that shouldn’t be a hard stance to take.

As it so happens, the Romans weren't much better, seeing as they waged wars for the sake of violence, conducted slavery, forced some subjects into becoming gladiators, and Jews were also victimized by their nasty side. What's so "moral" about all that? Also, consider that Islam is eating up Europe now, along with north America, and if something isn't done soon, European culture will be assimilated with a most barbaric belief system you'd think the columnist wanted to oppose. But the way this is written, focusing so superficially on serious issues, one can't help but wonder if he's so desperate to make a point, he's willing to obscure history in his own way for the sake of sloppy virtue-signaling.

Of course it's vital to develop assimilation into more civilized beliefs. But whitewashing history of Romans, in example, won't acheieve that goal at all. As a result, one can only wonder if the writer's even interested in opposing Islam convincingly?

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Not everything Ben Shapiro has to say impresses me, but he does have an interesting point about why Israel shouldn't be relying heavily on USA aid. This was written before the election, but still has what to ponder:

Q: What do you think Israel should do if Kamala Harris wins?

"I think that Israel should do the same thing whether Kamala wins or whether Kamala loses. I think what Israel needs to recognize, and I've said this to every prime ministerial candidate for the last 10 years, is Israel needs to become self-sufficient. Israel always needed to be self-sufficient. They need to be more militarily self-sufficient, they need to get off of American aid, and they need to generate an economic dynamism, unleash the economy over there sufficient to pay for all of that. What we've seen in the aftermath of October 7 is that Israel cannot be reliant on the goodwill of other nations, because that is a very precarious place to be. You don't want to be Blanche DuBois in this Tennessee Williams play. You don't want to be reliant on the kindness of strangers. And Israel has sustained itself by attempting moral suasion for several decades at this point. And it turns out that moral suasion doesn't go all that far. What actually goes far is the raw ability to sustain yourself. And so that means on an economic level is radical deregulation of the economy in Israel. It means allowing businesses to thrive and succeed. It means that it shouldn't take 300 days to do a real estate deal. It means that the taxes are way too high on literally everything, which is why half of real estate deals are now black-market real estate deals. It means that you shouldn't have to have a cousin in one of the, in a "misrad" [referring to a generic ministry in Israel] somewhere in order to get something done. It means that the stranglehold that Histadrut [the main public service Israel trade union] has on labor needs to stop. The economy can't shut down every time somebody has a political gripe. All these things need to be done. And that's not a political point. That is, that is a reality. Either Israel's going to do that and have a dynamic economy because Israel has very, very high social fabric, high IQ, high confidence levels. And all of that is being held up. Like as everyone who is American who's ever visited Israel recognizes the miracle of Israel is that it works at all because the system is so gummed up and so ridiculous that it is sheerly through sort of bootstrapping and personal connections that anybody can get anything done over there. I mean, it's insane. "You want a powerful military, you need to have a powerful economy capable of paying for all of those things. Make business easier. It'll be easier to pay for all of these things. Israel is a large enough, powerful enough country, economically speaking, that they should not have to rely on $3 billion in American military aid. The GDP in Israel is like $500 billion a year. Why is $3 billion in military aid deciding factor and how Israel makes its foreign policy? That's crazy. Israel, Israel should be an easy one. And, and by the way, Israel is going to be forced to whether they're like it or not because eight to 10 years from now, I think that there's a, the, the direction of American foreign policy is moving away from…But even though if, even if, you know, we don't need some day the aid from the Americans, we still need, out of his values we'll say, the veto in the Security Council. So we're still, you know, tied to America in that sort of way."

Q: Israeli diplomatic circles might tell you: Even if we don't need American military aid, we still need the American veto at the UN Security Council, so we can't ignore Washington's demands.

"I mean, first of all, I think that, so my view of the UN Security Council is significantly, I think the UN is a ridiculous organization on its face. I think that the idea that if Israel gets hit with a Security Council resolution, that somehow this is the end of the world, that is not true. What matters in international politics is raw, pure power. That's all that matters in international politics. And Israelis should start to understand that the, how is China or Russia able to get away with things? They're very powerful, large."

Well he's right that Israel for one can't keep relying on foreign aid from anybody. On the other hand, Israel should speak in defense of the defenseless, and should fully defend for example, apostates from Islam and women and children's safety worldwide. And if anybody with common sense wants to convert to Judaism, it shouldn't be made overly difficult with absurdities like dress codes, gender segregated transportation and buses, and whether or not men and women should shake hands with each other. Such poor notions the Haredis took to extremes have to be dropped, especially if Judaists want to distinguish themselves with a positive image. That way, things can be made better.

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According to a new book by veteran reporter Bob Woodward, fraud-in-chief Joe Biden made very degrading comments about Benjamin Netanyahu:

In a forthcoming book by renowned journalist Bob Woodward, President Joe Biden's candid and often profanity-laced private assessments of world leaders are brought to light, offering a rare glimpse into the president's unfiltered thoughts on figures such as Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin. The book, titled "War," is set to be released on October 15, as reported by CNN.

According to Woodward's account, Biden privately referred to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu as "That son of a bitch, Bibi Netanyahu, he's a bad guy. He's a bad f***ing guy!" during a conversation with an associate in spring 2024 as the conflict in Gaza intensified.

[...] Regarding the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, Woodward describes Biden's roller-coaster relationship with Netanyahu. While publicly supporting Israel, Biden privately expressed frustration with Netanyahu's strategy in Gaza. "What's your strategy, man?" Biden reportedly asked Netanyahu during an April phone call.

The book recounts Biden's attempts to restrain Netanyahu's actions, particularly after Iran launched missiles at Israel in response to an Israeli strike in Syria. "You don't need to make another move. Do nothing," Biden advised Netanyahu, according to Woodward.

As the conflict escalated, Biden's frustration with Netanyahu reportedly boiled over. "He's a f***ing liar," Biden said privately of Netanyahu after Israel entered Rafah, Woodward writes. In a July conversation following an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Biden allegedly yelled at Netanyahu, "Bibi, what the f**k?"

Woodward's book also touches on interactions with other key figures in the region, including Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Secretary of State Antony Blinken reportedly described MBS as "nothing more than a spoiled child" after a challenging meeting.

Obviously, Biden and company resent that MBS, while not a saint, has made efforts to move the House of Saud away from the totalitarian tactics it was notorious for in the past, and damaged a whole generation of women in the process. That Biden allegedly spoke nasty about Putin is no alleviation after all the efforts to damage Netanyahu's efforts to defeat the jihadists now attacking Israel relentlessly. If Kamala Harris is elected, the disaster of relations with the USA will only intensify.

Update: here's more details about the book.

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Melanie Phillips discussed a new documentary about the October 7, 2023 jihadist bloodbath being screened in Britain, and what kind of bigoted monsters are unlikely to see it, nor will they respect its validity:

Alas, we know that the people who most need to see it will refuse to do so. These are the people who deny what happened on October 7, who say accounts of these atrocities are just Israeli propaganda, who say if they did happen it was Israel’s fault and who obscenely support Hamas as a “resistance” movement.

And even if they do watch it, will it make any difference? How on earth can so many deny the obvious truth of what happened?

The reason is that, for many on the left, absolutely nothing can be allowed to contradict the narrative that Israel is an illegitimate state that has colonised and oppressed the Palestinian Arabs who are the indigenous people of the land. Although every element of that is untrue, it constitutes the default belief in liberal circles which permit no challenge to it whatever.

That’s because such liberals believe that their support for the Palestinian cause defines them as moral and good people. The fact that the Palestinians have committed bestial and sadistic atrocities upon Israelis therefore cannot be believed — because it would mean the Palestinians are in fact the oppressors and the Israelis their victims. And that would place these liberals on the side of evil.

As a result, they put forward any explanation, however preposterous, to deny what actually happened. They are totally immune to demonstrable evidence, because they fear that accepting it would shatter their entire moral personality. When it comes to Israel and the Palestinian Arabs, their whole thought system is therefore entirely sealed against the truth.

So the overwhelmingly liberal western media will continue to tell murderous lies about Israel. Interestingly, the film was made by the BBC in its Storyville strand. Yet the BBC’s appallingly biased coverage of Israel is the prime reason why the vast majority of the British public remains almost wholly unaware that Israel is being subjected to an eight-front Iranian war of extermination —and why so many have so viciously turned against the Jewish state.

Something else they deny is the murder of foreign workers who were present at the music and dance festival. And that makes the antisemites racist as well. That's exactly why one has to wonder just how much venom they also have leveled against far eastern countries, in example. And lest we forget, the same bigoted monsters Phillips speaks of undoubtably also deny September 11, 2001 for far longer than we think.

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In this interview with Sarah Idan, the former Miss Iraq, she tells about how she came to recognize Israel as the good side, and also what she knows about the darkness of Islam's indoctrinations:

Since the terrible morning of Black Saturday, the question "Where were you on October 7?" has become common among Israelis. But Idan also remembers exactly where she was and how she felt at those moments.

"I was at home when I received a phone call from my friend, Hillel (Silverman, niece of comedian Sarah Silverman), who called me from Israel. She was panicking and said to me, 'Sarah, oh my God, turn on the TV. I think we're under attack.' At first, I answered her indifferently, 'What's new? You're attacked every day.' But then I went on social media. Every video, every picture, caused me actual physical pain in my heart. I thought maybe something was wrong with my blood pressure. I couldn't watch anymore. I felt immense pressure in my head. The anger and sadness made me physically ill."

She channeled the emotions that welled up in her into what she does best: spreading the truth on social media. "I tried to share with the world what was happening and post content, mainly in Arabic, because Arab media was hiding what happened."

"They only showed videos of Hamas fighting IDF soldiers. They didn't show the young people massacred at Nova or the women who were raped, so I tried to show that to people. I wrote there, 'Look at the barbaric Hamas, see what they're doing.' And I was really shocked by their responses. They claimed it was a lie and denied it while it was happening."

Q: To this day they deny it – and not just in the Arab world, in the Western world too.

"I went to Cornell and Stanford universities. They had a tent there, and I wanted to understand what the hell was going on there, so I wore a hijab and went there. I pretended I was one of them and started talking to them in Arabic. It felt like their organization was a militia of ... you know, like the militias in Iraq. They have orders, and they follow orders. They're not regular students."

Q: Orders from whom?

"They're part of a larger organization, supported by entities like the Iranian regime, the Muslim Brotherhood, all of America's enemies. Who funds the universities? Qatar. That's why they allowed them to protest and set up tents on university grounds. If a university's board of directors gets its money directly from Qatar, aren't the protesters in the tents also getting their money from the same places?"

At some point during the war, Idan decided she had to visit Israel herself and see with her own eyes the horror that had occurred. This isn't the first time she's visited Israel, but the difference from her previous visits was enormous.

"The first time I came, people were carefree, especially in Tel Aviv. There was something in the atmosphere that reminded me of an island state. The second time it was just... the air was full of anxiety, sadness. The feeling was like when I was in Iraq during the war. It was really sad."

Absolutely, and what can one expect after such a graphic murder and sexual violence rampage? That aside, any university that accepts funding from sources like Qatar as they stand today cannot be supported in any way, and must be boycotted. Good that Iran found out what the pro-Hamas mobs at the universities are like, and the people involved must be stopped somehow. These enemy-funded movements are a severe danger.

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A number of Hezbollah terrorists/leaders were killed using detonators in their radio devices:

Israel on Wednesday blew up thousands of two-way personal radios used by Hezbollah members in Lebanon in a second wave of an intelligence operation that started on Tuesday with the explosions of pager devices, two sources with knowledge of the operation told Axios. More than a dozen people were killed and hundreds of others were wounded.

Here's more:

The Jewish state’s James Bond-style alleged hack attack on Tuesday that caused explosions of handheld pagers carried by thousands of members of the U.S.-designated terrorist movement Hezbollah was a devastating setback for the Lebanon-based organization.

Fox News Digital spoke to leading U.S. and Israeli experts about the setback for the Iranian regime proxy.

According to a Reuters report, Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, Mossad, planted explosives inside of 5,000 pagers imported by Hezbollah months before Tuesday's detonations that killed nine people, a senior Lebanese security source and another source told Reuters.

The Iranian regime-backed Hezbollah organization switched from mobile phones to pagers to prevent Israeli interception of their communications. Hezbollah joined Hamas’ war against Israel a day after the Gaza-based terrorist movement invaded the Jewish state on Oct. 7.

Clearly, they thought it was impossible for pagers to be turned into deadly devices, and now have since been proven mistaken. Good riddance to those evil jihadists in Lebanon.

Also important for the record is this news of how Israel's scored a serious victory in Gaza's Rafah area, which Kamala Harris told Israel not to fight:

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) declared victory Thursday in the battle of Rafah, having destroyed Hamas’s four battalions there over the course of four months.

It was a battle that Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party nominee for U.S. president, told Israel not to fight, warning of the consequences for civilians there, and even threatening to withhold U.S. weapons.

[...] At the time, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed the importance of eliminating the last remaining Hamas battalions. As of May 2024, Israel had destroyed 18 of those battalions, leaving four in Rafah and two in central Gaza. Without destroying the final six battalions, Netanyahu argued, it would be impossible to win the war.

After delaying from February to May, in the fact of opposition from Harris and President Joe Biden, Netanyahu proceeded with battle plans, and IDF troops seized the Philadelphi Corridor along the Gaza-Egypt border before turning toward the rest of Rafah, fighting neighborhood by neighborhood, street to street, and house to house.

As Breitbart News reported, the prime minister’s office declared Thursday that all of the Hamas battalions had been destroyed, and that Hamas was now reduced to guerrilla warfare and no longer functioning as a coherent military.

And the IDF did the right thing here. The Democrat-led USA government has really proven an embarrassment on foreign affair issues like these. Fortunately, sanity's prevailed in the war against Islamic terror here.

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The Democrat vice-presidential candidate has come out in support of anti-Israeli Muslims in Michigan:

Democratic vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz, speaking with a radio station in the key swing state of Michigan, where a large community of Muslims has vitriolically condemned the state of Israel, criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while insisting “those folks who are speaking out loudly in Michigan are speaking out for all the right reasons.”

In an interview with Michigan outlet WCMU, Walz stated:

Well, I think first and foremost, what we saw on October 7 was a horrific act of violence against the people of Israel. They have certainly, and the vice president said it, I’ve said it, have the right to defend themselves, and the United States will always stand by that. But we can’t allow what’s happened in Gaza to happen. The Palestinian people have every right to life and liberty themselves. We need to continue, I think, to put the leverage on to make sure we move towards a two-state solution. I think we’re at a critical point right now. We need the Netanyahu government to start moving in that direction. But I think those folks who are speaking out loudly in Michigan are speaking out for all the right reasons.

The campaign for Republican Donald Trump called the remarks “sickening.”

SICKENING: Tampon Tim Walz says pro-Hamas radicals "are speaking out for all the right reasons" and calls to "put the leverage" on Israel to ensure Hamas terrorists live to see another day. pic.twitter.com/WYDZiX84PL

— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) September 6, 2024

Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris has already shown her contempt for the Jewish state, praising a student who cited false news reports about the Israeli war effort against Hamas, harshly criticizing Israel for not accepting an “immediate cease-fire” in March while Hamas consistently refused to accept terms, and threatening Israel not to go into the Hamas stronghold in Rafah, where Hamas later executed six hostages with bullets in the back of their heads.

In 2018, an event hosted by Minnesota’s Muslim American Society on Feb. 16, 2018, as The Washington Examiner reported, Walz praised a Hitler-promoting imam.

The Democrat party and its representatives continue to prove how evil it's become by now, and again, if they're elected in November, it'll be an absolute fiasco.

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Geert Wilders has written on Breitbart about how the Dutch prosecution service is now prosecuting a Muslim imam for issuing a fatwa that threatens innocent lives:

Today, September 2nd, is a historic day. It is the first time ever that an Islamic cleric will have to stand trial for issuing an assassination fatwa.

In a few weeks, it will be 20 years since policemen wearing bulletproof vests and carrying machine guns arrived at my home. They gave me ten minutes to pack, pushed me into an armoured car and drove me off to an unknown destination. The evening of November 4, 2004, was the last time that my wife and I were in our house. Since that moment, we have been forced to live in various safe houses. We have lost our freedom and privacy. Everywhere I go, I am constantly surrounded by bodyguards.

The same thing happened on that ominous evening to my colleague, fellow member of the Dutch Parliament, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a fugitive from Islamic Somalia. We had both been fierce critics of Islam and the Islamization of our country, the Netherlands. As a result of this, Islamic death threats or fatwas ordering the Islamic faithful to kill us had been issued. [...]

Today, in Amsterdam, the court case begins against two Pakistani citizens, Muhammed Ashraf Asif Jalali (55) and Saad Hussain Rizvi (29). Although the proceedings will be held in their absence, the trial is hugely significant. Not just for me, the victim, but also for the defence of the freedom of speech of every Dutchman and citizen of the free West.

I hope this means the culprits are in custody/prison, and thus being tried in absentia. Because they cannot be allowed to roam the streets free, something that's tragically become the norm even in the USA in some cases. And let's hope the offender is actually convicted, because the time's come to start sending messages, and also to start pushing the Religion of Peace out of Europe and even Israel and Lebanon. Wilders has come a long way in surviving the dangers, and will hopefully be able to deal with this case as best as possible.

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Some news on the reactions of Brazilian citizens to the disaster their pseudo-justice minister has caused by banning the use of the X platform in the country, in a move that's as much a blow to business as to free speech rights:

The blocking of social media platform X in Brazil divided users and politicians over the legitimacy of the ban, and many Brazilians on Sunday had difficulty and doubts over navigating other social media in its absence.

The shutdown of Elon Musk’s platform started early Saturday, making it largely inaccessible on both the web and through mobile apps after the billionaire refused to name a legal representative to the country, missing a deadline imposed by Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes. The blockade marks an escalation in a monthslong feud between Musk and de Moraes over free speech, far-right accounts and misinformation.

Brazil has been one of the biggest markets for X, with tens of millions of users.

“I’ve got the feeling that I have no idea what’s happening in the world right now. Bizarre,” entertainment writer and heavy X user Chico Barney wrote on Threads, a text-based app developed by Instagram that Barney was using as an alternative. “This Threads algorithm is like an all-you-can-eat restaurant where the waiter keeps serving things I would never order.” [...]

Lawmaker Bia Kicis said “the consequences of Alexandre de Moraes’ attacks to Elon Musk, X and Starlink will be regrettable for Brazilians.” She also urged Rodrigo Pacheco, the president of the country’s Senate, to act. Kicis has repeatedly urged Pacheco to open impeachment proceedings against the Supreme Court justice.

“We need to leave this state of apathy and stop the worst from happening,” the pro-Bolsonaro lawmaker, whose profiles were blocked by de Moraes in 2022, also said.

The former president said Saturday on Instagram that X’s departure from Brazil was “another blow to our freedom and legal security.”

“It not only affects our freedom of expression, but also undermines the confidence of international companies in operating on Brazilian soil, with impacts ranging from national security to the quality of the information that reaches our citizens,” Bolsonaro said.

A special page was launched on X revealing the illegal orders Moraes made, which Brazil's court is sadly upholding:

The social media platform X (formerly Twitter) began publishing the “Alexandre Files” files over the weekend in response to Brazilian Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) Minister Alexandre de Moraes, who recently ordered the complete suspension of the platform in Brazil.

“Today, we begin shining a light on the abuses of Brazilian law committed by Alexandre de Moraes,” The Alexandre Files account said in an opening post on Saturday.

“We have been forced to share these orders because there is no transparency from the court, and the people who are being censored have no recourse to appeal,” the message continues. “Our own appeals have been ignored. And now the people of Brazil are denied access to X. Secret justice is no justice at all. Today, we say that must change.”

What's happened in Brazil could happen even here, in the USA, and anywhere else in the world if we're not careful.

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Brazil's government under Lula da Silva has made things worse, and their latest target is the X social media platform:

Brazilian Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) Minister Alexandre de Moraes threatened on Wednesday to block access to X in Brazil if the social media platform does not appoint a legal representative in the country within 24 hours.

De Moraes, the equivalent of what in the United States would be a Supreme Court justice, subpoenaed X and its owner, Elon Musk, in a post made on the site itself on Wednesday night — a move that the STF itself reportedly described as “unprecedented,” as it marks the first time the Brazilian top court has subpoenaed someone on social media.

[...] Wednesday’s STF court order marks the latest development in the ongoing feud between de Moraes, a self-styled “anti-fake news” crusader, and Musk, who has claimed to refuse to comply with some of de Moraes’ censorship orders throughout 2024.

De Moraes has ordered numerous censorship actions over the past years against Brazilian citizens, journalists, comedians, and politicians supportive of former President Jair Bolsonaro. The judge maintains an active inquiry against individuals or organizations that allegedly propagate “fake news” and a separate probe intended to investigate so-called “anti-democratic digital militias” that spread “fake news” and “threaten democracy” in Brazil.

Sadly, if the following news is correct, the X platform has been suspended in Brazil:

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday ordered the suspension of Elon Musk’s social media giant X in Brazil after the tech billionaire refused to name a legal representative in the country, according to a copy of the decision seen by The Associated Press

The move further escalates the monthslong feud between the two men over free speech, far-right accounts and misinformation.

Justice Alexandre de Moraes had warned Musk on Wednesday night that X could be blocked in Brazil if he failed to comply with his order to name a representative, and established a 24-hour deadline. The company hasn’t had a representative in the country since earlier this month. De Moraes said the platform would remain blocked until it complies.

Brazil is an important market for X, which has struggled with the loss of advertisers since Musk purchased the former Twitter in 2022. Market research group Emarketer says some 40 million Brazilians, roughly one-fifth of the population, access X at least once per month.

X had posted on its official Global Government Affairs page late Thursday that it expected X to be shut down by de Moraes, “simply because we would not comply with his illegal orders to censor his political opponents.”

Advertising isn't as important an issue as free speech issues, and the way these Brazilian government officials are going about making petty issues is chilling in the extreme. This is bad news for free speech advocates and for Brazil's innocent citizens.

Update: here's more on the subject over here.

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I found a number of articles from the Jerusalem Post about what fashion designers and models are doing after October 7, 2023 and the war. Let's begin with this one, which unfortunately tells an absurd story about modesty:

Trending toward modesty

While not everyone has seen this, one big phenomenon noted by Peleg Mizrachi and others in the fashion industry is a new tendency for women to dress more modestly. She says that many regard less skin baring as a means of helping our soldiers win. “In Israel, religion is more present in daily life. It makes sense that when something like this happens, people go back to their traditional roots.”

The modesty trend has also crept its way into Tel Aviv boutiques. According to Sophie and Ayal Levy, creators of the Spacey brand that sells designs wholesale to upscale boutiques, there is suddenly a demand for longer skirt lengths and sleeves in the trendy Tel Aviv stores where they used to sell their sleeveless mini-dresses.

“The war has inspired many people to return to religion,” Sophie observes.

Post-Oct. 7, Jerusalem designer Nina Broder has amended many of her flowy, romantic signature designs to incorporate longer sleeves and higher necklines.

TEHILA ROSENBAUM, founder of One of a Kind, designs unique headscarves, mostly for religious women who cover their hair.

“There is a trend of more women covering their hair since the war began,” she says. “I have a client who used to cover partially, but after the war she began covering all her hair. And some women who used to wear a scarf only on Shabbat now wear their hair covered every day.”

[...] She publishes videos on YouTube that teach women how to tie and wrap their hair. “I have received many responses from women all over the country and abroad about how the subject of modesty and style speaks to them.”

For heaven's sake, return to religion is great, but if they're saying not dressing modestly is wrong, or that the sole way you can be religious is to dress modestly, that's practically what led to the whole 10.7.2023 tragedy in the first place. This is insulting to the intellect, and Mrs. Rosenbaum is only making it worse, considering many of the female hostages may have been forced to wear burkas/hijabs. Even if this doesn't refer to the industry wholesale, it's still very appalling, and makes it look like there's still a whole segment out that believes the victim is to blame. Even the following doesn't sound entirely accurate when they allude to how National Socialists dressed:

RACHEL GETZ SALOMON, head of the fashion department at NB Haifa School of Design in Ma’alot Tarshiha, explains the phenomenon. “Wars and trauma historically influence art,” she says.

“During World War I, women opened their husbands’ closets and wore their clothing to work. They took over the jobs that their husbands had left when they went off to fight. If they worked in the fields or in factories, they dressed in pants.

“During World War II, Nazis were very exacting about how they dressed. People were encouraged to dress elegantly, and the silhouette became more tailored. Bomber jackets, sunglasses, and boots made their way from the military to civilian wear, becoming cool and sexy,” Getz Salomon says.

“Unfortunately, we are still in the middle of it. But in Israel, we adapt quickly. The dress that Alon Livne made for Eden Golan exemplifies the pain and trauma. Aesthetics that reflect the trauma also helps us process the trauma. The community saw this dress and could suddenly deal with their feelings and even heal a little, recognize their own pain. The strips on the dress resembled bandages. People saw it and intuitively understood it,” she says.

“Even Marc Jacobs came up with a ready-to-wear line that referenced the aesthetics of Oct. 7,” the fashion educator says. “He used colors like stone, dust, and ash. He made it a significant part of his collection. In our school, we are seeing the students explore how the war influences fashion, body image, and culture.”

Ahem. This is rather ambiguous, and fails to note that in the early 20th century when WW2 came about, German women were expected to dress to NOT impress, and their career choices were limited. Even if an individual German woman was antisemitic, she still didn't get literal freedom (and the talk of "sexy" here is disgusting). So this only ends up perpetuating insults to the intellect, and that's very appalling. That's why I find it appalling when ultra-Orthodox society demands dress codes for women, and men, lest we forget, with the Satmar's expectation that married women shave their heads under a wig very obscene. Oddly enough, the Post article does mention:

Keydar, who is focusing on World War II fashion history for her PhD at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, says that war has been a great influencer of fashion.

“We can see how they ingeniously crafted clothing, makeup, and accessories during severe raw material shortages,” she says. “For instance, Elizabeth Arden’s Victory Red lipstick, initially marketed to female soldiers and later to the general population, was chosen explicitly because Hitler notoriously disliked women wearing red lipstick, making it a symbol of unity.

“During the war, the silk and nylon industry also shifted to produce parachutes and other military supplies,” Keydar said. “Women, unwilling to appear in public without stockings, found a particularly creative solution in ‘liquid stockings,’ which were painted on the legs to create the illusion of wearing actual hosiery.”

Well at least they get this right. But any attempt to make it sound like modest dress is literally required to "prove yourself" is offensive and runs the gauntlet of indoctrination. Seriously, anybody doing that should be ashamed and apologize.

That said, here's another article from the filmings taking place at the Tower of David at Jerusalem's Old City, and in it, there's a picture of Mia Schem, one of the rescued hostages from 10.7.2023, who's wearing a dress that's anything but modest, so maybe the prior article's not reflecting all, but even so, what was told there was very troubling. And then, this article is more promising, as it presents more of how Schem's thankfully dressing anything but modestly:

Mia Schem, 22, was kidnapped from the Supernova festival along with her friend Elia Toledano (Toledano’s body was discovered by the IDF in December). Shot in the arm and held captive, Mia endured months of psychological torture at the hands of Hamas – locked in a room in a Gaza family’s house with a male guard surveilling her every move at all times. The wife of the family, jealous of her husband’s attention to the hostage, would periodically starve her.

Though forced in a Hamas-released propaganda video to follow a script and say she was receiving good medical care, in reality a Palestinian veterinarian operated on her wounded arm.

Released in a Qatar-negotiated hostage exchange deal in November, she has described her time in captivity as “hell,” frequently being told she wasn’t going home alive, and noting “there are no innocent civilians” in Gaza.

Since her release, Mia has been advocating for the hostages remaining in the Gaza Strip. She attended the State of the Union address in Washington on March 7 as a guest of House Speaker Mike Johnson, and met with US Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt and Israeli Ambassador Michael Herzog. Mia then attended Elton John’s Oscar party in Los Angeles in a white dress with yellow ribbon pin, reminding the world about the hostages still in captivity.

But then in this article:

Return to religion – Modest clothing has become a trend as even less-observant Jews take on religious practices, turning to God to help them through these difficult times. The modesty trend is seen in women wearing fashionable skirts, more discreet tops, and headscarves.

I wonder if these are leftists taking up such trends? Somehow, it figures they in particular wouldn't comprehend that clothes alone don't make a better person. In any case, those who're doing this are really making a farce out of the Judaist religion.

In the following article, it's noted there's no universal dress code in Israel for mourning:

SINCE OCT. 7, she says, Israelis have been experiencing both collective and individual trauma and grief. “While many cultures have a code of dress for grief and mourning to signal to others to be careful with their emotions, in Israel post-Oct. 7 there is no such universal code of dress that tells people we are grieving,” she explains.

“Each person expresses what they are feeling depending on individual timelines of grief and trauma and familial and cultural backgrounds. Wearables, such as hostage necklaces or yellow ribbons, are identifiable as solidarity with others. Clothing, such as slogan T-shirts, are easy to decipher.

“But one size does not fit all. It can be dangerous to assume that we can read from a person’s clothes what he or she is feeling. For one person, wearing dark colors could express despair; for others, it may be a sign of strength in the face of adversity.

“For some people, wearing high fashion and colorful clothes may feel antithetical to their mood, while for many it is an act of defiance against grief or a commitment to live each moment fully because of the uncertainty of the future.”

[...] “There is an individual grief and a communal grief, and it is a spectrum. When a hostage is captured, the captor has complete control of every aspect of his or her life. When he is freed, he may not want to do (or wear) anything just because someone suggests it.” Choosing clothing, she says, becomes his or her way of regaining control of life.

Well if a woman chooses to wear something as skimpy as a bikini, that too is a way of regaining control of her life, isn't it? So I'm very disappointed in anybody, fashion business or otherwise, who actually believes modesty will magically solve everything. All it does is make validate what some left-wing feminists actually think, and there's quite a few leftists in this country, regrettably, who take such a knee-jerk path, following in the footsteps of USA leftists, apparently buying into every perverse thing they conceive, hook, line and sinker. If that's what's happening now too, it's only a grave problem.

And, when one considers what Iranian woman are facing, how is dressing modestly in Israel sending a good message? Do people like Broder and Rosenbaum actually think they're being a "light unto the nations" when they take up paths like "modesty"?

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The Knesset held a special lighting in honor of Ariel Bibas, an infant who's being held hostage in Gaza along with his similarly infant brother, Kfir:

The Knesset building was illuminated in orange on Monday evening, as a sign of solidarity with Ariel Bibas, who is being held captive in Gaza and whose fifth birthday was on Monday.

At the request of the Bibas family, the Knesset was lit in orange, matching the color of Ariel’s hair.

Little Ariel is being held captive by Hamas along with his mother Shiri and his little brother Kfir. His father Yarden is believed to be held in a separate location from the rest of the family. They were all kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7.

Also on Monday, thousands of people, including relatives, friends, and ordinary Israelis, gathered in Tel Aviv to mark the fifth birthday of Ariel.

We have to hope they're alive, and that the military will be able to find them and punish the jihadists who kidnapped them.

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Here's a transcript of Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress on the 24th of July (via Daniel Pipes). It makes for very recommended reading.

Update: and here's also an important article about 4 survivors of the sexual violence committed by the Hamas minions on October 7, 2023.

Update 2: here's also a Jerusalem Post editorial about the disgusting leftists who attacked Noa Argamani for accompanying the prime minister to D.C:

Recently rescued from the horrors of Hamas captivity, Argamani’s decision to accompany Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Washington on Monday has sparked a fiery debate.

Critics accuse her of being a pawn in a political game, but this perspective overlooks a fundamental truth: Argamani, above all, deserves the autonomy to make her own decisions.

Among the harsh criticisms, journalist Uri Misgav wrote, “Noa Argamani and her father should be ashamed until their last day for agreeing to serve as a backdrop for this crazy and smiling couple’s flight, especially on the morning we learned of two more captives who were unlucky enough to die in captivity and not fly to Washington with the captives’ abandoner. A shame like no other.”

Overlooking Argamani's personal struggle

Another critic, veteran journalist Dan Margalit, echoed these sentiments, posting on X, “Joining Uri Misgav, shame on Noa Argamani and her father for willingly serving as a backdrop for Bibi’s display in Washington.”

To those who criticize Argamani’s participation in Netanyahu’s trip, we pose this question: Who are we to judge? The ordeal of captivity is unimaginable. The trauma, the constant fear, and the longing for freedom are experiences that no one can fully comprehend unless they have walked in those shoes. For Argamani, every decision she makes now is deeply personal and rooted in her quest for meaning and justice for the hostages still languishing in Gaza – and for her own recovery.

It is important to recognize the historical significance of this trip. The potential outcome – the release of 120 hostages – cannot be understated. Argamani’s presence is not just symbolic; it is a powerful reminder of the human lives at stake. Critics argue that she is being used by Netanyahu, but even if there is a political undertone, the ultimate goal remains noble. The liberation of hostages should transcend political divides and be a cause that unites us all.

Argamani’s critics should also consider the broader implications of their attacks. Unity, especially in times of conflict, is paramount. The venomous words directed at her serve only to deepen divisions and detract from the collective goal of securing the release of all hostages. Instead of tearing down a survivor who has already endured so much, we should rally behind her, offering support and solidarity.

Moreover, Argamani’s decision to join this trip is not just about politics; it is about leveraging every possible platform to advocate for those still in captivity. Her boyfriend remains among the hostages. Her presence in Washington is an opportunity to amplify her plea for their release. It is a chance for her to speak directly to those in power, to ensure that the plight of the hostages is not forgotten amidst political maneuvering.

And she has the right to make her own decisions. The journalists who attacked her have no business working in the profession they've disgraced.

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Joel Pollak wrote about the despicable anti-Israel protestors carrying on outside the hotel where Benjamin Netanyahu is staying in District of Columbia for his Congress speech this week:

Several thousand pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in Washington, DC, on Wednesday ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a special joint session of Congress — the fourth of his career, a record. [...]

Elsewhere, anti-Israel activists released maggots and mealworms at the Watergate Hotel, which is where Netanyahu is staying.

Many elected Democrats in Congress have said for weeks that they intend to boycott the speech, or even to disrupt it.

Some Democrats side with the Palestinians against the Israelis. Others follow the lead of the Israeli left, which wants to displace Netanyahu from office.

Many cannot explain their opposition to the Israeli prime minister, and some simply resent the fact that he has criticized the policies of Democratic presidents for being soft on Iran (Barack Obama) or being soft on terror (Joe Biden).

It goes without saying all this is truly disgusting, and no sane person should associate with such perverts. And they can't even explain their hostility. All they care about is being obnoxious and violent.

Update: and here's a list of the Democrat members of Congress who're boycotting the speech to the assembly.

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An AI-generated Muslim woman became the first winner of an AI-based beauty pageant:

CNN reports that the world’s first AI beauty pageant has concluded with the crowning of Kenza Layli, an entirely AI-generated Moroccan Muslim lifestyle influencer. Organized by Fanvue, an influencer platform for both AI and human creators, the Miss AI contest opened in the spring and attracted entries from approximately 1,500 AI programmers worldwide.

Kenza Layli, the winning AI contestant, was created by Myriam Bessa, founder of the Phoenix AI agency. As the creator of the winning entry, Bessa will receive a $5,000 cash prize, support on the Fanvue platform, and the services of a publicist to raise Layli’s profile. The runners-up in the competition were AI contestants Lalina Valina from France and Olivia C of Portugal.

I'm sure this was no accident. So now AI is being exploited for normalizing the Religion of Peace and pushing its agendas, subtle or otherwise. It only takes the flavor out of such farces, which do not replace real beauty pageants, and only suggest AI is being used for political propaganda instead of fun pastimes.

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One of the Federalist contributors, Joy Pullman, had something interesting to say involving a certain president from not very long ago during a video interview on subject of the transsexual ideology cult:

“The roots of [transgenderism] go all the way back to Woodrow Wilson and [Franklin D. Roosevelt] and including Ronald Reagan. His federal government and bureaucracy oversaw the deepening of federal racial and sexual quotas through laws that had been put in place under Lyndon Johnson and Jimmy Carter,” Federalist Executive Editor Joy Pullmann said during an interview with Daniel Horowitz. “Feminism … does the same thing as transgenderism in basically pushing each sex to adopt the behaviors, the attitudes, the life-circuit of the other sex.”

Now it may not be surprising FDR could've sown the seeds, nor Carter, for example. But that Reagan could've had anything to do with this modern tragedy is as disturbing as it's eyebrow raising. It should be noted that back in 1983, Reagan withdrew all USA military from Lebanon following the tragic terrorist bombing that murdered 241 servicemen, and even 58 French officials. In other words, Reagan failed the troops and never avenged them. Is that setting a good example? Regrettably, Foreign Policy's writer seemed to think so.

And while Reagan may have brought down the original USSR, he failed to apply the same standards to China as he did to Russia. There's probably at least a few more unfortunate errors Reagan made in his time that're just as troubling. And this all has to make clear that, despite what some people might want us to think, Reagan sadly wasn't as effective a leader as we wish he could be. I wouldn't be surprised if there's Chinese dissidents and Lebanese Maronites who think that. Now, in addition to such history, we also sadly have to learn Reagan, even unwittingly, may have sown the seeds during his administration for the LGBT tragedy we're seeing unfold in this day and age.

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It looks like some progress and improvement's been made in how Saudi Arabia approaches the subject of Israel/Jews, although there's still serious shortcomings:

A study of Saudi school textbooks has found increased progress on the kingdom’s portrayal of Israel and Zionism, in continuation of a positive trend that has emerged in recent years.

Textbooks for the 2023-2024 school year no longer teach that Zionism is a “racist” European movement, and no longer deny the historical Jewish presence in the region, according to the study, published last week by the nonprofit IMPACT-se, which monitors educational curricula in Middle Eastern and North African countries.

“It’s a small step that shows a change of narrative towards Israel, and showcases more tolerance and openness,” said Nimrod Goren, who heads Mitvim – The Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies, to The Times of Israel.

Unfortunately, there's still a ways to go, as the following makes clear:

Designations of Israel as an “enemy state” have been expunged, but references to the “Israeli occupation” can still be found, and the curriculum still underscores Saudi Arabia’s commitment to the Palestinian cause.

The name “Israel” still does not appear on maps, but the name “Palestine,” which previously covered the entirety of Israeli territory, has now been removed, the report highlights.

Well that's definitely something they have to improve upon, and there's also something in the following to ponder:

The study on Saudi textbooks found that antisemitism has been practically eradicated from the kingdom’s curriculum. In past years, Saudi students had been exposed to egregious examples of hate and incitement in textbooks, the report noted. “Examples which have since been removed included the characterization of Jews as treacherous individuals, and Qur’anic verses teaching that Jews turned into monkeys.”

Problematic content promoting violent jihad and martyrdom has also been removed in recent years, the report noted. Instead, a nonviolent interpretation of jihad is promoted as an individual struggle for personal betterment as opposed to armed struggle against non-Muslims.

It sounds here like they're using a PC view of the word "jihad" that was employed over a decade ago in an attempt to pretend it doesn't mean "holy/religious war". Sorry, but that's no more acceptable than when apologists in the west use it. If anything, it's a form of taqqiya (deception), and here, Saudi students are being indoctrinated with it.

So while these first steps in expunging antisemitism from Saudi publications is the right way to go, they still have much more to accomplish, and if they won't abandon the Religion of Peace, nothing will be improved upon.

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