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Walt Kelly’s Pogo once declared, “We have met the enemy, and he is us.” For the Jewish people, that enemy has too often worn the face of institutional power held by their own. No institution better illustrates this tragic dynamic than The New York Times — America’s self-styled “newspaper of record.” For over a century, the Times has exhibited a consistent pattern of minimizing Jewish suffering, sanitizing threats, and framing Jewish self-defense in ways that echo classic antisemitic tropes. The betrayal cuts deeper precisely because so many of its architects have been Jews seeking acceptance in elite circles. Sometimes the...

A recent analysis by a Yale professor claimed The New York Times‘ coverage of the Gaza conflict downplayed Israeli losses after the Hamas terror group’s Oct. 7, 2023, invasion of the Jewish state and minimized the role of Palestinian violence in sustaining the war. The findings have added fuel to ongoing debates about media bias in reporting on the war, with one prominent critic of the Times arguing that they fit with not only a long-standing pattern of portraying Israel as a belligerent aggressor but also a deep hostility toward the Jewish state among the newspaper’s top leadership. The study...

In Canada, the punishment for being found trading with Israeli settlements is up to five years under the nation's Special Economic Measures Act. In the UK, the punishment is up to 10 years. Individuals or companies found trading with Israeli settlements could face up to three years in prison under the proposed Norwegian trade restrictions bill, expected by Norway's Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide to be passed in the fall. *** "The arguments have only become stronger because the situation in the West Bank has become even worse," Eide told the country's public broadcaster, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK). "In...

They never cared about animals or the environment. After horrifying images of Muslim migrants who had invaded the Spanish North African territory of Ceuta killing a baby dolphin went viral, animal rights activists rallied to their defense. “The party rejects the instrumentalization of the suffering of a people or of its animals to foment hatred,” Spain’s Partido Animalista (PACMA) party declared. The party whose former name was the ‘Animalist Party Against the Mistreatment of Animals’, was willing to defend animal abusers as long as it advanced the greater cause of Muslim migrants invading Europe. But that makes PACMA no different...

The US Air Force colonel rescued from Iran in April revealed Sunday that the “most terrifying moment” of surviving nearly two days on enemy lines was plummeting to earth with a damaged parachute after his F-15E Strike Eagle was shot down. The weapons systems officer — identified only by the mission call sign Dude 44 Bravo — spoke publicly about his unbelievable tale of survival for the first time in an interview with CBS “60 Minutes” host Norah O’Donnell for the show’s 59th season premiere Sunday evening. Bravo’s plane was shot down by an Iranian with a shoulder-fired missile on...

Leaders across Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales are preparing for a meeting to begin the process of seceding from the United Kingdom.The leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will gather on Monday to sign a deal designed to kick-start the break-up of the United Kingdom, The Telegraph can disclose.🔗: https://t.co/VeumqBREAKING:The Telegraph writes that the leaders of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will meet in Cardiff tomorrow sign a deal on starting cooperation breaking up the UK.They will demand the right to independence referendum, or in the case of Northern Ireland, on the right to become part of Ireland. After...

Saudi Arabia will run out of oil stocks for exports if it doesn't restart its major pipeline to the Red Sea within days, leading to a loss of up to 4% of global supply, Saudi oil buyers and traders said. A further decline in Saudi flows will worsen the global supply crunch, which has already pushed global fuel prices to record highs, spurred inflation around the world and sent U.S. bond yields to the highest levels since the 2008 financial crisis. Since drone attacks forced Saudi Arabia to shut its huge east-west oil pipeline on Friday, Riyadh has not given...

"The global oil supply was hit hard by unrest in the Middle East at a time when it was already under pressure due to the Ukraine conflict. And, sadly, we don’t see signs of the situation improving anytime soon. Prices at the pump are thus continuing to climb, with diesel having recently hit an all-time high then climbed above a nationwide average of $6. But if you thought expensive fuel was a problem, then you won’t be too happy to learn that things are looking even worse for motor oil. That's because it’s more profitable for oil companies to refine...

A 22-year-old University of Waterloo student made 24 trips across the U.S. border to covertly map critical airport infrastructure for a suspected Chinese intelligence handler. According to a 19-page FBI affidavit filed in federal court, Chinese citizen Weiheng Zeng was arrested at the Ambassador Bridge in August 2026. Surveillance cameras at Chicago O’Hare previously caught him climbing forklifts, walking fence lines, and trying to open locked shipping containers at a FedEx facility. He carried out a similar operation at Toronto Pearson airport after being confronted inside by an employee. To evade North American surveillance, Zeng used a dedicated Huawei phone...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian diesel, saying the attacks are causing a global shortage. He spoke after diesel prices in the U.S. hit a record on Friday, soaring past $6 a gallon on average.

President Donald Trump has a simple proposition for Chinese automakers: if they want American customers, build the factory here and hire American workers.I understand the appeal.Trump said Saturday that he would be comfortable with Chinese companies manufacturing cars in the United States as long as they employ Americans. He contrasted that with Chinese manufacturers building vehicles in Mexico and shipping them north across the border.From Reuters:"If China wanted to come in and open a plant to build their cars here, I'd be okay with that," Trump said in an interview on the Fox News program "The Ingraham Angle.""Japan does it,...

My, what a difference a few days makes.On Wednesday, it looked like a surprise offensive by Yemeni government forces had knocked Iran's proxies, the Houthis, back on their heels. In just a day of hard fighting, the Houthis had been routed from several strongholds and Yemeni Deputy Defense Minister Samir al-Sabri declared that “the decision has been made to retake Sanaa.”🇾🇪⚡- In the past hour, Presidential Leadership Council forces have launched a major offensive in the al-Bayda' Governorate, southern Yemen.The fighting is no longer confined to a few directions, Yemen is once again engaged in a full-scale civil war, with...

A regional train carrying 186 passengers derailed in northwestern France Friday evening, injuring 44 people — including a young woman critically (although she is expected to survive). A metal object was found on the track following the disaster. Officials suspect it wasn’t an accident. French law enforcement wants to know what the object was, and just what the heck it was doing there. A spokeswoman for the French national police communications service, known as SICOP, told The Associated Press the piece of rail found on the track was "probably" linked to the derailment. She spoke on condition of anonymity because...

Mallorca is taking a less-is-more approach to tourism as anger swells among locals MALLORCA, Spain—This Mediterranean island is a tourist paradise, with glittering turquoise seas, hidden coves and endless white-sand beaches that have been luring Europeans for generations. It is also the epicenter of Europe’s backlash to overtourism. Local residents have taken to the streets and beaches repeatedly this summer to protest the island’s growing flock of visitors, united by one message: “Tourists, go home.” The island—roughly 125 miles east of the Spanish mainland, with a population of about one million—is on track to welcome about 14 million tourists this...

In the final quarter of the 20th century, the far-right was primarily associated with antisemitism and racism. By the end of the first quarter of the 21st century, however, its exclusionary rhetoric had increasingly shifted toward immigrants, while its traditional antisemitic positions had, in significant parts of the European radical right, been replaced or reframed through Islamophobic discourse. Zionism and pro-Americanism, once regarded as two major ideological enemies, increasingly became part of its own political identity. The U.S.-Israel alignment that accompanied this sharp paradigm shift contributed to the transformation of the far-right from a marginal movement with limited electoral support...

Donald Trump said he could “settle” any conflict over the Falkland Islands, describing a war between the UK and Argentina as a “potential disaster." The US president previously hinted that he might not back the UK’s sovereignty over the Falklands if Argentina launched an attack. Speaking to the press while sitting with Irish Taoiseach Micheál Martin during his two-day visit to Ireland, Trump mocked the UK, saying it would not “be willing to travel that far” if Argentina invaded the Falklands as it did in 1982. Trump said: "Well, the Falkland Islands is very interesting because here we go again....

One year ago, Charlie Kirk was shot dead; the British government immediately got to work. Following Kirk’s murder, the Research, Information and Communications Unit (RICU), a UK government counter-extremism and anti-terrorism unit, began monitoring thousands of social media channels, gauging the reaction of what they describe as “Extreme Right-Wing” (ERW) activists. Published here for the first time, a memo written by RICU reveals that officials assessed that “Extreme Right-Wing” activists, including Tommy Robinson, would use Kirk’s assassination to “push pro-free speech narratives.” Counter-extremism agents assessed that right-wing extremists would use Kirk’s death to “encourage more radical action” and “abandon political...

The United States will sell Black Hawk military helicopters to Argentina for the first time, despite renewed tensions with the UK over the Falkland Islands. The state department said the proposed $140m (£103m) deal – which would give Buenos Aires four UH-60L helicopters – would improve Argentina's ability "to meet current and future threats". The move follows Donald Trump's inflammatory comments about the Falklands, with the US president suggesting he would not help Britain fight an invasion of the islands by Argentina. Last week, The Telegraph reported that the US could also oppose Britain's claim to sovereignty over the islands...

..... John Howard was the only world leader besides president George W. Bush who could see and feel the trauma, the chaos, the panic, the fear Americans felt that day. ..... The next day, vice-president Dick Cheney loaned us Air Force Two to get the prime minister back home to Australia. (The PM come over on a Qantas commercial flight and the president’s order to ground all commercial flights meant Qantas wouldn’t fly that day). ..... The secure communications on Air Force Two were quickly put to use. The prime minister called foreign minister Alexander Downer to tell him he...

Iran is growing more aggressive in its attacks on US warships, including an aircraft carrier — firing three strikes in the past week in a clear act of escalation not seen since the start of the war. While Iran has mainly focused its strikes on US and ally bases in the Middle East for most of the war, Tehran has now appeared to set its sights on the Navy vessels maintaining the blockade that is choking its economy. The new attacks have led to much closer calls than before as US officials grow concern that Iran’s targeting ability has vastly...