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Following the appointment of a new Chinese ambassador to the PA, and in light of the dramatic normalization agreement signed several weeks ago by Saudi Arabia and Iran, which was brokered by China, the May 2, 2023 editorial of the Palestinian daily Al-Quds suggested that China could also broker a reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas, and stated that the Palestinians people yearn for its involvement. Titled "China and Its Central Role in The World and in Palestine," the editorial praised this country for its many achievements and for the "amazing" progress it has made in the areas of economy, science...

On May 20, 2023, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported that France's Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin stated during his recent visit to the U.S.: "We have come to remind them that for Europeans, and for France, the primary risk is Sunni Islamist terrorism and that anti-terrorist collaboration between intelligence services is absolutely essential." This anodyne statement by Mr. Darmanin, whose maternal grandfather was an Algerian Muslim soldier in the French Army, has generated significant condemnation from various Islamist organizations, Islamists, and prominent figures, uniting criticism from Qatari-funded Islamists with those connected to the regime in Cairo. Their responses reflect deep concerns about...

p>NYC attacker takes plea deal for slugging Jewish man wearing Israeli military hoodie By Priscilla DeGregory May 30, 2023 https://nypost.com/2023/05/30/man-takes-plea-deal-for-slugging-jewish-man-in-israeli-clothes/ Watchdog groups slams 'insufficient sentence' for NYC antisemitic hate crime By JERUSALEM POST STAFF Published: May 31, 2023 (photo credit: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters) "StopAntisemitism is extremely troubled that repeat violent antisemite Suleiman Othman was sentenced to a mere 2 months in prison," the group said. https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-744664_____ IS THS THE SAME GUY (with a different hair style)? Mesilas Bais Yaakov Vandalized With Anti-Semitic Graffiti - Hamodia.com https://hamodia.com/2020/12/20/anti-semitic-graffiti-school-investigated-hate-crime/ Vandals sought for tagging Jewish high school in Brooklyn with names and swastika By Robert...

A graduate speaking at the City University of New York’s law school commencement called for a “revolution” to challenge oppressive institutions in the US — name-checking the “fascist” NYPD, the military, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the prison system. Future lawyer Fatima Mousa Mohammed, a Queens native who was selected by the graduating 2023 class to speak during the May 12 ceremony, praised CUNY for supporting student activism — but said the school still managed to fail students by supporting the NYPD.

* Hady Amr (racist-Arab) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Israeli-Palestinian Affairs Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs: then elevated to Special Envoy to the Palestinians “I was inspired by the Palestinian intifada,” Hady Amr wrote a year after Sept. 11, 2001.(Melanie Phillips, Deputy Director of the White House Office of Legislative Affairs Dodin legitimized and even encouraged suicide bombings against Jews. (Incoming senior Biden staffer justified suicide bombers during Second Intifada, JNS, Nov 24, 2020. In 2002, Reema Dodin, then a student at the University of California, Berkeley, spoke about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying that “suicide bombers were the last resort of...

https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2023/01/if-anti-zionism-isnt-antisemitism-why.html Jan 2, 2023 If anti-Zionism isn't antisemitism, why did Arabs recruit Nazis in 1948?Continuing my review of the Palestine Post articles from 75 years ago, we see this interesting piece from January 2, 1948:It turns out this was far from the only reporting in 1948 of close cooperation between Arabs who wanted to murder the Jews and the Nazis who were experts on the topic.January 6:January 9:February 22 (JTA):Arab agents are today recruiting mercenaries to fight against the Jews in Palestine from among the Yugoslav Ustashi and Chetniks and the Ukrainians, Albanians, Circassians (former inhabitants of the northwestern area...

In a May 11, 2023 article, we explored the axiom that all cultures are created equal -- or, in Pope Francis’s words, “Never again can the Christian community allow itself to be infected by the idea that one culture is superior to others.” Two days later, that claim was put to test right here in the USA, when all bedlam broke lose in Minneapolis. On May 13, 2023: A riot erupted in Minnesota during Democrat nominations for Minneapolis City Council on Saturday, which led to no candidate being chosen in Ward 10 after officials were forced to shut down the...

Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin stresses importance of collaboration between intelligence services in visit to US. France's Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said that the primary risk for Europe and France is "Sunni Islamist terrorism” Ashleigh Furlong May 20, 2023 There’s a risk of a “resumption” of the “Islamist terrorist” threat in Europe, France’s Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said during a visit to the U.S. Stressing the importance of anti-terrorism collaboration between intelligence services from both sides of the Atlantic, Darmanin said in an interview with Agence France-Presse that “for Europeans and for France the primary risk is Sunni Islamist terrorism.” While...

Leo Dee announces intention to sue CNN for 'shootout' comments, says he rejected Christiane Amanpour's email apology. Leo Dee, who lost his wife and two of his daughters in a terror attack, has announced that he will sue CNN for comments claiming they were "killed in a shootout." Speaking to i24NEWS, Dee said, "The fact that they said they were killed, and not brutally murdered by evil Palestinian terrorists funded by Iran is the typical CNN-ism, where they basically try like this comparison between the victim and the terrorist." "Christiane Amanpour wrote me a brief email apologizing for any misunderstanding...

Esra Erdogan’s emergence as a vocal advocate for Islamic dominance and staunch critic of the West and Christianity raises concerns about a significant global threat. Esra Erdoğan, the daughter of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has emerged as a vocal advocate for Islamic dominance and a staunch critic of the West and Christianity. Following in her father’s footsteps, Esra has taken to social media to express her disdain for Western values and her belief in the ultimate victory of the Islamic crescent over the cross of the West. Esra Erdoğan, a sociologist by profession, completed her high school education at...

A chilling video threat from Islamic Jihad in Gaza, showing them readying rockets to be launched against Israeli civilians. The terrorists posted the video and threatened, “We haven’t started yet.” This after dozens of rockets launched from Gaza by Hamas and Islamic Jihad Terrorists hit Israeli targets earlier today and over the past several days. Israeli Defense Forces have responded to defend Israelis with attacks hitting inside Gaza. The bottom line: The Islamic radicals don’t recognize Israel’s right to exist. . . .

Muslims finally prevailed in the West, not by force of arms, but because Christians lost — including themselves. In his well-known history of Western civilization, Edward Gibbon (1737–1794) offered an interesting "what if" scenario concerning the pivotal Battle of Tours (732 A.D.). Then and there, a massive Muslim army — which had terrorized, slaughtered, and enslaved every Christian in its path — was finally halted and defeated by the Franks in the middle of France. Had the Muslims actually won, Gibbon predicted that [p]erhaps the interpretation of the Koran would now be taught in the schools of Oxford, and her...

The Taliban, earlier this month, prohibited women and families from accessing the garden restaurants in Herat. Video games, foreign movies, and music have been outlawed in Afghanistan under the Taliban government because they are considered to be anti-Islamic. This ban is first imposed in the western city of Herat in Afghanistan. More than 400 firms in Herat had to shut down as a result of the sudden ban enforced by the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. According to Maulana Azizurrahman Mohajir, the provincial head of the Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of...

After conducting raids at various locations in West Bengal, India, the National Investigating Agency (NIA) detained two Muslims, identified as Merazuddin Ali Khan, a resident of Bokaro, and Mir Mohammed Nuruzzaman, a native of West Bengal’s Birbhum district, on Friday, March 31. As Jihad Watch stated in a preliminary report on Thursday, the arrested individuals were linked to the seizure of a massive cache of electric detonators in Birbhum in June last year.During a press conference following the arrests, the NIA representative said, “While Mir Mohammed Nuruzzaman had supplied 27,000 kg of ammonium nitrate to Rintu Sk, Merazuddin Ali Khan...

Former President Obama late on Thursday said that the expulsion of Tennessee lawmakers after they participated in a gun violence protest on the House floor is a “sign of weakness,” arguing that silencing dissenters won’t lead to progress. “What happened in Tennessee is the latest example of a broader erosion of civility and democratic norms. Silencing those who disagree with us is a sign of weakness, not strength, and it won’t lead to progress,” the former president tweeted. He added that elected officials should not lose their jobs for speaking out, especially when the protests are geared toward protecting children....

With everyone distracted by China, skyrocketing crime and inflation, a nonexistent Southern border, and rapidly increasing authoritarianism in Washington, the Islamic State (ISIS) has taken the opportunity to strike again in North America. ... An attack on a transit bus in Surrey, B.C. over the weekend is being treated as terrorism after RCMP national security police took over the investigation.” It seems that the perpetrator, a manifestation of Canada’s deep commitment to diversity and multiculturalism named Abdul Aziz Kawam, was “initially charged with attempted murder for allegedly slashing a bus passenger’s throat on Saturday morning, but prosecutors added four counts...

AbuAliEnglish @AbuAliEnglishB1 Tweeted Mar 25, 2023: The #Abu_Ali Mustafa Brigades, the military wing of the #Popular_Front (PFLP), accepted responsibility for tonight's shooting attack in Hawara. Attached are Palestinian cartoons celebrating the attack, linking it to the .. month of #Ramadan. Mar 25, 2023https://twitter.com/AbuAliEnglishB1/status/1639728032981164035(Cartoons combine Al Aqsa Mosque as a lid to a pot, bullets in a pita bread).

Demonstrators lay in the entrance plaza of the Tel Aviv District Police and were arrested. The Magistrate's Court judge refused to release one of them with an unusual reasoning: "In the end we will be hanging next to each other." Channel 7, 2nd in Nisan 5783, 24.03.23 The judge of the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court, Dr. Menachem (Mario) Klein, refused to release one of the protesters who was arrested. This morning (Friday) at the end of a second hearing in his case, the protester was released. Judge Klein, who served as duty judge at the time, wrote that the protest...

Thanks to Medforth. Note that one of those who posted photographs observes that previously, London was only decorated in this way for Christmas. How long before the Christmas decorations come down, and only these are permitted? Meanwhile, this is what London is celebrating: “Ramadan is not a month of laziness but rather a month of activity, of effort, and of hard work, and as it also was in the life of the Prophet, a month of jihad, conquest, and victory.” — Palestinian Authority Supreme Sharia Judge Mahmoud Al-Habbash

The German tourist who was attacked yesterday in Nablus recounts the attack and says - the PA police were unable to help at all Gerald Hetzel, the German tourist who was attacked yesterday with his friend in Nablus told about the difficult moments. In an interview with Maya Rachlin in the edition of Five Today (Sunday), he describes what happened and his helplessness. The pair of tourists got into a shared vehicle of the Tel Aviv Municipality with the Israeli flag on it and were therefore attacked. Gerald says that the two entered Nablus to visit the old city, and...