Israel has just released documents that Yahya Sinwar, the mastermind of the atrocities carried out by 6,000 Hamas operatives on October 7, 2023, wrote. Sinwar was keenly aware of the need to make the attacks as brutal as possible, to film them as they were being carried out, and then both to post those films […]
In The Netherlands, Migrants Go to Head of the Line for Social Housing
Dutch young people who need social housing — housing, that is, which is subsidized by the government — have been told that they can “live with their parents” and that such housing must go first to immigrants who, of course, do not have such a possibility. When it comes to public housing in the Netherlands, […]
In Balochistan, Iran, the Rebellion Heats Up
Iran has many weaknesses. One is economic: the country’s finances are in total disarray. Thanks to the American blockade, no Iran oil — the mainstay of the economy — is now being exported. The rial is now the lowest it has ever been; a single dollar is now worth 2.3 million rials; in 1979, when […]
Half of the Seven Million Muslims Now in France Claim They Might Leave the Country if Le Pen Wins
It turns out that close to half of the seven million Muslims now in France claim they might leave the country if the anti-Muslim immigrant Marine Le Pen, the head of the National Rally party, who will be running in the next presidential election, manages to win. And right now, in a head-to-head contest with […]
Actress Selma Blair Spoke Up For Israel, And Then Her Career Cratered
Selma Blair is, or was until very recently, a well-respected actress in Hollywood. She is also Jewish, not in the mold of Wallace Shawn and Peter Beinart, who detest the Jewish state, but in that of Jamie Lee Curtis and Debra Messing, who have defended the embattled state from the corner of Hollywood and Vine. […]
Hate In Healthcare: Five NHS Staff Give Free Rein to Their Murderous Antisemitism
Five staff members of the British National Health Service (NHS), including three doctors, have been posting antisemitic claims worthy of Der Stürmer. And now, provided with evidence by the Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA), NHS investigators are finally examining the online postings of these five, who may be only the tip of a very threatening iceberg. […]
Two-Thirds of Lebanese Shi’a Want Hezbollah to Be Disarmed
Even many of the Shi’a in Lebanon now want Hezbollah to be disarmed, so that their country can be spared further attacks by Israel, and a peace agreement can be reached between their country and Israel. More on Hezbollah’s loss of Shi’a support is discussed here: “Two-Thirds of Lebanese Shias Want Hezbollah Disarmed as Survey […]
One of These Is Not a Poem (#743 in a series)
Mnemosyne By Trumbull Stickney It’s autumn in the country I remember. How warm a wind blew here about the ways! And shadows on the hillside lay to slumber During the long sun-sweetened summer-days. It’s cold abroad the country I remember. The swallows veering skimmed the golden grain At midday with a wing aslant and limber; […]
Iran Prepares for War
Iran is fortifying key locations, including the nuclear site at Pickaxe Mountain, and its rebuilt ballistic missile factories, against the threat of renewed war. It is taking Trump at his word — no attack on Iran will be launched before the midterm elections on November 4 but then, all bets are off, unless Iran agrees […]
The Women of Piddington Are ‘Terrified’
Piddington is a scenic village in Oxfordshire, population 350. Now the British government has been planning to house 1,250 single male migrants, overwhelmingly Muslim, in a disused army barrack in Bicester, right next to Piddington. In response, the people of Piddington held a vote, and 97% of them voted to secede from the UK, a […]