Saturday, June 27, 2026

AUSTRALIA
EmojiAustralia (AHPRA) adopted IHRA in healthcare
EmojiIranian agents lived in Australia before directing attacks on Sydney and Melbourne https://apnews.com/article/australia-iran-attacks-sydney-melbourne-d757a2bc2aa540ddff9f6164343e7705

CANADA
Edmonton to make Arabic courses widely available in public elementary and high schools, with help from Qatar https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/edmonton-public-schools-to-make-arabic-language-course-sequences-widely-available/

IRAN
EmojiIran attacks a ship. America responded by striking Iranian missile storage facilities, drone sites, and coastal radar installations. Plus, the Islamic regime has suffered a major defeat in Lebanon. The regime in Iran is being told it has no role in Lebanon’s future. 

ISRAEL
EmojiIsrael and Lebanon sign framework agreement with US in ‘first step’ toward peace, Rubio says
EmojiIsrael and Lebanon aren't party to the MOU between the US and Iran. Diplomacy that excludes Israel is a mistake. It’s not realistic, practical, or strategic, and carries great risks to overall Iran-US negotiations
EmojiAnother blow to the apartheid myth: Arab Israeli appointed deputy mayor of Tel Aviv https://worldisraelnews.com/apartheid-arab-israeli-appointed-deputy-mayor-of-tel-aviv/

LEBANON
EmojiIsrael and Lebanon signed a framework agreement that will lead to full peace.  Lebanese MPs celebrate the agreement between Israel and Lebanon, directly calling out Hezbollah as the root of all problems between the two countries. Hezbollah and its supporters rioted in response. https://www.wz.de/politik/ausland/erster-schritt-israel-und-libanon-schliessen-vereinbarung_aid-150563519, https://x.com/IhabHassane/status/2070627865779925118?s=20
EmojiTrump warns Iran to stop ‘proxies in Lebanon’ or US will hit Tehran 'very hard again' https://ground.news/article/trump-warns-iran-to-stop-proxies-in-lebanon-or-us-will-hit-tehran-very-hard-again_c9211e

PALESTINIANS/PA/HAMAS
EmojiInventing Palestine - "The Palestinian concept did not come about organically. It was created deliberately, with the intent to destroy Israel and Jewish sovereignty." https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/06/inventing_palestine.html
EmojiPalestinian Islamic Jihad admits one of its fighters posed as a journalist and used Shifa Hospital as a base — precisely as Israel said https://x.com/Aizenberg55/status/2069874777045586005?s=20
EmojiAnti-Hamas Protests Crushed - Hamas terrorists threatened displaced families in Gaza yesterday, warning them that they would be expelled from their tents if they took part in the protests.https://worldisraelnews.com/anti-hamas-protests-crushed-with-kidnapping-death-threats/

SLOVENIA
Slovenia's new Prime Minister has undid his country's recognition of Palestine and will be moving the Slovenian embassy from Tel Aviv back to Jerusalem. https://www.instagram.com/p/DZOhU3Hk7ch/

SUDAN
U.S.-Iran MOU risks enabling spread of Iranian weapons and influence - compounding Sudan's misery: The Sudan war has killed 500,000 people by violence, hunger, and disease and forced more than ten million to flee their homes. The war pits forces backed by Iran, Turkey, and the Muslim Brotherhood against an opposition coalition that is backed by the United Arab Emirates. Iranian intervention is a principal factor causing the war to drag on. https://peacecomms.substack.com/p/iranian-drones-compound-sudans-misery

SYRIA

TURKEY
EmojiUS to move forward with Turkey jet engine sales despite Congressional objections - Vice President JD Vance said Turkey has fulfilled its obligations under U.S. law in order to receive advanced F-35 fighter jets. Considering that Turkey has declared war on Israel, this must be seen as America discontinuing its pledge to maintain military superiority for Israel. That would certainly dovetail with Trump and Vance's abandonment of Israel for vigorously defending itself and not following orders. https://nypost.com/2026/06/25/us-news/nicole-malliotakis-joins-greg-meeks-quest-to-stop-trumps-750m-deal-with-turkey/
EmojiTurkey: Hamas's Safe Haven and the West's Dangerous Blind Spot https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/22650/turkey-hamas-safe-haven, see also https://www.ynetnews.com/article/h13ndssmzx

UK
EmojiJudge orders pro-Palestine 'legal' body to pay UK-Israeli IDF soldier it attempted to prosecute https://www.jpost.com/international/article-900165

UN
UN Human Rights Council issued an evidence-free claim that Israel deliberately targets children - a masterpiece of the antisemitic genre. Every trope under the sun is there. Please take the time to read the billiant UN Watch Legal Rebuttal: Disproving the Pillay Commission’s Charge That Israel Deliberately Targets Palestinian Children  https://unwatch.org/un-watch-legal-rebuttal-disproving-the-pillay-commissions-charge-that-israel-deliberately-targets-palestinian-children/

USA
EmojiWho Is Congressional Candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier? https://honestreporting.com/who-is-congressional-candidate-darializa-avila-chevalier/
EmojiZohran Mamdani mourned Hamas terrorist Ahmed Wishah who posed as an Al Jazeera journalist killed by Israel. Wishah was a Hamas sniper, seen armed and praised online as a mujahid. Israel didn’t target an innocent journalist. It targeted a terrorist. https://x.com/HonestReporting/status/2069796535366234245?s=20


Your weekly reminder that Wikipedia is an unreliable source for information. Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger announced he was indefinitely banned from editing the site after he attempted to fight against rampant anti-Israel bias on the platform. Fox reported he was banned for promoting diversity, Gadget Review/Yahoo reported he was banned for "canvassing." 
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The U.S. and Iran say they have reached a deal, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) not a ceasefire. As details of the agreement to end the war start to emerge, both the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal have refered to the deal as a defeat for the US. Republican senators are divided. Lindsey Graham stated he believes the MoU will be "beneficial for the US," while Ted Cruz said, "Giving billions of dollars to theocratic lunatics who want to murder us is a bad idea." Trump has repeatedly said that preventing Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon was the primary reason for the military campaign. CIA Director John Ratcliffe told President Trump that evidence gathered by U.S. intelligence agencies raises serious doubts about Iran's willingness to make the nuclear concession
There are zero substantive enforceable commitments from the Islamic Republic in the MoU https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-06-16/read-the-14-point-draft-memorandum-between-the-us-and-iran
Trump secretly approved Qatar-Iran cash deal - under which billions of dollars were paid to Tehran in exchange for free passage for Qatari tankers and ships https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/06/15/trump-secretly-approved-qatar-iran-cash-deal/

Taliban Open Fire on Afghan Women's Rights Protest https://ground.news/article/9e29b8ea-0cd4-4d65-ad03-c82ecf17aa6b

France 24: One Story, Two Languages, Two Different Realities - France 24's Spanish and English reporting are at odds with each other.  https://www.camera.org/article/france-24-one-story-two-languages-two-different-realities/

The City Council of Paris has officially granted honorary citizenship to Palestinian civilian populations


Italian authorities canceled Kanye West's planned concert in Reggio Emilia. The decision followed advocacy from local Jewish leaders and demonstrated that antisemitism should not be ignored or normalized
European Parliament hosted a “Justice for Palestine” concert in Strasbourg on Tuesday headlined by French rapper Médine, notorious for a long record of antisemitic statements.

A day after Trump signed the MoU, Hezbollah launched a large missile attack on northern Israel
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun's Dramatic Declarations Of Sovereignty: Lebanon Belongs To The Lebanese, Not To Iran; We Want To Live In Peace And Not Die In Iran's Wars, https://www.memri.org/reports/lebanese-president-joseph-aouns-dramatic-declarations-sovereignty-lebanon-belongs-lebanese
I'm not sure how Israel and Lebanon are going to get anywhere in ceasefire negotiations as long as 'The Anti-Normalization Laws' are still on the books.The statute explicitly criminalizes any agreements, financial dealings, or contact with Israeli nationals or entities. Even casual online interactions or expressing public sympathy toward Israel carry significant legal risks. A day after Trump signed the MOU the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation (LBC) faced new threats from Hezbollah warning of “consequences” unless it tones down criticism of the armed group and stops broadcasting Israeli voices. Israel has said the talks are ultimately aimed at securing a full peace deal while Lebanon has said they are only focused on de-escalation.

EmojiPalestinian Activists Call for "Day of Rage" [June 26] Protests Against Hamas Control in Gaza 
EmojiClans repel Hamas assault near Gaza’s “yellow line” https://peacecomms.substack.com/p/clans-repel-hamas-assault-near-gazas
EmojiGaza Board of Peace to Continue Rehabilitation in Areas Not Controlled by Hamas -  (Jerusalem Post) Hamas's refusal to disarm "constitutes a serious breach of the agreement. As long as this remains the situation, the BoP is not able to invest in long-term infrastructure or housing projects in areas under Hamas."
EmojiThe world may not like Trump’s Gaza plan — but there is no alternative -https://www.ft.com/content/2472e584-758b-4a3f-83d1-9fba042a9312
EmojiU.S. Building Military Base on Gaza Border - (Israel Hayom) 
EmojiHamas members executed and maimed dozens of Palestinians in Gaza, UN report says
EmojiHamas Turns Gaza Hospitals and Schools Into Torture Chambers as It Reestablishes Police State: Gazans Describe Horrific Interrogations, Beatings
Emoji$3–4 billion raised in Gaza’s name over three years. stolen by Hamas.
EmojiFatah angry at Iran for not destroying Israel https://palwatch.org/page/42266

Diplomatic immunity of outgoing UNRWA commissioner-general Philippe Lazzarini ends on June 31st. On July 1st, UN Watch will be demanding his indictment for complicity in terrorism, war crimes, etc
After October 7th, Dr. Alice Jill Edwards, the UN Special Rapporteur on torture, funded her own trip to Israel to witness and document the horrors of Hamas's massacre. Other rapporteurs whitewashed Hamas atrocities. https://www.thejc.com/news/world/i-documented-the-horrors-of-october-7-but-colleagues-watered-it-down-claims-un-torture-rapporteur-vk9f8mqh

USA
PAC and big money in politics remain in the news. The Justice Dept. claims anti-Israel sentiment drove perps to plan an attack on the WhiteHouse. TracKAIPAC was used to create a kill list. The rise of anti-Israel extremists on the Left are being funded by both anti-Israel tech-investors and a GOP front group.
Smith College’s Advisory Committee on Investor Responsibility (ACIR) has officially rejected the divestment proposal advanced by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) and Smith Alums for Justice in Palestine
Stanford grads walk out on Google CEO Sundar Pichai Around 200 students, some waving Palestinian flags and carrying banners reading "ICE Spies With Google AI" and "Genocide Runs on Google," walked out of Stanford University's commencement ceremony on Sunday as Google CEO Sundar Pichai took the stage to deliver the keynote address. https://ground.news/article/1a2c3698-468c-4e53-bf02-04a8a24ae249

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Friday, June 12, 2026

 IRAN
https://www.axios.com/2026/06/12/iran-deal-mou-strait-open-sanctions-relief "No Deal is better than a bad deal," Mark Dubowitz, FDD
EmojiThe Iranian regime have admitted that Trita Parsi acted as an unregistered lobbyist for Tehran. He’s been one of the main forces spreading pro-regime propaganda in the U.S., in coordination with elements of the far-left and right. Stephen Bannon has promoted Parsi and talked about how Parsi has been working with American Conservative’s Curt Mills. The State Dept is considering possible deportation proceedings. Parsi is a Swedish-Iranian foreign policy analyst, author, the founder of NIAC, and Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, 
EmojiIran’s Mehr news agency publishes the purported text of the draft agreement with Trump. It reads like an IRGC wish list. Translation here: https://x.com/yarotrof/status/2065357315058880709?s=20 Mehr News is run by the Iranian government.
EmojiThe US burned through half its rockets before the latest round of war with Iran and global oil inventories/reserves are on the brink of being used up. If you're short on time, listen to last 5 minutes, from 28 in this podcast: 
EmojiIran's Execution Machine Is Running at Full Speed (RealClear World) 
EmojiAircraft Shot Down by Iran  – Are The Same Types Of Aircraft Along With Their Top-Secret Technology Sold to Qatar Despite DoD Concerns https://www.memri.org/reports/subhan-allah-%E2%80%93-allah-be-praised-%E2%80%93-what-coincidence-us-f-15-apache-and-mq-9-combat-aircraft
EmojiDo you or someone you know use natural human hair for example for extensions or wigs? Please think about how that hair is sourced. There are reports of illegal exports of hair from Iran. Is it coming from women dealing with poverty or from prisoners? https://www.panorama.am/en/news/2026/06/09/customs-undeclared-hair/3161322, https://wncri.org/2025/04/14/selling-hair-to-survive-iranian-women/, https://www.newarab.com/news/us-seizes-human-hair-shipment-made-uighur-camps

Media Matters
The most important revelation of the Gaza war—indisputable proof that Hamas & PIJ systematically posed as journalists—continues to be ignored by the mainstream media.
EmojiCommittee to Protect Journalists has quietly removed 8 fake Gaza "journalists" because it finally admitted they "participated in combat." CPJ issued over 100 articles since 10/7 slamming Israel but not ONE mention that Hamas & PIJ abused the press vest for combat. https://x.com/Aizenberg55/status/2063991178593239104?s=20
Emoji“TrackAIPAC,” the social media account  run by Cory Archibald and Casey Kennedy (who live in Germany) that demonizes lawmakers for supporting Israel and accuses them of acting as “foreign agents,” got its start on X as “California for Warren” https://freebeacon.com/democrats/america-first-aipac-tracker-was-first-california-for-warren-describing-itself-as-part-of-massachusetts-senators-presidential-campaign/ see also https://x.com/cwebbonline/status/2063397804861768040?s=20
EmojiNewsGuard’s audit of 11 leading AI models finds they repeated false claims related to the Iran war 25% of the time. https://www.newsguardtech.com/ai-monitor/may-2026/
EmojiAP takes the infantilization of Palestinians to a new nadir, reaching parody proportions. https://www.camera.org/article/camera-op-ed-no-lie-too-extreme/ Honest Reporting described another Associated Press piece:  Journalism should inform, not steer audiences toward a predetermined conclusion. By privileging activist narratives, omitting key historical context, and relying heavily on emotionally loaded framing, AP's reports fall short of that standard. https://x.com/HonestReporting/status/2064990313748348981
Emoji🧃👃🪁🧼 These emojis may look harmless, but they’re increasingly being used to disguise antisemitic slurs, stereotypes, conspiracy theories, and Holocaust mockery.

Show Your Pride?

The organizers of the Rome Pride Parade announced that the Jewish LGBTQ+ groups Keshet Italia and Keshet Europe will not be allowed to join the parade with a float
https://www.timesofisrael.com/rome-pride-bars-jewish-lgbt-group-for-not-distancing-itself-from-gaza-genocide/ Conditioning a marginalized group's inclusion in Pride on specific political tests contradicts the movement's foundational values.
In an opinion piece in The Forward, psychologist Joshua Simmons highlights how the aftermath of Oct. 7 has fractured LGBtQ+ spaces for queer Jews…
Tel Aviv holds first Pride parade since Oct. 7 - Israel is the only country in the Middle East to host a pride parade. https://www.timesofisrael.com/tel-aviv-holds-first-pride-parade-since-oct-7-cops-impede-some-anti-government-marchers/

ARTS
EmojiNatalie Portman, Justine Triet and Jacques Audiner joined over 350 French cinema figures in an open letter to condemn the cultural boycott of Israeli director Nadav Lapid as "an intellectual failure" after pressure forced him off a festival jury… Note: Lapid is a sharp critic of Netanyahu's government. Anti-Israel and anti-Zionist activists have a long history of turning on their own  https://honestreporting.com/nadav-lapid-filmmaker-fierce-critic-of-israel-latest-victim-of-bds-mob/
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EUROPE
Poland seizes heroin shipment worth almost $60 million  - The illicit cargo originated in Iran, traveled through a complex international trafficking route, and was shipped via the United Arab Emirates

GULF
Gulf family offices are reducing reliance on the U.S. dollar and shifting toward diversified currency holdings, including the Swiss franc and euro, amid concerns about geopolitical risk. 

LIBYA
Ten members of the Gaza-bound Global Sumud land convoy were detained by eastern Libyan authorities more than a week ago, and their detention has now been extended. Unlike with Israel, the case has received no international media coverage or global outrage

UK
EmojiAttempted Beheading Sparks Violent Riots Across The United Kingdom - ‘Beheading’ suspect used asylum loophole to enter UK https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06/09/belfast-stabbing/ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bui5DKDuTUc  This horrific event reminded me of the murder of British soldier Lee Rigby in May 2013. Two Islamic extremists, Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale, ran Rigby down with a car and used knives and meat cleavers to hack and attempt to decapitate him on John Wilson Street in Woolwich, south-east London.  
EmojiFour Palestine Action members were convicted of criminal damage and sentenced to prison. One was also convicted of inflicting grievous bodily harm on a police officer

UN
EmojiUSAID OIG’s “active and ongoing investigation” has either suspended or debarred 108 UNRWA staff for “having participated in the October 7 and/or having Hamas affiliation,” https://nypost.com/2026/06/08/us-news/more-than-100-unrwa-staff-helped-hamas-carry-out-oct-7-attack-federal-watchdog/
EmojiUN human-rights experts are increasingly apologists for terrorists and authoritarians.

USA
Emoji8 linked to UM indicted by Federal Grand Jury in Detroit for threats (incl. to poison an individual), vandalism targeting University of Michigan regents, police, and businesses. One of the 8, Mariam Odeh, was on the staff of U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed as recently as April.
EmojiIn NYC, Mamdani is about to wipe $40 billion off the pensions of New York City workers, demanding divestment from companies with business ties to Israel. https://www.adl.org/resources/press-release/israel-divestment-could-cost-nyc-taxpayers-37-billion-new-adl-jlens
EmojiMohsen Mahdawi, a 34 year old at Columbia University who spent 15 years as an undergrad student, is appealing deportation to his native Jordan. Mahdawi was one of the leading agitators at the Columbia riots post 10/7. https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/mohsen-mahdawi-appeals-retaliatory-ruling-from-board-of-immigration-appeals-to-federal-appeals-court
EmojiGOOD NEWS: the Modern Language Association (MLA) rejected Resolution 2026-1, an anti-Israel measure that sought to dismiss concerns about antisemitism as “weaponized” while falsely accusing Israel of genocide. The MLA is the principal professional organization in the United States for scholars of language and literature.
EmojiGOOD NEWS: The North Carolina Democratic Party voted down a resolution that would have falsely labeled Israel's actions in Gaza as "genocide."

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