Back from 30 days abroad. For those celebrating, wishing you a happy and sweet new year!
Quite a few towns, especially in Italy, seemed to be suffering from cognitive dissonance. We saw rainbow flags next to Palestinian flags hanging from the town halls, in some cases the Palestinian flags appeared larger than the national flags. In Perugia, there was a table set up to get people to sign petitions in support of Gazans (Salviamoli Gaza) where rainbow flags and Palestinian flags hung side by side. There was no evidence that there were any concerns for the Israeli hostages nor condemnation of Hamas. (Note: Rainbow flags are typically associated with the LBGTQ community, who are not welcome in Gaza).
Hostage Update -716 Days, 48 Hostages
Hamas issues propaganda warning for hostages’ fate, as tens of thousands holding rallies in Israel for the release of the hostages in Gaza
AFGHANISTAN
After the quake, men rescued men, but not women because of "cultural restrictions"!
EGYPT
>Saudi–Emirati partnership: Saudi Arabia and Emirati partners are jointly investing in a multi-billion-dollar Red Sea tourism project in Egypt
>Saudi–Emirati partnership: Saudi Arabia and Emirati partners are jointly investing in a multi-billion-dollar Red Sea tourism project in Egypt
>Stop Leaving Egypt Out of the Conversation on Gaza’s Humanitarian Crisis https://spencerguard.substack.com/p/stop-leaving-egypt-out-of-the-conversation
EUROPE
>None of these countries [France, Canada, Australia, the UK] calling for a Palestinian state with the Palestinian Authority (PA) in charge have demanded that the PA halt its human rights violations against its own people. https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21846/palestinian-authority-slaughterhouse Note: Members of U.S. Congress sent letter to France, Canada, UK, and Australia, calling on them to reject unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state at the UNGA.
>Medieval antisemitism and modern anti-Zionism fuse in Spain.https://www.jns.org/medieval-antisemitism-and-modern-anti-zionism-fuse-in-spain/
>Buchenwald can refuse entry to people wearing Palestinian keffiyeh, German court rules
ISRAEL
>With the retrieval of the two bodies, Hamas is believed to be holding 20 living hostages and another 28 bodies. IDF, Shin Bet recover two hostage bodies from Gaza
>A reminder of Oct. 7 and a heroic mother
>I’m so excited that Jewish space lasers are now REAL! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLoxttlU5_g
GAZA/PA
>One of the 60,000 casualties in Gaza
>“Humanitarian organizations (e.g., Doctors without Borders and the Red Cross) knew Hamas was turning hospitals into terror bases and chose to remain silent.” https://ngo-monitor.org/reports/hamas-misuse-hospitals-docs/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
>The PA is still paying salaries to terrorists and “Martyrs” https://palwatch.org/page/41520
SYRIA
Israeli editor makes extraordinary visit to Damascus
UK
Nearly nine out of 10 Britons do not back Starmer’s Palestine recognition
UN
>UN Watch Report Exposes Hamas Capture of UNRWA Education System
>I read the UN 'genocide' report so you don't have to.
>United Nations Security Council voted to snapback international restrictions and sanctions targeting the Iranian regime’s nuclear and missile program
>On Israel, Mamdani is no longer a Democratic outlier
>Socialist gun club seemingly advertises gun training day with Palestinian terrorists
MEDIA
>This week, the media’s hypocrisy was on full display. They show thousands fleeing Gaza, yet these are the same people supposedly starving. Hamas stole 4 UNICEF trucks of baby formula, yet the outlets that once accused Israel of blocking it were silent. And when Hamas admitted it would use Israeli hostages as human shields, the same media that spent years accusing Israel of targeting civilians went quiet.
>No Known Accountability? AFP Ignores Illness of Skeletal Child Mariam Dawwas https://www.camera.org/article/no-known-accountability-afp-ignores-illness-of-skeletal-child-mariam-dawwa/
>Bias Personified: The Return of The New York Times’ Former Jerusalem Bureau Chief https://honestreporting.com/bias-personified-the-return-of-the-new-york-times-former-jerusalem-bureau-chief/
