Friday, July 3, 2026

Celebrating 250 years of the United States of America. 
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!
Since 1776, the Declaration of Independence remains a founding promise to secure our inalienable rights that include life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. On America’s 250th birthday, remember, the freedom this country promised belongs to all of us. Hate and bigotry aren't patriotic. Silence isn't an option. While we celebrate, we remember the responsibility to defend that freedom belongs to every generation. 
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There are 43 countries that have an official state religion, for example, Saudi Arabia (Sunni Islam), Iran (Shiite Islam), Costa Rica (Catholic and Apostolic Church), Cambodia (Theravada Buddhism), and Greenland (Folkekirken (Evangelical Lutheran). Israel isn't one of them. The state of Israel does not have an official state religion, but Judaism holds a special significance. Israel is a secular democracy where Judaism is privileged, for example, the sabbath is honored on Saturday (not Sunday).
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MEDIA
Committee to Protect Journalists in Turmoil After 17-1 Vote to affirm that "organizations affiliated with militant [TERRORIST] groups" meet the criteria of a legitimate journalistic outlets -This comes after revelations that slain "journalists" on their list were active combatants.
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AUSTRALIA
EmojiPro-Palestine healthcare workers have compromised patient care — now they are targeting the medical oversight body.
EmojiFaculty of Arts scholar wins 2026 Dan David Prize for research on the history of time - Renowned antisemite Randa Abdel-Fattah and other disgraceful academics demanded Professor Matthew Champion reject a $US300k prize because the foundation that awarded it was founded by a Jew, a Holocaust survivor, and has links to Israel. He refused to bow to their sick demands 

CANADA
EmojiThe Review of Journalism, a student-run publication at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) claimed the media and film industry is actually biased against Palestinians.https://honestreporting.ca/petitions/toronto-metropolitan-university-tmus-review-of-journalism-echoes-anti-israel-claims-without-scrutiny/

CHINA
Dark Money Pipeline - funding protests to destabilize the US 

IRAN
EmojiIran Launches Recruitment Drive for Hizbullah Militias (Daily Beirut-Lebanon)  The Iranian Revolutionary Guard has initiated a campaign to encourage young Iranians to join Hizbullah militias with a monthly salary of $1,000 in a country where the average minimum wage does not exceed $140 - while emphasizing "religious and military duty."
EmojiOn the Iran war: I saw the two clocks running in the Iran War -the limited capacity of air defence magazines across the Gulf. The other is political: the shrinking window of domestic approval. https://mrandrewfox.substack.com/p/i-saw-the-two-clocks-running-in-the

ISRAEL
EmojiDespite not having diplomatic relations with Venezuela, Israel is one of over a dozen countries that have deployed search and rescue teams, medical personnel, and tons of humanitarian aid to the country.

LEBANON
EmojiMassive Hezbollah ‘drone fortress’ tunnel destroyed in Lebanon https://worldisraelnews.com/massive-hezbollah-drone-fortress-tunnel-destroyed-in-lebanon/
EmojiLebanese Christians ask for Israeli citizenship, annexation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoB4EH9guW0

PALESTINIANS/PA/HAMAS
EmojiDeradicalization Director Jason Olson has exited the US-led Board of Peace overseeing post-war Gaza.
EmojiPalestinian Authority news agency promotes refugee resettlement, except for Palestinians https://palwatch.org/page/42294

QATAR
EmojiBrussels Just Filed a Quiet Indictment of Qatar. Washington Should Read It.
EmojiQatar Continues Pro-Iranian And Anti-American Line: Presents Iran-U.S. MOU As Decisive Iranian Victory, U.S. As Declining Superpower, https://www.memri.org/reports/qatar-continues-pro-iranian-and-anti-american-line-presents-iran-us-mou-decisive-iranian

TURKEY
EmojiNetanyahu: We Take Turkey's Calls to Destroy Israel Seriously   (Ynet News)
EmojiTurkey blocks American LGBTQ+ cruise from docking, citing ‘moral standards’ https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/02/europe/turkey-cruise-lgbtq-american-blocked-intl

USA
EmojiIt's not just DSA, it's Young Republicans too - In Tennessee, a mailer sent out by Austin Lee of the Maury County Young Republicans called to ban Islam and Hinduism, "Stop the Great Replacement" and "No War for Jews" https://www.newschannel5.com/news/newschannel-5-investigates/confronting-hate/im-a-jew-antisemitic-mailer-sparks-blowup-inside-local-republican-party-in-tennessee
EmojiAt Columbia University the only class the Middle East studies department will offer on Israel is taught by Joseph Massad, who praised the Oct. 7 attacks. https://forward.com/news/835298/columbia-mideast-studies-israel-palestinians-department/
EmojiSeveral House Democrats, including leadership and top progressives, remain divided or notably noncommittal over whether Israel’s right to exist in safety and security should continue to be a policy position of the Democratic Party moving forward.https://jewishinsider.com/2026/07/top-democrats-wont-commit-israel-security/
EmojiFr. John Pawlikowski, ‘giant’ of Christian-Jewish relations who taught Pope Leo XIV, dies at 86 https://www.ccjr.us/news/newsflash/in-memory-of-john-t-pawlikowski
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