A flight from Tel Aviv to Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan in the Russian Caucasus, had to be diverted after pro-Hamas activists stormed the airport. The plane landed at an alternate airport, but militants also swarmed the area there, looking for Jews. Passengers were instructed to remain in the aircraft while security police quelled the rambunctious youths.
In other news, two explosions occurred at a gathering of Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Indian state of Kerala, killing two people and wounding a number of others. A man who claimed to be a former member of the sect said he was responsible for the attack, and turned himself in to police.
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$2B Spent to Combat Homelessness in Denver Between 2021 and 2023: Report
A new report puts a nearly $2 billion price tag on spending to combat homelessness in the Denver metro area.
The report by the Common Sense Institute, a free-enterprise think tank, examined the growth of the homeless population in Colorado, in addition to spending, resources, deaths and health care. CSI found that between 2021 and this year, $1.9 billion will be spent on homelessness by federal, state, local and private entities.
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2 Dead, 16 Injured in Shooting During Florida Halloween Celebrations
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — At least two people are dead and a suspect is in custody after a shooting in the heart of Ybor City, Florida’s nightlife scene, police said.
The Tampa Police Department said the shooting took place at about 3 a.m. Sunday on the 1600 block of East 7th Avenue.
Chief Lee Bercaw said it began as a street fight between two groups of people.
“Between these two groups, we had hundreds of innocent people involved that were in the way,” the chief said.
One person was killed at the scene while another died at a local hospital, according to Tampa police.
One man, Emmitt Wilson, said his 14-year-old son was one of the victims who died. Police have not confirmed the ages or identities of the fatalities.
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Alarmists Threaten ‘Worldwide Societal Breakdown’ From Climate Crisis
A group of climate researchers warned this week that billions of people could find themselves in uninhabitable conditions by the year 2100 thanks to climate change.
“By the end of this century, an estimated 3 to 6 billion individuals — approximately one-third to one-half of the global population — might find themselves confined beyond the livable region, encountering severe heat, limited food availability, and elevated mortality rates because of the effects of climate change,” the authors wrote in their “2023 state of the climate report” published in BioScience.
The researchers, led by Oregon-based climate activists William J. Ripple and Christopher Wolf, stated that the effects of global warming “are progressively more severe, and possibilities such as a worldwide societal breakdown are feasible and dangerously underexplored.”
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Biden Admin Targets Gun Manufacturers, Freezes Firearms Exports
Democrat President Joe Biden’s administration has declared a 90-day freeze on the approval of exports for most American-made firearms.
The move comes as the Biden admin seeks to target gun manufacturers in the wake of the tragic mass shooting in Maine this week.
However, it’s unclear how restricting gun exports could have prevented the shooting in Maine.
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CAIR Sues Prison for Asking Funder of Terrorists Who Killed 8-Year-Olds to Take Off Hijab
by Daniel Greenfield
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), an unindicted co-conspirator in an Islamic terrorism funding trial, has gone to bat for a convicted Islamic terrorism funder who was asked to remove her hijab.
Muna Osman Jama, a Somali immigrant, had been sentenced to 12 years in prison for providing material support to al-Shabaab: a Somali Islamic terrorist group allied with Al Qaeda.
Jama had set up a chat room to coordinate funding for Islamic terrorist operations including in Nairobi where the Jihadist group had perpetrated the Westgate Mall Massacre. During the killing spree, al-Shabaab terrorists had singled out non-Muslims by asking them to name Mohammed’s mother or recite the shahada, the Islamic creed, and if they failed, killing them.
Serving a sentence that will only end in 2027, Jama has retained her devotion to her cult. And now CAIR, which has a history of support for Islamic terrorists, is suing the Federal Correctional Institution in Waseca, Minnesota, alleging that the terrorist funder was caused “a great deal of shame and embarrassment” by being asked to remove her hijab…
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Caroline Glick: Biden’s Hamas Conundrum
Since Oct. 7, American Jews have seen their civil rights trampled every day. Jewish students are subjected to constant intimidation, assault, battery and threats from Hamas supporters on campus. From coast to coast, the stories are depressingly similar. University authorities refuse to protect them from their pro-Jewish genocide peers.
Then, too, on Thursday, the New York Police Department told the Jews of Brooklyn to stay off the streets on Shabbat afternoon. Pro-Hamas will be demonstrating, and the police said that they will be unable to protect Jewish residents as the terror supporters march through their neighborhoods.
How is this happening? How is it that at a time of maximum peril, law-enforcement bodies are doing all but nothing to defend the Jewish community? Why is the FBI not arresting terror supporters as required under U.S. law? Why is the U.S. Justice Department not directing local authorities to defend the Jews?
A good place to begin to look for answers is the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. That powerful division is led by Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke.
Clarke’s appointment in 2021 caused an uproar in Jewish circles because she has a record of anti-Semitic activism and was an ardent supporter of the pro-Hamas, anti-Jewish Black Lives Matter movement.
In 1994, as the head of the Black Students Association at Harvard Law School, Clarke invited Wellesley College Professor Tony Martin to speak at Harvard. Martin had just written a Protocols of the Elders of Zion-style anti-Semitic book called The Jewish Onslaught.
Clarke defiantly defended Martin at the time and attacked the Jewish students who expressed concern about her move. She never apologized for her actions. Instead, ahead of her Senate confirmation, she told progressive, anti-Israel Jewish reporters and activists that she “regretted” the invitation. That was enough for them to declare that the allegation that Clarke remains hostile towards Jews is slander.
U.S. President Joe Biden has a problem. He staffed his administration at all levels and across departments with hardened ideologues, many of whom have records of hostility towards Jews and support for Hamas, Iran and other terror groups and regimes. Under Biden, these officials have advanced his Middle East policies that until Oct. 7 were largely aligned with the interests of Iran, Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis.
Now that those policies have been shown to be counterproductive, and at least partly responsible for the threats America now faces to its core Middle Eastern interests, the same officials remain in their positions and continue to direct the Biden administration’s policies.
Consider the Palestinians…
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A Cooper Union college student says protesters were “calling for the murder of Jews” when she was barricaded into the school library after a pro-Palestine rally attempted to enter the space.
“Once the protest was over, a group of religious Jewish Cooper Union students ended up in the library,” student Taylor Roslyn Lent told “The Story” on Thursday. “When the rally decided to try and get into the library as well — very angry and very loud — the school barricaded the library doors and locked us in there, along with some other students, to keep us safe from the rally, that they allowed to enter into the building.”
Video shows students attempting to study while protesters banged on the doors chanting “Free Palestine.”
“Personally, I don’t feel threatened by pro-Palestinian rallies or anything in that sense,” Lent said. “Everyone has their own right to be doing that, but I definitely did feel threatened when there were chants calling for the murder of Jews being chanted at me from my fellow students.”
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CNN Closes Atlanta Headquarters After Over 35 Years
CNN is closing down its original headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, after more than 35 years of operating at the location.
The headquarters is shuttering following the network’s final broadcast from Atlanta on Friday.
CNN host Kate Bolduan announced the move at the beginning of Friday’s episode of “News Central CNN.”
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Colorado Imam to Children at Mosque: Jews Are Untrustworthy, Even Tried to Kill Jesus
An imam in Colorado taught children this week that the Jews are an untrustworthy people who “lie and break their contract.” The imam, believed to be Umar Mitchell, said that the ancestors of today’s Jews killed the prophets God sent to them and “even tried to kill Jesus.” He said that not all Jews are like this, but that most are, except for “a couple of them.” One reason, he said, that “we keep losing in Palestine” is that “we keep allowing [the Jews] to trick us.” The imam said it isn’t hate speech for the children to hear this, but rather told them “it’s important for you guys to know about this.”
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David Hogg Now Blames “White Woman in Suburbs” for Gun Violence
Anti-gunner and now ‘Harvard-educated’ David Hogg believes just because he went to an elite university (a university that is sympathetic to Hamas), he is the voice of reason when it comes to the Second Amendment.
The confused Gen-Zer’s latest post on X now shifts the blame of gun violence from ‘it’s the gun’ to ‘it’s white women in the suburbs’:
“We will never end gun violence until white woman in the suburbs stop voting for the republicans who are endangering our schools and communities by flooding them with guns.”
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DeSantis Defends Palestinian Student Group Ban, Argues NYC Indictment Helped Trump
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Sunday defended his push to financially cut off radical pro-Palestinian student groups — as well as his decision to stay in the 2024 Republican presidential primary despite trailing Donald Trump in the polls.
DeSantis was pushed by host Kristen Welker on NBC’s “Meet the Press” about whether the 77-year-old former president’s mountain of “legal troubles” is the reason the Florida pol has chosen to remain in the race.
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Elon Musk’s X Launches New Premium Subscription Plans — Here’s How Much it Will Cost
Elon Musk’s social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, rolled out two new subscription plans on Friday, including a Premium+ tier for users willing to pay for an ad-free experience.
The Premium+ plan, priced at about $16 per month, includes all the tools and features offered by the platform, minus the ads, the company said in a post on the platform.
It will, however, be available for users accessing the platform through a web browser for now, it added.
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First Humanoid Robot Factory in the U.S. Can Crank Out 10,000 Robots a Year
Imagine a factory that can make humanoid robots that can walk, run, and work like us. Sounds like a sci-fi movie, right? Well, it’s not. It’s RoboFab, and it’s opening soon here in the U.S.
What is RoboFab?
RoboFab is a manufacturing facility in Salem, Oregon, that is set to open later this year. It is the brainchild of Agility Robotics, a company that specializes in creating biped robots that can navigate complex environments.
RoboFab will be the world’s first factory for humanoid robots, capable of churning out 10,000 robots a year. The factory will use advanced automation and assembly techniques to produce Digit, the flagship product of Agility Robotics.
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Adam Johnson, a 29-year-old hockey player for the Nottingham Panthers, died in a tragic freak accident on the ice rink while playing against the Sheffield Steelers on Saturday in the UK.
Johnson, who played for the NHL’s Pittsburg Penguins before transferring to the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) in August, suffered a fatal neck injury when he collided with a player on the opposing team midway through the second period.
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Google Pumps $2 Billion Into AI Company That Believes Technology Could Destroy Humanity
Google’s parent company Alphabet has invested a whopping $2 billion into an artificial intelligence (AI) company whose own CEO believes the technology could destroy humanity.
Alphabet has pumped the big investment into AI start-up Anthropic.
Anthropic is generally considered a rival to Open AI, which is the company behind the controversial AI chatbot ChatGPT.
However, Anthropic’s CEO and co-founder Dario Amodei warned earlier this week that AI has between a 10 and 25 percent chance of destroying humanity, The Daily Mail is reporting.
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Pfizer Hid COVID Vaccine Trial Deaths to Secure Authorization for Public Use
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer hid a staggering 80 percent of deaths that were recorded during Covid vaccine trials as part of an apparent effort to secure authorization for public use from federal regulators.
A new study revealed that Pfizer-BioNTech was aware of a large number of deaths that occurred during the trials but held back the information from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The Big Pharma company reportedly delayed reporting vaccine-associated deaths among BNT162b2 clinical trial participants until after the FDA issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the mass public use of the product.
According to analysis in the International Journal of Vaccine Theory, Practice, and Research, Pfizer also failed to account for vast numbers of participants who dropped out of the drug trials.
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A senior Biden administration representative was recently questioned in a congressional hearing by the Republican members over allegations about the federal government funding an organization that allegedly deprives conservative media platforms of advertising revenue under the guise of purging disinformation. The organization, called the Global Disinformation Index (GDI), is a UK-based think tank that flags suspected sources of disinformation, compelling advertisers to blacklist these sources, thereby threatening their financial sustainability.
The questioning unfolded in the backdrop of a hearing held by the House Foreign Affairs Committee led by the GOP. They contend that the government-funded Global Engagement Center (GEC) of the State Department, handed over a grant of $100,000 to the GDI in 2021.
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Soros-Backed DA Targets Hotels Hiring Homeless Migrants to Fill Job Amid Striking Union Workers
Some California hotels are accused of hiring migrants from Skid Row as union workers went on strike, according to the Los Angeles district attorney’s office, prompting an investigation from a Soros-backed DA.
Skid Row is a 54-block area in Downtown Los Angeles and is one of the largest stable populations of homeless people in the United States and has been known for its condensed homeless population since at least the 1930s.
On Monday, Soros-backed DA George Gascón said he would be investigating whether some unionized hotels in the Santa Monica and Westchester area engaged in possible exploitative practices, stating, “We are going to make sure this is investigated thoroughly. It will be a fair and impartial investigation.”
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Speaker Johnson ‘Looking at’ Hunter Subpoena as House Marches Forward With Biden Impeachment Probe
Newly-appointed House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., signaled a promising future for the impeachment inquiry into President Biden on Sunday, nodding to what he called House Republicans’ “constitutional responsibility” to follow the truth where it leads.
“We’re the rule of law team. We don’t use this for political partisan games like the Democrats have done and did against Donald Trump twice. We are going to follow the law and follow the Constitution, and I think we have a suspicion of where that may lead, but we’re going to let the evidence speak for itself,” he told FOX News’ Maria Bartiromo.
“I look forward to rolling that out over the coming days and weeks and letting the American people see exactly why we’re taking the next steps and where it’s headed.”
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Speaker Johnson Shreds Democrat Eric Swalwell With Brutal One-Liner
After his rise to the top job earlier this week, newly minted House Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) “mean tweets” about Democrats have been garnering renewed attention.
Johnson’s old tweets have been resurfacing and going viral as social media users revel in the new speaker’s brutal takedowns of Democrats.
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Trump Calls on ‘Disloyal’ Mike Pence to Endorse Him After Bowing Out of GOP Primary
Donald Trump called on his former vice president Mike Pence to endorse him Saturday hours after his once-loyal lieutenant bowed out of the 2024 Republican presidential valley.
“Everybody that leaves seems to be endorsing me,” Trump mused at the Republican Jewish Coalition annual summit in Las Vegas, Nevada Sunday.
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The maker of Jeep Wranglers and Ram trucks, Stellantis NV, reached a tentative agreement with the United Auto Workers to end a 44-day strike, days after Ford Motor Company reached a deal with the union.
The tentative agreement, which must still be approved by local union leaders and ratified by Stellantis’ 43,000 members, calls for a 25% hourly pay hike plus cost-of-living allowances over the four-year contract:
The agreement grants 25% in base wage increases through April 2028, and will cumulatively raise the top wage by 33% compounded with estimated COLA to over $42 an hour. The starting wage will increase by 67% compounded with estimated COLA, to over $30 an hour. The lowest-paid workers at Stellantis, temporary workers, will see a raise of more than 165% over the life of the agreement. Some workers at Mopar will receive an immediate 76% increase upon ratification. —UAW statement
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UC Berkeley Students Storm Field During Football Game to Protest Firing of Professor
On Saturday, a group of student protesters disrupted the USC vs. Cal Berkeley football game in support of a teacher who has been suspended for stalking and sexual harassment.
UC Berkeley students rushed the field at California Memorial Stadium and sat down on the 50-yard line shortly after the coin toss. The protesters wore shirts that read, “Justice 4 Ivonne” in reference to suspended professor, Ivonne del Valle, and demanded that she be reinstated at the liberal arts university before they were handcuffed and escorted off the field by authorities.
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YouTube Temporarily Suspends the LAPD
YouTube, the video-sharing titan, has decided to suspend the Los Angeles Police Department’s channel. The suspension was triggered by the LAPD’s decision to share footage of an assault, aimed at garnering the community’s assistance in identifying the involved suspects.
The LAPD stated, “We have appealed the suspension and have been denied,” a sentiment shared in their post to X.
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Feds Quash Debate Into Widespread Church Arsons, Vandalism
The federal government struck down a motion Tuesday that would have condemned over 80 church arsons in Canada since 2021.
Conservative MP Arnold Viersen desired swift condemnation from the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee in a call for justice but received none. He urged the committee to “condemn the arson attacks of over 80 churches across Canada […] and reaffirm freedom of religion and assembly.”
The motion also called on those responsible for these attacks to be “brought to justice.”
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Montreal Approves Natural Gas Ban for Most New Buildings
Montreal will soon join a growing number of Canadian cities next fall to ban gas-powered systems in new construction builds.
The city’s executive committee Wednesday morning approved a ban on residential gas-powered stoves, indoor gas fireplaces, and hot water heaters and furnaces that emit greenhouse gases, starting October 1, 2024. It also includes barbecues and pool or spa heaters that draw from gas lines.
The regulation will apply to new residential buildings up to three storeys high and 600 square metres in area, with a similar ban expected for larger buildings six months later.
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More Than 50% of People ‘Disapprove’ of Trudeau: Poll
Recently, Ezra Levant observed opinion polls conducted by Nik Nanos, who is perceived as favoring Trudeau’s government. The polls indicated a significant decline in Trudeau’s popularity, reaching an eight-year low as the preferred prime minister, while also revealing an eight-year high in support for a conservative leader.
“Nanos does the poll on a really regular basis to get those, you know, week by week movements or month by month,” said Ezra.
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Tamara Lich Trial Day 23: Crown Continues Claiming That Police-to-Police Emails Are Confidential
The Crown and defence teams continued a disclosure dispute over the release of Ottawa Police Service (OPS) communications on the twenty-third day of the Chris Barber and Tamara Lich trial in Ottawa, ON, on Friday.
Both Barber and Lich are being charged with mischief intimidation, obstruction of police, and counselling others to commit mischief, intimidation, and obstruction of police. The charges flow from the two defendants’ roles as organizers of the 2022 Freedom Convoy in Ottawa, a peaceful demonstration opposed to governmental decrees, edicts, lockdowns, mandates, and orders marketed as “public health” measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
The Crown is seeking to maintain redactions placed on a series of OPS documents sought by the defence for full disclosure.
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Trudeau Liberals Forced to Delay Firearms Confiscation Compensation Program
The so-called “buy-back” scheme for gun owners hit with the Feds’ arbitrary banning of over 1500 models of shotguns and rifles in May 2020 was delayed two more years, to October 2025.
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Simultaneously, many Muslims in the left-wing Labour Party distanced themselves from the party because it expressed solidarity with Israel after the terrorist attack, reports Exxpress.
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Czech DM Calls to Exit UN for Supporting Hamas, Warns Holocaust is Back
One must not stand silent in the face of a second Holocaust, the Czech Defense Minister Jana Cernochova said as she called on her country to withdraw from the United Nations to protest its failure to condemn Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel.
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Czechia: “Middle Europe Holds the Future”: An Interview With Pro Party Leader Jindrich Rajchl
Jindrich Rajchl is a Czech politician, lawyer, businessman, and former football official who became a household name across Europe during the COVID pandemic when he filed several lawsuits against the Czech government. In 2022, he founded the PRO (Law, Respect, Expertise) party with the stated mission to make energy cheaper, restore confidence in the law, and defend human freedoms threatened under the COVID /pandemic.
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The various EU institutions’ “entanglement” with the bloc’s own idea to try to substantially and dangerously undermine online encryption via a legislative effort known colloquially as “chat control” seems to be nearing a (positive for the internet) resolution — but the bureaucrats who support it appear to be unwilling to go down without a fight.
On Wednesday, European Parliament member (MEP) from Germany Patrick Breyer posted on his blog about EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson laboring to downplay concerns that lobbyists were reportedly part and parcel of drafting the regulation, supposedly there to protect children (stop the proliferation of CSAM content) — but in the process, thanks to its aggressive anti-encryption provisions, destroy the privacy of everyone on the web — including children!)
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Those who may have a penchant for English literature, may also be aware of this quote from “The Witch of Edmonton” — “…This were a fine reign; To do ill, and not hear of it again.”
But even to those who lack that interest, this might seem like a succinct way to describe some of the ways politicians, and whole national cabinets — apologize, or, “apologize” — regarding certain fundamental mistakes they made/are making.
These do at times read less like apologies and more like, “can we please move on”? Fit for individuals perhaps — but is it ever, for states and governments?
Well, if talkTV host Julia Hartley-Brewer wanted a “formal apology” from the UK government, she has it. You see — the said government is either “sorry” for inflicting pain on Hartley-Brewer, or just upset because their “counter-disinformation unit” (formally — “Rapid Response Unit”) got caught, pants down, spreading actual disinformation.
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The campaign by self-proclaimed ‘Blade Runners’ to destroy Sadiq Khan’s hated ULEZ cameras has received significant attention in recent weeks.
The London mayor is facing a huge backlash to his hated scheme and saboteurs have vowed to destroy eight in ten of the cameras that are put up.
But the campaign of vandalism is far from the first time that Britons have taken a major disliking to a traffic-related measures imposed from on high.
Back in the 1930s, Belisha Beacons — as they quickly became known — were a major target for vandals.
Introduced by Transport Secretary Leslie Hore-Belisha in 1934, the amber-coloured globes sit atop black and white striped poles to mark pedestrian crossings and are now ubiquitous across the country.
But, from the day that that the first lot were installed in London in late 1934, they were hugely unpopular — and Hore-Belisha was branded a ‘traffic dictator’.
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Dramatic new video released by Israel on Sunday reveals how Hamas uses its biggest advantage against the Israeli army — a remarkably complex maze of tunnels — to transport terrorists and weapons across Gaza.
The chilling footage also features Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’ political leader, touting the 300-mile underground network’s sprawling reach and boasting that it is filled with “hundreds and thousands of traps.”
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Photo: Israeli Armored Vehicles on the Beach in Gaza
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) released a photo of Israeli armored vehicles on the beach in Gaza as Israel expanded its ground assault within the territory, taking the fight directly to Hamas and engaging in battles with small groups of terrorists.
The Times of Israel reported:
The IDF says troops killed a number of Hamas gunmen who opened fire at the ground forces in the Strip, and other terrorists identified on the beach in Gaza, near the southern Israel community of Zikim.
According to the IDF, the ground troops, including tanks, also struck anti-tank guided missile positions, observation posts, and other Hamas infrastructure.
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A Putin Ally Warns That Moscow Could Seize EU Assets if Brussels Takes Russian Frozen Funds
Russia has threatened to seize assets held by European Union member states that it deems unfriendly if the EU proceeds with what it perceives as the appropriation of frozen Russian funds to support Ukraine’s post-war recovery.
Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the Russian State Duma, warned that Moscow would respond with measures that would incur a higher cost on the EU if it targeted Russian assets, many of which are situated in Belgium, reports Reuters.
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Russia Accuses Ukraine of Drone Strikes on Nuclear Waste Warehouse
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia accused Ukraine on Saturday of damaging a nuclear waste storage facility in a drone strike on the Kursk nuclear power plant while fighting raged on for the control of the key eastern city of Avdiivika, where Russians apparently suffered heavy losses.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said that three drones armed with explosives targeted the power plant on Thursday evening. 26, hitting both the station’s administration building and a warehouse storing nuclear waste.
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Crowd Storms Russian Airport to Protest Flight From Israel
MOSCOW (AP) — Hundreds of people on Sunday stormed into the main airport in Russia’s Dagestan region and onto the landing field to protest the arrival of an airliner from Tel Aviv, Israel, Russian news agencies and social media reported.
Authorities closed the airport in Makhachkala, the capital of the predominantly Muslim region, and police converged on the facility. There were no immediate reports of injuries or arrests.
Russian news reports said people in the crowd were shouting antisemitic slogans and tried to storm the airliner belonging to Russian carrier Red Wings.
Video on social media showed some in the crowd on the landing field waving Palestinian flags, protesters attempting to overturn a police car and others checking the passports of passengers who had arrived in Makhachkala.
In a statement released Sunday night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Israel “expects the Russian law enforcement authorities to protect the safety of all Israeli citizens and Jews wherever they may be and to act resolutely against the rioters and against the wild incitement directed against Jews and Israelis.” Netanyahu’s office added that the Israeli ambassador to Russia was working with Russia to keep Israelis and Jews safe.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs for Russia’s North Caucasian Federal District, where Dagestan is located, stated that CCTV footage would be used to establish the identities of those who stormed the airport, and that those involved would be brought to justice.
While voicing support for Gaza, the regional Dagestani government appealed to citizens to remain calm and not take part in such protests.
“We urge residents of the republic to treat the current situation in the world with understanding. Federal authorities and international organizations are making every effort to bring about a ceasefire against Gaza civilians … we urge residents of the republic not to succumb to the provocations of destructive groups and not to create panic in society,” the Dagestani government wrote on Telegram.
The Supreme Mufti of Dagestan, Sheikh Akhmad Afandi, called on residents to stop the unrest at the airport.
“You are mistaken. This issue cannot be resolved in this way. We understand and perceive your indignation very painfully. … We will solve this issue differently. Not with rallies, but appropriately. Maximum patience and calm for you,” he said in a video published to Telegram.
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Flight From Israel to Russia’s Dagestan Diverts as Pro-Palestinian Mob Storms Terminal
A flight from Israel to the Russian Republic of Dagestan earlier today was forced to divert from its intended destination in the capital of Makhachkala after pro-Palestinians protesters stormed the airport, seeking to attack the Israeli arrivals, according to multiple reports.
The plane landed at an alternate airport, but faced riots there as well, according to Channel 12. Passengers were instructed to remain inside the plane and riot police were called to the scene to protect them, the report says.
Footage showed a mob rampaging through an airport terminal after learning of the incoming flight.
Dagestan’s population is overwhelmingly Muslim. According to Channel 12, the crowd was apparently largely made up of Palestinian expats.
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A flight from Israel to Russia had to be diverted Sunday — and still faced riots at the next airport where it landed — when pro-Palestinian mobs stormed the facilities seeking to attack Jewish flyers, reports said.
The flight initially bound for Makhachkala International Airport in the heavily Muslim Russian Republic of Dagestan was diverted after scores of people waving Palestinian flags took over the facility upon learning of the flight from Tel Aviv, according to the Moscow Times.
The aircraft ended up landing at a nearby airport, which rioters were able to storm as well, with harrowing footage showing a group of people hopping fences onto the tarmac to try and reach the plane.
Videos posted to social media showed airport staff warning passengers to remain in the plane as the facility was overrun when the jet landed at 7:17 p.m. local time.
Footage also depicted rioters stopping cars and travelers at the airport and allegedly checking their passports to see if they were Jewish.
Some of the demonstrators were seen holding signs that read, “Child killers have no place in Dagestan” and “We are against Jewish refugees.”
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At least two persons were killed and over 40 have been injured in a suspected terrorist attack that took place at a convention centre in Kalamassery in Ernakulam district of Kerala on Sunday morning. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who spoke to Home Minister Amit Shah over the incident, informed that some of those injured are critical.
Witnesses said multiple explosions took place during a ‘Jehovah’s Witness’ Convention for which over 2,000 people had gathered. Sources have told News18 that initial assessment is suggesting it to be a terror attack, particularly serial blasts. Bomb squad, forensics team and a team of NIA rushed to the spot, while a suspect was nabbed from Kannur railway station.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan called for an all-party meeting over the blasts on Monday.
Kerala Health Minister Veena George said, “52 people admitted to different hospitals, 30 people are admitted, out of which 18 are in ICU and 6 are critically injured, among those 6, one is a 12-year-old child. The rest of the injured are in other private hospitals, the dead person has not been identified yet.”
Meanwhile, a person from Kochi has surrendered before Kerala Police claiming responsibility for the bomb blast. A person named Dominic Martin went to Kodakara police station in Thrissur and said that he was responsible for the serial blasts. The police officials are investigating his claims.
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India Police Probe Bomb Blasts That Killed Two in Kerala
KOCHI, India, Oct 29 (Reuters) — A man claiming to be a former member of the Jehovah’s Witnesses was detained for questioning about his alleged involvement in setting off homemade bombs at a meeting of the group in the southern Indian state of Kerala on Sunday, killing two women and injuring dozens of other people, police said.
A second woman had died, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan told reporters at a briefing, adding that 17 people were in intensive care with five in a critical condition.
Health minister Veena George earlier told Reuters a 12-year girl with 95% burns was also in a critical state.
Dominic Martin posted a video on Facebook claiming responsibility for the attacks, before surrendering shortly after noon at a police station in Thrissur district, about 40 km (25 miles) from the site of the explosions.
“Dominic is still being questioned in Kochi. He is in our custody but we have not recorded his arrest so far,” police public relations officer Pramod Kumar told Reuters.
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Australian Minister Supports Raising Palestinian Flag in Australia
Amid the ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict, Tony Burke, a prominent minister in the Australian Labour government has expressed strong support for a Sydney council’s decision to fly the Palestinian flag until a ceasefire is established.
Burke emphasized the fundamental right of people to grieve the tragedies they observe happening in Gaza. Burke is leader of the House, minister for Employment and Workplace Relations and minister for the Arts in the Federal Australian government.
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‘Just Blind Hate’: The Persecution of Christians, September 2023
The following are among the murders and abuses inflicted on Christians by Muslims throughout the month of September 2023.
The Muslim Slaughter of Christians
Nigeria: As the genocide there of Christians continues, a Sept. 1 report found that “Of the 5,500 Christians who were killed last year because of their faith, 90 percent”—or about 4,950—”were Nigerian.”
On the night of Sept. 7, Muslims torched a Catholic seminary in Kaduna State. Although two priests managed to escape, one young seminarian, Brother Na’aman, 25, who was on the verge of completing his priesthood training, was burned alive. Police were contacted even before the attack, but came only after the terrorists had fled. “It is sad that killings and this type of evil against Christians are still going on in spite of our appeal and pleading to Nigerian government to take measures towards ending these attacks,” said the Rev. John Hayab, chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Kaduna State Chapter Hayab.
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— with fearful residents saying they’ve had tires slashed, windows shot out in retribution for reporting them to cops
Henchmen for Venezuela’s dictator and many of the South American country’s worst criminals have crossed over the US border and are now causing chaos in major American cities, including Dallas, Miami and Chicago, multiple sources tell the DailyMail.com.
In Dallas, the Venezuelan neighborhood known as ‘Villa Dallas’ has descended into mayhem. For months, once peaceful apartment complexes have been the scene of illegal street races, beatings, shootings and extortion attempts.
Residents, overwhelmingly migrants who recently made the harrowing trek through several countries to reach America and are seeking asylum, pointed to videos of fights between armed men, broken windows and reckless drivers speeding through parking lots.
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Exclusive: 100 Syrians, 50 Iranians Cross Biden’s Open Border in October, Says Source
EAGLE PASS, Texas — According to a source within CBP, the influx of Special Interest Migrants across the U.S./Mexico border continues early in the NEW fiscal year as nearly 100 Syrian and 50 Iranian nationals have been apprehended by the Border Patrol since the beginning of October. The source says the influx of Syrian and Iranian Special Interest Migrants is concerning, considering the turmoil unfolding in the Middle East.
The Syrian and Iranian migrants were apprehended in multiple sectors across the southwest border during October. The latest arrest of an Iranian national by the Border Patrol occurred near Eagle Pass, Texas, on Saturday. The Iranian national was discovered within a single group of more than 300 that crossed into the small border city. A debrief of the Iranian migrant is pending as of press time, according to the source.
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A top Florida Republican lawmaker is warning that Cuba is working with Chinese nationals to infiltrate the United States by sea.
Rep. Carlos Gimenez, who represents the Florida Keys, called it ‘extremely concerning’ following reports that 17 Chinese nationals were captured after entering Key Largo by boat this week.
‘This is the first time I think we’ve caught [Chinese nationals] trying to cross getting into the Keys area…it’s concerning,’ Gimenez told DailyMail.com during an exclusive interview.
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Hundreds of Migrants Arrive on Lampedusa
(ANSA) — ROME, OCT 29 — Hundreds of migrant boats landed in Lampedusa on Sunday, taking the number of people at the Italian island’s migrant hotspot up to around 800.
Six boats coming from Libya, each carrying between 45 and 84 people for a combined total of 340, were assisted by Italian finance police and port authority vessels.
The migrants said they were from Egypt, Bangladesh, Syria, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Morocco and Pakistan.
Another 48 subsequently landed at the nearby Isola dei Conigli (Rabbit Island) and were taken to the hotspot.
Lampedusa has been at the centre of international attention in recent months due to a big rise in the number of migrant boats landing on Italy’s southernmost island.
The interior ministry said Friday that 142,384 people have arrived in Italy so far this year on migrant boats, up from 82,152 in the same period in 2022.
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An unprecedented number of Indian immigrants are entering the US via its southern border, new federal statistics have revealed — with 42,000 intercepted in the past year alone.
The number, unveiled last month by US Customs and Border Protection, is more than double the amount from the same period the year prior — when crossings by Indians were already at a record high.
What’s more, an additional 1,600 have crossed from the northern border amid the rising phenomenon — four times the amount of the past three years combined.
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Revealed: Migrants in New York City Hotels and Shelters Are Costing the Taxpayer $5 BILLION…
— Eyewatering contracts show $140m is being spent on security, $45m on asylum applications and $7m on laundry
More than 120,000 migrants have arrived in the city in the last 18 months, with over 60,000 of them still staying in the city’s shelters. Adams, a Democrat, has said NYC could have more than 100,000 migrants in homeless shelters by 2025 and has warned the situation could ‘destroy’ New York.
The city has spent the bulk of the money setting up Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers (HERRCs) across the five boroughs in hotels, landmarks, former schools, parking lots, sports fields, office buildings and even dorms. It’s also paying for food, transportation, security, interpreters, legal advise and other services for the migrants.
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Canada: Live Updates: Amy Hamm’s ‘Witch Trial’ Enters Day 14 Over ‘Comments on Transgenderism’
Amy Hamm, a B.C. nurse, women’s rights advocate, and mother of two, enters Day 14 of her disciplinary hearing with the British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) over her acknowledgement that two genders exist.
Two members of the public, who had never been patients of the accused, lodged a complaint with the BCCNM last year over an ‘I [heart] J.K. Rowling’ billboard from 2020. They claimed Hamm disseminated “medically inaccurate information” by standing in solidarity with Rowling, also an advocate for women and children.
The professional body subsequently launched an investigation into the matter, rescinding the initial charge in June 2022.
Now, they allege the nurse “[…] made discriminatory and derogatory statements regarding transgender people [between approximately July 2018 and March 2021] as a nurse or nurse educator” across various online platforms, including but not limited to, podcasts, videos, published writings and social media.
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While you may not hear this from state-backed media, Abbotsford saw nearly 500 parental rights protesters peacefully marching against the sexual indoctrination of children in schools last Saturday.
Demonstrators gathered at Jubilee Park and then marched down Abbotsford Southway chanting, “Stop SOGI 123” and “Leave our kids alone.”
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Eventbrite Deletes Riley Gaines’ “Protecting Women’s Sports” Event
The marketplace of Eventbrite, a prevalent event management and ticketing website, was recently the center of controversy after removing a listing for an event led by ex-NCAA swimmer, Riley Gaines. Garnering attention for her vocal stance on transgender men not competing in women’s sports, Gaines also heads up the Riley Gaines Center at the Leadership Institute and had numerous engagements aligned over the course of November for the Speak Louder Campus Tour, a project of the Leadership Institute.
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Federal Judge Shuts Down Satanic Temple Lawsuit Against Indiana’s Abortion Ban
A lawsuit initiated by The Satanic Temple challenging Indiana’s abortion restrictions was dismissed by a federal judge this week. Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson emphasized in her ruling that The Satanic Temple does not operate any abortion facilities in Indiana, and they did not identify specific members affected by the state’s law.
She concluded, “In sum, The Satanic Temple’s allegations fail to prove it has suffered any injury in fact.”
Initiated in September 2022, The Satanic Temple’s lawsuit claimed that Indiana’s restrictions on abortion infringed upon their members’ religious freedoms and violated constitutional rights.
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Macron Announces Legislation to Enshrine ‘Freedom of Abortion’ in French Constitution
President Emmanuel Macron announced Sunday that his government will introduce legislation this week to enshrine the “freedom” to have an abortion into the French Constitution.
Vowing to introduce legislation this week with the hopes of presenting a bill to the Council of Ministers by the end of the year, President Macron declared on social media on Sunday: “In 2024, the freedom of women to have an abortion will be irreversible.”
Macron first committed to include abortion access in the Constitution on March 8th, which marks the communist holiday International Women’s Day.
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Protesters Shut Down ‘Drag Queen Story Hour’ at Public Library: ‘Leave Our Kids Alone!’
A “drag queen story hour” in southern California was ground to a halt after protesters blocked the entrance to the public library that hosted the event.
On Wednesday, protesters blocked the entrance of the San Fernando Library and repeatedly hollered “Leave our kids alone!”
The protesters prevented the wig-wearing drag performer “Pickle” from entering the building.
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The funny thing is that on this flight there were mainly wealthy Dagestanis who were flying from Israel after undergoing treatment in Israeli clinics.
True, they managed to find one “Jew” – he was a highly qualified doctor, a candidate of sciences from Uzbekistan.
How about linking these articles on your X page?
Best regards
https://www.document.dk/2023/10/29/mob-i-dagestan-jager-joeder-stopper-flypassagerer-og-busser/
https://www.document.dk/2023/10/29/antisemitiske-udskejelser-i-den-russiske-foederation/
I am reading the Danish edition of Document.
They write about anti-Semitism in Russia. A correlation is made with the pre-revolutionary period. It’s all lies and propaganda.
Firstly, current anti-Semitism is exclusively Muslim in nature. There is no anti-Jewish propaganda as such in Russia; there is pandering to Muslims, as well as increased importation of them into the country from Central Asia.
There was anti-Semitism in the Russian Empire, but in the territories where Jews lived – in the so-called. “The Pale of Settlement” – Belarus and Ukraine. My Belarusian grandparents were anti-anti-Jews. Russians have a much calmer and more favorable attitude towards Jews than Ukrainians and Belarusians.
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Extremely important & competent video about Islam, Hamas,
Jewhatred and the possible World War III starting in the Middle
East — should definitely get English subtitles and be published
on GoV.
Aron Flam Interwiew
https://swebbtube.se/w/qvB3qYiUAGhvu44EbvR2u3