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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Doctors Without Borders has announced the suspension of some operations at one of Gaza ‘s largest functioning hospitals after patients and staff reported seeing armed, masked men roaming parts of the building.
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Sunday I came across a grave in Massachusetts with a math equation carved on it.
Robert Cohen. Army, 1943. 106th Infantry. France, Germany. Battle of the Bulge.
He came home, college, taught math. Married 65 years.
"Granite character, diamond intellect, heart of gold."
On Veterans Day, I’m thinking about him. I never knew him, but I get to raise my son in the country he fought for.
Thank you, Robert. Thank you to every veteran. 🇺🇸
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It isn’t the Israeli Philharmonic performing as this image might suggest. It’s a small Arab-Jewish six person ensemble from the orchestra and their aim is to create a “bridge between cultures”. This is not a protest. It’s racist harassment.
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Israel's Ambassador to the US, Yechiel Leiter, sat with 21 New York Times editors.
He brought numbers: how many aid trucks entered Gaza every day, and how IDF soldiers risked their own lives to spare civilians.
They brought feelings. "Ambassador, everybody can't be wrong."
His answer: not everybody thinks it's genocide. And if it feels like everybody does, maybe that's because of you.
Remember the NYT photo of the emaciated Gaza toddler? The boy had a genetic disease and cerebral palsy, and his perfectly healthy brother was cropped out of the frame.
That's not journalism. It's a blood libel.
And blood libels cost Jewish lives.
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For over 20 years, Lucie Kon gave everything to the BBC!!
She was an executive producer on Storyville and Panorama. She won an Emmy for We Will Dance Again, the documentary about the Nova massacre.
This year her film Mr Nobody Against Putin won an Oscar.
She says being Jewish had never been an issue at the BBC.
Then came October 7th.
She says colleagues compared Zionists to Hamas terrorists. She says executives questioned whether she could objectively document the Nova massacre, where young people were slaughtered at a music festival.
When she raised concerns about antisemitism, she says she was dismissed as "too sensitive" and offered therapy.
Therapy. For calling out hatred.
Just 19 days after winning an Oscar, she lost her job.
The BBC has now reportedly paid her more than £400,000 in a settlement, without admitting liability. Her request for an apology was refused.
£400,000 of licence fee payers' money, and still not even a "sorry".
In my opinion, the BBC is antisemitic. They have a huge problem with Jewish people, and I think antisemitism runs right through the BBC.
The signs are all there. It's obvious.
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"Mark Carney. Shame on you!"
Crowds of Iranian-Canadians hit the streets in Toronto today, chanting against the Islamic Regime and at Mark Carney during a high-profile peaceful demonstration.
No streets on fire, theft, vandalism or physical attacks.
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The United Nations should take full responsibility for appointing and re-appointing the “special” rapporteur Francesca Albanese, as the “UN expert on the Palestinian Territories.”
She is barking insane and yet it’s another stain of incompetence on the part of the UN.
Francesca Albanese: “Israel has always killed children... torture, even rape... raped by dogs trained in European countries. European people are profiting from selling dogs that will rape people.”
Irish Senator Chris Andrews: “Thank you for your ongoing advocacy. It's inspiring.”
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The US Treasury said on Friday that it had imposed financial sanctions on eight money services firms based in Canada that it alleges have facilitated transactions with sanctioned Iranian entities.
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So given that this assault happened while Captain. Kunkel was performing his duties as a member of the @CanadianForces I hope that it will be considered IOD and he'll get the full support of the CAF and Minister of Defence. @DavidMcGuinty
Captain Ken Kunkel, pictured on the left, has been identified as the cadet supervisor who was the victim of an aggravated assault on November 1st. Kunkel is currently in the hospital with a spinal injury.
Capt. Ken Kunkle is the Commanding Officer of the 826 Gryphon Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron, based in Binbrook, Ontario.
Estela Quintanilla, pictured on the right, as well as two unidentified male minors, were the alleged perpetrators of the violent attack. Quintanilla did not know any of the other parties in the altercation.
Quintanilla and a 12-year-old male are facing charges of aggravated assault. The 11-year-old male cannot be charged because under Section 13 of the Criminal Code of Canada, the minimum age of criminal responsibility is 12 years old.
Leading up to the assault, two cadets were doing a poppy drive on Sunday at a mall when the two unidentified males assaulted them by honking a compressed air horn in their ears and faces.
Air horns can easily produce sounds exceeding 120 decibels. Close-proximity exposure can cause immediate and permanent hearing loss or eardrum trauma.
A compressed air horn can be legally classified as a weapon if it is used to intimidate or assault someone.
The cadets reported what had happened to their supervisor, Capt. Kunkel. Hearing what happened, Capt. Kunkel responded and followed the males into a nearby Mandarin restaurant to prevent the alleged male aggressors from fleeing before police could arrive.
According to the Hamilton Spectator, "A struggle then ensued over one of the youths' backpacks as the commander tried to keep them from fleeing until officers arrived, according to Const. Trevor McKenna. The boys, in turn, 'snatched' his keys and lanyard."
At this point, Quintanilla is alleged to have tripped Capt. Kunkel. As he lay defenseless on the ground, the male aggressors reportedly began to punch Capt. Kunkel and stomp on his head. All parties involved in the aggravated assault then fled the scene of their crime.
The alleged male aggressors were found nearby at another establishment, where they were causing a disruption. They were throwing around objects inside a retail store. The police found them when they responded to a call about their criminal conduct in the store.
It is unknown whether or not the cadets sustained injuries in the initial alleged compressed air horn assault.
Quintanilla could not be reached for comment. Further reporting will be done about this story this evening, streaming live tonight at 7 PM EST.
A close family friend has set up a fund to assist Ken Kunkel and his family with his very serious injuries.
🔗 to the fundraiser and the Hamilton Spectator article in the comments.
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CBC’s At Issue buried the real budget criticism in the YouTube bonus
In the online-only extra, Andrew Coyne finally said it plainly: “Moving in the wrong direction is they are going to increase and indeed entrench subsidies to the news media to our business. I thought this was a bad idea when they first introduced it… it was going to be this temporary emergency stopgap… Well, once we got our hooks into the public taxpayer, you’ll never get us off it. So in fact, they’re increasing the amount of and they’re going to make it pretty much permanent. And they’ve expanded it beyond just the newspaper business now into audio visual. This is not good for the future of the news business in this country.”
The response? An immediate pivot from Rosie to “Your letter stamps are going up to $2… Canada Post isn’t doing well. 7% escalator after. Oh, dear.”
A panelist on the public broadcaster admits the temporary media bailout is now permanent and expanding, and the room answers with postage rates. That is the entire engagement with the most obvious conflict of interest in the budget @acoyne @RosieBarton @althiaraj
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Hala Asraf is employed at Trek Bicycle Philadelphia Manayunk (a Trek Bicycle Corporation store at 4159 Main St, Philadelphia, PA 19127).
Trek Bicycle Philadelphia Manayunk
4159 Main St, Philadelphia, PA 19127
Phone: (215) 487-7433
Email: [email protected]
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TRAGIC UPDATE: The Air Cadet Officer who's head got stomped had spinal surgery. He will NOT walk for the foreseeable future.
He loved walking with his 4 grandkids to visit friends and neighbours.
Because he honoured our veterans that may never happen again. Let that sink in.
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Sweden's 🇸🇪 parliament has voted to make Holocaust denial a constitutional offense, starting in January 2027.
Not a single MP signed up to debate it.
I applaud Sweden for this decision.
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Aber Kawas was born in New York to Palestinian Muslim parents. She grew up hating America and openly supports Hamas (she publicly waved a Hamas headband) and Islamic jihad, saying that America deserved 9/11 because of ‘Islamophobia.’
She has just won her race for the New York State Senate.
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Darializa Avila Chevalier was born in Florida to Dominican parents.
She became so wrapped up in pro-Palestinian activism that she ended up converting to Islam and is now dating a former al-Qaeda defense lawyer.
She claims that she only got into politics because Palestine is the most important issue in her life.
She openly hates the U.S., calling it a disgraceful country, and says she uses the American flag as a napkin. She was part of an organization that calls for the eradication of America. She also supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
She has just been elected to Congress.
The enemy within has won. A very dark day for America.
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*Muslim Aber Kawas won her elections to become a New York State legislator.*
She's said 9/11 was America's fault due to “capitalism, racism, white supremacy, and Islamophobia.” Here she is waving a Hamas headband.
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@UMich wants us to TAKE DOWN the video of the girl who ASSAULTED ME and threatened to KILL ME!
MAKE HER FAMOUS
🚨🚨 I have just been informed by @ReawakenUSA CEO @realjamesowen that he was called by @UMich and asked to have my video of yesterday’s attack removed due to negative blowback on lunatic, Temulun Togochog
I’ll repost it every day until she’s expelled and charged.
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🛑In 1969, Lenny Kuhr made the Netherlands proud by winning Eurovision. Nearly 60 years later, the Jewish singer is leaving her homeland for Israel.
After canceled concerts and even death threats, Kuhr, now 76, has arrived in Israel with her husband to begin a new chapter.
She once stood on Europe’s biggest stage representing the Netherlands. Today, she is leaving behind the country she brought international recognition to.
That contrast tells a painful story about antisemitism in Europe.
Welcome home Lenny 🤍🇮🇱
