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“Tell me what you accuse the Jews of and I'll tell you what you're guilty of.”
Vassily Grossman, Life and Fate
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Tevya 🕎 retweeted
For many years, it has been obvious to anybody with a pair of eyes and a television licence that the BBC has a problem with Jews. Need I rehearse its offences yet again? From broadcasting chants of “death to the IDF” on primetime to commissioning a documentary narrated by a Hamas scion, the evidence is endless. Please just Google it yourself. I just don’t have the strength any longer.
Yet strength or no strength, here we are once more...
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We have detected speed restrictions on Starshield on our Ukrainian territory – in the temporarily occupied parts of Ukraine. The speed limit is back at 161 kilometers per hour – that’s 100 miles per hour.
This directly affects our ability to intercept Russian jet-powered “shahed” drones. These drones come from those areas, and because of the speed restrictions, we simply cannot catch up with them in time.
Near the frontline, we cannot use our aircraft. Only drone interceptors can operate there. And without the speed we need, shooting down these “shaheds” becomes much harder.
This means more Russian strikes get through, and more of our people are killed by Russia. We are trying to get the details from the American side, but so far, we know very little.
If someone in America is making decisions that basically treat Ukrainian territory as if it is not Ukrainian, then this tells us where things are going. We need to be clear and never recognize Russia’s occupation of Ukrainian territory in any way.
From an address at the 9th European Political Community Summit. (3/3)
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.@Ed_Miliband Your ministry is not being honest with Parliament or the British people. The Foreign Office here falsely denied the UK's complicity in nominating Iran. The truth is that regional groups only propose candidates, but the official nomination is done by ECOSOC. By not objecting on April 8, the UK officially joined consensus on the nomination of Iran — which was just now ratified by the UNGA. The U.S. did take the floor in April to oppose the nomination. The UK chose silence. This official reply below is deliberately misleading and deceptive.
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Why are the floods in Gaza so bad? Because Hamas ripped up water pipes to make missiles for its racist war against the Jewish State. It cannibalised all of Gaza’s infrastructure for its fascistic crusade against the Jews. Blame Hamas, says Brendan O’Neill
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I can at least understand why, back in December 2021, when Russia issued the West an ultimatum so blatantly absurd and impossible to meet as demanding that NATO “roll back to its 1997 borders,” everyone was clutching their pearls and gasping in horror.
But come on. In 2022, Putin suffers a crushing defeat at Kyiv, retreats, and abandons the #1 objective of his blitzkrieg. And then, as if nothing had happened, he shows up at the “peace negotiations” in Istanbul demanding outrageously absurd and impossible conditions, including Ukraine's near-total disarmament and a Russian veto over any Western assistance in the event of another invasion.
As if his troops were feasting in Uzhhorod and Lviv instead of having been turned to ashes outside Hostomel and Chernihiv.
Fast-forward almost five years.
He's suffered defeats outside Kharkiv, in Kherson, in Kupiansk, and near Lyman. He's seen Ukrainian troops invade and occupy Russian territory. He's practically lost his Black Sea Fleet. He's lost some 500,000 soldiers killed alone. He's barely managed to change a front line that has remained largely frozen since 2022.
His oil refineries, ports, airfields, and military factories are burning across a vast stretch of Russia, from St. Petersburg to Omsk. He still can't defeat Ukraine even in Donbas, even with the president of the United States in his pocket.
And yet he keeps demanding Ukraine's complete capitulation, the surrender of territory without a fight, the dismantling of Ukraine's defenses. And again and again, he effectively demands that NATO be rolled back and that the entire former Warsaw Pact territory in Europe be handed over to him.
As if he were Stalin in 1952.
And the reason isn't just that Putin is an insane gambler who doesn't know when to stop or recognize the limits of what he can realistically demand.
It's also that, year after year, the free world has repeatedly and spectacularly demonstrated what Putin clearly interprets as weakness, fear, and an unwillingness to stand up for itself.
And therefore, as an invitation to escalate even further, to make ever more outrageous demands, and to engage in ever more brazen blackmail, despite the obvious mismatch between his megalomaniac ambitions, his rhetoric, and his actual results on the ground.
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The UK *nominated* Iran to join this committee.
Why @Ed_Miliband? Is this what you shook hands over?
Tevya 🕎 retweeted
“According to me” is a silly way of putting it
And at a minimum, Ashkenazim and Sephardim are one sub-ethnic cohort
Jewish cohorts generally fall into three buckets: western (Greco-Roman exile), eastern (Babylonian exile), and southern (spice routes: Ethiopia, Yemen & India)
No, according to me there are a variety of Jewish ethnic groups, most of which are not in fact indigenous to the Levant.
For example, "Ashkenazi Jew" is a European-Jewish ethnoreligious group that is distinct from ethnoreligious categories like "Yemeni Jew" or "Ethiopian Jew." (Distinct insofar as the ethnicity differs, although the religion is the same.)
Jews are not "an ethno-religious group." That is ridiculously reductive, as the case of converts shows. are comprised of many ethnicities and indeed ethnoreligious categories.
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Unbelievably, Iran (yes, Iran) has just been elected to the UN Committee that sets the priorities for women’s rights, counter-terrorism and peacekeeping. This, the country with an almost uniquely violent record of brutalising women, executing peaceful female protesters and of course sponsoring very widespread terrorism.
Equally unbelievably, the UK nominated Iran and although the voting is secret, we must assume it subsequently voted for Iran in the General Assembly. This is the same UK that is nominally run by PM Andy Burnham who declared only a few weeks ago that “we will always stand with the underdog and take what action we can to support them.”
If the young women of Iran who dare to remove their headscarves, or sing, or engage in peaceful protest to press for basic democracy aren’t the underdog in their battle with a vicious and murderous regime… who then is an underdog?
I can’t exaggerate how ashamed I am of my country. I’m sickened and repulsed by what it has become. I barely recognise it. Burnham should hang his head in utter shame.
And as for the UN, it has come to embody institutional corruption and gaslighting on a global scale.
It put China, Qatar and Cuba in charge of the body charged with protecting human rights worldwide.
It put China, Cuba, Nicaragua, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan (all of which crush/ban NGOs in their own countries) in charge of the body that decides which civil-society groups and NGOs get UN accreditation and access.
It put Syria (under Assad) in charge the body that promotes education, culture, and press freedom.
How long must this continue? The UN has no credibility whatsoever and should be stripped back to the basics- a debating chamber for the big global issues of the day. And nothing more.
How can anyone defend this?
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WHY JEWS PUT THEIR RIGHT SHOE ON FIRST: THE SPIRITUAL MEANING OF CHESED
Have you ever wondered why Jewish tradition teaches us to put our right shoe on before our left?
It isn’t simply an old custom. There is a beautiful spiritual lesson behind this, for some, everyday practice.
In Judaism, the right side is associated with Chesed (חֶסֶד), meaning loving-kindness, compassion, generosity, and unconditional love.
The left side is associated with Gevurah (גְּבוּרָה), representing strength, discipline, restraint, boundaries, and judgment.
In Jewish mystical tradition, these two qualities work together. Chesed gives freely; Gevurah provides the wisdom and boundaries to direct that generosity appropriately.
According to the Talmud (Shabbat 61a), and codified in the Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chaim 2:4), we are instructed to:
• Put on the right shoe first, honoring Chesed.
• Put on the left shoe second.
• If the shoes have laces, tie the left shoe first, followed by the right. Why the exception when tying?
Because the mitzvah of tefillin is traditionally performed by binding the tefillin to the left arm (for a right-handed person). Our Sages connect this act of binding with the order of tying our shoes.
There is also a deeper lesson. Chesed is meant to lead.
Jews are taught to approach the world with kindness before judgment, compassion before criticism, and generosity before restriction.
But Gevurah has its place, too. Kindness without boundaries can become imbalance. Strength without compassion can become harshness.
Together, Chesed and Gevurah teach us how to live with both an open heart and a discerning mind. And perhaps that is the most beautiful part of this tradition.
Judaism doesn’t reserve spirituality for the synagogue, the holidays, or the moments when we open a prayer book. It brings holiness into the ordinary, the very ordinary.
Even putting on your shoes can become an opportunity to remember who you are, how you should treat others, and what kind of energy you want to carry into the world.
Every morning, before taking that first step, we are reminded: Lead with kindness. Walk with compassion. Let strength serve goodness.
Chesed first. Always.
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The first massacres of the Jewish war were not committed by armies.
They were committed by neighbors.
War of the Jews, Book II, Chapter 18. 🧵
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The decline of Hellenism, the Greek religion, cannot be explained by voluntary conversion. Imperial persecution and the systematic suppression of traditional worship played a decisive role in the disappearance of the ancestral religion of the Hellenes from public life.
Under Constantine I (306–337 AD), Christianity received imperial privileges, while certain Hellenic sanctuaries were ordered destroyed. His sons, Constans (337–350 AD), who ruled the West, and Constantius II (337–361 AD), who initially ruled the East before becoming sole emperor, imposed further restrictions on traditional worship. Under Constantius II, sacrifices were prohibited under threat of death, and temples were ordered closed.
Emperor Julian's brief reign (361–363 AD) reversed these prohibitions, reopened temples, restored their properties and revived Hellenic worship without outlawing Christianity. He also withdrew special privileges previously granted to Christian institutions. Following Julian's death, his Christian successor Jovian (363–364 AD) reversed important aspects of his predecessor's religious policies, reinstating the imperial privileges previously granted to Christian institutions.
Under Valentinian I (364–375 AD) in the West and Valens (364–378 AD) in the East, temple estates restored by Julian were confiscated and returned to the imperial treasury, depriving traditional religious institutions of valuable property and income. Nocturnal sacrifices were restricted, while Christians were exempted from compulsory service guarding traditional temples. Officials who assigned Christians to such duties were threatened with execution and confiscation of their property. Under Valens, accusations of divination and treason led to the persecution, torture and execution of philosophers and intellectuals associated with Hellenic traditions. Among those executed was Maximus of Ephesus, the philosopher and teacher of Julian, while numerous books were confiscated and burned during the investigations.
A further shift occurred under the Western Emperor Gratian (367–383 AD), who removed the Altar of Victory from the Roman Senate in 382 AD and withdrew financial privileges from traditional religious institutions. Following Gratian's death in 383 AD, his younger half-brother and fellow Western Emperor Valentinian II (375–392 AD) continued to rule and rejected appeals for the altar's restoration in 384 AD.
Meanwhile, in the East, Theodosius I (379–395 AD) imposed increasingly severe prohibitions on Hellenic worship, extending even to private household rituals. Around 391 AD, the great Serapeum of Alexandria was destroyed amid religious violence. Theodosius I, who outlawed all pagan cults, curiously left Judaism untouched as a religio licita, with synagogues protected and Christians punished for attacking them.
If the Hellenes had willingly abandoned their ancestral Gods, why were imperial prohibitions, threats of execution and the suppression of their religious institutions necessary?
The Christianisation of the Hellenic world was not achieved through persuasion, but through imperial power, religious persecution and the systematic suppression of traditional worship, which played a decisive role in the decline of the ancestral religion of the Hellenes.
Tevya 🕎 retweeted
Hello @grok,
What is the most common Iranian proverb about Palestine used by normal Iranian citizens today?
Just the proverb and its translation please.
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Don't take my word for it, go check the weather in Gaza right now.
Every year, like clockwork, the moment temperatures in Europe and North America plunge, the geniuses in the Gaza disinformation industry, flood of the internet with AI slop, misinformation, and rage bait claiming Gaza is freezing.
And so, instead of caring for the children freezing in Kharkov, under the relentless barrage of Russian missiles and drones, or the children freezing in Appalachia and Michigan, our resources and attention are turned to the sunbathers in Gaza who is not to surrender their weapons and pursuit peace out of their incurable hate for Israel.
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If you ever doubted how important good governance is, there are people living on wonderful Mediterranean coastal cities in Lebanon, or even '1st world' countries like Italy, who dream of living in a rust belt city like Detroit.
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Nothing to see, just Jeremy Corbyn sharing an AI fake. This is how viral disinformation is fueling the Genocide Hoax. It was a psyops campaign to begin with.
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If people in the West really want to help people in Gaza they should put pressure on Hamas to disarm and hand control to the Palestinian Authority in line with the ceasefire agreement.
As this makes clear, helping civilians, reconstruction and rebuilding Gaza’s economy after the war Hamas started would be much faster if Hamas disarmed.
REVEALED: The scandal surrounding Gaza's failed winterization efforts lays bare a grim reality: Hamas obstructed attempts to protect Palestinian civilians before the devastating winter storms that flooded tens of thousands of tents.
Palestinian Authority employees inside Gaza have reported that professionals from the Ministries of Public Works and Relief Affairs were intimidated, summoned, and coerced by Hamas into signing pledges not to undertake humanitarian projects without the group's approval. According to their accounts, those who defied Hamas risked so-called "field justice," including beatings and worse.
Several officials, including Najla Hammad, Ihab Al-Bahtiti, Khaled Abu Safiya, Wiam Aboul-Nasr, Dr. Adnan Hamouda, and Ahmed Abu Zaiter, have publicly stated that efforts to build more durable fiberglass housing and improve conditions for displaced civilians were blocked.
Another example was a proposal that was put forward to demolish several heavily damaged towers which were at risk of collapse from rainwater after extensive bombardment. According to those involved, Hamas blocked the removal of the “Bank of Palestine Tower” in Gaza City's Rimal neighborhood, reportedly arguing that it would "collapse from the rain anyway." The terrorist group did not show any concern for the civilian lives that would be lost when the tower eventually collapses on its own, because it wants dead Palestinians and news of tragedy to keep Gaza in the news cycle and to gain global sympathy, hoping for more incoming resources and donations for the Strip’s humanitarian and reconstruction needs that it could siphon.
Additionally, Hamas has also been accused of obstructing construction projects intended to create safer communities for displaced Gazans in southern Gaza, prioritizing political control over humanitarian relief.
This is a reminder that Gaza's suffering is not only a consequence of war. It is also the result of a fascist and ruthless governing power that repeatedly places its own interests above the welfare of the people it claims to represent. The same terror group that helped bring catastrophe upon Gaza continues to obstruct efforts to mitigate its consequences.
As floodwaters sweep through displacement camps and families endure another winter in misery, the question is unavoidable: how many Palestinian lives could have been spared had Hamas allowed humanitarian, housing, and reconstruction efforts to proceed unimpeded?
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This may be one of the best explanations of male depression that I’ve ever heard. This is explains why guys are suicidal and their friends, parents, and/or wives don’t even know it. This is also why a man can be married with kids, great job, etc. & feel lonely & depressed.
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
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أنا ابن غزة وأعيش في خيمة بالشارع ، والتعليقات في حسابي مفتوحة للجميع وخاصة لأهل غزة ؛ أرجو من أهل غزة أن يكتبولي في التعليقات ماذا قدمت لكم حماس من مساعدات خلال سنين الإبادة ؟؟!!
أنا عن نفسي حماس ما قدمت لي شربة ماء .
أقسم لكم بالله العظيم أن أموالكم التي تتبرعون بها لحماس لا تصل للشعب .
لا تتبرعوا لحماس ونشطاءها
لا تتبرعوا لحماس ونشطاءها
لا تتبرعوا لحماس ونشطاءها
لا تتبرعوا لحماس ونشطاءها
اللهم هل بلغنا اللهم فاشهد
والله الذي لا إله إلا هو إن حماس تسرق أموالنا وأموالكم .
#غزة_تغرق
#الجزيرة_رقمي
#الجزيرة_ألبوم