Here the author explains to Russian audience how "decolonization" works
[REGNUM] The public speech of a third-year Jewish student at New York University (NYU) caused a lot of noise both in the city and around the world. The girl described the bullying, harassment and insults she suffered because of her nationality. And in general, she compared the situation of Jewish students at American universities with the situation of Jews before the Holocaust.
For those who are far from American realities, the speaker’s emotions might seem unexpected. However, for the Americans themselves, the performance cannot be called sensational.
The fact is that the situation is really critical. NYU, one of the top ten best American universities, has long been one of the epicenters of radical leftist sentiment in the United States. Among NYU faculty and students, it is outrageously rude to vote Republican, and supporters of Donald Trump may well be subject to ostracism and even violence.
Is it any wonder that in such an atmosphere powerful hostility towards Israel flourishes, turning into open anti-Semitism.
The activities of NYU are an excellent illustration of why a similar situation is developing in most American institutions of higher education.
It all starts "from the hanger," that is, from the process of selecting applicants. The competition at NYU is huge; only five out of 100 applicants get the opportunity to cross its threshold. Among other things, applicants write so-called essays, the assessment of which is very subjective. The race and nationality of the applicants, as well as the income of their parents, are also important.
Initially, all applicants are divided into privileged and underserved, a beautifully coined term meaning "those who did not receive something," according to American progressives.
You might think that "privilege" only applies to Anglo-Saxons or Jews, but this is not the case. For some time now, this has also included the Chinese, who are simply distinguished by increased diligence and concentration on their studies and, as a result, high academic performance.
At the beginning of the selection process, the university will delve into the wallets of the applicants’ parents. If the parents are wealthy high-tech employees, doctors, financiers, etc., then the tuition fee will be maximum (for a circle with on-campus accommodation - approximately $80 thousand per year). But if the parents belong to the under-poverty category, then the payment may be two or three times less, or the education may be completely free.
As a result, a graduate from a wealthy family can actually leave the university with not only a master's degree, but also nearly half a million dollars in student loan debt.
At the same time, from the first day, students are taught that this state of affairs is absolutely fair, that they must always be on the side of the disadvantaged and the "weak" in everything.
...The main idea of this belief system is the struggle of the "oppressed" against the "oppressors" and the redistribution of power. Moreover, a person is enrolled in both categories not depending on personal merit, but by virtue of birth within a particular social group.
Relatively speaking, among this public, "white" heterosexual men are automatically considered "oppressors" while blacks, homosexuals, migrants, etc. — "oppressed."
It is important to note here that at the dawn of its creation, Israel was supported by supporters of the Frankfurt School, since Zionism was considered a national liberation project opposed to the British Empire. A transformation in perception occurred in the 1960s and 1970s, after Israeli victories in wars with Arab countries.
It was then that Israel began to be perceived as "strong" and moved from the category of "oppressed" to the category of "oppressor". Today, in the Western left, Israel is perceived as a "textbook example of colonialism."
At the same time, according to the views of the modern "new left," the oppressed can fight the oppressors by any means. As a result, all boundaries are destroyed, American "social justice warriors" on campuses begin to justify the Hamas terrorist attack on October 7 and almost openly persecute their Jewish classmates, who are often baselessly associated with Israel.
...A serious factor influencing the situation is... the policy of the State of Qatar. The main sponsor of Hamas is also, paradoxically, one of the main sponsors of US universities.
...At the same time, the level of knowledge about Israel among American students is extremely low. According to a WSJ study, 53% of 250 US students surveyed who sympathize with the expression "from the river to the sea" do not know which river and which sea they are talking about.
The conclusion suggests itself: if the situation in US universities does not begin to change in the direction of softening the ideological intensity, then the universities will face a wave of real Jewish pogroms. Don't know about pogroms, but admissions or tenure track ...
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[AFRICANEWS] The Togolese Minister of Foreign Affairs in mediation in Niamey affirmed Thursday to have "agreed on the content" and "timing of the transition" in Niger with the Prime Minister of this country led by a military regime since a coup d'état, before the notice of other West African countries.
The head of Togolese diplomacy, Robert Dussey, said on Nigerien national television Télé Sahel having "worked and agreed on the content and timing of the transition" with "the Prime Minister", Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine, and "the Minister of Foreign Affairs" Nigeriens, Bakary Yaou Sangaré.
"We will already present to the heads of state mediators and to the ECOWAS Commission (Economic Community of West African States) this content (...) agreed together", he added.
According to Télé Sahel, Mr. Dussey will return to Niamey in January with his counterpart from Sierra Leone, Timothy Kabba. Mr. Kabba was to be present during this mediation, said Mr. Dussey, but"a constraint prevented him from making the trip" in Niamey.
Sunday, ECOWAS meeting at a summit in Abuja opened the way to a reduction of its sanctions against Niger, conditioning it to a "short transition" before a return of civilians to power.
During this summit, it was decided that a committee composed of the presidents of Benin ...Benin, a French-speaking West African nation, that they put where Dahomey used to be. It is a birthplace of voodoo and zombies. In Abomey, Dahomey's former capital, the Historical Museum occupies two royal palaces with bas-reliefs recounting the kingdom’s past and a throne mounted on human skulls. To the north, Pendjari National Park offers safaris with elephants, hippos and lions and tigers and bears, oh my!... , Togo, and Sierra Leone would negotiate with the Nigerien military regime the commitments to be implemented, before a possible relaxation of the sanctions taken by the regional organization shortly after the July 26 coup.
[AFRICANEWS] The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) on Friday ordered the "immediate" release of Mohammed Bazoum, Niger's president who has been held captive since the coup that overthrew him on July 26, and that of his family.
The Court "orders the defendant (the military authorities in Niamey, editor's note) to release all the applicants immediately and unconditionally", said the judge, who deliberated in Abuja.
"The defendant has violated their right not to be arbitrarily detained", he declared.
The Court also asked that Mohammed Bazoum be reinstated in his position.
"It is Mohammed Bazoum who represents the State of Niger", he "remains President of the Republic", the judge assured.
"There are constitutional rights that have been violated", as well as "political rights", he said.
Mohammed Bazoum has been sequestered in his presidential residence with his wife Haziza and their son Salem, since he was tossed by a coup d'état on July 26.
In mid-September, the deposed president appealed to the Ecowas Court of Justice for his release and the restoration of constitutional order in the country.
The application filed by his lawyers cited the "arbitrary arrest" and "violation of the freedom of movement" of Mr. Bazoum, his wife, and their son.
[AFRICANEWS] A few days ahead of the presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material... , scheduled for December 20th 2023, is causing a stir on the web and leaving public opinion stunned.
The creation of the "Alliance Fleuve Congo" was made official on Friday in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital. At the helm is Corneille Nangaa, the former chairman of the Electoral Commission.
In a video posted on social networks, he openly allied himself with several rebel movements, including the M23, which took up arms against the government in November 2021.
The movement, which is active in the east of the DRC and, according to sources, supported by Rwanda, was represented in Nairobi by its president Bertrand Bisimwa.
Corneille Nangaa has announced that his platform currently comprises 17 political parties, two political groupings and several gangs.
A close associate of former president Joseph Kabila, he is calling on gangs scouring swathes of the DRC to join his movement.
According to its founder, the aim of the "Alliance Fleuve Congo" is to save the DRC, which has been in a state of chronic instability for three decades, mainly due to the weakness and absence of the state, to re-establish its illusory sovereignty and put an end to insecurity.
Corneille Nangaa is promising a new door to salvation, and says he will do everything in his power to restore stability and create a more suitable economic environment in the face of the failure of the current policy.
Corneille Nangaa, who is at war with Kinshasa, also denounced the "plundering of public property" and "misappropriation of funds".
Corneille Nangaa also thanked the Kenyan authorities for their hospitality. Nairobi, whose soldiers involved in the East African force recently left the DRC, accused of colluding with rebel groups, including the M23.
[NYPost] Kuwait’s ruling emir, the 86-year-old Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, died Saturday.
Kuwait state television broke into programming with Quranic verses just before a somber official made the announcement.
"With great sadness and sorrow, we — the Kuwaiti people, the Arab and Islamic nations, and the friendly peoples of the world — mourn the late His Highness the emir, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, who passed away to his Lord today," Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah Al Sabah, the minister of his emiri court, read the brief statement.
Authorities gave no cause of death.
Kuwait’s deputy ruler and his half-brother, Sheikh Meshal Al Ahmad Al Jaber, now 83, is believed to be the world’s oldest crown prince.
He is in line to take over as Kuwait’s ruler.
In late November, Sheikh Nawaf was rushed to hospital for an unspecified illness.
In the time since, the tiny, oil-rich nation had been waiting for news about his health.
State-run news previously reported that he traveled to the United States for unspecified medical checks in March 2021.
The health of Kuwait’s leaders remains a sensitive matter in the Middle Eastern nation bordering Iraq and Saudi Arabia, which has seen internal power struggles behind palace doors.
Any hostile move against #Yemen will have dire consequences and great costs, Ali al-Qahoum, a member of the #Houthi group’s Ansarullah politburo, tells Al Mayadeen TV.https://t.co/EmXUAYUkTv
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] United States December 15 may announce the deployment of coalition forces in the Red Sea to counter Houthi attacks on civilian ships. Axios writes about this on December 15, citing sources among officials in Israel and the United States.
About time. Much longer and you’d have been mortified that Bibi Netanyahu’s Israel handled it, without waiting for America’s permission.
According to the portal, this should be a “special reinforced multinational task force” that will accompany ships that have become frequently attacked by the Houthis. At the same time, it is expected that the deployment of coalition forces will help respond to emerging threats.
It is noted that earlier the American administration sent warnings to the Houthis through several channels, in which they demanded to stop attacking ships. Also, US Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking, who recently visited the Gulf countries, asked his colleagues in Saudi Arabia, Oman and Qatar to convey to the Houthis the extreme US concern about their attacks. threatening freedom of navigation in international waters.
According to sources, several states have sent such warnings to the Houthis in the past few weeks, but these messages have not yet led to any results.
As reported by IA Regnum, on December 14, the military representative of the Houthis Yahya Saria reporteda drone attack on the container ship Maersk Gibraltar of the Danish company Maersk in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. He clarified that the Shiite movement had to hit the ship because it did not respond to a warning from the Yemeni navy.
The Houthis attacked a tanker with oil and chemicals near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on December 12 Strinda. A missile hit the ship, causing a fire on board. The tanker was flying the Norwegian flag from Malaysia and was sent to a safe port after the attack.
The infamous viral video purporting to show chants of "Gas the Jews" outside the Sydney Opera House appears to have been a fabrication. The Australian Jewish Association, which produced the video, is refusing to provide unedited footage to media and policehttps://t.co/cdaZ8QrYCB
[AustralianAssociatedPress] The organisers of a widely condemned pro-Palestine protest in Sydney say anti-Jewish slurs at the rally came from only a handful of anti-Semite agitators.
Even if the protesters had not shouted those things, protesting against Israel mere days after the 10/7 massacre where Hamasniks raped captured women until their pelvises broke and cooked babies alive in their own homes shows conscious support of evil. And now, after all that has been revealed in the two months since that day, Ulimble Forkbeard2690, one no longer wonders why you so vociferously support evil.
Protesters chanted anti-Israel and anti-Jewish rhetoric at a rally which started at Town Hall and ended on the steps of the Opera House on Monday night as the venue’s sails were lit up in the colours of the Israeli flag.
NSW Premier Chris Minns approved the lighting of the sails to show solidarity with the Jewish community after the Islamist group Hamas invaded Israeli towns and massacred residents and festival attendees on Saturday.
Flares were lit outside the Sydney Opera House during a pro-Palestine rally.
The surprise attack and subsequent retaliatory shelling of Hamas-controlled Gaza have killed at least 1500 people.
Bad things generally happen to people who start wars, and really it’s stupid to complain when the attacked target retaliates.
Mr Minns led a host of prominent figures on Tuesday condemning the protest and the “shocking and abusive” comments shouted there, which included a chant of “gas the Jews”.
But organisers Palestine Action Group defended their right to protest and said media coverage had focused on a tiny fringe of “vile anti-Semitic attendees”
...as opposed to the less openly vile mainstream of antisemitic attendees. Got it.
Mostly young teens shouting “f** the Jews” were quickly condemned and asked to leave, they said in a lengthy statement.
“Long-standing Palestinian organisers and activists, Palestinian, Arab and Muslim elders attending the protest were disgusted and deplored by the action,” it said.
The group, which promises a second rally on Sunday, drew a distinction between Judaism and the state of Israel, which they described as “a genocidal apartheid regime”.
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#2
How can Gaza be ethnically cleansed if they’re all still there?
Granted, something like 75% would like to leave — or at least that was the number on October 6th; it’s probably about 95% now — but they can’t because Hamas, the elected government of Gaza, won’t let them out.
#7
No one seems to care about the ethnic cleansing of Germans from East Prussia, Sileisa, and the Czech Sudetenland after the Germans lost their war on Europe in 1945. Here's an idea, leave your neighbor alone.
#8
Nobody cares about the Jews of the Middle East, resident there since Biblical times, who were driven out with murder and rape as soon as Israel was declared a state. Most of those who survived fled to Israel, which took them in, even as they were recovering from their first Arab war.
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[Regnum] Recent joint US exercises with representatives of the Kurdistan Workers' Party on Syrian territory was received negatively in Turkey. They said that Washington had lost Ankara as an ally. The publication Milliyet wrote about this.
Oh, my dears — Turkey stopped being Washington’s ally back in 2003 when they refused to allow the American Coalition to stage the invasion of Iraq at Incirlik Air Base. Everything since has just been Turkey adding insult to injury.
The author stated that Turkey is now a guarantee for NATO, although in the past NATO was a guarantee for Turkey.
Turkey is doing a fine job of destroying itself, financially as well refusing to have babies, without any help from NATO, not to mention swanning around the Ummah as if the neo-Ottoman sultanate were a real thing instead of Erdogan’s unreachable daydream. Besides, the Kurds are much more sympatico.
“The USA lost Turkey. For public opinion, the United States has long become our main enemy. On the streets they understand that Washington’s plans for the region include the division of Turkey,” the publication says.
The article also notes that the Turkish Ministry of Defense, and not the foreign policy department, responded to the exercises.
“The United States knows very well that Turkey knows the ranks, names and even the state of ammunition of American soldiers,” - the material says.
At the same time, there was a call on Washington to behave like an ally if it wants to have the support and trust of Turkey, to stop doing “mental gymnastics” and stop collaborating with terrorists. The authors emphasized that Ankara can also change its allied behavior.
The conflict between the Turkish authorities and the Kurds in a broad sense has been going on since 1921. The Kurds are fighting for existence and the creation of autonomy within Turkey. The PKK has been fighting for the rights of the Kurds since 1978. The party was recognized as terrorist and banned both in Turkey itself and in the USA, EU and a number of other countries.
In recent years, relations between Washington and Turkey have undergone various changes, and many contradictions have arisen between them, including Turkey's demands for F-16s, US complaints about Russian-Turkish cooperation and Turkey's refusal to approve Sweden's membership in NATO.
As reported on December 9, in IA Regnum, Turkey believes that a just peace with the United States is impossible, because they oppose peace in the Gaza Strip. Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan noted that only the United States voted for the refusal of the ceasefire.
The US is one of the five counties that has veto power in the UN Security Council, so no other vote is needed. And in the UN General Assembly the votes have no executionary power (yes, I did just decide that’s a word, dear Reader, no matter what SpellCheck says), so the outcome of the vote does not matter.
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Globalism: A Very Short Introduction, or, One Way or Another
"Honolulu-New York! If I told ya
That's five thousand miles, would it bowl ya
Right over?"
"It wouldn't."
"Okay... and it shouldn't."
[rolls globe to show London-Mongolia]
[ZH] The $886.3 billion defense budget is headed for President Joe Biden’s desk and Congress is headed home for the holidays, its business concluded—albeit not finished—for the year.
The House on Dec. 14 approved the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (FY24 NDAA) in a 310–118 vote, ensuring its passage a day after the Senate adopted the massive appropriations measure in an 87–13 tally.
The NDAA earmarks $841.5 billion for the Department of Defense (DOD)—nearly $32 billion, or 3 percent, more than the FY23 NDAA—$32.26 billion for the National Nuclear Security Administration, and $12.1 billion in defense-related allocations for other federal agencies.
Both chambers adopted their respective defense budgets in July. The NDAA is one of 12 appropriations bills that constitute the federal government’s yearly budget. Five have now been adopted for FY24, which began Oct. 1. Parts of the federal government are operating under continuing resolutions.
A Senate–House conference committee reconciled differences in the chamber budgets for two months. On Dec. 6, it produced a 3,093-page draft NDAA, 718-page conference report, and a bucket of parliamentary worms that, ultimately, provided the only intrigue during the must-pass bill's last unpassed days.
The NDAA includes a 5.2-percent pay raise for service members, $145 billion for research into artificial intelligence and hypersonics, investments in Space Force and many, many things—$886.3 billion worth.
Below are 10 takeaways from the slow-walked NDAA’s sudden Dec. 13–14 rocket-docket dash through the Senate and House, three months after the federal fiscal year began, and six months after both chambers passed seminal budgets.
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Parts of the federal government are operating under continuing resolutions.
I recall back in the 70s DoD operated for a year under a continuing resolution. They did it month to month for three months, then finally did one to cover the remainder of the year.
[NYPOST] Ahmad Musa Jibril, a radical Islamist preacher from Michigan, wants American Moslems to go on jihad.
"Jihad must be a common, normal term on your tongues, on your social media, and in the mosques and elsewhere," he said in a video.
And: "If you can’t raise your child telling him you want him to be mujahid and martyr, then you are the root of the problem."
Sure sounds like incitement to us.
Especially since Jibril, while ranting against Biden, said that the United States "is more to blame for the genocide in Paleostine than the occupying Jews."
The man’s clearly, deliberately painting a target on the backs of Jews and Americans.
But even if his words don’t rise to the level of legal incitement, the man at the very least needs to be deplatformed.
He has no business occupying a position like imam, one totally central to Moslem life; these religious leaders are supposed to dispense wisdom and good guidance.
Not vile hate and calls to violence.
And he does preach direct violence: He’s called for young people to travel to Syria to fight alongside the barbarians of ISIS, and he faxed an ugly fan letter to CNN ...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for... after a terror bombing in Riyadh in 1995.
Indeed, a perpetrator of the London Bridge 2017 terror attack, which killed eight and injured dozens, reportedly was a listener.
Jibril’s an ex-con, to boot: He was sentenced to six-plus years of hard time for financial and gun crimes.
The real shame here is that he’s an American, from Dearborn.
If we can’t kick him out, let’s at least make sure few people can listen to his trash.
#6
He has no business occupying a position like imam, one totally central to Moslem life; these religious leaders are supposed to dispense wisdom and good guidance.
Wasn't it Toejam Chaudry who was like, don't tell me what I've been taught and you media are the enemy too?
[JPost] The employment of thousands of foreign construction and renovation workers has been approved to fill the void left by Palestinian workers. The Population Authority has permitted contractors to hire workers from different countries in response to the ongoing war and the ban on Palestinian workers entering Israel since October 7. This ban has halted construction and renovation work in the country.
In the upcoming allocation of foreign workers, 4,000 people will be assigned to the renovation industry and small contractors. Additionally, an Israeli workers' bank will be established to assist local workers and support the renovation contractors during this challenging period. This initiative has been welcomed by Eran Siev, Chairman of the Association of Renovation Contractors, who acknowledged the need for government support in the midst of the crisis.
Committee Chairman MK Eliyahu Rabivo (Likud) explained the decision, stating that "due to the security concerns and the citizens' long-term worries, it was necessary to replace Palestinian workers with foreign workers. The renovation contractors play a crucial role in Israel's construction market, and we must support them during these uncertain times. The past is behind us, and we must adapt to the new circumstances."
Rabivo's assistance has been appreciated by the renovation industry, which heavily relies on the state's support. According to Siev, without the help of the government, there will be no one to continue renovating Gaza after the war. He expressed gratitude to the trustees involved in promoting this initiative, including Rabivo; Einval Meshash, Head of the Foreign Workers Administration at the Population Authority; and authority head Eyal Siso.
#2
One has to add that building industry in Israel is deliberately archaic - the underlying theory being "We provide Palestinians with work to make Peace."
The practice: they make more kids.
[GEO.TV] The war in Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... will transition to a new phase focused on precise targeting of the Hamas ...not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... leadership and on intelligence-driven operations, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said in Israel on Friday.
Sullivan said it would take months to achieve Israel's objectives in the war, but that fighting would proceed in phases, with a shift from the current campaign of intense bombing and ground operations.
The White House adviser, who is due to visit Paleostinian President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase.... later on Friday, gave no details on the timing of a shift in the war's intensity.
"The conditions and the timing for that was obviously a subject of conversation that I had with Prime Minister Netanyahu," the war cabinet, Israel's military leaders and the defence minister, Sullivan said in a news conference.
Sullivan declined to answer when asked whether the United States could hold back military aid if the war does not enter a lower intensity phase with fewer civilian casualties, saying the best way to reach an agreement was in discussion behind closed doors.
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Wasn't that a Mossad idea that everybody faded?
Under the See! Under the See!
The parmesan surely so much better
when my sister's showers,
so wetter.
I find myself on hotel floor,
just so I don't remember more.
Sniffin' hard on cousin's hair,
Cuz' we all float down here.
Under the See, Under the See!
That’s nice. An integral part of nothing is still nothing.
[GEO.TV] Paleostinian President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ...aka Abu Mazen, a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial. While no Yasser Arafat, he has his own brand of evil, just a little more lowercase.... has said that Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... is an "integral part" of the Paleostinian state during talks with a top US official at his West Bank headquarters.
According to a statement issued by his office, the meeting came as Israel pressed its offensive in Gaza despite mounting international calls for restraint, with key backer the US saying the war must not lead to a long-term Israeli occupation of the territory.
Abbas told visiting US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan that "Gaza is an integral part of the State of Paleostine", his office said in a statement, adding that "the president underscored that separation or any attempt to isolate any part of it is unacceptable".
Abbas "emphasized the urgent need to halt the ongoing Israeli aggression, particularly the genocide being carried out these days upon the Paleostinian people in Gaza", the statement added.
He said it was crucial to "spare civilians from the woes and devastation caused by the Israeli war machine".
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"Gaza is an integral part of the State of Palestine"
Snark O'The Day
Ah'm a product of the Chicago school system.
Guess my geography is bad.
Where is the rest of Palestine?
It’s too early for Snark o’the Day, so how about Snark o’the Oh Dark Thirty?
#2
We live in a strange world. People who carry out genocide - to the best of their, admittedly limited, ability - are considered victims. These who defend themselves against their attacks are accused of genocide.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...Benin, a French-speaking West African nation, that they put where Dahomey used to be. It is a birthplace of voodoo and zombies. In Abomey, Dahomey's former capital, the Historical Museum occupies two royal palaces with bas-reliefs recounting the kingdom’s past and a throne mounted on human skulls. To the north, Pendjari National Park offers safaris with elephants, hippos and lions and tigers and bears, oh my!...
...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka 
[NYPOST] 
...not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...
