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Good Morning


Britain's King Charles III, who was
suffering from cancer, has returned to his duties.
05/01/2024

mary eaton.
Fifth Column
Chaos at UCLA as 'horrific acts of violence' break out between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel activists with 'all-out brawls' and fireworks hurled into crowds hours after cops cleared protesters from Columbia University in dramatic raid
Fifth Column
NYPD release video showing professional
'protest consultant' at Columbia University
Israel-Palestine-Jordan
5 arrested Monday p.m., claims of police
violence as thousands in Tel Aviv demand deal with Hamas
Arabia
Houthis attack Israel-linked ship
in Indian Ocean, 2 US warships in Red Sea
Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Two reservists killed in central
Gaza were mistakenly hit by IDF fire -- probe
Africa Horn
White Nile State governor criminalizes hate speech, racism
Neighbor films Charlotte shootout killing four officers

Posted by: Fred || 05/01/2024 11:10 || Comments || Link || [88 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Happy May Day! Should be interesting
Posted by: Frank G || 05/01/2024 11:14 Comments || Top||

#2  Transitioning in National City, or, The Very Merry Month

Jose was the Queen of the May,
Also king of the day of the lei,
"And the principal, fool,
Of your little red school!
Who you messin' with, ese?"
"Oy..."
"Vey!"
Posted by: Gloluth Theling6069 || 05/01/2024 13:13 Comments || Top||

#3  Or, Autos de Fe.
Posted by: Gloluth Theling6069 || 05/01/2024 13:17 Comments || Top||

#4  ^ Heh. Got my first car (used) at Castle AMC on the Mile of Cars in Nasty City
Posted by: Frank G || 05/01/2024 13:30 Comments || Top||

#5  Don't want this to get lost in the noise.

Alleged active shooter 'neutralized' outside Wisconsin middle school, district says
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/01/2024 15:19 Comments || Top||

#6  ^ Thx Skid. It would've got lost in all the Commie/Hamas hijinx
Posted by: Frank G || 05/01/2024 18:16 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
White Nile State governor criminalizes hate speech, racism
[SUDANTRIBUNE] The governor of White Nile State, Omar Khalifa has imposed penalties against hate speech and racism in the state, under the emergency law.

Tensions has been high in Sudan
...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans. The country is currently enjoying a civil war between the army and the Rapid Support Forces, which used to be part of the army but then they got another ambitious general and you can guess the rest...
since the outbreak of war between the Sudanese army (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in mid-April last year, amid concerns over the total breakdown in service delivery systems.

Khalifa on Monday issued an emergency order criminalizing hate speech, racism and discrimination based on social background within White Nile, citing a state of emergency.

The order, obtained by Sudan Tribune, stipulates that those who violate it by "inciting hatred, assisting in its spread, or engaging in negative propaganda" will be punished with imprisonment for a set duration or a fine not exceeding 5 million pounds. Judges have the authority to impose both penalties and double them for repeat offenders.

The order defines hate speech as any phrase, symbol, or implied statement indicating hatred or discrimination based on race, religion, culture, language, disability, political affiliation, or socioeconomic status.

Publishing articles containing such content in the media will be considered a crime of incitement.

The governor explained that this order is part of the White Nile’s plan to combat hate speech and racism, promoting a culture of peace and peaceful coexistence.

Successive governments have failed to address the widespread hate speech and racist rhetoric in Sudan, which has intensified since the conflict began.

This rhetoric often unfairly targets entire communities under the assumption that they support the RSF.
Posted by: Fred || 05/01/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [67 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Sudan


Heavy clashes erupt in El Fasher as Sudanese army and RSF battle
[SUDANTRIBUNE] Heavy fighting
... as opposed to the more usual name-calling or slapsy...
broke out in El Fasher, capital of North Darfur, on Tuesday morning when Sudan
...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans. The country is currently enjoying a civil war between the army and the Rapid Support Forces, which used to be part of the army but then they got another ambitious general and you can guess the rest...
ese army warplanes launched Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s on Rapid Support Forces (RSF) positions within the city. This escalation comes despite international calls for a ceasefire.

A joint force comprised of armed movements in Darfur allied with the army claims to be closely monitoring RSF movements around El Fasher, the sole major city in Darfur not currently under the control of the paramilitary forces.

The gangs have threatened a decisive defeat for the RSF.

The RSF, however, continues to mobilize fighters, including Arab tribal militias, around El Fasher, defying international pressure. In response, the Sudanese army and allied forces have significantly bolstered their defences throughout the city.

Witnesses reported a military aircraft belonging to the army bombing mobile and fixed RSF targets in the city’s eastern and northern districts. The RSF retaliated with ground-based missiles in an attempt to intercept the aircraft.

The RSF released a video on platform "X" claiming to have repelled 22 Sudanese army attacks on El Fasher since the conflict began. They vowed to defend themselves and confirmed the arrival of reinforcements led by Major General al-Nur al-Qubba.

Al-Qubba, leader of the "Peace Shield" faction within the RSF, had been rumoured to be siding with the rival Revolutionary Awakening Council of the tribal leader Musa Hilal. However,
denial ain't just a river in Egypt...
a recent video shows him on the outskirts of El Fasher, denying those claims and criticizing the council leader’s decision to support the army against the RSF.

El Fasher is strategically important, being the only major city in Darfur that hasn’t fallen under RSF control. The RSF tightened its grip on the surrounding states of South, West, Central, and East Darfur last year.

JOINT FORCE ACCUSES RSF OF TERRORIZING EL FASHER
The Joint Force in Darfur issued a statement condemning the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for their actions in El Fasher. The statement accuses the RSF of spreading fear and terror among the city’s residents.

According to the Joint Force’s official website, El Fasher is well-defended and will resist the RSF, which they refer to as a "militia" and its allies.

In statement to Sudan Tribune, Ahmed Hussein Mustafa, spokesperson for the Joint Force, accused the RSF of obstructing humanitarian aid by preventing commercial and relief trucks from reaching El Fasher. He called these actions "unfair to civilians."

Mustafa elaborated that the RSF has been blocking roads and rerouting trucks carrying vital supplies, including a UNICEF shipment of medicine and food for children originally intended for North and South Darfur. These supplies were diverted to El Daein in East Darfur.

He further accused the RSF of destroying villages west of El Fasher, forcing residents, primarily of the Zaghawa ethnicity, to flee towards the city. The surrounding agricultural areas are considered a crucial food source for El Fasher.

In mid-April, the RSF, reportedly aided by Arab tribal militias, attacked over 15 villages in the western countryside, displacing residents and escalating tensions in the region.
Posted by: Fred || 05/01/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [40 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Sudan


Bomb attack in northern Kenya kills 5 people near the border with Somalia
[AFRICANEWS] Five people have been killed in a kaboom in northern Kenya, the interior ministry said Monday.

The bomb, which went kaboom! in El Wak town in Mandera County, near the border with Somalia, maimed five other people. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Somalia-based al-Shabaab
... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
gunnies affiliated with al-Qaeda have carried out other attacks in the area.

The bomb had been placed on a donkey cart to avoid detection, the interior ministry said.

Earlier this month, button men suspected to be al-Shabaab entered the El Wak hospital and injured guards while asking about the whereabouts of doctors. No arrests were made.

Al-Shabaab often carries out cross-border attacks, especially in the remote Kenyan counties of Mandera and Garissa.

The bad boy group has threatened Kenyan forces over their yearslong deployment to Somalia as part of multinational efforts to stabilize the Horn of Africa nation following more than three decades of conflict.

The African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Transition Mission in Somalia is set to end in December, leaving Somali forces largely responsible for security.
Posted by: Fred || 05/01/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [36 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Africa North
Senior Islamic State group commander killed in an operation by Malian state forces, the country's military said.
[AFRICANEWS] A senior Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group commander wanted in connection with the deaths of US forces in Niger was killed in an operation by Malian state forces, the country's military said.

Abu Huzeifa , known under the pseudonym Higgo , was a commander in the group known as the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara
...the succulent fruit of the union of splinter factions from Mokhtar Bekmokhtar's al-Mourabitunes and MUJAO. Once the dust had settled and the smell of gunsmoke had dissipated, they became the Islamic State in Mali, then adopted their present clever name. They are headed by Adnan Abu Walid Saharaoui. It operates along the borders of Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali...
The US State Department had announced a reward of up to $5 million for information concerning him.

Huzeifa is suspected of helping lead a 2017 attack on U.S. and Nigerien forces in Tongo Tongo , Niger , that resulted in the deaths of four Americans and four Nigerien soldiers. Following this attack, the American army reduced its operations with its local partners in the Sahel.

"The identification and evidence collected confirm the death of Abu Huzeifa known as Higgo, a renowned foreign terrorist ," the Malian army said in a statement late Monday.

Moussa Ag Acharatoumane , leader of a Tuareg gang allied with the state, said his forces participated in the operation and that it took place in northern Mali .

A photo of Huzeifa broadcast by state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
shows him in military fatigues, with a long black beard and a machine gun in his hand.

Mali has experienced two coups since 2020 during a wave of political instability that has swept West and Central Africa. The country has been battling an increasingly serious insurgency led by jihadist groups linked to al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group for more than a decade .

The killing of the Islamic State group's commander over the weekend "could mean less violence against civilians in the region, but the threat remains high as there are certainly leaders with similar brutality ready to take control and to prove themselves," said Rida Lyammouri of the Policy Center for the New South, a Morocco-based think tank.

Colonel Assimi Goita , who took power after the second coup of 2021, has promised to end the insurgency. The ruling junta cut military ties with La Belle France due to growing frustration at the lack of progress after a decade of assistance, and turned to Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group for support in security matters.

Mali has also formed a security alliance with Niger and Burkina Faso
...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president used to be Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and was chased out in 2014. Now it's the usual army officer type guy, Captain Ibrahim Traore, running things, who's just doing a bang-up job unless he's already been deposed...
, which are also battling increasingly serious insurgencies and have also experienced coups in recent years. Although their armies promised to end insurgencies after deposing their respective elected governments, conflict analysts say violence has instead worsened under their regimes. The three countries share borders in the conflict-hit Sahel region
... North Africa's answer to the Pak tribal areas...
, and their security forces are overwhelmed in the fight against jihadist violence.
Posted by: Fred || 05/01/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [35 views] Top|| File under: ISWAP


Arabia
Houthis attack Israel-linked ship in Indian Ocean, 2 US warships in Red Sea
More on this story from yesterday.
[IsraelTimes] Latest attacks on international shipping by Yemen’s Iran-backed rebels also target a second commercial vessel

Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
’s Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
s said they targeted the MSC Orion container ship Monday in a drone attack in the Indian Ocean as part of their ongoing campaign against international shipping in solidarity with Gazoo
Islamic 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. In October of 2023 Gazooks belonging to Hamas invaded Israel, killed over a thousand people, raped a bunch of women. Then they bitched and moaned about genocide when their butts handed to them in the entirely justified retaliation.
Portugal-flagged MSC Orion was sailing between the ports in Sines, Portugal and Salalah, Oman and its registered owner is Zodiac Maritime, according to LSEG data.

Zodiac is partly owned by Israeli businessman Eyal Ofer. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Iran-aligned Houthi rebels say their attacks on shipping in the Red Sea, Bab al-Mandab Strait and Gulf of Aden are aimed at pressuring Israel to end its war against Hamas
...the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
in Gaza, which the terror group claims has killed more than 34,000 Paleostinians there. The war began after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, killing 1,200 people and taking some 250 others hostage.

The Houthis have launched repeated drone and missile strikes since November, forcing shippers to reroute cargo to longer and more expensive journeys around Southern Africa and stoking fears that the Israel-Hamas war could spread and destabilize the Middle East.

In March, the group’s leader said the group was expanding its attack area to prevent Israel-linked ships from passing through the Indian Ocean toward the Cape of Good Hope.

The Iran-affiliated group also targeted the Cyclades commercial vessel, as well as two US destroyers in the Red Sea, its front man said in a televised address early on Tuesday.

British maritime security firm Ambrey reported earlier that a Malta-flagged container ship on Monday said it was targeted by three missiles while en route from Djibouti to the Saudi city of Jeddah. The Houthis said the Cyclades was on that route when they attacked the vessel.

Ambrey assessed that the ship was targeted due to its listed operator’s ongoing trade with Israel, it said in an advisory note.

The United States and Britannia have carried out strikes against Houthi targets in retaliation for their attacks on vessels.
Posted by: trailing wife || 05/01/2024 02:26 || Comments || Link || [100 views] Top|| File under: Houthis

#1  ...Mine the harbors; destroy the airfields. Its within the power of the forces we have there; there is no excuse for these 12th century fanatics to be getting away with this any longer.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski || 05/01/2024 8:15 Comments || Top||

#2  ^ "But that might anger Iran!"
Posted by: Frank G || 05/01/2024 9:52 Comments || Top||

#3  "But that might anger Iran!"

Sounds like a plus to me! But then I'm not part of the Obama clique.

In a more perfect world, one of the adults in our current administration (stop laughing, dammit!) could call the Hoots either in person or via some back channel and explain that the civilized world is tired of this nonsense and it would be in their bests interest to stop. A reference to 1945 Japan might help. See #1 for further details.
Posted by: SteveS || 05/01/2024 10:54 Comments || Top||


Caribbean-Latin America
In Colombia, nine soldiers die in a Mi-17 helicopter crash
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Nine soldiers were killed in the crash of a Mi-17 helicopter belonging to the Colombian air assault division in the state of Bolivar. The Colombian army announced this on April 29 on the social network X.

“Today, with deep pain, we mourn the death of the crew of the Mi-17 EJC3395 and its passengers in a plane crash that occurred in the municipality of Arenal, in the south of Bolivar. A group of rescuers went to the scene of the incident,” the message clarifies.

On board the helicopter were three officers and six soldiers; they participated in supplying the airborne assault division of troops conducting an operation against the Gulf Clan drug cartel. The cartel is the largest in Colombia and is actively involved in the internal armed conflict that has been going on in the country for many years.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro expressed condolences over the death of the military personnel.

Posted by: badanov || 05/01/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [38 views] Top|| File under: Narcos


Fifth Column
Chaos at UCLA as 'horrific acts of violence' break out between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel activists with 'all-out brawls' and fireworks hurled into crowds hours after cops cleared protesters from Columbia University in dramatic raid
Chaos ensued deep into the night on campus at UCLA as pro and anti-Israel protesters clashed in scenes of 'horrific acts of violence' that devolved into 'all-out brawls' which also saw a firework thrown into a crowd of people.

This mayhem mirrored scenes seen at college campuses across the country, including at Columbia University in New York City, where after activists ignored pleas to dismantle their camps, the police were forced to move in and arrest students.

The violence at UCLA began when a group of pro-Israel activists showed up on campus with the intention of removing the anti-Israel and pro Palestine camp, reports KTLA.

The channel said that the pro-Israel side threw a firework at the protesters and deployed 'what may have been bear spray.'

Local media broadcasts showed the protesters cowering, covering themselves with umbrellas from the spray. So far, at least one person was taken away by an ambulance for treatment.

At around 12:30am, after hours of confrontations and violence, Mayor Karen Bass confirmed that the LAPD had been called in. Reports from the UCLA student newspaper, the Daily Bruin, have revealed the cops are still present at the scene.

Helmeted riot police were pictured arriving on the UCLA campus in their protective gear as they tore down barriers and attempted to enter the pro-Palestinian encampment.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators were then engulfed in tear gas as they tried to regroup and rebuild their barricade.

Around 100 pro-Israel counter-protesters attempted to seize the barricade and stormed the ongoing Palestine solidarity encampment in Dickson Plaza, reports the Daily Bruin.

It also shared in an Twitter/X update that: 'As police stand watching the demonstrations and skirmishes between protesters, more and more officers are filing behind them, some wearing has masks. A few officers are standing near Haines Hall.

The account added: 'Police on scene remain at a standstill watching a chaotic scene at Dickson Plaza. "Resistance is justified when Palestine is occupied!" shout protesters through a megaphone.

The newspaper reported that some counter demonstrators chanted 'USA, USA!' as they followed police to the encampment site.

The Los Angeles Police Department said on Twitter/X that it was responding at the university's request due to 'multiple acts of violence' within the large protest encampment.

In an email sent by the vice chancellor of strategic communications at the school, Mary Osako reportedly wrote: 'Horrific acts of violence occurred at the encampment tonight.

'The fire department and medical personnel are on the scene. We are sickened by this senseless violence and it must end'.

Following the hours of violence, a university professor and former police officer hit out at the 'inexplicable delay' in officers appearing on the the scene at UCLA.

What we have here has been an ongoing riot for hours,' Brian Levin, professor emeritus at California State University, and founder of the Centre for the Study of Hate and Extremism, told Sky News.

'It's gone on so long that a local columnist said 'even the helicopters had to refuel'. So there's been an inexplicable delay with regard to law enforcement getting onto the scene in any meaningful way.'

He added: 'There were probably a couple of hundred counter-protesters that lobbed fireworks, as well as apparently bear spray, at folks in the encampment on the pro-Palestinian side. Then both sides went after each other'.

Protests have also broken out at the University of Arizona, with reports stating a protester was hit in the head with a rubber bullet as police arrested four.

They also deployed 'non-lethal' chemical munitions within the university grounds in a bit to break up the violence.

A statement from the university read: 'University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins has directed University officials and the University of Arizona Police Department, to immediately enforce campus use policies and all corresponding laws without further warning.

'The UAPD is supported by members of the Tucson Police Department, Pima County Sheriff’s Office and the state’s Department of Public Safety.

'The University will continue to act in the best interests of our students, faculty and staff to ensure their safety.'

The Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel by Hamas militants from Gaza, and the ensuing Israeli offensive on the Palestinian enclave, have unleashed the biggest outpouring of U.S. student activism since the anti-racism protests of 2020.

A the nearby University of Southern California, school president Carol Folt confirmed that a swastika was found drawn on campus on Tuesday.

'I condemn any anti-Semitic symbols or other forms of hate speech as deplorable. Clearly it was drawn there right now just to incite even more anger at a time that is so painful for our community,' she said in a brief statement.

The Chancellor at the University of California in Los Angeles said late Tuesday that law enforcement was engaged to investigate 'recent acts of violence' by a group of demonstrators and increased security in the area.

'We have seen instances of violence completely at odds with our values as an institution dedicated to respect and mutual understanding. In other cases, students on their way to class have been physically blocked from accessing parts of the campus,' Chancellor Gene Block.

Block also indicated that disciplinary processes cold be underway involving some students who are involved.


LA Times - Violence breaks out at UCLA after officials declare pro-Palestinian encampment ‘unlawful’
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/01/2024 05:46 || Comments || Link || [221 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


#2  Again, I believe this is just the opening rounds of what is to come in the Oct-Nov pre-election timeframe. If Trump cannot be defeated in the courts beforehand, the process must be upended and destroyed.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/01/2024 6:15 Comments || Top||


#4  So Biden will have this resolved by mid-September.

Presidential Debates Commission sticking to original schedule amid Trump's calls for earlier debates
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/01/2024 7:29 Comments || Top||

#5  1968. History may not repeat, but this year is gonna rhyme.
Posted by: Bobby || 05/01/2024 8:03 Comments || Top||

#6  Slow Joe doesn't know how to handle this. His own son is 50 and still living at home.
Posted by: Angealing+B.+Hayes4677 || 05/01/2024 12:20 Comments || Top||


#8  These are the same Marxist idiots that rioted during the summer of love in 2020. Just shoot the fuckers and be done with them.
Posted by: DarthVader || 05/01/2024 12:31 Comments || Top||

#9  ^ You'd only have to shoot a few and things would miraculously settle down.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/01/2024 14:55 Comments || Top||

#10  ^I think not.
Remember Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha, WI?

Guns confiscated from anti-Israel protesters at UT Austin, University of South Florida
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/01/2024 15:09 Comments || Top||


NYPD release video showing professional 'protest consultant' at Columbia University
From a comment this morning from Skid.
[Laura Ingraham at FOX] The New York City Police Department released a video showing a professional "protest consultant" who was seen on other social media videos instructing a mob of anti-Israel agitators as they took over Hamilton Hall at Columbia University overnight Monday.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams spoke about outside agitators during a press conference Tuesday evening.

"What should have been a peaceful protest, it has basically been co-opted by professional outside agitators. We were extremely cautious about releasing our intel information because our goal was to ensure the safety of the students, the faculty, and without destruction to property," Adams said. "We have sounded the alarm several times before about external actors who attempted to hijack this private protest."

Adams and members of his administration shared information about the outside actors who were creating "serious public safety issues" at the protests.


Lisa Fithian - Wikipedia: Lisa Fithian is an American political activist and "protest consultant". Early life [ edit ] Lisa Fithian, American political activist and protest consultant, [1] began her work in the mid-1970s as a member of student government in her high school and at Skidmore College .
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/01/2024 05:16 || Comments || Link || [117 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  "What should have been a peaceful protest, it has basically been co-opted by professional outside agitators.

Not certain "co-opted" is the appropriate term of reference. Military advisor, more correctly stated. Someone should be shadowing this creature to locate and identify her handlers and funding sources. There is obviously a much larger cadre in play here.

"Everybody works for somebody."
~ John Kiriakou - Doing Time Like a Spy
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/01/2024 6:22 Comments || Top||



Hundreds of NYPD cops storm Columbia campus to clear out anti-Israel mob
See also here.
[NY Post] Hickory shampoos, please?
Several hundred NYPD cops stormed onto Columbia University’s campus on Tuesday night to oust a pro-terror mob that illegally took over an academic building amid ongoing anti-Israel protests on campus.

The cops are expected to arrest the group that barged into Hamilton Hall early Tuesday morning in a drastic escalation of the protest at the Ivy League school, according to police sources.

Shortly before entering the Morningside Heights campus at 9:13 p.m., about 100 cops from the NYPD’s Emergency Service Unit packed into buses and headed to Columbia in preparation for the university’s call for help, sources told The Post.

Dozens of others wearing riot gear and holding zip-tie handcuffs were huddled on the street corner, apparently waiting for the go-ahead.

The NYPD blocked pedestrian and vehicular traffic on 114th Street and Broadway, while spectators chastised them: "Shame, shame, shame!"

Police moved in on the "protestors" late last evening via a window. The protestors were flex cuffed and hauled away (still wearing masks) in buses to an undisclosed location. By the time you read this the charges against them will likely have been dropped and they will have been released, identities unknown. Notice the absence of the NYC Mayor, NY Governor, and University President and officials.
The Times of Israel adds:
Police cleared 30 to 40 people from inside Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall overnight after protesters against Israel occupied the administration building in New York earlier in the day.

Hundreds of NYPD officers acted after the school’s president said there was no other way to ensure safety and restore order on campus and sought help from the department. The occupied building had expanded the demonstrators’ reach from an encampment elsewhere on the Ivy League school’s grounds.

The scene unfolded shortly after 9 p.m. as police, wearing helmets and carrying zip ties and riot shields, massed at the college’s entrance. Scores of officers climbed through a window to enter the occupied building, streaming in over a ramp raised from the top of a police vehicle to get inside. Multiple protesters were taken into custody and taken away from campus on buses.
That’s all very well, but will there be any real consequences?
The confrontation occurred more than 12 hours after the demonstrators took over Hamilton Hall shortly after midnight Tuesday, spreading their reach from an encampment elsewhere on the grounds that’s been there for nearly two weeks to protest the Israel-Hamas war. The police action happened on the 56th anniversary of a similar police action to quash an occupation of Hamilton Hall by students protesting racism and the Vietnam War.

“After the University learned overnight that Hamilton Hall had been occupied, vandalized, and blockaded, we were left with no choice,” the school says, adding that school public safety personnel were forced out of the building and one facilities worker was “threatened.”

Columbia Issues Warning to Students and Staff After Pro-Hamas Agitators Occupy Building, blocks press

[TOWNHALL] Pro-Hamas...always the voice of sweet reason...
demonstrators at Columbia took over an academic building early Tuesday to continue their "protests" over the war in Gazoo
Islamic 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. In October of 2023 Gazooks belonging to Hamas invaded Israel, killed over a thousand people, raped a bunch of women. Then they bitched and moaned about genocide when their butts handed to them in the entirely justified retaliation.
University officials urged students and staff to keep away from campus as dozens of the anti-Israel activists occupied Hamilton Hall in defiance over the school beginning to suspend students who refused to leave an encampment set up on the quad last week.

Images on social media show students breaking windows, barricading themselves in the building, and holding banners that say "intifada." According to the school's student newspaper, a facilities worker said the pro-terrorist activists temporarily held him hostage when they gained access to the building.

Columbia blocks press from covering student Gaza protests, campus occupation

[THEPOSTMILLENNIAL] Following the destructive actions of pro-Paleostinian protestors Monday night, Columbia University has announced that it will be limiting access until further notice.

Effective immediately, only essential workers and those students living in residence are allowed to enter. Outsiders, and members of the media, will be turned away.

"Access to the Morningside campus has been limited to students residing in residential buildings on campus (Carman, Furnald, John Jay, Hartley, Wallach, East Campus and Wien) and employees who provide essential services to campus buildings, labs and residential student life," the university wrote in a statement, noting that the restrictions will remain in place "until circumstances allow otherwise."

"The only access point into and out of campus," the statement continued, "is the 116th Street and Amsterdam gate. All other campus entry points are closed. Security personnel will remain in place at the Wien Gate for individuals requiring disability access to Wien Hall and East Campus."

In an earlier post, the university stated that media access to campus had been suspended "as a safety measure."
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#2  Does anyone know if any faculty were arrested?
Posted by: Lord Garth || 05/01/2024 0:32 Comments || Top||

#3 
Posted by: badanov || 05/01/2024 0:38 Comments || Top||

#4 
Posted by: badanov || 05/01/2024 0:39 Comments || Top||

#5  Too bad they weren't shot
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#7  They had the exact same protests, but against whites, and it wasn't any problem. Because Critical Theory teaches the oppressor/oppressed narrative. Now that the students are doing what they've always done, but now Jews are the oppressors instead of whites, riot police are using violence and silencing their free speech. All that changed was the target.
Posted by: Uleremp and Company7042 || 05/01/2024 4:38 Comments || Top||

#8  If these little sh*ts had a reasonable study load they'd have no time to riot.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 05/01/2024 4:39 Comments || Top||

#9  #7 See, you poor whites - lacking an ability to defend your rights should be grateful to us for showing you how.
p.s. We're also teaching you how to win WOT.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 05/01/2024 5:13 Comments || Top||

#10  ^It's noblesse oblige - being "Light unto Nations" is not always easy.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 05/01/2024 5:17 Comments || Top||

#11  ^The only light I wanna bring to those nations is the flash of a nuke going off.
Posted by: DarthVader || 05/01/2024 5:27 Comments || Top||

#12  Anyone have a NYC Mugshot and charges source for the nearly 100 genocidal anti-Semitic terrorists arrested at Columbia?

It would make good data for a pre-employment screening site, for employers seeking to hire "socially stable" people.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 05/01/2024 5:44 Comments || Top||

#13  Anakin, I was just having some fun with Uleremp.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 05/01/2024 7:02 Comments || Top||

#14  Hundreds of pro-Israeli vigilantes storm UCLA pro-Hamas encampment at UCLA last night.
Posted by: Angealing+B.+Hayes4677 || 05/01/2024 9:12 Comments || Top||

#15  Civil war in California

https://www.breitbart.com/education/2024/05/01/watch-war-at-ucla-as-pro-israel-vigilantes-storm-palestine-encampment-overnight/
Posted by: Angealing+B.+Hayes4677 || 05/01/2024 9:16 Comments || Top||

#16  Ask the cops to work overtime and remove the faculty, administration and board of regents.
Posted by: Airandee || 05/01/2024 13:19 Comments || Top||

#17  New anti-semitism bill in Congress is going to put a LOT of people in jail. Accusing Congresspeople of dual loyalty has been especially pernicious and false, and I'm glad someone is finally taking a stand on it. Jail will give these people ample time to reflect on the error of their ways.

Posted by: Uleremp and Company7042 || 05/01/2024 15:46 Comments || Top||

#18  #15 From San Diego to Portland/Vancouver, it's still the Wild West in some ways.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 05/01/2024 17:24 Comments || Top||


Columbia U: ‘The police never came’
[FoxNews] Columbia students tried to delay mob takeover of Hamilton Hall, but say 'police never came': Rory Wilson says he and his friend tried hold off the mob until the police showed up but no help arrived.
This is how the Nazis took over Germany, then set the world aflame. Separately, I spoke with my sister, the perfesser, today— she says there is no such nonsense at her little local college in another part of the midwest. Their students are entirely apolitical, there for the college experience and a job afterward.
One of the Columbia University students who bravely tried to stop a mob of anti-Israel protesters from taking over an academic building last night tells Fox News Digital they tried to delay the agitators long enough so that police or security could arrive on the scene to back them up – but ultimately neither of them showed.

Rory Wilson, a 22-year-old history senior, says he is furious that the takeover occurred under the university police's watch and that the NYPD never arrived despite students saying they called 911.

Wilson had been asleep in his dorm after midnight when his friends woke him up to say that protesters were targeting a takeover of Hamilton Hall, an academic building used by the dean and other senior offices.

Desperately wanting to protect the building from an illegal break-in, Wilson said he and his friends made their way to the entrance of the building by slipping through gaps in the human chains the protesters had formed that night. The chains broke up while agitators were trying to drag a black metal table up to the entrance of the building and tie it to the door, Wilson said.

Wilson and his friend Charles Beck then stood in front of the doors while the mob furiously pushed up against them, chaotic video from the scene shows.

"It was a matter of trying to stand for what I believe is right, even if ultimately we weren't able to stop the mob," said Wilson, a practicing Christian who has some Jewish lineage and Israeli relatives.

"They were acting illegally and – apart from what you think about the situation in Israel – we know that this was wrong and inappropriate."

"Damaging university property, disrupting school activities, violating the university who's administration had been trying very hard to negotiate with them. I was telling people that this is my protest of your protest, that they were completely out of line and that I was free to stand there as a student on my own campus."

As Wilson stood his ground, his friend Beck was dragged away by the enraged mob.

A man dressed in all black then tried to toss Wilson onto the floor, says Wilson, who wasn’t sure if the man was part of the college or not.

Wilson said the man had been guarding the encampment on the lawn earlier in the day and had called him a "Zionist" as he passed by while he also spewed hateful rhetoric in Arabic, which a friend of Wilson’s later translated to mean "inbred."

"He definitely seemed dangerous and was physically intimidating me and grabbing my leg," said Wilson of the late-night showdown outside Hamilton Hall. Agitators later renamed the building "Hind's Hall" by placing a banner over the facility. Hind Rajab was a 6-year-old who died during Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza, per a statement apparently from the group that was posted on X.

"I was holding out because there were some people signaling to me that police might be coming, so I thought that I could just hold out and make a big barricade to prevent the building from getting damaged, but then they never came," Wilson said.

As the mob surrounded him at the doors, Wison said another friend told him to leave before things got more out of hand.

"I didn’t want to risk it because a masked mob – when they're already smashing things, committing vandalism, all hyped up – you don't know how violent it could turn so that's why I left."

Wilson, acting as the last line of defense, then stepped aside before the crowd smashed in the door windows and began occupying the building. It is still under occupation as of this afternoon.

"Security was nowhere to be seen. Immediately after exiting, my friends called 911 and I called public safety for campus saying that we had instances of assault because they were physically assaulting us… but there was no response, as far as I can tell, all night," Wilson said.

Wilson said that the campus felt dangerous after the break-in and that he suspected people dressed in black were following him back to his dorm. Other people dressed in black, Wilson said, were climbing into buildings through windows and he wasn’t sure if they were students or outside agitators.

One suspected professional agitator in her 60s was captured on video footage leading the charge to take over Hamilton Hall and Wilson said she vilified him.

"She was harassing me the entire time," Wilson said. She was attacking me saying, ‘Do you guys think you’re white saviors? Check your white male privilege. Who do you think you are? This isn't doing anything.’"

Wilson wants the university to stop talking and to take action against the violent agitators.

"I’m very disappointed in the university that they just sent out an email this morning talking about how they care so much about all student's safety but then when push comes to shove, when there's an actual dangerous situation, they do nothing," Wilson railed.

"And I think that assurance rings very hollow if they're not willing to actually even show up and deal with situations when they are genuinely dire. When people are exercising their legitimate rights as students of this university to stand peaceably in public areas of the university, they're being physically assaulted and they do nothing."

"That really, really makes me disappointed in this university and I think it's shameful."
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#2 
The real question is: Why did the Columbia facility tell the NYPD to stand down earlier in the week. Thus giving these Genocidal Domestic Terrorists the time and opportunity to takeover and destroy Hamilton Hall?

2nd Question: Where will the $$$$$ to repair the campus damages will come from?

3rdQuestion: Will these clearly racist, school property destructive students be allowed back in class or expelled?

Posted by: NN2N1 || 05/01/2024 5:57 Comments || Top||

#3  Answer to NN2N1’s #2 — they can afford it:

Fiscal Year 2023 Endowment Performance. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, the total value of the endowment was $13.64 billion. Columbia University produced a return of 4.7% on the managed assets in its endowment portfolio for FY23. The University's trailing ten-year return is 8.0% .
Posted by: trailing wife || 05/01/2024 9:48 Comments || Top||


UF taking firm stance on campus pro-Hamas protesters
[FOX35ORLANDO] The University of Florida is taking a firm stance on campus protesters amid ongoing demonstrations at schools across the country in support of the Paleostinians in the ongoing conflict with Israel.

"The University of Florida is not a daycare"
Campus police and the Florida Highway Patrol reported the arrest of nine individuals on Monday for failing to adhere to protest regulations.

UF, like many other colleges and universities, has been grappling with protests by students and faculty. However,
death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate...
recent measures have been implemented, with the campus administration announcing new rules and warnings that violators would be treated as trespassers.

"The University of Florida is not a daycare, and we do not treat protesters like children — they knew the rules, they broke the rules, and they’ll face the consequences," the university said in a statement.

"For many days, we have patiently told protesters — many of whom are outside agitators — that they were able to exercise their right to free speech and free assembly. And we also told them that clearly prohibited activities would result in a trespassing order from UPD (barring them from all university properties for three years) and an interim suspension from the university," the statement continued.
The Times of Israel adds more about other schools:
At some recent rallies, protesters have been met with counterprotesters accusing them of fomenting anti-Jewish hatred. The pro-Paleostinian side, including some Jewish activists opposed to the Israeli actions, say they are being unfairly branded as antisemitic for criticizing Israel’s government and expressing support for human rights
...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions...
In dealing with the protests, university officials have struggled to strike a balance between allowing freedom of expression and stamping out hate speech.

The issue has taken on political overtones in the run-up to the US presidential election in November, with Republicans accusing some university administrators of turning a blind eye to antisemitic rhetoric and harassment.

White House spokesperson John Kirby on Tuesday denounced non-peaceful forms of student protests, calling the occupation of campus buildings "the wrong approach."

"Hate speech and hate symbols have no place in this country," Kirby added. "A small percentage of students shouldn’t be able to disrupt the academic experience... for the rest of the student body."

BIDEN AGAINST ’INTIFADA’
Meanwhile,
...back at the shootout, Butch clutched at his other leg......
US President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. You're a lyin' dog-faced pony soldier...
condemned protesters’ use of the term "intifada" during the latest spate of demonstrations, the White House said.

For Israelis, the Arabic word "intifada," literally "uprising," conjures traumatic memories of mass waves of deadly terror attacks in 1987-1993 and again in the early 2000s.

Extremist protesters have regularly called for a renewed intifada against Israel and for "globalizing the intifada" in protests that have wreaked havoc across campuses in recent weeks.

Biden "condemns the use of the term ’intifada,’ as he has the other tragic and dangerous hate speech displayed in recent days," White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said in a statement. "President Biden respects the right to free expression, but protests must be peaceful and lawful."

"Forcibly taking over buildings is not peaceful — it is wrong. And hate speech and hate symbols have no place in America," Bates added.

Biden opposes last night’s takeover of a building at Columbia University by anti-Israel protesters, the White House said.

"The president believes that forcibly taking over a building on campus is absolutely the wrong approach. That is not an example of peaceful protest," National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby says during a press briefing.

The College Democrats
...every time you hear the phrase white people, white supremacy, white anything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nasty to the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects...
of America, the US Democratic Party’s student organization, released a statement in support of the protests, calling the actions of the protesters "heroic."

"There is nothing more American than the right to protest peacefully for what is right," the statement read, commending "the bravery of students across the country who have been willing to endure arrests, suspension and threats of expulsion to stand up for the rights and dignity of the Paleostinian people.

"Our position is clear:
Very clear, indeed. Jeremy Corbyn had nothing on you lot,
We stand with those protesting for peace and we find all calls for violence, such as those against Jewish and Moslem students, wrong," the statement said. "Those spreading hate have no place in the movement for peace."

ARRESTS IN CALIFORNIA, DEALS ELSEWHERE
Students at dozens of campuses from Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, to New England have set up similar tent encampments to demonstrate their anger over the Israeli operation in Gazoo
Islamic 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. In October of 2023 Gazooks belonging to Hamas invaded Israel, killed over a thousand people, raped a bunch of women. Then they bitched and moaned about genocide when their butts handed to them in the entirely justified retaliation.
At Cal Poly Humboldt University, police early on Tuesday swarmed the campus, where students were occupying a school building, and starting detaining people, local media reported. Some 25 people were said arrested. Police on Monday had declared the protest an unlawful assembly and warned people they faced arrest if they did not disperse. According to The New York Times

...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...

, protesters at Humboldt had taken over Siemens Hall and redubbed it "Intifada Hall," spraying graffiti inside and vandalizing the campus president’s office.

Civil rights groups have criticized law enforcement tactics on some campuses where police have clashed with protesters and have used chemical irritants.

Police detained about 30 protesters at their encampment at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill early on Tuesday, according to a university statement, noting that students had trespassed into classroom buildings overnight.

At the University of Texas at Austin, police arrested dozens of students whom they hit with pepper spray at a pro-Paleostinian rally on Monday.

Northwestern University reached an agreement with demonstrators that will see them take down their "Gaza solidarity encampment." The students agreed to take down all but one of the nearly 100 tents erected on the school quad since Thursday. In exchange, Northwestern agreed to take several steps to expand student engagement in the school’s financial investments.

Northwestern also agreed to fund the tuition of five Paleostinian undergraduates and hire two visiting Paleostinian faculty members in addition to providing a temporary space on campus for Middle Eastern and Moslem students until their existing house finishes renovation.

Jewish and pro-Israel groups slammed the agreement.

"Today, Northwestern University declared itself a safe space for antisemitism," the Israeli Consulate in reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel...
tweets. "We are appalled by Northwestern’s decision to turn its back on Jewish and Israeli students who have been targets of hateful harassment and intimidation. This decision rewards the pro-terror, anti-Israel, and anti-America aggressors on campus."

Brown University in Rhode Island also reached a deal, with students removing their encampment from school grounds in exchange for the institution listening to their arguments for divesting from Israel. The move represented a first major concession from an elite American university.

In a statement, Brown President Christina Paxson said students had agreed to end their protests and clear their camp by 5 p.m. local time Tuesday and "refrain from further actions that would violate Brown’s conduct code through the end of the academic year."

In turn, "five students will be invited to meet with five members of the Corporation of Brown University in May to present their arguments to divest Brown’s endowment from ’companies enabling and profiting from the genocide in Gaza.'"

Meanwhile,
...back at the shootout, Butch clutched at his other leg......
The Washington Post reported that a Jewish student is suing Columbia University for failing to provide adequate protection for Jewish students. According to the report, the lawsuit claims Columbia allowed the protests to drive Jewish students off campus rather than take steps to ensure their safety. The decision by the faculty to offer remote learning for students who felt unsafe as a result of the protests created "two very different educational experiences for Jewish and non-Jewish students," the report cited the lawsuit as stating.
Separate but unequal. Eventually one university will proudly declare that its quota for Jews is 50% — like that one fabled university in imperial Russia, each Jewish student will have to bring his own non-Jew, and ensure that he manages to make it all the way to graduation.
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Israel-Palestine-Jordan
5 arrested Monday p.m., claims of police violence as thousands in Tel Aviv demand deal with Hamas
[IsraelTimes] ’Rafah can wait — hostages cannot,’ write demonstrators, as opposition MK and relatives of hostage allege cops attacked them; police say protesters were violent, held illegal rally

Thousands protested in Tel Aviv on Monday night, calling on the government to make a deal with the Hamas
...the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,...
terror group for the release of hostages who have been held in the Gazoo
Islamic 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. In October of 2023 Gazooks belonging to Hamas invaded Israel, killed over a thousand people, raped a bunch of women. Then they bitched and moaned about genocide when their butts handed to them in the entirely justified retaliation.
Strip since October 7, in a rally that later descended into festivities with police forces, arrests, and claims of violence toward a politician and relatives of a hostage.

Amid heightened preparations for the military to launch an offensive in the Gazook city of Rafah, demonstrators lit a bonfire on Tel Aviv’s Begin Road, near the IDF’s headquarters, and spelled out "Rafah can wait — they [the hostages] cannot" in large Hebrew letters.

Relatives of hostages and captives who were released in the week-long truce in November took part in the protest, calling on the government to stop the war in order to bring the abductees home.

The rally came as Hamas was set to give a response to an Israeli offer that would see a 40-day pause in fighting and the release of potentially thousands of Paleostinian security prisoners in exchange for 33 living hostages, and a second phase of a truce consisting of a "period of sustained calm" — Israel’s compromise response to a Hamas demand for permanent ceasefire.

Details of the proposal reported in the media have prompted far-right leaders within Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition to threaten to bring down the government if the Rafah operation is called off and the war is ended. War cabinet minister Benny Gantz has said that if other ministers prevent a deal supported by the security establishment, he will leave the emergency government he joined days after October 7.

There were festivities between protesters and police forces later in the evening, with some demonstrators reportedly shouting that Ben Gvir, the minister in charge of the police, "is a terrorist."

The rally later reached the area of the ruling Likud party’s headquarters in Tel Aviv, where police used a water cannon to disperse the protest and arrested five people for disrupting public order.

Police said a firework was fired toward a cop, who was taken to the hospital to receive treatment.

Footage showed a police officer pushing Labor MK Naama Lazimi of the opposition, who was at the scene.

Reports said cops shoved Ilana Gritzewsky, Matan Zangauker’s partner who was kidnapped on October 7 and released in the November deal.

Einav Zangauker, Matan’s mother, told Ynet that cops had pushed her to the ground and that the police used excessive force and sent in "disproportionate" forces to disperse the crowd, in what she called "stepped-up violence."

Police blamed the protesters, saying "a small number of protesters started an illegal demonstration while disrupting order and violence toward cops," adding that some, "including a Knesset member," were stopped while trying to enter the Likud headquarters and scrawl graffiti writings.

Lazimi, the Labor MK, said the police statement was "a blatant lie" and that it "directly incites against families of hostages."

Earlier in the evening, relatives of hostages Keith Siegel and Omri Miran held a presser to call for an immediate agreement to return the hostages, days after Hamas issued a propaganda video featuring the pair. A few days earlier, Hamas also released a video of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, whose family did not take part in the presser.
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#1  Majority in these demonstrations are Leftists (enemies general of the humankind) catching a ride. As to the families: you're free to think only of yourself - but gov has to think of all Israel - so f*ck off!!!
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 05/01/2024 4:35 Comments || Top||

#2 
OPEN LETTER TO SOME IDIOTS
How can any deal be made with Religious Terrorists hell-bent on your religion's genocidal extermination?

A Religious Terrorists group using various names with the same agenda for over 2000+ yrs of recorded history. A Religious Terrorists group that has over and over again acted in increasing inhuman, heinous / atrocious ways.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 05/01/2024 5:31 Comments || Top||

#3  Hey idiots: This is like trying to make a deal with Haman — even the name is almost the same.
Posted by: trailing wife || 05/01/2024 11:23 Comments || Top||

#4  They will all be gone soon, off the pier the US is building.

"Europe has a long history of assisting refugees fleeing conflicts... countries around the world should offer a haven for Gaza residents who seek relocation" - Former Israeli Ambassador to the UN and current Knesset member Danny Danon

The former deputy director of Mossad, Ram Ben-Barak, added onto Danon’s statement by saying, "Countries can accomplish this by creating well-structured and internationally coordinated relocation programs.”

“The state of Israel will no longer be able to put up with the existence of an independent entity in Gaza,” he added.
Don't let them in here, force Arab countries to take them. The Ummah will provide. Or hell, Oceania. Do not under any circumstances allow even a single one here.
If we take them, they will believe that we played a part in them being evicted from their homeland.

And they will be right!

And that will lead to them wanting nothing more than to take revenge on the country that played a role in displacing them.
Posted by: Uleremp and Company7042 || 05/01/2024 13:03 Comments || Top||


Two reservists killed in central Gaza were mistakenly hit by IDF fire ‐ probe
[IsraelTimes] Investigation finds tank shelled building where other forces were gathered in Netzarim Corridor amid exchange of fire with Hamas operatives

An initial investigation by the Israel Defense Forces into the deaths of two reservists in the central Gazoo
Islamic 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. In October of 2023 Gazooks belonging to Hamas invaded Israel, killed over a thousand people, raped a bunch of women. Then they bitched and moaned about genocide when their butts handed to them in the entirely justified retaliation.
Strip on Sunday found that the pair were killed by so-called friendly fire.

Master Sgt. (res.) Ido Aviv, 28, of the Yiftah Brigade’s 9232nd Battalion, and Master Sgt. (res.) Kalkidan Meharim, 37, of the Carmeli Brigade’s 223rd Battalion, were hit by shelling from a tank that had opened fire outside of its designated boundaries, according to the probe that was released Tuesday.

The investigation found that the incident began as an IDF tank was hit by a roadside kaboom near the Ottoman Turkish Hospital in central Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor. Shortly after the blast, mortars and anti-tank missiles were launched by Hamas
...the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
operatives toward troops in the corridor area.

Amid an exchange of fire with the Hamas operatives, a tank of the Yiftah Brigade left an encampment and shelled a building in the area.

The building had been outside of the tank force’s designated boundaries, according to the probe, meaning the soldiers were not supposed to open fire toward that area.

Several troops, including the two reservists, were in the building when it was hit. Aviv and Meharim were declared dead, and two soldiers were maimed, including one seriously, according to the IDF.

The military said it was further investigating the conduct of the troops, who were deployed to central Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor less than a week ago.

The corridor, built around a 6.8-kilometer-long road south of Gaza City, enables the IDF to carry out raids in northern and central Gaza while allowing Israel to control access to the north for Paleostinians seeking to return after fleeing south. It also enables Israel to coordinate deliveries of humanitarian aid directly to northern Gaza.

Of the 263 Israeli soldiers killed in the Gaza Strip during Israel’s ground offensive against Hamas, which began in late October, at least 43 were killed by friendly fire and in other accidents, according to IDF data.

The IDF has assessed that myriad reasons have led to the deadly accidents, including communication issues between forces, and soldiers being exhausted and not paying attention to regulations.

Another 1,593 soldiers have been maimed in the ground operation — 322 seriously maimed, 526 moderately and 745 lightly, according to the IDF data.

The ground operation followed three weeks of aerial bombardments in the wake of the Hamas-led massacre on October 7, when more than 3,000 Paleostinian holy warriors stormed the border into southern Israel and killed some 1,200 people — mostly civilians — and kidnapped 253, amid many acts of brutality and sexual assault.

Israel declared war on Hamas in response, launching an offensive aimed at toppling the Gaza-ruling terror group and securing the release of the hostages.

The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza has claimed that since the start of the war, more than 34,000 people have been killed, mostly civilians. These figures cannot be independently verified and, according to Israel, include at least 13,000 Hamas fighters. Another estimated 1,000 bad boyz were potted in Israel during the October 7 onslaught.
Posted by: trailing wife || 05/01/2024 02:08 || Comments || Link || [64 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  These are the costs of waging a "humanitarian war".
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 05/01/2024 4:37 Comments || Top||


Gaza ministry says 34,535 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes since Oct. 7
Next time don't start a war, guys.
[GEO.TV] More than 34,535 Paleostinians have been killed and 77,704 maimed in the Israeli military offensive in the Gazoo
Islamic 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. In October of 2023 Gazooks belonging to Hamas invaded Israel, killed over a thousand people, raped a bunch of women. Then they bitched and moaned about genocide when their butts handed to them in the entirely justified retaliation.
Strip since October 7 last year, the Gaza health ministry said on Tuesday.

Israeli military strikes across Gaza in the past 24 hours killed 47 people and maimed 61, it said.

The Gaza Civil Emergency Service estimated that the bodies of a further 10,000 Paleostinians were under the rubble of hundreds of destroyed buildings.

It said those figures had not been included in the updated health ministry corpse count, which only registers bodies that are taken to hospitals.

"In light of the lack of heavy equipment, efforts to search for the bodies of the deaders will remain insufficient and will not be enough to recover the bodies of thousands of them," it said.
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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Lebanese students stage rare university protest against Israel
*shrug* It gets them out in the fresh air and sunshine, and it doesn’t matter anyway, so that’s ok.
[GEO.TV] Hundreds of students gathered at university campuses in Leb
...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
on Tuesday to protest against Israel, the country's first coordinated university protests over Gazoo
Islamic 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. In October of 2023 Gazooks belonging to Hamas invaded Israel, killed over a thousand people, raped a bunch of women. Then they bitched and moaned about genocide when their butts handed to them in the entirely justified retaliation.
, which participants said were inspired by sit-ins in the United States.

Students, alumni and other Lebanese gathered at campuses in the capital Beirut and elsewhere on Tuesday, waving Paleostinian flags and posters demanding their universities boycott companies that do business in Israel.

Rayyan Kilani, 21, who is graduating this semester from the 150-year-old American University of Beirut (AUB), said students had decided it was worth risking their degrees to show support for the Paleostinian cause.
"We're not going to get jobs anyway"
"Looking at the Paleostinians in Gaza and students in Gaza that lost their universities, their lives and their families, a degree would not matter to us as much as a liberated Paleostine from the river to the sea," she said.

"Of course we were inspired by the protests in the U.S. and Columbia University in specific."

Pro-Gaza demonstrations in much of the Arab world have been muted, though Lebanon has seen some demonstrations organised by Paleostinian factions and the allied Lebanese gang Hezbollah.
Posted by: Fred || 05/01/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [54 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies

#1  "Of course we were inspired by the protests in the U.S. and Columbia University in specific."

And they're inspired by Hezbollah - so don't cry foul then IDF squashes your "country".
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 05/01/2024 4:49 Comments || Top||



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