Not much there I can disagree with - can't say I've discussed the Holocaust with any muslims - but I've little time for any deniers or trivialisers of whatever persuasion - remains the singularly most barbaric act of the 20th century, by a distance ...
https://www.timesofisrael.com/an-al...ts-20th-year-participants-say-its-the-future/ Put the organisers of this event in charge instead of the current shower on both sides and we'd probably have peace in a week.
Palestinian medic who was detained whilst his colleagues were killed is released ... Wonder if he would have been released at this point if the footage hadn't come to light? ... Either way, the further reading does the IDF no favours ... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2lzyl2805wo
If you lay waste to whole regions, and indiscriminately murder multiple generations, don’t be surprised when the survivors harbour intense and irrational hatred of the killers.
Hatred of Jews is nothing new, sure. I get that. None of that justifies what Israel is doing, and it won’t win them any friends. Yeah, yeah. No one likes us, we don’t care. You do care though. And let’s not pretend all Jews endorse these horrors.
The only Jews some people will ever love are dead ones. Making friends has never been much of an option here. They’ve had ample opportunities for peace and pissed them all away because they’ll always, no matter what land they’re given, no matter how much charity the West throws at them, no matter how many kids in Battersea dress up as cosplay theorists, live to kill Jews.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpvrwyp0jx3o Pour a shot. First time I've ever agreed with Tony Blair..
Ed Miliband is a ****. Starmer will not change path because of it/him/her and will succeed in throwing more people into poverty.
Sky News correspondent Yousra Elbagir, straight from the heart, some of the youtube comments beggar belief...
The UK has launched air strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen for the first time since Donald Trump returned to the White House. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon fighter jets, working with the US military, hit a "cluster of buildings" used by the Houthis to manufacture attack drones. The US and UK have been attacking Yemen in response to strikes carried out by the Houthis on shipping in the Red Sea since November 2023. In response, the Houthis said Britain should "anticipate the consequences of its aggression", according to a statement in Houthi-run Al Masirah TV. These are the first RAF air strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen approved by this government – and the first direct UK participation in US-led strikes since President Donald Trump came to power. Defence Secretary John Healy said the strikes were successful and carried out to protect UK and international shipping. He added all UK personnel and aircraft had returned safely to base. "A 55% drop in shipping through the Red Sea has already cost billions, fuelling regional instability and risking economic security for families in the UK," Healy said in a statement. The MoD said the strikes were conducted after it identified a drone production facility located around 15 miles (24km) south of Yemen's capital Saana. Its said the attacks were carried out using "precision guided bombs" after "very careful planning" to hit targets "with minimal risk to civilians or non-military infrastructure". The strikes were carried out at night "when the likelihood of any civilians being in the area was reduced yet further", the MoD added. Speaking about the strikes in the House of Commons on Wednesday, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer paid tribute to the "professionalism and bravery of all our service men and service women". The US military has been carrying out hundreds of attacks on Houthi targets in recent weeks - claiming to have killed thousands of fighters, as well as leaders of the group and commanders overseeing drone and missile production. Houthi-run authorities have said strikes have killed dozens of civilians, but they have reported few casualties among the group's members. On Monday, they reported at least 68 African migrants killed in a US air strike on a detention centre in north-western Yemen. Casualty reports could not be immediately verified, but Al Masirah TV's videos showed first responders recovering the bodies of at least a dozen men. Since November 2023, the Iran-backed Houthis have targeted dozens of merchant vessels with missiles, drones and small boat attacks in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. They have sunk two vessels, seized a third, and killed four crew members. The Houthis have said they are acting in support of the Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, and have claimed - often falsely - that they are targeting ships only linked to Israel, the US or the UK. The Houthis were not deterred by the deployment of Western warships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden to protect merchant vessels last year, or by multiple rounds of US strikes on military targets ordered by former President Joe Biden. In response to the most recent strikes, the Houthi authorities said the UK-US attacks were in "support Israel's war and genocide in Gaza". It added that "no matter the challenges" the group will resist the "trio of evil" - the US, UK and Israel - and their allies. In March, President Donald Trump ordered an intensification of the US bombing campaign last month in response to Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping and Israel linked to the Gaza war. RAF jets have participated in US led airstrikes before, but that was under the last Conservative government and when President Joe Biden was in power. Earlier this year an RAF tanker aircraft did refuel US warplanes – though the Ministry of Defence insisted, at the time, it was not directly involved in previous US strikes on Houthi rebels – carried out under the Trump administration. The Trump administration says it is stepping up its attacks on the Houthis. The US now has two aircraft carriers in the region. US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth recently criticised European countries response to Houthi attacks. In a recent leaked Signal chat with other senior officials, and giving details of planned US strikes, Hegseth referred to Europe as "freeloaders" and called their response "pathetic".
The Houthis are threatening to post another montage of blokes walking around in military uniform on Twitter. Could be serious.
Internal pressure on Benny to end the war growing... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crldw5gklrro
Looks like the cartels are running Colombia, again. The Colombian government says 15 police officers and 12 soldiers have been killed over the past two weeks in targeted attacks it blames on armed groups. President Gustavo Petro accused the Gulf Clan criminal gang and other armed groups of targeting members of the security forces in revenge for the recent killing of several of their leaders. The government has offered a reward for information leading to the arrest of those behind the attacks. Petro was elected on a promise to bring "total peace" to Colombia, but on Friday his interior minister acknowledged that the strategy was "not going well", following the breakdown of talks with the Gulf Clan and several other armed groups. Petro published a list on X, external of the names of the 15 police officers and 12 soldiers which he said had been "systematically" killed since 15 April. According to the list, 10 of the police officers were murdered on duty, while five were killed off duty. Seven of the soldiers on the list all died in a single ambush on Sunday in Guaviare province. The army has blamed that attack on a dissident Farc rebel group. The Farc, short for Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, signed a peace deal with the government in 2016 and most of its fighters laid down their arms. But a considerable number of Farc rebels who did not agree with the deal formed dissident groups which have continued to fight the security forces. In an effort to bring peace to Colombia, Petro's government held talks with some of these dissident groups, as well as with rebels of the National Liberation Army (ELN), and members of the Gulf Clan criminal gang. But Petro suspended the talks with the ELN in January, accusing it of having "no will for peace". He also opted not to renew a ceasefire with a dissident Farc rebel group in April. Talks with the Gulf Clan also stalled after police launched an operation against the group's leader, known as "Chiquito Malo" (Spanish for "Bad Shorty"), in February. Chiquito Malo escaped unharmed, but days later another senior leader, known as "Terror", and his bodyguards were killed by police. The Colombian government says that the Gulf Clan ordered its members to kill on- and off-duty police officers and soldiers in revenge for these operations.
I guess the Jewish Chronicle would have a view on that. I just watched a clip where that Daniella Weiss says that she has a hotline to Netanyahu's aides and that the Settlers are doing the work of the Govt, but that the Govt can't admit it publicly. It would tally up with what Netanhayu is saying about moving all of the Palestinians out of Gaza. I'll have to watch the documentary and make my own mind up
