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Howard Fremeth retweeted
Thank you, St Louis Blues, for taking a strong stand against the terror rape supporters 💪
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Why is Canada cozying up to every violently homophobic regime on the planet?
bbc.com/news/articles/c5yede…
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This is what those losers held up at the hockey game. Ban them from all NHL rinks.
Unfortunate decisions by some governments that have had the opposite effect of what was intended.
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Remember when you were the poker guy? Then the Instagram guy? Now you're the guy who hates Jews.
Career pivot of the year. Comes with a stranger at the gun range for a fan base.
The world isn't healing, Dan. You're just running out of material.
Howard Fremeth retweeted
If you aren’t paying attention to B.C politics you should. Historic things are happening over there. The province has become the frontline for a lot of the issues Canadians are debating:
- An unprecedented miscalculation from NDP premier David Eby who called an election two years early over political opportunism- reaching to make a race about Trump. He wound up losing government, and his leadership.
- A repudiation of progressive policies on crime/substance abuse.
- An expression of unease towards how Indigenous land claims and property rights are being handled there.
- An incoming premier in Lorne Doerkson who has only been Con interim leader for 35 days, following an unexpected call while he was vacationing in Africa. Thrust into the role after Kerry-Lynne Findlay’s (the just elected Con party leader) epic flame out.
Following major celebrations, Conservatives should think long and hard about whether the “true blue” candidates they elect at convention are capable of winning general elections/the broader appeal of average voters. I think this was a case of the revenge of conservative normies.
It’s the province’s first Conservative government in nearly a century.
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Our Statement Regarding the Arrest Made Following Antisemitic Incident Near Student Housing in London
Joint Statement by CIJA and London Jewish Federation:
Targeting the homes of Jewish students outside Western University with a Nazi swastika was not only an act of antisemitism, but also an attack on the inclusive, democratic values that all Canadians share.
We are proud of the students who responded with solidarity and defiance, affirming their Jewish identity and promptly engaging authorities.
We commend London Police for swiftly arresting and charging the perpetrator with a hate-motivated offence under the Combatting Hate Act, important legislation our community helped advance.
But enforcement must be consistent nationwide and extremism must be stopped before it takes root.
We call on Minister @SeanFraserMP to urgently convene provincial and territorial Attorneys General and Public Safety Ministers to coordinate enforcement of existing and new hate laws. And we urge authorities at all levels to confront the radicalization spreading across our campuses and throughout the country, where antisemitic libels and conspiracies about Jews and Israelis fuel hatred, violence and even terrorism.
Our organizations stand with the Jewish students targeted by this act of hate and remain committed to a Canada where everyone can live safely and express their identity without fear.
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The Israeli Navy held a joint drill with the Hellenic Navy in the Mediterranean this week, the military says, in an apparent message to Turkey.
The drill involved Israeli missile boats and naval vessels from several Greek units, and was led by Israeli Navy chief Vice Adm. Eyal Harel and his counterpart, Vice Adm. Dimitrios-Eleftherios Kataras, along with the chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff, Gen. Dimitrios Choupis.
The IDF says the forces "practiced a variety of operational scenarios," during the drill, including "identifying and thwarting threats in the maritime domain, sailing as a joint force, and sinking an enemy vessel using missile fire."
"The exercise constitutes another step in deepening operational cooperation between the Israeli Navy and the Hellenic Navy, with the aim of strengthening joint readiness and preserving freedom of action in the Mediterranean," the military says, adding that it also "marks a significant leap forward in naval military cooperation between the two countries."
Harel, in remarks published by the IDF, says "the strategic partnership with Greece is a significant force multiplier, strengthening our ability to operate together, defensively and offensively, to safeguard security and freedom of navigation in the Mediterranean."
A must read via @sfrantzman for Canadian policymakers:
“Israel developed Iron Dome to confront short-range threats that it faced from its neighbors & works in concert w other layers of air defenses. Nonetheless, Israel offers critical, practical lessons on emerging air threats.”
Many countries are looking to Israel and Ukraine’s experiences in recent conflicts to model their own air defenses; recent Israeli deals with Greece and Germany reflect this nationalinterest.org/feature…
“The authorities have jailed 11 journalists in the past two months and shut down several media outlets.”
There was a time when Canada took press freedom seriously. Why does the Canadian government even bother to continue to sit on exec of @MediaFreedomC?
france24.com/en/live-news/20…
This ⤵️
This is an important article w insights into Cda’s new foreign policy. If this were the late 1930s, Carney would be developing a strategic partnership w Germany despite the rhetoric of its leadership & the imprisonment & disappearance of thousands of Jews. Because as the PM says, his job is human rights in Cda, not elsewhere. He says “engagement is not approval”. No, but it is acceptance and that’s all the autocrats need. This does not reflect Cdn values. So disappointing.
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Kariye Mosque wasn’t simply just a Byzantine church.
It was one of the most significant Byzantine churches whose history was erased by Erdogan, seen as a move to further erase Christian roots in Turkey.
PM Carney tours Kariye Mosque in Istanbul before departing Turkiye ctvnews.ca/politics/article/…
France is a war zone
The NFL closed its "NFL House" in Paris on Saturday as the city braced for street protests with a heavy police presence and storefronts boarded up.
espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/5026…
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CBC deliberately inverted the story
They opened with: “Israel has closed off the West Bank after Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians near Hebron.”
The actual sequence—that two armed men from Hebron drove up, got out of the car, and opened fire on the checkpoint, triggering a 20-minute gun battle in which the attackers were killed—was buried nearly two and a half minutes in. Only then did viewers learn about the large quantity of weapons and ammunition, Israeli officials saying the pair were planning a major attack on civilians, and Hamas praising the “high-impact operation” while calling for more violence.
BBC, CNN, The Washington Post, and The Times of Israel all led with the attack itself. CBC chose not to.
This is not neutral sequencing. Leading with the Israeli response while delaying the fact that the dead men initiated a terrorist attack is a classic framing choice that makes the aggressors look like victims—days before Israel’s election @brodiefenlon
When are the elections that Palestinian Authority President Abbas committed to as the basis for Canada’s statehood recognition?
Howard Fremeth retweeted
There is something in between. Turkey occupies half of Cyprus, hosts Hamas and has launched a vicious anti-LGBT clampdown. Wrong partner at the wrong time.
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Turkey 🇹🇷 is responsible for the Armenian Genocide, the genocide and mass deportation of Assyrians, the persecution and forced displacement of 1.5 million Greeks and 500,000 Muslims, the invasion of Cyprus in 1974 and the continuing occupation of northern Cyprus , the displacement of approximately 160,000–200,000 Greek Cypriots from their homes, the genocide against Kurds and more but let's lecture Israel about a olive 🫒 harvest.
Also Türkiye ⤵️ 🤷
It is an honour to join Prime Minister @MarkJCarney for the first-ever visit toTürkiye by a Canadian Prime Minister.
Türkiye is NATO ally and a market of over 85 million people. It is also has Europe's second-largest LNG import capacity and is actively diversifying where its energy comes from - which is where Canada comes in.
Whether it is clean or conventional energy or minerals, I am looking forward to strengthening our alliance to create prosperity for both our nations 🇨🇦🇹🇷