Oh yeah, in Arabic, pointing towards the Hebrew writing, and in Hebrew, pointing towards the Arabic writing… kind of crossing in the middle like an X. That would bring peace…
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Shit, boy, nothing'll bring peace. So we might as well get a laugh out of it.Oh yeah, in Arabic, pointing towards the Hebrew writing, and in Hebrew, pointing towards the Arabic writing… kind of crossing in the middle like an X. That would bring peace…
Peace isnt whats it's cracked up to be. Its either just a pause in war but the hate and fear go on or living oblivious to reality.
In a perfect world mutual compassion would be the goal.
In a perfect world mutual compassion would be the goal.
The double-double standard for policing protests
Toronto cops exemplify their "serve and protect" motto by bringing coffee to pro-Palestinian protesters on an overpass that was off limits
Author of the article:Joe Warmington
Published Jan 06, 2024 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read
Toronto Police officers hand-delivered Tim Hortons coffee from one pro-Palestinian protester to others who managed to take up positions on the Avenue Rd. overpass at Hwy. 401 before cops shut it down again on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2023.
Toronto Police officers hand-delivered Tim Hortons coffee from one pro-Palestinian protester to others who managed to take up positions on the Avenue Rd. overpass at Hwy. 401 before cops shut it down again on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2023.
Move over Toronto Police riot, homicide or traffic squads and make room for the Coffee Squad.
These coffee cops are getting all the headlines today.
While Toronto Police have been known to bring riot cops to protests on mounted horses, on Saturday they were delivering Tim Hortons coffee to the very people who caused the demonstration to happen in the first place.
And donuts.
While they arrested and jailed anti-lockdown activist Adam Skelly for serving grub and not abiding to lockdown orders back in 2021, for pro-Hamas and pro-Palestinian protestors, police actually helped them enjoy a coffee break up on the Avenue Rd., and Hwy. 401 overpass.
No wonder they can’t get them to leave. They are pouring sugar on the situation.
Talk about a double-double standard.
“It’s absurd,” said one Jewish Torontonian, who could not believe his eyes.
All of this came to light thanks to a video posted Saturday on X by Toronto lawyer and independent journalist Caryma S’ad.
She tells me it’s not quite what it may look like.
“The police didn’t buy the coffee,” she said, explaining officers were delivering the coffee to protesters on the bridge who had been cut off from other demonstrators when police shut down the overpass.
But with she and her excellent videographer spilling the beans on this diplomacy, one can’t help but stir the drink a little more and ask why?
“At the beginning of the demonstration, the bridge was closed,” Toronto Police Const. Shannon Eames said. “Some people had already gotten on to the bridge.
“One of the demonstrators, who was on the bridge, purchased coffee for his group of friends which got broken up,” she said, explaining why officers carried the coffee from one demonstrator to friends who had taken up positions on the bridge before it was closed off.
As they have done repeatedly since Christmas, police posted a message on X around 1:15 p.m., stating the overpass would be shut down “due to public safety concerns.”
Offering further explanation later in the day, Const. Laurie McCann said the officers were “managing a dynamic situation.”
“Their top priority is maintaining order in a tense environment on the Avenue Road bridge,” she said. “In performing a helpful act today, our officers’ motivation was to help keep tensions low and should not be interpreted as showing support for any cause or group.
“Our officers continue to work to de-escalate these demonstrations and maintain calm and the public’s safety,” McCann added.
You don’t have to be an expert to see the drip, drip, drip in this situation as many wonder why it is police have let so much go with pro-Palestinian protesters who have been vandalizing coffee shops and a whole lot of other things since the barbarism inflicted on innocent Israelis by Hamas militants on Oct. 7, 2023.
Jewish Torontonians feel they have been burned.
“Absurd and comically naive,” B’nai Brith CEO Michael Mostyn said. “Welcome to 2024, where the City of Toronto’s latest political strategy appears to be the encouragement of further lawlessness, escalation and antisemitism, all with a friendly face.
Toronto Police officers hand-delivered Tim Hortons coffee from one pro-Palestinian protester to others who managed to take up positions on the Avenue Rd. overpass at Hwy. 401 before cops shut it down again on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2023.
Toronto Police officers hand-deliver Tim Hortons coffee from one pro-Palestinian protester to others who managed to take up positions on the Avenue Rd. overpass at Hwy. 401 before cops shut it down again on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2023.
“Are our brave police officers being encouraged to act as Uber Eats drivers by our political leaders?” he asked.
“This is unacceptable,” Mostyn said. “Anti-Semitism is not a punchline, but today it was made into one by strategists who clearly have no comprehension of the damage they are doing to our country.”
Police should not be acting as baristas and persona valets for protesters but instead telling them all to get off the bridge and have their coffee and donut elsewhere instead of trying to intimidate the many Jewish residents who live in the area.
“This is a Jewish neighborhood that is being invaded by people who support the slaughter of Jews perpetrated by Hamas,” said Meir Weinstein, of Israel Now, who has been urging police to not allow protesters to continue to choke off the area and scare Jews.
“It would be like the KKK protesting in a Black neighborhood,” he said. “Black Residents would not be happy.”
No doubt they wouldn’t be pleased to see cops serving coffee to the KKK either.
jwarmington@postmedia.com
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Toronto cops exemplify their "serve and protect" motto by bringing coffee to pro-Palestinian protesters on an overpass that was off limits
Author of the article:Joe Warmington
Published Jan 06, 2024 • Last updated 1 day ago • 3 minute read
Toronto Police officers hand-delivered Tim Hortons coffee from one pro-Palestinian protester to others who managed to take up positions on the Avenue Rd. overpass at Hwy. 401 before cops shut it down again on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2023.
Toronto Police officers hand-delivered Tim Hortons coffee from one pro-Palestinian protester to others who managed to take up positions on the Avenue Rd. overpass at Hwy. 401 before cops shut it down again on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2023.
Move over Toronto Police riot, homicide or traffic squads and make room for the Coffee Squad.
These coffee cops are getting all the headlines today.
While Toronto Police have been known to bring riot cops to protests on mounted horses, on Saturday they were delivering Tim Hortons coffee to the very people who caused the demonstration to happen in the first place.
And donuts.
While they arrested and jailed anti-lockdown activist Adam Skelly for serving grub and not abiding to lockdown orders back in 2021, for pro-Hamas and pro-Palestinian protestors, police actually helped them enjoy a coffee break up on the Avenue Rd., and Hwy. 401 overpass.
No wonder they can’t get them to leave. They are pouring sugar on the situation.
Talk about a double-double standard.
“It’s absurd,” said one Jewish Torontonian, who could not believe his eyes.
All of this came to light thanks to a video posted Saturday on X by Toronto lawyer and independent journalist Caryma S’ad.
She tells me it’s not quite what it may look like.
“The police didn’t buy the coffee,” she said, explaining officers were delivering the coffee to protesters on the bridge who had been cut off from other demonstrators when police shut down the overpass.
But with she and her excellent videographer spilling the beans on this diplomacy, one can’t help but stir the drink a little more and ask why?
“At the beginning of the demonstration, the bridge was closed,” Toronto Police Const. Shannon Eames said. “Some people had already gotten on to the bridge.
“One of the demonstrators, who was on the bridge, purchased coffee for his group of friends which got broken up,” she said, explaining why officers carried the coffee from one demonstrator to friends who had taken up positions on the bridge before it was closed off.
As they have done repeatedly since Christmas, police posted a message on X around 1:15 p.m., stating the overpass would be shut down “due to public safety concerns.”
Offering further explanation later in the day, Const. Laurie McCann said the officers were “managing a dynamic situation.”
“Their top priority is maintaining order in a tense environment on the Avenue Road bridge,” she said. “In performing a helpful act today, our officers’ motivation was to help keep tensions low and should not be interpreted as showing support for any cause or group.
“Our officers continue to work to de-escalate these demonstrations and maintain calm and the public’s safety,” McCann added.
You don’t have to be an expert to see the drip, drip, drip in this situation as many wonder why it is police have let so much go with pro-Palestinian protesters who have been vandalizing coffee shops and a whole lot of other things since the barbarism inflicted on innocent Israelis by Hamas militants on Oct. 7, 2023.
Jewish Torontonians feel they have been burned.
“Absurd and comically naive,” B’nai Brith CEO Michael Mostyn said. “Welcome to 2024, where the City of Toronto’s latest political strategy appears to be the encouragement of further lawlessness, escalation and antisemitism, all with a friendly face.
Toronto Police officers hand-delivered Tim Hortons coffee from one pro-Palestinian protester to others who managed to take up positions on the Avenue Rd. overpass at Hwy. 401 before cops shut it down again on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2023.
Toronto Police officers hand-deliver Tim Hortons coffee from one pro-Palestinian protester to others who managed to take up positions on the Avenue Rd. overpass at Hwy. 401 before cops shut it down again on Saturday, Jan. 6, 2023.
“Are our brave police officers being encouraged to act as Uber Eats drivers by our political leaders?” he asked.
“This is unacceptable,” Mostyn said. “Anti-Semitism is not a punchline, but today it was made into one by strategists who clearly have no comprehension of the damage they are doing to our country.”
Police should not be acting as baristas and persona valets for protesters but instead telling them all to get off the bridge and have their coffee and donut elsewhere instead of trying to intimidate the many Jewish residents who live in the area.
“This is a Jewish neighborhood that is being invaded by people who support the slaughter of Jews perpetrated by Hamas,” said Meir Weinstein, of Israel Now, who has been urging police to not allow protesters to continue to choke off the area and scare Jews.
“It would be like the KKK protesting in a Black neighborhood,” he said. “Black Residents would not be happy.”
No doubt they wouldn’t be pleased to see cops serving coffee to the KKK either.
jwarmington@postmedia.com
WARMINGTON: The double-double standard for policing protests
Move over Toronto Police riot, homicide or traffic squads and make room for the coffee squad.
Dont you mean "the white people"? When you say Israel it means " white American jewish people".
Why not Russians? Russian is 3rd most common language in Israel. Where is your outrage towards Russia?
Houthi rebels carried out one of their largest missile and drone attacks to date on commercial shipping lanes in the Red Sea, igniting a response from five US and UK warships (keeping Canada’s Battle Canoe in reserve) patrolling the region critical to global trade.
Eighteen drones, two anti-ship cruise missiles and one anti-ship ballistic missile were shot down by allied forces late Tuesday local time, US Central Command said in a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter.
A day earlier, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on a tour of the Middle East, said there would be “consequences” for the Houthis if they continued to assault ships. It was the latest warning from the US and its allies since the group ramped up attacks in late 2023 and it’s continually said it won’t back down until Israel ends its war with Hamas in Gaza that Hamas started with its attack on Israel Oct 7th.
No injuries or damage to merchant vessels were reported in Tuesday’s “complex” assault, Centcom said. It was the 26th Houthi attack on commercial shipping in the Red Sea since Nov. 19, according to Centcom, which is responsible for the US military in the Middle East and parts of Asia.
Long trained and funded by Iran, the Houthis have undertaken a series of increasingly brazen attacks on vessels in the Red Sea, ostensibly in support of Hamas against Israel. Still, many of the vessels it’s targeted have tenuous or no links to Israel.
Many major shipping companies have re-routed their vessels away from the Red Sea — which links to the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal — and sent them on a much longer route around southern Africa. That’s roiled supply chains and pushed up freight costs, potentially filtering through to the global economy and boosting inflation.
Over the past weekend, the number of transits through the Suez Canal fell to the lowest since it was blocked by a stuck container ship in 2021, according to Inchcape Shipping Services.
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Eighteen drones, two anti-ship cruise missiles and one anti-ship ballistic missile were shot down by allied forces late Tuesday local time, US Central Command said in a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter.
A day earlier, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on a tour of the Middle East, said there would be “consequences” for the Houthis if they continued to assault ships. It was the latest warning from the US and its allies since the group ramped up attacks in late 2023 and it’s continually said it won’t back down until Israel ends its war with Hamas in Gaza that Hamas started with its attack on Israel Oct 7th.
No injuries or damage to merchant vessels were reported in Tuesday’s “complex” assault, Centcom said. It was the 26th Houthi attack on commercial shipping in the Red Sea since Nov. 19, according to Centcom, which is responsible for the US military in the Middle East and parts of Asia.
Long trained and funded by Iran, the Houthis have undertaken a series of increasingly brazen attacks on vessels in the Red Sea, ostensibly in support of Hamas against Israel. Still, many of the vessels it’s targeted have tenuous or no links to Israel.
Many major shipping companies have re-routed their vessels away from the Red Sea — which links to the Mediterranean via the Suez Canal — and sent them on a much longer route around southern Africa. That’s roiled supply chains and pushed up freight costs, potentially filtering through to the global economy and boosting inflation.
Over the past weekend, the number of transits through the Suez Canal fell to the lowest since it was blocked by a stuck container ship in 2021, according to Inchcape Shipping Services.
Houthis Launch Missiles, Drone Barrage in New Red Sea Attack — Bloomberg
Yemen’s Houthis launched their largest missile and drone attack to date on ships in the Red Sea, forcing a response from US and UK forces patrolling the critical waterway.
Irwin Cotler: South Africa is inverting reality by accusing Israel of genocide — National Post
It is Hamas that should go on trial at the International Court of Justice, not the Jewish state
South Korea confirms Hamas used North Korean weapons in war
Author of the article:Bloomberg News
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Shinhye Kang
Published Jan 08, 2024 • 1 minute read
South Korea said North Korean weapons have been used by Hamas in its war with Israel, even as Pyongyang has denied the arms trade.
South Korea’s spy agency, the National Intelligence Service, released a photo of a North Korean rocket part on Monday to show Hamas fighters used an F-7 rocket-propelled grenade launcher manufactured in North Korea.
The NIS is “collecting and accumulating specific evidence regarding the scale and timing of North Korea’s supply of weapons to Hamas and others, but currently it’s difficult to provide them, considering source protection and diplomatic relations,” it said in a statement.
Hamas, designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S. and European Union, infiltrated Israel on Oct. 7 and killed almost 1,200 people. Israel responded with an offensive on the Gaza Strip that has killed more than 22,000 Palestinians, according to the health ministry in Gaza, which is governed by Hamas. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who’s visiting the Middle East this week, warned that the conflict could easily spread across the region.
The news that Hamas used North Korean weapons was reported by Voice of America last week with a picture showing an F-7 rocket with Korean characters engraved on it. The NIS said its “assessment is the same as the VOA report.”
North Korea has denied its weapons were used by Hamas to attack Israel, saying it’s a “groundless and false rumor.” Korean Central News Agency, the state news agency, in October accused the U.S. of seeking to divert the blame for the war from itself to a third country.
Pyongyang has also been said to be supplying weapons to Russia. The transfer of such missiles increases the pool of munitions the Kremlin can draw upon to attack Ukraine, while providing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with weapons, cash and commodities that help prop up his sanctions-hit economy.
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Author of the article:Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News
Shinhye Kang
Published Jan 08, 2024 • 1 minute read
South Korea said North Korean weapons have been used by Hamas in its war with Israel, even as Pyongyang has denied the arms trade.
South Korea’s spy agency, the National Intelligence Service, released a photo of a North Korean rocket part on Monday to show Hamas fighters used an F-7 rocket-propelled grenade launcher manufactured in North Korea.
The NIS is “collecting and accumulating specific evidence regarding the scale and timing of North Korea’s supply of weapons to Hamas and others, but currently it’s difficult to provide them, considering source protection and diplomatic relations,” it said in a statement.
Hamas, designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S. and European Union, infiltrated Israel on Oct. 7 and killed almost 1,200 people. Israel responded with an offensive on the Gaza Strip that has killed more than 22,000 Palestinians, according to the health ministry in Gaza, which is governed by Hamas. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who’s visiting the Middle East this week, warned that the conflict could easily spread across the region.
The news that Hamas used North Korean weapons was reported by Voice of America last week with a picture showing an F-7 rocket with Korean characters engraved on it. The NIS said its “assessment is the same as the VOA report.”
North Korea has denied its weapons were used by Hamas to attack Israel, saying it’s a “groundless and false rumor.” Korean Central News Agency, the state news agency, in October accused the U.S. of seeking to divert the blame for the war from itself to a third country.
Pyongyang has also been said to be supplying weapons to Russia. The transfer of such missiles increases the pool of munitions the Kremlin can draw upon to attack Ukraine, while providing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with weapons, cash and commodities that help prop up his sanctions-hit economy.
South Korea confirms Hamas used North Korean weapons in war
South Korea said North Korean weapons have been used by Hamas in its war with Israel, even as Pyongyang has denied the arms trade.
Liberal members of Parliament are divided about the position Canada should take on South Africa's push to have Israel prosecuted for genocide for its war in Gaza, as the Trudeau government stays mum.
The International Court of Justice will start hearing a case Thursday in which South Africa argues that Israel's widespread bombardment of Gaza and siege on the Palestinians living there "are genocidal in character."
South Africa argued in its filing that Israel has expressed a "clear intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza as a group" and says statements by Israeli officials are evidence of a genocidal intent. The application asks the top United Nations court to order Israel to halt its attacks.
“Canada has generally avoided bringing Israel to international tribunals, arguing those would undermine attempts to get Israelis and Palestinians to directly negotiate a lasting peace.” Generally??
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And on a separate note, because Israel.
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The International Court of Justice will start hearing a case Thursday in which South Africa argues that Israel's widespread bombardment of Gaza and siege on the Palestinians living there "are genocidal in character."
South Africa argued in its filing that Israel has expressed a "clear intent to destroy Palestinians in Gaza as a group" and says statements by Israeli officials are evidence of a genocidal intent. The application asks the top United Nations court to order Israel to halt its attacks.
“Canada has generally avoided bringing Israel to international tribunals, arguing those would undermine attempts to get Israelis and Palestinians to directly negotiate a lasting peace.” Generally??
Canada silent on Israel genocide court case, Liberal MPs split over what to do — The Canadian Press
OTTAWA - Liberal members of Parliament are divided about the position Canada should take on South Africa's push to have Israel prosecuted for genocide for its war in Gaza, as the Trudeau government stays mum.
And on a separate note, because Israel.
Iran Says Its Navy Seized an Oil Tanker Off Oman’s Coast | Video — The Wall Street Journal
The tanker was being diverted to Iranian waters after it was seized between the coasts of Oman and Iran, maritime intelligence firms said.The vessel was previously commandeered by the U.S. for sanctions evasion as it transported Iranian oil. Photo: Refinitiv Eikon
I think this reaction pretty much proves the hold that Israel has over a lot of people, especially those of the west.
There should be NO hesitation, what so ever, about seeing Israel defend what it's doing. And if it's genocide, then held accountable, if it's not, then they've proven it.
But people are so scared of being viewed as Anti-Semitic/Anti-Jewish that holding them accountable for their actions leads to this.
Funny how there are more people who would see the US punished for it's crimes in, say, Iraq, than to see Israel punished.
Holding Israel accountable just like any other country for crimes isn't Anti-Semitic/Anti-Jewish. If anything, it makes them just as equal as other nations (or it should).
But considering what it's doing IS Genocide and called such by human right's groups, maybe Israel has a reason to be afraid to be held accountable.
But shame on Canada and other nations for letting them get away with it (though not the first time we've let countries commit Genocide and done SFA about it).
IDF's doing a pretty fair job of it.
Not that it matters. Even if Ham-ass was getting off clean, that doesn't mean others should.
"Article II
In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
(a) Killing members of the group;
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group."
So this is what South Africa has brought against Israel, if I'm understanding it right.
And they have done the first four certainly.
Hence why they're in court.
Not that it'll do much; it carries weight with the UN but that's it. And it'll be months before a result comes and by then, well likely we'll be onto the next bout of idiocy between Israel and whoever replaces Hamas (if Hamas does get wiped out).
'No One Is Spared': South Africa Presents Genocide Case Against Israel at ICJ | Common Dreams
"Israel's political leaders, military commanders, and persons holding official positions have systematically and in explicit terms declared their genocidal intent," a South African lawyer told the top U.N. court.
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And as an aside, when you have PAKISTAN saying you are committing genocide, there's a problem.
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So now you Jew haters consider protecting yourself genocide.The proper thing for Israel to do is flatten Gaza. End of problem.