This is from three days ago, so it could’ve changed six times since then:
(YouTube & Trump on Peace in Gaza: ‘Phase Two Has Started’ | WSJ News)
God (and this is coming from the non-religious guy)… in what post in what thread? I would read it if I knew where to look without backtracking through a bunch of different threads trying to find what you’re alluding to.I posted phase two yesterday. Read what happens at the end. No disarming until Israel full withdrawal. Its still the same today. What's your hurry?
I thought it was no withdrawal of IDF forces from Gaza or an increase in aid until Hamas disarms? Something along those lines?I posted phase two yesterday. Read what happens at the end. No disarming until Israel full withdrawal. It’s still the same today. What's your hurry?
You gotta follow along.God (and this is coming from the non-religious guy)… in what post in what thread? I would read it if I knew where to look without backtracking through a bunch of different threads trying to find what you’re alluding to.
I think I followed along enough for one night. Going to sneak in a little bit of TV, part of a movie on prime, then slide into bed with a book, and before I know it, it’s gonna be 5 AM again.You gotta follow along.
Phase 2 is still evolving. Until there is a Multinational Security Force expect status quo.I think I followed along enough for one night. Going to sneak in a little bit of TV, part of a movie on prime, then slide into bed with a book, and before I know it, it’s gonna be 5 AM again.
Phase 2 is still evolving. Until there is a Multinational Security Force expect status quo.
Netanyahu is a war criminal. Why wouldn't we arrest him? We don't have an AIPAC running Parliament. If you want that, North Dakota awaits you.![]()
Would Netanyahu be arrested if he travelled to Canada? 'Yes,' Carney says — National Post
'You'd be prepared to do that?' asked British journalist Mishal Husain in an interview with the Canadian prime minister. 'Yes,' he saidapple.news
What? I’m the one who posted the link. I didn’t post an opinion about the link. If you wanna move to North Dakota, fill your boots, but I posted that link here because it’s Canada-centric.Netanyahu is a war criminal. Why wouldn't we arrest him? We don't have an AIPAC running Parliament. If you want that, North Dakota awaits you.
So then post your opinion on the paywalled link.What? I’m the one who posted the link. I didn’t post an opinion about the link. If you wanna move to North Dakota, fill your boots, but I posted that link here because it’s Canada-centric.
Sorry. Had no idea it was paywalled for you, as it wasn’t paywalled for me at least at the time. I’ll check.So then post your opinion on the paywalled link.
Netanyahu is a war criminal. Why wouldn't we arrest him? We don't have an AIPAC running Parliament. If you want that, North Dakota awaits you.
Yeah. Ok.So then post your opinion on the paywalled link.
More of "you damn well better love Israel or else". Art is an expression. Do we have freedom of expression in Canada or not?Here’s another Canadian-centric story revolving around the same goat rodeo, just in case its paywalled.
On Thursday, the Toronto District School Board had planned to put more than 2,600 students in an Arabic calligraphy workshop run by a niqab-wearing woman who uses her art to call for the obliteration of Israel.
The purpose of the event was to give students a special activity for Islamic Heritage Month. The artist chosen goes by Calligraphy by Zakera — and it’s quite clear that she’s an activist as well as an artist, primarily because her portfolio contains various geographic depictions of Israel and the Palestinian territories together as “Palestine.”
She’s made tote bags to that effect, showing this aspirational Islamic state with Arabic calligraphy as fill. The text has an anti-subjugation message, and speaks of a nation whose leader is Mohammed, said counter-extremism expert Haras Rafiq.
“What this is doing is what I call the Palestinianization of Islam, which is essentially to turn Palestine into an Islamic or Muslim issue when it clearly isn’t,” said Rafiq, who is a former CEO of the counter-Islamism think tank Quilliam Foundation, and a current research fellow at the London-based Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy.
Another piece of Zakera’s digital art shows a silhouette of what is mostly Israel with fill text that states “Palestine is ours” (Rafiq’s translation). In another, a gold-foil cut-out of the same shape has a prayer in the background. Her translation: “O Allah, we ask You to restrain them by their necks and we seek refuge in You from their evil.”
This, Rafiq said, was the most significant piece because the prayer isn’t from the Qu’ran — rather, it was first written by the scholar Ibn Taymiyyah, who is usually followed by people who ascribe to Wahhabism or Salafism. “To me, he’s an extremist fundamentalist,” noted Rafiq, who is also a Muslim.
In another four-panel painting of the Palestinian flag, the artist wrote, “May Allah grant us entry into Aqsa,” referring to the mosque built on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. It’s a key point of grief for Palestinians because it’s within Israeli territory and entry is controlled by Israeli security — even though the Muslim Jordanian government manages the site.
Her Instagram shows that she held a workshop last summer for Muslim women, guiding them to make their own wall art of “Palestine” and was selling stencils to help others do the same. And the winter before that, she held a workshop at the Gaza Will Rise Exhibition in Mississauga, an event by an Islamic school in the city. The exhibition had been on tour: in Windsor, it was hosted by Windsor4Palestine, which also promoted the city’s October 7 Hamas rally last week. Aside from mourning the Palestinian dead, the event promoted messages like “Resist! Return!” and blamed Canada for bombing Gaza.
And while the artist does participate in funding for international aid, she does so by depicting the conquest objective of Hamas and others who believe in extinguishing Israel in the Palestinian cause.
In one video, she writes, “POV: Spreading Islam through art outside the Muslim community.” It’s hard not to interpret it as proselytization.
Not all of Zakera’s art is political — plenty of her pieces are innocuous calligraphy. She does nursery pieces, flag art and Sufi prayer. The art in the cancelled TDSB workshop might have been just as innocuous (Instagram posts from an earlier classroom workshop she did with TDSB in June point to this).
But given the artist’s persuasions, I would argue, she shouldn’t have been going into a school. Especially, in my view, since she wears the niqab, a fundamentalist garment that dehumanizes women. It sends a terrible message to girls to approve such a visibly anti-woman symbol for the classroom.
At very least, the school board realized its mistake in time. Some concerned parents emailed the school and the board, and eventually, TDSB superintendent John Currie notified them by email that the event was cancelled. When the Post asked TDSB for the reason, spokesperson Emma Moynihan said, “After a review of social media content that we don’t believe is in line with TDSB policies and procedures, the calligraphy workshop was cancelled for today.” As for which policy was violated, we don’t know.
The Post also asked Moynihan — multiple times — if Zakera’s contract would be paid out despite the last-minute cancellation, and whether TDSB would be reviewing its vetting procedures for contractors. She provided no response. Taxpayers could still be on the hook for this one, and it’s not clear whether the board is going to look into what went wrong.
Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra did not immediately respond to the Post’s request for comment, as well.
In a message on Instagram, the artist gave the Post an email address to send questions about the cancelled workshop, but, ultimately did not respond to multiple emails before publication.
However, Zakera did share messages on social media that accuse TDSB of anti-Palestinian racism. On Thursday, one of her Instagram posts urged parents to lodge racism complaints to principals, TDSB officials and the education minister.
“This cancellation silences Muslim voices and is a blatant example of Islamophobia and Anti-Palestinian Racism,” it read.
“Cancelling a workshop over an artist’s personal views and artistic license in expressing solidarity with the oppressed in the Muslim ummah/ community is censorship. It’s favouring Zionist narratives over Muslim and Palestinian ones…. Our schools must remain safe spaces for cultural expression, empathy and justice.”
It was a message completely devoid of self-awareness, considering how the event would place children, some of whom were Jewish, under the direction of someone who doesn’t appear to believe Israel has a right to exist.
Parents are relieved, but they’ve been left disappointed. One mother, who is Israeli and whose elementary-aged children were scheduled to partake in the workshop, is left wondering how this came to be.
“There was nothing hidden,” she said, referring to the artist’s social media. “Everything was really out in the open. Someone either didn’t check this person, or (they) did, but didn’t think anything of it.” Either way, it’s a problem. This could have all been avoided by TDSB.
“The actual work (of the artist) is gorgeous. It’s beautiful,” said the mother. “Initially, I did think it would be an amazing activity for kids. I do love the Arabic calligraphy. I took Arabic all the way through high school. I do love the language. I like the artistry in their language.
“It was very disappointing to find out that of all that Toronto has to offer … this is who you picked.”
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Jamie Sarkonak: Anti-Israel artist blames 'Zionist narratives' for cancelled TDSB workshop with students — National Post
Calligrapher should have never been chosen for the sessionapple.news
It’s like those pictures in the malls at Christmas 40 years ago.More of "you damn well better love Israel or else". Art is an expression. Do we have freedom of expression in Canada or not?