“Oct 7 2023”

Biden, in a Major Political Move, Weighs Leaving Israel Short of Arms With Which To Fight Hamas

President Biden, keeping Prime Minister Netanyahu at arm’s length, is reportedly considering leaving Israel short of the armaments it needs to fight Hamas. Such a politically based move risks harming America’s global interests.

By Sunday, Israel must tell America that it is complying with international restrictions on arms supplies, including by facilitating ample humanitarian assistance to Gaza, the national security adviser, Jacob Sullivan, told reporters Monday, adding that it is yet to do so.

Meanwhile, a Jerusalem official noted a recent reduction of American arms supplies to Israel, ABC news reports. The Israel Defense Force is running out of 155 mm artillery shells and 120 mm tank shells, as well as sensitive guidance equipment, the official said.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023", USA

More families will be allowed to apply to come to Canada from Gaza, Immigration Minister says

Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Canada will allow more people trapped in Gaza who have extended family members in Canada to apply for temporary refuge – but he admits the move is “cold comfort.”

The government launched a family reunification program in January that offers temporary refuge to parents, grandparents, siblings and grandchildren of Canadian citizens and permanent residents.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada initially said it would only consider 1,000 applications for the program.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", "Oct 7 2023", Canada, WTF?

John Ivison: Liberals dodge a Palestinian bullet, but the NDP’s bill is yet to come

The vote on the NDP motion to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state gave every indication that the House of Commons is now governed by its nursery.

Except the motion was watered down to nothing.

Sore losers!

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023", Canada, WTF?

Toronto Hate Crime Derby: Jews No. 1, Hamas Supporters A Poor 4th Behind Blacks And Alphabet People

Hamas support rally Toronto

Majority of surging hate crimes in Toronto are antisemitic: Police Chief

Citing the crisis in the Middle East as an ongoing factor, Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw said the city continues to see disturbing surges in hate crime calls, with the majority being antisemitic in nature.

Chief Demkiw provided an update Monday on hate crime and vehicle theft statistics – saying both are on the rise and remain a focus for Toronto Police.

“It has been 163 days since the Middle East crisis began, and the impact of the geopolitical unrest abroad continues to affect people worldwide, including in Canada and right here in Toronto,” Demkiw said in a release. “We are laser focused on the task at hand: keeping the city safe.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023"

Justin Trudeau’s caucus divided over vote to recognize Palestinian statehood

OTTAWA—Political tensions were high on Parliament Hill Monday as weekend talks to adapt a controversial NDP resolution to recognize Palestinian statehood carried on in the final hours before a key vote Monday evening.

Despite proposed changes to the resolution, it was unclear at midday whether the Liberal government — or a big chunk of its backbench MPs — would back the NDP motion that, among other demands, calls on Ottawa to recognize Palestine as a state.

The motion would be non-binding on the government, but it has nevertheless exposed deep divides in Justin Trudeau’s caucus, with some suggesting over the weekend that up to 50 Liberal MPs could vote in favour of it.

I do not think it will pass, this time.

NB – Vote is scheduled for 7:30 PM

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023"

Biden’s ‘Trojan Pier’ For Gaza

Five Americans are still being held hostage by Hamas, and Biden has sent no troops to help them, but at the State of the Union address, he promised to send troops to build a pier for Gaza.

The estimated over 1,000 troops will spend as long as 2 months laboring to build a floating pier in a war zone under potential attack to help transfer aid to the Hamas supporters living in Gaza.

Nothing about this plan makes sense.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023", USA

IDF launches pre-planned op. in Gaza’s Shifa hospital, heavy clashes reported

The IDF’s reinvasion of Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza started around 2:30 a.m. early Monday morning and included a mix of IDF Division 162 regular infantry, armor, special forces, the Shin Bet, and IDF intelligence collection Unit 504.

Although the IDF said it achieved surprise on a group of terrorists who had returned to Shifa, it said it had both given a general warning to the medical staff there and had been following the return of terrorists for a long time.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023"

An NDP motion puts a big question to the test: Will Canada recognize Palestinian statehood?

Will we get Happy or Sad Fafo?

An opposition day motion brought forward by the NDP’s foreign affairs critic Monday could set the cat among the pigeons in the federal Liberal caucus.

The non-binding motion calls on the government to take a number of actions in response to the war in the Middle East, including that it should “officially recognize the State of Palestine.”

The motion was sponsored by NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh with the party’s foreign affairs critic, Heather McPherson, acting as the point person.

“We wrote this in a way that it’s not supposed to be a ‘gotcha’ motion,” she said.

It is Non-Binding giving Trudeau an out.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023", Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government

UK: The Islamist threat is all too real

Responding to the Government’s new definition of extremism, the Muslim Association of Britain called the move “cynical… Orwellian” and an “erosion of civil liberties”.

The response was a case study in how Islamists use the language of liberalism to pursue illiberal objectives. For the Muslim Association of Britain (MAB) is one of several organisations declared extremist by Michael Gove in Parliament last week. Previously, an expert government report called it “the Muslim Brotherhood in the UK”.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", "Oct 7 2023", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

Joe Roberts: NDP’s anti-Israel motion is a moral test for this country

It’s become crystal clear why there have been four ministers of foreign affairs in the past five years under the Trudeau government: it is are a rudderless ship with no vision for how Canada should be represented on the world stage. The prime minister’s leadership has been catastrophic for Canadian foreign policy.

The Liberals have failed to meet our NATO commitments, leaving our allies questioning our ability and our resolve. They’ve failed to stand with our Israeli allies, who are facing an existential threat. They’ve left Canada’s image degraded, tarnished and nearing the point of total collapse.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023", Canada, Canada's Corrupt Liberal Government, NDP

Signs That The Religion Of Peace Is Intensifying Its Grip

Post 10/7 Looks a Lot Like Post 9/11, Only Worse

News that the U.S. will build a “temporary pier” in the Mediterranean Sea to facilitate transfer of humanitarian aid to the Hamas-occupied Gaza Strip should tickle the déjà vu receptors of anyone who was politically aware at the dawn of the 21st century.

After the worst terrorist attack against the U.S. in its 225-year history on September 11, 2001, “the world” reacted sympathetically at first. But it didn’t last long. After the worst terrorist attack against Israel in its 75-year history on October 7, 2023, the world’s sympathy was as ephemeral as an Ivy League “pro-Palestine” hunger strike.

The U.S. and Israel were consoled and pitied – until they fought back. Then they were suddenly portrayed as aggressive colonizing villains, each seeking to impose its version of “empire” on an oppressed “other” while meting out “collective punishment.”

h/t MT

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", "Oct 7 2023", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

NDP motion to recognize a Palestinian state tests Liberal caucus divisions over Israel-Hamas

OTTAWA — MPs are set to vote Monday on an NDP motion calling on the government to officially recognize a Palestinian state, testing deep splits in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal caucus over the Israel-Hamas war.

The motion also calls on the government to advocate for an end to what it calls the “decades-long occupation of Palestinian territories.” It calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all hostages, an arms embargo against Israel, unimpeded humanitarian access to Gaza and a lifting of the “arbitrary cap” on the government’s temporary resident visa applications from Gazans.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023", Canada

LILLEY: Jewish Canadians feel abandoned by politicians, police and you

Two weeks ago, I was hearing a disturbing message from two young Canadians while having lunch at a downtown Toronto cafe.

They were questioning whether it’s still safe to be a Jew in Canada.

This week, I was sitting with two rabbis in Thornhill as they raised the same questions for themselves and their congregations.

I don’t blame them for feeling that way.

But to be clear politicians count votes not principles and the police are a militia who follow the orders of our pols.

Neither politicians or the police were ever your friend.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", "Oct 7 2023", Canada, Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West

This could be the devastating proof that Hamas is faking its death figures

But too many won’t believe anything other than that Israel is deliberately targeting women and children

One of the marks of anti-Semitism, George Orwell observed in 1945, is “an ability to believe stories that could not possibly be true”. Which brings us smartly to Hamas and how the broadcast media, aid organisations, international bodies and world leaders take its disinformation as gospel. Last week it became clear that this gullibility may have led to a crime against reality.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Oct 7 2023"