“Oct 7 2023”

The federal government is warning Canadians to avoid all travel to Lebanon and telling those already in the country to leave now, as the crisis in Israel and Gaza worsens and concerns grow that the conflict could spill over the border.

For now, tensions between the Israeli military and Hezbollah — a political party and armed movement in Lebanon which supports the Palestinian militant factions Hamas and Islamic Jihad, all of which are backed by the Iranian regime — have been limited to exchanges of artillery fire and rocket attacks in border regions.

Diplomatic efforts are underway to prevent any further escalation, though the Israeli Defence Forces have already evacuated communities near the border with Lebanon, and Hezbollah has warned it’s “fully ready” to intervene in the Israel-Hamas war.

They aren’t Canadians, they just have a Canadian passport. Why on earth would you choose to live in Hezbollah land? Leave them there.

The last message that Shaked Haran saw from her father was just after 7.30 a.m. on the Saturday of the Hamas attacks in Israel. Her parents were in the safe room of their house in Kibbutz Be’eri, just outside the Gaza Strip. The message said that ‘masked terrorists’ were ‘swarming’ everywhere. ‘We don’t think we’ll make it out alive.’ Then nothing. When Israeli soldiers finally arrived, the house was a smoking ruin. But there was no sign of her parents, nor of her sister, her sister’s husband, their daughter aged three and son aged eight, nor of an aunt and her 12-year-old daughter, nor of another aunt and an uncle. Ten members of the family were gone. Hours later, one of her father’s friends got through to his mobile. It was answered by someone shouting in Arabic: ‘Hostage! Hostage! Gilad Shalit! Gaza!’

“I’ve just had one of the most disturbing experiences in nine years at Campaign Against Antisemitism.”

Who are the police protecting here?

Those standing up to terrorists, or those who sympathise with them?

We are considering our legal options and a public protest. pic.twitter.com/2eTwhXZk19

— Campaign Against Antisemitism (@antisemitism) October 19, 2023

This @MetPoliceUK response does not hold water.

The streets were empty when the vans were shut down for the second time, and our Chief Executive, @GideonFalter, was physically restrained from speaking to the drivers.

We have seen all too well the fruits of the “work taking…

— Campaign Against Antisemitism (@antisemitism) October 19, 2023

h/t SweetPea

Most of the Arabs who are now condemning Israel for its military strikes against the Iran-backed Hamas terrorist group in the Gaza Strip have never uttered a word against Hamas’s rocket attacks on Israel. These Arabs, who are now weeping over the plight of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, chose to turn a blind eye to Hamas’s repressive measures against the residents of the Gaza Strip. They also chose to look the other way as Hamas accumulated an arsenal of weapons and built dozens of offensive tunnels along the border with Israel. Incredibly, most of these Arabs still have not denounced Hamas for initiating the war on October 7, when hundreds of its heavily armed members crossed into Israel and massacred more than 1,400 Israelis, wounded thousands more, and abducted more than 200 hostages who were taken to Gaza.

While it’s hard to imagine in today’s context — the fifth and bloodiest Gaza war between Israel and Hamas in the past four decades — Israel actually encouraged the creation of Hamas, leading up to its founding in 1987.

Canadians were horrified as the carnage and bloodshed were unfolding in Israel during the unprecedented terrorist attack by Hamas was unfolding. The horror turned to outrage for many when the social media account for the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) local 3906 cheered on the attack, saying “Palestine is rising, long live the resistance!”

CUPE 3906 represents staff and faculty members at McMaster University. The university quickly released a statement distancing itself from its own union.

It was supposed to be a landmark visit, featuring a politically seasoned US president arriving in an active war zone to hold talks with representatives on both sides of a longstanding conflict that had reached a crisis point.

US President Joe Biden’s Mideast visit was meant to mark America’s return to a geopolitical zone after a “pivot” in recent years, but where Washington still has the clout to bring aggrieved regional players together.

Dear students,

I cannot believe it. How can we wake up every morning since Oct. 7 knowing that young kids are being imprisoned in dungeons simply because they are Jewish and not speak out? How can we accept a world in which young women are sexually enslaved, while others are being tortured, because they were visiting Israel? Why would you respect a campus culture that excuses such abominations?

These are the stories of people confirmed by the BBC, or credibly reported, to have been taken hostage by Hamas from Israel. They include 19 children and at least 14 over-60s. Some have since been confirmed to be dead.

At least 174 people were arrested and 65 police officers were injured at unauthorized pro-Palestinian demonstrations in Berlin on Wednesday night, according to a police spokesperson.

Authorities had banned such protests, which have been called in response to the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the militant group which killed around 1,400 Israelis in a terrorist attack two weeks ago.

Clashes broke out in the district of Neukölln between police and protesters who did not comply with orders to disperse.

Aktuelle Bilder aus Neukölln, wo die „Free Palestine“-Fraktion „demonstriert“. Sollen solche Zustände jetzt eigentlich „normal“ sein? pic.twitter.com/lhNrw4r0bD

— Jonas (@realjonaswd) October 18, 2023

Breaking🚨⚡ Germany🇩🇪 Palestine🇵🇸 Israel🇮🇱

Palestinian Hamas Terrorists Protesters shouting "we want war here" during anti-Israel rally in Neukölln area of Berlin, Germany – Democratia pic.twitter.com/f3fH0FHAhX

— Izlamic Terrorist (@raviagrawal3) October 17, 2023

Federal government isn’t saying who it thinks was behind Gaza hospital blast

The federal Liberal government dodged questions Wednesday about who Ottawa believes is responsible for the Gaza hospital blast that may have killed or maimed hundreds of people in the Palestinian territory.

Hamas has blamed an Israeli airstrike for the blast at the Ahli Arab Hospital, an Anglican Church-run facility in Gaza City.

The Israeli military has said a misfired rocket launched by other Palestinian militants was behind the explosion.

It is truly astonishing that Canada’s foreign minister has left this tweet up 36 hours later. There is no ambiguity as to whom she is referring in this tweet — Hamas/Palestinian Islamic Jihad aren’t held to standards of legality by foreign governments https://t.co/qDF39mJmJw

— Robyn Urback (@RobynUrback) October 19, 2023

Junior luvs that Muslim vote.

Here is a new website that contains all videos and images of documented Hamas War Crimes from October 7th, including raw footage from the attacks.

The world must know the enemy we are fighting. The enemy whose clearly stated intentions are to rid Israel of its Jews and then the…

— The Mossad: Satirical, Yet Awesome (@TheMossadIL) October 19, 2023

Hamas-Massacre.com

Canada must use its clout to demand Israel stop collective punishment

… But Israel is not fighting Nazis. Naziism was a far graver threat to Jews. And it was based on pure racism, not on a battle over land — which, unlike racism, is possibly negotiable.

Bennett and others might prefer to characterize Israel as fighting Nazis because that makes it easier to justify relentlessly bombing and cutting off water and electricity to Palestinian civilians, effectively treating them as Nazis to be obliterated.

This amounts to collective punishment, a war crime under international law. It is also deeply unfair to the 2.3 million Gazans — half of them children — who clearly had no role in the highly secretive Hamas attack.

Ms. McQuaig should be asked her interpretation of “From the river to the sea Palestine will be free” and the characterization of baby killing as “resistance” by so many of our fellow “Canadians.”

For a party that so brazenly accuses its opponents of spreading disinformation and misinformation, the federal Liberals too often fail to pass their own test. In the aftermath of Hamas’ brutal terrorist attack on Israel, and in the midst of one of the most pivotal geopolitical crises in recent years and a pronounced spike in antisemitism, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and some of his cabinet ministers seem to be having a hard time breaking their bad habits.