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Israeli spyware company NSO Group placed on US blacklist

NSO Group has been placed on a US blacklist by the Biden administration after it determined the Israeli spyware maker has acted “contrary to the foreign policy and national security interests of the US”.

The finding by the commerce department represents a blow to the Israeli company and reveals a deep undercurrent of concern by the US about the impact of spyware on national security interests.

It comes three months after a consortium of journalists working with the French non-profit group Forbidden Stories, including the Guardian, revealed multiple cases of journalists and activists who were hacked by foreign governments using the spyware.

by Blazingcatfur•November 3, 2021November 3, 2021•0•"Surveillance Society", Espionage, Israel, USA

‘Severe concerns’: Israeli scientists sound alarm to FDA concerning COVID vaccine

As the U.S. Food and Drug Administration discusses administering COVID-19 vaccines to young children, an independent group of Israeli physicians, lawyers, scientists and researchers is advising the FDA of their “severe concerns” regarding the reliability and legality of official Israeli vaccine data.

by Sarcasticat•October 25, 2021October 24, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease", Israel, vaccine controversy

LEVY: Toronto School Board paid $16,000 for an anti-racism activist to attack Israel

The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) paid $16,000 for four learning sessions with self-described anti-racism activist Desmond Cole during which he attacked Israel using typical anti-Semitic tropes.

Despite an apology by education director Colleen Russell-Rawlins to concerned participants – mostly board principals – Cole was permitted to continue with his talks on Sept. 23 after the board brass was made aware of his hateful rhetoric during the first two talks on Sept. 20.

by Sarcasticat•October 4, 2021October 3, 2021•0•Anti-Semitism, Canada, Israel, Israel bashing, Toronto

Who Cares?

At the risk of putting a target on my back, it has occurred to me that the proper response for much of the anti-Israel activity on and off campus should be a combination of derision, counter-attack and neglect. I’ve been dealing with anti-Semitism, Israel denial and Middle East issues since my college days and, after more than 40 years, I have concluded that too much time, money, and energy is being spent responding to the latter.

Instead, we should simply say, “who cares?”

h/t Waffle

by Blazingcatfur•October 1, 2021October 1, 2021•0•Israel, Israeli - Islam Conflict

Israel: Muslim murders his mother because she converted to Christianity

What would lead a man to become so monstrous as to murder his own mother? Islam. The death penalty for apostasy is part of Islamic law.

by Blazingcatfur•September 30, 2021September 30, 2021•0•"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Israel

Is U.S. Aid a Threat to Israel?

The IDF is addicted to credits for shiny new American weapons. But the strategic price may be too high.

” … The aid comes in the form of foreign military funding (FMF) designed to facilitate the foreign military sales (FMS) of American military equipment. This means that nearly three-quarters of the aid is spent in the United States, as a subsidy for the domestic arms industry, creating tens of thousands of jobs. Thanks to that money, the Israel Defense Forces have become the world’s most American-equipped army, with the largest fleets of F-16 and F-35 jets outside of the United States. For companies such as General Dynamics and Lockheed-Martin, there can be no better advertisement for their fighters than their use by Israel’s famed air force. And while Israel’s critics in the United States often claim that it receives the greatest amount of American aid, in fact Germany, Japan, and South Korea get many times more. Their allotments, though, are not characterized as aid but as items in the U.S. defense budget.

by Blazingcatfur•September 25, 2021September 25, 2021•0•Israel

Israel’s COVID Czar Tells Public To Prepare For FOURTH Pfizer Booster Shot

Never ending booster shots are being introduced in Israel, where citizens must either accept the injection or have their vaccine passport revoked.

We’d like to take this opportunity to let everyone know that from here forward anti-Semitism and misogyny will not be tolerated. We’re sorry this step had to be taken but a few people are out of hand; we hope they will tone down their comments so further action won’t be neccessary. Thank you all for participating and contributing to Blazingcatfur – it’s the readers and commenters who make this blog a success.

by Sarcasticat•September 5, 2021September 4, 2021•0•"China eats weird animals disease", Israel, vaccine controversy

Israel: Still the ‘Strong Horse’

Israel — no longer diplomatically isolated — appears to be assuming a more prominent political and military role in the Middle East. Following Israel’s generous peace terms with its Arab neighbors, states such as Egypt and Jordan decided decades ago to establish diplomatic relations with the Jewish state. More recently, Islamic countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan also decided to normalize ties with Israel. Presently, these strong new ties appear to be leading to cooperation on an ever-deeper strategic level, especially regarding the destabilizing threat to the area posed by an increasingly aggressive and hegemonic Iran.

by Blazingcatfur•September 4, 2021September 4, 2021•0•Iran, Israel

NJ mayor blasts Ben & Jerry’s ‘virtue signaling’ pro-Palestine stance and asks: How come you still sell in China, Saudi Arabia and Syria if you care about human rights?

The mayor of a town in New Jersey where Ben & Jerry’s owner Unilever is headquartered has blasted the ice cream firm for its vow to stop selling ice cream in the West Bank to boycott Israeli settlements.

Ben & Jerry’s has been embroiled in an ongoing saga of boycotts and criticism after the company released a statement on July 19 that selling ice cream in ‘Occupied Palestinian Territory’ was ‘inconsistent with our values.’

by Blazingcatfur•August 12, 2021August 12, 2021•0•Israel, Israel bashing

Canada: Muslim Students Association demands that university ‘remove all pro-Zionist narrative’

The mere presence of Israel is an offense to Palestinians, which is why the Charter of every Palestinian political group demands that Israel be obliterated. A clever stream of deception clouds this fact, even while the aspiration to destroy Israel completely is included in the popular chant: “From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free.” Canada is in a dangerous place, referencing as “racism” and “discrimination” anything offensive to Muslims, while at the same time, completely ignoring the real threat posed by the jihad — stealth and violent — everywhere. The big lie is that the MSA routinely (and carefully) claims that it is not anti-Semitic.

by Sarcasticat•July 2, 2021July 1, 2021•0•"Mosaic of Diversity", "Multiculturalism", Anti-Semitism, Islam and Education, Islam means submission, Islam's incompatibility with Western values, Islamic supremacism, Israel, Israel bashing, Muslims are #1 victims

‘Turned Their Backs On Israel’: McCarthy Blasts Dems After They Reject Request For Replenishing Israel’s Iron Dome

On Thursday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy ripped Democrats for failing to approve a GOP request to replenish the vital Iron Dome system protecting the state of Israel, saying bluntly, “House Democrats had an opportunity to show a sharp contrast from the anti-Semitic rhetoric and actions taken by some of their own members, but they didn’t.”

by Sarcasticat•July 2, 2021July 1, 2021•0•Democratic Party, Israel, Israeli - Islam Conflict, Liberal Core Beliefs

Netanyahu Attacks Biden on Iran in Last Speech as Israel’s PM

Hours before a vote to oust him, outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly accused President Joe Biden of endangering Israel’s security by taking a soft line on Iran.
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He also compared Biden’s Iran policy to the refusal of the U.S. to bomb the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944.

by Blazingcatfur•June 14, 2021June 14, 2021•0•Israel, USA

Netanyahu in last Knesset speech as PM: We will topple ‘dangerous gov’t’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Knesset on Sunday afternoon ahead of the expected swearing-in of a new government that will oust him from power and end his 12-year reign on Sunday evening. He promised to do everything possible to topple what he called would be a “dangerous government.”

by Blazingcatfur•June 13, 2021June 13, 2021•0•Israel

Ex-Mossad chief signals Israel culpability for Iran attacks

The outgoing head of Israel’s foreign intelligence agency, the Mossad, has signalled the country’s clear responsibility for a series of attacks targeting Iran’s nuclear programme in an interview that appeared to have as much to do with Israel’s febrile politics as with Iran.

In a public intervention that appeared timed to help Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, before a Knesset vote on Sunday that could end his 12 consecutive years in office, the agency’s former head Yossi Cohenrevealed details of operations long attributed to Israel.

by Blazingcatfur•June 12, 2021June 12, 2021•0•Israel

Google, Amazon, and Israel in the New America

Tech giants unite in their hostility toward Israel.

America is changing before our eyes. But the Israeli Finance Ministry apparently hasn’t paid it any mind.

Last week, the head of procurement at the Finance Ministry’s Accountant General’s Office formally announced that Amazon and Google had won the government tender to provide cloud services to the government as Israel moves forward with the first phase of the Nimbus Project. Tender bids submitted by Microsoft and Oracle were rejected.

by Blazingcatfur•June 6, 2021June 5, 2021•0•"Big Tech Oligopoly", Israel