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Tonight’s grim news is a master class on the catastrophic failure of the Obama/Biden signature foreign policy of cozying up to Iran. An Iranian proxy terror group had a high profile American hostage and yet they executed him because they know there will be no repercussions.
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I am devastated and outraged that Hamas murdered an American citizen, says president who did everything he could to stop Israel from destroying Hamas.
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What's happening on college campuses isn't about Gaza. It's not about Israel. It's about America, which the terrorists of the Tentifada hate and want to destroy. Defund, deport, expel, arrest, and take this national security threat seriously.
I've been telling you. Are you paying attention? This is not about Jew. Not about Israel. It’s about overthrowing America.
@Harvard
has fallen. 👋💔🤮🤮
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This can’t be said loudly or often enough: deport every single foreign student at
@Columbia
or anywhere else who is supporting Hamas or other terrorist groups. And then deny these schools federal funding for breaking the law and harboring these terror sympathizers.
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There are plenty of good reasons to criticize the Israeli government, mainly for succumbing to US pressure and not striking Hamas hard enough. But if you’re blaming Bibi for the murder of the hostages, you’ve lost your mind and your soul alike.
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You can't kidnap babies. You can't rape women. You can't murder civilians. I mean, what CAN you do to express your pride in Palestine? I mean, other than stand up to its despotic overlords, like literally every other Arab nation has done these last few years.
You can’t protest peacefully. You can’t boycott. You can’t hunger strike. You can’t hijack planes. You can’t block traffic. You can’t throw Molotovs. You can’t self-immolate. You can’t heckle politicians. You can’t march. You can’t riot. You can’t dissent. You just can’t be.
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This is a very good day for American Jews. We were just spared the rank bullshit of being puppets in the machinations of an administration--and a political party--that clearly sees Jewish pride and sovereignty as major liabilities.
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Josh Shapiro apologizing for being Jewish is a pretty good summary of what it takes these days to be Jewish and continue to support the Democrats.
Josh Shapiro desperately trying to un-Jewish himself to make himself sufficiently palatable to the pro-Hamas wing of the Democratic Party. Pathetic.
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Anyone who squawks about Gaza should understand that any demand for ceasefire before these babies and the rest of the hostages are released is immoral and barbaric. You don't get to start a war by kidnapping civilians and then moan about the consequences.
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There's "very fine people on both sides." And then there's "hey, the pogromists are totally on to something."
WALTZ IN AN INTERVIEW
“Well, I think first and foremost, what we saw on October 7 was a horrific act of violence against the people of Israel. They have certainly, and the vice president said it, I’ve said it, have the right to defend themselves, and the United States will
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Saw someone else post it. Didn't believe it could be real. Tried it out myself. Here we are:
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Honest question: if you’re a Jewish student at Columbia, why are you still there? What do you think your diploma is worth? Do you believe you’re getting anything resembling an education? Why not walk away?
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I'm Jewish, and I can read. I know a pitiful, Jew-hating excuse for journalism when I see it.
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#AaronBushnell
's profoundly idiotic self-immolation is the perfect embodiment of so much of pro-Palestinian activism these days: violent, performative, and entirely uninterested in accomplishing anything in the real world. Except, of course, death.
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As we think about the Tentifada, it helps to remember what it is these ghouls support. My wife took this photo today in Kfar Aza. The people who lived here were burned alive. Their neighbors heard them scream in agony as they perished. This is what the Kaffiyeh-clad thugs want.
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Salman Rushdie saying what most liberal American Jews never will:
VIDEO 🔴:
Acclaimed novelist
@SalmanRushdie
to the German tabloid
@BILD
:
“If there was a Palestinian state, it would be run by Hamas, and that would make it a Taliban like state. …and it would be a client state of Iran. Is that what the progressive movement of the western left
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Remember how people freaked out about Charlottesville? Yeah, that was awesome.
"Hezbollah, Hezbollah, kill another soldier now!" Open support for terror & the killing of Israelis just meters from the White House. WATCH
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"What American Jews need right now is clear and concrete action that protects them from anyone who wishes them harm. Whether you like it or not, the fact is that yesterday New York’s senator and mayor took no such steps; the president did."
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You should never send your kids to any school in which this vile person has any sway whatsoever.
Our hearts are breaking for the families of the hostages Hamas murdered. At the same time anger must be placed at Netanyahu’s feet for his refusal to consummate cease fire/ hostage release deal
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Friends, I don't mean to alarm anyone, but it turns out there are people on this platform who don't seem to like the Jews very much.
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Contemporary mainstream culture in three easy steps: Company created by Jews rewrites movie about superhero created to fight Hitler in order to erase... the Jews. Hollywood really is a collection of hateful lowlifes.
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Looking forward to the FBI investigating the murderous Palestinian Authority after two Palestinian terrorists detonated bombs in Jerusalem today, killing an Israeli teenager and wounding 16, including two American citizens.
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This young human is one of the %3.8 admitted to one of the nation's top universities. He/she/they will go on to get some plum job in some big company. These are the people who will shape America's future. It's nothing less than a national security threat.
“Zionists don’t deserve to live.”
Meet Khymani James, a leader of Columbia University’s anti-Israel Gaza Solidarity Encampment.
He said this during a live-stream which included a meeting with the school over threatening social media posts.
My latest:
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Honestly, the thing that rings loudest right now is the craven and cowardly silence of Jewish
@Columbia
professors who swear up and down that they’re “working behind the scenes” to curb this madness but are very, very quiet in public. Enjoy your tenure, you sniveling creeps.
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You keep using the word ceasefire. I do not think it means what you think it means.
Palestinian American voices deserve to be heard at the DNC. Still time to make the right decision. We hope they do.
#DNC
#Palestine
#Israel
#ceasefire
#CEASEFIRE_NOW
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Man, those Biden campaign rallies are getting wilder and wilder.
At International Al-Quds Day Rally in Dearborn, Michigan Protesters Chant “Death to America!”; Speakers at the Rally: America Is One of the “Rottenest Countries” on Earth; Israel Is ISIS, Nazis, a Cancer
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At 6:33 this morning, Israel time, the IDF decided to remove the checkpoints from the Palestinian village of Idna, not far from Hebron. It took not even thirty minutes for the animals to emerge from
Idna and murder two Israelis:
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“It’s not our job as Jews to ensure our own safety on campus.” Actually, it is. And the worldview that holds that it’s every Jew׳s job to make sure every Jew is safe is called Zionism.
In response to “horrific” scenes of antisemitic harassment at and around campus, the Orthodox Rabbi at Columbia/Barnard sent a WhatsApp message to more than 290+ Jewish students this morning recommending that they go home until it’s safe again for them on campus:
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Once again, with feeling: Pro-Palestine equals Anti-America.
OUTRAGEOUS 😡🇺🇸
"What happened to your legs?"
Disabled American war hero Rep Mast repeatedly taunted and mocked by Free Palestine supporter lauding Hamas 🇵🇸🔻
These people are the scum of society.
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Palestinians in Gaza are dying for a photo-op, and the media are complicit:
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Thrilled to have the inimitable .
@RitchieTorres
at the .
@tabletmag
office today to talk about America, Israel, the truth, and other eternal things we love.
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An important reminder, from the great
@NellieBowles
, of the dishonest and depraved attitude of
@MaraGay
and the rest of the
@nytimes
editorial board when it comes to keeping NYC safe:
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15 years ago, .
@alananewhouse
called me up, said she was starting a little magazine, and invited me to join. It's been the ride of a lifetime. And we've only just begun. Mazal Tov to the truly inimitable and absolutely essential .
@tabletmag
!
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Me on the Supreme Court’s midnight miracle:
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January 6, 2021: Storming and occupying public buildings is the end of democracy!
April 30, 2024: Storming and occupying public buildings is democracy!
#BREAKING
Columbia University Protesters have stormed and overtaken Hamilton Hall on the University grounds.
According to BWOG, a member of facilities stated that he is being taken hostage inside Hamilton Hall.
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Your prayers are nice. Now how about upholding the law and deporting those foreign students who are prancing about campus, terrorizing Jews, and waving the banner of the same terror group that committed this atrocity? Or is that too much to ask?
On October 7, Hersh Goldberg-Polin — an American citizen — was taken hostage by Hamas terrorists. He was just 23 years old, attending a music festival with friends. We now know he was murdered by Hamas.
Doug and my prayers are with Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg-Polin, Hersh's
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Sad to say, but the
#BringThemHomeNow
slogan operates on the same vile logic of BLM. Who is this slogan directed at? Hamas? Clearly not. Instead, it's a highly emotional bit of bombast you can't really oppose but that in turn gives cover to unstated political machinations.
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Your daily reminder that no matter how much you hate academia, it's probably not enough.
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"Neighborhood." "Community." "Place of worship." Gee, I wonder who is being targeted here, and who is doing the targeting.
Today’s violence in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood today was abhorrent, and blocking access to a place of worship is unacceptable. I’ve called on LAPD to provide additional patrols in the Pico-Robertson community as well as outside of houses of worship throughout the city. I’ll
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Spineless, simpering university apparatchiks meet the mindless, savage thugs they’ve enabled for years. I wish both sides good luck.
🚨🚨🚨BREAKING NEWS
Omg… I think they just attacked a
@UCLA
Vice Chancellor!?
Waiting to confirm
@UCLA
@UCLAchancellor
Credit -
@allen4liberty
Will update with ID shortly (not sure what just happened -trying to verify)
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The officer in charge of questioning the terrorists captured on October 7: Many of the perpetrators are civilians, including teens, who are giddy about their actions, saying that kids are fair game because one day they'll be soldiers. Absolute animals:
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This is what every day should look like at every Jewish day school in America right now:
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On Oct. 7, I wrote a piece entitled “America’s betrayal of Israel.” It was published early enough for us to think there were only hundreds of casualties. But what was already clear was this: “The stage for this attack was not set in or by Israel. It was set by the United States.”
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In 2019, I wrote a piece for .
@tabletmag
that argued that colleges were beyond redemption and that Jews shouldn't apply anymore. Sadly, it aged very well.
Get Out: American universities have become whirlpools of downward mobility that target the people and the ideas that they once cherished and protected. It’s time for Jews to stop paying for them.
From
@liel
in 2019.
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Woke: Pfizer today: "We received no money from the government and weren't part of Warped Speed"
Broke: Pfizer in July: Announcing a $1.95 billion deal with the government as part of Warped Speed
Bespoke: Cuomo: No one gets better until Orange Man leaves
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"It doesn’t matter what words Biden says today. When you champion Iran; when you send it and its proxies money; when you reward Palestinian violence... you know what is going to happen. You mean for it to happen." I wrote these words on October 7. And still wish I wasn't right.
America’s Betrayal of Israel: A decade of perverse U.S. policy sets the stage for mass murder, wrote
@liel
on October 7.
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System Fail: The Mueller Report is an unmitigated disaster for the American press and the ‘expert’ class that it promotes. As per usual,
@LeeSmithDC
gets it just right:
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The Democrat 2024 agenda in two easy steps: A) Open the borders and let everyone in because human rights; B) Free the terrorists on bail because justice.
Illegal Jordanian migrants who ‘tried to breach’ Quantico base allowed to walk free after posting bail
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You know what, man? You inspired me to write a poem of my own.
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Cool, bruh. Now do the Bibas boys.
Last year, we secured the release of Abigail, a 4-year-old who was being held by Hamas.
She’s remarkable and recovering from unspeakable trauma.
Our time together yesterday was a reminder of the work we have in front of us to secure the release of all remaining hostages.
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The note I just sent in reply to the
@columbiajourn
alumni association email fawning over their great reunion weekend. Top notch reporting, guys! A wonderful time was had by all, except for the Jews.
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@RashidaTlaib
said her ancestors helped provide a safe haven for Jews after the Holocaust. Here are the stories of three out of the 436 Holocaust survivors murdered by Palestinians in 1948:
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Go ahead and read this heartbreaking, illustrated account over at
@tabletmag
of one Israeli woman's time as a Hamas hostage and tell me you support providing succor or a diplomatic victory to these animals:
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Watching the protests in Israel, one thing is clear: one side has real, unconditional love for other Jews and the Jewish state, and the other is willing to burn down absolutely everything for absolute political power. I have no doubt which side will prevail.
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Serious question: Are all the tents green because Hamas symbolism, or did the dark money NGOs behind the Tentifada happen to get a good deal on remainder green tents?
The tents are identical at every single school. Either, they all coincidentally ordered the same tent OR a single source is paying for all of this to happen.
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With gratitude to my persistent friends and to HaShem, it gives me great pleasure to announce my return to this platform. Hope I didn't miss much.
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.
@ColumbiaSIPA
brought this woman on as a lecturer LAST MONTH. Just another reminder that no one at this den of malicious mediocrities should have a job when the Tentifada is over.
Karen thinks we don't have eyes and ears. The gaslighting is strong. She's the
@washingtonpost
's Global Editor AND an Adjunct Lecturer at Columbia, which should tell you everything you need to know about her coverage
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And now the Tentifada is taking hostages at Columbia as Hamasniks barricade themselves inside Hamilton Hall. So peaceful. Much progressive.
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Someone rips down Mezuzah at Harvard. The Crimson: Who knows? It might've gotten "dislodged on its own." So glad I spent the extra shekels to get Mezuzahs that aren't the self-dislodging kind!
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Israeli protesters walk into a talent agency.
Protestors: We'll shut down everything, call everyone fascists, and bankrupt the country until the government elected by a majority of our peers steps down.
Talent agent: And what do you call your act?
Protestors: Democracy!
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Help an immigrant out: What do you call it when a group of people who refuse to accept the legitimacy of a democratically elected government burst into the capitol and wreak havoc?
לא זוכרת תמונות כאלה בכנסת בשנים שאני מסקרת אותה.
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Is the left making you increasingly uncomfortable? Feeling politically homeless? Wondering why things got so crazy, and what to do about it? Join me and the great
@walterkirn
tomorrow night to talk about it:
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Benny Gantz, Democrat dreamboat, is the fantasy of choice for anyone who is still deluded enough to believe Biden has Israel's back, as .
@Doranimated
explains in this banger of a piece at
@tabletmag
:
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Me, in
@compactmag_
, about why many Israelis feel the protests are just another color revolution.
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That's right, Palestine Pete. Real debate only began with shouts of Jews go back to Poland, with flying of Hizbullah flags, and with barring Jews from attending classes, you mewling half-wit. Beinart: Basic human decency (declined).
I don't agree with every slogan of the protests on campus + elsewhere. Some I really dislike. But when people look back they will see this as the moment when a real debate began about university + govt complicity in the oppression of Palestinians. And the protests made it happen.
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"The Obama administration used the press to mislead the American public in order to win the president’s signature foreign policy initiative." Is it any wonder that we can't get straight reporting on the
#IranianProtests
?
@LeeSmithDC
, with a hammer:
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Congratulations to
@ColumbiaSIPA
on its newest hire. Can't wait to see the syllabus for Professor Attiah's Blood Libel 101.
The IDF attack on Palestinians desperate for food and aid reminds me of the height of Boko Haram's terror, when the group used to ambush and decimate villages when aid convoys reached them.
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Well, you dress like a person qualified to teach at a major university and run major human rights groups, you fragrant man swine . Every hateful word you say is perfidy.
This is perfidy -- a war crime -- because when combatants dress like civilians, it endangers civilians.
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Again, more bluntly: If you support Trump, you're acting against the national security interests of the US:
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As Israel celebrates Independence Day,
@Doranimated
and
@ckasapoglu1
remind us that the Jewish state enjoyed more sovereignty in 1956 than it does today, thanks largely to its dangerous dependence on the US. A must-read over at
@tabletmag
:
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Beitar Jerusalem soccer club changes its name to salute
@realDonaldTrump
. "We have the greatest love for the president," reads the official announcement, "and it will win."
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It seems like someone in Israel tuned in to the conversation
@jpodhoretz
,
@AbeGreenwald
,
@SethAMandel
and I had yesterday on the
@Commentary
podcast and watched The Godfather overnight.
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This is what Democracy (TM) looks like: Israel's enlightened liberal protestors blocking a think tank's offices with cement and barbed wire, trapping a young woman inside. When you run out of arguments...
יום השיבוש: אנשי מחאת המילואימניקים פרצו הבוקר למשרדי פורום קהלת בירושלים וחסמו את דלת הכניסה בשקי מלט
@N12News
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Reports of my permanent ban from Twitter, it turns out, have been greatly exaggerated. Still no idea why I was banished—looking into it now—but glad to be back and grateful to all my friends for their support. Shabbat Shalom, friends.
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Israel, earlier today: One side is dancing peacefully, the other engaging in the ancient anti-Semitic practice of throwing money at Jews. This struggle isn't about judicial reform; it's about the soul of this nation and its future.
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#AaronBushnell
set himself on fire. The next pro-Palestinian lunatic is likely to be much, much more violent.
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So proud of my alma mater,
@Columbia
, for selling a faculty position to the Chinese Communist Party. In lumine Tuo videbimus lumen indeed. Great job, guys!
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Tell us you're an academic without telling us you're an academic.
The way I see it, the Iranian terror threat and the threat of messianic Kahanism are equal threats to the existence of the country. Ignoring either means putting the country at risk. One will kill it from the outside, the other from the inside, and the two interact in dangerous
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Religious soldiers when called upon to kick Jews out of their homes: we don’t like this, but we’ll obey our orders. Privileged pilots when a government they don’t like is voted in: we’re not even waiting for orders to be given before rebelling. Treasonous cowards.
תשמעו קטע:
עשרות שנים פמפמו לנו הפחדות שחיילים דתיים/תלמידי ישיבות/ תלמידי מכינות, "ביום פקודה יצייתו לרבנים ולא למפקדים".
הרבה מבחנים קשים עברנו ודבר לא קרה.
והנה, בצומת המשמעותי הראשון שניצב בפני הקצה החילוני-שמאלני, גם יש סירובי פקודה ושירות, וגם יש גיבוי ממובילי המחנה. מביש
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Ten years ago,
@alananewhouse
changed my life by launching the incomparable
@tabletmag
and inviting me on board. Very much looking forward to another decade or three of magic together with the best co-workers anyone could ask for. Mazal tov!
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Palestinians to Hollywood: Just because the Palestinian "struggle" has been dedicated largely to hijacking, kidnapping, suicide bombing, rape, stabbing, stoning, and beheading doesn't mean you should portray us as terrorists.
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Four years as VP and she has literally nothing concrete or meaningful to say when asked what she would do on day one if elected president. The participation trophy candidate.
.
@DanaBashCNN
's first q: asks Harris about her priorities and what her plans are on Day 1.
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The men of the Tentifada are as physically strong as they are morally sound.
I love how these masked losers have a look in their eyes and posture like they’re blocking for Tom Brady in the Super Bowl as the line immediately collapses upon impact. My favorite video of the protests so far.
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Your daily reminder that our self-appointed intellectual and moral elites are a bunch of depraved lunatics who hate you and the very idea of humanity:
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I feel you, guys. I, too, desire the total collapse of the university structure.
Statement provided on behalf of anonymous actionists detailing their demands to Columbia University warns “this action is the first of many. We will not stop until the university fully divests from all forms of settler-colonial violence.”
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