Liberals using police “as scapegoats to radically reorganize our society, so it conforms with the nostrums of critical race theory”

Posted on March 21, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

NEW YORK POST
The Times is trying to gaslight you about the summer’s riots
by Jonathan S. Tobin
New York Post

We should have expected this: Nine months after the death of George Floyd triggered a massive wave of riots and looting, The New York Times has issued a lengthy report about what happened — and blamed it all on the police. In a recent front-page story headlined, “In City After City, Police Mishandled Black Lives Matter Protests,” the paper predictably lays the entire blame on cops, rather than on radicals who wrecked commercial districts and caused at least 25 deaths and thousands of injuries. In the heat of the crisis, mainstream outlets called the riots “protests.” It was an eye-wateringly brazen attempt at gaslighting, belied, in some cases, by reporters claiming the “protesters” were “mostly peaceful,” even as the cityscapes behind them were ablaze. READ MORE

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Tuvia Tenenbom’s latest book couldn’t find a publisher in this country – which itself shows the truth of the central thesis of his latest book, that antisemitism is barely concealed

Posted on March 21, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

THE JEWISH CHRONICLE
In Britain there is much antisemitism under the surface
by Melanie Phillips
March 19, 2021

Tuvia Tenenbom is perhaps the most successful author to experience extreme levels of difficulty in getting his books published in English. I Slept in Hitler’s Room and Catch the Jew, his books about antisemitism in Germany and the Middle East, were published in Germany and Israel and became bestsellers. Despite this success, his subsequent book about American Jews and antisemitism couldn’t obtain a publisher in America. He was told that it would upset American Jews. READ MORE

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PM’s Likud projected to win 30-32 seats, and to clinch 60 along with declared and potential partners; 51% don’t want him as PM, but he’s still far more popular than his challengers

Posted on March 18, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

JERUSALEM POST
Israel Elections: Likud lead grows, as Sa’ar keeps falling – poll
by Gil Hoffman
March 19, 2021

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud’s lead over other parties hit a new peak on Thursday in the final Panels Research poll taken for The Jerusalem Post and Maariv newspapers ahead of Tuesday’s election. The poll predicted 30 seats for Likud, up from 27 last week. All of Netanyahu’s challengers fell since last week’s poll, with Yesh Atid dropping from 20 seats to 19, Yamina from 11 to 10 and New Hope from 10 to a record low of only eight seats. Gideon Sa’ar’s party, which at one point trailed Likud by only five seats, is now in a four-way tie for fourth place, with the Joint List, Shas and Yisrael Beytenu. READ MORE

TIMES OF ISRAEL Highest turnout in weeks at final pre-election protest against Netanyahu In a final mass protest before the March 23 elections, thousands of demonstrators gathered in Jerusalem on Saturday evening to call for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign. Protesters from all across the country marched from the Knesset to Jerusalem’s Paris Square, which abuts Netanyahu’s residence on Balfour Street. Organizers of the demonstration said some 15,000 protesters attended at first, later estimating that a total of about 50,000 were there.

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“In the Middle East, where sport and diplomacy are closely intertwined, political passions can spill over onto the playing field”

Posted on March 18, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Israel and UAE rugby teams face off in 1st after new ties
by Isabel Debre
March 19, 2021

… With the Palestinian cause the core issue uniting Arabs across the region for decades, Israeli players meeting Arab opponents on the field have learned the age-old conflict always looms. Spectators have thrown shoes and jeered. Egyptians, Saudis and others have refused handshakes or pulled out of matches. But on Friday, politics played a vastly different role. Months after the United Arab Emirates normalized ties with Israel, an Israeli national rugby squad touched down in Dubai to meet the Emirati team on the field for the first time. The more experienced Israeli team swiftly beat the UAE 33-0 in the first 7-a-side friendly match, held without crowds because of the coronavirus pandemic. READ MORE

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NBC News is aware they receive “more views promoting stories that bash Israel than those that focus on actually significant human rights stories”

Posted on March 18, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

JEWISH JOURNAL
Media’s Hyper-Focus on Israel Shields World’s Worst Human Rights Abusers
by Micha Danzig
March 19, 2021

On March 10, 2021, five Palestinian Arab children between ages 8 and 13 allegedly tried to steal some expensive parrots or vegetables in a Jewish community in Judea. After the kids were caught trying to steal, they were detained for a few hours until their parents could come pick them up at the police station and bring them home. In what can only be described as an astonishing coincidence, a self-described anti-Israel “human rights” group just happened to be on the scene when these kids were detained and placed into the vehicles that would take them to the police station. READ MORE

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Common denominator in Iran’s opposition groups “appears to be a profound rejection of the country’s current, clerical system of government—and of the unaccountable ayatollahs who administer it”

Posted on March 18, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

NEWSWEEK
Iran’s Opposition Is Sending Washington A Message
by Ilan Berman
March 15, 2021

Something profound is taking shape inside Iran. Mere months from the country’s next presidential election, and in the midst of a U.S. push for reengagement with its clerical regime, recent days have seen new signs of life from—and coordination among—Iran’s notoriously fragmented opposition. As The Foreign Desk first reported, a new civic campaign launched by dissidents inside Iran has begun to percolate among opposition elements both inside and outside the country. The grassroots effort, dubbed “No to the Islamic Republic” (and boasting a distinctive graphic and anthem) has emerged in recent days in Iran’s bazaars and public places in the form of pamphlets, graffiti and other media. READ MORE

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In 2017, Iraqi President Fuad Masum approved a law that stripped Palestinian refugees living in Iraq of their rights and classified them as foreigners

Posted on March 18, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

GATESTONE
How Arabs Discriminate Against Palestinians
by Khaled Abu Toameh
March 19, 2021

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has invited Iraq to send observers to monitor the Palestinian parliamentary elections, if and when they are held on May 22. The invitation was extended to Mohamed al-Halbousi, Speaker of the Council of Representatives of Iraq, by the PA ambassador to Iraq, Ahmed Akl, during a meeting in Baghdad. It is not clear whether the Iraqis have accepted the invitation. What is clear, however, is that Iraq is among the many Arab countries where Palestinians continue to face discriminatory measures and laws. Worse, it seems the Iraqi authorities are carrying out a policy of ethnic cleansing against the few thousand Palestinians who still live in Iraq. READ MORE

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Tom Friedman “misses the most important aspect of the accords, which is the end of the Palestinian veto over peace between Israel and the Muslim world”

Posted on March 18, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

JNS
The two Tom Friedmans
by Mitchell Bard
March 17, 2021

…Analyst Friedman correctly observes that the establishment of relations between Israel and the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan “could be game-changing.” He even gives credit to former President Donald Trump and his senior adviser, son-in-law Jared Kushner, for the breakthrough. Then Prime Minister Friedman steps in and wants to change the game back by adopting the failed approach of former President Barack Obama in trying to bend Israel to his will. He is horrified that “right-wing Jewish settlers” are “aggressively reaching out to the Gulf Arabs to come visit.” God forbid, they should see life in Israel for themselves rather than filtered through Al Jazeera… READ MORE

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“The economic and strategic ties between Israel and its Abraham Accord partners, as well as Saudi Arabia, are expanding faster than anyone could have imagined”

Posted on March 18, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS)
Abdullah the Irrelevant of Jordan
by Caroline Glick
March 19, 2021

…The Hashemite royal house in Jordan is an artifact of Britain’s colonial regime in the region a century ago. The Hashemites are a small minority of Jordan’s population. And the country they control is poor, and resource-strapped. The principal source of the longevity of the Hashemite regime is Israel. Jordan is located between Israel and Iraq and shares a border with Israel and Syria. Its position has long made it a buffer state. And its (relative) moderation has served as a deterrent to Iraqi and Syrian aggression against Israel. As a consequence, Israelis – particularly Israeli military leaders – long viewed the Hashemite Kingdom as indispensable. READ MORE

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California pushes the worship of cannibalism and human sacrifice on American children

Posted on March 18, 2021 by ArchitectGuy

FRONT PAGE MAG
In the Name of Ethnic Studies
by Professor Jason D. Hill
March 17, 2021

The collapse of the American Republic is now imminent. California is soon expected to pass a new statewide “ethnic studies” curriculum that has as its goal the total “decolonization” of American society. It elevates the cannibalistic Aztec religious symbolism across 10,000 public schools that serve 6 million students. The architect behind this movement is R. Tolteka Cuauhtin, the original co-chair of the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum. In his book Rethinking Ethnic Studies, cited throughout the curriculum, Cuauhtin argues that the United States is a white supremacist, patriarchal, misogynistic and anthropocentric state founded as a Eurocentric “land grabbing” genocidal state that committed “theocide” against indigenous tribes. READ MORE

NATIONAL REVIEW  Gov. DeSantis Proposes Plan to Bolster Florida’s Civics Curricula, Denounces Critical Race Theory Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Wednesday proposed putting $106 million in pandemic-related federal funding toward the state’s civics curricula — $17 million of which would be earmarked for developing civics curricula with “foundational concepts” and not “unsanctioned narratives like critical race theory.” “Our schools are supposed to give people a foundation of knowledge, not supposed to be indoctrination centers, where you’re trying to push specific ideologies,” DeSantis said.

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