Here is a classic, somewhat absurd case of progressive presentist inversion and distortion of history in the captioning @britishmuseum: 'by the beginning of the first century millennium the Israelites occupied most of Palestine'. Canaan is probably the right word here. Or… https://t.co/hnmdbjR98F — S Sebag Montefiore (@simonmontefiore) November 28, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Thread reader: Here is…

More from the edgily antisemitic world of film festivals: “If there are Zionists on the film teams, it would be good to know.” That’s what a judge at the French LGBTQI+ film festival @CheriesCheris said about a Jewish judge on the panel. Julia Layani, a Jewish judge at the competition, faced exclusion after being falsely…

From Jewish News: An Israeli choreographer has spoken of his “great shock” and “disappointment” after an international dance film festival backtracked on its decision to show his film honouring the victims of the Nova music festival…. Exeter International Dance Film Festival initially accepted Dor Eldar’s short film and invited him to come to come in…

Another from the Café Royal Books catalogue, this time from photographer Robert Morris: Nottingham Racecourse 1985 London Zoo 1989 Matlock Bath, Derbyshire 1985 Hyde Park, London 1984 South Downs, Sussex 1989 Painton, Devon 1985 Paignton, Devon 1985 Goodrington, Devon 1986 Brighton, Sussex 1980 London 1995 Trafalgar Square, London 1999 Felixstowe, Suffolk 1992 Waterloo, London 1995…

As Stephen Daisley in the Spectator points out, we already have a blasphemy law here in all but name: Anyone outraged by Labour MP Tahir Ali calling on the government to introduce blasphemy laws has clearly not been paying attention, for there are already blasphemy laws in this country. All Ali wants to do is…

From the Daily NK: North Korea is enforcing strict secrecy around casualties among its troops fighting in Russia. A source within the Korean People’s Army’s 11th Corps revealed that internal protocols exist to quietly handle soldier deaths, with families receiving limited details and the public kept entirely in the dark. “Even when troops perish during…

Further to that call for a blasphemy law, from UnHerd: The MP for Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley asked Keir Starmer if he would “commit to introducing measures to prohibit the desecration of all religious texts and the prophets of the Abrahamic religions”. Speaking in the Commons, Ali added that “November marks Islamophobia awareness month,”…

.@TahirAliMP asks the Prime Minister to “commit to introducing measures to prohibit the desecration of all religious texts and the prophets of Abrahamic religions”.No, that would amount to a new blasphemy law: people must be free not to revere what they choose to reject. pic.twitter.com/mdlFd0kaza — Adrian Hilton (@Adrian_Hilton) November 27, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Presumably "Abrahamic…

Seth Frantzman in the JC on the symbiotic relationships between the UN organisations UNRWA and UNIFIL, and the terror groups Hamas and Hezbollah: In both Gaza and Lebanon the UN was supposed to play a positive role, yet in each place massive UN bureaucracies have ended up shielding terror groups and enabling their growth. Unrwa…

Has chancellor Rachel Reeves yet put a foot right? From the Telegraph: Tens of thousands of terminally ill pensioners have lost their winter fuel payments ahead of what is likely to be their last Christmas, campaigners warn. Chancellor Rachel Reeves sparked furious backlash after stripping the annual payment, worth up to £300, from some ten…