On the UN resolution that Israel should leave the Palestinian territories: WOW. So much respect for the Czech Republic for having the moral clarity and knowledge of the region’s affairs to firmly stand by Israel at the UN Thank you 🇨🇿 🇮🇱 pic.twitter.com/w6gAIPeS2Q — Kosher🎗🧡 (@K0sher_C0ckney) September 19, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js As Einat Wilf says: "Bless…

I suggested, some time ago, that we should be putting up more plinths in Trafalgar Square – a fifth plinth, a sixth plinth, and so on – rather than debating what should go on the current plinths. We could even give them names rather than numbers: the Black Plinth, the Plinth of Wales, the Plinth…

John Murawski at UnHerd on the case of the black babies that I posted on yesterday – Why did it take four years to debunk the black baby study? A study published this week in a prestigious journal, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, makes a claim that’s almost unheard of on the pages…

A few thoughts on Operation Grim Beeper. 1) This is one of the most astonishing intelligence operations in history. It is a reworking of the story of the Trojan Horse for the digital age, and it deserves to become nearly as legendary as its iconic predecessor. If we are not… — Mike (@Doranimated) September 19,…

For a more clear-eyed view on Hamas – away from Jeremy Bowen and the BBC – here's Seth Frantzman: Hamas has exploited United Nations facilities, non-governmental organisations and civilian institutions in Gaza for decades. It is part of the DNA of Hamas to use every civilian site in Gaza for its own purposes. It built…

No surprise here. From the JC: The BBC’s veteran international editor Jeremy Bowen claimed terror organisation Hamas is a “good” source of information on Gaza casualty figures during a closed-doors “masterclass” on reporting war impartially, the JC can reveal. During the session for BBC reporters and editors Bowen also took issue with using the term “terrorist” to…

Jack Delano, March 1943. "Waynoka, Oklahoma. An Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe operator and telegrapher throwing one of the interlocking switches.": [Photo: Shorpy/Jack Delano for the Office of War Information] Looking like a young Jeff Bridges.

A often-quoted study suggested that Black babies have a better chance of survival when sttended by Black doctors. The inference, of course: White doctors are racist. Yes indeed, racism is everywhere and all-pervasive.  Someone has looked at the data again, however: According to a famous study, Black newborns have higher survival rates when they’re attended…

Some context in the case of the exploding Hezbollah pagers: The exploding pagers can't trigger a war because you can't trigger something that's already happening. Hezbollah has been bombarding Israel since October 8. Scores of Israelis have been wounded and killed and the country's North has been depopulated. The war is already on. — Avi…

President Reagan on immigration: “This is one of the most important sources of America's greatness…Anybody from any corner of the world can come to America to live and become an American We draw our people, our strength, from every country and every corner of the world” pic.twitter.com/wfMCxnS591 — Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) September 17, 2024…