No Country For Anyone

Imagine having to justify retaliation after having one's countrymen murdered and eventually eliminating an existential threat to itself.

That's Israel:

Iran informed Turkey in advance of its planned operation against Israel, a Turkish diplomatic source told Reuters on Sunday, adding that Washington had conveyed to Tehran via Ankara that any action it took had to be "within certain limits."

Turkey, which has denounced Israel for its campaign on Gaza, said earlier on Sunday that it did not want a further escalation of tensions in the region.

The Turkish source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan had spoken to both his US  Iranian counterparts in the past week to discuss the planned Iranian operation, adding Ankara had been made aware of possible developments. 

Earlier this week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to Fidan to make clear that escalation in the Middle East was not in anyone's interest.

"Iran informed us in advance of what would happen. Possible developments also came up during the meeting with Blinken, and they (the US) conveyed to Iran through us that this reaction must be within certain limits," the source said.

 

Canada morphed into Nazi Germany so gradually that one hardly noticed, even when a Nazi was openly applauded in the House of Commons:

Biographies of UN employees who took part in the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel.

Satellite photos of Gaza schools constructed atop buried terrorist bunkers.

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Hamas rocket launchers installed within metres of marked United Nations compounds.

This is just a portion of the Israeli intelligence that Canada had access to when the Liberal government decided on March 8 to resume funding the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Global Affairs Canada announced the decision despite several other countries, including the United States, opting to waiting until the conclusion of a UN investigation before making any decisions on resuming funding they had also paused after allegations from Israel of links between UNRWA and the Oct. 7 terror attacks led.

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National Post was granted exclusive media access to the intelligence given to the Trudeau government — a dossier spelling out Israel’s case for Canada to permanently stop sending tax dollars to the controversial UN agency.

After allegations in January of UNRWA members taking active roles in the Oct. 7 massacre, the United States announced a temporarily funding halt.

Canada and numerous other nations followed suit, but Ottawa reversed course two months later, in time to deliver this year’s $25-million installment of a $100-million funding pledge to UNRWA made last year by the Trudeau Liberals.

In contrast, the massive appropriations package passed by the U.S. Congress late last month included a statutory ban on funding UNRWA until March 2025.

Japan, Australia, Finland and Sweden have also resumed their funding.

The intelligence briefing shown to National Post included 43 slides laying out a comprehensive dossier of evidence, including information gathered from communications of Hamas operatives, social media, and video of the Oct. 7 attack. Some of it bore the logo of iNet, the Israeli operation that synthesizes open-source intelligence for the state’s defence establishment.

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According to the intelligence — which Israeli diplomatic officials confirmed to the Post was made available to the Canadian government before March 8 — Hamas views UNRWA as a pillar of its civil rule providing the support that allows it to put greater focus on its military and terrorism programs.

“Hamas is deeply and systematically embedded in UNRWA,” the briefing states.

“Hamas members serve in all sectors of UNRWA activities, including in key positions.”

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Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says she’s urging Israel to de-escalate rising conflicts in the Middle East and not bomb Iran in retaliation for this past weekend’s thwarted airstrikes.

Joly says she told Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz to “take the win” of having stopped Iranian airstrikes and to not respond with a direct attack on Iran.

 

Take the win?

Is this a game?

Stupid b!#ch.

 

Also:

Progressive Conservative MPP for Eglinton—Lawrence Robin Martin’s constituency office was vandalized by Hamas supporters overnight on Tuesday, in yet another display of antisemitic vandalism that has become all too common in Canada.

The asphalt outside of the office, located in North York`s Yorkdale-Glen Park neighbourhood, had the words “Shame on Robin” and “genocide supporter” written on it, in what appears to be red spray paint.

Martin has been a vocal ally of Israel and has posted specifically debunking the narrative of genocide in Palestine. Following the October 7 massacre by Hamas, Martin said in a post to X that she stands with Israel, and sent her prayers to its people “in the face of this act of war.”

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What the hell is in the water in Sydney?:

A 16-year-old boy who allegedly stabbed a bishop and a father at an Orthodox Christian Church in Sydney's west had his fingers cut off during the attack.

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Sometimes we bring heartache on ourselves:

An anti-Israel protester wept as a judge arraigned her in California on Friday after she allegedly threatened to murder public officials at a city council meeting.

Riddhi Patel, 28, sobbed as she pleaded not guilty to 18 felony counts after she directed comments to Bakersfield city council members and Republican Mayor Karen Goh for not backing a Gaza cease-fire resolution against Israel and for installing metal detectors at city hall.

Patel was ordered to be held on $1 million bail and stay at least 500 yards away from city hall.