Francesca Albanese is a disgusting woman. She has compared Israel with Nazi Germany, she refuses to acknowledge that people were killed and raped by Hamas on 7 October 2023, and she has received funding from Palestinian terror groups. UN Watch has a web page dedicated to her. Now she wants the UN to suspend Israel for a genocide that is a fantasy. Yes, many people in Gaza have died, it’s horrible and wrong, but this is the reality in all urban warfare. If Israel intended genocide, its army would kill millions, not thousands. Israel has no intention to eradicate the people in Gaza. The war is with Hamas and other militant organisations.

Read it at the Guardian.

People who support a narcissistic and mythomaniac slanderer are insulted by an advertisement. Boohoo! Read it at The Hill.

“The law would make terrorist apologism, denying Israel’s existence, and the comparison of Jews or Israel to the Holocaust illegal.” Read it at the Jerusalem Post.

Ukrainian president urges Western allies to take decisive action on North Korean troop. Read it at the Kyiv Independent.

It’s Friday night. Have a nice weekend, ya’all.

Trump returns to the White House after a landslide victory. It’s a sad day. When the world needs a strong America, it gets the opposite. Let’s hope he doesn’t turn his back on Ukraine, NATO, and European security. Read it at the New York Times.

It wasn’t just a loss, it was a catastrophe. Read it at Mediaite.

I have to stop blogging about American politics for a while. It’s making me mentally unhealthy. Plus, I can’t do anything about it. What I can do, however, it to argue in favour of a more resilient Europe. We can’t rely on America to stand up for democracy and freedom anymore. Trump is Putin’s puppet, and it will hurt not only Ukraine but all of Europe. The only thing positive I can see with the Trump win is that taxes will get lower and that the support for Israel’s war against Hamas and Hezbollah might get firmer support from Washington.

The violence in Amsterdam last night was carried out by youngsters on mopeds who criss-crossed the city looking for Jews. Read it at Dutch News.

I’m not sure what it’s there for, but I knew I had to take a photo of it.

“The posting by Bulent Buyukbayram, a member of the Christian Democrats in the city of Delmenhorst, also showed the words ‘shit St Pauli’ written on the doll’s head, with the letters ‘S’ shaped like the logo of the SS, the Nazis’ main paramilitary force.” Read it at Reuters.

Here’s what to expect next. Step by step. Read it at Deutsche Welle.

The European Union’s Earth Observation Programme has issued a new global-warming warning. Read it at Copernicus.

I’d love to be on that plane. Read it at Space.

Astronomers have watched gas boil and bubble on the surface of a distant star. Read the study at Nature.

Violence erupted on the streets of Amsterdam last night in the second wave of anti-Semitic attacks to hit the Dutch capital over the last week. Read it at the Jerusalem Post.

The Jewish community in the Netherlands must feel safe, Prime Minister Dick Schoof says. Read it at Dutch News.

“Fencing at the EU’s external and internal borders grew nearly sevenfold between 2014 and 2022, from 315 to 2,048 kilometres, according to the European Parliament.” Read it at Euronews.

This is wrong for so many reason. There’s nothing to talk about. Read it at Anadolu Ajansı.

Germany’s biggest political parties have agreed on a timetable leading to an early election in 2025 after Chancellor Scholz’s three-party governing coalition collapsed last week. Read it at Deutsche Welle.

Some protesters now refer to the terror attacks on 7 October 2023 as the “al-Aqsa flood”, which is the name Hamas uses. Read it at the Washington Post.

This is good news. Europe has to muscle up. Read it at Stars & Stripes.

So, an anti-vaccine activist will be in charge of America’s health. What could possibly go wrong? Read it at NBC News.

“A Swedish government minister’s fear of bananas has become a national talking point after emails revealed that such is the strength of her aversion that aides try to clear rooms of the fruit before she enters.” Read it at the Guardian.

It’s Friday night.

If you were doubting that the pro-Palestinian movement was about anything but harassment. Read it at the Jerusalem Post.

I’ve been working four nights in a row. I’m off in about fifteen minutes. Free for four days. Ah…

This is bizarre. Considering how many real war crimes that dictators are responsible for without any condemnation from the ICC. Read about it at NBC News.

The discovery of a gut-to-brain regulation pathway in flies highlights the potential for certain medications to be further explored as treatments for obesity and diabetes in humans. Read the study at PNAS.

A recent study suggests that the asteroid 99942 Apophis may experience tremors—similar to earthquakes—due to Earth’s gravitational pull during its close flyby on 13 April 2029. Read it at the Jerusalem Post.

Scientists have, for the first time, captured a zoomed-in photo of a star beyond our galaxy. The image reveals surprising details about WOH G64, a giant star that is probably dying. Read it at Astronomy & Astrophysics.

And a top military chief has told parliamentarians that Britain is ready to fight if Putin strikes another European nation. Read it at the US Sun.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday that a strike on Ukraine using a newly developed hyper-sonic ballistic missile was a message to the West that Moscow will respond harshly to any Western actions in support of Ukraine. Read it at Reuters.

“An executive order could be signed as early as his first day back in the White House, which would force 15,000 people out of their posts.” Read it at The Times.

What this new study shows is that—for several of the stem cell types tested—scientists could observe general improvements in the way the cells were expanding. The cells also proved to be more stabile in their replication, even after returning to Earth. Read it at NPJ Microgravity.

Yesterday, that the body of a rabbi was found after he had been brutally killed. The rabbi run a kosher shop in Dubai. Authorities in the United Arab Emirates have now arrested three suspects from Uzbekistan. This is not a huge surprise. Radicalisation among Uzbeks is a well-documented problem. In Sweden, the most lethal terror attack, which occurred in Stockholm on 7 April 2017, was conducted by Rakhmat Akilov from Uzbekistan.

Read about it at the Jerusalem Post.

The new series Cross on Amazon Prime is really good. It’s based on James Patterson’ fictional character and set in Washington. More information on IMDB.

From an opinion piece by Gol Kalev in the Jerusalem Post:

We are in the midst of a large-scale multi-front attempt to negate the idea of Judaism. Last week’s International Criminal Court’s arrest warrants against the leaders of the Jewish state resemble efforts of previous European assaults on Judaism. But what was alarmingly different this time was the immediate commitment made by Western governments to collaborate.

This included Canada, the EU, the Netherlands, and indeed France, which for the second time in 80 years pledged to arrest Jews, should it be asked to do so.

The ICC made clear in its November 21 warrant that its aim goes far beyond Prime Minister Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Gallant. The war crimes they are accused of committing, such as starvation and murder of the Palestinian population, are committed “jointly with others,” the ICC declared.

The alleged crimes are committed by Israeli soldiers, as well as those who support them. Indeed, in recent months, the ICC and International Criminal Court (ICJ) have been preparing the legal groundwork for the mass arrest of Israeli Jews.

Around 100 leaders and many more activists from the Venezuelan opposition have fled the country since socialist de facto dictator Maduro unleashed an intense wave of repression after winning a rigged presidential election in July. Read it at Bloomberg.

A Russian spacecraft docked to the International Space Station didn’t just bring supplies—it also brought a foul odour. The unpleasant aroma was strong enough to prompt astronauts to close the hatch connecting it to the rest of the space station and initiate anti-contamination procedures. Read it at Gizmodo.

In August 2024, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos signed new legislation expanding sharia law into predominantly Christian regions. This move has raised significant concerns among Christian leaders as it established three new sharia judicial districts and twelve circuit courts in areas where Christians form the majority. Read it at the Rio Times.

A ceasefire agreement has been reached between Israel and Hezbollah. Details not yet known.

London’s oldest meat market is to close after 900 years of trading. Read about it at The Times.

“The package, which was first reported by the Financial Times, includes thousands of joint direct attack munition kits (JDAM) and hundreds of small-diameter bombs, according to the official, speaking on condition of anonymity.” Read it at Jerusalem Post.

At a summit today, the heads of government of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Norway, Poland, and Sweden agreed to strengthen their support to Ukraine in the coming months to counter Russia’s full-scale war. Read it at the Kyiv Independent.

Hard to say what this really means. Kellogg has a mixed record on Ukraine. In some interviews, he has suggested Ukraine should give up territories. In other forums, he has said that Russia should be forced to concede through strengthening Ukraine’s abilities to strike hard. Read it at CBS News.

The pessimist in me wants to say yes. Read John Lucas.

It’s Friday evening and Shabbat begins once again.

In a few hours, I’ll be on a flight to Israel.

Universities have suffered a cataclysmic decline in public approval and support. Read it at New York Post.

Anti-Semitic leaflets were distributed in northwest London. The flyers bore messages such as “Zionist-free zone” and “Every Zionist must leave Britain or be slaughtered”. Read it at Ynetnews.