(Times World Now) Hundreds storm Downing Street to demand Israel release Gaza Dr. Abu Safiya and to take accountability for its ongoing genocide
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Thursday, July 9, 2026
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Trump, Arabs helping Israel attack Iran?
Ben Netanyahu is an Jewish Chicagoan extremist - But we're the greatest nation. USA, USA, USA!
Will hypocrite Trump kill a million in Iran? - Jewish scholars say Israel is committing genocide
Does Trump have the power to start a nuclear war? - Super CIA Asset Bibi, lying liar who lies
Thursday, August 1, 2024
Rioting for the right to rape Palestinians
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| Right-wing Israelis demonstrate for nine gay gang rapist Israeli soldiers detained because they are suspected of abusing a Palestinian man detained at Sde Teiman prison (Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images) |
“Half of the Israeli public is no longer in favor of the war,” one friend told me Saturday night as we witnessed thousands of Israelis take to the streets to protest the Israeli government under the slogan, “Elections Now.” [So half the Israeli public is in favor of their genocidal war?]
“Yes, but the other half is all-in, and REALLY in favor,” responded his wife. “And they are the more powerful group.”
She, of course, is right. For months, reports of torture and rape have emerged from Israel’s military base turned torture camp, Sde Teiman, where Israel has imprisoned thousands of Palestinians [hostages] without charge.
I wrote about it in a previous diary earlier this month. Palestinians who have emerged from this torture camp refer to it as the “slaughterhouse” with horrendous tales of torture, rape, abuse, and sleep deprivation being meted out by [bisexual and gay] Israeli prison guards.
Nearly 30 Palestinians have died while in Sde Teiman and other prisons, according to the information provided to date.
And while the precise chain of events is unclear, what we do know is that the Israeli military advocate general decided to dispatch the military police to question nine Israeli soldiers on suspicion of gang-raping and sodomizing a Palestinian man from Gaza at Sde Teiman.
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| Israel's gay rape battalion needs its own flag |
Since becoming Israel’s national security minister in 2022, ultra-nationalist Itamar Ben Gvir has made prisons his target, with him authorizing abuse against Palestinians. He has also called for the death penalty to solve problems of overcrowding.
- [What is the definition of "genocide"? It is the annihilation or attempted annihilation of a people. But as Israelis do not consider "Palestinians" a "people," it's all okay. Kill them all, and rape them before they die?]
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| Following our men, should we molest the girls? |
The arrival of the military police was violently resisted by the soldiers being detained for questioning and by others at the site. The soldiers barricaded themselves inside the camp and pepper-sprayed the military police.
Now, to be clear, Israeli investigations are usually “rubber stamps” to Israeli war crimes, with few charges ever laid against Israeli soldiers.
But for some members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s party and his coalition, the idea of merely questioning those accused of gang rape crosses a red line. As a result, they mobilized in defense – not of the male gang rape victim – but of the accused Jewish rapists.
Jewish crowds stormed the Sde Teiman prison camp with Jewish soldiers struggling to expel them. The Israelis who stormed the prison included
- Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu (the man who said that dropping a “nuclear bomb” on the Gaza Strip is “an option.”).
- Israel’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich later expressed his support for the soldiers: “I call on the military advocate general, take your hands off our heroic [gay rapists and love] fighters.”
- Hours later, as the Israeli soldiers were taken to another military base, more than 200 people, including members of the Knesset [Israel's Parliament] tried to storm the base to release the [gay sodomite] soldiers being held for questioning.
(Right-wing Israeli activists attempt to break into an Israeli military base after nine Israeli soldiers were held for questioning over the abuse of a Palestinian detainee. Photo by Matan Golan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
In protest of the raid, members of the Israeli Knesset announced that they would convene an urgent debate to discuss the arrest of the soldiers – not the [homosexual] abuse that is being meted out to Palestinians.
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| Gay Jewish recruits wanted for "special" ops |
Likud Knesset member Hanoch Milvetsky responded with what has been the position of the right (more than 50% of the Knesset): “If he is a Nukhba [Hamas commando], everything is legitimate.”
This is what happens when you claim to be a “moral” army or an army that was “forced into” genocide: You can always justify everything. And this is precisely what Israel has done.
However, unlike in the past where (some) convicted soldiers get a slap on the wrist, these soldiers will likely get a pat on the back [for raping male prisoners], just as Elor Azaria got when he shot a motionless Palestinian man in the head in 2016. He was named “Man of the Year.”
- BREAKING NEWS TOWN HALL ON HANIYEH’S ASSASSINATION
Israeli peace activist and negotiator Gershon Baskin, who is perhaps the only Israeli to have direct contacts with Hamas over the past two decades, will join Mehdi for a live town hall on Thursday morning ET, to react to the Netanyahu government’s assassination of Ismail Haniyeh. More + VIDEO
Thursday, November 23, 2023
Fmr UK MP George Galloway: Israel is lying
Danielle Greyman-Kennard, The Jerusalem Post, 11/11/23; edited by Sheldon S., Ashley Wells, Seth Auberon, Wisdom Quarterly
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| I would never say something untrue...unless it helped Israel win its war against all Palestinians. |
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Former UK member of Parliament George Galloway posted on X (Nov. 10) that Israeli reports about the events of Oct. 7th are inaccurate and deceptive.
The post states that Hamas fighters (Al-Qassam Brigades) never committed rape, only one baby had been killed “by persons unknown,” and that anyone stating the contrary is a “war criminal” [by perpetuating disinformation, IDF atrocity propaganda, blood libel, and a mainstream media fiction the Israeli military was neither willing to back nor present evidence for].
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| How dare a British MP expose Israel's crimes |
“Two thirds of Israelis killed on October 7 were military personnel. The killers of the remaining third are definitely revealed to have been in part the Israeli Armed Forces themselves [either on purpose in accordance with their Hannibal Doctrine or by their cowardice of shooting everyone, including Israeli militants and noncombatants when they finally arrived to fight those there as self-proclaimed martyrs].
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| Our former British colonial project in Palestine was handed over to other Europeans: Zionists. Former MP Galloway tweeted (X) that Israeli atrocity propaganda is atrocious (Reuters). |
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“Those with influence who spread propaganda to the contrary stand exposed as War Criminals and now much blood stains their character for ever. It is a spot which will not out. #Gaza_War #GazaCeasefire #GazaHolocaust #GazaHospital.” |
| That's where they plan to kill all Jews. - Really? |
Testimonies from the survivors and recordings taken from Hamas have proven [because as we all know what someone says someone else said, particularly a biased party engaged in atrocity propaganda and attempting to sway the media, is "proof" that the testimony is true] the allegations said to have occurred during Hamas’s October 7 attack of land stolen by Israel on the edge of Gaza's prison walls.
The Israel Police’s Lahav 433 National Crime Unit [claims it collected unbiased testimony that it has not at all manipulated or presented for the sake of deceiving the media], The Jerusalem Post reported.
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| Gal Gadot has no pro-Israeli bias, right? |
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Pro-Palestine peaceful UK demo, far-right mob
Channel 4 UK, Nov 11, 2023; Ashley Wells, Sheldon S. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Massive London march for Palestinians as far-right protest turn violent
The "vast majority" of arrests were of Far-Right counter protestors who clashed with police. But Michael Gove needed police protection from pro-Palestinian demonstrators.
(NM) Hate march? It was peace between Muslims, Jews, Christians, gays.
Free Palestine: Britain’s biggest peaceful demonstration since War on Iraq?
- VIDEO: UK's ex Home Sec'y Suella Braverman declares war
- Jews in US stranded after bus drivers refuse to go to [racist] pro-Israel rally, rabbi says (newsweek.com)
- Hamas agrees to tentative deal to free dozens of hostages, pending Israel’s approval (but Israel not interested in the optics of a compassionate release by Hamas)
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Thursday, September 19, 2013
Dharma and Yoga Fest: Vivekananda (video)
Wisdom Quarterly; Pearl S. Driver (India-West, Sept. 19, 2013)
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| A group of young tabla students thrills the audience with a high-powered performance at the Dharma and Yoga Fest, Sept. 14, Pleasanton, CA (Pearl Driver/IndiaWest.com). |
PLEASANTON, California - A
gathering of nearly 5,000 people converged on the Alameda
Fairgrounds on September 14th to attend the Dharma and Yoga Fest.
It was organized by the
Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS). It was also celebrated on the same day at Mission
College in Santa Clara. These events were two of several such celebrations
being held at 25 venues across the United States through the fall to
commemorate the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.
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| American Indian girls dressed in traditional saris with colorful ornaments |
The event
here was jointly supported by the Sri Datta Sai Mandir in San Ramon,
CA, Shea Homes, Geeta Society, and by Art of Living. The Santa
Clara event was jointly hosted by Sunnyvale and Fremont Hindu
temples.
“This event has brought together members of diverse communities under
the HSS banner,” Mani Keertan, an HSS volunteer, told India-West. “We
are thrilled to have nearly 500 people of non-Indian origin interested
in dharma and yoga with us today.”
The event was meticulously and thoughtfully organized, right down to
the well-posted signs that guided one to a dedicated parking lot. The crowd spanned the generations, ranging from toddlers to grandparents, and several small businesses and local non-profits set up booths in the reception area.
A courtyard of sorts was the
center of all the action, with all of the activities developed around the
core teachings of Swami Vivekananda, the 19th century Indian saint who played a pivotal role in introducing the concepts of dharma (truth, teaching; duty, social obligation) and yoga (means of yoking to the divine) to the Western world and emphasized the importance of interfaith
awareness. More
Swami Vivekananda became famous in the West after coming to America and delivering a rousing speech on the timeless dharma at the Parliament of Religion in Chicago in 1893:
Swami Vivekananda became famous in the West after coming to America and delivering a rousing speech on the timeless dharma at the Parliament of Religion in Chicago in 1893:
Friday, April 19, 2013
Monday, July 9, 2012
Burma's heroine debuts in Parliament
Hla Hla Htay, AFP
Daw Suu appeared calm as she arrived to take her seat as an elected politician for the first time in the capital. "[I will] try my best for the country" (AFP/Soe Than Win).
Daw Suu appeared calm as she arrived to take her seat as an elected politician for the first time in the capital. "[I will] try my best for the country" (AFP/Soe Than Win).
NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar - Burma's opposition leader [the Lady Daw] Aung San Suu Kyi made her historic parliamentary debut Monday [July 9, 2012], marking a new phase in her near quarter century struggle to bring democracy to her army-dominated homeland.
Suu Kyi, whose unswerving campaigning saw her locked up for years by the former junta and earned her a Nobel Peace Prize, appeared calm as she arrived to take her seat as an elected politician in the [relocated] capital Naypyidaw.
"I will try my best for the country," she told AFP as she embarked on her first day of active public office.
Suu Kyi joined fellow members of her National League for Democracy (NLD), as both the party and its charismatic leader transform from [radical] dissident outsiders to [minor] mainstream political players in the wake of [rigged] landmark April by-elections.
The democracy champion's entrance into the legislature comes at an uncertain time for Burma, after recent communal violence and a series of student arrests cast a shadow over promising [whitewash] changes in the former pariah state. More
Monday, November 28, 2011
(Occupy) Tahrir Square: Egypt votes
Egypt's Tahrir Square falls silent as Egyptians go to polls
CAIRO, Egypt - Tahrir Square fell strangely silent on Monday as thousands of Egyptians across Cairo went to the polls. Pockets of resistance stood out in the square, but they were in their dozens rather than hundreds and nothing like the scale of recent weeks. A few protestors kept up chants, while others sat atop lamp posts and railings looking forlorn. Stewards continued to frisk and check IDs of those entering Tahrir, but the energy of the protest hub -- palpable from blocks away even in last night’s rain -- had certainly waned.Sunday, May 23, 2010
First Generation Buddhism in America
“Theravada Buddhism has never gotten proper attention in the literature devoted to Buddhism in the West. Wendy Cadge here observes two Theravada communities in the U.S. to reveal how American Buddhists actually live out their religions. She also offers new and important input into how we think about the role of religion in American society during times of globalization. Heartwood [by Wendy Cadge] will add tremendously to our understanding of the Buddhist tradition in America” — Charles Prebish, Penn State University.
The origin of Theravada Buddhism in America can be traced to a speech made by Anagarika Dharmapala at the World Parliament of Religions meeting in 1893. Born in 1864 in Sri Lanka (then called Ceylon), Don David Hewavitharne became a celibate layman and adopted the title Anagarika Dharmapala, meaning “homeless one,” “guardian of the Dharma.”
Heavily influenced by [Colonel] Olcott (1832–1907) and [Madame] Blavatsky (1831–1891), Theosophists who first visited India and Ceylon from America in 1878 and 1880, Dharmapala spent his life spreading Buddhism around the world. At the Parliament, Dharmapala spoke about how Buddhism, Christianity, and scientific approaches to the world overlap, saying that the “Buddha inculcated the necessity of self-reliance and independent thought,” and “accepted the doctrine of evolution as the only true one.”
Theosophists and others in the United States were influenced by elements of Theravada Buddhism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Groups of Burmese and Sri Lankan monks visited the United States before the first Theravada Buddhist organization was formed in Washington, D.C., in 1966. The Washington Buddhist Vihara and the Buddhist Study Center in New York, the first two Theravada Buddhist organizations in the United States, were... More>>
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Thai protesters march on army headquarters
Thanyarat Doksone (AP)
Tens of thousands of red-shirted supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra protest on Sunday, March 14, 2010 in Bangkok. They demand the government dissolve Parliament or face massive demonstrations at key locations (AP/Wason Wanichakorn).
Tens of thousands of red-shirted supporters of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra protest on Sunday, March 14, 2010 in Bangkok. They demand the government dissolve Parliament or face massive demonstrations at key locations (AP/Wason Wanichakorn).BANGKOK, Thailand – Army reinforcements were rushed into Thailand's capital as tens of thousands of anti-government [Red Shirt, pro-ousted PM] demonstrators marshaled around a key military headquarters demanding that the government dissolve Parliament by midday Monday.
PHOTOS and FACT FILE
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, the key target of the massive demonstration, said he could not give in to the protesters' ultimatum but left room for compromise: "Asking for the dissolution of Parliament before noon in exchange for a halt to the demonstrations, we all agreed it can't be done. However, it doesn't mean the government coalition parties and I won't listen to their ideas," Abhisit said on nationwide television as thousands of protesters converged on the 11th Infantry Regiment headquarters. More>>
Friday, August 7, 2009
Nepal: Maoists disrupt, protest
Mt. Kangchenjunga, part of the Yaksha Kingdom (Yeti, ogres), Nepal
Gopal Sharma from Kathmandu (Reuters)
Nepal's Maoists disrupted parliament on Friday and threatened to launch street rallies to protest against the government's failure to resolve a fight triggered by the firing of the army chief, officials said. The Maoists waged a decade-long civil war until a 2006 peace deal brought them to the mainstream. They scored a surprise victory in last year's election and formed the nation's first government after the abolition of the 239-year-old monarchy.
Nepal's Maoists disrupted parliament on Friday and threatened to launch street rallies to protest against the government's failure to resolve a fight triggered by the firing of the army chief, officials said. The Maoists waged a decade-long civil war until a 2006 peace deal brought them to the mainstream. They scored a surprise victory in last year's election and formed the nation's first government after the abolition of the 239-year-old monarchy.But in May their leader Prachanda resigned as prime minister after President Ram Baran Yadav rejected his decision to fire army chief General Rookmangud Katawal, saying he had refused to take orders from the civilian government. The Maoists say Yadav's move was "unconstitutional" and are demanding that it be debated in the parliament, which the government has so far refused.
On Friday, senior Maoist leader Narayan Kaji Shrestha, said his party, which dominates the parliament, will launch street protests from next week to press for their demand, stoking fresh political turmoil in the nascent Himalayan republic. More>>
BBC COVERAGE
- Nepal Maoists issue new warning Party says that if the government does not meet its demands, it will start a series of nationwide protests.
- Back to the abyss? Fears of renewed political chaos after Prachanda resigns as prime minister.
- India worries over Nepal's future The strong showing by Nepal's Maoists in the parliamentary elections has taken its influential neighbour India by surprise.
- BBC WORLD SERVICE
News in Nepali
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Blood on Thai streets as Crisis worsens
Grant Peck (AP)
Police attack anti-government protesters trying to flee from tear gas shot by police in front of Parliament in Bangkok, Thailand, 10/7/08 (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit).
BANGKOK, Thailand -- Thailand suffered its worst political violence in more than 16 years as police battled protesters who besieged the Parliament Tuesday in their struggle to change the country's system of democracy. One woman died and more than 400 people were injured.
The army moved into the streets of the capital, Bangkok, while most of the protesters eventually left the area around Parliament and regrouped on the grounds of the prime minister's office, which they have occupied since August 26th.
The violence heightened the political uncertainty that has bedeviled Thailand since early 2006, when large protests called for Thaksin Shinawatra, the tycoon-turned-prime minister, to step down for alleged corruption and abuse of power.
A September 2006 coup ousted Thaksin, but a military-appointed interim government proved incompetent and scared away foreign investors. Thaksin's political allies were restored to power by a December 2007 election, serving only to deepen the split between his rural majority supporters and urban-based opponents, who have made it difficult for the government to function. The problems stayed at a boil when Somchai Wongsawat, Thaksin's brother-in-law, became prime minister.
The upheaval comes at a tough time: the Thai stock market has sunk nearly 40 percent since May; a Muslim insurgency rages in the south; the rich tourist market has shrunk; and Thailand's great unifying figure, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, is 80, raising great concern about how the nation will cope with the eventual succession to the throne.
The protesters' rage over what they see as an effort to reinstall Thaksin by stealth leads some to suspect that they are pushing for a showdown that would re-energize them and possibly force another coup to oust the government. "It is increasingly apparent that the alliance is provoking confrontation so that the military would intervene," said Charnvit Kasetsiri, a historian and a former rector of Bangkok's Thammasat University: "They are confusing anarchy and democracy and I don't think a coup can be ruled out at this point. It seems that they want to drag it to that end, one way or the other."
But Army Commander Gen. Anupong Paochinda, speaking to reporters Tuesday night, said: "The military will not stage a coup. A coup would not do any good to the country. It won't accomplish anything. It is not hard to stage a coup. But making a country function after staging one is." The army has seemed at pains not to alienate the public. It failed to intervene to round up protesters last month even though a state of emergency had been declared, and issued assurances that the troops deployed Tuesday would carry defensive gear but no firearms.
It was the second time troops have been deployed to help keep the peace since the protests began. Soldiers were first sent in — also without firearms — on Sept. 2 after government supporters clashed with the protesters, leaving one dead.
On Tuesday, the prime minister rebuffed the protesters' demands to step down. "I came in to do my job, so I will not quit working," Somchai told reporters. Earlier, according to Thai media, he had to climb over a fence to get past the crowds and escape from Parliament. The protesters, calling themselves the People's Alliance for Democracy, include royalists, wealthy and middle-class urban residents and union activists, all of whom feel threatened by political and social change, including globalization that hits their pockets.
The alliance claims Thailand's electoral system is susceptible to vote-buying, and that the rural majority, the Thaksin camp's power base, is not sophisticated enough to cast ballots responsibly.
It advocates abandoning one-person, one-vote to allow some lawmakers to be chosen by professions and social groups, but has not explained how such a system would work and be free and fair.
The violence was the worst since 1992, when the army killed dozens of pro-democracy demonstrators seeking the ouster of a military-backed government.
The protesters had surrounded the squat, modern parliament buildings Monday night with barbed wire and tire barricades. The first burst of violence came at 6 a.m. Tuesday when police cleared the street, allowing the prime minister to enter and deliver a policy statement.
Another erupted in the late afternoon with authorities firing countless volleys of tear gas to clear a path for lawmakers to leave.
About a mile away from the fighting, an unidentified person was killed when a Jeep Cherokee exploded near the headquarters of the Chart Thai Party, a member of Somchai's six-party coalition government. Police said they suspected a bomb, but gave no details.
Witnesses reported hearing gunshots throughout the day, though who was firing them could not be determined. Some police had shotguns, and an AP Television News reporter saw at least three protesters carrying guns.
Protesters also used iron rods, slingshots, firecrackers, rocks and bottles to attack the police. In an assault filmed by Thai television network NBT, a pickup truck plowed into a squad of policemen on a sidewalk. Rioters torched parked cars, trucks and vans.
The violence was confined to a relatively small area near the part of the city housing most government offices.
But at least five major confrontations with police left 410 people injured, 66 of whom were hospitalized, medical authorities said. An Associated Press reporter saw two police officers with gunshot wounds.
A 20-year-old woman caught up in one clash died en route to the hospital, said Surasak Lila-udomniti, a hospital official, adding that the exact cause of death was uncertain but she had been badly injured.
Several people lost legs. Demonstrators charged police had used grenades; authorities denied it.
Earlier Tuesday, even before the violence escalated, the chaos prompted Deputy Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh to resign.
Chavalit, the deputy prime minister in charge of security, was seen as a key figure in helping the government to tamp down the crisis. "What happened was partly my responsibility in failing to resolve the conflict," he said in his resignation letter.
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Associated Press reporters Ambika Ahuja and Raul Gallego contributed to this story.
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