Matthew Kalman

Misanthropic Middle East meddler. No goats harmed in the composition of Tweets

[Matthew Kalman @MatthewKalman]

Meanwhile, in a Berlin bunker

[Aimen Dean @AimenDean]

I genuinely don’t know whether to laugh or lose my mind anymore at this European hypocritical double standards.

When it comes to Vladimir Putin, suddenly it’s Churchillian resolve. No compromise. No dialogue. Arm Ukraine to the teeth, sanction everything that moves, wreck your own energy security if necessary - because tyranny must be confronted.

Fine. I actually respect the consistency of that … in isolation.

But then you turn around and lecture us - us - the Gulf monarchies, Jordan and Israel, about showing restraint with Tehran? About dialogue? About coexistence?

Are you serious?

For forty years - forty bloody years - this regime has been waging a shadow war across the region. Militias, proxies, sleeper cells, terror networks, destabilizing entire countries - Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen - and threatening the Gulf monarchies, Jordan, and Israel nonstop.

This isn’t theoretical. This isn’t abstract. This is lived reality.

And yet here come Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer, and the rest of the European choir, gently advising us to calm down, de-escalate, and - what was it again? - “give diplomacy a chance.”

Diplomacy with who, exactly? With a system that has built its entire regional strategy on plausible deniability and proxy terror violence?

You were willing to absorb inflation, energy shocks, and political backlash at home to confront Moscow. You made that choice. You said: this is the price of standing up to a tyrant.

So don’t come here and tell us - after decades of being on the receiving end - that we should just sit down, smile politely, and “coexist.”

Either you believe in confronting tyranny everywhere .. or you don’t.

Macron, Starmer, rest of EU leaders and top bureaucrats should just STFU and spare us the self righteous sanctimonious lectures!🤐🤫

[Matthew Kalman @MatthewKalman]

BREAKING: Easter Bunny nominated for Nobel Peace Prize.

[Matthew Kalman @MatthewKalman]

@WeCareAboutMH @nicolelampert @LibDems None of which has any connection to torching the ambulances of a Jewish charity.

[Matthew Kalman @MatthewKalman]

@WeCareAboutMH @nicolelampert @LibDems Translation: "I hate Jews"

[Matthew Kalman @MatthewKalman]

Ex-BBC journalist Tim Llewellyn turns Joobaiter: "So, a Jewish charity leaves its ambulances unprotected, out in the open, all night, at a time we are repeatedly warned of rising antisemitism--- in the middle of a densely Jewish suburb. Most careless. Really, most careless."

[David Baddiel @Baddiel]

Wondering if the hearts of those frustrated by small acts of petty symbolism, by the feeling that smashed windows and graffiti on bakeries are simply not enough, are cheered by the upgrade to burning ambulances this morning.

[Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis @chiefrabbi]

The deliberate arson attacks against Hatzola ambulances in London are a particularly sickening assault - not only on the Jewish community, but on the values we share as a society.

Our Hatzola volunteer ambulance corps is an extraordinary service, whose sole mission is to protect life, Jewish and non-Jewish alike.

The targeting of Hatzola by people so committed to terror, hatred and the desecration of life is a most painful illustration of the ongoing battle between those who sanctify life and those who seek to destroy it.

At a time when Jewish communities around the world are facing a growing pattern of these violent attacks, we will meet this moment with shared resolve and stand together against hatred and intimidation.

[Josh Howie @joshxhowie]

Looking forward to the @guardian version describing this as a ‘small act of petty vandalism.’

[S Sebag Montefiore @simonmontefiore]

This focuses the mind: Iranian agents Charged With Spying and Planning Attack on Bevis Marks, Britain's Oldest Synagogue where my parents were married.... along with other targets that are essential parts of British Jewish life.
Terrifying. We can only thank the British secret agencies, MI5 and M16 and anti-terrorism Police, for their wonderful work
@MI5_Official @chiefMI6 @metpoliceuk https://t.co/kzUY5myAwu

[Keith Humphreys @KeithNHumphreys]

BREAKING: The number of journalists writing about polyamory has now surpassed the number of people engaging in it. Congratulations to all.

[Matthew Kalman @MatthewKalman]

@SCynic1 Imagine shilling for Putin’s propaganda mouthpiece RT from an area you were warned to evacuate and being so self-important you believe the IDF is targeting you personally.

[Avital Leibovich @AvitalLeibovich]

Minutes ago: shrapnel from an Iranian ballistic missile hits Jerusalem, not far from Temple Mount.

[Gabriel Epstein @GabrielEpsteinX]

Yesterday, Palestinian Islamic Jihad published the names of an additional 86 commanders killed during the Gaza war. Due to the list's size, this thread will analyze one half, which includes 3 journalists, 3 nurses, and 2 lawyers, among others. Details below: 🧵

[Matthew Kalman @MatthewKalman]

As Iran rains down cluster-bomb ballistic missiles on Israeli civilians, the brave human rights analysts at @amnesty are literally watching footie.

[Matthew Kalman @MatthewKalman]

@GeorgePitcher @Baddiel @MelanieLatest Thank you.

[George Pitcher @GeorgePitcher]

"The home front of the Israel-Palestine conflict is being fought between sandwich bars in Highgate? Who knew?"👇
h/t @Baddiel @MelanieLatest

My late lesson in why Jews don't count, by @GeorgePitcher https://t.co/nY0f2kJWnz

[Matthew Kalman @MatthewKalman]

@AmnestyMENA No word about Iran’s cluster bomb missiles, then? Are you people on tea break, watching the footie?

[Matthew Kalman @MatthewKalman]

@archer_rs Channelling the great George Best: "I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."

[European Jewish Congress @eurojewcong]

In March 1968, Poland’s communist regime launched a so-called “anti-Zionist” campaign, accusing thousands of Jews as enemies of the state.

Under the guise of politics, it became a state-led antisemitic purge, forcing much of Poland’s remaining Jewish community into exile.

[Etan Smallman @EtanSmallman]

Two men have appeared in court accused of spying on targets including London's Jewish community centre on behalf of Iran.

The centre has to spend £600,000 not on its arts/interfaith work/food bank but security to stop people murdering its visitors.

How has this been normalised?