Robert Phillips

Superman has pictures of Jan Vertonghen on his wall. Save Ferris.

[Haviv Rettig Gur @havivrettiggur]

“The memo has gone out.”

God almighty, did you have to concentrate all the ignorant fools in one single generation?

It’s Hamas that promises Gaza more and eternal war until the Jews are dead and gone. They do it very loudly and pretty consistently. It’s Hamas that holds up the great rebuilding of Gaza approved by everyone by demanding the right to rule there forever and drag it into new and neverending wars.

Gaza’s great tragedy, from which none of its friends or allies will ever save it, is that Hamas has truly and forever convinced the Jews that they mean what they say. That it’s either-or, that there is no deterrence or coexistence or compromise with the ideology and religious mission that is Hamas.

If you support the bloody-minded fanatics of Hamas, who routinely murder, rob and subjugate their own people, retaining control of Gaza for all time because you believe it’s right and just to pursue the destruction of Israel, then it is you, not we, who ensure the next war.

Thank you, erm, for your attention to this matter.

[Haviv Rettig Gur @havivrettiggur]

It's a new religion.

The ad hoc walk of public shame.

The declaration, voices breaking as they scream in public, that "I want you to redeem yourself."

This isn't about the real Gaza. Because to talk about the real Gaza you'd have to notice that Hamas is still holding up the Arab rebuilding, or that Iran's eliminationist war on Israel will yet drive Gaza into another war -- and Lebanon too, if Iran has its say. But these people don't believe in agency, in real people living in real places. We're all just characters in a morality play.

That's why Gaza can reorganize leftist politics even as every other priority falls by the wayside. Because this is a religion. And we are its cosmic villain.

[Tal Hartuv @TalHartuv]

Hi Zack, I'm a British-born Israeli who was stabbed 18 times by a Palestinian terrorist. Another chopped up my friend in front of my eyes. One got out in the hostage deal. They were paid a salary for years by the UK gov.
Could you tweet: "all of this is a horrific crime. He should be held to account."
Thanks

[leekern @leekern13]

Thanks Yvette. I really hope the Islamic fundamentalists Hezbollah - whose name means Party of Allah and whose logo is a machine gun - and who are sworn to exterminating the Jews and establishing a global Islamic caliphate will listen to you. You speak such words of reason, how could the Islamic fundamentalists Hezbollah not?

[Central @WestHam_Central]

RT IF YOU SUPPORT A LONDON CLUB AND HAVE WON A EUROPEAN TROPHY

[Haviv Rettig Gur @havivrettiggur]

Do British police actually understand why they exist?

[Haviv Rettig Gur @havivrettiggur]

Holy shit. This is the Green Party? They're exactly as cartoonishly evasive and forgiving of antisemitism as the Jewish community keeps telling us.

[Eylon Levy @EylonALevy]

This is why Britain can’t fight antisemitism.
It doesn’t get what’s driving it.
The “fury” against Israel is the problem, not the “conflation” with British Jews.
If your youth genuinely believe Israel is committing genocide, they will treat anyone linked to it as Nazis.
Tackle that libel, manufactured to legitimize actual genocidal violence against Jews, or any attempt to fight antisemitism is doomed to failure.

[Haviv Rettig Gur @havivrettiggur]

It seems Jews weren't the only party confused about your calls to "globalize the intifada."

[Haviv Rettig Gur @havivrettiggur]

I dunno man. There's some small chance there are a few Arab-Islamic "ethnostates" out there in the Middle East.

Iraqi constitution:
”Islam is the official religion of the State and it is a fundamental source of legislation:
No law may be enacted that contradicts the established provisions of Islam.”
"This Constitution guarantees the Islamic identity of the majority of the Iraqi people.”

Egypt:
"The Egyptian people are part of the Arab nation seeking to enhance its integration and unity”
“Islam is the religion of the State and Arabic is its official language. The principles of Islamic Sharia are the main source of legislation.”

Syria:
"The Syrian Arab Republic … is part of the Arab homeland; The people of Syria are part of the Arab nation.”
"The religion of the President of the Republic is Islam; Islamic jurisprudence shall be a major source of legislation.”

Jordan:
"The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan is an Arab State… Its people are part of the Arab Nation.”
"Islam is the religion of the State and Arabic is its official language.”

Kuwait:
“The people of Kuwait is a part of the Arab Nation.”

Algeria:
"Islam shall be the religion of the State."
“Algeria, land of Islam, an integral part of the Great Arab Maghreb and an Arab, Mediterranean and African country... the fundamental constituents of her identity, namely Islam, Arabism and Amazighism.”

And whatever you do, do not, for the love of all things holy, look up the Palestinian constitution.

[Israel Defense Forces @IDF]

Today, we remember the 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, a reminder of why we operate. #neveragain

[AJ Edelman @realajedelman]

Hate Israel all you want but one thing is absolutely, abundantly clear after the rescue of the American pilots and as this war has proceeded:

No other ally in the world today actively assists the US as Israel does. They are the truest ally in every sense of the word.
NATO won't even let the US fly through their airspace. Israel? They'll put their own pilots in the line of fire to rescue an American. That's allyship.

[Peter Baum @baum_p]

Question
I am currently researching the History of the indigenous Palestinians for an Islamic publication, Weekly Blitz.
Despite hundreds of hours of boringly, disciplined research I can find no evidence of any contact , negotiations, conflicts, wars or battles between the indigenous Palestinian leaders and those leaders who came and participated in the Babylonian , Persian, Greek or Roman invasions .
Furthermore there is no archaeological evidence of any indigenous Palestinian social nor economic culture , unique Palestinian names , nor currency , no diarised written or recorded evidence , transcripts, monuments, cemeteries, religious practices , examples of political or military leaders or existence of a people , race , ethnicity, nation or tribe as the Palestinians.
Can someone assist otherwise we will only be able to confirm and conclude that the so called narrative of the Palestinians being indigenous is a myth

[Yehuda Teitelbaum @chalavyishmael]

💔 Chuck Norris has passed away at the age of 86.

He once said: "I've done 3 movies in Israel – ‘Delta Force’ being my favorite – and I formed many friendships while there. You have an incredible country, and we want to keep it that way.”

Here's a clip of him meeting Bibi:

[USA TODAY @USATODAY]

Rachel Goldberg-Polin (@BringHershHome) is the embodiment of every mother’s worst nightmare: losing a child. Now, she is turning her loss into a way to help others heal.

Hamas kidnapped and executed her son, Hersh. Her commitment to save as many of the 251 hostages as possible never wavered. https://t.co/VO2n6MgyBS

📸: Avishag Shaar-Yashuv, for USA TODAY

[Leona Guerrera 🇺🇸 @CerisLioness]

Kumail Nanjiani, raised Muslim, gets up on that Oscar stage last night, cracks two harmless little jokes about shortening movies. “It’s A Wonderful Life” becomes “It’s A Wonderful Month,” “The King’s Speech” turns into “The King’s Tweet.” Cute, right? Everyone chuckles. Then he slides in the third: “Schindler’s List” to “Schindler’s Post-It.”
See what he did? The first two were just fluff…safe, silly, no harm. They were the warm-up act, the cover. Made the room feel cozy so he could drop the real bomb without anyone flinching too hard. Because once you’re laughing at a jester’s joke, why not laugh at six million dead Jews reduced to office supplies? He could have said “Gone With the Wind” to “Gone With the Breeze!” But that wasn’t in his agenda.
That was a calculated jab at Jewish pain. It’s vile. They’ve done this forever…hide the knife behind a smile…and they’ll keep doing it. Jew-hating monsters in nice suits (Mamdani). I call it like I see it!
@TheAcademy
@kumailn

[YanivFromIsrael @YGivati]

https://t.co/R4dvgeUjyJ
To those whose memory is short or who prefer to ignore the truth.
Six Israeli hostages, while in captivity, encouraged and strengthened one another and held on until Hamas terrorists murdered them in cold blood in a tunnel in Rafah — a despicable murder that violates every international convention and agreement.
Share so everyone will know. We will not forget and we will not forgive.

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

After October 7, Israel was told not to respond, because it might make Hamas “hate us more.”

Only a couple of weeks later, Israel was told to stop fighting and leave 251 hostages behind, because our response was “disproportionate.”

Last June, after Israel preemptively struck Iran, following years of warning that we would never allow a nuclear threat, the world was outraged again.

And now, after years of warnings and despite a war and countless attempts to reach agreements, Iran continues to advance its nuclear program and deadly missiles, so the United States and Israel acted before Iran could carry out its threats.

Well, I’m glad we didn’t wait for the world’s permission to defend ourselves.

Because, newsflash: the world was never going to give it.

[Shanaka Anslem Perera ⚡ @shanaka86]

The USS Gerald R. Ford is not parked near Iran. It is parked off Israel. And nobody is asking the only question that matters: why.

The $13.3 billion crown jewel of the US Navy, the largest warship ever constructed, just positioned itself off Haifa. Not in the Arabian Sea where the Lincoln sits 850 kilometers from Iranian shores loaded for offensive operations. Not in the Gulf where strike range is optimal. Off Israel. Defending Israel.

This is not redundancy. This is architecture.

Two carriers. Two missions. Two entirely different strategic functions. The Lincoln is the sword, positioned to launch strike packages into Iranian airspace within hours of an order. The Ford is the shield, its Aegis missile defense systems creating an umbrella over Israeli population centers against the retaliation that follows the first Tomahawk.

America just split its carrier doctrine into offense and defense simultaneously. That has not happened since the Pacific theater in 1945.

But the positioning reveals something deeper than tactics. When Iran retaliates, and every wargame says Iran retaliates, its missiles and drones fly toward Israel. They will fly through the same airspace where a US carrier strike group is now stationed. Every Iranian missile aimed at Tel Aviv or Haifa must traverse the Ford’s defensive envelope. Shooting at Israel means shooting at, around, and through an American carrier group.

Iran cannot retaliate against Israel without engaging American naval assets. The Ford’s position makes that physically impossible. The carrier is not defending Israel as a favor. It is positioned so that any Iranian response to American strikes automatically becomes an attack on American forces, triggering the full unrestrained weight of US military response without a single additional political decision required.

This is escalation insurance written in steel and seawater. If the campaign goes longer than planned, if munitions run thin in 7 to 10 days, if allies hesitate, the Ford’s position ensures that Iranian retaliation does the political work Washington cannot do alone: it transforms a limited American strike into an act of self-defense that no ally can refuse to support.

You do not park a $13.3 billion carrier where the enemy’s return fire will hit it unless you want the enemy’s return fire to hit it.

The Ford is not there to prevent escalation. The Ford is there to guarantee that if escalation comes, it comes on terms that make American restraint politically impossible and allied participation politically unavoidable.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ https://t.co/BrzGRrU3VW

[Star Wars @starwars]

Star Wars returns to the big screen with The Mandalorian and Grogu.

Watch the trailer now and experience the film, starring Pedro Pascal, only in theaters and IMAX May 22.