Excitement over yesterday's Montreal shooting was palpable. The opportunity for politicized narrative exploitation appeared limitless: a violent attack in a Jewish neighborhood filled with key Jewish insitutions.
But then the facts emerged. The shooter's name is Seth Hatfield. The police officer he murdered was Const. Mohamed Lamine Benredouane of Algerian or Moroccan dissent.
The only Jewish person killed was a Lebanese immigrant who apparently was accidentally shot by one of the cops. And the shooter's lengthy manifesto had nothing to do with anti-Semitism, Israel or leftist ideology but instead relied on a nuanced and hybrid form of an incel worldview.
And just like that, interest in this incident evaporated as quickly as it emerged:
Israeli authorities and security forces deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Gaza, and war crimes in the occupied West Bank, an independent UN inquiry said https://t.co/61poVhRzmR
All the scams that has happened in Nigeria in the last 10 years isn’t up to $3.7 BILLION.
Stop thinking Nigerians lose VISA access because of issues like fraud or terrible press, the biggest reason is because we have a very low negotiating power as a country and our leaders are not doing their job.
This is how they do it by the way. The IOF targeted this car with three consecutive missiles today.
Inside was a Palestinian girl on her way to take her high school final exams. 'israel' murdered her.
https://t.co/S9JqPsd2Zy
Delivered by C‑section from her dead mother's body. 23 years old. 'israel' bombed and killed her. Buried them under rubble. The baby girl was named after her. Doctors gave her a 50/50 chance of survival. She died 5 days later and was buried next to her mum.
Check the date.
Oh those people are terrorists, you say? What terrorist things are they doing? Oh, they're killing military forces who are invading their country? Okay.
Oh and those other people are terrorists, you say? What did they do? Oh, they broke into a weapons factory and destroyed military equipment intended for use in an active genocide? Okay.
Oh and those other people over there are terrorists also? What evil terrorist crimes are they guilty of? Oh, they held pieces of cardboard with the words "I Support Palestine Action" on them? Okay.
Maybe I just don't understand what terrorism is, then.
"She is banned [from entering] the United States! She cannot use a bank card! She cannot use a debit card! She cannot receive a payment!"
*Crowd cheers*
"After she was sanctioned, we got her husband … he was demoted from his position at the World Bank for incitement to hate!"
Despite complaints of mistreatment by U.S. officials, the Iranian Football Federation shared a photo of a handwritten thank-you note that the team left in Los Angeles.
The note thanked the city for its hospitality, with the team noting that it came to Los Angeles with “pride” and is leaving with “dignity.”
Read more: https://t.co/QDJui1vlOp
📸: Jayne Kamin-Oncea via Associated Press
It is important to resist the commodification of basic human needs. Food, water and healthcare cannot be subordinated to market considerations or geopolitical interests. Access to adequate food is a fundamental human right grounded in the dignity of every person. Meeting this need not only alleviates suffering but also addresses underlying causes of geopolitical instability. Indeed, food security is an essential component of global and integral security. https://t.co/DgkM9RegJ7
Iran’s World Cup team left behind a handwritten message in its SoFi Stadium locker room following its 0-0 draw with Belgium.
The message was left after Iran’s first two games in Los Angeles — a national team playing inside the country with which it had been at war with.