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Makua w/Eddie Vedder live from Ohana Festival -2! https://t.co/wWKutt9qFH via @YouTube

[Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby]

BREAKING: Palestinian Aber Kawas has won her seat for NY State Senate.

She’s said 9/11 was America’s fault due to “capitalism, racism, white supremacy, and Islamophobia.”

Here she is waving a Hamas headband.

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani calls AIPAC a "monster" that "moves dark money."

No mention of Russia or the Rapid Support Forces in Sudan. I guess they aren't as "bad" as AIPAC is to Mamdani.

Insane.

[daniel hanuka📟 🇮🇱 @LionsOfZion_ORG]

JD Vance said Israel was “built with American money.”

That sounds great to people who learned Middle Eastern history from campaign slogans.

But it is not history. It is political theater from someone who discovered Israel yesterday morning.

Israel was not built by an American check.

Israel was built by Jewish money, Jewish labor, Israeli taxes, Zionist institutions, loans, diaspora donations, Israel Bonds, German reparations, austerity, immigration, sacrifice, industry, agriculture, and people who did not wait for Washington.

Long before Israel existed as a state, Jews in the land were already building towns, farms, kibbutzim, schools, universities, banks, defense groups, factories, hospitals, roads, and national institutions.

Before “American aid,” Jews put coins into blue JNF boxes.
Before billion-dollar defense packages, Holocaust survivors built a country from tents, ration cards, sweat, and trauma.

In 1948, when Israel declared independence and five Arab armies invaded, America did not “build” Israel’s army. America recognized Israel, which mattered, but the U.S. also supported an arms embargo.

Israel survived its first war not because America built it, but because Jews fought for their lives with too little money, too little ammunition.

So where did the money come from?

From Jews in the diaspora.
From Keren Hayesod.
From the Jewish National Fund.
From Israel Bonds.
From Israeli taxpayers.
From loans.
From German reparations.
From austerity.
From exports, agriculture, factories, innovation, and people working like their lives depended on it.

In 1951, Israel launched Israel Bonds to raise money from Jewish communities and investors abroad. That was not foreign aid. That was a young state borrowing money, building infrastructure, and paying it back.

In 1952, Israel signed reparations with West Germany. That money helped the young state absorb hundreds of thousands of Holocaust survivors and immigrants while recovering from severe shortages.

And Israelis themselves paid the real price.

The austerity years were not a slogan. Israel absorbed mass immigration, built housing, roads, ports, schools, hospitals, factories, and an army — while citizens lived under rationing, taxes, shortages, and a controlled economy.

Israel was not born because America clicked “send payment.”

Yes, America later became a crucial ally.
Yes, American military aid is important.
Yes, real friendship deserves gratitude.

But there is a massive difference between helping an ally become stronger and claiming you built that ally.

American aid helped strengthen Israel.
It did not create Israel.

By the time U.S. aid became central to Israel’s defense, Israel had already been founded, survived wars, built institutions, absorbed millions of immigrants, and turned itself from a poor country under rationing into a serious economy.

That is the part Vance wants to erase.

Israel was not a Washington real estate project.
Israel was not a startup that got seed funding from America.
Israel was not a charity case with a flag.

Israel was a nation that came home, built before it had sovereignty, fought before it had enough weapons, absorbed refugees before it had enough houses, built an economy before it had enough foreign currency, and became strong before American politicians started taking credit.

Today, Israel is one of the world’s most advanced economies. Its high-tech, cyber, defense, medical, agricultural, and AI innovation help the United States and the free world.

That did not come from foreign aid. It came from human capital, education, military necessity, research, risk-taking, and Jewish survival instinct.

America is an important ally.
But America is not Israel’s parent.
America is not Israel’s owner.
And America does not get to erase 3,000 years of Jewish identity and 78 years of Israeli sacrifice with one cheap populist line.

Israel was built with Jewish money, Israeli hands, Israeli brains, and Jewish blood.

America helped.
Israel built.

There is a huge difference.

[Mosab Hassan Yousef @MosabHasanYOSEF]

Israel is not a client state. It is a sovereign, independent, and powerful nation.

Its strength has never depended on any foreign leader, it comes from its own people.

While the partnership with the United States has been valuable, Israel has never been a burden. It has delivered massive contributions to American technology, medicine, cybersecurity, and defense, far beyond what most Americans realize.

At a moment when America is facing deep internal and external challenges, turning against one of its most capable and loyal allies is not just shortsighted, it is self-destructive.

Those who believe they are weakening Israel by attacking it are actually weakening America’s own interests.

[Mosab Hassan Yousef @MosabHasanYOSEF]

Iran Cancels Switzerland Talks After Getting Everything They Wanted

The United States just gave Iran almost everything they wanted, sanctions relief, kept their nuclear infrastructure, and a very weak deal, with almost no real concessions from Tehran.

And yet, Iran is still unhappy and still making more demands.

This tells us everything we need to know about who actually has the upper hand.

If Trump wants to surrender to Iran, that’s his choice. He just shouldn’t expect Israel to surrender with him.

[Rabbi Poupko @RabbiPoupko]

On October 7th, the people of Gaza kidnapped and murdered people from 52(!) nationalities.

The world has chosen to stand with the perpetrators rather than with the victims.

[Mosab Hassan Yousef @MosabHasanYOSEF]

The Real Cost of Trump’s Emerging Deal with Iran

The United States appears close to reaching an agreement with Iran. President Trump claims a deal may be signed as early as this weekend, though Iranian officials continue to push back on that timeline.

Before the military campaign began on February 28th, Iran was under heavy sanctions while the Strait of Hormuz remained open. Now, the US is offering sanctions relief and access to frozen assets simply to reopen that same strait.

This means America is paying a real price for a situation that already existed before the war.

If the deal is finalized, Iran stands to gain immediate revenue from oil sales and access to billions in frozen funds, while keeping its enriched uranium stockpile and nuclear infrastructure largely intact. The regime will emerge financially stronger and politically emboldened.

For the region, this carries serious consequences. Hezbollah in Lebanon is already benefiting from the perception of Iranian victory. Iran’s influence in Iraq is likely to grow stronger. The Sunni Arab monarchies now find themselves in a vulnerable position, with their trust in American security guarantees significantly weakened.

A stronger Iran may also push Turkey to deepen its military presence in Syria, bringing Turkish forces closer to Israel’s northern border.

If true, this deal would mean the United States has paid a significant price to return to a position that is actually worse than before the military campaign began.

[Mosab Hassan Yousef @MosabHasanYOSEF]

Trump rushed into this confrontation aggressively without calculating the real cost. Now he’s rushing to get out of it without understanding the cost of backing down.

He’s making the same mistake twice:

first underestimating the enemy, and now underestimating how much credibility America is losing by appearing weak and desperate.

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@GhaliZayane WHAT ABOUT IRAN?!

[Hen Mazzig @HenMazzig]

BREAKING: The UN Secretary-General congratulated the Islamic Republic of Iran on the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.

Let me repeat: the head of a supposedly humanitarian and peace organization praised a terrorist regime just weeks after it slaughtered over 40,000 civilians for daring to protest.

This was the deadliest two-day massacre in Iranian history, and likely in modern history as well.

But sure, congrats.

We all know where the UN stands, and it’s not with the people of Iran.

[instagorm @arigorman]

@AdameMedia Stop the disinformation

[Eyal Yakoby @EYakoby]

The Met Police have cancelled a Walk With Jesus event in London to “avoid intimidating Muslims.”

Meanwhile, in the UK, a convoy of cars with Palestinian flags can drive through neighborhoods chanting: “Fuck the Jews. Rape their daughters.”

[Elica Le Bon الیکا‌ ل بن @elicalebon]

After screaming this for years, I can’t believe it’s taken 12,000 Iranians murdered by the IRGC—to the world’s deafening silence—for people to finally see that the whole human rights movement & its social justice warriors was a gigantic, spectacular farce.

I feel so fucking sick

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[Mike Netter @nettermike]

Sentiments of Venezuelans

I’m going to say this once, and I don’t care if it makes people uncomfortable.

If you have never lived in Venezuela
If you did not grow up there
If you did not watch your country collapse in real time
If you did not stand in food lines
If you did not watch your parents lose everything they built
If you did not have to leave your home with nothing

Then shut the fuck up.

You do not have an opinion.
Your opinion does not matter.
And you don’t get to lecture anyone about what’s happening there.

I’m Venezuelan.
I lived there most of my life until my early twenties.
I watched my country go from a functioning democracy to full blown socialism right in front of my eyes.

This is not politics to me.
This is trauma.

Before socialism, Venezuela was not perfect, but it worked.
There was trade.
There was money coming in.
There was investment from the US.
There were jobs.
There was food.
There was medicine.

My family had five businesses.
We had our home
We had investments.
We had a future.

Then the government started nationalizing everything.
Private companies were taken.
Foreign investors were pushed out.
Imports were blocked.
Price controls destroyed production.
Corruption exploded.

And everything died.

Not slowly.
Violently.

People didn’t suddenly become poor because of “capitalism” or “the US” or whatever bullshit slogan people like to repeat online.

They became poor because socialism destroyed incentives, destroyed production, destroyed trust, and destroyed hope.

People today in Venezuela are not debating ideology.
They are trying to survive.

They are trying to find food.
Trying to find medication.
Trying to keep their families alive.

So when I see people in the West posting from comfortable homes, full fridges, stable currencies, and safe streets talking about “imperialism” or “US bad” or “Trump this or that”

No.
It’s not complicated.
You’re just ignorant.

China is not rebuilding Venezuela.
Russia is not rebuilding Venezuela.
Cartels are not rebuilding Venezuela.

They are stealing.
They are extracting.
They are draining what’s left.

If the US comes in and reinvests
If refineries get rebuilt
If infrastructure gets restored
If imports open back up
If food, water, and medicine become accessible again
If people can work and earn with dignity

Then yes.
Let them take all the oil they want.

Because at least something gets built instead of destroyed.

This is something to celebrate.
Not because it’s perfect.
But because for the first time in a long time, there is hope.

Hope that families can eat.
Hope that people don’t have to flee their country.
Hope that Venezuela can function again.

If you’ve never lived through a country collapsing
If you’ve never watched socialism destroy everything around you
If you’ve never had to leave your home because staying meant starvation

Then again
Shut the fuck up.

This isn’t theory.
This isn’t politics.
This is lived experience.

By Stephen Subero

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@JosieStratman Boohoo

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@RepRashida On
The
Wrong
Side
Of
History.

As
Usual.

[Hillel Neuer @HillelNeuer]

UN chief Antonio Guterres “deeply alarmed” by U.S. capture of Maduro, “deeply concerned” that “the rules of international law have not been respected.”

He hasn't said a word for Iranian demonstrators killed this week by the regime, no appeal to protect their human rights.