Frank Penkala

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[Frank Penkala @leasedirect]

This will age well, as truth tends to do. A daily inspiration and reminder to push back on the prevailing narratives to help others find humanity in an insane situation.

[Avi Lewis @avilewis]

This genocide is changing history.

Longstanding narratives are being laid to rest, buried in the rubble of Gaza.

⛔️Israel guarantees Jewish safety
🙅🏻‍♂️The IDF is "the most moral army in the world"
🚫Canada is an honest broker

My thoughts from a recent @FacultyJewish event:

[Matt Stamper @Sneketoshi]

I want to introduce you to Steve. He’s 83. His wife died a few months ago and he comes to this lodge in Spring Mill, Indiana and draws. He taught art in Terre Haute, IN his whole life. He also did courtroom sketches in court cases. In the comments I’ll share some pics from his sketchbook. He was excited when I said I was going to share his sketches with the world.

[Sina Toossi @SinaToossi]

Iran's parliamentary speaker, who's led the talks with Washington, conveys that if the U.S. cannot deliver on the commitments it is making before the agreement is even signed, there is no basis for moving forward.

https://t.co/h5FIPGKst7

[Natania Marshall ✞ @NataniaMarshall]

There is no rise in anti-semitism.

There is a rise in the number of people who are very angry at what Israel is doing. Your inability to separate the two is problematic.

[Jedi @dhe3g]

Seven hours. All children.

[Olena Rohoza @OlenaRohoza]

🧐🤔YOU WANTED A WALL, TRUMP? YOU’LL HAVE ONE.
Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, responded to Trump’s threats:
“So you voted to build a wall.
Well then, dear Americans — even if geography isn’t your strong suit, and you see America as a country rather than a continent — you should know that on the other side of that wall stand 7 billion people.
And if the word ‘people’ doesn’t resonate with you, let’s call them ‘consumers.’
Those 7 billion consumers can switch from iPhone to Samsung or Huawei in less than two days.
They can trade Levi’s for Zara or Massimo Dutti, and within six months replace Ford and Chevrolet with Toyota, KIA, Mazda, Honda, Hyundai, Volvo, Subaru, Renault, or BMW — brands that are already more popular in many places.
They can cancel DirecTV.
And even if they choose not to, they can stop watching Hollywood films and turn instead to higher-quality productions from Latin America or Europe — with richer storytelling and better filmmaking.
Believe it or not, people can skip Disney and visit the Xcaret resort in Cancún instead — or explore destinations across Mexico, Canada, or South America.
Even in Mexico, you can find better burgers than McDonald’s — with higher nutritional value.
Have you ever seen pyramids in the United States?
Egypt, Mexico, Peru, Guatemala, and Sudan have ancient wonders — none of them in the U.S.
If they were, Trump would probably have bought and resold them by now.
We know Nike isn’t the only sneaker brand. There’s Adidas — and even Mexican brands like Panama.
We understand economics better than you think.
And we also know that when those 7 billion consumers stop buying American products, unemployment will rise, and your economy — trapped behind its own self-imposed wall — will begin to collapse to the point where you’ll be begging for help.
We didn’t want to do this.
But you wanted a wall?
Well.
You’ve got one.”
Her approval rating has reached a historic level — according to a recent poll, it stands at 85%.

[Rusty Idols 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @Cliffor18175753]

It's genocide, a thread:

[David G @accfanto]

Don't get me started on aluminum, the dumbest tariff in the history of dumb US tariffs, because US manufacturing is flummoxed without Canadian primary aluminum.

[GenXGirl @GenXGirl1994]

Seymour Hersch reports Trump has floated the idea of using nuclear weapons against Iran.

“a very scary and very serious moment.”

[Coffey4Canada 🇨🇦 @CanadianCoffey]

🎯

[Hala Jaber @HalaJaber]

Netanyahu asks Lebanese if they remember the days when Lebanon was called the “Pearl of the Middle East.”

We do.

We also remember who invaded Lebanon in 1982, besieged Beirut, occupied the south for nearly two decades, bombed our cities, carried out massacres, assassinations & repeated wars.

Interesting how Hezbollah is blamed for everything, including Lebanon’s decline, while the Israeli invasion, occupation & destruction that predated Hezbollah’s very existence are simply erased from the story.

Hezbollah did not invade Lebanon. Israel did.

Hezbollah did not create the occupation. Hezbollah emerged because of it.

You also speak as though Hezbollah is not Lebanese. Whether one supports it or opposes it, Hezbollah represents a significant segment of Lebanese society. It has MPs in parliament, ministers in government, & a constituency that cannot simply be wished out of existence. Millions of Lebanese cannot be erased because that makes for a more convenient Israeli political narrative.

The arrogance of telling Lebanese to “free themselves” from other Lebanese while Israeli forces occupy Lebanese territory & Israeli aircraft violate Lebanese airspace daily is difficult to miss.

You speak as though Lebanon’s problems began with Hezbollah & Iran. That is historically illiterate at best & deliberately dishonest at worst.

Lebanon has suffered from corruption, sectarianism, foreign intervention & political failure. But it has also endured repeated Israeli invasions, occupations, bombardments, assassinations & wars long before Hezbollah became a major force.

And now the man whose military has spent months bombing Lebanese towns, flattening homes, killing civilians, displacing entire communities & threatening the country with “another Gaza” wants to present himself as a concerned friend of the Lebanese people.

The audacity is staggering. It would be impressive were it not so grotesque. The historical revisionism is even worse.

You must be getting desperate if this is the story you are trying to sell.

[Davide Mastracci @DavideMastracci]

A much better question would be: Why is the entirety of Canada’s corporate media supporting a genocide?

[Voice of Rabbis @voiceofrabbis]

Zionism is not Judaism.

The State of Israel and its actions do not represent the Jewish people or our 3,000-year-old Torah tradition.

True Judaism teaches justice, compassion, and the dignity of every human being — not supremacy, occupation, or endless conflict in our name.

We reject the idea that Jewish safety requires dominating others.

Real peace and security will only come when we return to authentic Jewish values: fairness, truth, and moral clarity for all.

#ZionismIsNotJudaism #NotInOurName #TorahJudaism

[Rabbi David Mivasair @RabbiMivasair]

“The growing wave of antisemitism in Canada is a myth. B’nai Brith Canada, a pro-Israel lobby group, has invented “a national crisis” of antisemitism by defining opposition to Zionism and criticism of Israel’s conduct as Judeophobia. The organization, along with other pro-Israel partisans, are pressing Canadian governments at the federal, provincial, and municipal levels to implement legal measures to criminalize pro-Palestinian, pro-democracy and anti-Zionist, anti-colonial political positions.”
— Stephen Gowans
https://t.co/tNxPSLqPKV

[KNugent4118 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 @KNugent4118]

C'mon Mark.
While I generally support you and the rest of the Liberal team, I vehemently oppose you calling this antisemitic.
Not all the facts are in.
Most likely a member of this temple, just like most of the others.
We all know how they love to play the victim card.
Antisemitism, the most overused word of the decade!

[Rusty Idols 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @Cliffor18175753]

Just warning separatists weasels now, if you are expecting the rest of us to be gracious when your referendum fails, think again.

A no vote is a vote for separatists to fuck off and shut up forever.

This WILL be enforced with mockery and contempt.

[Amira Elghawaby @AmiraElghawaby]

Five years on, the way we honour #OurLondonFamily is to act: to push our governments, workplaces, and institutions to show up — and to refuse to be dehumanized.

Our humanity is not up for debate. 🤍

#OurLondonFamily #June6 #WeRemember #endislamophobia

[Brian Allen @allenanalysis]

🚨 The Pentagon Just Raised Its Assessment Of An Israeli Espionage Threat Against The United States To Its Highest Level.

Let that sink in.

Israel is one of America’s “closest allies.”

Espionage warnings are usually associated with adversaries.

Not strategic partners receiving billions in U.S. support.

[Yipeng Ge 葛义朋 @yipengGe]

I keep thinking about this photo taken yesterday.

Prime Minister of Canada, @MarkJCarney, stands in front of an Israeli flag speaking about how hate against any group of peoples is wrong. While, the International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel is committing the crime of apartheid and illegal occupation in the West Bank and genocide in Gaza against Palestinians. This is hate and discrimination translated into systematic legal injustice and mass death and slaughter.

There is an obligation for Canada as a third party state to not be complicit in Israel’s crimes against humanity and violations of international law.

Standing in front of a flag of a state committing apartheid and genocide, while still sending weapons to Israel to commit these crimes, should demonstrate to all humanity and peace loving people in Canada to seriously question our politicians and confront this current reality for what it truly is.

Canada is deeply committed and embedded in the structural oppression against Palestinians, entrenching the systematic colonial rule of Western settler colonial states in a world where the rich and powerful can choose to continue to break all the international laws and obligations because they know consequences are beneath them.

I know so many good and decent people who refuse such a world and reality where impunity is enjoyed by the war criminals. Rather we fight for a world where human rights for all is defended without exception. Where our obligations to international law and the global community actually means something.

[Sarah Wilkinson @swilkinsonbc]

A UN worker outside McGill University expresses his frustration at the Montreal police & security over their attitude to a pro-Palestine protest