Elijah Crow

'twas in another lifetime one of toil and blood, when blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud, I came in from the wilderness a creature void of form

[Mal @UtdMaI]

So, just to be clear…

FIFA couldn’t intervene when Iran had to move, a referee reportedly couldn’t get a visa, or fans were unable to travel to the USA.

But when a refereeing decision went against the USA, intervention suddenly seems possible.

Interesting how quickly the limits of FIFA’s powers appear to change.

[Dr. Eli David @DrEliDavid]

Egypt to their Palestinian brothers: “We built this 7-layered wall costing billions on our border with Gaza to make sure not a single one of you bastards would flee into Egypt, but here's our football coach waving your flag ♥️🥰😍😘”

[Am Yisrael Chai 🐙 @AmYisraelChai_X]

⚽️ Did you enjoy watching the USA beat Bosnia and Herzegovina yesterday in the World Cup Soccer match?

Well you may enjoy it even more after seeing how Bosnia and Herzegovina refused to shake hands with the Israeli team after losing 3-0.

[Elijah Crow @mh1879]

@ALS_Fanzine Yeah, don't give FR the steam off your turd.

[Keith Downie @SkySports_Keith]

👏🏼 It’s actually really refreshing to see this in modern day football. Well done Sunderland & Xhaka.

[Elijah Crow @mh1879]

@frlydensmith Tell the truth, how many decades of the rosary did you pray?

[Elijah Crow @mh1879]

https://t.co/JiO3yeJNQp

[Andrew Fox @Mr_Andrew_Fox]

Craig Murray vs a video I took myself in a Hezbollah tunnel in southern Lebanon.

[Nicole Lampert @nicolelampert]

This is the UN.
Look at the face of the UN special rapporteur who is meant to stand up for women but has refused, again and again, to speak up for Israeli women.
Look at her face when a former hostage challenges her.

[Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib @afalkhatib]

At long last, the UN Human Rights Council has formally acknowledged that Hamas in Gaza carried out executions, torture, improperly used medical facilities for terror purposes, and engaged in violent abuses against women and children after October 7. The report captures only a fraction of what actually occurred, in part because documenting these crimes is extraordinarily difficult and because Gazans fear retaliation if they report anything to the UN or other investigators. The findings on Hamas were buried beneath a long section on Israeli settler abuses in the West Bank, but even so, this marks a significant shift for an international body that has long struggled to speak plainly about Hamas’s brutality in Gaza.

Most importantly, the report acknowledges but barely scratches the surface of how extensively Hamas has weaponized Gaza’s medical infrastructure, embedding fighters in hospitals, using patients as shields, and turning civilian facilities into operational hubs. The UN even notes that Doctors Without Borders evacuated non-essential staff from Nasser Hospital because Hamas was interfering with the hospital’s operations.

When I shared this information, including testimonies from Gazans who documented Hamas’s fascistic behavior inside hospitals, and photos of fighters emerging from Nasser Hospital after the ceasefire, the online “pro-Palestine” chorus had nothing to offer except accusations of Zionist collaboration, accusations of betrayal, and personal insults. This UN report is an indictment not only of Hamas, a violent extremist terror organization responsible for immense suffering, but also of every activist, journalist, and academic who chose to look away. It shows that Hamas’s crimes were so egregious, so undeniable, that even a slow, hesitant, and often ineffectual body like the UNHRC could no longer pretend not to see them.

Shame on anyone who still defends Hamas or ever believed its violence constituted “resistance” on behalf of the Palestinian people.

[Michael Graham @Capt_Fishpaste]

And yet the media narrative is how Sunderland spent their way to their achievements 🙃

[Henry Winter @henrywinter]

Sunderland’s starting XI in their joyous, season-ending 2-1 victory over listless Chelsea cost the same as £106m Enzo Fernandez. This is no slight on a world champion, an elite attacking midfielder, full of craft and craftiness, if moody at times. This is simply a celebration of Sunderland’s exceptional recruitment, finding gems who can see - and seize - the opportunity at the Stadium of Light.

This is also a celebration of Regis Le Bris’ remarkable team-building, blending and bonding qualities which have guided a side promoted via the play-offs into seventh and Europe. For those of us who thought Sunderland would go straight back down, apologies and enjoy Europe. You deserve it. A well-run football operation deserves it. That backing from stands to boardroom deserves it. Football also deserves it: a reminder that the status quo can be challenged with shrewd planning and investment and hard work.

Of Le Bris’ starting XI against Chelsea, eight joined on the eve of the season and one in the winter window: Roefs a reported £9m from Nijmegen; Mukiele £9.5m from PS-G; Reinaldo free from Atletico Madrid; Geertruida loan from RB Leipzig; Le Fee £19.3m, loan made permanent from Roma; Xhaka £13m from Bayer Leverkusen; Sadiki £15m from Union St-Gilloise; Angulo £17.5m from Anderlecht (in February); and seven-goal Brobbey £21.6m from Ajax. Two 2025 arrivals came off the bench: Diarra £30m from Strasbourg; and Isidor £5m loan made permanent from Zenit St-Petersburg (in February 2025).

Three of the 14 involved were already at the club. The starting pair of: Hume £200,000 from Linfield in 2022; and O’Nien undisclosed but reported as £200,000 to £300,000 from Wycombe Wanderers in 2018. And the sub: Rigg from Sunderland’s academy. (The £105.5m total does not include the undisclosed loan fees).

When Sunderland won 2-1 at the Bridge in October, Le Bris’ starting XI cost only £75m (and also had the important Ballard, £2m from Arsenal in 2022). Chelsea’s starting XI was £433m.

Four miles from the Bridge, on Park Lane this evening, the League Managers Association celebrates its members’ many achievements this season. Le Bris certainly deserves a mention. Mixing old and many new players, and getting new signings to settle quickly, requires real people skills. Le Bris and his staff clearly have them.

It’s also a reflection on Sunderland’s family club reputation that so many newcomers are welcomed and assimilated so quickly. Some will move on, some will be moved on but what a journey this is across England - and soon Europe. #SAFC

[Eylon Levy @EylonALevy]

Less than 24 hours after Hamas’ October 7 Massacre, the genocide placards were already printed.

The rest is commentary.

[David Collier @mishtal]

Israel produced forensic evidence, videos, and 1000s of photos documenting the sexual violence of Oct 7.

The world stayed silent.

A handful of activists get off a boat making up sexual abuse claims against Israel.

And it becomes headline news.

Make it make sense.

[The Jewish Chronicle @JewishChron]

Paddington has always been a Jewish story. Most of us just didn't know it.

📰 Full story at https://t.co/pqn5esn0eb — link in below.

[James Lindsay, anti-Communist @ConceptualJames]

I don't know who made this to give them credit, but it ended up in my inbox and is glorious. Avoiding Israeli brutality is very important these days, and it's also extremely easy (for civilized people).

[Liza Rosen @LizaRosen0000]

Flashback:
A Masterclass by Douglas Murrray! 🇮🇱

He completely destroyed Pierce Morgan’s narrative.

[Naftali Bennett נפתלי בנט @naftalibennett]

המראיין הבריטי פירס מורגן שאל מה תגובתי לטענות על ״רצח עם״ בלבנון.
זה מה שעניתי >>

[Red & White Army @RedAndWhite2017]

Statement:

[Lance Forman @LanceForman]

@JamesMelville Let’s go right back then to the kingdom of Judea when Jews ruled the land and 700 years before anyone had come up with Islam

You wanna go back? So let’s go back properly.

No Palestinian state has EVER existed on this land. The kingdom of Israel has!

Destinies of people!!