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[BTucker @rtuckermd]

@FOX2now Good first step. Time for some player moves next.

[BTucker @rtuckermd]

@jprutherford Kyrou’s trade value will only go down now. Trade his ASAP.

[Jeremy Rutherford @jprutherford]

Kyrou on Bannister taking over: "Yeah, it kind of feels like a little bit of a fresh start kind of thing. Yeah, we're all excited here. We want to turn the ship around right now and get our culture back a little bit and get back to how we know how to play hockey." #stlblues

[Aviva Klompas @AvivaKlompas]

When a misfired Palestinian rocket hit a Gaza hospital, everyone was outraged...until they learned Israel didn't do it.

Now we learn Hamas built its command center under Gaza's main hospital, endangering the lives of everyone inside, and nobody cares for the same reason. They can't blame Israel.

[David M Friedman @DavidM_Friedman]

How do tens of thousands of angry vile protestors calling for the destruction of Israel just appear almost spontaneously in major cities across the world?

Do they really care about this conflict? Most can’t even spell Israel and none have ever been there.

And why aren’t they out protesting other perceived oppressions that actually are far more pernicious? Russia invading Ukraine and destroying apartment houses? China placing over 1 million ethnic Muslims in concentration camps? Iran shooting it’s own citizens seeking freedom? The Taliban turning Afghanistan back into a Sharia state? Syria gassing its own people?

The protestors selective outrage is not happenstance. Nor is their incredibly quick mobilization. This is all part of the Hamas plan, coordinated with Iran, that has been planned for over two years. It included a massive international PR campaign.

Iran saw the radical movements in America, from BLM to Defund the Police, as useful idiots to aid their cause. They bought shelf space at all their protests and negotiated intersectional support. We need to follow the money here and we will find that these protestors are all bought and paid for by the most corrupt and destructive financial sources on the planet.

[Hillel Neuer @HillelNeuer]

Must-read speech on the legality of Israel's fight against Hamas, delivered in 🇬🇧 House of Lords yesterday by Lord Guglielmo Verdirame KC, professor and barrister in public international law:

“There has been a lot of talk about proportionality in the law on self-defence. I refer to the words that the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, used a few days ago on the test of proportionality. It does not mean that the defensive force has to be equal to the force used in the armed attack. Proportionality means that you can use force that is proportionate to the defensive objective, which is to stop, to repel and to prevent further attacks.

Israel has described its war aims as the destruction of Hamas’s capability. From a legal perspective, these war aims are consistent with proportionality in the law of self-defence, given what Hamas says it does and what Hamas has done and continues to do.

Asking a state that is acting in self-defence to agree to a ceasefire before its lawful defensive objectives have been met is, in effect, asking that state to stop defending itself. For such calls to be reasonable and credible, they must be accompanied by a concrete proposal setting out how Israel’s legitimate defensive goals against Hamas will be met through other means. It is not an answer to say that Israel has to conclude a peace treaty, because Hamas is not interested in a peace treaty.

Proportionality also applies in the law that governs the conduct of hostilities, not only in self-defence. The law of armed conflict requires that in every attack posing a risk to civilian life, that risk must not be excessive in relation to the military advantage that is anticipated.

That rule does not mean, even when scrupulously observed, that civilians will not tragically lose their lives in an armed conflict. The law of armed conflict, at its best, can mitigate the horrors of war but it cannot eliminate them.

The great challenge in this conflict is that Hamas is the kind of belligerent that cynically exploits these rules by putting civilians under its control at risk and even using them to seek immunity for its military operations, military equipment and military personnel. An analysis of the application of the rules on proportionality in targeting in this conflict must always begin with this fact.

There has also been some discussion about siege warfare. The UK manual of the law of armed conflict, reflecting the Government’s official legal position—it is a Ministry of Defence document—says:

“Siege is a legitimate method of warfare … It would be unlawful to besiege an undefended town since it could be occupied without resistance”.

Gaza is not an undefended town. It is true that obligations apply to the besieging forces when civilians are caught within the area that is being encircled, and those obligations include agreeing to the passage of humanitarian relief by third parties. But it is not correct to say that encircling an area with civilians in it is not permitted by the laws of war.

A further point that concerns the laws of war is also of particular relevance to the British Government’s practice. It has already been mentioned that the Government have taken the view that Gaza remains under Israeli occupation, even though Israel pulled out in 2005.

The traditional view until 2005 was that occupation required physical presence in the territory. That view is consistent with Article 42 of the Hague regulations of 1907, which states that a territory is occupied when it is actually placed under the authority of the occupying power.

Again, it is also the view taken by the UK manual of the law of armed conflict, which reflects the UK’s official legal position and states that occupation ceases as soon as the occupying power evacuates the area. The European Court of Human Rights, in its jurisprudence, has also adopted a similar approach to occupation.

So I have always been rather baffled by the British Government’s position on this issue, which, as far as I know, has not changed. Yes, it is true that Israel has exercised significant control over the airspace and in the maritime areas, but even as a matter of plain geography it takes two—Israel and Egypt —to control the land access points to Gaza.

More fundamentally, it is Hamas that has been responsible for the government and administration of Gaza. I appreciate that this is a legal matter on which the Minister may not want to respond immediately but it is an important one, because the legal fiction that Israel was still the occupying power under the laws of armed conflict has been relentlessly exploited by Hamas to blame Israel for everything, while using the effective control that it has over the territory, the people and the resources to wage war.

On a final note, I would like to say something briefly on the way in which the war is being reported. When a serious allegation is made, particularly one that could constitute a war crime, the immediate response of the law-abiding belligerent will be to say, “We are investigating”.

The non-law-abiding belligerent, by contrast, will forthwith blame the other side and even provide surprisingly precise casualty figures. The duty to investigate is one of the most important ones in armed conflict.

What happened in the way in which the strike on the hospital was reported is that the side that professes no interest whatever in complying with the laws of armed conflict was rewarded with the headlines that it was seeking.”

[American Jewish Committee @AJCGlobal]

Imagine walking into your lecture hall and finding anti-Israel propaganda on every seat.

That's what @NorthwesternU students are dealing with today.

Universities can't ignore unsafe and hostile environments for Jewish and pro-Israel students.

President Schill must take action. #ProtectJewishStudents

[Noa Tishby @noatishby]

This is the most challenging speech I’ve ever delivered, but it’s time the world wakes up to what the Jewish community has been saying all along.

What we experienced on and since October 7 was sadly, predictable. We’ve warned of the danger of radical Islam or, more accurately, the radical Islamic Nazism that is constantly lurking at Israel’s borders. And we’ve warned of the ongoing grooming of Western civilization – through universities, the media, and social media. We warned what the phrase “from the river to the sea Palestine will be free” really looks like. It means “itbach al Yahud” – “slaughter the Jews.”

This demonization of Israel is not “progressive”, it’s not peaceful and it absolutely won’t Free Palestine. It is a modern-day blood libel calculated to incite, pave the way for, and then justify - a genocide.

We’ve seen it for over three and a half thousand years of Jewish “lived experience”. It’s the generational trauma that is in our bones. We understand it. That, is our “Jewish privilege.” We knew where it would lead, and we are devastated to be proven right.

Israel is one of the greatest stories ever told and its vilification is one of the greatest smear campaigns in the history of the world. But we have news for you: when we say Never Again, we mean it. When you tell us you want to kill us, we believe you. And when you set out to do it in the most horrific of ways, we will defeat you.

We stand shoulder to shoulder with the families of Israelis and Americans held hostage by the Hamas terrorists and demand they return the hostages now! Bring them home!

Above all I am grateful that for the generations to come, the Jewish people will still live, love, and thrive and reach out a hand to the world. And Hamas will be nothing but a footnote in history, just like those who tried to exterminate us before.

Am Yisrael Chai 🇮🇱

🎥: @FIDF

[BTucker @rtuckermd]

@RepCori Your response is pathetic and embarrassing to any rational individual.

[Jagger Joshua @jaggerjoshua8]

Acts of racism do not belong in hockey..

[BTucker @rtuckermd]

Lady Pianist Plays "What a Wonderful World" for refugees at Lviv Station https://t.co/qnTHYl1SfD via @YouTube

[Sheriff Dave Marshak @SheriffMarshak]

Spending donor campaign contributions on private security while arguing to defund police for those that need safe communities the most.

[Anna Ahronheim @AAhronheim]

91-year-old Holocaust surivor Naomi Perlman died of wounds she sustained after a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip made a direct impact on her home in Ashkelon during the May fighting. Her Indian caregiver Soumaya Santoush died in the attack. Perlman will be buried later today.

[Michael Oren @DrMichaelOren]

In what universe does the lifting of sanctions on Iran’s nuclear program without getting a single concession in return lead to any Iranian concessions? It’s the universe of negotiators seeking a disastrous deal at any price.

[Life of Brian @LifeOfBrian314]

I don't want to brag or claim that you guys need us, but @StLouisBlues, my dad and I are now 3-0 at road games this year.

#stlblues
#FatherSonRoadTrip

[Spittin' Chiclets @spittinchiclets]

There was no chance the Blues were losing

(📸: @StLouisBlues)

[Civil War Blues @CivilWarBlues]

Deares Annabelle

Young Lt Kyrou ran rampant tonight. Despite the cold here in the wild north, his men fought with a deep fire in their hearts and drove the Minnesotans back into the woods!

We press on

#stlblues
Yours
Ryan

[Life of Brian @LifeOfBrian314]

Shout out to the AC Hotel by Marriott Minneapolis Downtown. They made @StLouisBlues fans feel welcome for the #WinterClassic. Also, shout out to Tom who works there for being extremely friendly and a huge hockey fan.

@ACHotelMPLS
@ACHotels
@Marriott
#stlblues

[Life of Brian @LifeOfBrian314]

Alright @StLouisBlues, we made it. We're here...frozen but here at the #WinterClassic

Let's go Blues!

[BTucker @rtuckermd]

@KathrynTappen Classy!