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May 2025

The Dehumanization of the Jews Pro-Hamas activists like to claim the Palestinians are being “dehumanized.” Actually their foes are. by Robert Spencer

https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm-plus/the-dehumanization-of-the-jews/

The “dehumanization” of the Palestinian Arabs is a common feature of their victimhood propaganda against Israel as their never-ending jihad to destroy the Jewish state continues.

In late March, the far-left “journalist” Chris Hedges interviewed the deceptive anti-Israel propagandist Muhammad el-Kurd in a video decrying “the dehumanization and infantilization of Palestinians by Western activists and media, and the psychological toll it has on its subjects.” That video appeared shortly after another piece of Palestinian victimhood propaganda showcased a “Palestinian-Canadian doctor, Tarek Loubani, spinning tall tales of alleged Israeli atrocities in Gaza.

In describing the supposed dehumanization of the Palestinians, Loubani said: “Ask yourself: what did you feel the last time you killed a mosquito? A mosquito that bites and takes your blood is literally taking a drop of your blood to feed its children. They cannot complete the reproductive process without a tiny bit of your blood. And yet you felt nothing. That’s kind of a small window into dehumanization.”

Back in the real world, however, the dehumanization was all going in the other direction. In fact, the dehumanization of the Jews is deeply embedded in Islamic religious texts. The Qur’an is well known for describing Allah transforming the disobedient Jews into apes and pigs (2:63-66; 5:59-60; 7:166). To this day, Hamas and other jihadis delight in calling their opponents “the sons of apes and pigs.”

The Trump Counterrevolution and the Moral Ledger Trump’s counterrevolution presses on—quietly, methodically, and morally—while a flailing opposition offers only chaos, debt, and deflection in response. By Victor Davis Hanson

https://amgreatness.com/2025/05/01/the-trump-counterrevolution-and-the-moral-ledger/

Despite the media hysteria, Trump’s counterrevolution remains on course.

Its ultimate fate will probably rest with the state of the economy by the November 2026 midterm elections. But its success also hinges on accomplishing what is right and long overdue—and then making such reforms quietly, compassionately, and methodically.

No country can long endure without sovereignty and security—or with 10 to 12 million illegal immigrants crossing the border and half a million criminal foreign nationals roaming freely.

The prior administration found that it was easy to destroy the border and welcome the influx. But it is far harder for its successor to restore security, find those who broke the law, and insist on legal-only immigration. Trump is on the right side of all these issues and making substantial progress.

Everyone knew that a $2 trillion budget deficit, a $37 trillion national debt, and a $1.2 trillion trade deficit in goods were ultimately unsustainable.

Yet all prior politicians of the 21st century winced at the mere thought of reducing debts and deficits, given that it proved much easier just to print and spread around federal money. As long as the Trump administration dutifully cuts the budget, sends its regrets to displaced federal employees, seeks to expand private sector reemployment, and quietly presses ahead, it retains the moral high ground.

The elite universities have long hidden things from the American people that otherwise would have lost them all public support.

They deliberately sought to neuter Supreme Court rulings banning race-based preferences by stealthily continuing their often-segregated policies on campuses, from admissions and hiring to dorms and graduations.

They have taken billions of dollars from autocracies, such as communist China and Qatar. And they have partnered abroad with their foreign illiberal institutions and then disguised their quid pro quo subservience.

Turkey: Sweeping Arrests, Torture, Censorship by Uzay Bulut

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/21582/turkey-arrests-torture-censorship

On March 19, just days before the March 23 primaries of Turkey’s main opposition party, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), Istanbul’s Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu — the CHP’s leading candidate who was thought by many possibly to win the next presidential election against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — was arrested on contested charges of “corruption and terrorism.”

A day earlier, on March 18, Imamoglu’s university degree was revoked, “citing ‘nullity’ and ‘clear error’ as grounds for cancellation… The decision affects Imamoglu and 27 other individuals whose academic credentials have now been invalidated….”

“All of the detainees, absolutely all of them, were tortured terribly while being detained. They were tortured terribly in the detention vehicle, while being taken to Gayrettepe [police station]. There are young people among them who are in really bad shape. What is terrible is that there is nothing [as evidence against them] in their investigation files, not even a photo against them. ….. [T]hese are revenge trials. The prosecutors who took testimonies of detainees yesterday, today do not talk with the lawyers, in any way… This is not a [proper] judiciary.” — Sezgin Tanrıkulu, MP from the CHP opposition party, March 27, 2025.

Meanwhile, Erdogan’s regime has arrested many dissident journalists and continues to apply financial and judicial pressure on media outlets that refuse to operate as mouthpieces for the regime.

“There was no chance for a defense…. The decision appears prepared beforehand.” — Elif Taşdöğen, attorney, medyanews.net, January 22, 2025.

Meanwhile, the government continues to pardon and release imprisoned Turkish Hizbullah terrorists.

The Erdogan regime’s support for Islamic terror groups such as Hamas and ISIS (Islamic State) is also well-documented…..

Meanwhile, do Europeans really want the possibility of up to 87 million more Turkish citizens flooding Europe?

On March 19, just days before the March 23 primaries of Turkey’s main opposition party, the Republican People’s Party (CHP), Istanbul’s Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu — the CHP’s leading candidate who was thought by many possibly to win the next presidential election against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan — was arrested on contested charges of “corruption and terrorism.”