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Much has been written about the political earthquakes in Britain and France, the first
resulting in the crushing defeat of the Conservative Party and the latter in the
overpowering of the far right, by a largely leftist coalition.
 
But these were not the only important outcomes of the July 4 and July 7 general elections
in two of Europe's most influential countries.
 
One other important, if not unprecedented outcome, was the centrality of the Palestinian
cause to the political discourses in London and Paris which, in truth, are only reflections
of greater changes underway on the entire European continent and body politic.
 
For a long time, we have been told that outward advocacy of Palestinian rights is a lost
political cause in Europe, where Israel holds a special status due to the West's historical
role in creating, sustaining and defending Israel.
 
That affinity, however, was cemented by more than mere political traditions. In countries
like the United States - but also Britain and France - the pro-Israel lobby served the role

Every bullet fired into a crowd penetrates the national soul — or so it seems to me, as I continue to grapple emotionally with the Trump-rally shooting in Butler, Pa. on July 13, which left one attendee murdered, several others wounded and the shooter himself dead.

As with all such shootings, this goes beyond “motive” into a collective nethersphere of uncertainty. For God’s sake, what is life? Why is it so, shall we say, cheap? Why are we organized — politically, socially — primarily around its elimination? Why are guns so damn sacred . . . not to mention fighter jets, nuclear weapons, our annual military budget? Why do the following words make me cringe:

“We cannot — must not — go down this road in America, Violence has never been the answer.”

Having researched political assassinations for 35 years, these are the unanswered questions regarding the assassination attempt on former President Trump. The American public is deeply suspicious, being aware that the government is still withholding documents after 60 years in the JFK assassination, and every other political assassination that has occurred, since Kennedy was murdered by the National Security State in November 1963. It continues to resist reasonable inquiries regarding 9/11, the effectiveness of the Covid 19 vaccinations and other significant events. Those asking questions on social media are asking if the negligence of the Secret Service were intentional, a deep state effort to rid the world of Trump. Others wonder if the event was a setup, just two days before the Republican National Convention, and presenting Trump with an enormous photo opportunity of which he took full advantage. Everyone on both sides knows that we can expect a lack of transparency from our leaders.

Instead of counting Joe Biden’s brain cells, we need to be counting “vigilantes,” the self-proclaimed vote fraud hunters who, under new state laws, can challenge the vote of their fellow Americans and stop their votes from being counted.

In 2022, 88 self-appointed GOP vote fraud hunters challenged 180,000 voters’ registrations in Georgia.

They successfully removed thousands of voters from the rolls in that state.  The group behind the attack on US citizens, True the Vote, glorying in their success in Georgia, has rolled out the vote challenge operation to several swing states and––Are you ready for this numbers?––they signed up 44,000 volunteer vigilante vote challengers so far this year.

A new Israeli massacre of 71 civilians and injuring 289 others in Al-Mawasi
tent city near Khan Younis. This is a place Israel asked residents to move
to as a “safe place”. The victims include civil defense personnel,
ambulance drivers, aid workers, women, children, worshippers in a prayer
tent (mosques were already bombed), and journalists (now 150 journalists
were murdered in Gaza). The scenes are too horrific. The only nearby
hospital is essentially able to offer only first aid as no medical or
surgical equipment are allowed to enter. The world still watches massacre
after massacre daily. Also watching mass starvation. 21000 Palestinians are
also being tortured literally to death in Israeli gulags worse than any of
the medieval age.

This is taking place now on the West Bank.  Bulldozers at work.  First you
take away the infrastructure to make life impossible.  And, then?