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The story comes from an article in Hebrew on ynet (https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/ry9hbuyxkg) . It states , "A 22-year-old man who was released from reserve service and was traveling in the town of Pai in the north of the country, said he encountered a group of tourists from Germany - who attacked him with severe violence." The Hebrew version also says the young man didn't file a police report because he thought filing a report could interfere with the rest of his trip. He and some other Israelis went looking for the Germans, but couldn't find them. The story is based entirely on the ex-reservist's statement to an Israeli press agency. It's impossible to give the Germans' side of the story because they aren't known. I imagine if this story is picked up by the Thai press, it could provoke a police reaction and some attempt to find out more about the Germans.

xxxxxxx You are tired of reading about antisemitism. Can you imagine how tired Jews are of enduring antisemitism for the past 2,000 years? In the U.S., hatred of Jews is expressed more openly and blatantly than I've ever seen before. From pre-schoolers through the elderly, Jews are harassed and attacked on a daily basis for no other reason than they are Jewish. Antisemitism now goes way beyond posts on social media. The video is from May, but it shows how such attacks go down. A group of Hasidic children in traditional garb are playing on the sidewalk in a Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn. A man who had been riding past on a bike suddenly stops and attacks two boys, age 11 and 13. He kicks and stomps one who he pushed to the ground. The man was never caught. https://x.com/Williamsburg365/status/1790609797454221603 SaveTwitter.Net__DNoqzFUxnKuMPki_(912p).mp4 If Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran stop their terrorist attacks and recognize Israel's right to exist as a home land to the world's Jews, the ME would stop immediately.

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The explanation I heard was that Thai Airways, unlike most long-haul operators, did not hedge against rising fuel prices. A surge in fuel prices in 2008 would have caused major losses on the nonstop New York-Bangkok route, so it was canceled on short notice after three years of operation. I was pissed as all hell because flights stopped on July 1 and I had a ticket booked and paid for departure in the first week of August. I was on one of the first nonstop flights out of JFK for Bangkok in May of 2005. I recall special meals were served to commemorate the start of service. The flying time was supposed to be 17 hours but we made it to Don Mueang in 16 hours. I took the JFK-DMK nonstop roundtrip about 10 times between 2005 and 2008 and it almost always landed ahead of schedule in Bangkok due to tail winds, while head winds meant the return flight was usually 17 hours or more. For me, it was absolutely the best way to get to Thailand from New York. I was really sorry when that service was canceled. It will indeed be interesting to see if Thai resumes nonstops to New York or Los Angeles. I doubt very much a U.S. carrier will initiate nonstop service because of the high cost of ultra long haul flights and limited profit potential.

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That's not true. Palestinians are generic Arabs. In terms of language, religion and culture, there's very little difference between Palestinian Arabs and Jordanian, Syrian or Iraqi Arabs. Many of the Arabs regarded today as Palestinians moved to Palestine during the British Mandate period. During Ottoman rule, Palestine had been one of the poorest and most wretched corners of the Ottoman Empire, but the economy and living conditions improved under the British.

Here's one UN official who has no doubts about rapes and sexual violence by Hamas on Oct. 7 and after: "Following a 17-day visit to Israel, the UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict reported on Monday that she and a team of experts had found “clear and convincing information” of rape and sexualized torture being committed against hostages seized during the 7 October terror attacks. "Pramila Patten added in a press release issued along with the report that there are also reasonable grounds to believe that such violence, which includes other “cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment”, may be continuing against those still being held by Hamas and other extremists in the Gaza Strip." https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/03/1147217

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Are you trying to play game swith the definition of "call'' or "solidarity?" In any case, I wasn't making anything up. If the quote I included had been wrong (and it wasn't), then the journalist who wrote the article would have been the one making things up, not me. If you're convinced the TUC did not call for solidarity with Palestine, you could chide me for falling for and quoting false information, but I didn't make up that information myself by any stretch of the imagination. To get back to the facts: In several pages on its Web site, the TUC explicitly calls for solidarity with Palestine. Due to board rules, I didn't post the entire text of the TUC's Nov. 28 announcement. The first two sentences read (my bold): "The TUC and unions are today (Thursday) uniting to support a workplace day of action to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. This initiative is a response to the urgent appeal from Palestinian workers for global solidarity." One of the specific suggestions was: "Wearing red, green, black, or a Palestinian keffiyeh to show solidarity, with photos shared on social media." https://www.tuc.org.uk/news/tuc-and-unions-support-workplace-day-action-immediate-ceasefire-gaza The above sentences are amplified by the rest of the release, especially the previously quoted statement by TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak on "showing solidarity." What sort of mental gymnastics do you have to perform to believe the TUC wasn't calling for solidarity with Palestine?

I'm certainly not making anything up. On the TUC Web site page about the "Workplace Day of Action for Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza, TUC ," General Secretary Paul Nowak said: [my bold text] “Today is about showing solidarity in the workplace with the horrendous situation in Gaza. " https://www.tuc.org.uk/news/tuc-and-unions-support-workplace-day-action-immediate-ceasefire-gaza This is a screen shot about the same event from another page on the TUC site. The word solidarity is used four times. https://www.tuc.org.uk/news/tuc-and-unions-support-workplace-day-action-immediate-ceasefire-gaza There's a section of the TUC Web site called "Solidarity with Palestine." https://www.tuc.org.uk/campaigns/solidarity-palestine And to top it all off, the praragraph I (and you) quoted says [my bold]: Do you still claim that I am "making things up?"

BBC mum on union calls for staff to stand with ‘Palestine’ "The BBC is maintaining apparent neutrality on a call by a journalists’ union to its members, including BBC employees, to show up at work Thursday wearing items that express solidarity with the Palestinian national cause." https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/jns/bbc-mum-on-union-calls-for-staff-to-stand-with-palestine/article_2d213158-d962-5731-b77b-cfd2ceef5914.html Does anyone know if any BBC journalists appeared on air wearing Palestinian colors or a keffiyeh? How about the other 5.5 million TUC members in 47 unions besides the NUJ? Any real response to the TUC call for solidarity with Palestine?

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I was right! The resort to name calling is a sure sign he lacks the intellectual ability to frame a rational answer. At least reverse psychology was enought to call a loser's bluff. However, any other pro-Ham-, I mean pro-Palestinian, BM can pick up the guantlet on @ourmanflint's behalf. What is "deranged" about the above post by @Nick Carter icp? That's the question @ourmanflint was unable to answer. Anyone else want to try?

Home Office issues ‘common sense’ guidance for non-crime hate incidents Police told to only record incidents with a clear risk to community tensions amid concerns that trivial cases are wasting officers’ time https://www.thetimes.com/article/8bb4abd2-47e6-4bf6-ab60-cba12d9e698f?shareToken=195dc6c242140814784b01720e1a32c9 Former Metropolitan Police commissioner asks ministers to 'look closely' at report calling for end of non-crime hate incidents A new report from the thinktank Policy Exchange calls for an end to non-crime hate incidents. https://news.sky.com/story/former-metropolitan-police-commissioner-asks-ministers-to-look-closely-at-report-calling-for-end-of-non-crime-hate-incidents-13260331 You can find the full report from think-tank Policy Exchange here: https://policyexchange.org.uk/publication/non-crime-hate-incidents/ Non-Crime Hate Incidents A chilling distraction from the public's priorities on policing The report is well worth the read for anyone concerned about free speech in the U.K. The introduction: "In this policy note we outline the origins of Non-Crime Hate Incidents (NCHIs), the approach by police forces to recording them and their impact: (1) distracting police officers from focusing on what should be the core mission of policing to fight crime, (2) curtailing the employment prospects of individual members of the public through inappropriate disclosures of NCHIs, and (3) having a broader chilling effect on freedom of expression in our society."

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