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Ayatollah Ahmad Alam Al-Hoda, Senior Iranian Official Close To Supreme Leader Khamenei, In International Qods Day Speech: 'All The Stories About The Holocaust Are A Complete Lie... And A Western Researcher Even Proved This'; England Invented The Story Of The Holocaust

On International Qods Day, marked by the Iranian regime this year on March 28, 2025,[1] Ayatollah Ahmad Alam Al-Hoda, Friday prayer imam for the city of Mashhad and representative of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Khorasan Razavi province, and a member of the Assembly of Experts that is tasked with selecting Iran's supreme leader, gave a speech at the Imam Reza mosque in Mashhad. In his speech, he denied the Holocaust against the Jews of Europe, saying that "all the stories about the Holocaust are a complete lie" and that "a Western researcher even proved this." Alam Al-Hoda explained also that "England invented the [idea of the] Holocaust in order to compensate the Jews for the injustice done them in World War [II]" – meaning that since the British had circulated this fake Holocaust story, they then had to make it up to the Jews for the alleged atrocities against them by giving them Palestine.

Qatar-Based And -Funded International Union Of Muslim Scholars And Its Members Incite To Armed Jihad Against Israel And Murder Of Israeli Tourists In Arab Countries

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Claims First And Second Jewish Temples Were In Yemen, Not Jerusalem; Says To Hamas: You Sons-Of-Bitches, Release The Israeli Hostages, Stop Giving Israel A Pretext For War

Muslim Brotherhood's Grand Mufti Of Libya, Sheikh Sadiq Al-Ghariani: Egyptians, Moroccans, And Emiratis Have A Duty To Kill Israeli Tourists, Who Are Not Civilians, But Soldiers On Leave

Conference Of Islamic Clerics In Pakistan Calls For Jihad Against Israel: 'The Entire Region, Including Israel, Is The Ancestral Homeland Of Palestinians... America, If It Wants, Can Settle The Israelis Anywhere Else'

Dearborn Heights Fundraiser And Poetry Night For Palestine, Organized With Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM): This American Empire Must Fall; People Here Are Willing To Fight And Put Their Lives On The Line To Bring Western Empires Down

Jaber Al-Harmi, Editor Of Qatari Government Daily 'Al-Sharq,' In Antisemitic Post: 'The Hour Of Judgement Will Not Come Until We Fight The Jews And Kill Them'

Jabber Al-Harmi, editor-in-chief of the Qatari government daily Al-Sharq, posted a virulently antisemitic message on his X account, in which he wished for the death of the Jews, writing:  "We are certain that the Hour of Judgement will not come until we fight the Jews and kill them. We feel no despair or hopelessness, despite all the pain, wounds and bloodshed." The text evokes a well-known hadith (saying attributed to the Prophet Muhammad) which states: "The Hour of Judgement will not come until the Muslims fight the Jews and kill them. The Jews will hide behind a stone or a tree, but the stone or tree will say: 'Oh Muslim, oh servant of Allah, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him."[1] This hadith is also quoted in Hamas' charter.

This post by Al-Harmi reflects his antisemitic views and the antisemitic discourse prevalent in the Qatari media at large. Qatar's government press, including the Al-Sharq daily, of which Al-Harmi is the editor, frequently publishes antisemitic articles that present the Jews as the enemies of Allah, as cunning and treacherous, as murderers of the prophets and as blood-suckers.[2]  In addition to his antisemitic discourse Al-Harmi also frequently makes statements against Israel in which he hopes for Israel's demise and for the liberation of all of Palestine...

Lebanese Sunni Islamic Scholar Aboubaker Zahabi In Beirut Protest: We Say To The 'Sons Of Zion' – Our Religion Is The Religion Of Jihad; We Will Come To You And Slaughter You

Lebanese Sunni Islamic scholar Aboubaker Zahabi, speaking at a Beirut protest in support of the people of Palestine, aired on Palestine Today TV (Palestinian Islamic Jihad) on April 7, 2025, said, "Our religion is the religion of Jihad," and declared that they will come to slaughter the "sons of Zion." He quoted the hadith which states that Muslims will fight the Jews at the End of Days, and the Jews will hide behind trees and rocks. Zahabi added that on Judgment Day, Allah will send the "sons of Zion" to Hellfire for eternity, while the martyrs will be in Paradise and the fate of the Muslims will be victory...

Two Full Years (And Counting) Of Hell In Sudan

In a world obsessed by Gaza and Ukraine, distracted by the latest media tempest, great tragedies struggle to gain traction. That April 15, 2025 is the second anniversary of the brutal Sudanese Civil War is one those great tragedies that will be briefly talked about and then forgotten. One reason is that it lacks those factors that would make it a top-shelf story despite being the world's worst humanitarian crisis. It takes place in Africa, the motherland of forgotten stories. It does not involve the United States or President Trump; Israel plays no central role. Although the slaughter and suffering are extreme, it does not fit easily into those tropes that capture the Western imagination: telegenic heroes and villains, an easily understood storyline, a sanctimonious if implausible solution to the conflict...

...Sudan has, unfortunately, been at war for most of its independent history, but the conflict between the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) Janjaweed and the Sudanese Army (SAF) is the most destructive in the country's grim history. Much of the Sudanese capital and the industry centered there are in ruins. More than half the population, 25 million people, are facing acute food insecurity. The charity World Vision said on April 11 that 600,000 "face death within days or weeks without urgent action."...

Director Of NY Muslim American Society (MAS) Youth Center Mohammad Badawy: We Eagerly Await The Day Al-Aqsa Mosque Is Free And The 'Illegitimate Zionist Occupiers' Are Destroyed; Holiday Greetings To Those Who Resist 'By Any Means Necessary'

Röster ur en mardröm (kidnappade i Gaza)

Ex-hostage Ron Krivoi: No one can truly understand what it’s like down in the tunnels

"...Of the tunnel he was then taken to, he said, “These aren’t the tunnels you see in pictures. We were in something really small, deep underground. There wasn’t even a floor – we were on sand, and the mattresses were all moldy. We were inside a very, very small cage. Honestly, about a meter and a half by a meter and a half, and we had to lie down and rest in it – you couldn’t stand. No height, no toilets, no food. We were five people, we ate one small dish with some canned food and a pita that we divided among us. I was there for 51 days and lost nine kilograms (20 pounds) of body weight.”..."

Former hostage Arbel Yehoud says captors threatened to kill her if IDF approached

Former hostage Arbel Yehoud, who was returned to Israel in January as part of a Gaza ceasefire agreement, says her Palestinian Islamic Jihad captors made it clear to her that they would kill her if the IDF discovered their location and came to rescue her.

 ‘Medieval torture’: Former hostages plead with Trump to free remaining captives

Freed hostages hold English-language presser addressed to US president, recalling brutality, inhumanity, torture and agony of Hamas captivity, beg for him to restart serious truce talks

Former hostage Emily Damari shares testimony about her time in captivity

She went on to describe the moment she and Gonen understood the date: “A year ago, we somehow gathered from Al Jazeera that it was Memorial Day. Romi and I decided that at 11 a.m., we would simply stand for a minute and remember everyone. We let ourselves feel the pain. It was one of the most powerful moments we experienced there. To be in the lowest place imaginable, and still find a way to mark the day—that meant everything.”

Israel har nu 10 miljoner invånare

 Israel’s population tops 10 million for 1st time, on eve of 77th Independence Day (TOI)

In an annual report ahead of Independence Day, the Central Bureau of Statistics said Tuesday that Israel’s population stood at almost 10.1 million people, marking a twelvefold increase since the country was founded in 1948.

The figure, which represents an increase of some 135,000, or 1.4 percent over the previous year, includes roughly 7.7 million people, or 77.6%, who are registered as Jewish or “other” — a category that was previously counted separately. This category includes non-Arab Christians and people with no ethnicity listed, most of whom are entitled to live in Israel because of a Jewish grandparent or Israeli spouse, the CBS said.

Some 2.1 million people living in Israel, or 20.9%, are Muslim, Christian or Druze Arabs, the CBS said. Another 250,000 people, or about 2.5%, belong to neither category, and include international students, foreign workers and undocumented immigrants, the agency reported.

Over the past year, according to the report, some 174,000 babies were born in Israel, 28,000 people immigrated to the country and 50,000 Israelis died. Israel has a relatively young population, 27% of which is under the age of 18 compared with 13% aged at least 65, the CBS said...

ECI i senaste Europeiska rapport: Dags att avslöja de nya blodsförtalen mot judarna

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ECI i senaste Europeiska rapport: Dags att avslöja de nya blodsförtalen mot judarna

Bryssel, 10 april 2025 – Efter att nyss ha återkommit till Bryssel från den internationella konferensen för kampen mot antisemitism som hållits i Jerusalem lyfte ECI:s grundare och direktor Tomas Sandell fram de FN-institutioner som grundats just för att beskydda mänskliga rättigheter men som gör det motsatta. ”Dessa FN-institutioner är de nya superspridarna av antisemitism”, sade han i vår Europeiska rapport som spelades in i Europaparlamentet i Bryssel på tisdag. I studion hade Sandell sällskap av den nederländske europaparlamentarikern Bert-Jan Ruissen och den belgiske journalisten Yossi Lempkowicz...

Kriget kostar - människor lider

 Om man följer nyhetsrapporteringen från kriget mellan Hamas och Israel skulle man kunna tro att det bara är araberna i Gaza som lider. 

Här följer två artiklar som beskriver vad kriget kostar människorna i Israel.

Over 23,000 children and youth physically or mentally damaged by war – report

Sedan början av Israels krig mot Hamas i Gaza har 56 barn och tonåringar mördats, 389 har förlorat minst en förälder till terrorism, 38 628 har evakuerats från sina hem vid de norra och södra gränserna och minst 23 212 har erkänts som fysiskt eller mentalt skadade av National Institutet, enligt en ny rapport. Av de mördade miste 36 livet under Hamas slakt av 1 200, främst civila, längs den israeliska sidan av Gazagränsen den 7 oktober 2023. Ytterligare 14 dog av raketbeskjutning, fyra i andra terrorattacker inne i Israel, och två i Hamas fångenskap – Ariel och Kfir Bibas.

By the end of February 2025, 359 children and youth had lost one parent to terrorism, and an additional 30 had lost two.

Meanwhile, up to July 2024, 612 children had lost one parent serving in the security forces, with three losing both.

As of the end of March 2025, 37 children still had parents in Hamas captivity in Gaza.

The council found that of the 23,212 children and youth recognized as victims of hostilities by the National Insurance Institute by December 2024, 2,952 were found to be suffering from significant physical or mental trauma.

Experts warn of mental health crisis among IDF personnel ahead of national days

Since Hamas’s October 7 onslaught, Luria said, the Rehabilitation Department has absorbed 16,500 injured soldiers, with nearly half of them being treated for PTSD. 

Gränsen mellan Israel och Libanon - en intressant analys

 While Israel aims for land border deal with Lebanon, history weighs heavy

As the vivid greens of the Galilee hills roll by, Boaz Shapira, a researcher at the Alma Research and Education Center on northern security, points to areas under dispute in land border talks, which Jerusalem and Beirut agreed to restart last month.

...Borders are a relatively new arrival in the region, as the Ottoman Empire ruled the entire Levant for centuries, beginning in the early 1500s. Its Beirut administrative district ran from Syria’s coastal mountains in the north to the Samarian highlands in the south, where it met the Jerusalem sector.

...In the wild, lawless north of the 1920s, the newly finalized border existed only on paper. The four lone Jewish settlements in the Galilee panhandle — Metula, Hamra, Kfar Giladi and Tel Hai — carried on with little British or French military presence. Metula residents crossed the “border” to farm land they owned on the other side, even paying taxes to the Lebanese government.

The Jewish settlements found themselves occasionally caught up in a war between French authorities and Syrian nationalists, a conflict separate from the Jewish-Arab friction brewing farther south. In 1920, local Shiites and Bedouin, searching for French troops, attacked Tel Hai. Eight Jewish defenders, including commander Joseph Trumpeldor, were killed, marking a foundational moment in Zionist memory.

HBL ville inte ha fler insändare om antisemitism

 Mitt inlägg om antisemitism i Hufvudstadsbladet mitten av mars fick två insändarskribenter att reagera. Det första inlägget fick jag bemöta men inte det andra. HBL konstaterade: Vi valde att avsluta replikskiftet...  Replikskiften i Gazadebatten har inte varit så fruktbara hittills...

Min insändare handlade inte om Gaza utan om antisemitism, men detta var HBL:s förklaringen.

Insändaren som inte publicerades:

Antisemitism

Begreppet antisemitism skapar tydligen förvirring. Finland har tecknat under IHRA:s definition av antisemitism som säger: “Antisemitism är en bestämd uppfattning om judar som kan uttryckas som hat mot judar. Språkliga och fysiska uttryck för antisemitism riktas mot judiska eller icke-judiska personer och/eller deras egendom samt mot judiska institutioner och religiösa samlingsplatser.”

Enligt IHRA:s definition kan antisemitism uttryckas bl.a.  genom att man  ägnar sig åt dubbelmoral genom att av avkräva Israel ett uppträdande som inte förväntas eller avkrävs något annat demokratiskt land eller genom att man jämför Israels nuvarande politik med nazisternas politik. Denna form av antisemitism är vanligt förekommande inom olika FN-organ.

 I motsats till vad Tryggve Söderling påstår, har jag inte kallat nyhetsmediernas rapportering för antisemitisk. Det jag lyft fram, i en tid när antisemitismen ökar lavinartat, är hur viktig medias och politikers roll är när det gäller att motverka antisemitismen. Det kan de göra genom  noggrann, kritisk och faktabaserad rapportering där människor blir medvetna om de verkliga förhållandena och utmaningarna  i  Israel och Mellanöstern.

Global academics converge in London ‘safe space’ to dissect post-Oct. 7 antisemitism

LONDON — Academics from around the world gathered in London this week for a landmark conference that promised to be a “safe space” to discuss antisemitism.

Delegates, who traveled from as far afield as India, Brazil and Finland, spent three days debating everything from antisemitism in the era of social media and AI to how the Muslim Brotherhood influences higher education at the Contemporary Antisemitism London 2025 conference in the city’s JW3 Jewish cultural center. The conference ran from March 29 to April 1.