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Antisemitism all time high in UK

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Landon Caeli said:
Well, Wikipedia calls it a riot, but I'd say it's part of a much larger problem altogether, such as hatred of a particular ethnic group (Westernized Jews).
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The event that took place in Jaffa in 1921 was definitely a riot and not an act of genocide. Here are some excerpts from the Wikipedia source you quoted:

About 45,000 people lived in Jaffa at the time, roughly half of them Muslims, a third Jews, and the rest Christians.

The first shots had apparently been fired to disperse a procession marching from Jaffa to Tel Aviv without a permit. The parade had been organized by the Jewish Communist Party, officially called the Socialist Workers Party, though its opponents used an acronym of the party’s Hebrew name to nickname it “Mops,” which means “pug dog” in German. The previous night the party had sent boys out to distribute leaflets in Arabic and Yiddish emblazoned with slogans calling on the workers to topple the British regime and establish the Soviet Union of Palestine.

Meanwhile in Tel Aviv, a large May Day parade had been organized by Achdut HaAvoda, the major Jewish labor party at the time, and sanctioned by the authorities. Tensions ran high between the rival parties. At some point the communists and Achdut HaAvoda people ran into one another, and a fistfight ensued. The police chased the “Mopsies” members back in the direction of Jaffa, where the Communist parade clashed with Arabs, who were equally unsympathetic to a Soviet Union of Palestine.

Dozens of witnesses—Jewish, Arab, and British—all told the same story: Arab men broke into Jewish buildings and murdered the occupants; women came afterward and looted. Bearing clubs, knives, swords, and in some cases pistols, Arabs attacked Jewish pedestrians and destroyed Jewish homes and stores. They beat and killed Jews, children included, in their homes; in some cases they split the victims’ skulls open.

Arab accounts of the Jewish violence are very similar to the Jewish testimonies about the Arab riots. The Jews looted homes and stores. They broke into Arab houses, beating and killing the occupants; in one house, a woman and child were murdered. A hunchbacked Arab and his children were killed in an orange grove; their bodies were disfigured. A Jewish policeman took part.

A commission of inquiry later appointed to investigate the riots found that the fight between the communists and Achdut HaAvoda was the spark that lit the fire and described the riots as “an orgy of pillage.” Many witnesses identified their neighbors among the attackers and murderers; in some places Arabs had come to the defense of Jews and gave them refuge in their houses.

A total of 47 Jews and 48 Arabs were killed in the disturbances, and the wounded numbered 146 Jews and 73 Arabs.

There is no evidence that the Jaffa riots were premeditated. Arab leaders and spokesmen, first and foremost Musa Kazim al-Husseini, condemned them.

The Arabs put together a petition that they submitted to the League of Nations, in which they expressed their grievances; the essence of their demands—independence and democracy—remained unchanged through the end of the Mandate.
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Antisemitism all time high in UK

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timewerx said:
They can still fix this by Israel paying for the all the damages they did to Northern Gaza and even helping in rebuilding.

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Hamas is the culprit as it attacked Israel during a time of PEACE, and murdered over 1,200 innocent people and kidnaped over 300 more to use as bargaining chips. Hamas is vilely terroristic and evil, and needs to be exterminated from he earth. But a very serious problem is that most Palestinians SUPPORT Hamas and allow members to live in their midst. So Israel will never be safe until the Palestinians are removed and dispersed out into the neighboring Arab nations, and Israel takes over Palestine. That is reasonable and good.
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Working Class Ditching Dem Party In Droves As Some Say It’s ‘Fighting For Everybody Else’ Besides Americans

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Say it aint so said:
Fresh today: "Donald Trump's Approval Rating Goes Underwater on Every Issue"
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oh look - Trump - - - - - - - - - - - -

Democrats still losing working class people from the deck of the Titanic while pointing to another ship saying at least it is not as bad as that.
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Who is your favorite pony?

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DragonFox91 said:
I like the horse Pokemon Ponyta, Rapidash, & Mudsdale
My dad had a horse when we were really little.
My college has a horse for a mascot.

Yeah, plus a lot of entertainment is nihilistic these days. I get life isn't always rosey, but I like 'you win some, you lose some'
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That's awesome your dad had a horse. I haven't been around real ones much but the Pokemon ones are really cool.

Nihilism is one of the best words to describe it. Many modern American writers rarely portray romance, family, friends, or even heroes in a consistently positive manner, as if they just don't believe in anything, let alone believe in God. This is why few of their works will stand the test of time like Lord of the Rings. They don't have great friendships like Sam and Frodo or purely noble heroes like Aragorn.
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Trump Threatens Federal Takeover of Washington After Member of DOGE Is Assaulted

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essentialsaltes said:
This may provide some insight. He seems to be betting the farm on works.

Trump framed his foreign policy efforts not just as political moves, but as personal ones — tied directly to his spiritual future.

“I want to try and get to heaven if possible,” Trump said. “I’m hearing I’m not doing well. I hear I’m really at the bottom of the totem pole.”

He added, “If I can save 7,000 people a week from being killed… this will be one of the reasons.”

“If I can save 7,000 people a week from being killed,” he repeated, “I think that’s a pretty– I want to try and get to heaven if possible.”
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lol bless him.
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Another look at the moon landing.

Strong in Him
Apple Sky said:
No I'm not,
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Yes, you are - you're demanding we tell you "when and where", when you're perfectly capable of Googling it yourself.

Apple Sky said:
if NASA put a camera on the moon why is it not live streaming today ?
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Would a camera put on the moon 50 odd years ago be able to live stream today, without the internet or relevant technology?
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