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Best of the Web: Israeli organ-trafficking network busted in Turkey


The Cradle
Sun, 05 May 2024 17:22 UTC
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© AAPolice arrest Israelis and Syrians for organ trafficking in May 2024. Israel has long been at the center of international organ trafficking networks and has stolen organs from dead Palestinians
Police in the Turkish city of Adana detained 11 suspects, five Israeli and two Syrian, on allegations of organ trafficking, the Daily Sabah reported on 5 May.

The Provincial Directorate of Security's Anti-Smuggling and Border Gates Branch began investigating after examining the passports of seven individuals who arrived in Adana from Israel about a month ago by plane for the purpose of health tourism. The two Syrian nationals, ages 20 and 21, were found to have fake passports.

Further investigation revealed that Syrian nationals had each agreed to sell one of their own kidneys to two of the Israeli nationals, ages 68 and 28, for kidney transplants in Adana.

During searches at the suspects' residences, $65,000 and numerous fake passports were seized.

Comment: Amidst reasonable criticisms against Turkey and its continued relations with Israel despite the ongoing Gaza genocide, there is reason to believe that in other areas Turkey has really stepped up its efforts to rout Israel's malign influence and activities; and more so than other countries: As for Israel, whether its knowingly providing a safe haven for convicted paedophiles, or organ harvesting from the Palestinians it has slaugthered, the sinister activities that is involved in is legion: Tellingly, Ukraine has now become a world leader in many of those same industries: Organ trafficking, paedophile networks - The hell of children abducted by Ukraine's 'White Angels'

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Oops! Sanctions on Russia adding to Boeing's woes - WSJ


RT
Sun, 05 May 2024 16:10 UTC
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The US company has warned investors it will not be able to deliver the planned number of Dreamliner jets this year, according to the paper

Boeing is experiencing problems with the production of its 787 Dreamliner wide-body airliners due to the lack of a key component caused by US sanctions on Russia, the Wall Street Journal has reported.

Heat exchangers, which are used in the plane's environmental control system and also regulate the temperature of its electronics, had been made by a joint venture between American company RTX's Collins Aerospace and Moscow-based firm HS-Nauka, the outlet said in an article on Friday.

However, in March 2022, just weeks after the fighting between Russia and Ukraine broke out, the joint venture was shut down as part of restrictions against Moscow over the conflict, the report said.

Comment: The blowback was foreseeable, but the Western leaders - due to their wishful thinking - didn't expect the war would last that long. They thought that Russia would collapse economically and/or a regime change would happen due to those sanctions. Instead the sanctions made Russia stronger with the West suffering a tsunami of dire consequences.

Boeing has been in the news a lot lately:

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KFC Malaysia closes over 100 outlets after boycott over its support from Israel's Gaza genocide


Middle East Eye
Tue, 30 Apr 2024 14:14 UTC
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The franchise is the latest American food chain to be targeted by pro-Palestinian boycott campaigns in the Muslim-majority country
The American fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has been forced to close over 100 of its Malaysian outlets amid a month's long boycott campaign over US support for Israel's war on Gaza.

According to Chinese media, QSR Brands, which owns the fast-food franchise, KFC, had to temporarily shutter 108 of its 600 outlets across Malaysia, most of them in the Muslim-majority Kelantan state.

In a statement, QSR Brands cited "challenging economic conditions" for the closures and that employees had been offered the opportunity to relocate to busier stores, saying that the company contributes "positively to the Malaysian economy through job security for 18,000 team members in Malaysia, of which, approximately 85 percent are Muslims."

Comment: Indeed Starbucks is also suffering due to the boycotts:


At the moment, it seems that both the general public, and the multipolar world, is having a significant impact by withdrawing economic cooperation with the genociders:

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Russia kills saboteur armed with explosives in Leningrad, criminal was recruited by Ukraine, trained in Lithuania


Arab News
Fri, 03 May 2024 13:39 UTC
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© AFPRussia's FSB state security service said on Friday its officers had killed a saboteur who had been recruited by Ukraine and was planning to attack a fuel terminal in northwestern Russia with explosives.
Russia's FSB state security service said on Friday its officers had killed a saboteur who had been recruited by Ukraine and was planning to attack a fuel terminal in northwestern Russia with explosives.

The FSB said in a statement the man was a Russian national recruited by Ukraine's military intelligence to carry out the attack in the Leningrad region, and that he had been killed after shooting at security agents.

The FSB said he had entered Russia from Lithuania in March after receiving training there.

Comment: Considering the hundreds of suspected sabotage incidents in Russia since the beginning of the SMO, in addition to the Crocus mall terrorist attack, and the connections not only with Ukraine, but with the Western security agencies, this is notable:

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Evil Rays

Australian police shoot dead 16-year-old boy after he stabbed a man - attacker was known to authorities and WARNED them day before incident

Rod McGuirk
ABC
Sun, 05 May 2024 12:58 UTC
Justice
© Australian Associated Press/Dave HuntFILE: Statue of Themis, Greek Goddess of Justice, at the Supreme Court of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia
A 16-year-old boy armed with a knife was shot dead by police after he stabbed a man in the Australian west coast city of Perth, officials said Sunday.

The incident occurred in the parking lot of a hardware store in suburban Willetton on Saturday night.

The teen attacked the man and then rushed at police officers before he was shot, Western Australian Premier Roger Cook told reporters on Sunday.

"There are indications he had been radicalized online," Cook told a news conference.

Comment: Whilst knife crime is evidently an issue in Australia, it also appears as though there has been a spike in incidents of late.

The two recent high profile incidents: Notably, just a few days ago in the UK - which is suffering from soaring crime, including knife attacks - a man attacked a number of people, killing at least one child, with a sword. The man was a dual Spanish-Brazilian national and it is not thought to be terror-related.

Below are news reports of the incident, followed by a report of another knife incident a few weeks prior:



An incident from 27th April:



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The latest educational fad destined for failure is 'equity' grading

Steven Greenhut
Reason
Fri, 03 May 2024 21:16 UTC
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© Dragan Andrii | Dreamstime.com
Why work extra hard when you won't be able to get an A? Why try to improve when you won't get worse than a C?

Modern public-education history is littered with novel education theories that have failed so spectacularly that the terms are now used as pejoratives. For instance, when I was in elementary school in the 1960s, the "New Math" focused on teaching abstractions rather than fundamentals. You can find reams of research documenting its failure decades later, but the evidence was recognized almost immediately.

That then-new approach "ignored completely the fact that mathematics is a cumulative development and that it is practically impossible to learn the newer creations if one does not know the older ones," according to Morris Kline's 1973 Why Johnny Can't Add. Another well-known but more recent failure is "Common Core" a set of educational standards embraced by California and 39 other states in 2010. On hindsight, it also deserves a failing grade."Despite the theory's intuitive appeal, standards-based reform does not work very well in reality," read a 2021 Brookings Institution report. "The illusion of a coherent, well-coordinated system is gained at the expense of teachers' flexibility in tailoring instruction to serve their students." Don't get me started on some of the loopier ones: pass-fail grading, the replacement of phonics with whole-language learning, and Social Emotional Learning (SEL).
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Tension grows on UCLA campus as police order dispersal of large pro-Palestinian gathering

Jake Offenhartz, Krysta Fauria
AP
Wed, 01 May 2024 11:39 UTC
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© en.philenewsLaw enforcement officers massed by the hundreds on UCLA campus in preparation to clear out the protest camp
Law enforcement on the UCLA campus donned riot gear Wednesday evening as they ordered the dispersal of over a thousand people who had gathered in support of a pro-Palestinian student encampment, warning over loudspeakers that anyone who refused to leave could face arrest.

A large crowd of students, alumni and neighbors gathered on campus steps outside the barricaded area of tents, sitting as they listened and applauded various speakers and joined in pro-Palestinian chants. Overheard television cameras showed students in the barricaded area passing out goggles and helmets, as well as setting up medical aid stations. A small group of students holding signs and wearing T-shirts in support of Israel and Jewish people gathered nearby.

The law enforcement presence and continued warnings stood in contrast to the scene that unfolded the night before, when counter-demonstrators attacked the pro-Palestinian encampment, throwing traffic cones, releasing pepper spray and tearing down barriers. Fighting continued for several hours before police stepped in, and no one was arrested. At least 15 protesters suffered injuries, and the tepid response by authorities drew criticism from political leaders as well as Muslim students and advocacy groups.


Comment: How fared the protests of other California institutions of higher learning?
Tensions have escalated and arrests have been made as protesters continue to stake out areas on the campuses of UC Irvine, UC Riverside, Occidental College, Sacramento State, San Francisco State, Cal Poly Humboldt and others. Some, however, have minimal disruption.

UC Irvine: Students faced off with campus police and were handed citations, police barricades were erected. Students have no plans to move or dismantle their tents.The group posted a banner listing their demands: "End 'violent extremism' funding, promise amnesty for student protesters, commit to an academic boycott of Israel and remove what the group calls Zionist programming."

UC Riverside: all operations on campus are proceeding as usual but blocking access to venues not tolerated.

Pitzer College: Students have been inhabiting an encampment of about 25 tents for five days, tensions between protesters and the administration have remained low. No college or local law enforcement have interfered.

Occidental College: 60 students set up an encampment with dozens of tents. A member of the Occidental chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine said: "We want to be as clandestine as possible to not be interrupted." So far a peaceful demonstration; a commitment to ensure any dialogue or demonstration remains safe and peaceful.

USC: Police arrested 93 people on suspicion of trespassing and cleared an encampment which was reestablished. One participant: "We are all here because at the end of the day, we believe in humanity."

Cal Poly Humboldt: Police arrested 25 people, including students and professors. Campus remains closed.


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Arrow Down

Irish political party drops Jewish candidate


RT
Thu, 02 May 2024 14:03 UTC
degani
© hsuprots1996.blogspot/socialdemocrats.ie/KJNIreland's deselected Jewish candidate Orli Degani
A businesswoman with Israeli citizenship who lives in Ireland and has entered politics there is claiming that the country is becoming increasingly unwelcoming and unsafe for its Jewish community, local media reported on Wednesday.

Orli Degani's comments came after the aspiring politician was dropped by the Social Democrats party as a candidate last week, ahead of a local elections. In a statement cited by local media outlets Degani claimed the party had deselected her "for reasons which are an affront to the values of equality and inclusivity."

Degani, a German-born Jewish woman, has lived in Ireland for more than five years. She said that she had tried to "constructively engage" with the party to address "the actions and statements" made by some of its members regarding Israel and its offensive in Gaza, and the impact they were having on the local Jewish community. She claimed that Jews were feeling "more and more unwelcome and unsafe in Ireland" as well as in her prospective constituency in the capital, Dublin.
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An enormous economic shift of historic proportions is now taking place right in front of our eyes

Michael Snyder
The Economic Collapse
Wed, 01 May 2024 00:00 UTC
layoffs
Can you feel it too? Over the past few weeks, I have heard from so many readers that are deeply troubled about economic conditions where they live. In some cases, sales are way down. In other cases, it seems almost impossible to find a decent job. It is almost as if a tremendous chill descended upon the U.S. economy as the second quarter of 2024 began. Yes, economic conditions have certainly not been good for a few years, but it appears that an absolutely enormous economic shift of historic proportions is now taking place right in front of our eyes. Other than the early stages of the pandemic, we haven't seen anything like this since 2008 and 2009.

Let me give you an example that will illustrate what I am talking about. A reader that lives near Seattle recently wrote me about the horrible downturn that she is witnessing in the tech industry, and she said that I could share this information with all of you...
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SOTT Focus: NYU professor: 'College Students Are Protesting Against Israel Because They Aren't Having Enough Sex'

Jenn B
Sott.net
Wed, 01 May 2024 11:35 UTC
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© Selcuk Acar / Anadolu / Gettyimages.ru
On a recent episode of "Real Time" with Bill Maher, Scott Galloway, clinical professor of marketing at the New York University Stern School of Business, had a comical take on the cause of the pro-Palestine protests sweeping across American Universities. From the New York Post:
He said that college campuses were increasingly becoming reminiscent of Nazi Germany — and attributed the reason partly to young people not having enough sex.

"We need to enjoy sex," Galloway offered to some initial confusion during an appearance on "Real Time" with Bill Maher Friday.

"I think part of the problem is young people aren't having enough sex so they go on the hunt for fake threats and the most popular threat through history is [antisemitism]."
Yes, it has nothing to do with Israel's genocidal rampage.
Galloway appeared on the show with former CNN host Don Lemon — who later told The Post he was inclined to agree with the observation.
Well there you have it, if Don Lemon says it's true, it must be.
"It would definitely take the edge off," Lemon chimed in by phone.
Later in another interview with CNN Galloway restated what he believes accounts for the astronomical growth in the anti-Israel protests around the world. He claimed that people are conflating what's going on in Gaza with the Civil Rights movement.

I mean, it boggles the mind, what does the 1960s American civil rights movement have to do with what's going on in Gaza!?

Basic human rights for Palestinians? Who cares, they aren't really humans anyway. Systematic racial discrimination and violence? So what, they're all terrorists. Basic human needs for food, water and shelter not being met? That's ideal, given that the end goal is to starve them and steal their land.
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