CRT: Teachers union president calls for educators to “teach the truth” and include critical race theory in curriculum CBS.  Republicans see critical race theory as new front in ongoing culture wars The Hill.

https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/critical-race-theory-may-violate-civil-rights-act-the-constitution-dr-carol-swain_3868093.html?

https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/if-america-is-racist-why-have-millions-of-blacks-emigrated-here-did-jews-emigrate-to-germany-in-the-1930s_3869310.html?

by Clare M. Lopez, FPM

This is the fourth article in this series on Critical Race Theory (CRT). The earlier three may be seen here, here, and here. Their intent was to document the deteriorating situation across America, and especially in our schools, where curricula increasingly focus on Marxist propaganda that teaches children to hate their own country and seeks to instigate racial divisiveness intended to foment civil strife and eventually, a communist revolution. The series began with an explanation of the purely Marxist origins of CRT, its ideological roots in the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, the transplant of the Frankfurt School to the U.S. in the 1930s, and the eventual spread of CRT narratives throughout American academia, faith communities, government, media, popular culture, and society in general.

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A recent poll of Arab youths in Israel shows that between one-third and half of those questioned still perceive themselves through an ethnic-religious prism, which perhaps explains their sense of disconnect with their national-political representatives.

By  Jalal Bana, ISRAEL HAYOM

Last weekend, a survey was published within the framework of a conference on the important issues facing the younger generation of Arabs in Israel. The findings were very surprising.

The survey, conducted by the Haifa-based Baladna Association for Arab youth, which is affiliated with Balad political party, comprised 500 participants and 10 focus groups. The findings paint an interesting picture that needs to sound alarm bells for the entire Arab leadership in Israel and organizations that are active in the Arab sector, particularly with the young generation.

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T. Belman. I hope this is true. Haven’t seen it reported elsewhere. Bennett recently make a speech in which he said there will be zero tolerance for balloons or rockets emanating from Gaza. The use of batons and get tough policy for rioters, seems to be evidence that it applies across the board. Way to go, Naftali.

Numerous instances have been recorded of police officers dragging Palestinian protesters to the posts and beating them outside Jerusalem’s Old City

By Nir Hasson, HAARETZ

Palestinians detained by Border Police at Damascus Gate in MayCredit: Ohad Zwigenberg

Salah al-Natshe, a 20-year-old resident of East Jerusalem, was on the steps of the Old City’s Damascus Gate on Saturday afternoon. Police orders are that every time concerns are raised about Palestinians gathering at the site, they are to start clearing people from the stairs and the plaza at the gate.

Over the past few weeks, policemen have started to use an old-new weapon: The baton. Police push back those standing in the area and deliver blows to the legs with their batons to those who they don’t think are moving fast enough. “Move back, move back,” shouted one of the police, as he hit Al-Natshe on his legs with the club again and again.

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By Raymond Ibrahim, AM THINKER

All throughout sub-Saharan Africa — in Nigeria, Mozambique, the Central African Republic, Mali, the Democratic Republic of Congo — Muslims are terrorizing and slaughtering Christians, and have been for many years now.

Nor is there any hope on the horizon, for problems that cannot be correctly and objectively addressed are doomed to persist in perpetuity.  As far as the Western “mainstream” is concerned, all such persecution and terrorism is a byproduct of economic grievances — or, in the words of an April 16, 2021 report, titled “How poverty and corruption fuel terrorism across Africa”:

On March 24th, a group of jihadis struck the town of Palma in Mozambique, killing dozens and burning government buildings to the ground.  ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack — but doubts have been cast over who was behind the siege[.]

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Boris Epshteyn: Constitution doesn’t prohibit Trump reinstatement | One America News Network https://t.co/f5xc3yTBDM

— Boris Epshteyn (@BorisEP) June 23, 2021

By Spencer Brown, TOWNHALL  JUNE 17/21

A Motion to Recommit (MTR) that would have affirmed the U.S. policy of providing defense articles including munitions, aircraft, and technology to Israel was voted down by 217 House Democrats Thursday afternoon.

The measure would have required President Biden and his administration to develop “contingency plans to provide Israel with necessary defense articles and services” and allowed Biden to “direct the immediate transfer to Israel of such defense articles or defense services… necessary to assist Israel in its defense” when Israel is under military threat.
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T. Belman.  This a good deal for Bennett. Abbas, didn’t want the government to fail so early on as I previously suggested, making him easy pickings for a compromise.

Government appears poised to pass law barring PA residents from gaining Israeli citizenship via marriage – despite Likud opposition.

Arutz Sheva Staff , Jun 22 , 2021

The Israeli government is poised to pass the annual extension of a law barring Palestinian Authority residents from seeking Israeli citizenship, despite opposition from the Likud and the Religious Zionist Party.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met Monday night with Ministers Ayelet Shaked and Ze’ev Elkin and with United Arab List (Ra’am) chairman MK Mansour Abbas in an attempt to reach a compromise that will allow the approval of the extension of the Family Reunification Law.

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By Antonio R. Chaves, AM THINKER

Based on official data from Open VAERS and the CDC, 5,993 Americans have died out of 146,171,792 Americans who are fully vaccinated as of June 11. This corresponds to a ratio of about four deaths out of 100,000 who are fully vaccinated.

When VAERS death rates are compared with COVID-19 vaccination rates from December to June, and odd pattern emerges: Vaccine-related deaths decline just as vaccination rates reach their peak in April (Graph 1). This implies that the VAERS death rate started at 18 per 100,000 on the 1^st of February, then dropped to around 3.1 per 100,000 on the 1^st of June (Table). If this remarkable trend really took place, why didn’t it make headlines?

Graph1: Comparing VAERS death rates by month with overall vaccination rates from December 2020 to June 2021. Vaccination rates were provided by the CDC’s COVID Data Tracker. Death rates were provided by VAERS.

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China deserves credit for a remarkable feat of strategic improvisation in translating a public health crisis into a large economical and geopolitical advance at the expense of the West.

By Conrad Black, AM GREATNESS     June 21, 2021

It is time for Americans to contemplate the possibility that the United States may be surpassed as the world’s most influential country. The Chinese have just won the greatest strategic victory in the last 30 years since the disintegration of the Soviet Union. However it originated, the novel coronavirus was repressed within China by recourse to draconian measures but was deliberately permitted to infect the rest of the world, enabling China to exploit the blunderbuss Western lockdowns and make a giant leap towards economic preeminence in the world.

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Billions of dollars are at stake, not just for the mRNA vaccine makers, but for efforts to develop new antiviral drugs, ones that can be patented and sold at a significant markup. 

By Benjamin Braddock, AM GREATNESS

The April COVID surge in India is an interesting microcosm of what went wrong in this pandemic—and what went right.

As cases and deaths began to mount exponentially, a new wave of terrifying headlines and images also began to ripple across the West, accompanied by footage reminiscent of those first videos out of Wuhan and Iran in the early days of the pandemic.

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Jewish News, June 21, 2021:

Party to probe shocking claim by “senior” member who said: “Nobody wants to talk about it, but that’s the main factor (we are not winning Muslim support in Batley and Spen).”

Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner has promised an investigation into comments attributed to a party official after they were criticised as “patently vile” Islamophobia.

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By Devvy Kidd|UNCOVERDC

The new June 11, 2021, data dump on VAERS is stale, by design, I believe.  Personally, I’ve believed for months the CDC has been deliberately dragging their feet getting the data posted to VAERS for political reasons.  Weeks behind but there’s more to what’s been going on than we knew.

June 11^th dead:  5,993.  But, are those the real numbers of dead Americans?  It’s estimated that only 10% of ‘events’ get reported.  Adverse reactions: 358,379.  You can see the posting of all the categories plus all the reports by ID number here.

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T. Belman. This is what is wrong with allowing the DoD to rule the territories. Their decision is based on security and the Geneva Convention. If the government extended sovereignty to these lands, the Government would  be in charge and their decision would be based on the rule of law.

But even then the High Court would put the matter in the hands of the police as they do on the Temple Mount when security is at stake..

Finally, as a matter of law, it must be applied equally or the Jewish settlers could claim discrimination.

Military says Evyatar was established unlawfully and ‘undermines the IDF’s ability to maintain security in the area’; 4 Palestinians have died in clashes nearby in recent weeks

By EMANUEL FABIAN, TOI

Settlers seen in the Illegal Evyatar outpost, in the northern West Bank, on June 16, 2021. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)<
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The Israel Defense Forces has rejected out of hand an appeal against the planned evacuation and demolition of an illegal West Bank outpost.

Settlers of the Evyatar outpost had hoped to stop the planned evacuation, but the military denied their request on Sunday. “The Evyatar outpost was established illegally. Everything was done in complete violation of the law and without any proprietary or planning agreements,” the IDF Central Command wrote.

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By Brian C. Joondeph, MD, AM THINKER

For the past year and a half of COVID, we have been told by those supposedly in the know, to “follow the science.”  Those who question the science are at best called names, like “deniers” or “racists”, and at worst, lose their jobs and reputations, and are banned from social media.

One gets an appreciation for what scientists of centuries ago endured as they questioned science dogma of the day such as the Earth being flat or the Sun revolving around Earth. Such censorship was attributed to the medieval scientific mindset centuries ago long before the enlightened age of Facebook, Twitter, and CNN.
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T. Belman. This report garnered only a recommendation to deduct only 5% of money that goes to the Palestinians.

https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/outcry-over-uk-funding-for-palestinian-school-books-that-incite-terrorism-1.517876

The report, completed in February, includes dozens of examples of encouragement of violence and demonization of Israel and of Jews.

By LAHAV HARKOV, JPOST

Palestinian children learn Islamic lessons on summer vacation as COVID-19 restrictions ease in Gaza.

The European Union has released its report on Palestinian Authority textbooks four months after its completion, showing instances of antisemitism and incitement to violence.

Friday’s release of the report – excerpts from which were first published in The Jerusalem Post earlier this month – sparked condemnations across the European Parliament.

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BY MASOOMA HAQ AND JAN JEKIELEK, EPOCH TIMES

Black Lives Matter protesters march through a downtown street in Seattle, Wash. on June 14, 2020. (David Ryder/Getty Images)

“Defund the police” has become a popular phrase among leftist activists, gaining momentum during a rash of Black Lives Matter protests and riots last summer following the police-custody death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May 2020.

As news of these protests spread through the media, local governments across the country quickly started acquiescing to the demand. Cities such as New York and Los Angeles significantly cut funding for their police departments, while Minneapolis City Council went further, introducing a measure to try and outright abolish and replace its police department.

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Unlike NATO, South Korea and Japan, Israel has extended the strategic arm of the US with no need for US military personnel. Op-ed.

By Amb. (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, INN      , Jun 20 , 2021

Pre-1967In 1948, the CIA opposed the reestablishment of the Jewish State, contending that it would be a feeble entity, unable to withstand an all-out Arab war – which would yield a second Holocaust in less than ten years – fully dependent on US soldiers for its survival, jeopardize US ties with the Arab World, imperil US access to Persian Gulf oil, and probably join the Soviet Bloc.

The State Department and the Pentagon, along with the New York Times and Washington Post, seconded the CIA assessment.

On the other hand, Clark Clifford, President Truman’s trusted advisor, who dedicated much time to studying the track record of Jewish sovereignty in Middle East history, impressed upon the President that an independent Jewish State would be a most effective military power, reliable, stable and inherently pro-US.

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