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* Robert Williams: But No Boycotts on Russia, China or Iran: The Staggering Hypocrisy of Starmer, Trudeau and Scholz
* Lawrence Kadish: Tourism to Foreign Lands Broadens Our Personal Horizons and Builds Bridges among Nations


** But No Boycotts on Russia, China or Iran: The Staggering Hypocrisy of Starmer, Trudeau and Scholz ([link removed])
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by Robert Williams • September 17, 2024 at 5:00 am
* [T]he UK government announced ([link removed]) that it is imposing an "immediate" weapons embargo against Israel. The statement followed almost a year of relentless attacks on Israel, not only by Iran's proxies -- Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis -- but by Iran itself, and probably several tons of unverified propaganda by Hamas that Israel is supposedly committing "war crimes."
* Even South Africa is seeking to extend the deadline ([link removed]) for presenting evidence against Israel at the International Court of Justice, for lack of evidence of its allegations of genocide. So far, all evidence points to Israel being "the world's most moral army." (here ([link removed]∣=03B014C236971579834003B014C2369715798340&FORM=VIRE) , here ([link removed]) , here ([link removed]) and here ([link removed]) ). Meanwhile, the same cannot be said for the entities attacking
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* The UK suspended ([link removed]) "around 30 licences for items used in the current conflict in Gaza which go to the IDF, from a total of approximately 350 licences to Israel" allegedly because of Hamas-induced fear that they "might be used to commit or facilitate a serious violation of international humanitarian law." [emphasis added]
* Hamas, on the other hand, continues to receive UK support: Although UNRWA has proven itself to be identical with Hamas, with roughly 10% of its members ([link removed]) proven to have been terrorists ([link removed]) or with ties to terror groups, and having used its entire Gaza infrastructure, including schools and hospitals, for the purpose of facilitating terror and missile attacks against Israel and its civilians....
* UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy, in his announcement of the weapons embargo to the House of Commons, assured the British parliament that "this government's priority... [is] to advance the cause of peace" -- apparently because nothing spells peace more than emboldening terrorists.
* The UK government worries about Red Cross access to terrorists who participated in the most gruesome crimes, while the blatant lack of interest on the part of the ICRC ([link removed]) in the hostages did not even merit a mention by Lammy.
* The UK's arms embargo appears to represent nothing so much as pure racist perfidy. Lammy completely ignores the extreme lengths to which Israel has gone to avoid civilian casualties, as well as the huge amounts of humanitarian aid it has facilitated into the Gaza strip...
* Spain has also suspended ([link removed]) arms export licenses to Israel since October 7. Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares said the Gaza war "made us realize the importance of a fair and lasting solution" to the Palestinian issue. Fair and lasting, evidently, means siding with terrorists. It is particularly unbecoming of Spain, after 60 years ([link removed]) of having combated the terrorist group ETA, to throw the first stone.
* By contrast, Germany has massively armed Qatar, which, , alongside Iran, is the most significant backer ([link removed]-–-enabler-islamist-terrorism-and-dishonest-broker) of Hamas, and effectively every other Islamic terrorist group.
* What will be the result of the embargoes? Western leaders claim to want de-escalation, but placing Israel under arms embargo only serves to strengthen and empower Qatar, Iran, and its terrorist proxies -- which in turn can lead only to further destabilizing the Middle East, particularly after the Iranian regime succeeds in completing its nuclear bomb.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the NATO 75th anniversary summit on July 11, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Stefan Rousseau - Pool/Getty Images)

On September 2, the day that Hersh Goldberg-Polin -- one of the six hostages recently murdered by Hamas -- was buried, the UK government announced that it is imposing an "immediate" weapons embargo against Israel. The statement followed almost a year of relentless attacks on Israel, not only by Iran's proxies -- Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis -- but by Iran itself, and probably several tons of unverified propaganda by Hamas that Israel is supposedly committing "war crimes."

Even South Africa is seeking to extend the deadline for presenting evidence against Israel at the International Court of Justice, for lack of evidence of its allegations of genocide. So far, all evidence points to Israel being "the world's most moral army." (here, here, here and here). Meanwhile, the same cannot be said for the entities attacking it.

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** Tourism to Foreign Lands Broadens Our Personal Horizons and Builds Bridges among Nations ([link removed])
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by Lawrence Kadish • September 16, 2024 at 12:00 pm
We should be honest with each other in discussing space tourism. It has little to do with advancing our shared knowledge of the world around us or bettering the human condition. Pictured: SpaceX's Polaris Dawn Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from Kennedy Space Center on September 10, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Tourism to foreign lands broadens our personal horizons and builds bridges among nations.

Space tourism?
Not so much.

While over 600 brave men and women representing their respective nations have undertaken the dangerous task of space exploration since 1961, their challenge ranged from determining whether it was even possible to live in space to creating an orbiting habitat that would allow experimental science to flourish. Placing an American flag on the moon in 1969 was not only an extraordinary achievement for all humankind but a reminder of the technological leadership of a great nation.

Space travel remains a dangerous endeavor, yet over the last decade space tourism has come into vogue. It allows the uber-wealthy to claim astronaut wings for no other purpose than to achieve unique bragging rights at their next Hamptons lawn party.

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