Shahrar Ali of Spiked criticizes the UK Green Party for declaring Zionism as racism, arguing that it aligns with Hamas's objectives and could lead to Israel's disappearance. Ahmed Alkhatib at The Free Press blames Hamas for triggering recent conflicts in Gaza and criticizes Western pro-Palestinian advocates for hiding behind misinformation and antisemitic rhetoric. Seth Mandel from Commentary argues that major news outlets are overly credulous of "NAZA," a documentary critical of Israeli military practices, despite its debunked claims about AI use by the IDF.
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The New York Post editorial board discusses a shift towards antisemitism with concern over statements made by the UK Green Party. The party declared Zionism as racism, which aligns with Hamas's objectives and contradicts the historical context of establishing a Jewish homeland post-Holocaust. Shahrar Ali, who served in the Green Party for two decades, expresses deep disappointment and fear about the influence of hard-left authoritarianism within the party.
Additionally, Ahmed Alkhatib writes that Hamas initiated the October 7 attack on Israel three years ago, transforming Gaza into a center of conflict. This attack has caused significant instability and devastation in the Middle East, with no explicit condemnation from pro-Palestinian groups. Many Israelis who previously believed in peace are now increasingly suspicious about coexistence with Palestinians due to these events.
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“Let us be clear and unequivocal: Zionism is not racism,” grumbles Shahrar Ali at Spiked, and it was “profoundly anti-Semitic and racist” for the UK Green Party to declare that it is.
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it → let → Spiked
Establishing a Jewish homeland, arising from the “unconscionable atrocities endured by the Jewish people,” is fundamentally “an anti-racist” project.
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Establishing → establish → people
The Green declaration echoes “Hamas’s stated objectives,” as “the logical endpoint of the party’s new policy is the disappearance of Israel as a sovereign state.”
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endpoint → echo → state
“I am deeply saddened and ashamed of what has become of the party that I have served for the best part of two decades” and “terrified of what hard-left authoritarianism, now firmly installed within the Green Party, has unleashed upon us.”
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authoritarianism → sadden → us
Three years ago, Hamas triggered “the most catastrophic chapter in contemporary Palestinian history,” thunders Ahmed Alkhatib at The Free Press, with no explicit condemnation from “ ‘pro-Palestine” activists, advocates, or organizations.”
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Alkhatib → trigger → activists
“In initiating October 7, Hamas turned Gaza into the fulcrum for instability, devastation, and conflict in the Middle East”; Israelis “who once believed in peace are now increasingly suspicious of the prospect of coexistence with the Palestinians.”
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believed → initiate → Palestinians
“The majority of Gazans” now “recognize that the terror group has wreaked unimaginable destruction on their lives, even if they hold grievances toward Israel.”
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they → recognize → Israel
Yet in the West, “the ‘pro-Palestine’ industrial complex has hidden under misinformed slogans, pushed ugly sentiments, and fueled antisemitism across the world, all while Hamas continues to run rampant over Palestinians’ futures.”
Conservative: Press Fawns Over Debunked Doc
“NAZA,” the documentary that purports “to show Israeli disregard for human life” has multiple serious “methodological problems,” with many of its key claims “debunked,” fumes Commentary’s Seth Mandel, yet prestige outlets review it as if that info didn’t exist.
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info → hide → it
The film “provides anonymous and unverified claims” about the use of AI in targeting and collateral damage assessment “that have been picked apart by experts who have gone on the record.”
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who → provide → record
E.g., it gives the “impression” that AI systems “are choosing when and where to strike” rather than “simply letting IDF officials know” when and where a target is.
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target → give → impression
“Major general-interest news outlets” have become “versions of the single-perspective, ideologically driven websites they once decried.”
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they → become → websites
Moderates: Can Democrats Lead America?
“If the Democrats win” control of Congress next month, “what will they do to best position themselves for 2028?” ask Douglas Schoen & Carly Cooperman at The Hill.
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Schoen → lead → Hill
Their midterms victory would come “from collecting protest votes, not from offering solutions,” and polls show the Democratic brand struggling as “voters like Republicans more.”
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voters → come → Republicans
Dems’ advantage going into November rests on “Trump, inflation, affordability,” yet they haven’t offered “an agenda addressing these issues.”
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they → go → issues
Worse: “There is no true standard bearer or clear direction amid the party’s ideological split”—and winning Congress “won’t allow Democrats to do many of the things they’re campaigning on.”
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they → be → things
“Frustration with the president” may hand Dems the House majority, but winning the White House in 2028 requires telling “voters why they’re the right party to lead — not only that the other party can’t be trusted.”
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party → hand → voters
From the right: Hope for Faster Energy OK’s
“Miracle of miracles, a draft bipartisan permitting bill emerged in the Senate last week that — dare to hope — could pass,” cheers The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board.
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Board → emerge → Senate
“Under the National Environmental Policy Act, projects that receive federal funds or take place on federal land typically require lengthy environmental reviews.”
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that → receive → reviews
The Mountain Valley Pipeline took a decade, thanks to lawsuits.
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Pipeline → take → lawsuits
Republicans have long sought reform; now “Democrats have finally come around,” too, to push their green-energy projects along.
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Democrats → seek → projects
The bill imposes strict review deadlines, requires permit challenges within 150 days instead of six years, lets agencies correct lapses rather restart the process and exempts many projects from the review requirement altogether, among other fixes.
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agencies → impose → fixes
“The country urgently needs permitting relief”; “if this deal sticks, it’s worth passing.”
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it → need → relief
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