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Over the past few weeks, there has been a major tabloid scandal involving Catherine, Princess of Wales, who has been missing since January. The future queen of England, Prince William&#8217;s wife, had abdominal surgery at the beginning of the year, but then, she basically just disappeared.
All kinds of theories circulated, including William fathering children out of wedlock and Catherine having passed away with a body double taking her place. Yet there was no evidence for any of this whatsoever.
But now, the gossip and guessing are over because the Princess of Wales has publicly announced why she has been out of sight with an explanation that poses a real risk, not just to their family, but also to the British monarchy.
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In her video announcement, the princess gives thanks for the support she has received as she has been recovering and for the medical team who has taken care of her. At the time she had surgery, it was thought that her condition was non-cancerous. Though the surgery was successful, tests after the operation showed cancer had been present. Her medical team advised her to begin preventative chemotherapy, a treatment she is now undergoing.
Inevitably, there are still going to be all sorts of theories that surface, but this seems to legitimately explain her disappearance. Apparently their children were ending their school term before the Easter recess and they wanted to wait to tell them first — before any media firestorm that the future queen of England has cancer. At the same time, the current king of England, King Charles, has cancer, so this obviously puts a lot of pressure on Prince William.
Some Americans are going to question why everyone is so invested in these people’s lives. They will say, “We haven’t cared about these people since 1776.” But, first of all, I care just because the Princess of Wales seems like a lovely woman. She is a dignified woman. And we should all pray for her and her recovery, as well as for King Charles.
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But why do Americans care? It is obvious that they do. This news has not just been trending in the British tabloids; American tabloids have covered it as well. So, why does monarchy, or aspects of monarchy, endure throughout history?
We kid ourselves in the United States to believe we removed the monarchy. I was at the State of the Union just two weeks ago, and there was much pomp and circumstance. Obviously the American president is not a king, but we have had American presidents who effectively have been kings. Notably, Franklin Roosevelt was the American monarch, reigning for four terms and dying in office. Good luck trying to distinguish him from any supposed autocratic leaders of his age or even from a proper monarch, just on pure aesthetics alone.
Why is that enduring? Because we live in society. That is what politics is. And we need representatives. Even in democracy, we need representatives. That&#8217;s why we call our system of government a representative democracy.
But we have one particular representative in the United States, which is the president. People don&#8217;t get all that jazzed about their congressmen, nor their senators. But people get really fired up about their presidential candidates and their presidents because it&#8217;s just human nature — and as humans, we care about people. We cultivate and form our desires based on the desires of other people. We follow leaders. That&#8217;s just how it works.
Now, one of the problems with the monarchy is that there are some dodgy characters in it, like Prince Andrew gallivanting with Jeffrey Epstein. Then there were the scandals in the 90s with Prince Charles and Princess Diana. However, William and Catherine seem to be quite dignified. If the British monarchy is able to survive, it will be because of that.
This is something to look for, even in our own personal lives. Catherine is dignified. People like her. They like her more than they like Meghan Markle because Markle is not dignified at all. In fact, she is extremely undignified. Yet with Catherine, even after people had suggested her husband was cheating on her, alleged she was dead, and created such terrible theories about her, the Princess of Wales gave a dignified message, thanking people for their care and concern. That kind of dignified behavior is attractive, especially in an age that is extremely undignified and downright shameless.
So we pray for her recovery, and perhaps we ought to try to emulate a little bit of that grace and dignity.

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Two men who had survived the Hamas October 7 massacre said they were verbally abused and detained by UK Border Force Officers at Manchester Airport on Sunday.
Neria Sharabi and his brother Daniel, whom Channel 12 reported saved dozens of lives during the massacre, were reportedly held by border officers after the officers saw their Israeli passports. The two men told <a href="https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-793699">The Jerusalem Post</a> that they informed the police they had come to Great Britain to speak to the Manchester Jewish community about the massacre in order to raise funds for their non-profit aiding victims of the massacre.
Neria Sharabi claimed the officers told them that they “had to make sure that you are not going to do what you are doing in Gaza over there.”
“We kept asking the officials why they had stopped us – was it because we are Israeli or because we are Jewish,” Daniel Sharabi told <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13239643/Israeli-brothers-detained-HOURS-anti-Semitic-staff-Manchester-Airport-heroes-Nova-massacre-saved-dozens-Hamas-terrorists-apology.html">The Daily Mail.</a> “Of course they never admitted it, but it was obvious to us it was the only reason. We were shocked at the way we were treated. When someone comes to your country from overseas, you expect to be welcomed and treated in a friendly way, not like this.”
“They just started asking us what we came to do here, and I said to them that I survived the October 7 massacres and I&#8217;m here to share my stories,” Neria Sharabi added. “And the second I said it, he just flipped. From that moment he just started to interrogate us. He told us to ‘sit over there, don&#8217;t move, we need to interrogate you.’ They just started asking us a lot of weird questions, if we&#8217;re still with the army, how long we served, what we do. In the end, they didn&#8217;t find anything, and the cops started to get angry and mad because they got nowhere.”
“The Sharabi brothers were interrogated for two hours about what they were going to talk about and about their past mandatory IDF service,” The Jerusalem Post reported. “They were grilled about how long they served in the army, and what roles they served in.”
 Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester and Region chief executive Marc Levy wrote the Manchester Airport Group a letter in which he stated, “For clarity, the individuals were attending the music festival when terrorists attacked, murdering hundreds of innocent civilians. Instead of fleeing, the brothers, one of whom is a medic, remained at the festival site to save others, combat the terrorists and treat the wounded.”
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“This is another shocking incident where UK government employees target Jews and discriminate against them because they oppose Israel&#8217;s actions in defending itself in Gaza,&#8221; <a href="https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-793699">said</a> North West Friends of Israel co-chair Raphi Bloom. “In this case it was a border control officer and last week it was nurses at one of Manchester&#8217;s largest hospitals. Jews are increasingly scared to identify themselves in public places. The UK government has promised to act on extremism and Jew hate but so far these are empty words. These civil servants need to be sacked and the police investigate them for antisemitism immediately.”
“We are investigating this,” UK Home Secretary James Cleverly tweeted. “We do not tolerate antisemitism or any form of discrimination. This incident will be handled in line with our disciplinary procedures.”
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In 16th century Scotland, it was easy to deal with problematic women.
Nearly 2,500 people were tried and mostly executed for “witchcraft.” Their crime? Largely, they were mouthy, opinionated, a bit odd, or disliked.
If “witch!” didn’t stick, “heretic!” would do the trick, under Scotland’s then pervasive anti-blasphemy laws.
“Othering” those of minority beliefs made them easy to hang.
With the spread of liberal democracy, Scotland’s witch trials went defunct. We thought we had learned tolerance. But on April 1 of this year, a new “blasphemy” law will come into effect – set to punish modern “heretics” who blaspheme against today’s dominant societal beliefs.
The “<a href="https://www.parliament.scot/bills-and-laws/bills/hate-crime-and-public-order-scotland-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hate Speech and Public Order Act</a>” introduces a new offense of “stirring up hatred” on the basis of, inter alia, transgender identity.
Nobody likes to feel hated. But the government has failed to adequately define which speech is actually banned, leaving citizens open to prosecution for saying anything the state deems unacceptable — or that any given individual decides is offensive.
There are no private places beyond the state’s listening ears — the law applies even to dinner table discussions in the family home, and can be enforced if your children decide to report you for voicing your (un)orthodox beliefs.
The cost of “free speech” is at an all-time high.
Up to seven years behind bars await our new heretics.
And the mob already has their eyes set on a target, pitchforks sharpened. A wise and wizardly woman with decidedly problematic, public views about pronouns: J.K. Rowling.
In anticipation of the law’s launch on April 1, activists are in frenzied <a href="https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/1769412494353678400?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">anticipation</a> of bringing our most successful author down.
Having commentated on social media about the need to protect single-sexed prison cells, rape shelters and changing rooms, the world-renowned Scot put a target on her back to be hunted by the puritans of the Church of Woke.
Threats abound to report her to the police unless she succumbs to pressure to change her pronoun usage on “X.” The witch hunt has begun.
Of course, crying “witch” has gone out of fashion. In fact, in 2022, Scotland’s leader issued an official state <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/mar/08/nicola-sturgeon-issues-apology-for-historical-injustice-of-witch-hunts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">apology</a> for the ‘historical injustice’ of witch hunts. But name-calling the enemy is too successful a technique to stop.
And so the Scottish authorities have slapped a new name on an old story, and this week launched an infantilizing <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13198995/Police-face-ridicule-ludicrous-Hate-Monster-campaign.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">campaign</a> to support their new law. Beware: “The hate monster”!
The campaign, backed with public money, warns us against “the feeling some people get when they are frustrated and angry and take it out on others, because they feel like they need to show they are better than them’ — ‘in other words, they ­commit a hate crime.”
Young, white, working-class men are the most likely to succumb to “the hate monster,” we’re told, in a prejudicial jibe at a disadvantaged demographic. Holding alternative beliefs to those of the wealthy elite doth not make man “monster.”
Expressing anger is not, in itself, a crime. Rowling hasn’t even expressed anger. She’s merely spoken truthfully about biological reality. She may not be a working-class male. But she has reason to worry nonetheless.
Where hate speech laws have been enforced around the world, citizens have been prosecuted for tweets of a similarly cordial tone. In Finland, a parliamentarian and grandmother underwent a <a href="https://adfinternational.org/en-gb/portfolio/free-speech-on-trial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criminal trial</a> for a Bible verse tweet that questioned her Church’s sponsorship of a pride event.
In Mexico, <a href="https://adfinternational.org/news/mexican-civil-society-leader-found-guilty-of-gender-based-political-violence-for-tweets" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two</a> <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/human-rights-group-demands-response-mexican-government-lawmaker-charged-political-violence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">politicians</a> from differing parties have both been convicted of “gender based political violence” and placed on an offenders’ register, simply for upholding their beliefs about gender and pronouns on Musk’s platform.
There’s nothing to stop Scotland’s hate crime law from doing the same thing — either to J.K. Rowling; or to another citizen with less money and influence to withstand the pressure.
The author of the wizarding world could be at the center of her own next witchy tale.
The Scottish government should take heed. Jailing citizens for having the “wrong” opinions — whether a working-class male or billionaire female — has never fallen on the right side of history.
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Lois McLatchie Miller is Senior Legal Communications Officer for Alliance Defending Freedom UK. Follow her: @LoisMcLatch
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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The world has become obsessed with the current status of Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, all thanks to a photo editing fail.
The duchess spent a lot of time in the public eye as the wife of heir apparent to the British throne, Prince William. For years, Kate’s been attending events looking put-together and smiling, even posing for photos – <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2018/04/23/how-does-duchess-kate-do/543533002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in high heels</a> – hours after giving birth to the couple’s third child, Prince Louis.
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Her strength and resilience are part of what is feeding the online conspiracy theorists who are convinced something awful has happened to the Princess of Wales. Kensington Palace first announced in January that the duchess would be taking a break from public appearances as she recovered from “abdominal surgery.” From the very first moments, followers wondered about the vague wording and the extended recovery time.
“The surgery was successful and it is expected that she will remain in hospital for ten to fourteen days, before returning home to continue her recovery,” a press release from January 17 said. “Based on the current medical advice, she is unlikely to return to public duties until after Easter.”
“The Princess of Wales appreciates the interest this statement will generate,” it said. “She hopes that the public will understand her desire to maintain as much normality for her children as possible; and her wish that her personal medical information remains private.”
The only other detail given was that her condition was “non-cancerous.”
A second statement released on January 29 assured fans that Kate was “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kate-middleton-returns-home-from-hospital-after-surgery-making-good-progress">making good progress</a>” with her recovery and would be returning home to finish recuperating.
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Followers started circulating all kinds of theories about why the Princess of Wales was off duty for so long. Their obsession became so extreme that Kensington Palace put out another statement on February 29 reiterating that Kate would be out until Easter, as they said, and that everyone should just calm down.
“Kensington Palace made it clear in January the timelines of the Princess’ recovery and we’d only be providing significant updates. That guidance still stands,” the tersely worded statement said.
Perhaps the speculation would have died out or at least stayed under the radar if not for the complete PR disaster that occurred on March 10, which is when Mother’s Day is celebrated in the United Kingdom.
Kate shared a photo of herself and her three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louise, in honor of the holiday. “Thank you for your kind wishes and continued support over the last two months,” the Instagram image caption said. “Wishing everyone a Happy Mother’s Day.”
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Almost immediately, viewers noticed that there was visible editing done in the photo resulting in part of Princess Charlotte’s sleeve disappearing completely. The edits were so egregious that three major news agencies issued a “kill notice” on the photo due to it being digitally altered.
“AP initially published the photo, which was issued by Kensington Palace. But AP later retracted the image because at closer inspection, it appeared the source had manipulated the image in a way that did not meet AP’s photo standards,” the agency wrote at the time. “The photo shows an inconsistency in the alignment of Princess Charlotte’s left hand.”
Agence France-Presse (AFP), one of the biggest news agencies in the world, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/afp-news-agency-says-kensington-palace-isnt-trusted-source-after-princess-kate-photo-scandal">said</a> the photo made it so Kensington Palace was no longer a trusted source. The organization’s global news director Phil Chetwynd told BBC Radio 4 that “kill notices” for photos are used rarely, and are usually done with content coming out of Iran or North Korea.
“One thing that’s really important is you cannot be distorting reality for the public,” Chetwynd said. “There’s a question of trust. And the big issue here is one of trust, and the lack of trust and the falling trust of the general public in institutions generally and in the media. And so it’s extremely important that a photo does represent broadly the reality that it’s seen in.&#8221;
After the extreme backlash, Kensington Palace issued an apology directly from Kate.
“Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing,” the duchess wrote on Twitter. “I wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday caused. I hope everyone celebrating had a very happy Mother’s Day.”
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However, sources from the news agencies reported that the Palace refused any requests for the original photo.
Within hours of the photo drama playing out across the internet, scores of royal sleuths started putting forth their theories, which spread like wildfire on social media. Kate was dead! She was in a coma! Or perhaps she was recovering from horribly disfiguring cosmetic surgery. None of the wildest theories seemed likely, yet the Palace’s refusal to share the original photo just helped add fuel to the fire.
Some conspiracy theorists even dreamt up a tale of Kate having a nervous breakdown because her husband was cheating with her ex-friend Rose Hanbury, the Marchioness of Cholmondeley, referencing unsubstantiated <a href="https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/a60185991/prince-william-rose-hanbury-affair-rumors-kate-middleton-conspiracy-theories/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">affair rumors</a> that went viral in 2019.
It didn’t help that two other times the duchess was spotted in public, the photos weren’t very clear. First was the week before the photo debacle when Kate was seen, in a pair of sunglasses, in the passenger seat of her mother’s car. The second time photographers caught a photo of the back of Kate’s head as she rode in a car with Prince William.
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Now another news report from The Sun says Kate was spotted out shopping over the weekend near her home in Windsor on Saturday, looking “happy, relaxed and healthy.” There are no photos or named sources, but that’s the story being given.
“Kate [Middleton] was out shopping with William and she looked happy and she looked well,” an unnamed source told the outlet, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kate-middleton-reportedly-spotted-looking-happy-healthy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. “The kids weren’t with them but it’s such a good sign she was healthy enough to pop down to the shops.”
The source added, “After all the rumors that had been going round I was stunned to see them there.”
There’s a good chance the rumors will keep swirling until Easter when the Princess of Wales makes her return to public duties. In the meantime, she’ll likely want to leave the photo editing to the professionals.

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After instances where members of the U.K. Parliament have been harassed and intimidated by anti-Israel activists, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/mob-rule-replacing-democracy-britain-warns-pm-sunak-2024-02-28/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> police chiefs he wants an “immediate response&#8221; to protests at the homes of members of Parliament (MPs).&#8221;
“There is a growing consensus that mob rule is replacing democratic rule. And we’ve got to collectively, all of us, change that urgently,” Sunak said on Wednesday. “We simply cannot allow this pattern of increasingly violent and intimidatory behavior which is, as far as anyone can see, intended to shout down free debate and stop elected representatives doing their job. That is simply undemocratic.”
“I am going to do whatever it requires to protect our democracy and our values that we all hold dear,” he <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-68429902" target="_blank" rel="noopener">continued</a>. “That is what the public expect. It is fundamental to our democratic system. And also it is vital for maintaining public confidence in the police.”
Sunak also said that the police should take a “consistent and robust approach &#8230; to protect our democratic processes from intimidation, disruption, from subversion.”
On Tuesday, the British Home Office announced a $39 million package to be implemented for protecting MPs.
More than 10 MPs, all of whom said they wanted to remain anonymous, told <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/after-threats-abuse-british-lawmakers-question-their-safety-over-gaza-2024-02-28/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reuters</a> that abuse directed at them since the October 7 Hamas massacre of more than 1,200 Israelis had grown more intense. One of the MPs said the abuse prompted them to not seek another term in Parliament.
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An MP from the Labour Party said that after he was accused of being a “genocide enabler” and having “blood on your hands” in a town in his constituency, he now tries to sit near the door on public transportation. “It feels like it could just need one spark to flip from someone giving you tuppence (criticism) in the street to escalating to actual violence,” he said. He revealed police told him to install a partition at his constituency or voting district office in order to prevent someone from masking a sudden attack. He said a huge email campaign had been launched to target MPs.
Conservative MP Mike Freer, who had defended Israel, decided to step down from Parliament after a series of incidents targeting him.
One MP said, “I have had conversations with two colleagues about wearing stab vests to meetings. This is a very recent development.”

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British PM Warns Police To Protect Parliament Members From Anti-Israel Activists: ‘Mob Rule Is Replacing Democratic Rule’

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On Thursday, Andrew Percy, a member of the British Parliament, gave an impassioned speech about the intimidation of Britons by supporters of radical Islam and anti-Israel activists &#8220;demanding jihad&#8221; in the streets.
The day before, anti-Israel demonstrators projected images onto the building that houses the British Parliament, including the genocidal call, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.”
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Last night, Hamas’s genocidal chant was projected onto the Houses of Parliament: “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” How can Parliamentarians debate important issues without fear or favour when this sort of aggression is tolerated? <a href="https://t.co/vx987U3dL7">pic.twitter.com/vx987U3dL7</a>
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“I was in Israel last week meeting with friends and survivors and hostage families, and I actually felt safer in Israel than I do in this country at this moment in time,” Percy, who is Jewish, declared, then referred to the previous day’s debate over resolutions calling for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. “I have two reflections on that visit and what happened yesterday. First of all, nobody in this House has any business, agency, at all telling the state of Israel where it is able to operate to seek to rescue hostages who are being raped by Islamic terrorists who hold them. Nobody has any business.”
“Secondly, if we have a rerun of the debate we had yesterday, we will have exactly the same thing happen again, which is that members will not vote with their hearts because they are frightened and they are scared,” Percy continued. “And what do we expect? For months, I’ve been standing up here talking about the people in our streets demanding death to Jews, demanding jihad, demanding intifada, as the police stand by and allow that to happen. Last night a genocidal call, ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,&#8217; was projected onto this building. That message says no Jew is welcome in the state of Israel or in that land.”
“This is going to continue happening because we’re not dealing with it,” Percy stated. “So if we have a rerun of this, can the leader explain to me what will be any different, and how will members vote with their hearts and their consciences? Because too many will not at the moment, because of the threats we’re receiving. Threats telling us to leave this country in some of our cases, and telling us that they want us and our families to be subjected to pain and to death.”
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Goosebumps: Incredibly powerful speech from Jewish MP Andrew Percy. Must watch. <a href="https://t.co/S8v3eHSfrH">pic.twitter.com/S8v3eHSfrH</a>
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“Andrew Percy is spot on,” Baroness Jacqueline Foster, a former Member of the European Parliament wrote. “Many of us have been called for a halt to these anti Israel antisemitic hate protests for nearly 4 months&#8230; and have been totally ignored by the @metpoliceuk @MayorofLondon et al! This is what appeasement looks like&#8230; It’s an absolute disgrace and needs to stop now &#8230; So get a grip @10DowningStreet and stop it!”
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Andrew Percy is spot on .. Many of us have been called for a halt to these anti Israel 🇮🇱 antisemitic hate protests for nearly 4 months. .. and have been totally ignored by the <a href="https://twitter.com/metpoliceuk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@metpoliceuk</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/MayorofLondon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MayorofLondon</a> et al ! This is what appeasement looks like .. It’s an absolute disgrace…
&mdash; Baroness Foster DBE #FreeTheHostages🇮🇱❤️ (@jfoster2019) <a href="https://twitter.com/jfoster2019/status/1760662681931948109?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2024</a></blockquote>
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It seems that British MPs are finally waking up. Now that the Islamist threat is coming at them: <a href="https://t.co/zBLoDUs5YF">pic.twitter.com/zBLoDUs5YF</a>
&mdash; Douglas Murray (@DouglasKMurray) <a href="https://twitter.com/DouglasKMurray/status/1760656066742833547?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 22, 2024</a></blockquote>
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In early February, British MP Mike Freer, who represented a largely Jewish area of London since 2010, <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/tory-mp-resigns-from-post-representing-jewish-constituency-over-islamist-death-threats/">stepped down</a> after receiving death threats for his support of Israel.

Hitachi Launches It’s First British-built Intercity Train

‘Goosebumps’: British MP Blasts Great Britain For Ignoring Internal Islamist Threat

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A British trust that supervises numerous hospitals issued a letter claiming that milk produced by biological men (with the aid of ingested hormones) is as good for babies as breast milk from their mothers.
Dr. Rachael James, the medical director of the University of Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust (USHT)  trust — which was the first British trust to use terms such as “chestfeeding” and “birthing parent”¸ wrote a letter last August to an organization called Children of Transitioners in which she claimed that “the term human milk (which she called the ‘ideal food for infants’) is meant to be neutral and is not gender-biased.”
She also stated, “Medications are sometimes used to induce lactation, similar to the natural hormones which encourage lactation to develop when the baby is newly born although occasionally some people are able to induce lactation without hormonal treatment. The evidence which is available demon­strates that the milk is compar­able to that produced following the birth of a baby.” She added that “staff further clarify that the term human milk is meant to be neutral and is not gender-biased.”
The USHT cited a 2022 study which measured “infant milk testosterone concentrations” and discovered “no observable infant side effects” on babies using milk from biological men, lactating transgender women. That study was reportedly rejected by experts, The Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13095965/Row-hospitals-say-hormone-filled-milk-trans-women-born-male-just-good-baby-real-thing.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
In 2021, USHT created Great Britain’s “first clinical and language guidelines supporting trans and non-binary birthing people” in which it declared that asserted that men who had taken hormones produced milk “comparable to that produced following the birth of a baby.”
Lottie Moore, the head of quality and identity at Policy Exchange, which discovered the letter, <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/transgender-womens-milk-just-as-good-for-for-babies-says-nhs-trust-m02tnvr55" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>: “This letter is unbalanced and naive in its assertion that the secretions produced by a male on hormones can nourish an infant in the way a mother’s breast milk can. A child’s welfare must always take precedence over identity politics and contested belief systems that are not evidence-based. The NHS should not be indulging in this nonsense.”
A spokesman for USHT stated, “We stand by the facts of the letter and the cited evidence supporting them.”
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This is what this madness has wrought folks. Being “pc”/polite/saying nothing when you know it’s wrong has gotten us to abusing babies. Pls pls pls find your voice. This is sick. It’s mental illness &#8211; and we are enabling it. <a href="https://t.co/voY6BiKaBR">https://t.co/voY6BiKaBR</a>
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‘This Is Sick’: British Hospitals Say ‘Milk’ From Men Equal To Mothers’ Breast Milk For Babies

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The Shell oil company, one of the largest oil companies in the world, has announced it is suspending all shipments through the Red Sea indefinitely because of the attacks from the terrorist Houthis from Yemen.
In December, a Shell-chartered tanker was attacked by Houthi boats. The British-based company joins British Petroleum, which stated last month it would suspend its ships sailing through the Red Sea. That followed other companies, including  A.P. Moller-Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, MSC, and CMA CGM, diverting their ships.
Roughly 12% of total global seaborne oil trade is transported through the Red Sea, The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/shell-suspends-red-sea-shipments-amid-fears-of-more-houthi-attacks-c7fa936d?mod=latest_headlines" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>, adding, “Tanker owners said after the U.S.-led strike that a number of captains of chartered vessels heading for Europe via the Suez Canal have refused to enter the Red Sea, forcing them to sail through a lengthy route around Southern Africa.”
&#8220;The United Kingdom and the United States, with support from The Netherlands, Canada, Bahrain, and Australia, have carried out targeted strikes on Houthi military targets in Yemen,” Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs and Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron <a href="https://twitter.com/FCDOGovUK/status/1745777763208855866" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> last Friday. He continued:
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Freedom of navigation across international lanes in the Red Sea must be protected. And this is why we’re taking action. It is necessary, legal, proportionate, and right. The U.K. along with the U.S. and other allies, including the United Nations Security Council, have repeatedly made clear that these illegal Houthi attacks are completely unacceptable. There have been warning after warning, but the attacks have continued, including most recently the attack involving our own ship, HMS Diamond, which included 18 drones and a number of missiles, and was one of the biggest to date. &#8230; The Houthis should be clear that we are serious when we say these actions against U.K. and other ships are unacceptable. And it’s right that we’ve taken this action.
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Last Friday, Houthi leader Mohammed Ali al-Houthi <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/u-s-strikes-give-yemens-houthis-the-enemy-they-long-sought-50415f4c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">spoke</a> at a rally in San’a’s Sabeen Square, telling the cheering throng, “America is the devil. America is your enemy. America is terrorism.”
On Tuesday, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei <a href="https://twitter.com/JasonMBrodsky/status/1747213290592235586" target="_blank" rel="noopener">praised</a> the Houthis attacks on maritime shipping, saying, “We hope, God willing, that these struggles, this resistance, and those actions will continue until victory is achieved.”

The global group of energy and petrochemical companies,

Shell Oil Becomes Latest To Suspend Shipping Through Red Sea Because Of Houthi Attacks

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Yielding to pressure exerted by groups hostile to Israel, a London council <a href="https://news.sky.com/story/havering-council-scraps-hanukkah-menorah-outside-town-hall-due-to-rising-tensions-13019114" target="_blank" rel="noopener">canceled plans</a> to exhibit a Hanukkah menorah outside its town hall during the Jewish holiday.
A spokesman for the Havering City Council issued this <a href="https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/havering-cancels-hanukkah-menorah-ceremony/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>:
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The Council has taken the difficult decision to pause the planned installation of the Chanukah Menorah outside Havering Town Hall this year. We appreciate this is a hugely sensitive issue but in light of escalating tensions from the conflict in the Middle East, installing the candelabra now will not be without risk to the Council, our partners, staff and local residents.
We would also be concerned with any possible vandalism or other action against the installation. There will still be a temporary installation and event to celebrate the beginning of Hanukkah. This will be taken down after the event and we will look at a longer-term installation next year.
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The statement claimed there was “an increase in the number of hate crimes in Havering, both towards the Jewish and Muslim community” before continuing, “after consulting with the Leader of the Council, we believe it would be unwise to move forward with the installation which could risk further inflaming tensions within our communities.”
The statement went on to say:
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When we started work on the installation no one could have foreseen the recent international events and we have been fully committed to installing the candelabra with a number of council teams working to support it. Sadly, there are some who are politicizing this and making accusations of anti-Semitism. This is categorically untrue and such statements are likely to incite further unrest in our communities. The Council flew the Israeli flag in solidarity following the heinous terrorist attack against the people of Israel and we continue to stand by our local Jewish communities.
However, while the war is ongoing we feel we must postpone the planned installation. This is not a decision we have taken lightly and we will revisit next year when we hope that community tensions will have subsided. Havering Council does not take sides in the current conflict and regrets the loss of life, injury and distress on both sides. We have informed our community and faith partners and will continue to provide support to all our communities and work with the local Police to ensure that everyone feels safe in Havering.
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Local Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell, pointing out that the council permitted the public celebration of other festivals, including the Hindu festival Diwali, wrote Council leader Ray Morgon, declaring, “Should this be true, this would be a grave insult to the Jewish community in Romford. Fundamentally this is a matter of religious freedom, and has nothing to do with current affairs in the Middle East.”
A spokesperson for the Campaign Against Antisemitism called the decision “cowardly,” adding, “At a time when nearly seven in 10 British Jews feel afraid to express their identity in public, this is a monumental dereliction of duty.”

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British City Council Caves To ‘Escalating Tensions,’ Cancels Plans To Exhibit Hanukkah Menorah

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On Wednesday, the British Supreme Court struck down a plan that would have deported migrants from the Middle East, Africa, and South Asia to Rwanda.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak had spoken of “stopping the boats” in reference to the thousands of migrants who have flooded England. The Rwanda plan was the idea of former interior minister Suella Braverman, who was fired by Sunak on Monday after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/high-british-official-fired-after-warning-islamists-want-primacy-in-england" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warning</a> Islamists wanted “primacy” in England.
“This was not the outcome we wanted, but we have spent the last few months planning for all eventualities and we remain completely committed to stopping the boats,&#8221; Sunak said after the ruling was issued.
The Supreme Court judges, who relied on the fact that Great Britain subscribes to the European Convention on Human Rights declared there was &#8220;a real risk that persons sent to Rwanda would be returned to their home countries where they face persecution or other inhumane treatment when, in fact, they have a good claim for asylum,” <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/uk-government-plan-deport-asylum-seekers-rwanda-unlawful-supreme-court-rcna125264" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBC News</a> reported.
The court wrote, that section 2 of the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 “requires domestic courts to take into account the judgments of the European Court when determining a question which has arisen in connection with a right guaranteed by the ECHR.”
“We conclude that the Court of Appeal was correct to reverse the decision of the Divisional Court, and was entitled to find that there are substantial grounds for believing that the removal of the claimants to Rwanda would expose them to a real risk of ill-treatment by reason of refoulement,” the court concluded. “Refoulement” means forcing refugees or asylum seekers to return to a country where they might be persecuted. “It was accordingly correct to hold that the Secretary of State’s policy is unlawful. The Secretary of State’s appeal is therefore dismissed.”
The court did <a href="https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2023-0093-etc-judgment.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">admit</a>, “Under international law, states have the right to control the entry, residence and expulsion of aliens, and to counter attempts to circumvent immigration restrictions, subject to their treaty obligations and to any relevant principles of customary international law.”
65,000 migrants are projected to cross the English Channel from France in 2023 into England.

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English police have &#8220;arrested a man on suspicion of manslaughter” in the death of Minnesota native Adam Johnson, who died after his throat was slashed by the skate of Sheffield hockey player Matt Petgrave on October 28.
Johnson, 29, was playing for Nottingham Panthers against the Sheffield Steelers in the Elite Ice Hockey League at the time of the incident. Police did not identify the individual they had taken into custody.
&#8220;Our investigation launched immediately following this tragedy and we have been carrying out extensive enquiries ever since to piece together the events which led to the loss of Adam in these unprecedented circumstances,&#8221; South Yorkshire Police Detective Chief Superintendent Becs Horsfall said in the a <a href="https://www.southyorks.police.uk/find-out/news-and-appeals/2023/november-2023/man-arrested-following-death-of-ice-hockey-player-in-sheffield/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>.
&#8220;We have been speaking to highly specialized experts in their field to assist in our enquiries and continue to work closely with the health and safety department at Sheffield City Council, which is supporting our ongoing investigation,” Horsfall continued.
&#8220;Adam&#8217;s death has sent shockwaves through many communities, from our local residents here in Sheffield to ice hockey fans across the world. We know these communities will expect us to handle this investigation with the same professionalism, fairness and sensitivity as any other and request that members of the public refrain from comment and speculation which could hinder this process. Our thoughts remain with all affected by this devastating incident as enquiries continue.&#8221;
Johnson grew up in Hibbing, Minnesota where he was a high school hockey star. He played two years of hockey at the University of Minnesota-Duluth and later played in the NHL and in the American Hockey League before his latest journey on the ice in Europe.
Sean Avery, who played in the NHL for over a decade, said on &#8220;Jesse Watters Primetime&#8221; that footage of the incident shows Petgrave was &#8220;absolutely&#8221; trying to make contact with Johnson in some way, but said the player was not trying to &#8220;murder&#8221; someone.
&#8220;Did this kid make a move that was very unorthodox? Do I think he was trying to make contact of some sort? Absolutely,&#8221; Avery <a href="https://www.sportskeeda.com/ice-hockey/news-fox-host-jesse-waters-calls-adam-johnson-s-death-homicide-live-tv-alongside-sean-avery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> of Petgrave. &#8220;Do I think he woke up and said I&#8217;m going to murder somebody today? No.&#8221;
&#8220;I saw the hit &#8230; I saw the leg move,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;It shouldn&#8217;t have been where it was. It&#8217;s terrible. I can&#8217;t even watch the video back.&#8221;
Avery emphasized that the footage is &#8220;terrible&#8221; and &#8220;tough to watch,&#8221; and seemed to push back when Watters suggested the play could have been &#8220;homicide.&#8221;
&#8220;That&#8217;s a pretty dangerous word to be throwing around,&#8221; Avery said.
&#8220;I&#8217;m not saying it was premeditated murder, but they do have reckless homicide, negligent homicide,&#8221; Watters argued. &#8220;When you&#8217;re throwing a blade, as you said, that&#8217;s dangerous up to someone&#8217;s neck in a hockey move that no one&#8217;s ever seen before. I don&#8217;t like it.&#8221;
Former NHL player Chris Therien reacted to the incident, too, posting on X, &#8220;After seeing the incident involving Adam Johnson, that Bush league needs to shut down for investigation immediately.&#8221;
&#8220;I was literally appalled and sickened by what I saw,&#8221; Therien added. &#8220;It looked intentional. It was a Kung fu kick. My eyes are not lying tell me I&#8217;m wrong.&#8221;
Johnson’s fiancée, Ryan Wolf, was <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/girlfriend-dead-ex-nhl-player-shares-heartbreaking-message-police-investigate-freak-accident" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> at the game and witnessed the injury. She ran onto the ice after the collision. “My sweet angel,” Wolf wrote in the post honoring Johnson via Instagram. “I’ll miss you forever and love you always.”
Amanda Prestigiacomo contributed to this article.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sickened-by-what-i-saw-pro-hockey-players-weigh-in-on-adam-johnsons-fatal-collision">‘Sickened By What I Saw’: Pro Hockey Players Weigh In On Adam Johnson’s Fatal Collision</a>

Pittsburgh Penguins Left Wing Adam Johnson

Man Arrested In Death Of Hockey Player Who Was Slashed In Throat

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Jeremy Corbyn, the former head of the Labour Party in Great Britain who has a <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/document-lists-9-instances-of-anti-semitism-by-corbyn-among-thousands-in-labour/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">history of anti-Israel rhetoric</a>, refused to answer when host Piers Morgan repeatedly asked him if Hamas is a terrorist  group.
Corbyn, who almost became the prime minister of Great Britain in 2017, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQLKpY3NdeA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> Hamas and Hezbollah “friends” in 2009.  “It will be my pleasure and honor to host an event in parliament where our friends from Hezbollah will be speaking,&#8221; he said, adding: &#8220;I’ve also invited our friends from Hamas to come and speak as well.”
On October 23, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/sunak-corbyn-hamas-israel-palestine-b2434559.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> of Corbyn, “I’m surprised he hasn’t made any reference to the fact an organization he once described as a &#8216;friend&#8217; has perpetuated an absolutely appalling act of terrorism.”
In 2009, Corbyn <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/03/revealed-jeremy-corbyn-called-hamas-removed-banned-terror-list/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a> Hamas should be removed from a list of terror groups, telling Al Jazeera on April 16, 2009, “At some point, Hamas should be removed from this list because contacts with Hamas by politicians are increasing day after day.”
Morgan persisted in trying to get Corbyn to acknowledge that Hamas is a terror group. The exchange started like this:
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Morgan: Are they a terror group?
Corbyn: Everybody knows what they are.
Morgan: Are they a terror group? Can you say it?
Corbyn: Piers, can we have a discussion?  
Morgan: Can you say it?
Corbyn: Can we have a discussion?
Morgan: Can you call them a terror group?
Corbyn: Piers, can we have a discussion?
Morgan: Can you call them a terror group?
Corbyn: Is it possible to have a rational discussion with you?
Morgan: Are you prepared to call Hamas a terror group? 
Corbyn: Is it possible to have a rational discussion with you?
Morgan: You can’t, can you.  
Corbyn: Is it possible? Come on, answer that question.
Morgan: You can’t, can’t you.
Corbyn: You answer is?
Morgan: No. It’s my show. You answer my question. Are Hamas a terror group?
Corbyn: Listen, can I —
Morgan: Are they a terror group?
Corbyn: Piers, can I —
Morgan: Answer the question.
Corbyn: Can I speak?
Morgan: Are they a terror group?
Corbyn: Piers —
Morgan: No.
Corbyn: If you let me speak —
Morgan: Are they a terror group?
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Morgan asked, “Are they a terror group?&#8221; three more times, and when Corbyn refused to answer, Morgan fired, “Why can’t you say it? Just answer my question: Are Hamas a terror group?”
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After again repeatedly asking Corbyn if Hamas is a terror group, Morgan said, “I’ve asked you two questions: Should Hamas stay in power and are they a terror group. You’re refusing to answer either of them. That is very telling. And you wonder why people think you have a problem with Jewish people.”
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Wow 🤯 17 times <a href="https://twitter.com/piersmorgan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@piersmorgan</a> asks <a href="https://twitter.com/jeremycorbyn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jeremycorbyn</a>: “Are Hamas a terror group?”, and Corbyn refuses to answer, all 17 times! <a href="https://t.co/u4gcN2f6wh">pic.twitter.com/u4gcN2f6wh</a>
&mdash; Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) <a href="https://twitter.com/DrEliDavid/status/1724185959128772972?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2023</a></blockquote>
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