The state of democracy in the UK:

A Police officer is being sent, on a Saturday morning, to a private dwelling to inquire on a… Palestinian flag. There is not even the suspicion of a crime, it’s all about how people could be “offended”. And yet “offending people” is NOT a crime.

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UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk declares pager attack a war crime, violating prohibition on boobytraps and an act designed to “spread terror.”

He also called for an independent investigation, pointing out that those responsible for this attack must be held to account.

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Yossi gets it.

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The US Ambassador in Bogota attacked President Gustavo Petro for “anti-semitism” on Twitter:

Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s continued rhetoric normalizes anti-Semitism. We cannot accept this. We cannot tolerate this. We must condemn these harmful narratives

Petro replied as follows:

I am not anti-Semitic, do not confuse and respect. I am not anti-Jewish, I believe in freedom of religion and if I had been born in that era I would have given my life in armed resistance against the Nazis. But I believe in the freedom that international law generates, the one that was built after the defeat of Hitler by the Americans and Soviets and by all the peoples of the world: humanity.

Gotta stand up to those bullies. Good on you, Gustavo.

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Anadolu reports that at least 51 workers were killed in a coal mine explosion in North Eastern Iran.

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