One of the ruling Bayit Yehudi’s leading firebrands is Orthodox settler, MK Bezalel Smotrich. He has a long and sordid history inciting hatred of almost every Israeli minority, Jewish or Palestinian. He’s hosted a “Beast Day” featuring live animals on Gay Pride Day. He called himself a “proud homophobe.” He rejects the term “Jewish terrorism,” […]
Shin Bet Has Bad Case of Transphobia
After scores of international flights passed without incident, suddenly in recent months an Israeli transgender traveler began to suffer systematic harassment at the hands of Shin Bet security agents. This included intrusive body and luggage searches at the airport and invasive questions having nothing to do with security matters. Interrogators asked Mor Vital about her sexual orientation including […]
Alt-Right Assault on University of Washington Draws Silence, Repression
I’ve reported over the past week about the suspected alt-right shooter, Marc Hokoana, who critically injured UW staff member and antifa activist, Josh Dukes. Later in the week I discovered that Hokoana is a current UW student. The Office of Student Life has so far refused to respond to my request to clarify his student […]
Orlando Killer “Not Radicalized,” Rather Motivated by Gay Self-Hatred
News reports have begun to subtly shift the narrative of the Orlando mass murder. In the beginning, the FBI and MSM touted the line that Omar Mateen was a jihadi who called 911 and pledged allegiance to ISIS. It looked like a neatly wrapped package of Islamist terror as we’ve seen in similar attacks throughout […]
