🇮🇱 Interesting, isn’t it? Israel is constantly criticized over democracy, but what’s happening on the Palestinian side?🧐 For nearly 22 years, the Palestinian Authority has been led by the same man — Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen. He was elected president in 2005 for a four-year term. That means new elections should have taken place in 2009. But they never happened. Abbas simply stayed in office, and he’s still there today. He’s now 90 years old, and Palestinians haven’t had another chance to elect their president in more than two decades. The situation with parliamentary elections isn’t much better. The last ones were held back in 2006. In 2021, there was finally some hope that new elections would take place. But Abbas postponed them, citing difficulties with voting in East Jerusalem. Not everyone accepted that explanation. Palestinian opposition groups and human rights organizations criticized the decision. And here’s what I find interesting. In Israel, people regularly go to the polls, argue about politics, criticize their leaders, and vote governments out of office. A prime minister can lose an election and be replaced. Meanwhile, in the Palestinian Authority, a president elected for just four years has remained in power for more than two decades without facing another presidential election. Yet somehow, Israel is constantly the one being lectured about democracy. Maybe before telling Israel how democracy should work, it’s worth taking a closer look at what’s happening right next door. Source: Reuters

@gazeta_wyborcza z @Bart_Wielinski są już w posiadaniu ostatecznych wyborczych wyników? nawet nie otwieram tego "artykułu"

Earlier today, the 9/11 Memorial at Ground Zero in Manhattan was defaced with graffiti. I wear on my wrist the names of over a hundred friends and colleagues who lost their lives in the attacks twenty five years ago. 1/2

Zakładając że zmiany w samych partiach nie będą już wielkie jakie tematy maja szanse zaistnieć w Knesecie. Państwo Palestyńskie - NIE 98 przeciwko Pobór do wojska ultraortodoksów - TAK 68 za Reforma sądownictwa - NIE 69 przeciwko Komisja 7.10 - TAK 69 za Aneksja Judei i Samari - na granicy jesli poprze Yashar to tak. Transport publiczny w Szabat - TAK 65 za

Tan solo en la última semana, los musulmanes han: 1. Asesinado a 9 cristianos en un funeral en Jordania. 2. Decapitado a 40 cristianos en Nigeria con machetes. 3. Masacrado a 60 cristianos en Etiopía e incendiado sus hogares. Cero cobertura mediática en comparación a Gaza.

An average "French student"🫡👇

❤️Jamie Lee Curtis and Her Ancestral Synagogue: Preserving a Jewish Legacy in Hungary In the small Hungarian town of Mátészalka stands a historic synagogue whose future has become connected to one of Hollywood’s most recognizable stars — Academy Award-winning actress Jamie Lee Curtis. For Curtis, this is much more than an old building. It is a place deeply connected to her family’s history and to a Jewish community that was almost entirely destroyed during the Holocaust. Her father, legendary Hollywood actor Tony Curtis, was born Bernard Schwartz in New York City in 1925. His parents were Jewish immigrants from Hungary, and the family had strong ancestral ties to Mátészalka. The town’s synagogue, built in 1857, once stood at the heart of a thriving Jewish community. Before the Holocaust, more than 1,500 Jews lived in Mátészalka. In 1944, following the German occupation of Hungary, the town’s Jewish population was subjected to persecution and deportation. Most of those sent to Auschwitz never returned. After the war, only around 150 Jews came back. Over the following decades, many left the town, and the once-vibrant Jewish community gradually disappeared. The synagogue remained, but without the community that had given it life. In 2021, Jamie Lee Curtis visited Mátészalka to attend the opening of a museum dedicated to her father. During that visit, she announced her intention to help raise funds for the restoration of the town’s historic synagogue. The vision goes beyond repairing an aging building. The goal is to transform the synagogue into a cultural and community space where exhibitions, concerts, educational events, and activities commemorating the town’s Jewish heritage could take place. In many ways, Curtis is continuing a family tradition. Her father, Tony Curtis, had also been actively involved in preserving Hungary’s Jewish heritage. During his lifetime, he supported fundraising efforts to restore the magnificent Dohány Street Synagogue in Budapest, one of Europe’s largest synagogues. Now his daughter is helping draw attention to a place directly connected to their own family history. The Mátészalka project has received financial and organizational support, although the restoration has not been confirmed as completed. Documents associated with the development plans refer to work scheduled through the end of 2027, but this should not be interpreted as a guaranteed reopening date. What makes this story especially meaningful is that a Hollywood actress is using her public influence to help preserve the memory of a community whose lives and traditions were devastated by the Holocaust. Restoring the synagogue cannot bring back those who were murdered or recreate the community that once gathered there. But it can ensure that their history is not forgotten. And perhaps that is the greatest significance of this effort: preserving not just a building, but the memory of generations of people who once called this place home.🙏🇮🇱 Source: The Times of Israel, Jewish Heritage Europe, and historical information published by Hungarian Jewish organizations.

PILNE: Partie arabskie zdobyły lepsze wyniki wyborcze w Izraelu z apartheidem niż Adrian Zandberg i Razem.

Algunas de las razones por las que voto por Benjamin Netanyahu: 1. Trajo de vuelta a todos los rehenes. 2. Eliminó a Nasrallah. 3. Eliminó a Yahya Sinwar. 4. Eliminó a Ismail Haniyeh. 5. Eliminó a Mohammed Deif. 6. Eliminó la estructura de liderazgo de Hamás y a miles de sus operativos. 7. Eliminó la estructura de liderazgo de Hezbolá. 8. Ordenó las operaciones del Shin Bet. 9. Destruyó las instalaciones nucleares del régimen islámico de Irán. 10. Eliminó al núcleo de científicos nucleares del régimen islámico de Irán. 11. Eliminó a los líderes militares y gubernamentales de los hutíes. 12. Atacó objetivos terroristas en Catar. 13. Ordenó el control del sur del Líbano. 14. Ordenó el control del 63 % de la Franja de Gaza. 15. Ignoró las protestas de los «izquierdistas» que exigían rendirse ante Hamás. 16. No se quedó de brazos cruzados ante el embargo de armas de Biden y ordenó la ocupación de Rafah y Jan Yunis. 17. Eliminó a Jamenei. 18. Eliminó a los líderes de los Basij y de la Guardia Revolucionaria. 19. Avanza de la mano del ejército estadounidense y de su líder, y nos ha convertido en una gran potencia en todos los sentidos de la palabra. 20. Atacó objetivos terroristas dentro de Irán, manteniendo al mismo tiempo el control total del espacio aéreo iraní. 21. Conquistó el sur del Líbano y estableció una zona de seguridad de 10 km de ancho que se extiende desde la costa hasta el monte Hermón. 22. Llevó a cabo una construcción masiva en Judea, Samaria y la zona E1. 23. Quiere ayudar a liberar al pueblo iraní. Y la lista continúa… Israel y el mundo libre necesitan a Bibi al frente de Israel más que nunca. Vía @VividProwess

💬 „Dziś Izraelczycy zadecydują o tym, czy będą wracać do normalności, dobrych relacji z sąsiadami, czy zakończą się wszystkie prowadzone przez Netanjahu wojny, czy być może pójdą w jeszcze twardszą politykę wobec regionu.” – @kowalskaac relacjonuje wybory w Izraelu