Since yesterday I’ve been grilling my husband about the Flydubai incident. He’s a commercial pilot. I threw every conspiracy at him until he snapped. His exact words: “People already calling this fake is insane.” So here’s what he said about the three dumbest theories. 1- “How did anyone get into the cockpit? The door locks from the inside.” There’s a door-release switch right next to the pilot. He can unlock it from the flight deck. Once it’s released, people on the other side can shove it open and get in. Locked does not mean sealed forever. 2- “Why didn’t the oxygen masks drop?” This isn’t a movie. Masks don’t fall because something scary happened. They deploy only if cabin pressure drops. A steep descent, even a violent one, does not automatically dump cabin pressure. No pressure loss, no masks. Simple as that. 3-“How did people reach the cockpit if the plane was nose-diving?” “Nose dive” does not mean the jet was vertical. It was pitched down, not at 90 degrees. That attitude doesn’t pin you in your seat. It throws you forward, toward the cockpit. If you get up, you’re not fighting the dive. You’re being shoved down the aisle faster. That’s it. Not a film. Not a hoax script. Just how the airplane actually works.

Invoking Nazi comparisons against Jewish people—who have historically endured severe persecution and systemic pogroms—is deeply perverse. Such rhetoric demonstrates the moral depravity inherent to contemporary antisemitism. Equating Jewish actions with Nazism is inherently false; exercising the universal human right to self-defense when attacked does not equate to the targeted, state-sponsored genocide perpetrated by the Nazi regime.

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Funny how an entire planeload of supposedly genocidal war criminal Israelis, who'd detained a literal terrorist that tried to kill them, didn't beat him to death with their bare hands. Instead they gave him first aid and handed him to authorities. That is the difference between a civilised society and a barbarian one next door.

Me divierte ver cuánto les jode la fortaleza, el talento, y la voluntad de sobrevivir del pueblo israelí. Está el registro del desplome del avión de 20 mil pies de altura en menos de 1 minuto. Está grabado EN VIVO el piloto malherido por las puñaladas del copiloto terrorista, la cabina llena de sangre, y el dentista israeli dándole auxilio al piloto herido para mantenerlo vivo. Hay Imágenes de pasajeros gritando asustados. Están grabados testimonios de los protagonistas que salvaron el vuelo. Pero según muchos es "ficción, película, mentira”. Como si estos israelíes no fueran el mismo pueblo que rescató el avión secuestrado en Entebe, o los mismos que hicieron explotar los beepers de los terroristas... Me divierte ver cuánto les jode la fortaleza, el talento, y la voluntad del pueblo israelí. Gozo como una niña con cada comentario renegado. Orgullo total

Look, we all know that the Gaza genocide conspiracy theory is debunked nonsense. But some people aren’t aware. So here are four square infographics to share with your friends and enemies.

I don’t give a shit how many liars and losers hate us. Am Yisrael Mutherfucking Chai 🇮🇱

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Had this man not found the courage to fight back after being repeatedly attacked with an axe capable of cutting through metal—while bleeding profusely—and had the presence mind to trigger the hijack/emergency code, initiate the emergency response and open the cockpit door to allow passengers to assist him, the aircraft’s subsequent dive could have had catastrophic consequences. Had that aircraft not been recovered, the geopolitical consequences for the Middle East could have been profound and potentially irreversible. Sometimes history turns on the courage, resilience and presence of mind of one person. Yes. One Indian man.

How is a war crime not a war crime? Because Free Palestine, that’s why!

Gazan dissident Mostafa Asfour says the “culture of death” instilled in Gazan children for over a generation is “the core issue” standing in the way of any viable reconstruction plan. Demilitarisation is only half the problem in Gaza; deradicalisation and removal of weapons must go hand in hand.

Captain Smit Machchhar 🇮🇳🇦🇪💜 He probably won't get a front page cover in tomorrow's New York Times or a movie at the Venice film festival, he is the hero of the year! He saved us from a 9/11 style attack with his courage and wisdom.

Nothing epitomizes Israeli chutzpah quite like an Israeli plumber pulling an entire ass plane out of a death spiral because “he saw it on a TV show”

What a day. What a moment. What a beautiful reminder to choose life. The professionalism of flydubai, the heroism of the pilot, and the courage and spirit of the passengers on FZ1073 turned this fifth day of Sukkot into a day we will remember. God blessed us with peace. And tonight, flights from the UAE continue back and forth as normal to Israel. Life continues. Peace continues. Nothing will stop us from building, connecting, and believing in a better future. God bless a nation that always finds a reason to smile, celebrate, and cherish life.

Israelis are the most resilient people on earth. They just miraculously avoided a plane crash and certain death, and now they're up and dancing. 💙

Reactions to the incident in Saudi Arabia: Mamdani: Condemns the illegal entry of Israelis into Saudi Arabia, this is part of the Greater Israel movement. European Union: Calls on all sides in the cockpit to cease the mutual violence. United Kingdom: We will impose sanctions on extremist Israelis who stormed the cockpit and handcuffed a Muslim. Al Jazeera: Twenty-seven children and six pilots killed in an Israeli strike. The New York Times: Plane nearly crashes into Saudi Arabia amid clashes between Israelis and Muslims.

Gaza Ministry of Health has now released mortality numbers for 2025. For the first time since the war, they give numbers for all deaths, including natural deaths. In 2025 there were a total of 24,650 deaths in Gaza. 18,870 (76.6%) of these were violent, of which 17,286 (70.1%) were due to "war operations" and 1,584 (6.4%) were classified as accidents. There were a total of 5,780 (23.4%) non-violent deaths, including disease, old age, and all other causes. 5,780 deaths is about the same as the annual non-violent mortality in Gaza before the war, and the age distribution is similar to 2022. There is no significant excess of non-violent deaths. In other words, despite frequent and loud claims to the contrary, there seems to be very few indirect deaths due to the war in Gaza in 2025. As there were 50,227 births in 2025, this gives a natural population growth of 25,577 or 1.2% in Gaza in 2025, which is higher population growth than most countries in the world and more than the world average. There are currently ~6,000 births/month in Gaza, per GMH. Assuming a similar number of non-violent deaths in Gaza in 2026 as in 2025, that means there are currently 12x more births than deaths in Gaza, and that Gaza is now experiencing one of the highest population growths in the world.

100 Israeli passengers vs One Muslim Pilot. What a completely disproportionate response from israel.

איפה בעולם יש עוד עם כזה, שבו אזרחים משתלטים בקור רוח על מפגע חמוש בגובה אלפי מטרים כשהמטוס בצלילה, ומצילים את חייהם של 180 בני אדם? עם ישראל כולו גאה בכם ומצדיע לכם על הגבורה והתושייה. מחכים לכם בבית ❤️🇮🇱

My name is Noa Englander, and I was a 23-year-old Jewish Israeli young woman who was murdered by Hamas savages on October 7th. My boyfriend, Noa Efraim, was also slaughtered. We died in each others arms that horrific day. Will you remember us?