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Full episode — "Gad Saad on Suicidal Empathy and the West's Survival," MEF Podcast with host Lauri Regan, Sept. 28, 2026: piped.video/0Gh4-V8qDxU
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MEF's @dextervanzile in White Rose Magazine: Boston Public Schools has employed True-See Allah since mid-2024, after he left the Suffolk County DA's office over antisemitic remarks and praise for Louis Farrakhan. Officials won't say what he does. whiterosemagazine.com/boston…
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Live today at 1:00 pm ET: MEF podcast with @GadSaad. Can the West survive suicidal empathy? What happens when compassion overrides reason and self-preservation, applied to Israel, antisemitism, Islamism, academia and immigration. Watch live: meforum.org/podcasts/can-the…
Judith Butler, who called Oct. 7 'an act of armed resistance,' is October's visiting scholar at Pisa's Scuola Normale, which has backed halting scientific cooperation with Israel. @giuliomeotti: academic freedom as a one-way right.
Pakistan has named retired Lt. Gen. Nauman Mahmood, a former North Waziristan division commander and ISI analysis chief, first secretary general of the Mecca Defense Alliance. @kaswarklasra on what the pick says about the Houthi threat.
The blockade targets Iran's ports. Iran has more than 50 official land crossings. @mrubin1971 on why Iranian Kurds may be the force that can disrupt the IRGC's land bridge from Turkey, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan.
New antenna arrays at China's Djibouti base, less than 10 miles from U.S. forces. Air combat drills with Egypt. A Beijing defense forum with 41 African states. @amineayoubx on why the West must stop treating these as separate events.