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My latest @ICCT_TheHague analysis of Malaysia's "Bangladeshi Militant Group" arrests reveals how amateur networks exploiting extremist branding for financial gain expose critical blind spots in counter-terrorism frameworks designed for ideological threats. icct.nl/publication/amateur-…

Worst wartime PM ever.

In June 1977, a boat carrying 66 Vietnamese refugees drifted for days in the South China Sea. They were rescued by an Israeli freighter, the Yuvali, but no country agreed to take them in. Israel, then only 29 years old and still absorbing waves of Jewish immigrants, made a decision. Prime Minister Menachem Begin, who had lost his parents in the Holocaust, said: “Let them come. We, the Jewish people, know what it is to be refugees.” Israel granted them asylum and citizenship, and the Vietnamese families settled in Jaffa, Bat Yam, and other cities, working, raising children, and building new lives. They were the first non-Jewish refugees Israel formally took in after the Holocaust, a quiet act of compassion by a nation still finding its place in the world.

Dengar boleh percaya bodoh. Last saya dengar orang cakap pasal ni masa tengah agih makanan kat gelandangan tapi yang cakapnya orang gila lah 🙂 Saya pon bodoh jugak reply tweet ni 😂

In other news, inflation looks beaten. The blip a few months ago looks like start-of-year price resets, and what’s left is lagged housing costs