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Happy Tax Day, New York. We’re taxing the rich.

Bill Maher just went so hard against Islam, it left his guests in stunned silence. It all started when Maher recalled how people overused the term “Islamophobia” after 9/11. He says that moment was the “beginning” of a “wokeness” that forbade you to say this out loud: “There is such a thing as Western civilization. Remember after 9/11, if you said ‘clash of civilizations’? It was the beginning of sort of that wokeness where, ‘Oh, don’t say that. That’s Islamophobia.’” “No, it was a clash of civilizations. The civilizations are very different, and OURS IS BETTER!” [Guests stare at each other in silence]. Maher continued: “And if you’re not clapping, spend a week in a Muslim capital, you wouldn’t last.”

The Abraham Global Peace Initiative (AGPI) condemns the actions of Pedro Sánchez, who has crossed every diplomatic line by withdrawing Spain’s ambassador from Israel while reopening its embassy in Tehran. His call on the European Union to suspend its Association Agreement with Israel further underscores a deeply troubling and one-sided agenda. Such moves reflect a profound moral inversion at a time requiring clarity and leadership. His harsh anti-Israel rhetoric says far more about his political posture than it does about Israel. AGPI urges Spain to reconsider this dangerous course.

I’m so glad I actually went to Israel. Because when you go there, you can see how every part of these leftist talking points are wrong. First, Israel does not want to “expand its borders.” There’s barely anything in northern Israel, and the IDF doesn’t need more territory to control. What they do want is to disrupt line of sight. It’s remarkable to stand on a mountain ridge and see Jordan, Gush Etzion and Tel Aviv with your naked eye. Imagine what someone could do with a rocket or sniper rifle standing on the mountain ridges of Syria. Secondly, Israel did not want to “destroy Gaza.” They did need to disrupt the tunnel system (paid for with US aid money) that Hamas had designed to hide in. The reason for this is Hamas told the world repeatedly they’d repeat October 7th. Thirdly, the thing Israelis want more than anything is to be left alone. It’s underappreciated here in America, but Israelis are tired of running to bomb shelters in the middle of the night. I had a conversation with a friend whose father lives in northern Israel last week. They decided as a family it was safer for him to stay in bed and risk being killed by a rocket than continue going down the stairs in the risk he could break his hip. Can you imagine having that conversation with your father? There is such a profound lack of understanding of the Israeli perspective in Democratic circles. Part of it is the fact that Israel is remarkably bad at putting out their point of view to the public, but the larger reality is the left inclined to believe the worst of Jews for some reason.

خطاب به ارتشیان ایران: شما میراث‌دار سرداران میهن‌پرست و خوش‌نام این سرزمین‌اید؛ از آریوبرزن و بهرام چوبین و سورنا، تا بابک خرمدین و یعقوب لیث و مازیار، تا جهانبانی و خسروداد و رحیمی. چگونه می‌توانید در برابر جولان و رجزخوانی عوامل بیگانه و جنایتکار وابسته به جمهوری اسلامی در خیابان‌های ایران، از حشدالشعبی و حزب‌الله لبنان، تا تروریست‌های افغانی و پاکستانی، سکوت و بی‌عملی پیشه کنید؟ جمهوری اسلامی و سپاه تروریستی و سرکوبگرش، در برابر دیدگان‌تان ده‌ها هزار تن از پاک‌ترین و شجاع‌ترین فرزندان این کشور را سلاخی کردند، و هر روز شماری دیگر را به کام مرگ می‌فرستند. این اشغالگرانِ خاک ایران، با جنون ویرانگر و آخرالزمانی، کشور را در آستانه نابودی قرار داده‌اند. چگونه چشم بر این واقعیت‌ها بسته‌اید و از ایفای نقش در دفاع از مُلک و ملت کناره گرفته‌اید؟ تاریخ و نسل‌های آینده ایران‌، چگونه درباره شما داوری خواهند کرد؟ پیمان و تعهد ملی و میهنی خود را به‌یاد آورید. به میدان بیایید. از شرافت و اعتبار ارتش ملی ایران در برابر جمهوری اسلامی و مزدوران بیگانه‌اش دفاع کنید. و خطاب به شما ملت بزرگ ایران: با صدای رسا، خواستار ایفای نقش ملی ارتش شوید. از آنها بخواهید به وظیفه خود در قبال میهن و ملت عمل کنند. تا بیش از این دیر نشده، در کنار ملت بایستند و ایران را نجات دهند. پاینده ایران، رضا پهلوی