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A sea of 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 flags and Brits singing Sweet Caroline. No face masks, no genocide chants, no adoration for murderous regimes, no support for proscribed groups. @Keir_Starmer is this what hate and division looks like? Looks welcoming to me.

On This Day — May 15, 1948: The Jews Refused to Die Again While every newspaper & radio pundit on Earth was already writing Israel’s obituary, something completely insane happened. On this day, 5 Arab armies (Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon) plus Saudi contingents invaded the newborn Jewish state with one declared goal: finish what Hitler started & “drive the Jews into the sea.” The math was grotesque: 600,000 Jews (men, women, and children) versus a combined Arab population of nearly 200 million with professional armies, British officers, and Soviet weapons. Israel had almost nothing — homemade Sten guns, Molotov cocktails, and whatever rifles could be scrounged. Britain and America both enforced a total arms embargo. The world waited for the slaughter. Instead, the Jews did the impossible. From the displaced-persons camps of Europe and from across the West came roughly 4,000 Machal volunteers — battle-hardened WWII veterans from Britain, the United States, Canada, and South Africa. Fighter pilots, bomber crews, and infantry officers dropped everything and rushed in. One of the most surreal moments: a young Jewish radio repairman from England arrived with zero combat experience. When asked what he could do, he said he fixed radios. The commanders’ eyes lit up. A shipment of broken walkie-talkies had just arrived. He and one Israeli partner spent weeks in a dusty former British camp bringing them back to life, one by one, so Israeli troops could finally talk to each other on the battlefield. Then came the miracles even the Bible might envy. Stalin, hoping to pull the socialist-leaning Israel into the Soviet orbit, secretly allowed Communist Czechoslovakia to become Israel’s lifeline. Prague sold the Jews Messerschmitt 109 fighters (assembled in secret), Spandau machine guns, rifles, ammunition, and bombs. Three B-17 Flying Fortresses were quietly bought in Panama, flown to Czechoslovakia, loaded with arms, and smuggled straight into a war zone — heavy bombers delivered to a country that didn’t officially exist two days earlier. Against every prediction, the tide turned. Israel lost 1% of its entire population in the fighting — a higher per-capita death toll than Britain suffered in all of World War II. Hardly a family was untouched. But by early 1949, the invading armies were pushed back and the armistice lines (the “Green Line”) were drawn — lines the Arab side itself insisted were temporary military lines only, never borders. This wasn’t just a military victory. This was the Jewish people — survivors of pogroms, exiles, and the Holocaust, joined by Jews who had never left the Middle East — declaring with their blood that after 2,000 years of wandering and persecution, they would never again be defenseless in their ancestral homeland. That is why a strong, sovereign, self-reliant Israel is not optional. It is the difference between survival and another chapter in the long book of Jewish tragedy. Never again will Jews have to beg strangers for the right to live. Never again will our survival depend on the fleeting “kindness” of empires that look away. Israel is the guarantee — secured by Jewish strength, not by the mercy of others. Am Yisrael Chai.🇮🇱

@realMaalouf scumbags

Only barbarians could do something like this.

@Keir_Starmer and what about your far left extreme marxists and terrorist supporters wanting to destroy our country

I’ll always champion peaceful protest. But the Unite the Kingdom march organisers are peddling hatred and division. We’ve already blocked visas for far-right agitators who want to come here to spew their extremist views. They don't speak for the decent, fair, respectful Britain I know.

@AntiWokeMemes wheres the cook or chef. Fired!!!

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@benonwine shes a hoot. cried with laughter at her show a couple of weeks back. cheeks still hurting

Do YOU Like Katie Hopkins ❤️ YES OR NO?

@TheExtremeMusi1 The Who

Settle a bet for me. The Who or The Rolling Stones ???

@NancySinatra big hugs for you My mother adored your dad ❤️

Twenty-eight years ago, the world lost Frank Sinatra, and I lost my dad. I don’t think I’ll ever fully get over the loss of him, or the fact that my siblings and I were disregarded and not given a chance to say goodbye. My father was one of the most extraordinary men I ever had the privilege to know. What an incredible life he lived, and what a remarkable legacy he left behind. On this sad anniversary, I find myself thinking about all he accomplished, the joy he brought to so many people, and the love he gave to those closest to him. The world could certainly use his warmth, kindness, grace, and wonderful sense of humor today. He had a way of making people feel special, whether it was one person sitting beside him or on stage in front of thousands. What I regret most is that his great-grandchildren never got the chance to know him. Oh! How they would have loved each other. Twenty-eight years later, the world still sings along with him. Young people continue discovering him for the first time, while those who loved him from the beginning still treasure the man and his music. His music is special because it came from somewhere real, and because he meant every word he sang. He left behind a body of work that continues to bring people comfort, joy, romance, and strength. Dad was always concerned that his work would be forgotten, so he would be absolutely thrilled to know that his legacy lives on across generations, not only through his music, but in the hearts and on the playlists of millions of people around the world.   Frank Sinatra is eternal. And I still miss my Daddy. I love you, Poppa.

@KrisVanD2 @LauraLuthien86 @neetally @MonettiDario @F1 RIP Elio Gone far too young 🙏

Good morning y'all In loving memory of Elio de Angelis who was killed #OnThisDay at the age of 28. Elio de Angelis was killed during a Brabham test at Paul Ricard,the rear wing of de Angelus BT55 detached at high speed. Heaven takes care of the faithfully departed 🕊️ * 26-3-1958 + 15-5-1986 Race in Peace Piano Man. #F1 #RetroF1

@TheExtremeMusi1 in a word….. No

Is U2 in your top 3 bands of ALL TIME???

Hamas forced young relatives to perform sex acts on each other on October 7 Barbaric and sick

A Very sad loss today The lovely wonderful Ju Ju has left us all Absolutely devastated RIP

Today marks 100 years since the birth of the legendary Eric Morecambe, the late comedian, actor, entertainer, and singer. May he continue to bring joy and laughter from beyond the grave. Rest in peace Eric. 🌟🙏

@AdrianEdmondson just watched the 2003 live bottom still crying with laughter. thank you

In some restaurants you feel like you're being watched.

Remembering the late great ERIC MORECAMBE — born 100yrs ago today.

@eric_ernie_col Happy heavenly 100 th birthday to the lovely late and one of the funniest men #EricMorcambe

Give a Smile today for the late, great… #EricMorecambe …born on this day 100 years ago! Comedian, Author, Dancer, Singer, Actor and of course Concert Pianist… He played all the right notes in exactly the right order! #StillBringingSunshine 👓☀️❤️ #EricMorecambe100

Remembering the great English comedian Eric Morecambe (John Eric Bartholomew) who was born on this day in 1926. Alongside Ernie Wise he formed the great double act Morecambe and Wise. Forever loved. ❤️ Eric died in 1984. #EricMorecambe #MorecambeAndWise

Why does no one ever refer to Muslims as colonizers, oppressors, genociders, slave traders, or imperialists?

@eric_ernie_col fabulous. happy Tuesday

Happy Tuesday! Enjoy a bit of #MorecambeAndWise Go on smile! It could be worse, it could be raining! #StillBringingSunshine 👓☀️❤️ #SingingInTheRain ☔️