Hugh Fitzgerald

Ilhan Omar is now being investigated for immigration fraud. There are three aspects to this investigation. First, there is a suspicion that in her father claimed her to be younger than her real age so that she could receive “automatic derivative refugee status for minors.” Second, the government is investigating if her father had covered up his own history as a military commander in the Siad Barre regime, since its commanders systematically tortured regime enemies and killed as many as 200,000 people. That would have been grounds for rejecting his claim of refugee status, and thus that of Ilhan Omar whose status depended on his. Third, they're investigating whether Ilhan Omar married her own brother in order to get him admitted to the U.S.

A hair-rising finding by a national poll: only 41% of those questioned who were between the ages of 18 and 29 support Israel's right to exist. More on this depressing result can be found here: “Majority of Young Americans Unsure Whether Israel Should Exist: Poll,” by Corey Walker,

Marseille is the second city of France. And now half of its population is Muslim. Much of the city appears to be a large souk, where women in Islamic dress, accompanied by a large brood of children, do their shopping. The city's Jews are frightened; the men cover their kippahs, and the women hide the Star of David signs on their necklaces. The forces of order are overwhelmed, and only a curfew has brought some slight relief from the violent protests that have rocked Marseille, as they have so many cities across France. More from Italian journalist Giulio Meotti on France's second city can be found here: “There are more Kalashnikovs in Marseille than in Kabul,” by Giulio Meotti,

Forty percent of the cases of school violence in Germany involve foreigners, who to judge by their names are overwhelmingly Muslims. Yes, Muslim migrants are not causing havoc in Germany just by raping young girls. They are also beating up German boys. The latest example — there have been so many — can be found here: “‘What's going on here is almost impossible to put into words' – German boy beaten and strangled by Syrian classmate, video spread on Snapchat,”

The Druze are a non-Muslim people spread over Syria, Lebanon, and Israel. As non-Muslims, Muslim Arabs have, of course, mistreated them. Ever since the 1930s, the Druze in Mandatory Palestine took the side of the Jews against the local Arabs. In the state of Israel, the Druze have been loyal citizens, and since 1956 they have been drafted into the Israeli military, where they have proved to be excellent soldiers, and some have risen high in the ranks.

Shopkeepers in Paris are stocking up on iron bars, batons, tear gas canisters, pepper spray, and baseball bats, all in anticipation of more mob violence and looting. After the events of the past week, they no longer trust that the police will adequately protect them, and are determined to defend themselves. Firearms are illegal, but that has not prevented some people from taking a risk and stocking up on guns. More on this, the first battle of what some French commentators have called a “civil war,” can be found here: “Self-Defence Weapons Sales Surge in Paris Ahead of Anticipated ‘Act II' Riots on Saturday,” by Oliver JJ Lane,

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has long described the Israelis as “Nazis” or “even worse than the Nazis.” But it does not bother to conceal the Palestinian Arabs' long connections to the real Nazis.

A brave teacher, identified only as T., alarmed at how her young charges in an UNRWA-run school in Gaza are fed Hamas propaganda, dared to challenge the pro-Hamas atmosphere in those schools, and for this, a scissors-wielding administrator threatened her, saying he would cut out her tongue if she didn't stop. More on her ordeal can be found here: “UNRWA teacher tells ‘Post' she was threatened for challenging pro-Hamas rhetoric in Gaza schools,” by Danielle Greyman-Kennard,

An insurgency that Iran is keeping a tight lid on. ‘United in Hate: The Left's Romance with Tyranny, Terror, and Hamas' HERE

In Reggio Emilia, Italy, a local foundation called Reggio Children invited a delegation of Jewish kindergarten teachers from America to visit the Italian city, famous for the excellence of its early childhood education, to sit in on classes and meet with their Italian counterparts. Plans were made, tickets were bought, itineraries set, and then came a disturbing message from the Italian side: No one in the group would be allowed to participate unless that person denounced the Jewish state for “genocide.” Since Israel has not committed “genocide” either in Gaza or anywhere else, none of the Jewish participants was willing to condemn it, and they called off the whole visit. More on how these American teachers were punished for their “thoughtcrime” of not parroting the “genocide” charge against Israel, as was demanded of them can be found here: Michele San Pietro, an inhabitant of Regio Emilia, responded to Reggio Children's cruel attempt to force the Jewish teachers to denounce Israel. “Now Jews must state their views on Gaza to be welcome in an Italian town,” by Michele San Pietro,