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Today, 31 years ago, Prime Minister and former Israeli Chief of Staff Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by an Israeli Jew who opposed his efforts to build a lasting peace with the Palestinians
I recall speaking to his widow Leah Rabin in London a year after his assassination. She blamed Bibi Netanyahu for inciting violence against her husband that finally led to his assassination. She even prevented Netanyahu from attending her husband’s funeral with the American President & other world leaders on the mount of olives
She said to me “Netanyahu becoming Prime Minister would cause huge suffering to the people of Israel & the Palestinians & undermine Israel’s reputation & influence in the world”
30 years on how right she was
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"the home of golf!" 🥎
Mika Baur on life away from #Celtic: "You don’t get much time – you get home and lie on the couch!
"It’s not all stressful though. It’s also nice to go somewhere new and learn the city, get to coffee shops and restaurants.
"We’ve been to the beach, we’ve been to Edinburgh, we try to see a lot on our day off.
"I also play golf – so I’ve come to the home of golf! I’ve only managed to get to the driving range though. When you are playing every three days it’s a bit much to play nine or 18 holes.
"My father and brother play so hopefully the weather will be okay around Christmas to maybe manage a few holes."
🔗 heraldscotland.com/sport/267…
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So to her great credit did my mother, fortunately she tells me she laughed out loud at my gaffe for which I have apologised.
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A warm meal and a warm welcome at St Augustine’s.
In partnership with the Celtic Foundation, our parish offers a free hot meal to anyone who needs one.
Please register first at the Parish Office, through the front door of the Parish House. The office is open Monday–Thursday, 9.00am–2.00pm.
Once registered, visit Kairos Café to receive your meal. The café is open Monday–Friday, 10.00am–2.00pm.
Please share this with anyone who may benefit. A warm welcome is always assured.
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The death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person. The common good can be safeguarded and the requirements of justice can be met without recourse to capital punishment: effective systems of detention have been developed that protect citizens while at the same time do not completely deprive those who are guilty of the possibility of redemption. #NoDeathPenalty
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🚨 The Orange Order's permission to march on the Catholic Garvaghy Road has been BANNED by Northern Secretary Chris Bryant following weeks of protests
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You really do steal everything. Even movie titles.
A new Israeli documentary is setting the record straight.
NAZA: The Real Story offers a firsthand account from senior IDF commanders and intelligence officers who were directly involved in the fight against Hamas in Gaza.
Using combat footage, declassified materials, captured intelligence, and firsthand testimony, the documentary provides important context about how the war was fought and the challenges Israeli forces faced on the battlefield.
Watch NAZA: The Real Story with English subtitles: nazadocumentary.com
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In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity.
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Yeah, this definitely doesn't look racist, you guys.
ALT A tweet from the Jewish Leadership Council, posted on March 14 2022, which reads: UPDATE HOW THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CAN HELP RESETTLE UKRAINIAN REFUGEES (1/3) @WJRelief @UnitedSynagogue @ReformMovement @LiberalJudaism @MasortiJudaism @Rene_Cassin @JCOREUK @BoardofDeputies https://x.com/JLC_uk/status/1503409412664406017
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The only reason these bigots want to parade down the Garvaghy Road is to lord it over Catholics like in the good old days when Catholics were second class citizens in an Orange State. You can take your sectarian nostalgia and stick it where it doesn’t shine. These days are gone
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It was confirmed to me this morning by a prominent football journalist informed by a former FAI board member that the UK-based player agency Unique Sports Group (@UniqueSG) threatened the Irish players yesterday that they'd never play for US-owned UK clubs if they refused to play
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Our country has become so desensitised to this image that we have children chanting “let them drown”.
This man matters exactly as much as you matter. He mattered to loved ones just as much as your family matter to you.
Safe routes or barbarism. Always has been that simple.
Un homme, mort, gisant dans l’eau après avoir tenté de traverser la Manche pour trouver refuge au Royaume-Uni.
Cette image a été prise par le photojournaliste Sameer Al-Doumi sur la plage d’Hardelot, en France, il y a deux jours.
Dans l’indifférence.
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What was this IDF soldier doing in the West Bank?
Do all groups of people have the right to use violence against a foreign occupying military or only some?
If you deliberately target a soldier in a foreign occupying military, is that "terrorism"?
The son of Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter was critically injured in a ramming attack in the occupied West Bank. cnn.it/4Av4t32
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The CNN post omits that the son, Neria Leiter, is an IDF reservist soldier on duty manning a checkpoint.
cnn.com/2026/09/23/wor…
timesofisrael.com/idf-soldier-se…
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Something entirely unmentioned in the Western Mass Lesbian Bar article is that the commenter who wrote "i hope your bar gets firebombed" is the "hijab-inspired secular accessorization" person
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I am foaming at the mouth to tell my non-chronically online friends about the COVID conscious lesbian bar in Massachusetts
Martin said he can't complain with the effort so don't know where this has come from
From what I hear today might be the last we see of Martin in the dugout. A sad way to go out for a club legend. Players need to have a long hard look in the mirror. Way below what is acceptable as Celtic players.
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