Another Park Slope liberal cannot see what is right in front of her She is defending a people who would happily kill her

Jo-Ann Mort, from her website.

Jewish “Humanitarian leftist”, self-described co-founder of the Democratic Socialists of America, Jo-Ann Mort sees anti-Semitism in conservative policies, but can’t see that it permeates the Democratic Party and the ‘Palestinians’ she so wants to see free and independent.

You can oppose Israel’s policies without killing Jewish people

 

The majority of US Jews overwhelmingly oppose Netanyahu’s policies. But subtleties get lost and truly unleashed people react

by Jo-Ann Mort | Tuesday, June 3, 2025 | 3:00 PM EDT | Updated: 3:14 PM EDT

It happened again. The third time this year that Jewish people were attacked with murderous intent in a major US city under the guise of the assailant caring about the plight of the Palestinians in Gaza. It’s the second time that fires were set. The first happened when an attacker – a US citizen – broke into the official residence of Pennsylvania’s governor in Harrisburg, on the evening of Passover and set fire to the residence. The only thing that saved governor Josh Shapiro and his family was a quick response from security guards, leaving only some Passover Haggadahs, the text that charts Jewish hopes for freedom and liberation from one generation to the next, to burn on the tables still set from dinner.

About two weeks ago, there was the murder of two innocent Jewish Israeli embassy workers who were attending an event hosted by the The American Jewish Committee at the Jewish Museum in Washington DC on how to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza; these young people were chosen at random from a crowd apparently targeted intentionally since the murderer, again a US citizen, appeared to have wanted to hunt down and kill Jews in response to Israel – a sovereign country’s – military acts. Tellingly, the gunman had a brief association to the far-left Party of Socialism and Liberation (PSL said in a statement that he is not a member and that his association with the group ended in 2017).

And now, again with the element of fire, we wait for word on the condition of at least 12 victims of a torching in broad daylight in downtown Boulder, Colorado, by an assailant named Mohamed Sabry Soliman, an Egyptian national, who yelled “Free Palestine” and scorched the skin of activists ranging from their 50s to the 80s who gathered peacefully in that square each week demanding one thing: bring the Israeli hostages still held by Hamas home.

Did you notice? The article’s subtitle tells us that “The majority of US Jews overwhelmingly oppose Netanyahu’s policies,” but in none of the three cases author Jo-Ann Mort noted was the assailant Jewish. And throughout the rest of her article, she cites not a single example of Jews doing this kind of stuff.

She did, however say:

I have said and written the same thing regarding Palestinian civilians being killed and will continue to write and protest any innocent civilians being killed. I also reject any attempts by any person or group or government to blame all Palestinians for Hamas’s actions.

Hamas live in Gaza, Hamas govern Gaza, completely before October 7th, and as much as it is governed today, and all of Hamas’ support, in food, in supplies, in military preparations, and operationally, come from the ‘civilians’ in Gaza. The ‘civilians’ knew where all of the tunnel entrances were, the ‘civilians’ helped conceal and hold the hostages, and the ‘civilians’ know, and knew, where the hostages were held.

The German civilians were not all Nazis, with only roughly 10% becoming Nazi party members, though civilian support was higher than that. The Nazis maxed out at 37% of the vote in free elections. But German civilians were very much part of Germany’s war efforts, providing the men and war materiel needed for the Wehrmacht. The German people never abandoned Adolf Hitler; there were no uprisings against the Führer and the Nazi government, and the Germans resisted the Allied invasion right up until Hitler killed himself. And while the Allies mostly confined their bombing efforts to military targets and infrastructure, you can’t bomb a war materiel plant without killing the people who worked therein, or the people, whether plant workers or not, who lived reasonably close to the plant. The Allies couldn’t attack the supply centers and production which provided food and fuel to the military without taking food and fuel from civilians as well. We did what was necessary to win the war!

Israel has been doing what is necessary for them to win the war.

Also, perhaps it needs to be said here and time again: I fully support, and have spent my life fighting for, freedom and self-determination for the Palestinian people, acknowledging the rights of two people to one plot of land).

Does Miss Mort not realize what she has said? She has expressed the very Westernized view that the Palestinians would be happy and satisfied if only, only! the wicked Israeli government would withdraw from Judea, Samaria, and Gaza, and let the Palestinians have their own nation. Perhaps there are some Palestinians who would be satisfied with that, but Hamas have been telling her, telling everyone, that such is not their goal, that their goal is to irradicate the state of Israel and impose an Islamic government “from the River to the Sea.” Yet, like so many Western civilization liberals, she simply cannot bring herself to believe what the Palestinians themselves have been telling her. She tells us even more:

I write this as someone whose entire life has been lived on the left, as a prominent activist and one who continues to believe in my gut in the values of a humanitarian left.

And therein lays the problem: the author simply cannot wrap her head around the fact that not all people have those same values. Hamas are not part of the “humanitarian left,”[1]The notion that anyone can call herself “humanitarian” and still support pre-natal infanticide, as Miss Mort does, is astounding. but a group that any part of the “humanitarian left” ought to see as wholly evil. Hamas have massacred civilians, used deliberate rape as a weapon of terror and revenge, kidnapped the innocent and used them as weapons. Women are second-class citizens, and anyone who is not sexually normal is subject to abuse, beatings, and even death.

Naturally, as a member of the “humanitarian left,” a Park Slope liberal, she went ahead and attacked President Trump, the father of a highly-trusted Jewish (convert) daughter, and father-in-law to a Jewish man he has previously used to negotiate the Abrahamic Accords, as cynically using anti-Semitism, even as he removed the restrictions on American weapons sold to Israel that were imposed by his predecessor. There has been no greater friend to Israel in our contemporary politics than Mr Trump. But, of course, her paradigm is so thoroughly restricted that she cannot see or believe anything outside of it.

While there are a few, with the emphasis on “few,” anti-Semites, they have been far more heavily concentrated on the political left in the United States, but the “humanitarian left” author doesn’t want to see that, doesn’t want to see what is right in front of her.

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1 The notion that anyone can call herself “humanitarian” and still support pre-natal infanticide, as Miss Mort does, is astounding.

World War III Watch: Britain goes all out neocon

Prussian Field Marshall Helmuth von Moltke the Elder wrote, “No plan of operations extends with certainty beyond the first encounter with the enemy’s main strength,” which is frequently bastardized as “No plan survives contact with the enemy.” I’m old enough to remember when debates in the United States were all about matching the Soviets in warheads, weapons, and delivery systems. The impetus was less deterrence than it was being able to fight the USSR on the European battlefield. It all made sense, if you thought a nuclear war was a winnable thing. It was as though we could actually plan out a war that included using nuclear weapons, and somehow emerge victorious.

We have used nuclear weapons in war, and emerged victorious, but that is because the enemy didn’t have them, and because his plan to knock out the American fleet at Pearl Harbor did not survive first contact with the enemy. Yes, the Japanese attack sank four battleships and seriously damaged four more, also sinking or damaging three cruisers, three destroyers, an anti-aircraft training ship, and a minelayer. There were no aircraft carriers in port, and the wrath of our country was raised, and our industrial might undamaged.

Now, with Donald Trump having won the 2024 election, and his great reticence to get involved in the Russo-Ukrainian War, our European allies in NATO are revisiting notions of, as Major Kong put it, “Nuclear combat, toe-to-toe with the Russkies.”

Dropping tactical nuclear weapons was a major strategic error. We must correct it

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The activists can’t just leave decent things alone

Pope Leo XIV blesses riders at the beginning of the Giro d’Italia, June 1, 2025. Screen capture by D R Pico.

The Giro d’Italia cycling race included the Vatican for the first time, in the neutralized start of the grand tour race for the first time in history, in the 21st and final stage. Pope Leo XIV blessed the riders at the start of the race.

Pope Leo blesses cyclists as Giro d’Italia hits Vatican Gardens

by Associated Press | Sunday, June 1, 2025

Pope Leo XIV offered his blessing to the 159 cyclists competing in the Giro d’Italia on Sunday, as the final stage of the iconic three-week race began with a historic ride through the serene Vatican Gardens behind St. Peter’s Basilica.

Upon entering Vatican grounds, overall leader Simon Yates and the classification frontrunners dismounted to personally greet the pontiff, who was presented with a symbolic pink jersey – the emblem of the race leader.

“You are role models for young people across the globe,” Pope Leo told the peloton. “May God bless you all on this final leg of the Giro d’Italia. Congratulations, and know that you are always welcome here in the Vatican, embraced by the church, which reflects God’s love for all people.”

There’s more at the original, and it’s wholly apolitical.

Our family watch European bike races. Our younger daughter is an absolute fanatic, and knows everything there is to know about the competitors, while I am more interested in the scenery. And the scenery was completely messed up in this year’s Giro by the awful and ubiquitous ‘Palestinian’ flags and stupid ‘Free Gaza’ bovine feces painted on the roads throughout by stupid activists.

The ‘Palestinian’ supporters ruin everything.

The Trump effect is doing some good things

We do not allow those under 18 to vote. We do not allow those under 18 to drink alcohol. We do not allow those under 18 to enlist in the military. In most states, those under 18 cannot legally consent to sexual intercourse. But, to our friends on the left, those under 18 ought to be able to consent to physical castration, plastic surgery, and life altering, physically irreversible surgical procedures. President Trump is trying to put a stop to that.

Penn ceases gender-affirming surgery for patients under age 19

The move comes after an executive order from President Donald Trump that directed agencies to cease grants and other funding that could be used for gender-affirming care.

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Killadelphia: While you can try to educate the ignorant, you just can’t fix stupid.

By the numbers, homicides are significantly down in the City of Brotherly Love, but as much as the total number of crimes reported are down, we have to remember: the only acceptable amount of crime is zero.

With reports like this, it’s hard to believe the number of homicides is down:

Ballistics tests show five guns were fired in Lemon Hill shooting that struck 11 people, police say

Philly police now believe five guns were fired in the shooting in Fairmount Park on Memorial Day.

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Do you need the government to manage you? Apparently Wrongthink™ is a serious problem, and conservatives need to be watched

We reported, last Friday, on Catherine Herridge’s report of the Biden Administration’s efforts to label those who disagreed with COVID-19 vaccine mandates as “Domestic Violent Extremists”:

The Biden Administration labeled Americans who opposed the COVID-19 vaccination and mask mandates as “Domestic Violent Extremists,” or DVEs, according to newly declassified intelligence records obtained by Public @shellenberger @galexybrane and Catherine Herridge Reports. The designation created an “articulable purpose” for FBI or other government agents to open an “assessment” of individuals, which is often the first step toward a formal investigation, said a former FBI agent. Continue reading

World War III Watch: It could still happen if people get stupid

It was only a couple of days ago that the democratic West was buoyed by Ukraine’s deep strikes into Russia. From The Washington Post:

Ukraine’s drones disrupt Russia with airport closures, internet blackouts

As Ukrainian drones strike deep into Russian territory, they are disrupting day-to-day life and reminding Russians that the war is not confined to the trenches.

by Mary Ilyushina | Memorial Day, May 26, 2025

Large-scale Ukrainian drone attacks have rattled multiple Russian regions for the third consecutive day, grounding flights, disrupting internet access and stretching the country’s air defense systems thin. Continue reading

This is why Hillary Clinton got to remain a private citizen

There were many characterizations of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential campaign, but my favorite one was that she reminded every man of the first wife he divorced. She’s just a humorless, nasty scold, the Karen of the HOA, and the Gladys Kravitz of every neighborhood.

As the son of two United States Army veterans, and the father of two more, I understand the meaning of Memorial Day, a holiday to honor not every veteran, but those who fell in combat to defend our country, and defend the world from tyranny. This holiday weekend, the traditional — if not actual — beginning of summer for Americans, is one for family gatherings, and while most us have not lost a loved one or family member in war — my family have not — it should also be a day of unity for Americans.

Some of those who made the ultimate sacrifice were Democrats, and some were Republicans, some were Catholics and some were Protestants, some were Jewish and some were Muslim, and even some were atheists, though in writing that I am reminded of the old saw, “There are no atheists in foxholes.”

But the woman who thankfully failed to become our 45th President wants to make your Memorial Day cookout about politics, about division.

We see the same bovine feces every year around Thanksgiving, usually from the left, telling people how to survive a family dinner with their rabid, MAGA-supporting uncle. Conservatives mostly just smile and not start fights over dinner like that.

Mrs Clinton wants you to start a fight.

Half of the voters in this country chose to vote for President Trump, and Mrs Clinton wants you to pick a fight with them. On a day when we hope the sun will be shining and it will be pleasantly warm, Mrs Clinton wants those who listen to her to be a cold wind and a dark rain cloud.

Apparently I am a “Domestic Violent Extremist”, or so Joe Biden and his minions would have classified me

Did you know that I’m a “Domestic Violent Extremist”? I didn’t know I was, but that’s apparently how the Biden Administration would have classified me, if they knew who a small fry like me was. Continue reading