#memry-related

[thesmallersnow]

i write one cannibalism fic ONCE -

someone mentioned cannibalism and my ears perked up like i’m a dog or something bruh fuck my life

[ghost-trick-art-requests]

Hello and welcome to this blog!

You may be wondering what this blog is for. It’s for taking Ghost Trick character-related requests! My goal currently is to draw every single canon character from the game.

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Rules (these will be updated as necessary):

Be nice to others! If you spam my asks or are mean to me/others I will block you

No reposting my art

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Request Status: Open!

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Let’s set down some rules:

Things I Will Draw:

Characters with canon designs. This means no OCs or finanSissel

Every single canon character

Things I Will Not Draw:

OCs

Fan designs

Beta designs

I might draw these after I’ve drawn every single other character, but that’s far in the future

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Other:

Main blog is @owlfacenightkit

Somewhat inspired by @httyd-art-requests :3

IDs will be added to every image

If you haven’t played Ghost Trick, beware. There will be spoilers on this blog! But any spoilers will be properly tagged.

Right now I am mainly taking requests for characters I haven’t drawn

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All characters I have drawn so far will be linked below the cut

Characters I have drawn:

Bartender, Missile, Sissel, Memry, Cabanela, Officer Bailey

Characters I have not drawn and are open for requests:

Lynne, Kamila, Jowd, Alma, Beauty, Dandy, Sith, Sith’s Robot, Ray, Nearsighted Jeego, One-Step-Ahead Tengo, Emma, Amelie, Justice Minister, Chicken Kitchen Chef, Bailey’s partner, Green Detective/Detective McCaw, Blue Detective, Prisoner C38, Prisoner C74, Police Chief, Detective Rindge, Dabira, Lovey-Dove, Maintenance Supervisor, Medical Examiner, Yomiel

[alto-tenure]

For the latest character ask meme, can I suggest Inspector Cananela from Ghost Trick? :)

ask game

1) three facts about them from my personal headcanons

met Jowd and Alma both separately, but after they started dating

has an extremely light-hearted grudge against Missile for having chewed his scarf once

the most science-y of the named detectives in the game

2) a reason they suck

His style of speech is very difficult to get down. I think I've gotten it now, but every time I write him I start grumbling about having to do it.

3) a reason they are great

I love his sense of honor and his kindness and the fact that ultimately he wants to do what's right, even if he doesn't always succeed.

4) a reason I relate to them

perfectionism babey

5) (what I consider to be) the top tier otp/ot3 for that character

I'm an Alma/Cabanela/Jowd truther forever.

6) five some things that never happened to that character that I believe should've happened

oh this is really hard. I really respect how tightly Ghost Trick is written, and it's hard to pull apart at the structure without things falling apart. most of these are post-timeline reboot, I think.

more references to dynamic with Memry (this would have helped if Memry died, I think, though there really isn't space for that)

I know this is a limitation of only having so much space but it would have been cool if his coat was different in the new timeline due to there being not as much of a need for his perfectionism like there is in the old timeline

honestly sometimes I just think about that one scene where they're all just talking in the Ghost World and then suddenly the Justice Minister pipes up IRL and I still feel really bad for Cabanela here though I know it's a little early for him to be let in on the ghost circle information LMAO

7) five people that character never fell in love with

Lynne. He's probably known Lynne since she was a teenager, with her ambitions, and he would definitely be a creep if he was.

Pigeon Man. Co-conspirators, certainly, but not lovers.

I'm not a huge Yomicabs person. Like I get why people like it and I certainly can't judge people who do on the basis that I've shipped worse but idk. maybe this is also in some part pushback against the idea of shoving Sissel (human) aside too -- even tho we don't know anything about her beyond the fact that she exists doesn't mean we have to exacerbate the worst parts of canon

but, like, that doesn't mean Cabanela can't fall in love with him. it just means that I think it wouldn't be requited.

meh. idk. we'll put Yomiel down for this anyways. uh

Rindge. I don't think anyone ships this but I'm running low on characters and their relationship is purely professional imo.

Memry. I see her as a couple years older than Lynne, and also they wouldn't have met when she was a teenager, but I think he has too much self-respect to fall for someone like a decade and a half younger than him who is also a lesbian

[youropinion-iswrong]

ghost trick character's genders

along with some other hcs relating to them! warnings for ghost trick spoilers and mentions of dysphoria, surgery, and pregnancy

everyone's under the cut 👍

sissel: he's a cat he doesn't know what a gender is, BUT. he was a female cat during his ten years living with yomiel (hence why he was named after yomiel's fiance). after thinking he was yomiel for a while he just. kept seeing himself as male afterwards and everyone else did too. this cat accidentally got his gender transed

lynne: a sillygirl. a sunshinegirl. a boyfriendgirl. a deadguygirl. perhaps even a puppygirl. just nonbinary woman works too though. does no sort of physical transition

missile: dog

jowd: trans man, started transitioning in like his early-mid 20s. decided to pause his medical transition to carry his and alma's child despite his dysphoria, he wouldn't do it again but he's never regretted it. now is on t and has top and bottom surgery

alma: trans woman that's also a man but not and doesn't have any gender. oh and a bit multigender. usually not genderfluid though. don't worry about it do you want chicken she's ordering some for her family. started having Gender Weirdness as a high schooler and eventually was peaceful with her gender not making sense to anyone else, because it doesn't need to! fluctuating dysphoria but the body is usually worse than social. has been on and off e throughout the years and has bottom surgery

kamila: a budding sapphic who eventually blooms into a butch lesbian. yes as her gender. also has many xenic girl varieties like her sister and general gender weirdness like her mom

cabanela: yeah i have no idea what's going on here. he simultaneously feels Very Cisgender and Very Transgender to me. idk what he is we just need to acknowledge he kind of sucks more. and that can include him being cis. either way he does drag and this is important to his gender despite not being a woman in any way

pigeon man: trans man, started transitioning within the year he quit his job at the police force. he's only binary in the sense that he doesn't give a shit about finding labels besides "man". on t with no surgeries and doesn't plan on any. everything about his transition in all three timelines is identical to the minute somehow.

yomiel: it's... complicated. he was a trans man who came out in his mid-late teens, and was on t with top surgery when he died. he had a bit of a thing about being a Normal Binary Passing Man, but being dead and unknowable with no human friends and a disconnect from his body for ten years really fucked with that. like all social conventions, he has trouble readjusting to gender in the new timeline, but he's started reconnecting with femininity and exploring more labels. mainly just says he's transmasc, still taking t.

fiansissel: trans woman with extra woman and a side of fries and dip. sorry i don't have more for you girl you have the potential to be so interesting just by being in love with yomiel but that's the *only* thing you had the time to be ingame

other random chars: memry is transfem, emma and the minister are painfully cis but supportive, amelie is a demigirl, park guy is some sort of nonbinary in an insane dollar store soda flavor way, bailey and his 'friend' are both cis but in a hand-wavey "not unpacking that" way

[humusboii2thereturnoftheking]

Israel is the low-hanging fruit Human Rights Organizations pick on for validation.

Remember these organizations operate on donations. If you were attempting to maximize donations, which topic would you discuss?

(A) The Uyghur concentration camps in China

(B) The genocide and ethnic cleansing in Sudan

(C) The genocide and ethnic cleansing in Myanmar

(D) One of the worst humanitarian crisis ongoing in Yemen

(E) The terrible human rights violations in Iran

(F) Pakistan expelling two million refugees

(G) Russia's war crimes and massacres in Ukraine

(H) The war in Gaza launched by Hamas

Obviously, the answer is G, as evident by the mind-boggling amount of attention the conflict receives. The popularity of the Israel-Palestine conflict pales in comparison to other global major events and Human Right Organizations know it.

For The Red Cross, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch It is much more profitable, popular and safer to criticize Israel than Russia, Iran, Sudan, China, Pakistan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, etc.

Let's summarize:

The ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross) has made 6 times more statements to criticize Israel and has often resorted to hyperbole to cast Israel as a “limitless” destroyer to evoke sympathy for one side and demonize Israel. No statement was made speaking directly about the massacre of October 7th. Beyond language, only 2 statements condemning Hamas include videos and pictures while 38 tweets condemning Israel contain images, graphic testimonies, and videos designed to solicit greater attention and a stronger response. Through their Twitter, it is evident that the ICRC has dedicated large amounts of resources to interviewing doctors and victims in Gaza, to editing infographics and videos, and to appearing on the news to talk about the devastation in Gaza. Comparatively little to no attention was paid to Israeli victims.

Human Rights WatcH (HRW) - Is obsessed with criticizing Israel in the conflict and has been called out by their own founder for abandoning their mission and focusing on scrutinizing Israel. HRW disproportionately focuses on condemnations of Israel and that publications related to Israel often lack credibility. HRW also promotes an agenda based solely on the Palestinian narrative of victimization and Israeli aggression.

Amnesty International - Disproportionately singles out Israel for condemnation, focusing solely on the conflict with the Palestinians, misrepresenting the complexity of the conflict, and ignoring more severe human rights violations in the region. In October 2023, in the aftermath of the brutal Hamas attack on October 7, Amnesty emphasized “the root causes” of the conflict, in particular “Israel’s system of apartheid imposed on all Palestinians.” Amnesty does not identify “root causes” on the part of any other actor, including Palestinians and terror groups.

I will reiterate- these organizations follow the wishes of their donors and while their funding isn't fully transparent here are some notable moments:

• In November 2023, MEMRI leaked a document detailing a €3 million donation in 2018 to HRW from Qatar.

• In February 2020, it was revealed that HRW's Executive Director Ken Roth accepted a donation in 2012 from a Saudi real estate tycoon for $470,000 “promising not to support advocacy of the LGBT community in the Middle East and North Africa.”

• In December 2013, Amnesty International admitted to working with the Alkarama foundation, whose Qatari co-founder has been accused of financing Al Qaeda and its affiliates.

• In February 2021, Indian officials accused Amnesty International India of money laundering.

Recommended further reading:

For those complaining I'm relying on UNWatch and NGO-Monitor: Every word is backed by a source which you are encouraged to verify yourself. Anyone refusing to accept factual data because of their cognitive bias should not be discussing this topic in the first place.

Today is the 187 day since Hamas abducted men, women, elders and children from their homes. 133 of them are still in captivity. Ceasefire will only come when Hamas surrenders and releases the hostages.

[manrippedapartbydogs]

I think its extremely important at this time to talk about MEMRI TV

MEMRI aims to expose Arabic-language media to Western audiences, but has faced ongoing accusations of selectively distorting its translations to portray Muslims/Arabs negatively.

You have ABSOULTELY seen memes and screenshots from this "source" and its VERY prevailant in our responses and manner of reply. They make for the funny reaction. But remember that MEMRI TV is:

1: MEMRI (Middle East Media Research Institute) is a non-profit think tank founded in 1998 that monitors, translates, and analyzes media from Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, Pashto, and Turkish sources.

2: It was co-founded by former Israeli military intelligence officer Yigal Carmon and Israeli-American political scientist Meyrav Wurmser.

3: MEMRI publishes translations and reports which it distributes to lawmakers, media, and others. It aims to bridge the language gap between the Middle East and the West.

4: Critics argue MEMRI selectively chooses extreme/objectionable articles to portray the Arab/Muslim world negatively, while ignoring moderate views in the same media. Supporters say it reveals hate speech that should be exposed.

5: MEMRI's main projects focus on jihad/terrorism, U.S.-Middle East relations, reform in the Arab world, inter-Arab relations, and anti-Semitism. It also monitors TV and social media.

6: MEMRI is funded by around 250 private donors and foundations. It has received praise from some commentators for increasing understanding, and criticism from others for bias.

7: Translation accuracy is debated - some examples indicate possible bias, others show high quality work. MEMRI insists its translations reflect real discourse in the region.

THIS SUMMARY WAS DONE WITH AI I DONT HAVE TIME TO TYPE SHIT

Look how they phrase this headline. They phrse the language to make the islamic world look barbaric and as if they disregard life.

If we're going to talk about Palestininan liberation and their freedom, we NEED to address our use of these images

I will not tag this, I dont want the flak

[usafphantom2]

Iran reveals Karrar combat drones armed with air-to-air missiles

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 12/29/2023 - 13:30in Military, UAV - UAV

Iran has strengthened its air defense capabilities by adding combat drones equipped with air-to-air missiles to its arsenal, state media reported.

While the Russian defense industry is busy providing the necessary equipment for the war in Ukraine, Iran is developing new systems that will also reach the Russian armed forces. Since the beginning of 2023, the Iranians have supplied Russia with a large number of armed UAVs used against Ukrainian forces.

Now the Iranians are moving forward and have presented a new and more advanced system.

"Enemies will now have to rethink their strategies" because the Iranian forces "have become more powerful," said the IRNA agency, citing the commander-in-chief of the Iranian army, General Abdolrahim Mousavi.

The drones, with an operational range of up to 1,000 kilometers (620 miles), were exhibited on the morning of December 10 during a televised ceremony organized in a military academy in Tehran.

According to a report by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), the Karrar UAV equipped with the Majid air-to-air missile with a range of 8 kilometers can intercept manned and unmanned aircraft.

"This is the Iranian-made Karrar UAV interceptor. It has high maneuverability in the interception of targets near the airspace of our country. Obviously, the Karrar UAV does not need a clue. It can be launched on an interception [mission] from any geographical location and surprise the enemy. Sometimes, the enemy's 'birds' insist on entering our airspace. In these cases, Karrar uses his smart weapon," the report said.

According to the report, the Majid missile can follow manned and unmanned aerial targets, using its thermal system and electronic viewfinder, and then destroy them.

"The Karrar UAV, equipped with a Tolou jet engine and a Majid missile, is now being delivered to the country's air defense commands in order to better defend our airspace," the report adds.

“Dozens of Karrar drones armed with air-to-air missiles have been added for air defense in all border areas of the country,” said the official IRNA news agency, which also released a series of images of the drone with the air-to-air missile.

The United States and Israel accuse Tehran of providing drone fleets to its allies in the Middle East, namely the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah, and the Houthis in Yemen.

Iran also supports the terrorist group Hamas, which has been involved in a war with Israel since launching deadly attacks on the country on October 7.

The Iranian government has been accused by Kiev and its Western allies of providing Russia with drones for use in the war in Ukraine, a statement that Tehran denies.

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[datastring]

Shape Memory Alloy Market Set to Hit $45.4 Billion by 2035

The global Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) market is poised for remarkable growth, with industry revenue projected to increase from $14.3 billion in 2023 to $45.4 billion by 2035. This reflects a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.1% from 2023 to 2035.

Detailed Analysis - https://datastringconsulting.com/industry-analysis/shape-memory-alloy-market-research-report

Shape Memory Alloys are critical materials with the unique ability to return to a predetermined shape when exposed to heat. These materials are used across multiple industries, including biomedical, automotive, aerospace, and consumer electronics. The increasing demand for advanced, high-performance materials in healthcare, automotive, and aerospace applications is a key driver of market expansion.

Competitive Landscape and Market Leadership

The Shape Memory Alloy market is highly competitive, with several leading players at the forefront of innovation and market share growth. Notable companies in the market include:

Nitinol Devices & Components

Fort Wayne Metals

Confluent Medical Technologies

SAES Getters

ATI Metals

Carpenter Technology

Memry Corporation

Avient Corporation

Johnson Matthey

Daido Steel

Furukawa Electric

Nippon Steel

These companies are investing in cutting-edge technologies, expanding their manufacturing capabilities, and focusing on the development of high-performance alloys to cater to the growing demand across industries. With advancements in adaptive manufacturing and an increasing focus on sustainability, these market leaders are positioning themselves for long-term success.

Key Growth Drivers and Emerging Opportunities

Several factors are fueling the growth of the Shape Memory Alloy market:

Healthcare Demand: The increasing use of SMA in medical devices such as stents, implants, and surgical tools is driving significant demand in the biomedical sector.

Automotive Innovation: The automotive industry’s growing interest in lightweight, high-performance materials for fuel efficiency and safety is boosting the demand for SMAs, especially in smart actuators and components.

Aerospace Advancements: Aerospace applications, including actuators for flight control systems and adaptable components, are contributing to the market’s expansion.

Wearable Electronics: The rise of wearable electronics is creating new opportunities for SMAs, which can be used in flexible and adaptive devices.

Automotive Autonomy: As the automotive sector moves towards more autonomous vehicles, the demand for SMAs in systems like self-adjusting components and smart sensors is set to increase.

Regional Dynamics and Supply Chain Evolution

North America and Asia-Pacific are the two most prominent regions in the Shape Memory Alloy market, owing to strong manufacturing bases and substantial demand across key industries like automotive and healthcare.

However, emerging markets in India, Brazil, and Vietnam are expected to become increasingly important for market expansion, as they experience rapid industrialization and technological adoption. Companies are likely to make strategic investments in these regions to diversify revenue streams and capture growth opportunities.

Despite challenges related to cost constraints and technical limitations, the SMA market's supply chain—from raw material suppliers to end-user industries—is evolving. Industry players are focusing on improving efficiency and expanding their global reach, making advancements in both mature and emerging markets.

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[crazy-character-in-white]

Welcome !!

OOC: Hello and welcome to this RP blog !! Due to a poll I made on my main blog, I have made this and a Neil Perry from Dead Poets Society one. Feel free to ask anything- despite me being a minor, I'm okay with NSFW asks (as long as its not about children), as well as random other things. Beware, I am not actually the character, so if a reply feels off or OOC, that's why. This will also include headcanons of mine and of my friend's, so if you dislike that, simply ignore and move on. I also have not played Ace Attorney, so please don't ask anything related to it until I've actually done it (I will change this when I have). This is also my first roleplay blog, so this isn't perfect.

Unrelated, but I do ship Jowd x Cabanela. If there are asks about it, I will be answering them accordingly

(!!!SPOILER WARNING FROM HERE!!!)

Timeline: This is Cabanela in the main universe, not the changed present. Jowd is currently in prison, and Cabanela is investigating Temsik with the pigeon man. He has his theories about the Manipulator but none of it is enough to actually prove it. Lynne and Memry are still in detective school. So, in short, this is pre-game, maybe around 3 years before.

[incoherenci-blog]

Gaza war calls Middle East de-escalation into question.

By James M. Dorsey

The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey depends on the support of its readers. If you believe that the column and podcast add value to your understanding and that of the broader public, please consider becoming a paid subscriber by clicking on the subscription button at http://www.jamesmdorsey.substack.com and choosing one of the subscription options. Thank you.

To watch a video version of this story on YouTube please click here. An audio podcast is available on Soundcloud.

The jury is out on the degree to which the Gaza war threatens pre-war efforts by Middle Eastern states to freeze their differences and focus on economic and security cooperation.

To be sure, the war has raised the stakes with tension mounting on the Lebanese-Israeli border and in the Red Sea.

In addition, Israel’s devastating assault has complicated, if not made impossible, overt cooperation between Israel and Arab states, like the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, that have diplomatic relations with the Jewish state.

The war has also delayed US-led efforts to mediate Saudi recognition of Israel.

The kingdom will need serious progress towards an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement entailing the creation of an independent Palestinian state to justify the establishment of diplomatic relations with the Jewish state in the wake of the Gaza war.

Even so, no Arab state has broken off relations despite mounting anti-Israeli sentiment across the region.

Egypt may be the only Arab country that can counter public pressure with some justification, arguing that its border is the major funnel for humanitarian aid into Gaza.

Egypt, one of the few countries with a direct line to Hamas, also plays a crucial role in arranging truces to facilitate prisoner exchanges and efforts to end the war.

In a twist of irony, Qatar, which has refused to formalise relations with Israel without a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has emerged, alongside Egypt, as Israel’s foremost Arab channel, particularly regarding war-related issues.

The Egyptian and Qatari efforts have not earned them unambiguous acknowledgment by Israel, members of the US Congress, and some of Qatar’s long-standing Arab critics.

A headline in Haaretz, Israel’s equivalent of The New York Times, read this weekend, “Netanyahu Wants to Make Qatar the Fall Guy for October 7 Massacre. Don't Let Him.”

Long a football, in Israeli and American politics, Qatar, home to the United States’ largest military base in the Middle East, has been taken to task for maintaining a relationship with Hamas, despite its proven utility and the fact that it enjoyed tacit Israeli and American approval.

In November, Qatar negotiated a one-week truce during which Hamas released more than 100 hostages kidnapped during its October 7 attack on Israel in exchange for 240 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons and a limited amount of humanitarian aid.

That didn’t prevent a senior Israeli official from questioning Qatar’s role. “Right now, we need them. But when this thing passes from the world, we will settle accounts with them,” said Israeli foreign ministry deputy director general for strategic affairs Joshua Zarka.

Amid calls on Qatar to crack down on exile Hamas leaders in the Gulf state, the outside world’s link to the group, by Republican members of Congress, Qatar agreed in October with the United States to revisit its relationship with Hamas once all hostages have been released.

Last month, the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), which was founded by Yigal Carmon, a former advisor to Israel’s West Bank and Gaza occupation authority and Prime Ministers Yitzhak Shamir and Yitzhak Rabin, regurgitated documents leaked in 2019 indicating Qatari interference in the internal affairs of European, African, and Middle Eastern states.

In 1993, Mr. Carmon resigned in protest against Mr. Rabin’s signing of the Oslo accords, which laid the foundation for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel. The accords created President Mahmoud Abbas’s West Bank-based Palestine Authority.

The leaks, reportedly orchestrated by the United Arab Emirates, were part of a covert information war between the Gulf state and Qatar during a 3.5-year-long Emirati-Saudi-led diplomatic and economic boycott of Qatar in which both sides used leaks to portray each other negatively. The UAE and Qatar also hired intelligence companies to surveil and blacken their opponents’ reputations in Europe and the United States.

There was no obvious news peg for MEMRI to regurgitate a story with no updates that first broke three years ago and has lied dormant for the past two years as the media organisation documented in last month’s publication.

MEMRI did summarily reference Qatargate, a 2023 scandal involving European parliament members who allegedly were on the Qatari payroll, and Project Endgame, reportedly a Qatari-financed operation, involving a former CIA operative, to spy on the Gulf state’s detractors in the run-up to the 2022 World Cup.

Similarly, Israel has not made Egypt happy with calls to ethnically cleanse Gaza by moving a majority of its already displaced 2.3 million population to the Sinai Peninsula.

In the latest incident, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called his weekend for Israeli re-occupation of the war-ravaged territory, arguing that “if there are 100,000 or 200,000 Arabs in Gaza and not two million, the whole discourse about the day after will be different."

At the same, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu insisted that Israel should retain control of the Egypt-Gaza border zone.

"The Philadelphi Corridor - or to put it more correctly, the southern stoppage point (of Gaza) - must be in our hands. It must be shut. It is clear that any other arrangement would not ensure the demilitarisation that we seek," Mr. Netanyahu said.

Egypt has rejected both suggestions.

Egypt and other Arab states fear that Israel’s conduct of the war and expansionist ambitions will further inflame public opinion at home and upset, if not deliver a death knell to a fragile apple cart designed to shelve rather than resolve regional differences that like the Palestinian issue could spin out of control.

Earlier this month, 96 per cent of Saudis polled favoured Arab states cutting all ties with Israel, while in a steep increase compared to previous surveys 40 per cent looked favourably at Hamas.

Eighty-seven per cent believed the war had shown “that Israel is so weak and internally divided that it can be defeated some day.”

In a blow to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s effort to project the kingdom as a moderate and tolerant Muslim state, just 5 percent agreed that Saudis should “show more respect to the world’s Jews and improve our relations with them.”

Even so, 75 per cent supported Arabs engaging in diplomatic efforts to achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

In response to hardening public sentiment, Saudi authorities sought to restrict expressions of public support for the Palestinians.

Last month’s Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah, the biggest film event in the Middle East and North Africa, welcomed Palestinian cinema but banned the donning by attendees of keffiyahs, the chequered black-and-white scarf, which is a popular icon of Palestinian identity.

Similarly, the UAE disregarded optics when it last month put on trial on charges of terrorism 87 Emirati activists, some of whom have lingered for a decade behind bars, as it hosted what officials dubbed “the most inclusive Cop ever,” the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference.

The charges did not involve Gaza-related issues but the opening of the trial as world attention focused on Dubai sent a message to Emirati nationals and residents that the UAE would not entertain public dissent, including in connection with the war and the Palestinians.

Human rights groups and journalists reported the arrests of activists in the UAE, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia who had expressed support for the Palestinians. Others were warned not to.Dr. James M. Dorsey is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at Nanyang Technological University’s S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, and the author of the syndicated column and podcast, The Turbulent World with James M. Dorsey.

[eretzyisrael]

by Khaled Abu Toameh

The Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas and other Palestinians on October 7, 2023 could have been released a long time ago had the Biden administration exerted pressure on Qatar to use its good relations with the Islamist group to force it to do so.

All Qatar had to do was to summon the Hamas leaders in Doha and give them an ultimatum to release all the hostages immediately or face deportation from the Gulf state. It is hard to see how the Hamas leaders would have been able to say no to their major political and financial patrons and backers.... The Qataris were never under the slightest pressure.

"For years, Qatar supported the Taliban, and last year [2021] it helped it in its coup against the democratically elected Afghan government, and 13 American service members were killed in the violence. Today, Qatar is doing everything it can to give the Taliban international legitimacy and aid." — Yigal Carmon, President and founder of the MEMRI, who served as counterterrorism advisor to two Israeli prime ministers, Haaretz, May 10, 2022.

"Any Arab who hears American officials say that Qatar is America's ally would burst into laughter.... Ask Egypt, not just the rulers, but the people and journalists. Ask the Emirates, the government and people. Ask Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Jordan. They all know that for decades Qatar has been promoting Islamist and terrorist organizations. There are lawsuits against Qatar in the U.S. and Europe in connection with its support for terrorism." — Yigal Carmon, MEMRI, November 1, 2023

The Trump administration needs to understand what Arabs have known for years: that Qatar's support for Hamas and other extremist Islamist groups is the main reason thousands of Israelis and Palestinians have died over the past few years.

[even-a-blessing]

Further context on the source (Memri): "Ibrahim Hooper of the Council on American-Islamic Relations told the Washington Times: "Memri's intent is to find the worst possible quotes from the Muslim world and disseminate them as widely as possible."

...

The co-founder and president of Memri, and the registered owner of its website, is an Israeli called Yigal Carmon.

Mr - or rather, Colonel - Carmon spent 22 years in Israeli military intelligence and later served as counter-terrorism adviser to two Israeli prime ministers, Yitzhak Shamir and Yitzhak Rabin.

Retrieving another now-deleted page from the archives of Memri's website also throws up a list of its staff. Of the six people named, three - including Col Carmon - are described as having worked for Israeli intelligence.

Among the other three, one served in the Israeli army's Northern Command Ordnance Corps"

That "By Allah, you people are dogs" meme is a lot less funny if you know that the context is that the chef is randomly calling for genocide against the Shiites in the middle of his cooking show.

[o-kurwa]

Cooking shows: We'll be using simple ingredients everyone can find in their kitchen

Also cooking shows:

[beardedmrbean]

Is Linda Sarsour actually defending someone who took three Jewish men hostage??

No, she'd be defending someone who took 4 Jewish men hostage but let one of them go before the Rabbi managed to chuck a chair at the terrorist and rescue himself and the other two members.

As far as I've seen she hasn't specifically defended him (she can't publicly) so much as well here.

Gonna clip out some of the fluff.

A suspect who held four people hostage inside a Texas synagogue for several hours Saturday was reportedly demanding the release of Aafia Siddiqui, a Texas inmate known in counterterrorism circles as "Lady Al-Qaeda," whose allies include mainstream U.S. Muslim groups like the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

On Nov. 18, the CAIR chapter held an online fundraiser for Siddiqui’s defense team. Days earlier, multiple Muslim advocacy groups, including CAIR, American Muslims for Palestine (AMP), the Islamic Circle of North America Council for Social Justice (ICNA-CSJ), and the Muslim American Society PACE, held a "Free Dr. Aafia Advocacy Day" in Washington D.C., where they met with congressional offices and lobbied for Siddiqui’s release.

AMP, which is considered an anti-Israel group for expressing support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against the Jewish state, has close ties to "Squad" Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., who includes the founder among one of her donors and allies.

Others who have called for Siddiqui’s release include British hate preacher Anjem Choudary, who launched a Twitter campaign for Siddiqui in September and condemned Muslim leaders "who haven't lifted a finger for her to be freed even though some of them sit on nuclear weapons," the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) reported at the time.

In November 2021, the Texas chapter of CAIR and the controversial former Women's March leader Linda Sarsour hosted a discussion with Siddiqui's lawyer about "the campaign to free" Siddiqui. _______________________

WHO IS AAFIA SIDDIQUI, TEXAS INMATE KNOWN AS 'LADY AL QAEDA'?

When she was arrested in Afghanistan in 2008, she was found with documents showing how to make dirty bombs, chemical weapons and how to weaponize the Ebola virus. She had sodium cyanide on her, authorities said.

She is also alleged to have ties to Khalid Sheikh Muhammad, considered the main architect for 9/11. She reportedly worked as a courier for him and was briefly married to his nephew, Ammar al-Baluchi, a Guantánamo Bay prisoner accused of sending money to the 9/11 hijackers.

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Bunches of groups stumping for the release of this woman, sarsour likely has her fingers in several of them.

You can't publicly come out and say you think the guy that took a bunch of Jewish people hostage did the right thing, not in those words, at least not in the US and most western countries.

If you know anything about her or her history sarsour is likely crying because he didn't kill anyone.

But that's just a educated guess on my part from having watched her and knowing she's a terrible person who likes to praise other terrible people like farrakhan.

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An Actors AU is pretty much a "behind the scenes" look, including actor interviews and pre-production footage like for movies, for franchises that are NOT live action movies. For GT it could look like: Kamilla's actress had WAY too much fun playing Yomiel!Kamilla. Memry's actress did NOT know how to scate before filming. Yomiel/Sissel's actor has a theatre background and got into character by singing Sweeney Todd songs. Cab's actor is twice his character's age but doesn't have any grey hair.

Cont.: They had a kitten for young Sissel but it was impossible to work with so it's only one cat in all his scenes. Young Lynne's actress was very scared so the people on set kept telling jokes leading Jowd's actor to corpse, which started a torrent of corpse related puns. Beauty's actress tells how she had to sit for hours to get her makeup and hair. There is a shot of everyone doing the Bailey dance. Lynne's first reaction to seing Yomiel in his dead pose is doubling over with laughter. 

Thank you! I’m so glad I asked, this is fun! ‘cause picking back up from my previous tags, all I got on my lonesome was like “Yomiel is paralized by the depth of his trauma; pictures his life as a happy kitten and lives vicariously through this daydream until his issues start to seep through and the cat is swept over by strange meetings and dreams. Laura Dern is there” which is... not quite the same thing 😅

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Its work is subsidised by US taxpayers because as an "independent, non-partisan, non-profit" organisation, it has tax-deductible status under American law.

Memri's purpose, according to its website, is to bridge the language gap between the west - where few speak Arabic - and the Middle East, by "providing timely translations of Arabic, Farsi, and Hebrew media".

Despite these high-minded statements, several things make me uneasy whenever I'm asked to look at a story circulated by Memri. First of all, it's a rather mysterious organisation. Its website does not give the names of any people to contact, not even an office address.

The reason for this secrecy, according to a former employee, is that "they don't want suicide bombers walking through the door on Monday morning" (Washington Times, June 20).

This strikes me as a somewhat over-the-top precaution for an institute that simply wants to break down east-west language barriers.

The second thing that makes me uneasy is that the stories selected by Memri for translation follow a familiar pattern: either they reflect badly on the character of Arabs or they in some way further the political agenda of Israel. I am not alone in this unease.

Ibrahim Hooper of the Council on American-Islamic Relations told the Washington Times: "Memri's intent is to find the worst possible quotes from the Muslim world and disseminate them as widely as possible."

Unfriendly reminder that "Memri TV" is an Israel(-American) anti-Arab propaganda outlet.