So the U.N. fires one of the world's leading experts on genocide after she refuses to call Israel's action in Gaza genocide. Naturally this is the same organization which funds hundreds of UNRWA terrorists. “Can anyone with integrity survive at the UN?” The U.N’s Anti-Israel ‘Genocide’ Purge Alice Nderitu said Israel’s campaign in Gaza doesn’t meet the definition of genocide. She was fired. https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-u-ns-anti-israel-genocide-purge-c8feef1a
Hamas Faces a Future Without Its Most Important Ally Israel’s offensive against Hezbollah and the cease-fire to stop the fighting in Lebanon have left Hamas increasingly isolated. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/us/politics/hamas-hezbollah-israel.html
Cannabis residue found in ancient Jewish temple links hallucinogens with religion This article is more than 4 years old https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...wish-temple-links-hallucinogens-with-religion Archaeologists say find at Israeli excavation offers first proof of mind-altering substances being used in Judaism Israel providing the first evidence of the use of hallucinogenics in the ancient Jewish religion. In a research paper, the authors say the discovery from an eighth-century BC shrine at Tel Arad offers the first proof for the use of mind-altering substances as part of cultic rituals in Judah, including the first Jewish Temple that stood in Jerusalem at the same time. In the 1960s, archaeological excavations at Tel Arad, around 60km (35 miles) south of Jerusalem, discovered a stronghold belonging to the ancient kingdom of Judah, and at its core a small shrine bearing striking similarities to the biblical Temple in Jerusalem. But for decades, attempts to determine the composition of black deposits found on two limestone altars from the shrine’s inner sanctum now located at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem were inconclusive. Chemical analysis of the samples conducted at Israel’s Hebrew University and Technion Institute found that one altar contained the psychoactive compounds found in marijuana, and the other had traces of frankincense – one of the ingredients mentioned in the Bible for the incense sacrifice in the ancient Jewish Temples, the authors wrote. The researchers published their findings in the academic journal, Tel Aviv: Journal of the Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University. Eran Arie, curator of Iron Age archaeology at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem and lead author of the study, said the discovery was revolutionary, as it was the earliest evidence of cannabis use in the ancient region and the first time we have seen psychoactive substances in Judahite religion. The absence of cannabis pollen or seeds from the area in ancient times indicates the cannabis was likely imported over long distance trade routes, possibly in the form of resin, known colloquially as hashish. The chemical analysis from the Tel Arad altar showed it was burned atop dried animal dung. The official state religion of the kingdom of Judah was using this substance, Arie said. Because of the site’s clear connection to the monarchy, he suggests it could point to how worship was conducted in the biblical Temple in Jerusalem.
Early Christians Might Have Been High on Hallucinogenic Communion Wine By Ed Prideaux October 20, 2020 Could the communion wine of history’s earliest Christians have been a hallucinogen? This is the question that The Immortality Key, a new book by religious scholar, archaeology sleuth and classicist Brian Muraresku, aims to answer. Drawing on more than ten years of research across six countries, Muraresku links the drug-fuelled rituals of Ancient Greece and the Mediterranean to the simultaneous outgrowth of Christianity in first-century Israel. Videos by VICE The bottom-line is that it’s far from absurd – and perhaps entirely reasonable – to think that some early Greek-speaking Christians had hallucinogens in their ritual wines. Read about it yourself... https://www.vice.com/en/article/early-christian-communion-wine-hallucinogenic/
Israel France game boycott. 80k capacity stadium, less than 16k turned up. Later Israeli fans attack French fans. Most if not all Israeli players are currently, or have been in the army. Israeli sports now are only a political statement. https://youtube.com/shorts/OrCYFQiWQbM?si=ZTMl03KI8KLhka37
Reality is sinking in for Hamas. Make a deal or perish. Increasingly flexible Hamas said open to temporary IDF presence at Gaza-Egypt border As long-moribund ceasefire talks ramp up, New York Times says terror group may give up core demands after ‘reality started to sink in’ following Sinwar’s death and truce in Lebanon https://www.timesofisrael.com/incre...-temporary-idf-presence-at-gaza-egypt-border/
Some "gifts" for the UNRWA-supported terrorists. US to approve $680m package of munitions, small bombs to Israel, say reports Israel's Netanyahu said Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire was required to 'replenish stocks', an apparent reference for more US weapons shipments https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-approve-680m-package-jdams-small-bombs-israel-say-reports