Saint Pantaleon by Ermes Dovico

World


Hamas wants Palestinians dead, it is time to face the truth
MIDDLE EAST

Hamas wants Palestinians dead, it is time to face the truth

Palestinian victims are 'a necessary sacrifice': this statement by the Hamas leader is not only a demonstration of political cynicism, but expresses that deadly nihilism typical of jihadism. Something it’s time we reckon with, even in our homeland.


European vote: resounding ‘no’ to ideologies of the elites
EU

European vote: resounding ‘no’ to ideologies of the elites

The political significance of the elections for the Europarliament is clear: rejection of green ideology, unchecked immigration policy, the power of the LGBT agenda and the exaggerated confrontation with Russia.


Gaza: Unrwa school massacre in Nuseirat increases hatred between Israelis and Palestinians
HOLY LAND

Gaza: Unrwa school massacre in Nuseirat increases hatred between Israelis and Palestinians

Massacre in Nuseirat, after Israeli air attack on a Hamas cell. An Unrwa school is destroyed leaving forty dead. Tempers are flaring on both sides and at a nationalist march in Jerusalem Ben Gvir's extremists give vent to worst anti-Arab ideology.


India: Christians relieved by Modi’s diminished victory 
ELECTIONS

India: Christians relieved by Modi’s diminished victory 

Hindu premier wins a third term but loses his parliamentary majority. Now he has to reckon with the advance of the opposition and religious minorities threatened by his nationalist agenda.


Myanmar, repression of Christians and Rohingya intensifies
PERSECUTION

Myanmar, repression of Christians and Rohingya intensifies

Priests attacked and killed, churches damaged and martial law imposed. Human rights and respect for minorities are a distant memory under the rule of the military junta.  


China looms: 14 convictions in Hong Kong for subversion
CHINESE COMMUNISM

China looms: 14 convictions in Hong Kong for subversion

The trial of 47 pro-democracy activists  arrested in 2020, ended yesterday for the first 14 convictions for subversion, but also with two acquittals. Beijing's new law starts to be applied in Hong Kong.


Nethanyahu caught between Hamas and Israeli distrust
MIDDLE EAST

Nethanyahu caught between Hamas and Israeli distrust

Massacre in Palestinian refugee camp after Islamic movement's rocket attack on Tel Aviv. For Netanyahu it is "a tragic accident", but he must also deal with the anger and grief of the families of the hostages still in the hands of the militia.


China wages war on the 'Hong Kong anthem'
CASE STUDY

China wages war on the 'Hong Kong anthem'

A Hong Kong Court of Appeal order panders to the pro-China government's request to prevent the broadcasting of the pro-democracy anthem 'Glory to Hong Kong', used in the 2019 protests against the CCP. Pressure also on big tech and YouTube blocks the song.


How the Beijing regime terrorises Chinese students abroad
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

How the Beijing regime terrorises Chinese students abroad

Amnesty International's new report: all the ways in which the Chinese Communist Party tracks, spies on, persecutes and represses students abroad. Transnational totalitarianism. 


Unisex school uniforms and pro-trans laws, LGBT lobby wins in Japan
EAST ASIA

Unisex school uniforms and pro-trans laws, LGBT lobby wins in Japan

More than half of schools impose gender neutral uniforms. Unisex swimwear are also catching on.  The publisher of a book criticising 'transgender madness' is intimated. And now even the Supreme Court favours trans identity.


Mass graves in Canada, anti-Catholic hoax debunked
SLANDER

Mass graves in Canada, anti-Catholic hoax debunked

No human remains, just a huge lie to discredit the Church: this is the only real "discovery" three years after the denigration campaign, complete with vandalised churches and a papal mea culpa.


Gaza, a war Israel is losing
ANALYSIS

Gaza, a war Israel is losing

A ceasefire under the current conditions would sanction Israel's defeat, yet the attack on Rafah would also be disastrous: for the Palestinian population and politically for Israel. It is the root of the problem that must be addressed and solved.